The work of the Morning Star Apostle Sean is much more troublesome than imagined.
After all, Xiya only handles the completion of the set targets. To achieve the targets for the Morning Star Apostle, Xiya would even proactively create some homeless people. If there are not enough people like those homeless, Xiya would find a way to capture slaves and throw them into the ranks of the Morning Star Apostle.
Among these slaves, many were originally meant to be sold as female slaves.
“Lord Sean said to allocate these literate female slaves to us.”
Among these imperial nobles, Rene looked at these slaves with a troubled expression.
Originally, Bernice’s request was for Xiya to send over some literate individuals, and among the slaves and refugees, the only literate ones were these female slaves up for auction.
It’s not that these female slaves weren’t beautiful; the races on Solun Continent and M Continent are actually quite similar. Even by the standards of M Continent, the appearance of these female slaves sent over was outstanding, otherwise they wouldn’t have been captured for sale.
Because they were so beautiful, Rene, Alan, and the other imperial nobles didn’t know how to handle it. After all, most of them were unmarried, with only a few engaged, and the Church of the Goddess promotes monogamy, even our Emperor Your Majesty follows this rule.
In short, this group of young imperial nobles had a high moral standard, worrying about losing control, or perhaps they were indeed a bit nervous from being influenced by Lind. In reality, during this chaotic transition period, the empire didn’t have particularly strict requirements in this aspect, not to mention they were overseas.
Watching this group of distinguished imperial nobles gather to discuss, the female slaves separated out exchanged glances, and many of them showed worry after seeing Rene’s troubled expression, seemingly concerned about being abandoned by this group of imperial nobles.
“I think you all need not worry too much. Just approach it calmly. After all, these slaves can indeed read and write, which can relieve us from a lot of pressure. The literacy rate here is lower than we imagined. Having a few literate Solun people to help is quite difficult, let alone Lord Sean wouldn’t have overlooked this, and likely intends to ignore it to some extent.”
After some further discussion, the nobles each took their own female slaves, or rather, maids.
Because according to the laws of the empire, these nobles entered into contracts with the female slaves, after all, the slave contracts hold no legal weight in the empire. Thus, these female slaves naturally could not stay as slaves next to others but rather had to remain in a legitimate employment capacity as maids.
Safira looked incredulously at the maid contract before her, which not only stipulated wages, but also holidays.
This was unimaginable for slaves. No, even for maids it was the same, as in Solun Continent, maids and their masters were viewed as no different from private property.
Originally, Safira thought it was already luck not to be abandoned, and dared not hope for the benefits outlined in this contract.
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”
Seeing Safira hesitating to write, Rene proactively asked with concern: “Is it because the common language of the Solun Continent differs from ours, making it hard for you to understand, or do you have questions about the terms?”
“No, my lord.”
Safira became nervous right away and continued, “It’s just… this is too good.”
Rene shook his head in exasperation, saying, “This is indeed a special contract in Solun Continent; you don’t even have complete freedom.”
It seemed he recalled that the Laurent Family once didn’t treat these maids as humans, and after being educated, Rene finally answered: “If you really don’t want to speak, I can find a soldier from the empire for you to marry. Don’t worry, the imperial soldiers here are quite decent; they won’t make you suffer too much.”
Hearing this, Safira didn’t hesitate any longer and quickly said, “Then I will stay by my lord’s side. I heard that you also need some literate Solun people to help.”
Safira thought it was a threat; after all, even if the soldiers were decent, how good could their living conditions be?
That night, Safira proactively lay down on the bed. Although there was a contract, she was clear that some things wouldn’t be written in the contract. Just looking at the alluring Safira on the bed, Rene recalled the instructions given by his father, old Pierre, to him and his brother before departing. Both brothers were not very bright; they could only say they were decent young men, and the most important thing in coming to this continent was to avoid making mistakes.
Alright, the upper house abstained, the lower house passed, and let’s just consider it a contribution to the empire’s birth rate.
The next morning, several imperial nobles met again. After greeting each other, everyone seemed a bit awkward, but they quickly began chatting. They were soon to be assigned to different territories and needed to prepare some supplies for their local domains.
Safira and the other maids followed these noble gentlemen, quietly discussing.
The maidservants were all very happy because the new masters didn’t scold them at all, and they were all kind and gentle. Regardless of whether the contract was real or not, it was far better than the maids had expected.
Given the moral standards of these imperial nobles, they were already much more civilized than the aristocrats on Solun Continent.
These maids not only had outstanding appearances but were all virgins. After all, those who were not virgins wouldn’t be sold for high prices.
Safira was even the daughter of a minor lord from a remote small kingdom, but her country had been destroyed by fleeing demons, and after escaping, she was captured and turned into a slave by slave traders.
This was not a strange occurrence, given that there were many small kingdoms on Solun Continent. Although the country Safira was from wasn’t exactly one that formed a nation by occupying a village, it wasn’t much larger either. In fact, her father would still need to kneel and pay respects even to some of the larger nobles.
After completing their procurement, these gentlemen set out on their journey with their respective maids and guards.
“Do you know what status our master holds?”
At this moment, one maid spoke up first.
“Last night, our master let me acclimate to the work, and I also asked others. Our master and those soldiers are from an empire called Ror on the M Continent.”
These maids were literate, and many of their backgrounds were not inferior to Safira’s, so they had all heard of the legends of the M Continent.
“Do you think our master could be the legendary elf?”
“But aren’t elves supposed to have pointy ears? Our master doesn’t look like it.”
The maids began to gossip, each contributing their thoughts.
Especially Safira, who asked the well-informed maid, “I see our master has an extraordinary temperament, and just now, those grand lords in charge of the territories treated him with great politeness. Could it be that our master is some prince from the M Continent?”
The well-informed maid shot a teasing glance at Safira and said, “What are you thinking? I asked our master properly last night. The great Ror Empire has unified the M Continent, and there is only one empire now. No other princes exist; our masters are merely nobles of the M Continent.”
Safira blushed and said, “Even if they are just nobles, they must be far superior to those so-called princes from Solun.”
The maids burst into laughter, agreeing, “That’s true.”
However, the well-informed maid continued, “But among the people of the empire, there is one person who can be considered a prince.”
“That would be Mr. Sean.”
The maids were not particularly interested in Sean but were more curious about his gossip. After all, they were already quite satisfied with their current lives, and Sean was regarded as an untouchable figure, like a god in the clouds.
“I heard that Mr. Sean wants to attack Alto Castile, but the queen of Alto not only did not resist, but even sought his hand in marriage.”
“Ah? What happened next?”
