Chapter 168: Everyone love money (1/2)

After getting out of the office, Clara saluted the two maids politely standing guard in front of the door and walked away while humming a song.

She knew that she was on probation, but she believed that she would be able to show her skills soon.

'He was easier to talk to than I would have thought.'

Like any elf, Clara respected dragons greatly. How could she not? Anyone who stood in front of those magnificent and imposing creatures could only bow in awe and worship.

When she met Lilin back then, and learned that she was in fact the cousin of a hybrid dragon, Lady Blaze's son at that, her mother had all but begged her to serve him.

At first, Clara had been rather hesitant.

Hybrids in this world were not despised by rule. It mostly depended on their abilities.

A hybrid who was lucky enough to inherit the strongest points of both races would be respected.

One who didn't would not be despised, but they would be pretty much ignored.

It might be pretty cold, but it was life.

If she served a useless hybrid dragon, she would have been mocked by all the members of her generation for one century or two.

But, since she was 50 years old and curious about the outside world, she had decided to take the bet and followed her friend Lilin out of the forest.

She had to admit, she was glad she did.

'Thank you, mother.'

It seemed that the nagging of a mother was never useless.

Since Sol had proved to be above everything she could have imagined, it was her turn to prove herself to be above everything he could imagine.

This was her pride.

After all, a good servant could only show all his skills under a good lord.

'Those bitches are going to be so jealous!'

The elf society was a purely matriarchal one and the competition was rude. If Sol had been born in the Astral World, the chance of her landing the job would have been close to none.

After all, even her mother was chosen not because of her skills and lineage, but simply because Blaze liked her personality.

'Now then, I guess I should visit Lilin and Setsuna.'

She continued humming while walking in the hallway.

Today was a very good day.

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[Travers Mansion]

Currently, the Travers mansion was showing a flurry of activity.

After all, the Duke had suddenly announced the arrival of the future King.

The last time, they had two entire days to prepare but this time the short notice shocked them.

Overseeing the actions of the maids was a tall and voluptuous woman clad in a red robe that hugged her form tightly.

She was the wife of Hermes Travers.

”Hurry up! Be sure that everything is well taken care of.”

In this world, the difference between men and women was minimal. After all, your power and talent did not depend on your gender.

Despite this, people still viewed the house as the women's territory.

As a duchess, Dame Travers was a very steadfast woman and a competent merchant. She understood the importance of building connections more than anything.

Once she was sure that everything was in good hands, she walked toward the office of her husband.

”Dear husband, everything is alright. But, are you sure we shouldn't bring some maids as a gift?”

Using women to ensnare men of power was an old but effective tactic that worked most of the time.

For this, she specially raised many girls and gave them education, clothes, food, and all the necessary elements for a good growth.

All those girls knew the reasons she did so, but none resented her. Life was not easy and the duchess never sent her girls to men with dangerous tendencies.

For them, it was an opportunity to go from slaves or simple commoners to concubines and perhaps official wives for some lucky ones.

Thanks to this practice, even though the Travers house always seemed the weakest, they had one of the most extensive networks.