As it was a place with a lot of traffic, the job introduction center inside had a lot of mercenaries.
‘With so many mercenaries, the inns and pubs must be in need of some help.’
Given their skills and experience, there were certain jobs they could do.
Cleaning, washing dishes, etc.
It would be physically exhausting, but there was nothing else she could do.
‘I can’t really make much money doing manual labor like that……. Phew, this could be a long stay.’
Joshua sounded impatient, but She couldn’t help it.
“We need to save money to buy a pass to go to the Eisa Empire.”
They had made it this far, but crossing into the Eisa Empire was no easy matter.
Rumor has it that the relationship between the duchy and the empire was not good, making it very difficult to get a pass.
Of course, it wasn’t impossible to obtain a pass that had already been issued.
But it seemed to be traded through a back door, and it cost 50 gold per head to buy them.
“And then I have to bribe the guards at the gates with some of that.”
At least 250 gold was needed.
‘No, I’ll need at least 300 gold, because I’ll have to pay for lodging and food…….’
Eugenia let out a long sigh as she mentally calculated where the money would go.
‘Nope. We’ll need more money to spare. Selmia might get very ill.’
Selmia had been frail as a child.
She was two inches shorter than Joshua, and the slightest movement made her short of breath.
She would get a stomach ache whenever she ate cold or hard food. Once, on the way down to town, she ate hard bread and became so sick that Eugenia had to go into the mountains in the middle of the night to gather herbs for an upset stomach.
Eugenia’s late father was a herbalist, and she followed him into the mountains from a young age, so she had more herbal knowledge than the average person, though not as much as a doctor.
“Luckily, so far, I’ve been able to handle it with what I know.”
But She never knew when a child was going to get really sick.
When things got out of hand, they would need to be taken to a doctor, so she had to save up for that.
Of course, part of her wanted to rush Selmia or Joshua to the doctor whenever they got sick and make sure they got the right treatment.
‘No, no. I need to read.’
From the moment she accepted Joshua’s offer, she was responsible for two lives.
She was also the only adult of the three.
She couldn’t afford to be emotional. Furthermore, she couldn’t take them to the doctor’s office and have their faces exposed.
“you have to be careful where you go, how you move, what you do.”
Every move she made could put her children at risk, which made her want to be extra cautious.
‘It’s best if Selmia doesn’t get sick, but I’ll take care of the situations I can handle.’
She took a shaky breath as if to gather her thoughts.
‘There’s no denying I’ll need money anyway, so I hope I can find a well-paying job. Otherwise, I’ll have to go back to stealing.’
She let out a long sigh.
‘Worrying doesn’t feed the soul, so let’s find a job.’
Eugenia approached the desk of an employee at the back of the employment agency.
“What can I do for you, sir? Background check or information?”
“Neither. I’m looking for a job, short-term if possible.”
“Oh, really?”
“Go look on the notice board over there. They post all the short-term jobs there.”
“Thanks.”
After giving him a quick bow, Eugenia turned and headed toward the notice board.
“Ah, here.”
The noticeboard was wide, with two adult men on either side of her, arms outstretched wide, and papers piled high.
Eugenia looked up, her vision limited by her robes pressed down to her nose.
And at that moment, her robe came tumbling off.
“Ugh!”
She sucked in a short breath, then hastily pushed her hat back on.
For a moment, it felt as if the world around her had gone silent.
With her shoulders and neck tense, Eugenia looked around, breathless and cautious. Her mouth was dry as a bone.
Her vision was half restricted by her robe, but she could see that no one was with her.
The sounds of speech, which she had thought had ceased for a moment, began to return, though in a much smaller volume.
‘Maybe it was my mood.’
For a moment her hat was lowered, but she quickly put it back on, so no one could see her.
‘No, who will recognize me here?’
She was not the daughter of a nobleman of great power in the Duchy, nor was she a wizard, nor was she exceptionally gifted in music or art.
‘Just a passing extra. A little pretty.’
Besides, Joshua and Selmia weren’t around right now, so there was no way she was going to attract attention anytime soon.
‘Extras are supposed to have a faint presence.’
Sighing, she gripped the sides of her hat tighter and looked up again.
Time was gold. She had to find a job, and fast.
‘Are there any festivals in this town, or is the manor in urgent need of hands…….’
Nervously, she began to quickly scroll down the papers on the notice board.
‘Not much, as expected.’
There was a long list of jobs, washing dishes in a pub, chopping vegetables, delivering groceries, and so on, all for five gold a day.
“I can’t do this.”
She was about to sigh in frustration.
Eugenia’s gaze drifted to the far corner of the job board.
Unlike the other job postings, the writing was neat and tidy. She may be exaggerating, but the typestyle was elegant.
She leaned in closer to the board to get a better look at the job posting.
Wanted: Seeking a maid to accompany me to the Eisa Empire.
*Compensation will be set to account for the long distance. Negotiable.
Eugenia’s eyes widened.
“What is this? It sounds like a job prepared just for me!’
The Eisa Empire, her and her twins’ destination, and a job as a maid!
What were the odds of those two things being posted side by side in the same job posting?
“I can’t miss this!”
Eugenia’s hand snatched up the job posting at the speed of light and tore it open.
“I have to do this, I have to, I have to!”
Eugenia told herself over and over again, and with both hands clutching the job posting, she headed back to the desk.
BANG!
She slammed the paper down hard on the employee’s desk.
“Oops!”
The employee, who was filing her nails, barely centered herself as she nearly fell backward in anger.
This time, Eugenia thrust her face into his chest, scared to death.
The staffer gasped and raised his voice.
“Oh, my God, my thought my heart was going to drop out of my chest, what the hell is wrong with you!”
“This!”
Eugenia exclaimed, slamming her palm down on the job application on the desk.
“I want this job!”
“Job? Oh, what the hell did you see?”
The employee frowned slightly and reached for the paper crushed under her palm.
Eugenia jerked her upper body back and obediently handed over the paper with the job description.
After reading it, the employee frowned and asked bluntly.
“Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Yes, I will, I will, I will!”
“Well, you’re a strange girl.”
The employee muttered, clicking her tongue as if she couldn’t understand Eugenia.
Eugenia scratched her head, not understanding why the employee was reacting this way.
The mystery was soon solved.
The employee opened a desk drawer, leaned over to look for something, and began to ramble on.
“We haven’t gotten any applicants in a month, so I thought I’d get rid of it, but here we are again.”
“A month?”
Eugenia secretly patted her chest, realizing that she hadn’t even had a chance.
“It’s not like there weren’t plenty of applicants. There were three or four at first.”
If it was so popular, why was she still looking for a job for over a month without getting one?
“It’s weird on the employer’s end, too,” She thought, “shouldn’t they be in a hurry to get to the Eisa Empire?
She realized that the length of her stay in the border town might make the difference between getting the job or not.
‘I’ll make sure to ask about that when I go for my interview later.’
Making a mental note to herself, Eugenia continued to listen to what the employee had to say.
“But strangely enough, the girls don’t last long.”
“Oh, why?”
The clerk was still digging through the drawers, not finding what she was looking for.
“They’re all fired within three days of being hired, and that’s almost all in one day. Bam.”
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