Charlotte looked at the young girl in front of him, knowing full well that letting her stay would invite some trouble.
But if he kicked her out, she definitely couldn't live.
"You can't use magic in front of people, then you'll have to take on more work if you want to stay." Charlotte said calmly.
"Such as?"
"Clean all the upstairs and downstairs of the clinic every day, and keep the clinic clean and tidy."
"Okay." Vivian nodded her head crisply, for a water-based magician, cleaning and sanitizing couldn't be simpler.
"You'll also have to take on a portion of the refining of potions."
Vivian was shocked, "Refining potions?"
"That's right, this is work that can be done without having to be in front of people." Charlotte nodded.
It was naturally impossible for him to use an intermediate level magician only as a cleaner, the cows in the production team wouldn't dare to let her rest like that.
"But, I've never touched apothecary and am not good at potion refining." Vivian said with an apologetic face.
Pharmacy was offered in the medical school, but she did not take it as an elective.
As a magical genius girl who had been sought after since she was a child, it would only be something that would be questioned if she wasted her time studying pharmacology.
Charlotte said with a confident face, "It doesn't matter if you don't know how, as long as you're willing to learn, I guarantee that you'll soon become a qualified pharmacist."
Vivian had some hesitation in her heart, but when she met Charlotte's gaze, she nodded her head and responded with a clench of her teeth, "I'm willing to learn."
Compared to going out to stop and rob, refining potions should be better to learn, right?
"If I encounter some unexpected situation, under the premise of not revealing the fact that you know magic, I need you to assist me in completing some surgeries, you shall not refuse." Charlotte made another request.
Vivian nodded her head and agreed after a brief thought.
These demands that Charlotte raised were not excessive.
"Very well, then from now on, you are an employee of the clinic." A smile finally appeared on Charlotte's face, and towards Vivian
An extended her right hand, "I'm Charlotte."
Vivian was a bit mesmerized as she looked at the warm smile on Charlotte's face, her blue eyes were as clear as water, as if there was light shining on her.
"Charlotte?" Vivian felt that this name sounded somewhat familiar, but for a moment she couldn't remember, reaching out and gently shaking hands with Charlotte.
The warmth of the touch brought her back to her senses, and she finally found a place to stay in the Abyss.
A small, mediocre clinic.
A young owner.
Charlotte withdrew her hand and looked at Vivian as she continued, ''The job content is what I just said, the monthly salary is 1000 copper coins, if your performance is good enough, you will be turned into a formal employee after a month, plus 200 copper coins.
Moreover, there is an extra commission for refining potions, 1 copper coin per bottle."
"Okay." A few moments of surprise appeared on Vivian's face, this was a little better than she had expected.
"I'll first take you to familiarize yourself with the clinic, the first floor is the working area, and the second floor is the living area." Charlotte's gaze fell on the white cat on the counter, "And this one, her name is Anna, the clinic's mascot."
"Here, Anna, smile."
"Meow-" The white cat let out a warning yowl at Charlotte, her high tail twitching slightly.
"Good, look, she seems to like you." Charlotte said with satisfaction.
"Eh?" Vivian looked at Anna, who had jumped back onto her locker in a lofty manner, and didn't feel any liking.
The clinic was cleaned up, but it was very spartan indeed.
The existence of the operating room, on the other hand, surprised Vivian a bit, as a medical school student, in the education she had always received, healing arts and internal medicine treatment were the orthodox.
The so-called surgeries, on the other hand, were something only a lowly barber would do.
In the imperial capital, every year, many people from the lower class were superstitious about the so-called bloodletting therapy, and the disease was not cured, but the person was lost.
Her new boss, it couldn't be an existence like a barber, right?
Vivian couldn't help but feel a little worried, it would be too bad for her, a healing magician, to work as an assistant to a trickster who was recruiting people.
"This is the refining room, where potions are refined, and also your work area from now on." Charlotte said as she opened a door
Vivian looked at the humble alchemy room, the most noticeable thing was the large iron pot in the center set up on the stove.
Those potions that supposedly possessed magical effects were boiled in that large iron pot?
This made her feel more and more that she might have entered a den of thieves.
Then Charlotte took her to visit the second floor space, there were four rooms on the second floor, the biggest one was Charlotte's bedroom, and the other three empty rooms piled up some sundries.
Charlotte let Vivian choose a room as her bedroom, and the smallest room he planned to make into a kitchen.
He had it all figured out, now that there was one more person in the clinic, he definitely couldn't eat that dark and hard black bread every day.
This body of his now was very weak, partly due to the aftermath of his magic essence being nullified, and partly due to the lack of nutrition.
Of course, looking at it dialectically, one couldn't rule out if it was related to some bad habits of his predecessor.
"I'll leave the job of cleaning the room to yourself, I'll go out and buy you some daily necessities." Charlotte said as she looked at Vivian who couldn't hide the joy on her face.
"Uh-huh." Vivian nodded her head repeatedly, but her stomach growled indisputably.
Grrrr-
Vivian blushed and lowered her eyes in embarrassment.
It couldn't be blamed on her, from yesterday until now, she had only eaten that bread that Charlotte had given her.
Because she didn't find a safe water source, she didn't even drink more than two sips of water.
Charlotte sighed in her heart, "By the way, I'll buy you some food back."
"Thanks boss!" Vivian said gratefully.
She suddenly felt ashamed of what she had just thought, even if he was a liar, he was the only one willing to provide her with food.
An ordinary person who didn't know magic who wanted to survive in the Abyss would inevitably have to put in more effort.
Charlotte went downstairs and out the door, while Vivian couldn't help but turn in circles in the room.
The room was very simple, the wooden floor had quite a few potholes because of its age, the walls were made of coarse stone, the large and small gaps were not permeable to light, but there was still a slight leakage of air.
The only furniture was a wooden bed against the wall, but it was missing a leg.
Because it had been left unused before, everything was covered in a thick layer of gray.
Pushing open the wooden window, the gray skylight of the abyss didn't make the room much brighter, but it made her feel as if the gray world had been illuminated for a few moments.
With her own separate room, she was like a drifting duckweed that had finally put down roots in the Abyss.
From the sudden fall of her family, fleeing all the way south, going through many calamities, and watching her closest family members die with her own eyes, her terrified and mournful heart had finally found a place to land.
Even if it was humble, it was better than drifting around outside.
"Let's clean up first and finish today's work!"
Although her stomach was hungry and her body was a bit weak, Vivian felt energized!
Charlotte first went to the grocery store on Baca Street to purchase a bedding, a few toiletries, and a black wig, spending 250 copper coins.
"Shit, a shoddily made wig also costs 180 copper coins." Charlotte came out of the grocery store, looked at the wig with threads bubbling in his hand, and cursed lowly.
It was still one that he had carefully selected, and it was considered the least flawed one.
Then he went to the bakery and bought four loaves of black bread.
"The doctor has had a good appetite for the past two days." Old Mrs. Bella from the bakery handed the bread to Charlotte and said with a smile.
"A new sweeper was recruited, and as you know, orcs don't have small appetites." Charlotte took the bread and said with a helpless face.
This old lady was the owner of the bakery, had a big mouth, and was the news-making center of Baca Street.
"That must be a pretty little orc girl around twenty, right?" The old lady asked with a smile.
"You guessed it all." Charlotte was stunned.
"Hehe, you've been very affectionate these three years, I've seen it all." The old lady's eyes narrowed into slits as she smiled.
Charlotte was a bit puzzled, this could be a bit different from what was recorded in the original diary.
"You've always liked girls around twenty, your tastes have never changed." The old lady added.
"You sure know me well." Charlotte ran away with the bread, what a reputation.
Pushing open the clinic door, Charlotte froze.
In the past two days, he thought he had cleaned the clinic quite well, at least compared to the original body's previous kennel, it was a completely different state.
But he had just gone out for a while, and the clinic had completely changed again.
The marble floors were shiny, the walls, ceilings, and all kinds of furniture were spotless, and even the air seemed to have become a bit more refreshing.
The counter was reorganized, glass jars and potion bottles, in order from large to small, neatly arranged, even the placement of empty bottles are symmetrical.
"What kind of OCD is this?" Charlotte had a mouthful of grooves that she couldn't spit out.
On the other hand, Vivian, who was sitting behind the counter, was holding Anna, the little one stayed obediently on her lap, allowing her to gently rub her tummy, and made a whirring sound.
"Ah this? A white-eyed cat!"
Charlotte said she couldn't accept it, clearly he was here first.
"Boss." Vivian got up.
Anna was interrupted from her enjoyment and rolled her eyes at Charlotte.
"Here's the bedding, have a loaf of bread to pad your stomach." Charlotte put her things on the counter and went to get Vivian another glass of water.
Vivian's eyes glowed at the sight of the bread, having just cleaned the upper and lower floors with cleaning magic, and washing a kitty in the process, made her feel completely emptied.
Not caring about being a lady or not, a big mouthful of bread, a big mouthful of water, a black bread went into her stomach in the twinkling of an eye.
Finishing one, Vivian glanced at Charlotte and then at the rest of the bread.
"Eat up, the clinic cleaned up nicely, hard work." Charlotte smiled, very satisfied with Vivian's work ethic.
From today, he could say goodbye to the tedious job of cleaning.
This thousand copper coins, it was worth it!
With Charlotte's nod, Vivian picked up another loaf of bread, but this time she didn't gobble it up, taking small bites and savoring the comfort the food brought to her hungry gut.