We talked about the management of the herb fields

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“Hoho. Well, you might as well have fun while you are young. When His Grace was young, he…”
“It’s not like that… Anyway, don’t you have something to tell me?”
“Ah, that is right.”

Hah… Sebastian could be annoying when he wasn’t talking about work.

“Well then. I wish to talk to you about the herb field in Range village. But first…”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Well, it involves Lady Claire. Excuse me, but could you go and call her?”
“Certainly.”

Sebastian was about to start talking, but then he paused.
Apparently, he needed to talk to Ms. Claire as well, and so he asked a butler who was in the room to go and call her.

“Ms. Claire, too?”
“Yes. Of course, I could tell you first… But you are partners, are you not?”
“Ah, that’s right. Indeed, it would be best for you to tell her as well.”

It had been me who had brought it up.
Before that, Ms. Claire had slipped her name into the list of possible employees.
Apparently, they did not mind if it was like that on paper. However, it would sound better if it were joint management… For both me and their house.
And so I sat down on a chair and waited for Ms. Claire to arrive.
While it only took about ten seconds, it was rather painful, as I had to avoid any conversations that would give Sebastian an opportunity to make fun of me…

“Well then. Let us speak about the management of the herb fields.”
“Yes.”

The three of us sat around the table as if for a meeting.
Ms. Claire and I nodded at Sebastian.

“First of all… The house that Mr. Takumi will live in.”
“But I thought we already decided on that matter?”

The house that Leo and I would live in.
I did not want it to be too big. But it had to be large enough for Leo to move freely in as well.
Mr. Ekenhart had wanted to build a great mansion, and I had to stop him.

“No, it is very important. After all, Lady Claire will be staying there as well. And then there are the servants.”
“Besides…your employees might have to live there as well. Mr. Haines did say there were some empty houses in the village. But I do not think it will be enough for everyone…”
“Now that you mention it…I suppose that is true… I see. I have to think about where the employees will live as well.”
“Yes. For instance, if you start something in Ractos, and you hire people, there is no need to think about their housing. But with Range village, they will have to move from somewhere else.”

We could not build new houses for all of them, and there were only so many empty houses in Range village.
And so it might be necessary…even if just temporarily, to have them live with us, similar to the servants.

“Mr. Takumi and I, and Leo and Liza. Sherry can be in the same room as me. And then there just needs to be space for the servants and employees.”
“Yes. And as I said before, Mr. Takumi should have a butler. He cannot do everything by himself. And a butler would be able to take care of the house and finances. Of course, it would have to be someone who is trustworthy.”
“That’s true… I have limits to how much I can do. And I cannot rely on Ms. Claire for everything…”
“But I would not mind if you relied on me like that…”
“Lady Claire, do not say such things. Even with your help, it will be too much work for two people.”
“Well…you are right.”

Before I came to this world, I had not been the kind of person to rely on others. If I was still like that, I would have tried to do everything myself until I collapsed and failed.
Well, it was also because there was no one who I could rely on if I wanted to. Regardless, I did not want to be like that now.
Of course, I would still do what I could.

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