Ch.5 Daily Wage of 30 Surs
“Your Highness, I am truly grateful that you would personally trouble yourself on my behalf.”
Luo Nan first expressed his appreciation toward Serela. “I have so matters to attend to in the coming days, so I’ll appoint Miss Anya Sivans as my liaison for this case.”
Having said that, Luo Nan turned his head toward the chestnut-haired girl standing behind him, who had been spacing out. Serela’s gaze also returned to rest upon her.
“Huh!? !?”
Startled by Luo Nan ntioning her, Anya jolted and instinctively pointed at herself with her delicate finger, slightly bewildered. “But I have nothing to do with him…”
Luo Nan quickly stepped beside Anya, lowered his head slightly, and—taking advantage of his height—spoke softly to her: “Miss Anya, you’re a temporary server here, right? Are you short on money lately? Take this job, and I promise the pay will satisfy you.”
“How do you know I’m a temporary worker? Did you send soone to tail !?” Anya’s golden eyes instantly narrowed as she seized upon the questionable detail in Luo Nan’s words.
Ridiculous! How could the young master of the dillion family possibly know whether the service staff hired for this banquet were temporary or not? This wasn’t even held at his house!
“Besides, don’t even think about trying to bribe . Even if you did bribe , it wouldn’t matter—in a mont, once Miss Rose wakes up, whether you’re innocent or guilty will be decided by her!”
“…You misunderstand. I have no intention of bribing you.” Luo Nan knew, given her personality, she wouldn’t abandon her principles for money.
“Also, the reason I knew you were a temporary worker is mainly because the male server uniform you’re wearing… doesn’t quite fit you, does it?”
Luo Nan’s gaze involuntarily swept toward the girl’s chest. Although this small-sized male server uniform generally matched Anya’s body proportions, it clearly hadn’t been designed with extra fabric for the chest area.
Thus, in Luo Nan’s view, while the uniform fit Anya well everywhere else, the chest portion was stretched taut, vividly accentuating the girl’s graceful curves.
In fact, under the tension of the tight fabric, her already considerable assets appeared even more alluring.
Noticing Luo Nan’s gaze, Anya’s pretty face flushed slightly, and she subtly turned her body away—but this rely granted Luo Nan another angle to admire.
“Daily wage: 30 Surs.”
“How much!?” Anya whipped her head around, terrified she’d misheard, not even realizing she’d nearly pressed herself against Luo Nan.
Luo Nan calmly stepped back two paces and repeated in a low, firm voice: “Thirty Surs. Per day.”
“Thirty Surs… THIRTY! SURS!”
Anya trembled slightly as she repeated the number Luo Nan had offered, her breath quickening, a faint gleam lighting up her beautiful golden eyes.
She must rember—she had only managed, through special channels, to secure this one-day temporary job as a server at such a high-class banquet, and the daily wage was rely 10 Surs.
Damn it, is this what it ans to be rich?
Luo Nan carefully observed her reaction. As soone who had fully completed ‘The Shining Myriad Trails’, he naturally knew that the ‘Chosen Hero’, Anya Sivans, was particularly short on cash at this stage.
Hopefully, this would also help him build so goodwill.
“Let
confirm once more—you’re hiring
at 30 Surs per day solely to liaise with Her Highness regarding the progress of the assassination investigation, right? There won’t be any additional conditions?”
“Of course. Your only duty is to relay case progress on my behalf. This job continues until the investigation concludes, or until either party has an unavoidable reason to terminate it.”
Fearing she might refuse, Luo Nan added his reasoning: “You have excellent combat skills—you just saved my life, and besides…”
“Fine! I accept!”
Before Luo Nan could finish speaking, Anya imdiately agreed, as if terrified he might change his mind.
Her beautiful golden eyes were filled entirely with longing for money.
Having received her affirmative reply, Luo Nan walked back to the Imperial Princess’s side. “Your Highness, Miss Anya Sivans will serve as my representative, jointly advancing the case investigation with your side.”
“Naturally.” Serela gave a slight nod.
Luo Nan scrutinized Serela’s reaction, confirming he detected not even a hint of displeasure on her face, and inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
‘Truly, serving beside royalty is like walking beside a tiger—this woman’s pressure is no ordinary thing…’
“Hmm… Luo Nan? Is there sothing on my face?”
Noticing Luo Nan staring fixedly at her, Serela tilted her head slightly.
“Uh, no, nothing… I was rely captivated by Your Highness’s grace. Your conduct and sense of responsibility truly live up to your reputation.”
Hearing Luo Nan’s oily flattery, Serela showed not a trace of displeasure. She smiled gently and said, “Luo Nan, given your understanding of , do you still need to asure
against re ‘reputation’?”
“That’s not what I ant…”
Just as Luo Nan prepared to elaborate further, Serela’s personal attendant suddenly approached her side and whispered sothing.
“Alright, that settles it. Luo Nan, Miss Anya, follow —Miss Rose has awakened…”
…
The journey passed in silence. Luo Nan followed Serela into a lounge adjacent to the banquet hall and carefully examined the girl lying on the bed.
Yes, she looked exactly as he rembered—pitifully fragile and delicate, identical to her character art and 3D model in ‘The Shining Myriad Trails’.
This style… a bit tea-like.
Rose Anlute was a supporting character in ‘The Shining Myriad Trails’ who appeared only once; her entire narrative function was to serve as a ‘key prop’, branding Luo Nan with the accusation of ‘attempted rape’ to provide a highlight mont for one of the heroines, Anya.
“Thank you for your efforts. We have so matters to confirm with Miss Rose.”
“It is my duty, Your Highness.”
The female dic in white robes placed a hand over her chest in salute, then swiftly exited the lounge.
Once she left, only five people remained in the room: Luo Nan himself, Anya, Serela, Serela’s personal bodyguard, and Rose Anlute.
The Imperial Princess slowly sat beside the bed, reached out with her flawless, jade-like hand, and gently took Rose’s equally pale small hand. In a soft voice, she asked, “Rose, is there anywhere else on your body that feels uncomfortable?”
“Thank you… Your Highness, for your concern. I… I feel much better now.”
Rose Anlute attempted to sit up but was gently stopped by Serela. “You’ve just awakened—don’t force yourself. Etiquette and formalities are far less important than your health.”
“Mm…”
“Um… Miss Rose? My na is Anya Sivans—I’m a temporary server here. I heard…”
Anya urgently blurted out the reason everyone had co, then added: “Don’t worry—Her Highness is here. Just tell us truthfully whether he did that sort of thing to you or not!”
“…”
Luo Nan glanced at Anya, thinking to himself: I just hired you—couldn’t you at least soften your wording a little?
For example, changing ‘whether he did that sort of thing to you’ to ‘whether you suffered any harm’ would let everyone save face.
But then again, this blunt, straightforward manner was indeed characteristic of the ‘Chosen Hero’.
Of course, he couldn’t say any of this aloud. In this situation, as the ‘suspect’, it was best for him to say nothing at all.
Because he didn’t know whether the ‘Benevolent Imperial Princess’ stood on his side, Rose’s side, or the side of impartial justice.
“The situation is largely as Miss Anya described. However… Rose, during the ti you were unconscious, Luo Nan suffered a genuine assassination attempt. The situation at that mont was extrely perilous…”
Serela, still speaking in her unhurried tone, seamlessly picked up the mont Anya finished speaking—without giving Rose ti to react—and described in detail Luo Nan’s assault in the banquet hall.
“Additionally, testing by the Arcane Association confird that the bottle of ‘Tears of nas’ you and Luo Nan drank together had indeed been tampered with.”
Here, Serela took Rose’s small hand with her right hand and gently covered it with her left. “Rose, before you lost consciousness… what exactly happened between you and Luo Nan? You can tell .”
Luo Nan, observing from the sidelines, pulled up a chair, picked up so elegantly arranged fruit from the side table, and began eating heartily as if detached from the proceedings.
Judging from Serela’s words… she seems… to be leaning toward ?
This is troubleso. Honestly, Luo Nan would rather bear the accusation of ‘attempted rape’ than draw the attention of the ‘Benevolent Imperial Princess’.
Moreover, even if Rose Anlute forcibly tarnished herself to accuse him, given the current facts—’the wine was drugged’ and ‘I survived an assassination attempt’—by mobilizing the dillion family’s influence, he could swiftly minimize any subsequent fallout.
Never mind—better to sit back and observe how things unfold.
“…Mm, I… I don’t quite rember…”
Rose Anlute on the bed gave a response none of them had anticipated.
“You don’t rember?”
Anya was the first to voice her skepticism. She never expected Rose’s answer to be neither ‘yes’ nor ‘no’, but ‘I don’t know’.
She had already prepared how to safeguard her newly acquired 30-Surs-per-day job if Rose answered ‘yes’!
“I’m sorry… Miss Anya. Although… I deeply appreciate your help and concern, as Her Highness said, after drinking the ‘Tears of nas,’ I have no further mories.”
“What about before that? Before that, did Luo Nan von dillion do anything to you…”
“I’m sorry… I don’t rember that either. I only recall mories up until drinking with Mister Luo Nan in the banquet hall…”
“Don’t look at —I don’t have those mories either. I only rember inviting Miss Rose to drink with
in the banquet hall.”
Seeing Anya’s interrogative gaze, Luo Nan imdiately seized the opportunity to deflect—after all, he genuinely had no mory of that segnt.
Hearing Rose Anlute’s response, Serela revealed a gentle smile and softly consoled her:
“Rose, rest assured—the dic has already examined your body. You are still… intact. Luo Nan did not perform such an act upon you.”
“Well then, does Miss Anya have any further questions?” The Imperial Princess turned her head toward the sowhat flustered chestnut-haired girl.
“Ah, no, none…” Anya hurriedly waved her hands, now wishing she could find a crack in the floor to hide in.
Although Miss Rose couldn’t recall what happened after drinking, based on both parties’ testimonies and the dic’s examination results, the situation was entirely different from the original ‘I heard a woman’s cries for help from the corner lounge’.
Anya finally realized—she had apparently been used as a knife by soone else!
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