Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 35

Although the Duke of Northwatch's family was known for their military background, Carissa was well- read, so she wanted her attendants to be literate as well. "Alright, all of you can stay. Serve Lady Sinclair well. She will name you later," said Holly.

The four were overjoyed.

"Thank you, Ms. Holly!"

"Don't thank me yet. Serving Lady Sinclair comes with rules. If you don't follow them well, you'll end up as second- or third-tier maids," Holly warned.

"We will definitely learn and follow the rules properly," the four replied, bowing respectfully.

After Holly and Lily picked more servants to join the household, they instructed the agent to find coachmen, carpenters, stablemen, and gardeners. However, the positions of steward and accountant were too important to be left for the agent to procure.

"Rest assured, we will have some people tomorrow for your selection," the agent promised.

After receiving his payment and handing over the contracts, the agent smiled and presented Holly and Lily with an envelope.

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nodded politely before having someone walk the agent out of

servants of the household knew to

not everyone had arrived yet, Holly took the four personal attendants

lived before marriage. Since no one had lived there after her departure, there

when the massacre occurred, so there was no need to

was also a small study filled with books she had read. Most of them were related to military strategies and tactics. Being married for a year had felt like a nightmare. If Carissa hadn't gotten married, the assassins wouldn't have been able to wipe out her entire family, as she could have

had both war

trained with-spears, swords, daggers, whips, and halberds. As the best apprentice of her guild, she had trained hard with the hope that one day, she would fight on the battlefield like her

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the Southern Frontier. Her mother had cried until she was almost blind, and only had

always been rebellious since childhood, opposing her parents

mother and sister-in-law's tutelage, she learned how to manage a household and handle estate affairs. She excelled in her studies and quickly grasped all that she was taught. Her mother had once said that her daughter might not become the best

her mother had been wrong, and so had

rebelled and not followed her mother's wishes. Then, her family wouldn't have

extermination of her entire family was something Carissa couldn't comprehend. Why

Hector had achieved a great victory in the battle against Westhaven. He had defeated their forces of one hundred thousand