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"Mr. Klein, what is your current job?"
"Assisting the church to handle some matters, I am considered a non-staff member of the church. I also work in a security company." Klein answered naturally.
Yes, their Nighthawks team's superficial identity in Backlund is still a security company.
Hasta nodded and pretended to ask unintentionally: "You look more like a university teacher, with a bookish atmosphere. I always thought you were working in a certain university."
"I just hold a clerical job in a security company. I search for some information and process some documents on weekdays."
Hasta narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Excuse me, may I ask, how much is the weekly salary of a civilian employee in a security company?"
"Five pounds 5 solers, six days a week, four days off a month, work is pretty easy."
Klein answered this question very seriously, but added in his heart: "To be precise, my weekly salary is exactly 12 pounds. This does not include the overtime expenses and some rental subsidies and work benefits. The total monthly income is close to 60 gold pounds, and with the year-end bonus a year, the annual salary can be close to 800 gold pounds!"
This was last month, and in a month or two, his salary level will continue to rise. Next year, he will have a weekly salary of at least 20 gold pounds, and his annual income is expected to exceed the 1000 gold pound mark!
With such an income, one can live a decent life even in a place with a high living standard like Backlund.
At least you can eat beef brisket and stewed potatoes every day and buy Melissa a small cake.
"Hey, why is the weekly salary so low?" Hastur
The slightly shocked words attracted the attention of Graysteed and Klein, and he explained: "I have always been optimistic about Mr. Klein and believe that he is fully qualified to receive compensation that matches his ability."
"The most basic monthly salary should be more than 100 gold pounds!"
Hastur offered a salary that was far higher than Klein's weekly salary of 5 pounds 10 solers.
Klein looked slightly stunned, a little dazed. This feeling of being favored by others was really weird.
The monthly salary is 100 gold pounds, which is equivalent to twice his current salary.
In Backlund, jobs with an annual salary of more than 1200 gold pounds are basically in financial industries such as banks.
Is his work ability so valuable?
Greste next to him smelled something different. Could this Count Campbell want to pry into the corner of their Church of the Goddess of the Night?
Want to use a high salary to lure Klein into giving him a job?
Sure enough, his worries came true the next moment.
"Has Mr. Klein considered changing his job?"
"..."
Klein looked at Hastur in front of him in surprise. He really didn't understand which aspect of his ability the other party valued.
"If you are willing to leave Backlund and come to South Wales to help me handle things, I can pay you 200 gold pounds, no, 300 gold pounds every month." Hasta tried his best to give Klein a reward An irresistibly high salary.
A monthly salary of 300 gold pounds?
So that’s 4200 gold pounds a year!
With the style of the wealthy Earl Hastur Campbell, there will definitely be other income, and the annual income may exceed the 5000 gold pound mark!
I only need to work here for a few years before I can return to Backlund and buy a big house of my own.
Maybe you can still have some money left to buy a farm and become a free farmer.
Klein silently made a calculation in his mind, and couldn't help but sigh that this was really an irresistible temptation.
Based on his knowledge of the Church of the Goddess of the Night, even Archbishop Anthony of St. Samuel's Church does not earn more than 5000 gold pounds a year.
Of course, the rights represented by that position are the most important. How much money can be earned in a year is no longer something that needs to be considered.
Klein was silent for a while and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Hastur is really flattering. I don't think I am qualified for such a high-paying job based on my ability."
"Ability is only one aspect. Personality and character are also a bonus here. I really think you shouldn't stay in Backlund and be an ordinary civilian employee of a security company. That would be too condescending. You are more suitable to go out and make a career. one time."
Klein admitted that he was a little tempted, but still chose to refuse.
He is quite satisfied with this job now, and staying in the Nighthawks team is equivalent to staying within the system. At least the harvest will be guaranteed despite droughts and floods.
If you choose to work here, it depends on the face of Lord Hastur Campbell. If you are fired if things go wrong, or if you are forced to lay off in middle age, there will be no guarantee for the future.
What's more, there are extraordinary factors in this world, and staying in the Church of the Night Goddess is more suitable for him to use his abilities.
"What a pity." Hasta showed a clear expression on his face.
He showed a disappointed expression, and then asked Klein to tell Leonard if he was willing to come to South Wales to make a living.
"I will convey your kindness to Leonard." Klein accepted the entrustment with a message.
Hastur sighed, "Oh, I'm in dire need here, and I really need help from someone I can trust."
"It's getting late. We've been disturbing you for a long time. It's time to leave."
Greste said goodbye. He was afraid that if the conversation continued, Lord Hastur Campbell would set his sights on him.
"Staying here to have a meal together in the evening will allow me to do my part as a landlord."
Greste and Klein both chose to refuse Hastur's warm invitation.
Greste didn't want to talk anymore, and Klein felt it was heartbreaking to refuse such a large amount of money, or he just turned a blind eye.
After sending the two of them away, Hastur laughed.
The expression on Klein's face just now was very interesting. When he extended the olive branch, he at least felt moved for a moment, and maybe he was still calculating a score in his heart.
"What a pity, Mr. Fool just refuses to change jobs and find a new job."
Hastur still felt it was a pity. It would definitely be interesting to keep Klein by his side and use money to stimulate the poor god from time to time.
He suddenly thought of the original Miss Audrey. When his financial situation was at its most difficult, Audrey had also taken pleasure in his poverty.
"Suddenly I miss Backlund's life a little bit."
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Greste and Klein were walking slowly on the street, trying to regain their mood a little.
Greste smiled and joked: "Tsk tsk, the monthly salary is 300 gold pounds. This is an extremely well-paid job. Even in Backlund, it is difficult to find such good treatment. You really don't have any Feeling excited?"
I may have an income of 5000 gold pounds a year. Do you think I am not interested?
After working for a few years, I can buy a big house in Backlund and buy a farm as a local owner. Do you think I look like a person who is not short of money?
Klein wanted to say these words to Greste, but he quickly suppressed the bleeding thoughts in his heart and said with a smile: "I still prefer to stay in Backlund, even though the weather there is far worse than here."
Greste laughed twice and said with a hint of fear: "Fortunately, you didn't agree to stay and work here, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to the church."
Klein thought for a while and said, "Perhaps you can suggest that the church give me a bigger salary increase. This will give me more resistance in the face of temptation."
"It's a very reasonable suggestion. I'll mention it to Archbishop Anthony when I get back."
"Can you not say it was me who suggested it?"
"Of course, this is entirely my personal opinion."
The two of them laughed and chatted for a while. When they returned to the door outside the residence, their steps suddenly stopped and they remembered another thing.
After what happened today, how should they investigate this Earl Hastur Campbell?
No matter in any aspect, they have no evidence that the other party may have problems, and without any substantial evidence, a count is still very valuable.
Chapter 314 Peeping through the gray fog partition
After a while, Greste sighed and said: "We can start investigating from other people first, if there are no problems with them."
"Well, that's actually a good idea."
Klein also agreed with this course of action. Instead of taking the risk of investigating the ignorant Earl Hastur Campbell, it would be better to use the elimination method.
When all possibilities are eliminated, the last one left must be the truth.
As evening approached at the port, a sea-smelling breeze blew. The sky was a little dark, and a black cloud that looked like ink was eroding away.
It's going to rain heavily.
Klein looked at the seagulls flying hard on the seashore in the distance. They seemed to be oppressed by black clouds, and their figures were so low that they were almost close to the sea.
He felt a little cold for no reason, maybe he wasn't used to the changeable weather at the beach yet.
Back in the room, Greste and Klein discussed for a while, split the people on the list in half, and each was responsible for the investigation.
At night, when he was about to go to bed, Klein felt a little restless. After thinking about it, he got up and went to the bathroom, walked four steps backward and entered above the gray mist.
When we came here, the prying eyes finally disappeared.
There was no doubt that someone was watching him and Greste in the dark.
Could it be the person sent by Count Hastur Campbell?
After thinking for two or three seconds, Klein decided to do some divination.
"What happened to the Red Gloves is related to Lord Hastur Campbell."
The citrine pendant did not give the revelation that Klein wanted. It moved as if it was stuck in a quagmire.
To be precise, it should be tightly attached, and even moving is a luxury.
Klein looked at it for a while and then changed his divination sentence: "008 is in the hands of Count Hastur Campbell!"
This time the proportion still did not yield any useful information.
All divination involving Hastur yielded no useful answers.
When he divined 008, although it was obscure and difficult, he was still able to get some inspiration.
Does this prove that the secret hidden in Hastur is far more terrifying than 008?
Klein tried to make such an analogy, and felt more and more that the young earl was terrifying and deeply hidden.
At this moment, Klein, who was sitting on the long bronze table, once again felt prying eyes.
The sight seemed to be coming from a distant place... from the starry sky!
Klein was shocked and subconsciously looked up at the sky shrouded in gray mist.
The prying eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the gray fog and fall on him.
Vaguely, Klein saw a vague, invisible figure overlooking him in the starry sky covered by fog.
"The Fool."