Dear Broom Knight

Chesca thought for a long time before she thought of a little girl.

The little daughter of the castle's laundry woman.

In Laurie's castle, doing laundry wasn't considered too strenuous of a job.

They didn't need to scrub clothes in the icy water with their own hands, but they did need to be strong enough to operate the equipment.

But for them, who could barely be considered knight attendants, this bit of physical labor was nothing at all; two hours each in the morning and afternoon was basically enough to complete the task.

The remaining time could naturally be used for cultivation and managing household affairs.

However, they could also be said to be the people with the worst talent in the castle, with almost no chance of becoming knights.

Therefore, Chesca could also understand why these girls eventually chose the path of returning to their families.

After all, in Qingfeng territory, especially here in the castle, there wouldn't be the kind of men who were bad to their wives and daughters.

Of course, women would also be well-behaved and loving towards their children and husbands... Domestic violence was never just a matter of gender, but a matter of combat power and whether or not there was the power to resist.

Of course, the real essence was still a matter of character.

The cruelty of the world lies in the fact that men and women do have natural differences in strength.

But that doesn't mean that women who have this ability won't do the same thing after gaining overwhelming power.

The environment in which Chesca grew up was right on this borderline.

Indeed, it was still men who were more likely to resort to violence, especially those drunkards, but there were indeed female knights who could be ruthless.

The world of nobles was a little better.

They either didn't act, or when they did, they wanted to kill; they didn't have time to play any games of violent mutual beatings.

Madam Yagris and Earl Montes didn't count... Although Earl Montes was injured in the face, everyone understood that Madam Yagris was injured in the heart.

However, it was precisely because everyone knew about the Qingfeng territory's baron and his mother's experiences back then that they could understand Laurie's strict requirements for certain things.

He didn't care whether he cared or not, but he wasn't willing to let certain things happen in his territory, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Even if it was indeed a bit unconventional.

Although Laurie himself didn't feel anything, he just took his own perceived moral cultivation of a normal person and made it the rules for managing the castle.

He even thought he was very tolerant, and had no extra demands on the people of the territory other than the bottom line of law and morality.

However, in the outside world, especially among the nobles, hearing his rules would scare away a bunch of people... They worked so hard to cultivate, but not to 'be a good person'.

Even commoners, commoners who had many fantasies about their future, would feel too restricted here.

Although Qingfeng territory really didn't recruit outsiders much, and the restrictions were very high.

But if many people wanted to get Qingfeng territory's household registration, it wouldn't be the case that the population wouldn't increase by dozens of people a year.

It's just that those who could understand that Laurie's requirements weren't really harsh, and were very suitable for ordinary people who just wanted to live a plain life, didn't feel that they could only live that way.

But the servants in Qingfeng territory, including those knights, were different.

These were all people who had been carefully screened and determined that they would rather accept this kind of restraint than be tortured in the outside world.

Laurie was very tolerant to those who hadn't violated his rules, but just didn't want to continue living in his territory; it was easy to leave.

As long as he investigated and found that they hadn't done anything to harm the territory, they could leave directly.

As for whether leaving the territory would bring any trouble to the territory... Laurie's territory, the focus was only himself.

Even if the four Tolle siblings betrayed him together, it would at most hurt his heart a little and cost him some money, but it wouldn't touch his foundation at all.

No one was forced to stay in Qingfeng territory; those who wanted to leave couldn't even hear any words of retention.

Therefore, the people who stayed wouldn't have the kind of self-righteous feeling that they were all forced to be helpless.

When everyone in the environment felt that they were living happily and had hope for the future, that feeling was really good.

Chesca had been the territory's chief steward for so many years, and sincerely felt that she was getting more and more energetic, and even her strength was growing faster!

Although, it was more likely that she felt good about herself; after all, she ate so many good things from Laurie, and stayed with the dragons every day, but she only barely kept up with Taylor's pace.

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"Miss Chesca, I've brought Cheryl."

The laundry woman, Jenna Dean, brought her three-year-old daughter to the study.

Although she had been inexplicably asked for such an abrupt request, Jenna Dean didn't worry at all.

Their lord was an upright person, and he wasn't interested in women, um... nor was he interested in men.

The way he looked at anyone was cold and distant and full of pressure, including the cute children.

If they didn't know that the baron was wholeheartedly focused on the path of a mage, and also liked to enjoy good food and beautiful scenery, they would have suspected that the baron was no longer human!

Therefore, Jenna Dean had long known that coming to the study, she was more likely to see Miss Chesca, who managed them... Then she didn't need to worry even more.

Baron Laurie would definitely not allow anyone to harm his people on his territory!

Chesca stood up, walked to the side of the alchemy room, and waved to the mother and daughter: "Come over here."

The little girl had light golden hair, and a pair of big eyes like azure gemstones were embedded in her round face; her pink little mouth was slightly open, and she was poking her head out from behind her mother's skirt, looking at the room full of books.

However, Chesca could tell at a glance that this girl was definitely not an honest child.

Her mother, Jenna Dean, didn't say anything to her, but directly bent down, grabbed the clothes on her back, and carried her this way.

Although Chesca didn't know Cheryl, she was very familiar with Jenna, who had been in the castle for ten years.

Because the laundry women had too little talent, many of them gradually gave up their pursuit of strength after entering the family.

Of course, they didn't all give up; the team training every morning and evening was still insisted on.

Even a great knight, once he completely stopped practicing, his body would slowly become heavy, and his skin and muscles would begin to relax... Even men were unwilling to accept this result.

It didn't take much time and energy, and the basic training for one hour every morning and evening wasn't tiring at all for them who were already used to it.

In addition, with the time spent pushing the machines every day, these laundry women could still maintain their attendant level.

But Jenna had been continuing to complete her full training, even if she had worked so hard for so many years, she was only a level nine attendant.

But, at least in the attendant stage, she was already the strongest of the bunch.

Jenna's endurance and willpower could be imagined, and she was also the kind of person with a calm and composed personality.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been the different one when her colleagues gradually gave up.

Such Jenna couldn't possibly be impatient with her child.

The only possibility was that the more she loved, the more miserable she became.

Um... Chesca had seen a more lively child before: Laurie.

Although Laurie was very good and well-behaved now, he was really... crazy when he was a child.

Madam Yagris's sarcasm was all forced out by her own son.

After all, when dealing with a husband who wasn't quite right in the head, you could just beat him up, which was both de-stressing and satisfying.

But a five or six-year-old son, it was really difficult for a level twelve great knight to strike.

What if she accidentally used a little more force when patting him?

That was her own son, and he was just a little playful.

Even if he sneaked out of the castle through the sewers in the middle of the night, and went to the summit of an unknown mountain to find an unknown 'friend', he was still her own son... Chesca used to find it funny, but now, when Chesca thought about having such a son, she felt that life was bleak.

In short, Madam Yagris's method of dealing with Laurie was like Jenna's... Not opening her mouth to explain, just grabbing him to the place and then giving orders.

Sure enough, Cheryl just shrank her neck and skillfully stretched out a small hand to grab her mother's skirt, her big eyes rolling around.

"You've really worked hard, Jenna," Chesca said gently.

Jenna's whole body stiffened, and she suddenly felt a kind of 'a scholar dies for his confidant' tragic feeling.

Since Cheryl could walk and run, heaven knows how she had been living!

Don't look at the little girl now, dressed cleanly and her hair upright, that was all she had quickly cleaned up after hearing the summons!

She had really reached the pinnacle of the laundry woman profession in ten minutes she could clean up a mud ball to the point where it could be seen by people.

The child's father only knew that Cheryl was so active that she must be very talented, and he just knew how to grin all day long!

Cheryl was also a girl... She couldn't count on him anyway.

Working in the Qingfeng territory castle was really easy.

The baron was very generous.

The laundry women could use the laundry machine they were responsible for to clean their own clothes, and her husband, the orchard worker, could also borrow agricultural machinery to plant a few fruit trees in their own small home... The orchard would clear out some saplings that grew in unsuitable places every year, and open up a few vegetable plots next to their home.

The baron wouldn't care about these things.

And the servants' three meals a day were provided by the castle's kitchen.

Although they had to make the food for the children themselves, but... the food could be brought home to eat!

For families with younger children, such as theirs, they only cooked on the fixed day off each week.

Although the servants' days off were not fixed, they could apply to be on the same day after getting married.