The Maid's Contract Marriage (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 271

“…….”

Ruah leaned her forehead against her palm, frowning as she wrote in her tight household ledger.

It would have been better if she could take on solo escort duties, but no one entrusted her with such assignments.

This was because clients who wanted Ruah were always told her skills weren’t yet sufficient, and instead offered a bundled package of several mercenaries—including her—as if it were a standard deal.

It was a difficult issue to protest against.

Even Ruah herself admitted that her experience and expertise, limited solely to assisting escorts for women and children, simply weren’t strong enough for solo assignments.

Moreover, it was common to hear about mercenaries who, insisting they could handle jobs alone and straying from their groups, ended up facing collective retaliation and suffering harsh consequences.

Just a few years ago, even the famed Gunter Vain himself had been helplessly overwhelmed.

Ruah knew about it because the men who’d trampled him had bragged about the incident for years as if it were their own heroic tale.

And if that could happen to him, what chance did someone like her—with only middling skill—have?

“…….”

The guild kept insisting they needed her, repeatedly assigning her as a support escort, yet gave her a low share of the payment and never offered her other, better-paying jobs.

After all, it was more profitable for the guild to bundle several mercenaries together at a reliably high price than to sell one person alone at an uncertain, modest rate.

Still, at first, she hadn’t minded.

She’d once believed that by partnering with stronger mercenaries and accompanying them on assignments, she’d naturally absorb their expertise through observation and steadily improve her skills.

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