Chapter 11: Your bodies are my assets.

The life of nobility was truly quite comfortable.

“Ha…”

Only when sunlight pierced through the diamond-shaped glass of the bedroom and shone directly onto Luvia’s buttocks did she lazily stretch her body with a yawn.

She smoothed her messy silver hair and pulled open the bed curtains,

only to see three figures dressed as maids standing beside the bed… startling her awake.

“Don’t you all have your own things to do?”

She bit her fingernail, her expression looking somewhat awkward.

What were they doing guarding her bedside so early in the morning? Watching her sleep in??

“…”

Hearing Luvia’s words, the two beast-eared girls exchanged glances. Only Frosia spoke up to explain.

“Lady Luvia, I came to help you change clothes…”

“As for these two… why don’t you ask them?” Her face carried an uncertain expression.

Hearing this, Luvia examined her two demi-human servants.

Frostsha had heavy dark circles under her eyes, looking as if she had trained all night.

As for Frosna, thanks to her Night Owl trait, she looked slightly more energetic.

And on that small face of hers, there seemed to be an expression begging for praise…?

“Frosna, speak.”

Frosna nodded at the words.

“Reporting to Master, I came to report my work progress!”

Interestingly… the moment she opened her mouth, Frostsha beside her trembled all over and stared at her younger sister, desperately signaling with her eyes.

“Is that so?”

Luvia summoned the game panel.

【——Human Resources Management——】
【Frosna】
【Position: Treasure Hunter】
【Status: Resting】
【Daily Output: 17 gold coins (167%)】
【Daily Working Hours: 9h】
【Special: Joyful State, work efficiency increased by 50%.】
【Suggestion: Balance work content to fully utilize this unit’s value.】

In just one night, Frosna had produced materials worth 17 gold coins??

A trace of surprise flashed in Luvia’s eyes.

Truly worthy of a treasure-hunting girl whose early-game power level was completely broken…

Her peripheral vision swept across the bedroom interior and quickly spotted a person-height sack. Its surface was still stained with some plant sap. This must be the result of Frosna’s night’s work.

“20 stalks of green fern grass, 17 stalks of ground ginseng, 58 moonlit tree fruits.” Frosna’s tone carried a hint of pride.

Listening to her report, the two uninformed people beside her also showed moved expressions.

Because these three were very common magical materials with quite transparent prices. Although they didn’t know the exact uses, it wasn’t difficult to calculate their value based on the quantities…

That was 17 gold coins! No matter where, it was a huge sum!

In the Kingdom of Avalon, an ordinary person’s annual income was only about 70 silver coins. Frosna’s harvest in one day could equal an ordinary person’s twenty years of work…

“Not bad.”

Luvia nodded indifferently, but as the boss, she felt she should perhaps give her excellent employee some reward.

She hopped off the bed barefoot, walked up to Frosna, and gently patted her head…

The two uninformed people beside them looked even more shocked.

“Lady Luvia…?”

Frosia’s expression seemed to carry a trace of grievance.

She, who had done nothing and was disliked, formed a stark contrast with Frosna, who had just arrived and was already receiving such favor…

“What are you looking at?”

“Have you two earned any money for me yet??”

Luvia paid no attention to their opinions at all and spoke even more hurtful words…

“Earn money…?”

“So that big sack of magical materials was all picked by Miss Frosna in one night?”

Frosia’s expression changed. Her voice unconsciously lowered. “Lady Luvia, is this Miss Frosna’s special talent…?”

But as soon as Frosia finished speaking, Frostsha’s face suddenly turned pale.

She looked at her younger sister in shock and suspicion… yet only saw a relieved smile on Frosna’s face.

“You are not allowed to mention this matter to anyone.” Luvia pointed at Frosia’s nose and said,

“You know what this means…”

Hearing this, Frosia nodded repeatedly and even made a zipping gesture across her mouth with her finger.

“As for Frostsha… how was your training progress yesterday?”

Luvia turned her head and looked at the flustered Frostsha…

The latter’s face instantly flushed red. She stammered “ah ba ah ba” for a long time but couldn’t utter a single word.

“Pfft…”

Frosna beside her couldn’t hold back her laughter anymore.

“Sister, it’s fine. Lady Luvia is a very good person!”

“She won’t blame you for pretending to be mute…”

But Luvia interrupted her without hesitation,

“Why wouldn’t I blame her? Do I look like a very gentle and magnanimous person??”

Luvia stared into Frostsha’s eyes and said word by word: “Pretending to be mute is fine… From now on, you don’t need to speak.”

“You only need to regard yourself as a silent warrior and clear obstacles for me. Understood?”

Hearing this, Frostsha hesitated for a long time before finally squeezing out one syllable.

“Yes…”

“Also, don’t train too desperately. Who told you to train all night?” Luvia pursed her lips. “If it was Shabella’s instruction, I will personally talk to her…”

“See? And you still say you’re not gentle…” Frosna turned her head and whispered to her sister,

Hearing Luvia direct her矛头 at Shabella, Frosia beside them couldn’t sit still.

“Teacher Shabella only created a training plan for Miss Frostsha. She didn’t force her.”

“Miss Frostsha worked very hard. Please don’t blame her!”

Hearing this, Luvia curled her lips. “That’s good then…”

Immediately after, she changed the subject and looked at Frosia.

“By the way, don’t forget what I said.”

Luvia looked at her with a serious expression,

“This month, I forbid your swordsmanship from advancing further. I want to see you become worse than Frostsha!”

“This is not a joke. One month later, I will personally inspect…”

Luvia emphasized the word “personally” heavily,

and this was indeed the truth. One month later, when facing the angel Frosia’s revenge— no matter what, Luvia would drag Frostsha out and have her compete with her.

“U-Understood…”

Being treated differently once again, Frosia’s expression looked even more aggrieved.

But Luvia paid no attention to her feelings. She called her two servants over, intending to give them some instructions.

“Frosna can work at night to avoid attracting attention. But Frostsha, your training should still be during the day.”

As she spoke,

Luvia opened the large sack filled with herbs and rummaged inside.

Frosna’s work attitude was very good.

These herbs had not suffered much damage. They were all large, plump, and of sufficient age…

Thinking of this,

Luvia picked out the smallest moonlit tree fruit from the sack and solemnly handed it to Frosna.

“Here, this is your wage for last night.”

Frosna: “…?”

“Take it. This is what you deserve…”

Hearing this, she blankly accepted the fruit, her face full of confusion…

Seeing this, Luvia shook her head and looked at her with a trace of pity.

Look at this child who has never seen the world. Is she about to be scared to tears by capitalism?

“Alright, you two go rest quickly…” Luvia waved at the two beast-eared girls,

“Remember, your bodies are my capital.”

Hearing this, the two nodded gratefully, yet they both felt there was something off about those words…