The swordsmanship of Ermundo was the fundamental principle of the swordsmanship Yan practiced.

Despite Shankes expressing his desire to learn the swordsmanship of Ermundo from Yan several times, he was always dismissed on the grounds that his skills were still insufficient.

“I’m ready to learn anytime! Just tell me!”

Of course, having just returned from a subjugation and having slept rough during the entire campaign, fatigue was not an exaggeration, but what he had just said was not a lie.
If he could learn that swordsmanship, even staying up all night without sleeping for 24 hours was possible.

Shankes was that passionate.

Yan spoke coldly.

“Alright, then get ready and come to the training ground. I’ll tell you what to do today.”

Shankes was so excited that he headed back to his lodging.

In his mind, he wondered if he could learn it because he had become the special aide to the lady.

However, during the training and sparring with his mentor, something went seriously wrong when the blade of the wooden sword grazed his neck.

‘My, my mentor is angry!’

For some reason, was it because he spoke informally to the lady a few times earlier? Was he too audacious in front of the lady?!

Contrary to Shankes’s thoughts, Yan’s mind had already erased the fact that Shankes spoke informally to the lady.

He was only trying to improve the skills of his disciple, who couldn’t properly block a single attack, now that he had become the lady’s special aide.

‘This isn’t just for fun.’

Yan fervently thought to himself.

After confidently selecting two aides, I went to inform Dad.

However, not long after, I found myself having to leave the office with a muddled feeling.

‘I have to choose at least one from within the household…….’

It seems I didn’t listen properly when Dad first explained.

Dad mentioned that both of them were outsiders with no connection to the family, so another person from the family had to join as my aide.

At that moment, Philene said, ‘Miss, you must have wanted me too……’ and caused a brief commotion.

‘Shankes said he can only become a senior knight next year.’

Since Shankes had not yet received his promotion to a senior knight, he was not a perfect member of the Leviche Knights and could not be considered a person completely belonging to the family.

If there were no suitable candidates among the mansion employees, it was acceptable to choose from the guests or traders. However, they only came to the Duke’s mansion once a month. Since they were all high-ranking attendants of the Duke and operated their own trade networks, they were very busy.

Dad offered to help me meet them if I wanted to, but I was not inclined to do so.

‘Who should I choose, then?’

Someone who wouldn’t worry about betraying me, who wouldn’t doubt the tasks I assigned, and someone who would never betray me.

While walking and pondering deeply, I suddenly felt my bag was light.

What is it? Did I leave something behind……

‘Oh, my bag! Eunbaem!’

Come to think of it, when I entered the office, I didn’t bring my bag.

Being too excited, I left Eunbaem on the gazebo.

I quickly turned back and headed towards the road garden. The gazebo was already being cleaned up by the maids who had come to clear the teacups I had used.
“Have you seen my bag that was here?”

“Your bag? Hmm.”

I asked other maids, but they all replied that they didn’t know.

At first, without much concern, I looked around the gazebo. However, the bag with Eunbaem was nowhere to be found.

Even after the maids cleared all the teacups, I couldn’t leave the vicinity of the gazebo. Then, belatedly, I discovered the fallen bag under a tree a little away from the gazebo.

I hadn’t been in this spot today. In other words, it meant that Eunbaem crawled here alone carrying the bag.

Unknowingly, I ground my teeth.

‘Where on earth did it go this time?!’

‘Hmm.’

The head maid took a quick look around the garden area where she had assigned the new maid to clean.

When cleaning the garden, the main tasks were usually to remove fallen leaves or flower petals and occasionally cover the soil where birds had dropped their droppings with fresh soil.

If there were withered flowers, she also had to inform the gardener, and if there were spots where stray cats had stirred up the soil, it was their job to clean it up.

‘Not a single fallen leaf, and the soil is fine.’

With a nearly perfect managed garden, the head maid smiled with satisfaction.

The large novice who followed her politely folded his hands and asked.

“Um, how is it? Is this good enough?”

“Yeah, you’re quite good.”

Being praised by the head maid was the highest compliment.

Working in the Duke’s mansion, it was said that receiving a positive evaluation from the picky head maid meant possessing the highest virtues as a servant.

But it wasn’t just good; it was excellent! The new servant who had come in felt his chest swell.

‘Now that I’ve settled down here, finding that white snake should be a piece of cake!’

In fact, this servant had one fact that he had not honestly shared with anyone here.

He was currently employed undercover. What he had said during the interview with the head maid about having an aptitude for internal management and wanting to do it for the rest of his life was a lie.

His real goal was something else. It was to find the white snake he had accidentally encountered in their underground base, Catacombs, that day.

‘Come to think of it, I received a note from them from morning.’

A new note had arrived at the location where they agreed to meet with subordinates. Having been busy all morning, he only now had a chance to read it.

「It’s been more than half a month since the agreed-upon date. When the hell are you coming back? Everyone is going crazy looking for the leader.」

Seeing the hastily written note, it seemed urgent. The servant thought he should respond a bit.

He took out a clean note from his pocket and hastily wrote underneath.

「I came to find what I mentioned before. I won’t go back until I find it, so you guys take care of yourselves for now.

M」