'After all, this tigress isn't as easy to placate as Tina.'
"By the way, have you ever thought about coming to work at High Cliff Castle? Right now, I've only got a skeleton crew. If you came, you'd be my second-in-command."
Operating under the core principle that with a sharp enough shovel, no foundation is sacred, the talent-starved Lord was desperate. He'd latch onto any promising individual and shamelessly try to poach them.
"Give me a break. At the Noble Garden, I at least get my monthly gold. If I went to your place, I'd probably have to work for free. Worse, I might even have to sink my own money into it." Filo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, never expecting the Lord to set his sights on him.
Don't be fooled by High Cliff Castle's current fame; in reality, it still had a long way to go before it could be considered a proper Duke's Domain, befitting its new status.
