Lea flinched at Rickel’s confident words. She remembered what she had said when Rickel first proposed the deal.

[It seems you’re a highstatus person with a small size.] [……?] [I think the compensation for the liferisking task is not small.]

Those were the words she said to Rickel when she saw the silver coins he had brought as contract money. Initially, the contract money he offered was twenty silver coins.

‘Twenty silver coins are my three months’ salary.’

Wasn’t she supposed to monitor and supervise the only prince of the empire? Even if it was contract money, the compensation was too low for such a heavy workload.

Lea deliberately showed her obsession with money, thinking it would help reduce the tension. If he thinks she can be controlled with money, it will be easier for him to order her around.

Perhaps because of her words then, Rickel came back with a surprisingly large sum of money. Enough to make her mouth agape.

“The reward will increase each time you succeed. It’s not a small amount to start with.”

‘Unbelievable.’

One gold coin is 100 silver coins! That’s 1,000 copper coins!

It wasn’t a small amount of money; it was an overwhelming amount of money.

“Well then! Now I see you’re a big spender. It’s not for nothing you’re a highstatus person.”

“Will you proceed with the contract?”

“Why ask twice? Hahaha. I will serve you wholeheartedly.”

At the unexpected words about serving a duke, Rickel’s eyebrows shot up.

‘Serve, what serve.’

Lea waved her hands in the air.

“No, I mean, I will do my best to keep an eye on him!”

“…….”

“I may look like this, but I’m quite good at my job.”

Rickel retracted his extended hand at the sight of Lea’s cheerful smile. Only then could she put the gold coin in her bosom.

Right. After receiving a hefty sum of money from both parties, she can run away.

Whether she fails to make the new contract and dies in a month or dies as a result of betraying the highstatus person, the risk to her life is the same.

For a moment, Lea remembered Akiya’s proposal.

[You should bring me credible information first, shouldn’t you?]

To Lea, Rickel, who was now in front of her, looked like a huge gold bar.

If she brought information about the man who made this unbelievable offer, the duke would give her a reward five times the amount he suggested.

She has to figure out somehow. Lea went up to Rickel, lowered her body, and sneakily asked.

“But Rickel, seeing you’re a big spender, the highstatus person must be an incredibly wealthy person, right?”

“Wealthy person?”

Rickel’s brows narrowed at Lea’s whisper. His sharp gaze met hers then moved away.

“That’s right. Only a few people in the empire can offer such a large sum as a reward.”

“Indeed…….I see.”

There are only a few in the empire? Does that mean a relative of the royal family? Or perhaps the owner of a huge merchant house like Parthia?

Lea quickly ran through her mind, sorting out the few notable figures.

“Lea, serving him could be a good opportunity for you as well.”

“Oh, yes! It’s an honor indeed.”

However, she couldn’t afford to arouse suspicion from Rickel and couldn’t pry any further.

“All this is confidential. In case……”
“Don’t worry. I am very tightlipped. I never say more than necessary.”

She felt a twinge of guilt as she was already saying more than necessary, but what could she do? It was about survival.

As she watched Lea with a wary eye, Rikel turned away from her. It was the moment when she sighed in relief at seeing him about to leave the treatment room.

“Oh, I heard you treated Count Heidern. How is he doing now?”

Rikel asked Lea with a more serious look than before. The Count’s condition… the image of the Count, so weak that it would not be strange if he died soon, crossed her mind.

He had been addicted to Polarium for a long time.

She couldn’t tell the truth, so while looking for a reasonable excuse, a maid’s voice passed through her mind.

[There’s definitely something wrong with the Count’s virility.]

Right. Although she hadn’t verified it yet, it was a plausible rumor. Lea approached Rikel with a suggestive smile.

“The Count…”

And she whispered in his ear as if she was passing a very confidential information.

“He’s impotent.”

Lea stepped back a step from him.

The news that the Count was impotent must have been quite a shock, as for the first time, a surprised expression crossed Rikel’s face.

“The Count is impotent…?”

Rikel, who had been standing still with his hand on his forehead, appeared frozen in place. After a while, he asked Lea again.

“How do you know that?”

How do I know that? She recalled the content of a facereading technique she saw in a YouTube video in her previous life.

‘Well, if it’s the Count… does it apply?’

No, that wasn’t what was important right now. Lea, with eyes that sparkled more than before, stared at Rikel and continued.

“I’m pretty good in that area.”

“……”

“You can tell just by looking at their faces.”

It was a plausible guess, just by hearing that the women who had been in the Count’s bedroom came out the same way.

“I need to go back to my bedroom now. Well then.”

Rikel seemed unable to recover from the shock until Lea said goodbye. Leaving the treatment room with him, Lea locked the door and returned to her bedroom.

“The Count is impotent…?”

Rikel, who was watching Lea as she moved away, continued to mutter to himself. He seemed quite shocked.