Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Chapter 37
After placing the extra oysters on the long table in the restaurant, Thomas went straight to the guest room on the second floor and handed the oysters given by Gervis to the servant in front of his excited gaze.
Thomas didn't know it at the moment, but Gervis had already made his dream come true.
"Sir, the extra golden oysters have been placed on the long table!" Thomas ran into Gervis as soon as he reached the first floor.
"Well! Very good, Thomas, go to the lobby! Everyone is waiting for you! I'll eat in the restaurant alone." Gervis looked at Thomas, who knew nothing about becoming a butler, and nodded to him.
"Yes, sir!" Thomas immediately agreed, bowed to Gervis, watched Gervis walk into the restaurant, and then stood up and walked towards the vestibule. Thomas was a little confused. He didn't understand what Gervis meant by "everyone is waiting for you". Why were they waiting for him? All the oysters had been distributed.
With doubts, Thomas walked out of the inner castle gate.
At this moment, everyone in the front hall was staring at the inner castle gate. When Thomas stepped out of the inner castle door, everyone bowed and shouted in unison: "Good evening, Butler Thomas!"
"Ah?" Thomas was startled by the shouts of the crowd and didn't understand what was going on.
"Congratulations Thomas on becoming the steward of the Golden Castle!" Seeing that Thomas hadn't reacted yet, everyone smiled at each other, and then spoke in unison.
"I became a butler? Did Lord Gervis say that?" Thomas was shocked, a little bit unbelievable. His dream came true just like that, and without any preparation, it made him feel unreal.
"Of course it's true. Lord Gervis said it himself, and we all heard it. Congratulations, Butler Thomas!" Just then, Jimmy trotted over, saluted him and laughed loudly.
Jimmy and Thomas are both from Rose Castle. As the chef of Rose Castle, Jimmy can also hear what the servants often talk about. What the servants talk about most in Rose Castle is which lucky guy has become the butler of a certain noble.
From now on, Thomas will be one of the lucky ones mentioned by the servants.
"Thank you everyone! Thank you everyone!" Thomas finally smiled happily. Happiness came so suddenly that Thomas didn't know how to express it.
"I hope Butler Thomas will take good care of us in the future!" Everyone joked when they saw Thomas like this.
"You guys are joking. We are all working for Lord Gervis. I will go to thank him now! Please forgive me!"
Of course, no one would object, so amid laughter, Thomas quickly returned to the inner castle.
"Thank you very much for your appreciation!" As soon as he entered the restaurant, Thomas came to Gervis, knelt on one knee and thanked him loudly.
"This is what you deserve, Thomas." Gervis nodded with a smile. Thomas had worked hard to become a butler. Whether in terms of ability or other aspects, he had met the requirements of a butler.
"I am willing to serve you! If more people can give me this opportunity, I will never let you down." Thomas suppressed his excitement and swore sincerely.
"Well, I'll wait and see. Go, Butler Thomas. If you don't go to the lobby, your two golden oysters will be eaten by them soon!" In this world, butlers are the pinnacle of male servants like Thomas, and the nobles have extremely high requirements for their butlers. A butler not only needs talent but also loyalty.
Sometimes, the butler represents the living standards of the nobles. If the butler is not excellent, his master will be embarrassed in front of other nobles.
"Then I'll take my leave, sir!"
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After eating the oysters, Gervis felt a little full, so he went upstairs to check on Ick, who was still in a coma. After giving the butler a few words of instruction, Gervis returned to his study.
Sitting at the desk, Gervis took out the elf bug amber he got during the day, observed it carefully, and then realized that he had not taken care of the royal blue elf bug in the past two days, so he hurried to the bookshelf and took the jade box from the bookshelf.
When I opened the jade box, I saw a fat, royal blue elf bug sleeping.
"You little thing, you're quite a sleeper." Seeing the royal blue elf bug sleeping, Gervis stretched out his finger and poked its fat belly.
"Squeak~" The royal blue elf insect that was sleeping soundly squeaked in dissatisfaction after being poked by Gervis, but did not wake up. Instead, it turned over and continued to sleep.
"Still a lazy bum!" Gervis couldn't help but laugh. This little thing was already magical to Gervis who had traveled through time and space. Especially with its anthropomorphic expressions and movements, Gervis's desire to play a trick on it was aroused.
Gervis fiddled with the bottom of the jade box, and with a slight "pop" sound, a small drawer popped out from under the jade box. Inside was a bag of powder. It was the rose powder that Alice gave him when she gave him the elf bug.
"Squeak~Squeak~Squeak~" Just after this light sound was made, the sapphire elf insect that originally seemed to be sleeping forever woke up immediately, shook its little head, and focused its pitiful eyes on Gervis' face.
"Little guy, aren't you going to sleep a little longer?" Seeing the little guy acting like this, Gervis couldn't help but laugh. He put his fingers into the jade box and rubbed its body.
"Squeak~Squeak~Squeak~" The sapphire elf bug was no longer sleepy, and cooperated with Gervis's fingers, leaning its little head on Gervis's fingers and rubbing them affectionately.
"Okay, okay, I'll give you the food now, but before we give you the food, let's give you a name first!" Although the little guy can't speak and can only squeak, Gervis has signed a master-servant contract with it, and Gervis can clearly feel the emotions that the little guy is expecting.
I just thought of naming it Gervis. The fairy worm amber next to the jade box represents that Gervis will soon welcome his second fairy worm in the near future. In order to facilitate management, a name is essential.
"Squeak~" The little guy seemed to understand and made a happy sound.
"Uh... let me think about what to call you? How about calling you Alice?" Seeing the cute appearance of the sapphire elf bug, Gervis wanted to tease it.
"Squeak~Squeak~Squeak~Squeak~" This made Gervis a little confused. He actually felt that the little guy was a little angry.
"Do you still remember your former master?" Gervis asked curiously.
"Squeak." Sure enough, Gervis got an affirmative answer from the little guy.
"It's really a magical little gadget." Gervis was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that the little guy actually had memories. He thought that the little guy would only remember his current owner. So, these little guys are not stupid. Having memories means having the ability to learn. It's amazing to think about it. This little guy is translucent all over and no organs can be seen inside his body. How does he do all this?
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Let me think of giving you a nicer name." Gervis stopped teasing it and began to think in his mind to give the little guy in front of him a good name.
"I've decided. I'll call you Betty."
Gervis originally wanted to call the children some Chinese names, such as Ahua, Xiaolan, etc., but this is a Western civilization after all, so he just gave them Western names. As for "little cutie" and "little baby", Gervis didn't know how to use them, and he couldn't say them even if he did.
In Gervis's opinion, he will own a lot of elf bugs in the future. If he doesn't give them normal names, he won't be able to tell which one is a cute one or a baby one.
"Squeak~" This time the little guy didn't object after hearing his name.
"Betty, remember your own name from now on. Don't forget it!"
"Squeak~"
Then, as Betty was looking forward to it, Gervis took out the rose powder and poured a small spoonful of it into the jade box.
When Betty saw the rose powder, she immediately became happy. She buried her head and started to eat it from the jade box.
In fact, the fairy bugs do not only eat the rose powder of Rose Castle, they will eat anything with magic potion properties. However, through practice, people have found that after the fairy bugs eat the rose powder of Rose Castle, the chance of metamorphosis will increase a lot.
In the past, there was a nobleman who owned more than a dozen elf insects. Originally, they were not fed with the rose powder from Rose Castle, and none of the insects transformed into elves. But one time when he came to visit Rose Castle, the Jones family gave this nobleman some rose powder as a gift. After this nobleman fed his elf insects with the rose powder, a magical thing happened. After only one month of feeding, one of the dozen elf insects actually transformed into an elf.
This matter spread to the aristocratic circles of the entire principality. At first, the nobles did not believe it, but after inquiring, they learned that the number of elves in the Jones family was twice that of other earl families, comparable to the number of elves owned by the king.
Therefore, everyone bought the rose powder from the Jones family with the mentality of giving it a try. After a while, the whole principality was in an uproar. Among the dozens of nobles who bought the powder, it turned out that most of their elf insects transformed into elves within a year.
Although the proportion is not high, it is more than a hundred times higher than the original chance of relying on luck to get an elf. For a time, the rose powder of Rose Castle became a good thing that nobles of all sizes flocked to in the principality, and the price of rose powder also rose rapidly.
Half of the reason the King was plotting against the Jones family was because of the rose powder.
The roses in Rose Castle are unique and mutated. They are planted in the Jones family's elf insect space. Only the most loyal servants of the Jones family can enter and exit this space. It is difficult to obtain these roses by stealing.
Moreover, the Jones family took various measures to keep the secret. For example, one of the rules was: if one wanted to take the rose out of the fairy bug's space, it had to be turned into powder, and nothing else except the powder could be taken out of the space.
Thanks to the rose powder, the Jones family became the richest family in the principality.
Under Gervis's gaze, Betty swiped away all the rose powder in the jade box in a few sips, and then looked at Gervis pitifully with her big round eyes.
"No more!" Betty conveyed to Gervis the urge to eat rose powder, but Gervis was unmoved. Ever since he asked Thomas about the price of rose powder, he dared not squander it.
A pack of rose powder costs one gold coin, which is enough for a fairy worm to eat for three or two months. Gervis dared not be so extravagant in his own food, so he was not moved by the cuteness of the little guy.
Moreover, his number of Elf Bugs will probably increase in the future. If he doesn't use them sparingly, the Elf Bugs alone may eat him into bankruptcy.
Ignoring Betty's pleas, Gervis closed the jade box and put the elf bug amber and the jade box back on the bookshelf.
There are not enough male and female servants in the castle. Betty still needs to be taken care of by Gervis. When the servants are called tomorrow, a maid will be selected to take care of her. The elf worm is not afraid of being lost. Except for the owner of the elf worm, no one else can cancel the spiritual contract between the elf worm and its owner.
After putting the elf bug away, Gervis picked up a thick book from the bookshelf and came to the desk. There was a lack of entertainment in this world. Other nobles could spend their time by hugging girls shamelessly, but Gervis could not find anyone to hug, so he could only stay in the study.
While casually flipping through the book in his hands, Gervis's mind was wandering in the sky.
"The conscription schedule has to be arranged, but lack of money is a big problem." Gervis's men don't even have a titled knight now, and there are only a few ordinary soldiers. Only the three men named Ik he brought are brave. The other seven guards will have to be retrained before they can be used.
However, conscripting soldiers, the military pay and food alone are not a small expense. If you want to have a strong army, you need to train these soldiers strictly. If you want to train them, you have to keep up with the food. As for weapons and equipment, a set of leather armor costs 3 silver coins, a longbow costs 5 silver coins, and a long sword costs 3 silver coins. You can choose a cheap shield, a small round shield covered with iron for one silver coin or two. These are the most basic equipment, not to mention chain mail, breastplate, helmet...
Gervis couldn't even imagine it.
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