Should I raise you too?

Haha, don't think I don't know, you're trying to run errands, aren't you? You're planning to run off to play outside the manor!

Don't think I don't know what you're thinking! I treated the teacher's errands the same way when I was a kid!

You can only dream of the blissful moment of taking a detour while running errands, browsing shop windows, buying snacks, and enjoying the scenery along the way!

Come and suffer with me in the manor!

As Miss Elisa walked toward the etiquette classroom, she had a dark thought in her mind.

……

Standing in the foyer, Simon pondered whether he should reduce the intimacy level further to make Alyssa take her needs seriously.

However, if a game relies on punishment to guide players, it will inevitably be abandoned by them.

The right approach is to entice them, give them small moments of happiness, and stimulate their dopamine levels.

At this point, you should not only not decrease intimacy, but you should increase it!

He was operating in the background.

"While on guard duty, Simon reflected on his life recently and felt a sense of peace; intimacy +1."

Looking at the light screen, Elisa was pleasantly surprised and almost laughed, but thankfully she managed to hold it in.

This is an etiquette class; we can't laugh.

In social interactions, a smile is also a form of adornment; it should only be worn on appropriate occasions. Always having a smile on your face can be interpreted as promiscuity. Wow, so many rules.

Elisa glanced at the etiquette teacher to make sure she hadn't noticed her daydreaming, then continued looking at the light screen.

"Intimacy Level: 9"

Note: Reaching an intimacy level of 10 will unlock the next feature.

Are there any other features?!

Elisa was taken aback. Spying on the male servant every day had already added a lot of fun to her monotonous school life; if it had other functions, she couldn't imagine how much more enjoyable it would be!

I originally thought that increasing "intimacy" wouldn't have any practical use, but I didn't expect it to unlock new features!

"Intimacy" has become much more valuable to her.

Even if she didn't know what the new feature was for, who could resist checking it out? As an adventurer, exploring new territories was her instinct!

To unlock new features, you need to reach 10 intimacy points. You currently have 9, so you're 1 point short.

Just wait until tomorrow morning; the male servant will give you 2 points after breakfast, fulfilling the requirement. Even if you lose another point today due to work, you'll have enough tomorrow.

Elisa tried to refocus her attention on the etiquette class, deciding to wait until tomorrow and let the male servant fulfill the requirements himself.

But her heart wouldn't listen to her; it felt like ants were crawling on her chest.

Why wait until tomorrow? You can gain intimacy points by simply assigning errand tasks to the male servant, and you can meet the requirements today!

Elisa was so eager to attend that she took the initiative to pause the etiquette class for the first time.

She walked out of the etiquette classroom and called the head maid.

“Miss Elisa.” Maria approached Elisa and listened to her instructions.

"Among the male servants, who is the most available and the most reliable?" Elisa asked.

Simon cannot be directly designated to run errands, for the same reason as he was with Ice Drinks back then.

The etiquette instructor also gave similar advice. As a young lady who lives alone without any male relatives, I need to keep my distance from male servants, otherwise it's easy for gossip to spread.

Even if no outsiders see it, it's still not acceptable. Servants in the manor sometimes leak their employers' information, especially after being bribed by outsiders.

Once rumors start circulating, it becomes very difficult to get close to the circles of wealthy young ladies.

The lives of nobles are truly complicated.

Elisa sighed inwardly and looked at Maria.

Maria pondered the young lady's instructions: male servant, free time, reliable... The image of a servant appeared in her mind.

She replied, "The male servant Simon meets your requirements."

"Oh?" Elisa waited for Maria to explain further.

“Simon was one of the second batch of servants recruited,” Maria explained. “He was very serious about his work and always completed his tasks meticulously. However, it was precisely because he was too serious that his work progress was somewhat slow.”

Slow work progress isn't due to being overly diligent, it's due to being too lazy! You've been fooled!

"A little slow?" Elisa pressed.

“About a third slower,” Maria gave a specific answer, “but even if other servants took twice as long, they wouldn’t do it as well as he did.”

He was only 1/3 slower? I clearly saw in the status bar that he was slacking off most of the time.

Wow, that "best employee" really has strong skills. They finished the work in a very short time and achieved a level of completion far exceeding that of others!

Elisa nodded: "I have a letter. Tell him to leave now and deliver it to the post office. The letter is in my room; you can give it to him."

Elisa led the head maid to the bedroom and retrieved a letter. It was a letter for the teacher, which wasn't supposed to be delivered in a hurry, but it would serve as a convenient tool for running errands.

The head maid took the letter and left the room.

Elisa reflected that throughout the entire conversation, she hadn't mentioned the male servant Simon at all; it was the head maid who introduced Simon to the errand-running task.

This is, of course, just a facade. After narrowing down my choices to male servants, available time, and reliability, Simon was the only candidate left.

There weren't many male servants in the manor to begin with, and the higher-ranking male servants all had their own responsibilities. Only the ordinary male servants were free. Simon, who had the "best employee" specialty, was definitely the most reliable among the ordinary male servants, at least he seemed to be.

Elisa was very satisfied with her plan, and her steps toward the etiquette classroom were even lighter.

Feedback came quickly from the light screen.

Simon was given the errand-running assignment. He realized he could overstate the carriage expenses and embezzle the funds to buy snacks, and he was overjoyed.

"Intimacy +2"

Elisa's face stiffened slightly as she looked at the prompt again in disbelief.

What's the story behind the false reporting of carriage expenses?

What about the misappropriation of funds?

I thought you just wanted to go shopping on paid leave, but you actually stole my money to spend!

That's all the money I saved up by risking my life!

Chapter 4 The Young Lady Spying

When the head maid delivered the letter, Simon knew that Miss Elisa had been manipulated by the psychology of games.

Although she was very strong, she was still just a young girl who had just come of age. During her time in the archipelago, she was busy with training and committing crimes and could not resist the temptation of mature 21st-century games.

He manipulated the backend, edited the message about the increased intimacy level, and launched a new feature that he had prepared long ago.

"Intimacy Level: 11"

You have unlocked a new feature: [Simon's Log]

"Simon's Log: A log recording Simon's actions and discoveries, with a small chance of obtaining mysterious intelligence from it."

Simon scanned the package and, after confirming that everything was correct, sent the update package to the light screen in front of Miss Elisa.

After being disconnected from the main game program, the "Character Editor" cannot access any computing power and cannot run autonomously; Simon can only operate it manually each time.

This feeling is similar to that of a host in an offline tabletop role-playing game.

After finishing editing, he looked at the head maid.

“This was specifically instructed by the young lady,” Head Maid Maria said sternly, looking at Simon’s face.

She thought the mail delivery mission was important, but in reality, it was just an excuse Elisa made up. Even without mail, there would be other mission objectives, such as purchasing.

Simon did not refute, but nodded to indicate that he would take it seriously.

He took the letter and walked out of the manor. A carriage was already waiting at the door; it was a rental carriage that the other servants had called for him.

The manor has coachmen and carriages, but they are not for the use of servants.

Simon boarded the carriage. The carriage was simple and clean, the driver had trimmed his beard, and there were cushions on the seats.

This is a mid-to-high-end horse-drawn carriage. The starting price is 1 shilling, and 6 pence per mile thereafter.

Sitting in the carriage, he began editing his journal.

Simon took the letter and walked outside the manor. It was a bit hot, but thankfully there was a breeze and clouds.

Simon boarded the carriage and admired the scenery outside the window; the surrounding countryside was beautiful.

In the etiquette classroom, Elisa looked at the new feature "Simon's Log".

This log is somewhat like a diary, no, it should be described as a detective's surveillance report. With this, I can see what the male servant is doing anytime, anywhere.

Unlike "Status", "Log" is more detailed, and "Status" cannot be viewed in history, so you miss it if you miss it, while "Log" can.

Miss Elisa's heart raced; she felt like she was spying on her male servant's private life.

Elisa, Elisa, how could you do such a lewd thing! If the genders were switched, you would definitely be arrested!

She turned off the light screen and vowed that if she looked at herself again, she would be a puppy.