Here I am, in a situation where many people will dream of being in my place, serving a noble directly, indeed, even if the system of power exists, the majority of people have either a weak power or a common power.
1 star: low power, provide an occupation to the person and small bonuses depending on the occupation, example: baker with slightly improved skills in manufacturing (dexterity and others), represent 90% of the people.
Lucian : "I love complaining about my low power but well"
2 stars: common power with a greater bonus, example: fighter: booster ability in strength and speed, 9% of people.
3 stars: rare power with a very important bonus, example :
magician, knight, assassin... around 1 pourcent
4 stars: super rare power with a unique powers and bonus: Arch mage, general... around 30 people for humans.
5 stars: legendary power possessed only by the chosen ones: demon king, hero (yes there are only 2)
Lucian "I got quite unlicky but to be honest what did I expect"
At the age of 15, everything has already been decided, the work you will do later, the possible evolutions, the respect that society will give you... if you are lucky you have a 4-star talent and you will get a good life, otherwise you will be a slave (1-star talent) and you will surely remain so all your life.
There are obviously several sub-levels of skills with experience but this has almost never allowed an increase above 3 stars.
Lucian : "So to kill the hero that's gonna be hard"
Another slave : "Stop talking to yourself, get back to work"
Oh I forgot that I was now moved to the castle as a servant and that talking to myself like usual would not be very good.
Lucian : "Yes"
Another slave : "I wish I could just end my work here"
Lucian : "Me as well"
Another slave : "If only I could be a butler inna high rank family"
With so much work a slave can
potentially end up as a butler but he will never be able to become a merchant, for example, it seems hopeless for him.
As for me, I have some fighting talent, and commending talent, suffice to say not something made to serve a noble, more something made to fight on a battlefield alongside soldiers under the orders of a general and surely die young for humans.
Lucian : "My commander talent is weird, it's not really high but I have atleast some advantages"
Another slave : "What did you say ?"
Lucian : "Nothing, I was looking at the knight commander"
I was almost caught because of my stupid talking habit, ah, I really hate that, let's just work and think about the Baron.
He must have taken me because I was the one who presented the best and who looked the least like a slave, yes even by starving me (with mana) I wasn't in such a bad state as all the other servants I've met so far.
After working on the Windows and the floor for some time I heard that the Baron had called me, which means that atleast I will know what to do, as for right now I was just following what was doing the others.
Another servant : "Sir, I have come with the new servant"
Chief servant : "You can enter, please don't say a word"
Baron: "You will put on your outfit and you will serve the meals, if you say a word I will kill you"
It looks like a waiter's outfit which fortunately since I am a man covers my legs and arms, therefore my demonic marks which until then had been not visible because of the black or covered by the shreds that served me as clothes could be covered entirely.
Baron : "Now go back to work"
Chief servant : "When we dont call you, you will just clean up as you did this morning"
I was rather relieved to be quite free as to what to do, I put on my new clothes and clearly not of high quality, followed someone who showed me the kitchens and made me brought him his breakfast as he had asked me.
There must clearly be a gain for him in the exchange to make me have such a position, from a legal servant that he is forced to pay or from the kids (which is illegal) he moves on to a servant that he is not going to pay very fairly and major (15 years old = major).
Baron : "For your first time, you are not so bad"
Chief servant : "You are suppose to thank him"
Lucian :"Thank you sir"
Baron : "Go away, you are boring"
Shortly after having brought him his lunch, he asked me to bring him tea and cakes and to stay to serve the tea, during that time I saw something that was intriging.
A more than mysterious person arrived, it was clearly not the magician of earlier but someone more important than the baron given the way he just entered the room I had to go to without his permission.
Baron : "Servant, tea please"
??? : "So, how is the plan evolving"
Baron: "All I have to do is convince the magicians with my arguments to give us what we need and at least half of the region will be ours"
As they were talking, I was just inside when that what was happening thanks to the Baron wanting me to give him a cup of tea, I was just here as a ghost.
??? : "The demons make a very good excuse for that, as long as I help you pretend that they have appeared in this place they will have no choice"
The person in front of the Baron was hidden as for the assassins and given what he just said, he must surely be a fairly high-ranking person.
??? : "In addition the assassin in charge of surveillance changed on the border, as long as we put the means it will definitely be less annoying than having to kill one of them"
Baron: "Ah the stars finally seem to be in my favor, I'll be able to get rid of this ignorant who won't let me do what I want"
??? : "Don't forget what you promised me"
After two cups of tea and this little discussion during which I only handed over tea, he left by the door and the baron left to read his documents and arrange things.
Baron: "Don't stay there doing nothing, go work like everyone else"
And so I left, pretending to go clean the bookstore, which also gave me a more than credible excuse to see the books he had available and compare to those I had read in the demon king's library.
But there was strictly nothing that could potentially help me in my spy mission, or better help me find other ideas to get even stronger.
It was for the majority of books, history, management, and education in general, at the same time, I didn't really know what I expected from a Nobleman so low in the hierarchy.
Lucian : "history of the xxx war, nah boring"
Lucian : "How to invest in big city's estate"
Another servant : "You seem to have some fun"
Lucian : "I already cleaned everything"
Having been educated until then, at a very low level in all areas, these books could be of some interest to me but I had neither the time nor the leisure to read them.
I had to find out about the forces currently present at the baron's castle, so I might as well go to the training area and pretend to clean up.
Lucian : "I am going to clean the training ground"
Another servant : "Oh good luck, it's always a mess with them"
Lucian : "Call me if the Baron needs me"
Another servant : "Okay"
It seems that cleaning the training ground is a please where the three-quarters of the servants hate to do since it's a place that stinks of transpiration and the soldiers or others are often not very nice.
Soldier : "Oh a servant having to clean, go go go little one"
Other soldier : "You are not high-ranked than him"
Unlike the demon king who had the intelligence to hide his troops underground and make them train without it showing, the Baron had opted for a training ground in an inner courtyard, which was not too badly hidden from potential spies but well it was not very effective since I saw it.
That's probably why the other guy didn't hesitate too much before changing my position, since no one could see anything no matter how talented they were, atleast I don't think anyone can see through walls.
Another Soldier: "What are you doing here, we've barely finished the morning training"
Lucian: "The baron ordered me to take care of here from now on"
I keep my head down because that's what I've been able to observe from the other servants since I've been here, it hurts me a little to have to lower myself in front of a soldier that have the same talent as a slave (a 1 star).
They all looked at me as if I were an insect and left me alone, well almost, they were annoying, they made the area dirty right after I had passed which didn't bother me, I had my whole day...
Soldier : "Go clean, their is dirt on the column"
Soldier 4 : "And don't forget our shoes marks"
Commander of Group 1 : "All of you Shut up, we have finished for this morning, now go quick, we dont have much time"
All soldiers : "Yes sir"
And in the end they had to leave for lunch too, finally leaving me alone, or that's what I thought because other soldiers replaced them, undoing all my work at the same time.
These exchanges between the two army corps continued until the end of the afternoon, during training I cleaned the changing rooms or the kitchens which had a view on the training ground and shortly after the room.
Soldier : "Woah I am beat up"
Soldier 2 : "It's finally finished"
Commander of Group 2: "Well it's over for today, we're going to training outside"
And damn, I can't follow them outside because of my "job", it was rather annoying, but fortunately shortly after the servants I knew came to pick me up for something probably very interesting.
Another Servant: "The baron is looking for you for tea"
Lucian : "Thank you"
Thanks to my rather old parents for whom I always have to prepare everything and to my poor family, I had to manage to feed them and me, one of the ways of which was to serve people richer than you.
Since they have become demons, they no longer need anything (food or anything else) and since anyway, apart from that, they didn't care about me, I was very free in what I could do without being bored, being a rather useless person sometimes has a lot of advantages.
Chief servant : "The Baron has an important guest so just serve tea as usuall and shup up"
Lucian : "I will be careful sir"
This time it was the magician who was the guest, he also seemed to have nothing to do with protocol, given his clothes it would seem that it was not a normal magician, to be here he has to be of high rank anyway.
He as dark Blue hair, blue eyes, a blue outfit, which look very good on him, he was with his papers taking into account the papers made from scratch by the baron.
Baron : "Here is the papers you ask for"
Magician : "Yes shut up, I am reading"
Baron : "Take all your time"
On it, a request for help stating that they need magic material for defense and attack because they had seen demons in the area and felt demonic energy, oops that may be a little my fault...
A testimony from the spy in the region who must surely have been the person I had seen this morning, well, just nonsense and lie, there had been no demons in the area but that, how could the magician know.
Baron : "So ??"
Magician : "Your papers are weird"
Baron : "Why ?"
Magician : "Hmm, I don't know"
And here is one of the moments when I asked myself what I should do, do I let them do it and kill them after they received the equipment or do I just inform the magician secretly.
In one case I could probably keep the magic crystals under the pretext that they were broken during the fight but at the same time I'm not supposed to face more than soldiers so it will be outside my duties.
Baron : "And so ?"
Magician : "Tchh, It's okay we will send you the equipment within three days"
Baron : "Okay thank you"
Okay seems like I don't need to do a choice then I'm going to have to kill them, increasing my demonic mana by the way and then I'll explode some magic crystals allowing me to easily pretend an accident.
It won't be too bad, the honor of the tower of magicians would take a hit and I won't have a problem, all winning and doesn't seem that hard.
Magician : "I will be taking your servant with me the time I get back to the tower and will make him go back with your thing"
Baron : "Do you have to ?"
Magician : "Do you want me to have to transport the things myself"
Baron : "No"
Ah another annoyance, there is probably a long trip, I will arrive at the same time as the magic weapons are prepared, it's rather annoying, I could not kill people at night as I had planned and collect even more information on the strengths and weaknesses of each of the soldiers and commanders.
Baron : "Okay you can take him"
Magician : "Let's go"
But it was what followed that was even worse because when I followed him, as soon as we walked through the door, he came out to me.
Magician : "So who are you, your mana tells me right away that you are not a servant"
Damn magician, trying to hide all pf my mana have not been enough to remain incognito, but well my job as an assassin was finally going to be able to serve but I stiln have to figure out how to justify myself, that's not gonna be simple.