Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 69: Years of peace and tranquility, a storm is approaching

Chapter 69: Years of peace and tranquility, a storm is approaching

"Wow! Is this Castel Manor? The place where we’ll be working?"

"It’s so...so big, so beautiful! It’s not at all as scary as the rumors said!"

"Trees! So many trees! And flowers! Wow! There are even fountains!"

"Such a big house! This... could this be a palace!"

"It feels... it feels like a dream."

In Castel Manor, the young boys and girls who had just alighted from the carriage looked around curiously, their expressions filled with excitement.

Even the most nervous child’s eyes were shining bright at this moment.

Having lived in the Outer City District since childhood, they had never seen such a scene.

Even the girl Sherry, looking at the brightly colored flowers and fluttering butterflies in the garden, couldn’t help but show a trace of light in her cool gaze.

"Of course, this will be everyone’s workplace from now on."

"Not only that, but from now on, everyone’s monthly stipend will be on par with that of Apprentice Priests at the Church—twenty gold tana a month."

"And if you do well in the future, or if you enter a Rank, your treatment will be further increased."

Looking at the excited boys and girls, Charlotte said with a smile.

Upon hearing her words, everyone became even more thrilled:

"Twenty... twenty gold tana?!"

"My God! That’s more than my father earns in a year!"

"Castel Manor is amazing!"

"Long live Lord Charlotte! Long live the Castel family!"

The young boys and girls cheered.

Watching their boundless excitement, a slight smile played on the corners of Charlotte’s lips.

Unlike the older servants they had hired before, these boys and girls were blank slates, of an age that was the easiest to mold and to satisfy.

Handling them, Charlotte didn’t need to put in the effort she had before when training servants, when just getting them not to see her as a little girl had taken much of her energy.

Youngsters during puberty are driven more by gentle persuasion than by force.

Dealing with these newcomers, who weren’t much different in age from her own body, all she needed was to treat them kindly, to let them feel that she was one of them. Coupled with her natural nobility and status as their mistress, she could easily gain the acknowledgment and loyalty of the vast majority.

In other words, in the face of these newcomers, the Charm effect of the Majesty Skill was likely to be much more effective than intimidation.

The most obvious evidence was that from the first moment they saw her, the boys from the ranks of the Apprentice Knights and Apprentice Mages had blushed and averted their eyes, yet they were also steeling themselves, seemingly impatient to become the girl’s faithful followers.

Especially when Charlotte glanced their way unintentionally.

With a slight smile, her golden hair shone brightly in the sunlight, and her azure eyes, pure as the clear sky, seemed filled with a profound Magic that almost seemed to snatch away the souls of the boys.

That pure and divine sensation akin to a first love in high school was perfectly replicated by Charlotte.

The chivalry and protective desire buried deep in the hearts of the boys were almost instantly ignited; they wished they could immediately kneel on one knee before the girl and offer their loyalty.

Although... in reality, they might not be a match for Charlotte alone if you added them all up.

There are differences among Transcendents who have not entered the tier.

Although most of these Transcendent children had awakened to their superhuman abilities, they were not as powerful as Charlotte, the Bloodline Transcendent.

However, they were the future hope of the Castel family.

With a bit of training and the plentiful wealth of the Castel family to provide resources, it wouldn’t take many years for Charlotte to make them stand out.

They were to be Charlotte’s future Personal Guard Knights and court Mages.

Apart from them, there were the maids, including Sherry who claimed to be a Magic Apprentice and an Apprentice Knight, totaling twenty-three people.

Most of them had already received professional training, and it was a professional training specifically catered to the etiquette of the Castel family.

Although the Charm effect was slightly less effective on them, whenever the girl smiled at the maids, they blushed and looked down.

Only Sherry was the exception.

This maid, with the strongest overall ability, able to grace the hall and work in the kitchen, whose cooking skills were even more exquisite than the manor’s head chef, and whose awakened Transcendent power was the strongest, had always been cold to Charlotte.

Charlotte knew that the girl was highly defensive towards her and didn’t want to stay here; she would rather Charlotte send her back immediately.

But she didn’t know why.

Nevertheless, even so, Sherry had still listened to her parents and come silently to the manor, which in itself showed she was a good and obedient child.

Among this group of boys and girls, her talent and abilities were the strongest, and Charlotte held a slight expectation for her.

With time ahead, she looked forward to the day when she could open the girl’s heart.

...

The addition of over fifty boys and girls made the originally somewhat quiet Castel Manor lively.

However, Charlotte didn’t stay outside for too long.

Once the sun was out, the longer she stayed, the more uncomfortable she felt.

Back in the study, the panting Nisi finally rushed back.

It collapsed onto the ground like a dead cat, its eyes looking at the girl filled with grief:

"Char... Charlotte, miss... what did Master Cat—I mean, Nisi do to offend you this time?"

Charlotte glanced at it indifferently and instead of answering directly, she asked:

"How many people know about the thorny rose?"