The cold-faced earl doesn't want to trigger the plot

"Is there? You may have heard the voice of the goblin."

Riber said casually, and then took the supplementary newspaper that Sebastian handed over while drinking tea.

"This...Master, when reading this issue of the newspaper, it's best not to put anything in your mouth..."

Sebastian said in a delicate tone.

"?"

And the butler reminded, it was too late.

Riber, who had already drunk half of his tea, couldn't hold back at all when he saw the big characters on the front page of the newspaper, and spit out all the tea.

"Cough...cough cough...what, what? 'The knights are shockingly incompetent, and the strange thief escaped from prison overnight'?"

"Aha?"

"Phantom Thief..."

"Ran?!"

Volume II: Chapter 73, Mrs. Campret

Watching the newspaper reports again and again, Riber only felt a little dizzy.

He didn't expect that after coming to this world, the first time he broke such a serious defense would be because of the incompetence of the Knights.

The wine was still warm, and the strange thief escaped from prison.

The surrender of the Great French Empire will not be so fast, right?

Or are there ghosts in the Knights?

Riber held his forehead on the table for a long time and took a long time of deep breathing before he calmed down a little.

Perhaps because it was an urgent supplement, the Pioneer Daily did not include any photos. Instead, it intercepted some of the contents of the phantom thief's letter to the Knights.

Riber skipped most of the content, and he only focused on what was aimed at him.

The strange thief stated in the letter that she was deliberately caught once because she "recognized" this "hero" who was active in Greenwater City, to show her sincerity.Moreover, she also said that she will officially list Riber as her opponent from now on, and then she will visit her door in the near future, officially issue challenges, etc...

Riber felt that if this letter was not fabricated by the Knights or the newspaper, then he should be in trouble.

Damn, it was wrong to point out the choice of Kaitou at that time!

Maybe it was the vice-captain who was particularly hostile to the old aristocrats, and the phrase "we will make progress" somehow moved Riber a little bit.And I saw Yabu Bache and Dirk, these little characters who can't shine, and they can't even count as stones in the original plot, are actually working hard to live in reality, trying hard to become a character. The figure of a qualified knight somewhat aroused his inner sense of mission.

In short... Riber just realized now that he was fooled.

And regret it, it's probably too late.

Thinking about it carefully, he has enough flags on him.

What is the still unclear cause of death of the original body, what is the mysterious and weird assessor of the Church of Scourge, what is the strange dream just had the night before...

As a result, now another strange thief has been recruited.

He himself was quite convinced.

Sure enough, [-]% of a person's composition is made up of "cheap".

"Sebas!"

In his heart, Riber, who was burning with anger, called out to his butler,

"You go to the Knights, then,"

Then...

Uh?

What to do?

Riber was a little confused for a moment.

He couldn't find out all the dereliction of duty members of the Knights, Ling Chi, although he was very angry, he didn't hate it to this extent.

Then ask for some compensation?

There is no shortage of food in the home of the big landlord.

How about putting pressure on the Knights to quickly send more people to catch the strange thief and make up for the mistakes?

It doesn't seem to work either.

As long as the knights have some ability, they won't let the strange thief run away so quickly.

Or in other words, not only the Knights of Greenwater, but the knights of the entire kingdom have not been able to catch the strange thief for so many years, which has already shown that even if the knights of Greenwater go all out, the strange thief is not something they can fight .

"Then, then... scold them well..."

Sighing, Riber, who suddenly calmed down, could only instruct Sebas in this way.

In a sense, this knight order can be regarded as a hob meat.

It seems that Pioneer Daily scolds the Knights every day, maybe not just to win sales.

...

...

In the evening, following Riber's instructions, Sebastian, who went to denounce the Knights, returned to the nameless restaurant.

Then, he actually brought the female knight Yabu Bache, Loud Dirk and...Light Chris.

Looking through the window at the trio of knights standing outside the door with expressions of shame, respect and expectation, Riber frowned and looked at Sebas.

Although, Riber is relatively familiar with these three people, and it can be roughly guessed that they were specially sent to plead guilty.But when I was angry, seeing these parties, I was still somewhat disturbed.

"Young master, the three members of the Knights outside are not only here to apologize to you, but also to serve as your guard during this period, so as to prevent you from being retaliated by the strange thief."

Listening to Sebastian's explanation, Riber was stunned at first, and then fell into confusion.

In the face of the strange thief that the entire knight group has failed to watch, there are only three little knights, including a temporary advisor, what can they do?

Moreover, although his address will be exposed sooner or later, because that magnificent carriage has never been hidden.However, Greenwater City is quite big after all, and there is still a possibility that the strange thief will not be able to find out where he is.

but...

The members of the Knights came here, are you sure they are not guiding the strange thief?

"and..."

As Sebas said, he asked for instructions on how to speak in a whisper, and after getting consent, he ran to Liber's side and whispered something.

After hearing Sebastian's words, Riber's face became serious, and he suddenly lost the mood to blame Sebas for attracting the members of the Knights.

"Then... call them in. It's not a problem to let them stand there all the time. This is a restaurant after all, and there is still business to do."

"Okay, sir."

Sebastian said, but didn't leave immediately,

"But before that, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you."

"what's up?"

"Since you want to keep the guards, you might as well recruit some servants and maids, young master."

Oh?

Riber keenly captured the word "maid".

Speaking of it, he wasn't sleepy at all.

However, in order to maintain his serious image, he still kept a serious face and asked,

"is this necessary?"

"Yes, master. According to noble etiquette, no matter how poor a nobleman is, he must hire a housekeeper, a groom, a gardener, a cook, and a maid. Otherwise, if the matter spreads, it will be criticized isolated from other nobles."

"Is there still this?"

How about telling the truth?

They are all down and out, so the nobles still have to care about the ostentation?

Being an aristocrat is so troublesome...

"Yes. The housekeeper and the groom can serve concurrently. As for other positions, the young master has also employed them in the mansion of the territory before."

Hearing Sebastian's words, Riber suddenly understood.

Why, when I was in the ancestral house before, obviously those members of the Scourge Church can just lurk normally.But be sure to name Miss Maid, and Jeff the Gardener.

It's easy for the maid to understand, because after all, it seems that she has been the maid of Master Riber since she was a child.And Jeff, who doesn't say good things every time we meet, is a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.

"When I was in that mansion before, if I didn't guarantee the most basic aristocratic configuration, would someone gossip?"

Riber asked puzzled.

Because according to his impression, the mansion in the deep mountain is simply a place isolated from the world.Otherwise, it will not be used as a place to detain the saint.

"Probably not. But the 'Madam' of the organization takes these rules very seriously."

"'lady'..."

Riber softly repeated the code name that could be heard frequently since time travel.

"So, this time, the lady who values ​​rules is also asking us to prepare the basic configuration of nobles?"

Facing Riber's question, Sebastian shook his head this time.

"Although, I think that 'madam' will ask for this matter sooner or later, and even send someone to fill the vacancy in person like before. But this time, I took the initiative to send a letter to 'madam' to make a proposal. In the young master's presence During the six months in Greenwater City, I will choose the right candidate for the young master."

"..."

While Riber was silent, his eyes widened slightly, obviously surprised.

On the one hand, he didn't expect that this butler, who usually only seemed to serve Tianma, was actually acting in his own way in a place he didn't know.On the other hand, it was he who heard the profound meaning from Sebastian's words.

If he thinks about it carefully, Riber feels that the situation that the original body faced in the past may be worse than imagined.

Just imagine, among the basic personnel of these nobles, all of them seem to be sent by "madame".

Sebastian is like this, the maid is like this, the gardener Jeff is like this, even the chef girl who has nothing to do with the Church of Scourge, is also related to "Madame".

Does this mean that if the original earl did not fully accept the arrangements of the "Madam", and even handed over these powers to the "Madam" himself, then he was actually strictly controlled by the "Madam"?

The possibility of the original Riber accepting this manipulation is actually not high.

Because, as an earl, he only maintains the minimum configuration of the nobility, which is obviously impossible because the Campret family cannot afford to hire them.

It can only be said that he probably actively hoped so.

After all, asking for more servants and maids will allow the "Madame" to install more people to watch over him.

And if the original minimum is maintained, the maid and Sebastian will lean towards him. The status of the chef girl is unknown, but it doesn't seem to be more inclined to "madam".

As long as he finds a way to get rid of that gardener Jeff, the control and surveillance of the original body will become relatively limited.

In Riber's heart, he quickly considered and calculated.

He needs to sort out the information he currently has.

First of all, the "Mrs. Campret", who has been controlling Earl Riber in her own way, can no longer control it as before, that's for sure.

As for the reason, it is probably because of this "evaluation".

It is known that the Church of Scourge is also divided into factions, and then he, the black crow and "Madame" all belong to the faction of Archbishop Ashes.

But this time the person in charge of the evaluation is a member of Archbishop Hongjing's faction, which is a bit strange.

The reason may be because of his so-called "special".

And the time period of "half a year" mentioned by Sebastian also coincides with the evaluation time.

Therefore, it is reasonable for "Madame" to hand over some power to control his surroundings to Sebastian.She may have to do this, and only do so.

Then the crux of the problem is what is the position of this Sebastian who has served the Campret family for generations.

Since he would mention this matter, maybe he was secretly, no, expressing his heart to the young master, willing to respect the young master's will when selecting these followers?

"Sebas."

"Yes, sir."