Should I raise you too?

"Ability 3: Full Recovery (After get off work, fully restores energy and mood)"

Focus your energy and enthusiasm on your work hours!

"Ability 4: Master of Slacking Off (The probability of being caught slacking off is greatly reduced, including but not limited to daydreaming, sleeping, secretly eating snacks, and taking a leisurely stroll)"

What?! You actually stole my snacks!

"Skill 5: Frugality (Prioritizing sleep during work hours and making the most of the benefits offered by the workplace, such as meals, refreshments, skills training, and artistic enrichment)"

You're thrifty, but me? I had to scrape those coins out of my own pocket!

What kind of "best employee" is this?!

Elisa felt her cheeks twitching, and her hand holding the teacup trembled.

She seriously considered whether or not to dismiss the male servant.

But then I thought about it again, and the "best employee's" expertise is quite... impressive. At least other servants can't do it. This person is really a talent!

More importantly, this eerie and mysterious light curtain seems to be bound to that male servant.

Anyway, 16 pounds a year isn't too much, let's keep it for now.

Elisa looked down again.

Status: Taking a break (Energy ↑, Mood ↑)

You started slacking off as soon as I left?

Elisa turned to the maid and said, "Go to the courtyard and see if the bushes have been trimmed."

The maid acknowledged and walked towards the courtyard.

The living room was quite a distance from the courtyard, and Elisa continued reading the last paragraph.

"Actionable Project: Gift Giving"

A gift?

"Gift Giving: Giving a suitable gift to a character can increase intimacy, has a chance to improve mood or energy, and has a very small chance to trigger additional effects."

Tip: Simon is feeling hot and bothered under the blazing sun. A cold drink would be very comforting.

Pah, you're dreaming!

I'm giving you a gift? Can't you tell who the host is?!

Ignoring the "Gifts" section, Elisa finished the last piece of pastry and the black tea in her cup, only to find that the servant's status bar had changed.

Status: Pruning shrubs (Energy ↓, Mood ↓)

The maid has arrived in the courtyard and is urging the other person to work.

Elisa smiled, feeling a sense of comfort.

If I had my own numerical value, my mood and energy would definitely have increased significantly at this moment.

She stood up, preparing to return to her bedroom to continue studying the light screen itself, when suddenly a small light screen popped up.

"Intimacy -3"

"...?"

I just asked you to work hard, and you actually deducted my intimacy level!

Although the decrease in value has no real impact, for some reason, I have a feeling that something of mine has been stolen.

Wait, wasn't the intimacy level only 2 to begin with? -3...

Elisa looked back at the intimacy level section.

"Intimacy Level: -1"

Note: Simon is considering resigning and changing jobs; perhaps the Earl's family next door would be a good option.

You come back here!

Elisa clenched her fists. Who is the Earl next door? I don't even know her, yet you know her better than I do? Were you planning this all along?!

"Young Miss, the courtyard can be tidied up in at least half an hour." The maid returned to the living room, indicating that she had asked Simon to proceed as quickly as possible.

Elisa rubbed her forehead: "No need, I'm a little tired. I'll go take a nap and let him trim it slowly. Yes, taking it slow will make it better."

The maid agreed.

Elisa then casually remarked, "It's very hot today. Let's send a cold drink to all the servants who are working outside. You can have one too."

“Thank you for your kindness,” the maid said gratefully.

Elisa nodded demurely and walked back to her bedroom.

On the way, she calculated the cost of the iced drinks.

A typical street vendor's chilled lemonade costs 1 pence, while a restaurant drink with real ice, lemon, and syrup might cost 4 pence. I wonder how the maids would interpret iced drinks; if they added other fruits, the cost might exceed 4 pence. But that's unlikely; these servants are very sensible.

There are 27 servants in the manor. If 10 servants receive iced drinks, and the cost is no more than 4 pence, the total expenditure will be about 3 shillings.

I can't just keep bringing that male servant iced drinks, otherwise the other servants will think I have ulterior motives. Who knows, one day after I take a bath and come back to my room, I'll find him lying in my bed.

Sigh, the aristocratic life is truly extravagant.

Elisa returned to her bedroom, received the furniture replacement list from the head maid, and nearly stopped breathing when she saw the 12 pounds and 18 shillings expense.

She examined the bill carefully.

Landscape oil painting and gilded frame 8 pounds 8 shillings, mahogany bedside table 4 pounds 10 shillings, so expensive.

She was heartbroken and regretted her impulsive actions.

The new message that popped up on the screen offered a small comfort to her wounded heart.

Simon received your iced drink; intimacy level +2.

"Intimacy Level: 1"

Compared to the previous 2, it has decreased by 1 point, but at least it is a positive number.

Status: Drinking tea (Energy ↑, Mood ↑)

Note: Simon experienced the beauty of life.

Hehe, leisurely fishing and drinking tea, how could it not be wonderful?

Elisa did the math: 4 pence for 2 intimacy points, and 1 intimacy point for 2 pence. So, to reach 100 intimacy points, it would cost 198 pence, which is less than 1 pound. Compared to furniture, it's very cheap!

Wait, this intimacy level doesn't have a '/100' indicator. Is its maximum value really 100?

Elisa fell into deep thought.

Moreover, why would I want to increase intimacy? What use is intimacy with a male servant?

……

A male servant's intimacy level is obviously useless, but just like game stats and gacha characters are useless, whether you're interested in him or not is one thing, whether you get hooked or not is another.

After finishing his iced lemon tea, Simon leisurely trimmed the shrubs in the yard.

The setting sun was approaching the horizon in the distance, its orange-red light shining into the servants' dining room in the corner of the first floor. Simon left work on time, ate his lunch, chatted with the maid for a while, and returned to his bedroom.

He opened his character panel and looked at it, thinking about how to edit the panel tomorrow to seduce Miss Elisa and make her play with him.

That's right, the light screen in front of Miss Elisa was created by him.

"Character Editor" is the name of the cheat code he possesses, and "Black Tide" is the name of the game world.

He was originally a game designer for "Black Tide," but he died suddenly from overwork before the game's release, bringing with him his self-designed "character editing program" into this world.

The "Character Editor" is a simple development tool that allows you to quickly edit character abilities and attributes; it's essentially a simplified version of a game modifier.

However, this program was based on the main game program, and after it was separated from the main game program, a major problem arose.

He cannot access the extraordinary data of the main program; he can only access the data he possesses and perform some basic editing. Therefore, "best employee" is the limit.

Fortunately, the "Character Editor" still has the ability to decompose data, allowing it to break down extraordinary items in this world into extraordinary data.

Extraordinary items are hard to obtain, and he's just an ordinary teenager. What angel investor would be willing to invest in him?

After much deliberation, he decided to return to his old profession, and the "Ultimate Male Servant Training Project" was born. He created this training system using a "character editing program" and gave it to Elisa, one of the heroines in the game.

He had been planning for years to get a job as Elisa's male servant and get close to her.

On the surface, Elisa is a wealthy young lady who has just arrived in the capital, but in reality, she is a seasoned superhuman. As long as you get her into a nurturing game and into conquering yourself, she will definitely offer you superhuman items on her own initiative!

Chapter 2 The Golden-Haired, Red-Eyed Princess

The story of "Black Tide" is set in a Victorian-era setting, where black-out curtains had not yet been developed. As soon as the sun rose, light streamed in, waking Simon in his single bed.

Simon sat up, drew back the curtains, and found that the sunlight did not shine in, but rather remained discreetly outside.

It wasn't that Simon had such a big influence, but rather that his room was on the shady side, where sunlight was powerless to reach him.

He was just an ordinary male servant with an annual salary of 16 pounds. In the manor, only the senior servants could live on the sunny side.

Her status is still too low.

After quickly tidying up his bed, he went out to wash up and went to the servants' dining room.