Chapter 228 – We Built a New Mansion (4)
[ Request to subdue bandits in the southern border of the territory.
The damage caused by [Siamese Cats], A group of bandits currently infested in the south, is severe, so please support the soldiers as soon as possible. The soldiers are devastated because they can’t overcome the strength of the bandits.]
[Request to repair the bridge in the southern border of the territory
The road leading to Esta from the south of the territory has collapsed. Please pay.]
[The thieves appear in the northern area of the territory.
After the arrest of the lord, the bandits who heard the rumors are appearing. They are so talented that soldiers cannot overcome them, so please support them.]
[Promote the construction of statues in the territory
Funds are being sought for the production of a bronze statue to widely publicize the greatness of the lord. Please support us. A business plan and documents summarizing the additional benefits to be obtained from the bronze statue are attached.]
“Fuck.”
Even as Eve went through the papers one by one, her head hurt her. The mansion was still like a beggar, and it was so filthy that there was no room to lie down properly, and the paperwork was so full of various things that Eve’s hands she couldn’t handle it. It was a problem that could not be solved in an instant even if it was just a bandit problem.
This was because thieves usually lived in hiding in the mountains and did not reveal their stronghold. If it were to catch the thieves, it would take a year to search their stronghold. Eve shifted her gaze to other papers. Since the facility collapsed, it was full of civil documents, asking for repairs or changing the guard post to a better one. These were also documents that could not be signed blindly.
In order to carry out the repair work once, the budget for the related technicians had to be calculated, and the cost of materials had to be paid, and the amount of construction remaining in Delmon Manor was beyond the capital of Peta Manor. Therefore, to solve this part, taxes had to be collected first. After collecting the taxes, I had to call Sieri and Aira again to do the accounting work.
Accounting work. After collecting taxes every year, the tax to be paid to the kingdom is calculated, the cost of maintenance is separately calculated, and the money is distributed again to the salary of the employees. In addition to this, Sieri was managing donations to the Archangel Church.
The size of Delmon’s territory is more than twice that of Peta’s. Thinking about having to do twice as much work in the future made Eve’s head hurt. Besides, the mansion also had to be repaired. The mansion, where the village chief had wandered and played freely for three months, had now suddenly turned into a battlefield for lust and appetite.
As Eve, I wanted to use it by just cleaning it roughly, but when I took a closer look at the inside of the mansion, I could see that it was so damaged that simple cleaning couldn’t handle it. It was because the Knights of the Kingdom destroyed everything here and there while looking for evidence inside the mansion.
He broke the gargoyle statue hanging over the gate of the mansion, saying that he might have hidden secret documents, and broke the jars that were decorated in the mansion, saying that they might have secret devices. I pulled out all the fireplaces and checked the back, and I destroyed all the walls that made even the slightest noise, and checked the back of the wall.
The bookshelves were all ripped apart and thrown on the floor, and the luxurious hardcovers were full of folds, as if I had read each book straight out. The cellar down below had been completely demolished to rescue the victims, and the road from the mansion ballroom to the gate was full of indelible bloodstains and broken saplings.
And the higher you go up, the more severe and cruel the traces of this destruction are. The more Eve looked around her mansion her, the more depressed she felt herself, who she could only sigh.
“Fuck. What to do.”
“Mermaid. They say you kill people, so why die?”
“Shut the fuck up.”
Elsie was standing next to Eve, looking around. As soon as her official confirmed her autograph her, she said she had done her part her, and she disappeared, humming her Lulu Lala. Now, Eve had to maintain the status quo so that the estate would not get worse than it is now, waiting for her groom who would return at any time.
Eve sat on the ruins and checked the list of guards. He ordered the guards who were still in the mansion to call in the soldiers, but less than half of them were on the list. With the dissolution of the Knights, it seemed that all the soldiers had scattered. The soldiers whispered to each other as Eve, a half-mermaid, came up to her lordship her, glancing at her legs, fangs, and one eye as if it were strange.
Eve’s first task was her to her soldiers and her was to capture her deserters. She added that the scattering of the soldiers was, after all, the lord’s own mess, so she wouldn’t punish it this time.
“Anyone have any questions?”
“Keep that… Is Mrs. Peta in charge of this estate?”
“No. My husband will take care of it.”
“Is that what Peta Lucius is saying?”
“Yes.”
The soldiers started whispering again. It seemed to speak in a low voice to her own, but it was clear to her Eve’s ears.
“Is it that nobleman this time?”
“Still, I heard that Yeongji is well governed.”
“It’s not a joke about her private life of hers, but rumors say she does n’t feel sexual desire unless she’s a beast or a mermaid.”
“Hey, what the fuck you just said. Come out.”
Eve raised her head and pinned the man who was spreading her rumors. The soldier got up with a bewildered face and she stood in front of Eve. She said Eve.
“Tell me what you just said again.”
“Ah, so…”
Match!
As soon as Eve saw the soldier roll her eyes, she raised her cheek. The hard-beaten soldier spun his body like a top, floated through the air, and then fell to the ground. The other soldiers trembled in fear when they saw the soldier with his whole body trembling and his eyes closed. Eve said, wiping his hands.
“I’m going to kill the bastard who is fucking talking about my husband’s private life, so keep your mouth shut. Okay?”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Eve took up his curved sword again. The soldiers hesitated and looked in front of Eve. Eve looked at it and said with a frown.
“What the fuck are you guys doing? I’m not going fast.”
“Oh no, sorry!”
The soldiers belatedly remembered Eve’s order her and hurriedly dispersed. It didn’t take long for him to catch the soldiers who had deserted or were hiding under the pretext of not having a lord. Eve pointed to the mansion and said.
“From now on, I will clean the inside of this mansion.”
The soldiers seemed dissatisfied with the fact that they were even cleaning, but when Eve sneakily showed them the curved sword, they all shut up. The soldier who fainted after being slapped on the cheek a moment ago was now regaining consciousness and walking. Under Eve’s guidance, soldiers rushed in and began to clean the place.
They weren’t professional cleaning staff, but they had experience in cleaning their own rooms, so the job was handled much easier than expected. They cleaned all the messy hallways and cleaned up the trash that was strewn about in the ballroom. All the broken bookshelves and debris on the walls were taken out, and all the messy food waste in the kitchen was collected and sent to the pig farm.
After a full day of cleaning, the mansion regained its attractive appearance. The soldiers, who worked hard from morning to evening cleaning, looked tired and satisfied with the clean look they had created. Eve also looked around the mansion with a satisfied expression.
After leaving the mansion, Eve happily ordered the soldiers to disperse. He left behind the soldiers who sighed in relief at being told to go home, and Eve climbed up and started looking at the papers again. He doesn’t know the life of the soldiers at all, but he had to dispatch troops to stop the bandits as a temporary measure. He looked at the dates and found that they had been sent about a month ago, so he had to hurry.
As Eve sat down in her office and started working, Elsie came in and said,
“Mermaid. Work hard.”
“Of course. It’s our groom’s estate.”
“I thought Eve would postpone this to the priest because it was annoying, but it was unexpected.”
“Honestly, I fucking want to do that, but I’m too busy with work. I want to see the groom now.”
Eve looked at the papers and whined, drooping on his desk her. It was because when he calculated what he had to do, he was so far-fetched. Anyway, in Hildern, I didn’t know when Lucius would return, and I didn’t know if he would come back intact. But no matter where and what happened, Youngji’s time passed, and someone had to grab the reins and lead Youngji.
“Fuck, how do you leave things like this? Fucking bastards.”
Eve was annoyed as she looked at the plans for his troop formation. Having always fought alone, she knew nothing about effective troop formation. She erased and reorganized her troop formation several times. She had no idea what to do, but she had to.
“What are you doing?”
“Sending troops. I have to catch the thieves. But I don’t know how to fuck it.”
“Cheer up. I will cheer you on.”
“Don’t just cheer for me, bring me some food from below. Fuck I haven’t eaten anything all day.”
“I get it.”
The only ones left in the spacious mansion were Eve and Elsie. When Elsie closed the door, only Eve was left in her office. Eve cursed at the official who once again ran away alone and began organizing her forces her.
“Fuck.”
Eve threw away her pen as she finished working out her schedule. Being alone in the mansion, I suddenly wanted to see the groom. Sieri missed, and she even wanted to see a child. Sellu missed so much. She missed the attendants who looked at her with fearful eyes and the citizens who whispered.
After only being isolated for one day, Eve was depressed. Maybe it was because the office was empty right now. Eve hugged her by the legs and looked down at her. His webbed feet caught her eye her.
“… When are you coming?”
Every time Eve saw those feet, she thought of Lucius. Two days after he left, she missed her groom’s face her so much.
“Open the door. Mermaid.”
“The doorknob is broken. Just kick in.”
Kwajik!
Elsie’s foot broke through the door. Embarrassed Eve cursed.
“Hey fuck! Push with your feet!”
“The door is too weak.”
Elsie said that in her nonchalant tone and brought her piece of meat. A piece of meat the size of a human head was thrown to Eve, who took it with one hand and tore it apart.
“You know something.”
Elsie, expressionless, sat next to Eve and began to nibble on her meat. She looked at the papers Eve was filling out and said.
“Cheer up. Mermaid. I am rooting for you.”
“…You don’t want to learn to write and work with me, do you?”
“Suin doesn’t know how to read.”
“…Bad bitch.”
And the next morning. Soldiers gathered in the yard from early morning. Eve informed the soldiers of the dispatch plan that they had prepared overnight and distributed the personnel accordingly. Elsie, who had stayed up all night with Eve, was leaning against her post dozing off. Eve saw that her soldiers had dispersed before she sat down on the floor and let out a sigh of relief. Now that the urgent fires, such as the robbery and the mansion problem, had been extinguished, it was time to collect taxes. To do this she had to go back to Peta Manor and recruit her men to her.
“Mermaid. There is someone coming.”
Eve lifted her head in surprise at Elsie’s words her. Someone was approaching from afar. Eve looked at the armor with the Peta family’s seal on it and said to Elsie.
“They are our children. What happened?”
“Isn’t the priest here?”
“I don’t think so.”
It was too early even if I roughly calculated the date. Eve stood up from her exhaustion and greeted the knight running towards them. As soon as the knight saw Eve, she saluted. Eve waved her hand and asked.
“So what is it?”
“Yes! Lady Rosalyn Yuba from the Rosalyn family has arrived! She originally promised that the lord would build her a house for her newlyweds, but she… This is because the relevant budget has not been established. I know you’ re busy, but that…”
“Fuck!!!”
