Chapter 424

Nick was sorry about his past deeds

“It does seem like the day you rescued the girl, matches with the day that I started to see them more often. Perhaps it was because Deam gave out an order...”

“Do you know him?”

“I should be asking you that.”

“Well...sort of. Haha.”

“Wuff.”

I didn’t if the two things were directly related, but it was possible that they were searching for Liza. It did seem that he wanted to use hatred against the beastkin as a way of controlling the people.

Regardless, I was a little surprised to hear Nick talk about Deam.

“Well, I understand why you don’t want to talk about it. He seems like the kind of person to silence others so that they don’t expose him.”

Apparently, Nick seemed to have misunderstood me a little.

Also, it was clear that he knew him.

“So you know a lot about Deam?”

“Aye. I am from the slums, after all... And though I tried to leave and get a job... No one would hire me... There were some places that gave me work for just a day or two...but nothing like what you did, brother. I suppose it had to do with my origins, and the way I talked.”

“I see...”

Patrolling the area was Nick’s way of doing some volunteer work.

“I am able to live properly, thanks to the money you pay me. Besides, I now make sure to buy from the stores I stole from, as a way of making up for it.”

“I see... Uh, and you really have enough money? If you don’t...”

“No, no, I’m fine. You pay me more than I would make at any of these other stores! I could not ask for more!”

“Indeed...”

Apparently, he was contributing to the sales of the other stores as a way of apologizing.

As for his pay, I had discussed it with Sebastian, and decided to give him a little extra, which seemed to be a lot for Nick.

Especially since he had never been paid properly before...

Now that I thought about it, perhaps it wasn’t a good idea to ask a duke’s butler about average salaries...

He probably got paid a lot... I should have talked to Mr. Kalis instead.

Well, it wasn’t like I had financial troubles, and if Nick was working hard, then it was fine.

Money wasn’t everything, but you should be paid well for your work.

...I knew from experience that working overtime for minimum wages, with no hope of a raise no matter how hard you worked...was bound to make you lose motivation.

And since I would have to hire personnel to help with the medicinal herb fields, this was something that I would have to continue to keep in mind.