The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 149. Emily's First Day

                                                                 Emily Metis's Point Of View

I woke up while the sun had begun to rise. Today was to be the first day of my new job as a secretary to Lord Matthew. I wanted to be early. I was given a key to the mansion home that Lord Matthew and his wives lived in. The office where I would be working was on the 2nd floor of the home. I made myself a quick breakfast of a salad and an egg sandwich. I had to fight my desire to have a scoop of ice cream for dessert, but I was able to resist the urge and made it out of my door. The addictive quality of ice cream is something I and many of the other women in Paradise find disturbing. It all started with Lord Matthew commenting on Mr. Jim's 2nd helping of ice cream at the lunch where he debuted the ice cream. As Mr. Jim placed the 2nd spoonful in his mouth, Lord Matthew spoke to him with concern.

" Just a head's up Jim. Too much of it will make you fat. It's a dessert after all. I know it doesn't always feel like it, but there are a lot of calories in it."

At his words, all of the women in ear shot had alarm bells ringing in their minds, except for Ruby. I assumed at first that it was because she's the most physically active of the women. However, it seems she simply was too absorbed in the dish to hear Lord Matthew's words. When I informed her about the consequences, she had a very different reaction.

" What do you mean it'll make me gain weight! Oh no!"

She panicked and seemed to have had a slight panic attack she began to mumble something very fast. Something about " Age... Disadvantage..." and other things I couldn't make it out fully. Once I explained that she simply had to treat it like other desserts, she began to calm down somewhat. Once the news had spread, it was too late, Lord Matthew had already given ice cream to most of the citizens of Paradise. Once the news had made its way around the town, the men thought it was no big deal, most of the women however, looked as if they had found out that the country had said they had to go to the front line of a battlefield. I eventually made it to the front door of the mansion. I unlocked and opened the door quietly. To my surprise, I was greeted by Ms. Janet as I entered the front room of the mansion.

" Good morning, Ms. Emily. Have you had breakfast?"

" Huh? Ah! Yes, I have."

" Good. Would you like me to take your bag and escort you to the office?"

Ms. Janet smiled and gestured to my bag. I didn't see the point as it had my writing tools in it for my work.

" No, it has my writing tools I need for the paperwork. Can you guide me to the office though? I'd like to see how much work I have to start with today."

" Can do. Please follow me."

Ms. Janet guided me to the office without much fanfare. The maids and butlers of the mansion were hard at work cleaning the mansion before Lord Matthew, Lady Sarah and Lady Anna woke up properly to start the day. I must say as well, as someone who has seen Promethian butlers and maids in action, the staff's movements here in Paradise could go toe to toe with any of the high-ranked nobles that visited Atheis for purchasing and selling products. However, you could argue something different for the Lord.

" What is all of this!?"

I couldn't hold back my surprise at the mountains of paperwork I stumbled on as Ms. Janet and I walked into the office space. I looked at Ms. Janet and she responded to my question.

" I'm afraid that Lord Matthew has come close to making a breakthrough for a product he was making. Apparently, my husband, Jim, has found something that speeds up the production of something called " Cheese" and his time has been spent there for the past week. he hasn't even had much time to check on the progress of the new activities he's authorized. From the herd of cattle leveling up, or the hunting activities and new monsters that have come for the new flora growing. Even the reports of said new flora and the farming reports have sat on his desk."