Tome of Blood

  Chapter 57-57-The Lost Servant

  Charlotte did not expect that she would meet her old friend when she came to the outer city to pick a new servant on a whim.

  After seeing the girl, the middle-aged couple was very excited. Under their almost incoherent narration, Charlotte gradually figured out their identities.

  In general, the hostess and hostess of this employment agency were all superhumans who were loyal to the Castel family!

  Old Frank used to be a starry first-order battle mage serving in the Boulder Mages, and was even bestowed the title of baron by Charlotte's father.

   And his wife, Mrs. Mina, is a battle maid who was given the seed of source power and promoted to Starry Knight.

  At the same time, Mrs. Mina was also the head maid of the Castel Manor ten years ago, and she has been loyal to the Castel family for generations.

  She is also Charlotte's mother's personal maid and an etiquette teacher who teaches Charlotte's mother the manners of the New Moon Kingdom.

  That's right, Charlotte's mother is not from the New Moon Kingdom.

  Her mother is from the Fallen Star Kingdom, and she seems to have a lot of background.

It's just that the Star-Moon War, which was caused by the succession war of the New Moon Kingdom, lasted on and off for nearly eighty years, making the two countries facing each other across the sea, the New Moon and the Fallen Star, almost deadly enemies. buried.

   Little known, and rarely mentioned.

  Even the maid Mrs. Mina only knows that her master is from a very high family background in the Fallen Star Kingdom.

  Charlotte knows that her mother is from the Fallen Star Kingdom.

  Of course, more specific is not clear.

   But it also coincides with the identity of Mrs. Mina!

   This secret, even the Castel family, few people know, which shows that the other party really used to be the maid of the Castel family!

  As the two talked excitedly, some long-term and vague information in Charlotte's inherited memory slowly emerged as if reawakened.

  When the girl was very young, it seems that there was indeed a head maid named Mina.

   Not only that, at that time Castel Manor was also the temporary regiment headquarters of the Boulder Mages.

  In Charlotte's reviving memory, it seems that mages wearing robes are often seen coming and going in the manor. Many mages who were born as civilians would choose to combine with the maids of the Castel family.

   However, after the disaster of the Balrog ten years ago, Charlotte's parents were killed in the battle with the Balrog, and Boulder's mage group also disbanded.

  Many faces, also not seen since then.

   "Uncle Frank, Aunt Mina."

   "I heard from Quasimodo that after the Calamity of the Balrog, many extraordinary people who were loyal to the family were sent back to the family territory. Why are you here? And... have you lost your power?"

  Charlotte considered the language and asked doubtfully.

  Looking at the girl's big, pure eyes, Frank and Mina looked at each other, looking a little lonely.

   "Because... we are sinners of the Castel family, and we are also unclean people. Losing power is our punishment..."

  Old Frank sighed and said.

   "Sinner?"

  Charlotte was slightly taken aback.

   "Yes...During the Calamity of the Balrog, we failed to fulfill our duty to protect our master, and were even more polluted by the power of the Balrog..."

   "In order to purify the pollution on our bodies, we lost our strength, and because of poor protection, we were kicked out of the family by the angry old lady."

   Seemingly recalling the sad past, Mrs. Mina sighed sadly.

   It was the old witch who drove them out of the family?

  Charlotte was slightly taken aback.

   Then, I was slightly angry.

Excuse!

   It's all an old hag's excuse!

  What is poorly protected?

  She has already asked Quasimodo and Ness. The Balrog Vallaroka summoned ten years ago is a legend!

  With that kind of power, you can still protect a ghost! It would be nice to survive! Many people died!

   Not to mention, in the memory Charlotte inherited, it wasn't any lack of protection at all, but her parents who took the initiative to stand up and fight the Balrog!

  Charlotte's parents are both at the third rank of Chi Yang, how could they need the protection of the first rank of Fan Xing?

   It is clear that the crazy criticizing old hag is taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents, and eliminate all those servants who are really loyal to the Castel family!

  Ten years have passed, and the fact that Frank and his wife are still so loyal is a proof!

   No wonder…

   No wonder the Castel family has almost no loyal servants left, only Quasimodo who is marginalized.

  Charlotte has always been wondering that even if the old countess sent all the extraordinary people in the family back to the territory, there should be some loyal people who would insist on staying.

  After all, the Countess of Castel is not from the Castel family, she just changed her husband's surname, there will always be loyal subjects who are worried about the young Charlotte.

  It turns out that this is the reason...

  Those diehard members of the Castel family either died in battle against the Balrog, or lost their power and were kicked out of the family by the old hag!

   Taking a deep breath, Charlotte sighed:

   "No, you are not wrong."

   "You have never forgotten your original intentions. It is the Castel family who is sorry for you."

   "Lord Charlotte..."

  After listening to the girl's words, the eye circles of both of them were red.

  At this moment, Charlotte discovered that the proficiency of the prestige technique that she continuously released had even faintly increased!

  The girl was slightly moved by the loyalty and obsession with the Castel family shown by Frank and his wife.

  Because if they didn't have a strong obsession, they wouldn't cause the reaction of the prestige technique just because of their flirtatious words.

   In other words, Charlotte's sorry words directly and completely inspired the loyalty buried in the hearts of the couple!

   They are loyal servants!

  The lost loyal servant of the Castel family!

  Charlotte had the answer in her mind.

   "Uncle Frank, Aunt Mina, how many people like you were forced to leave the family in the outer city?"

   After pondering for a moment, she asked softly.

  Old Frank sighed:

   "There are many..."

   As he spoke, he looked at Sebastian gratefully again:

   "I would also like to thank Master Sebastian. We lost our strength and our bodies were almost crippled. It was Master Sebastian who took us in."

   "Now, under the protection of the Rose Society, we have also found jobs in the outer city, and we can barely survive..."

  Sebas?

  Charlotte subconsciously glanced back at the quasi-housekeeper standing behind her.

   Sebastian coughed dryly, and quickly explained:

   "It's just a coincidence, master, you know, people like Mr. Frank and Ms. Mina, even if they lose their power, their experience and knowledge are quite valuable."

  “Gold shines everywhere, and for the Rose Society, they are all precious talents.”

  Charlotte gave Sebas a deep look, noncommittal.

   Then, she looked at the old faces of the couple, the two beautiful little girls hiding behind the stairs and peeping at her, and the expressionless beautiful girl standing behind the couple...

   After thinking about it, Charlotte said:

   "Uncle Frank, Aunt Mina, have you ever thought about... returning to the family?"

   "Grandma has already fallen, and she even wanted to kill me. Her expulsion of you was originally illegal."

   "If you wish, the gate of Castel Manor is open for you at any time."

  After hearing the girl's words, old Frank was slightly taken aback, and then became excited almost instantly:

   "We would...uh..."

   Before he finished speaking, Madam Mina stopped him.

  The former head maid was silent for a few seconds, and squeezed out an apologetic smile:

   "Sorry...Lord Charlotte."

   "Although we really want to return to the family, we are also very satisfied with our current life."

   "After so many years, we...are also tired, so..."

"Feel sorry…"

  She bowed her head guiltily.

  Ms. Mina's words surprised Charlotte.

  Although she felt a little regretful, since the other party declined, she no longer forced herself.

   "Okay, I was abrupt, sorry."

   Charlotte sighed.

  Twisted melons are not sweet, and the couple are not young anymore. She can understand that they want to stay away from right and wrong to live their lives.

only…

   Being declined in person, how embarrassing!

  Charlotte felt that the atmosphere in the whole room was about to freeze.

   "Hehe, Frank, we've almost finished recounting the past, let's get back to the topic. We came to you today to hire some new servants for the master."

   Sebastian said with a smile breaking the weird atmosphere.

  After hearing his words, old Frank was refreshed.

  He was about to say something, but was pulled back by Mrs. Mina.

   "Master Charlotte, I don't know what kind of servant you want to hire?"

  She asked respectfully yet alienated, completely different from the excitement just now.

   "Newcomers, I want some newcomers with a clean background, newcomers who have never done anything for other nobles."

   "Of course, it would be great if you have already received certain training."

  Charlotte heaved a sigh of relief, thought for a while and said.

  Old Frank's eyes lit up again almost instantly.

   But he was soon pulled back by his wife.

   "Your requirements are not strict, I think... we should be able to find the object you need, how many people do you need?"

  Mrs. Mina asked respectfully.

   "About fifty people."

   Charlotte replied.

   "Fifty people..."

  Mrs. Mina pondered, as if she was calculating something. After a while, she pulled Old Frank to stand up:

"I understand."

   "Please wait here a moment, Frank and I will go upstairs to find relevant information."

   As she spoke, she said to the beautiful girl standing on one side:

   "Shirley, heat a glass of milk for Lord Charlotte."

   After speaking, Mina forcibly dragged old Frank upstairs.

  How do people all over the world know that I like to drink milk?

  Looking at the beautiful girl who was silently preparing hot milk, Charlotte couldn't help muttering in her heart.

  …

  Mrs. Mina took old Frank up to the second floor.

   As soon as he went upstairs, old Frank angrily broke away from his wife's hand:

   "Mina! What were you doing just now? Why did you reject Lord Charlotte!"

   "Aren't you the one who wants to return to the manor day and night? Isn't it you who always dream about going back in the future!"

   "Not to mention...Even if it's for Shirley, we have to return to the family!"

   "Xue Li has awakened dual talents. Without huge financial support, it is impossible to support her future development."

   "And this...only the great Castel can do it!"

  Just as soon as he finished speaking, he was slightly taken aback, because he saw that his wife had already burst into tears, and she was not as calm as she was downstairs just now.

  Madam Mina wiped her red eyes, and said in a low voice:

   "Frank...you think I don't want to?"

   "I also want to return to Castle Manor, and I also want to return to Lord Charlotte's side..."

   "That's my little master. When she was very young, I helped her learn to walk..."

   "But...we are not who we used to be..."

   "We're old, we've lost our strength, we've been labeled once polluted by the Balrog's plague..."

   "In order to survive these years, we have also done a lot of dirty work for the Rose Society. These things are not secrets, and it is very likely that other nobles and even the church will use them to attack Castel and Shirley."

   "With us like this, we are no longer qualified to return to the manor. We will only become a burden to Castel, a stain on the family, and a burden to Shirley..."

   "We... can't go back to the past."

  Old Frank stared blankly at his sobbing wife, feeling somewhat depressed for a while:

   "What about... Shirley..."

   "Could it be...to make her one of those precarious wandering Transcendents?"

  Mrs. Mina raised her head suddenly, her gaze was firmer than ever before, and her expression was more excited than ever before:

   "No, Shirley is different."

  "Maybe we can't stand proudly behind our master again, but Shirley can..."

   "For so many years, we have been passing on what we have learned all our lives to Shirley, isn't it just for this day?"

   "Those of us who follow and serve the Castel family are interdependent with the family... The family needs us, and we also need the family."

   "For so many days, you and I have been paying attention to the movement of Castel Manor, and I must be very clear about the difficult situation of the little master."

   "The little master came to the outer city in person, it must have reached the point where no one can use it..."

   "She is exactly when she needs our strength, and it is also the time when we dedicate our strength to her! At the same time, this is also an opportunity for Shirley to replace us and return to the family!"

   "Xue Li will return to the family, and she will have a broader future. Maybe one day in the future, she will even follow her master to marry a good family, and even get a title!"

   "And we... can't be her burden!"

   "Frank, go and tell everyone the news that Lord Charlotte has come to the outer city."

   "Go and tell everyone that Castel is here, go and tell them that the opportunity for the children to return to the family has come!"

  Mrs. Mina looked excited.

  While downstairs, Charlotte, who has keen five senses, also let out a long sigh, and slowly withdrew her gaze to the second floor.

  Her eyes were full of emotion.

  They are... not just faithful servants.

   They are also parents who take great pains for their children's future.

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  (end of this chapter)