The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

The task of settling the Morning Star Apostles proved to be far more complicated than anticipated.

After all, Garcia's side was only responsible for completing the quota. In order to achieve the quota of Morning Star Apostles, Garcia would even actively create some homeless people. If these people were not enough, Garcia would find a way to capture slaves and throw them into the Morning Star Apostles.

Among these slaves were many female slaves who were originally intended to be auctioned off.

"Lord Sean said he would distribute these literate female slaves to us."

Among these imperial nobles, René looked at the slaves with a troubled expression.

Bernice originally requested that Garcia send some literate people, but among the slaves and refugees, the only literate people were these female slaves who had been auctioned off.

It's not that these female slaves aren't pretty. The people of the Soren Continent and the Mu Continent are actually quite similar. Even by the standards of the Mu Continent, these female slaves sent here are quite outstanding in appearance, otherwise they wouldn't have been captured and auctioned off.

But it was precisely because she was so beautiful that René, Alain, and the other imperial nobles were at a loss, since most of them were unmarried, only a few were engaged, and the Cult of the Goddess advocated monogamy, even the current emperor was monogamous.

To put it bluntly, it's because these young imperial nobles have such high moral standards that they're worried they won't be able to control themselves, or perhaps they've already been made a bit nervous by Lind. In reality, because it's a chaotic period of transition between the old and the new, the empire doesn't have any particularly strict requirements in this regard, let alone overseas.

Seeing this group of distinguished imperial nobles gathered together in discussion, the female slaves who had been separated looked at each other in bewilderment. Many of them even looked worried after seeing René's troubled expression, as if they were afraid of being abandoned by these imperial nobles.

"I think everyone doesn't need to worry too much. Just take it easy. After all, these slaves are indeed literate and can relieve a lot of our pressure. The literacy rate here is lower than we imagined. It's already very difficult to have a few literate Sorens to help us. Besides, Lord Sean must have considered this. He probably intends to turn a blind eye to it."

Afterwards, the group of nobles discussed the matter further and each brought back their own female slaves, or rather, maids.

Because these imperial nobles, in accordance with imperial law, renegotiated contracts with these female slaves. Since slave contracts have no legal effect in the empire, these female slaves could not stay with others as slaves, but would remain with them as formally employed maids to help with their work.

Safira stared in disbelief at the maid contract in front of her, which not only stipulated her salary but also included holidays.

This is completely unimaginable for slaves, no, even for maids, since in the continent of Solon, maids are no different from their masters' private property.

Safira originally thought she was lucky to not be abandoned, but she dared not hope for the treatment stipulated in the contract.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Seeing that Saphira hadn't started writing, René came over and asked with concern, "Is it because the common language of the Solon Continent is different from ours, making you unable to understand it, or do you have questions about the regulations above?"

"No, my lord."

Safira immediately became nervous, but then said, "Yes, sir, I have questions about this contract, but this...this is too good."

René shook his head helplessly and said, "This is a special contract that has been implemented on the continent of Solon. You don't even have complete freedom."

Seemingly recalling how the Laurent family had never treated these maids as human beings, the well-educated René finally replied, "If you don't want to, I can find you an Imperial soldier to marry. Don't worry, the Imperial soldiers here all come from respectable families and won't make you suffer too much."

Upon hearing this, Safira did not hesitate any longer and immediately said, "Then I will stay with you, sir. I heard that you also need some literate Soron people to help you."

Safira thought this was a threat, after all, even if a soldier came from a respectable family, how good could he be?

As night fell, Saphira voluntarily lay down on the bed. Although there was a contract in place, Saphira understood that some things were not written in the contract. However, looking at the alluring Saphira on the bed, René remembered the advice his father, old Pierre, had given him and his brother before they set off. Neither of the brothers was particularly clever; they were only of average appearance. The most important thing for them on this continent was not to make mistakes.

Okay, the upper house abstained, and the lower house passed it. Let's just consider it a contribution to the empire's birth rate.

The next morning, the imperial nobles met again. After meeting each other, everyone seemed a little awkward, but they quickly started chatting. They were about to be assigned to different territories, and now they needed to prepare some supplies for their respective territories.

Safira and the other maids followed behind these young men, discussing in hushed tones.

The maids were all very happy because their new master not only did not beat or scold them, but was also very kind and gentle. Regardless of whether the contract was real or not, it was much better than the maids had expected.

The moral standards of these imperial nobles far surpass those of the nobles on the continent of Solon.

These maids were not only beautiful, but also virgins; after all, they couldn't fetch a high price if they weren't virgins.

Saphira was even a princess of a remote little country, but her country was destroyed by the demons who were fleeing and passing by. After she escaped, she was captured by slave traders and enslaved.

This is not surprising, after all, there are many small countries on the continent of Soren. Although the country where Safira is located is not so much that it can be established by occupying a village, it is not much bigger in reality. In fact, Safira's father has to kneel and pay respects when he meets some of the great nobles.

After completing their purchases, these young masters set off together with their maids and guards.

Do you know who your master is?

At this moment, a maid in the carriage took the initiative to bring up the topic.

“Last night, my master let me get used to the job, and I also asked the others. My master and those soldiers are from an empire called Roel on the continent of Mu.”

These maids were all literate, and many of them came from backgrounds no lower than Safira's, so everyone had heard of the legends of the Mu Continent.

"Do you think our master might be the legendary elf?"

"But aren't all elves pointed-eared? My master doesn't look like one either."

The maids started gossiping, one after another.

Saphira, in particular, asked the well-informed maid, "I noticed that Master has an extraordinary air about him, and the great lords of those territories were all very polite to him just now. Could Master possibly be a prince from the Mu Continent?"

The well-informed maid glanced at Safira with a mocking look and said, "What are you thinking? I asked my master carefully last night. The great Roel Empire has unified the Mu Continent. There is only one empire on the Mu Continent now. There are no other princes. The masters are just nobles of the Mu Continent."

Safira blushed and said, "Even if they are nobles, they are far superior to those so-called princes of Soren."

The maids burst into laughter and chimed in, "That's true."

The well-informed maid continued, "However, among the people of the empire, there is one who can be considered a prince."

"That is Mr. Sean."

The maids didn't have any particular feelings for Sean; they were just more interested in his gossip. After all, they were already quite satisfied with their current lives, and Sean was like an untouchable god in the clouds.

"I heard that Mr. Sean wanted to attack Elto Castile, but Queen Elto not only did not resist, but also proposed marriage to Mr. Sean."

"Ah? What happened next?"