Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!

Chapter 153: Chapter 153 - Back to being a working girl

Once Lark and I have prepped up for our little outing this morning, I held his hand and pulled him out of the inn. I immediately checked my surroundings and I was glad that Noir kept their word about the guards. They only sent two which is just about enough since only Lark needs one anyways. The two bodyguards are hiding in the shadows so they surely won’t interfere much on how we will be spending our day. This is way comfortable than the previous day for sure.

We went out the main door of the inn lobby leisurely. Our first goal would be to get the best breakfast we could have on a limited budget. During our last trip around the city (our little acting while on a date), we have tried different types of food available for sale.

Just to make sure to keep my companion happy, I asked Lark, ”What do you feel like eating today? Are you craving for something in particular?”

He simply answered that anything filling and warms his stomach would be fine. He also said he is fine to have anything that I feel like having this morning. Since he said that I am the boss, I decided to have a heavy breakfast with some bread, meat stew, vegetable soup and even some fruit tarts. He seemed to enjoy my choices so I think all should be fine.

I guess some habits die hard. I have been too used to asking my companion about what they want to eat. I have been doing that every single day when I was with Ioannis since he has become quite picky with food since we found out he was pregnant. As for Lark, it doesn’t hurt to make sure he likes what were going to eat anyways. I’ll just have to make sure to remind myself next time that my companion is a different person so I don’t have to be too concerned about every little thing that he wants. Not that I won’t take care of him but he isn’t as fragile as the other guy.

After we had our fill, it was time to go job hunting! As of now, the priority is for me to take in a few jobs since my academe points and me passing my immersion or field classes depend on it. I technically also have another mouth to feed, clothe and shelter while I am here. I never thought that I will end feeling like I am starting from zero again in a new place. I guess the only difference is I atleast know some people here and I am sure the place is quite safe.

Among the jobs that we saw at the mission hall, I was quite interested with the jobs at the port. Back in earth, jobs at the port are usually for strong muscular men that are able to carry huge packages. As for here, most of the people working at the port were women. It may be due to their stronger bodies compared to males or simply because women are obligated to support their family financially.

As for me, I am simply after the pay, work availability and how much it fits with my skill set. I have learned to be quite practical and also choose jobs where I think I have more freedom compared to the black company I was working for before. I went to the port and due to referral, I was able to get slots to work in the early mornings and then the late afternoons which are peak hours when packages arrived and are needed to be delivered to their owners the soonest.

My work schedule will then be from 4am to 8am in the morning rush and then 5pm to 9pm for the evening rush. They gave me work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for now and if I work well, they may consider giving me more working days in a week. It was actually quite fun to be a probationary employee again.

The second job I was eyeing for was quite similar to the one I have been doing back in Hoffen City. The only difference should be the pay. Back in Hoffen, I did it voluntarily. Here in Sklavryet, they also have the community kitchen but it was used more effectively and was fully backed up by the leaders of the territory.

They give full financial support to give 3 meals a day for free to people who need it. They also employ the people who prepare the food. Sadly, they already have a cook so I can only apply for the kitchen assistant position. The pay is good if you think about the fact that I only need to prepare the ingredients needed for cooking the meals. The work schedule here is everyday so I took it but only applied for the lunch shift.

Since I won’t have anything to do on the mornings and evenings whenever it was Tuesday and Thursday, I decided to find another part-time job for that. I saw an opening at the local alchemy shop. They needed someone to collect alchemy materials regularly. Since I want to get more familiar in the surrounding area and map it too if possible, this should make my goal easier. As for the excess stuff I will be harvesting, I can easily send it back to Uncle Daejung’s shop for selling.

The shared inventory space really makes everything possible even if I am quite far away. I was given a map and it shows here that Sklavryet has a mountainous region with forests in the southern and eastern parts.

The area though is a shared region for the beastmen (on the right side of Sklavryet) and the giants (the south).

On the left, it was also a lush forest and this one is near the shared region of the elves and heralds. The north is where some snaller human villages and towns can be seen. The bigger human territories are still way north from here.

The area where Sklavryet is was very interesting. It was definitely strategically placed here not only to monitor the humans but also the mystique races around it. I guess, the races chose to live here as well due to Noir’s background. They know that if anything happens from the side of Eieneos, Noir will be the first one to makes its move. They are all spying each other, I think?

As for the weekends, I designated it as my day off. Why take days off when my stamina doesn’t require me to sleep or rest that much? That’s because I can!

You’ll never understand the problems of someone previously hired in a black company. I always wanted a regular schedule for my day off per week where I can just choose to do nothing at all and chill at home. Not that I do not sort the tons of documents that my people are sending me but at least I can do it at my own pace and not on an unpaid overtime.

Since I am already happy with my job choices that I got quite easily (must be due to the referrals), we started looking for appropriate jobs for Lark this time. I did not require him to work since I am quite confident that we will live quite well just from my income alone but I let my men earn their keep if they want to.

As per his request, he still wanted to sing for a living as long as the place was safe and is not the shady sort. He also wanted to have a part time job in the morning since he said it would get too lonely if he is all alone at home all the time. He said that I won’t stay at home most of the time anyways.

Awww... Someone’s being cute and pouty.

I told him that no matter how busy I am, I can send him over to his work in the morning and also fetch him home afterwards. I also plan to do the same for him during his evening job.

As for Lark, after a lot of asking around and visiting the job addresses one by one to complete some singing auditions, we were able to secure once a week performances on three of the most popular night life establishments. I assisted in the job contracts since I want to make sure that they can’t ask him to do anything else besides to sing well. They also can’t make him wear revealing or skimpy outfits. Uh-Uh. Not on my watch.

As for his morning job, it was a 5-day work week from 5am to 11am at the town’s biggest bread shop as a shop keeper. We made sure not to work in the same establishments so we can get a better feel and different information avenues in the territory. I don’t like workplace issues too not that this world cares about it that much but I sure do.

With all these jobs though, we should earn enough to live well and move to a house in a week or so. The port pays 15 coppers an hour, the community kitchen pays 12 coppers an hour and the pay for the alchemy job will depend on how well I do with harvesting stuff in the forests and mountains around here.

For Lark, he should earn 12 coppers from the bread shop per hour and then the singing will earn him 50 coppers per performance plus commissions from song requests and drinks purchased during his singing performance. I will technically still earn money from Uncle Daejung’s side since I got the products from here but the sales are done in Hoffen. I am quite excited being a working girl again.