I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Garp, who was walking ahead, spoke with a hint of barely perceptible pride.

"This carriage was specially customized for the Hearst family's journey."

"Named after the Hearst family name."

"The family paid for the full cost of the carriage renovation, and it is not open to the public on ordinary days."

“The young ladies of the Darcy, Hunter, and Connet families are all honored to ride in this carriage with our young lady.”

Ivan opened his mouth.

My instinct was to say "Awesome!"

The next second he swallowed it back and replaced those two words with another sentence.

"Should we check this beforehand?"

Garp glanced at him, a hint of approval in his eyes.

He led Ivan to open the door to the first private room.

This is a luggage storage room.

On both sides of the wall are custom-made wooden luggage racks, on which several suitcases have already been placed according to their numbers.

The luggage rack's fasteners are made of brass, and each one is so exquisite that it can be taken out and displayed as a work of art.

Ivan carefully carried the two suitcases onto the luggage rack.

Karp walked to a large leather trunk in the corner, bent down, unfastened the buckle, and took out three bundles of clothes tightly wrapped in blankets.

Each bag contained a neatly arranged outfit.

A dark black men's three-piece suit.

A snow-white pure cotton stand-up collar shirt.

A pair of shiny black pointed leather shoes.

A black silk bow tie.

Karp draped the outfit neatly over Ivan's arm.

"This is your work uniform."

"The lady has roughly estimated your size and recommends purchasing from three sizes: small, medium, and large."

There's always one that suits you.

"Huh? For me? Three sets!?"

This outfit isn't cheap; Ivan saw similar styles on the main streets when he went out!

This set is worth at least $40!

Three sets, large, medium, and small, that's $120!

$120—that's my entire year's tuition!

Just for three days, he spent it all on being a temporary, poor student bodyguard!?

At that moment, Ivan was truly impressed by the other party's generosity.

As Garp watched the poor boy witness the grandeur of a powerful family for the first time, a hint of smugness subtly surfaced on his face.

"This is the foundation of a great noble family. Do you understand?"

He then closed the door to the luggage compartment, leaving Evan alone inside to change his clothes.

Ivan held the clothes in his hands and lowered his head to smell them.

The fabric has a faint scent of cedarwood.

This is the distinctive wardrobe scent of a high-end tailor shop, a blend of new linen, linseed oil, and a botanical incense.

He sighed softly to himself.

"I never imagined that the best clothes I would ever wear in my life would be my work uniform."

He took off his old, secondhand clothes one by one.

Fold these things neatly and set them aside, then start trying on the new clothes.

I quickly determined that the largest size would be more suitable for me.

The feeling of the pure cotton white shirt against his skin was something he had never experienced in the past eighteen years.

It doesn't have that indescribable musty smell found in secondhand fabrics, nor the subtle body odor left by some unknown previous owner.

It has only the faint, clean scent of detergent unique to pure cotton.

The shirt clung softly and snugly to the skin, with every seam precisely placed where it should be.

The three-piece suit jacket was a little big, but it still fit well.

The trousers had a straight crease and no unnecessary wrinkles.

The entire outfit accentuated his body lines perfectly.

The country bumpkin in tattered clothes just now instantly transformed into a different person in the mirror.

After his second growth, his broad and strong shoulders, cut in a suit, are full of long and powerful lines.

The person's figure is well-proportioned, fit, and upright.

Ivan stood in front of the dressing mirror for three seconds.

Then he silently recited a sentence in his mind.

"Clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse. First look at his appearance, then at what he wears."

"I never knew I could be this handsome."

Finally, I took off my old linen socks with holes in the heels, put on soft, pure cotton black socks, and finally stepped into the leather shoes that were a decent size.

The soles are thick and flat, without the clattering sound of metal nails driven into the heels and hitting the ground when walking.

Each step he took was soft and steady, giving him an indescribable sense of security.

Looking at the two extra pieces of clothing beside him, Evan suddenly felt that something was not right.

"Is Hearst being a little too concerned about me?"

"Why is she so nice to me? Is she out of her mind?"

"Could she be hiding something else?"

Chapter 60: Copper Plague: Hey hey hey! Finally, a decent meal!

Thinking of this, Ivan immediately became wary.

"Once we arrive, we should find an excuse to report to Hill, just in case."

Thinking to himself, he tied a perfect bow in front of the mirror.

After tying his bow tie, he pushed open the door and walked out of the dressing room.

"Mr. Karp."

He grinned.

"I'm dressed."

Garp, who was outside the door, turned around and looked at him for a few seconds.

The gaze was no longer that of someone looking at a poor student a few minutes ago, but rather a genuine assessment of someone who was "barely fit to be placed next to a prostitute."

"She has a very good figure."

Garp stepped forward and pinched Ivan's arm and thigh.

This wasn't a force used to gain an advantage; it was an experienced bodyguard assessing his colleague's muscle density.

"He is also very physically strong."

He nodded.

"Come on. I'll teach you how to check the safety of the carriage."

Karp's impression of this young man from the lower class improved, and he decided to seriously nurture this promising talent.

Recently, several wealthy students have been pursuing Miss Elding more and more frequently.

The school does not allow bodyguards to enter.

If we can train a young man personally selected by the lady, who can protect her closely at all times on campus.

That would greatly reduce the workload for him as a bodyguard for the Hearst family.

Karp led Ivan through another door in the corridor.

Although the interior is not large, it is decorated in a delicate and compact manner.

A polished mahogany desk is placed by the window, with a brass desk lamp and a dark green wool ink-absorbing pad on it.

Next to the desk was a small tea table, on which a silver tea set was already laid out, making Evan feel a little dizzy.

Against the wall was a single bed covered with a dark purple silk bedspread.

A large dressing mirror stands at the foot of the bed, next to a dressing table inlaid with ivory combs.

The overall style is exquisite with an understated elegance.

Karp walked to the wardrobe in the room.

"These are all sealed with one-time use tags."

He pointed to a thin, almost invisible wax seal in the seam of the wardrobe door.

"The first thing we do during the inspection is to check whether the seals are intact and whether there are any signs that the cabinet has been moved."

He explained and demonstrated the specific inspection procedures as he went.

I ran my finger lightly over the seal to confirm that the wax was intact, then tapped the cabinet wall with my knuckles to listen for any unusual sounds.

Evan nodded and imitated the entire action.