At Sebastian’s advice, I told Sophia that I decided to hire clerical workers, and she supported the idea.
Maybe because she wasn’t good with paperwork, Sophia was always with me as my guard and doesn’t leave my side even in the Sanctuary mansion where it’s safe, but somehow when I’m working on the documents, she doesn’t come into the room.
I once tried asking her about it, she said that just looking at the mountain of documents was already giving her a headache.
Maria and Akane were eagerly discussing the proposed designs and sales of clothing with Papeck-san, so they declared that they will hands off with the hiring process for clerical work.
「I believe we should talk to the Great Spirits once we’ve decided to some extent.」
「Indeed. It’s probably better to not burden the Great Spirits too much.」
To hire new personnel, Maribelle and Sebastian who oversee the maids and butlers must agree.
「Right. Then how about we decide on the general things?」
「Let’s do just that. Shall we start by setting the prerequisites?」
「I am not concerned whether they are male or female, though I wouldn’t want them to be too old.」
「You have a point. It would be nice if they could work for a very long time.」
Maribelle first brought up the age criteria. I think this an obvious choice because it’s hard to change in a short period of time.
「It’s obvious that they must be able to do their job, but hiring young, capable people would be more difficult than I thought.」
「Such people would be working important jobs for the nobles and the country.」
「If they are only capable of doing the job but have a problem with their character, they aren’t a fit for our family.」
「They could work in Volton instead of the Sanctuary, but I wouldn’t want someone untrustworthy even in the Volton mansion.」
「We’re all women, after all.」
I understand Maribelle’s concern. The maids of our family, apart from the veteran Maribelle, were all still young women, so she must dislike the idea of a questionable person, especially a man, being there.
「How about we summarize a little bit.」
Not too old.
Obviously, excellent at work.
They have to have a good character that can pass the Great Spirits’ screening.
「At this time, it may be difficult if you don’t take into consideration educating them from the beginning as well.」
「That is the case. The people who are already capable of doing the job are very likely have some sort of string attached already.」
If we recruit clerical workers in Valkyra Kingdom, they would be influenced by nobles and merchants to come here.」
「There’s no need to harrow it down to Valkyra Kingdom.」
Because a large amount of money is involved in the job, we must be prudent about hiring clerical work.
There’s also the option of buying slaves and liberating them, but criminal slaves were out of the question while there were very limited options among the debt slaves because of the nature of their debts. There’s no one stupid enough to hire people who ruined themselves by gambling or the like. There’s no problem with those sold to pay for their parents’ debts though.
「Just in case, let’s consider slaves as an option. There are those whose fell into slavery by no fault of their own like Laeva, after all.」
「Then couldn’t we try talking to the Moulin Slavery Company? I believe that Madam Moulin is credible.」
Even Sophia thinks that Moulin-san is trustworthy. This is understandable considering how they treated Sophia and Maria.
「It’s rare for slaves to be trained thoroughly.」
「Master, we also have other choices such as the Demon Continent.」
「The Demon Continent? But many of the Mazoku are muscle brains. I only know one single civil official in the Oni Tribe.」
Of course, I’m talking about the aide of Queen Fraal of Accuros.
「Is that so?」
「Ah of course you wouldn’t know, Maribelle, but the even the Beastkin living in the Demon Continent are complete muscle-brains. The only exception being the Succubus Clan. It might turn into a problem.」
「Ah, I see……」
Many of the Succubi would be suitable as civil officials, but I don’t think they’re a great fit for the Sanctuary where the population ratio of men were small. It could lead to all sorts of trouble.
The consensus here was that the Demon Continent would be excluded.
「Then are we also excluding the Aligerous Tribe?」
「Let’s see. Since they lived too isolated from a monetary economy for the longest time, training them would also be difficult.」
Many of the Aligerous Tribe were honest people, but because they lived self sufficiently for a very long time that they were people who had never seen money. Naturally, they didn’t require any math, so teaching them from the very beginning would be a huge endeavor.
「If we want to avoid those with connections to nobles and companies, perhaps it would be a good idea to consult with the Madam Moulin for the time being.」
「Right. If it’s Moulin-san’s place where Maria was educated, it might work.」
As a result of our discussion, we decided we would first check with the Moulin Slavery Company.
「So, Master, please settle the remaining documents.」
「……I tried to not think about it, but the papers won’t go away by themselves.」
I couldn’t get away from the paperwork, it seems.
At Sebastian’s advice, I told Sophia that I decided to hire clerical workers, and she supported the idea.
Maybe because she wasn’t good with paperwork, Sophia was always with me as my guard and doesn’t leave my side even in the Sanctuary mansion where it’s safe, but somehow when I’m working on the documents, she doesn’t come into the room.
I once tried asking her about it, she said that just looking at the mountain of documents was already giving her a headache.
Maria and Akane were eagerly discussing the proposed designs and sales of clothing with Papeck-san, so they declared that they will hands off with the hiring process for clerical work.
「I believe we should talk to the Great Spirits once we’ve decided to some extent.」
「Indeed. It’s probably better to not burden the Great Spirits too much.」
To hire new personnel, Maribelle and Sebastian who oversee the maids and butlers must agree.
「Right. Then how about we decide on the general things?」
「Let’s do just that. Shall we start by setting the prerequisites?」
「I am not concerned whether they are male or female, though I wouldn’t want them to be too old.」
「You have a point. It would be nice if they could work for a very long time.」
Maribelle first brought up the age criteria. I think this an obvious choice because it’s hard to change in a short period of time.
「It’s obvious that they must be able to do their job, but hiring young, capable people would be more difficult than I thought.」
「Such people would be working important jobs for the nobles and the country.」
「If they are only capable of doing the job but have a problem with their character, they aren’t a fit for our family.」
「They could work in Volton instead of the Sanctuary, but I wouldn’t want someone untrustworthy even in the Volton mansion.」
「We’re all women, after all.」
I understand Maribelle’s concern. The maids of our family, apart from the veteran Maribelle, were all still young women, so she must dislike the idea of a questionable person, especially a man, being there.
「How about we summarize a little bit.」
Not too old.
Obviously, excellent at work.
They have to have a good character that can pass the Great Spirits’ screening.
「At this time, it may be difficult if you don’t take into consideration educating them from the beginning as well.」
「That is the case. The people who are already capable of doing the job are very likely have some sort of string attached already.」
If we recruit clerical workers in Valkyra Kingdom, they would be influenced by nobles and merchants to come here.」
「There’s no need to harrow it down to Valkyra Kingdom.」
Because a large amount of money is involved in the job, we must be prudent about hiring clerical work.
There’s also the option of buying slaves and liberating them, but criminal slaves were out of the question while there were very limited options among the debt slaves because of the nature of their debts. There’s no one stupid enough to hire people who ruined themselves by gambling or the like. There’s no problem with those sold to pay for their parents’ debts though.
「Just in case, let’s consider slaves as an option. There are those whose fell into slavery by no fault of their own like Laeva, after all.」
「Then couldn’t we try talking to the Moulin Slavery Company? I believe that Madam Moulin is credible.」
Even Sophia thinks that Moulin-san is trustworthy. This is understandable considering how they treated Sophia and Maria.
「It’s rare for slaves to be trained thoroughly.」
「Master, we also have other choices such as the Demon Continent.」
「The Demon Continent? But many of the Mazoku are muscle brains. I only know one single civil official in the Oni Tribe.」
Of course, I’m talking about the aide of Queen Fraal of Accuros.
「Is that so?」
「Ah of course you wouldn’t know, Maribelle, but the even the Beastkin living in the Demon Continent are complete muscle-brains. The only exception being the Succubus Clan. It might turn into a problem.」
「Ah, I see……」
Many of the Succubi would be suitable as civil officials, but I don’t think they’re a great fit for the Sanctuary where the population ratio of men were small. It could lead to all sorts of trouble.
The consensus here was that the Demon Continent would be excluded.
「Then are we also excluding the Aligerous Tribe?」
「Let’s see. Since they lived too isolated from a monetary economy for the longest time, training them would also be difficult.」
Many of the Aligerous Tribe were honest people, but because they lived self sufficiently for a very long time that they were people who had never seen money. Naturally, they didn’t require any math, so teaching them from the very beginning would be a huge endeavor.
「If we want to avoid those with connections to nobles and companies, perhaps it would be a good idea to consult with the Madam Moulin for the time being.」
「Right. If it’s Moulin-san’s place where Maria was educated, it might work.」
As a result of our discussion, we decided we would first check with the Moulin Slavery Company.
「So, Master, please settle the remaining documents.」
「……I tried to not think about it, but the papers won’t go away by themselves.」
I couldn’t get away from the paperwork, it seems.
