Chapter 13: Distribution
Carla climbed down the stairs with a heavy box in her hand, staring at the things that lay there; she couldn't help but feel happy about it.
When she took the last step, she found all the ladies sitting in the now slightly expanded common hall, with better furniture than before.
They looked comfortable, with everyone having a seat, unlike before when they needed to sit on each other's lap; not to mention, the new furniture was more comforting.
Everyone is sitting in a common room, including the teens, who will not work, till they reach eighteen.
"Is that?" asked Ina with clear hesitation and hope, "Yes, your earnings from the last night," Carla replied and put the wooden box on the table before sitting in the chair behind it.Visitt novelbin(.)co/m for the latest updates
Everyone quieted down with their eyes focused on the wooden box, especially the pouches, wanting to drill their gazes inside them.
"I will now distribute the money," she said as she looked at all the women who were looking at the box eagerly.
"Though I will not share how much you have earned with everyone, that will be at your discretion," she added before taking out the first brown leather pouch from the box; she did not even look at the pouch she took to know who belongs to; she did not have the moment she touched it, she knew it belongs to Margaux.
It is due to her new skill which she has got today from her new class that had changed. Her 'Harlot' class had changed to 'Madam,' and now she had a new skill, True Salary, which let her instantly calculate how much money every girl had made and who it belonged to.
The change of class was quite surprising, she had thought it would take at least a month, but it had happened in a single day.
Maybe it was because of how deeply she was involved in the establishment; she had been here even before the first brick was laid and had been involved in nearly every process.
There is also Remus, who she thinks is the most responsible for such a quick change in her class.
"Margaux, this is yours," she said; Margaux, who was sitting not far away from her, got up from her spot and took the pouch and pink envelope attached to it with slightly shaking hands under the gazes of every woman.
"Open it," asked Brenna in anticipation.
"Brenna!" admonished Carla instantly, "What? Everybody here wants to know how much we have made," she replied defensively while looking at the girls, all of whom nodded, seeing that she couldn't help but sigh.
Even if she stops them now, they will ask each other later.
"You don't have to," said Carla, "It is fine; I am sure today everyone will show how much they have earned?" said Margaux before she opened the pouch with shaking hands.
She inserted a fair hand inside and took out the coin, and it was not the blue crown that came out, but violet imperial, which is equal to hundred crowns.
Sigh!
She sighed her depressing thoughts away and focused on the girls in front of her.
Everyone had made good money; the lowest was three hundred and thirty-five crowns, while the highest was thirteen hundred and eighty.
The girls who earned less are a little sad seeing some of their peers earning more than double them, but they are still happy with the huge amount, and I am sure they will now focus more on their lessons and serving the clients; money is a great motivator.
"B.. the big sister, can't we work?" asked Gloria hesitantly.
Carla turned to the young girl, who was sitting with the other girls of her age.
"No, you all will not work till you turn eighteen," she said and could see the disappointment clouding the young girl's faces; seeing that, she and a few other girls couldn't help but sigh.
The withering circumstances and enough money could make one do anything and could even make this profession seem alluring.
"You are the most fortunate girls; learn everything from the teachers, and we are teaching you; it will help you a lot in the future, not only in advancing your class and getting better skills but also in leveling up faster," said Carla.
"I do not tell you the importance of that, will I?" she asked, to that, the young girls shook their heads in better moods.
"Good, learn with all everything you can, and you all will earn more money than you have ever dreamed," she said, which put smiles on girls' faces.
She talked with the girls for a few minutes before she got up to leave when a question came to her.
"This is temporary, isn't it, till the prince is in the city?" asked Margaux, and immediately eyes of every woman in the room focused on her on her again.
She could understand the question as she herself asked not long ago. So, she turned to the girls with a bright smile on her face.
"Not necessarily," she replied.
"Master Remus said that with the trade starting with merchant cities; it will bring out a huge influx of wealth to the city, which will prosper the business, including ours,"
"I am leaving for the port with Master Remus right now to watch the first ships from merchant cities," she said and walked out of the basement a few minutes later.
She did not know if what she said would come true, but she wished it would. These girls suffered a lot in their life, and they deserved some happiness.
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