System vs Rebirth

"Hello, you're new here, right?" A man came to Elaine with a bucket of water.

"Y-yes." Elaine nodded, confused. She thought she would be bullied in this place.

However, the man simply said, "Please use this to wash your face. If it's still not enough, you can use the public bathroom to wash yourself."

"I-Is that so?" Elaine raised her eyebrows in amusement. As a noble, she was obviously familiar with this treatment. In fact, she usually washed her face in the morning and cleaned her body during the night. In addition, there would be a bath every week.

However, the man actually said she could wash her body in the morning.

'Is such a thing possible?' Elaine contemplated before asking, "Are you sure?"

"Of course." The man nodded.

This made him even more suspicious. She had prepared herself to be treated harshly by the people, but she could actually maintain a part of her noble lifestyle.

"Are you the one bringing the water?"

The man looked surprised and remembered something. "Ah. Now that I think about it, you've just arrived in this town yesterday. Miss Rose has asked me to show you around and treat you like normal workers here. Don't worry. If you're worried about water, we have plenty of it. Please take a look at that."

The man pointed at the window, specifically the maids and butlers that gathered water from faucets. "We just have to open the faucet, and the water will come out. There is no need to worry about the water. If it can make you feel refreshed, it means that the water has done its job. Just make sure you work hard today."

"…" Elaine fell silent for a moment. She suddenly remembered that when Rose brought her to the dorm. Each room was extremely small.

The bed took up the entire left side of the room and a table was next to the bed. On top of the table was a window, which would bring in some light. However, Rose said that she could put a small box next to the ceiling if she needed some light during the night. She hadn't tried it, but after seeing how easy it was to procure water, the room might not be as simple as she originally thought.

"I will take this." Elaine grabbed the bucket.

"Sure. If it's not enough, you can go to the worker's bathroom. The Lord said that we don't need to care about how much water we use, but still, the habit from old days keeps haunting me. So I don't dare to use too much water."

"Understood. Thank you."

"Sure. If you're done, meet me outside. I'll show you around."

"Yes." Elaine suddenly remembered something and stopped for a moment. "Ehm, I am Elaine. What is your name?"

The man smiled. "Jack."

she passed the bathroom, she heard the splashing sound of water from the inside with a few people talking lightheartedly. They

her. There was no bad smell whatsoever. Normally, commoners hardly wash themselves. Most of the time, they would just wipe their bodies with wet towels once a

release some foul odor. Only those who worked around the lord of the city would maintain such a good look, since if their foul odor displeased the lord, there was a chance they would be expelled or even

actually got such a thing even though they didn't work directly in the Lord's

away and

her around the area, including

pillars of the Ardagan family, which meant Rose would

whole day to go around because they kept stopping whenever

her room, she finally stopped by

yourself here and retire to your room. Tomorrow, I will

you for

we'll be paying you the same amount as

getting paid?" Elaine widened

who works deserves to be paid." Jack tilted his head in confusion. "You can spend the money as you like. Maybe buy some clothes or pay

her position, she thought she wouldn't

be a lot for a noble like her, but it was at the level of a maid in her family's mansion. After all, being a butler or a

good work, the Lord will actually properly reward you. I've heard that there was a maid creating a new menu that was so delicious that the Lord gave her a few gold coins. There was also

there is a rumor going around among us. The Lord is trying to activate a new system that is based on people's merit. It

or two. They are thinking about sending their kids to the school, which the Lord is still considering. They want their children

Elaine widened her eyes in shock, thinking,

my leave here." Jack waved his

She entered the bathroom while

shower in this place. Since all of them were women, there was no problem. Elaine just chose to forget

she had completely

of a noble. We

know about it, they will surely want to come here. No, if nobles know about

Lord, it's obvious why the people love him so much. I can kind of understand why they looked like they wanted to butcher me

be rewarded with money as well? What if I can earn thousands of gold coins

can earn tens of thousandswho of gold coins or even surpass a hundred thousand, my family might

help but remember Jessi's words about atoning her mistake by making the

small box on the table. "If I'm not wrong, I should place

lamp, which suddenly shone. "What? Bright… No, wait. It actually shines. So I need to hang this