An orphan girl, Fleur (2)
As she was growing, she could do more kinds of works. She couldn't only collect the clothes for wash but also could wash them. She often prepares the vegetables by washing, pilling, cutting and helps the Wogen's cooks.She was also entrusted with helping the prostitutes change their clothes, make up, do their hair, and bathe.
When guests arrive with their own horses, Fleur keeps the horses in the brothel stables and take care of water and food.
When the guests come with the carriages, she guides the guests to the Wogen house. And after, she guide their drivers and attendants on the carriages to the stables.After they stopped their carriages, she show them to a special waiting room, and serves tea and light meals to them. As they are commoners or nobles, she must even asks them which they are. Because it is necessary them to separate and guide for their waiting rooms, commoners for commoners, nobles for nobles each time.
For that reason, the prostitutes have taught Fleur how to talk with nobles, how to talk nobles like. Of course, as a boy like.Wogen was a brothel for nobles so the prostitutes were even though slaves, they have been taught to be able to read and write, calculate, and even talk about the political situation.
The prostitutes know it enotugh and when they go out or visit the merchants, they make great efforts to listen and catch the trends.
Thanks to them, Fleur can read, write, and calculate, though she was gibberish about the political trends like world affairs or domestic politics, the histories.She knows that much as the name of this country, the king, the name of the territory and the name of the big city.
Like such, Fleur's knowledgement and works she could do have been growing more and more. For her, the most impressive change was to able to go out alone.
The owner or manservants, prostitutes give to Fleur lots of jobs as their needs.They have ordered her to, "Post this letter", "Go for getting something", "Go and buy something in a hurry". Sometimes for the guests, they have orederd her to, "Call his horses" or "Call his carriages", "Catch the drifting carriage". etc.
Unfortunately, all those jobs were free. Since Fleur has relied on the brothel for food, clothing and shelter, she could hardly receive wages. But! she could get pocket money from the prostitutes once in a while.
If they've used it to hone themselves or to out of slavert, it would be fine, but if they've been giving Fleur a reasonable amount of money, the owner and the manservants wouldn't look good at Fleur. Fleur might be kicked out right away.To prevent such a thing would happen, the prostitutes have given only a few money to Fleur.
Just a little pocket money. Fleur never saved them. She spent the money eating and drinking outside of Worgen.This is because she has been often hungry on the way to errands or on the way home. However, she has never entered in the restaurants but bought only at a stall and had them with walking.
However, one day, a thing occurred that lead to Fleur deciding to save money.
Little by little, among the prostitutes who raised Fleur, some began to leave the brothels with pay their debt which was their salave liberation money.
Around that time.
Fleur was called by the Evita who was one of the prostitutes. She was the most motherlike for Fleur. She called Fleur to her room.Fleur has visited to Evita's room flequently for her prepare as a prostitute, but at that time, it was quit different as usual. Because Evita called Fleur to her room with the face very seriously.
Wogen prostitutes had a working room for entertaining guests and a dedicated room for private use.It's probably because Wogen was a brothel for nobles. Commonly, prostitutes for the general public including for poors didn't have their own rooms. Wogen prostitutes were slave prostitutes, but they were in the privileged category in some meaning.
Fleur was very nervous then.
Evita was the longest-serving Wogen prostitute. Therefore, She was also the leader among the prostitutes. She was the person who loved Fleur the most. Fleur adored her like a mother.
Evita was the top earner in this brothel. For Evita's appearance stood out from the rest of the prostitutes, and her technique of speech was more than excellent for entertaining the aristocratic guests of the brothel.
She was already 40 years old. She was on the verge of old age for an aristocratic whore. On the other hands, Fleur knew she had already had enough money to out of slaves herself. So Fleur was afraid that Evita would be out of Wogen.
When Fleur visited to Evita's private room, she was sitting on the bed.
Evita was so beautiful that even Fleur, who was familiar with her, often gasped at her beauty. She still do now. Fleur glanced at Evita often. Fleur's brown hair was cut very short to see her as boy. Contrastly, Evita's golden hair was very long and waved glossy.
Fleur stared at Evita.
She has been wearing and behaving, and speaking as a boy, but her mind was a girl.It was a good job for the prostitutes who have no experiences to grow up their own children.
Even if Fleur wasn't as gorgeous as Evita, she regretted not being able to dress like that as an ordinary girl, and envied women who could. But she know enough that she could never do here. And she know that she should never say out it.Otherwise, she would have no choice but to become a prostitute here.Or even if she escaped from here, she would not be able to live alone because she was too young. She know it much enough.
That's why every time Fleur sees prostitutes dressed up beautifully like this, She can't help but look at them with a look of envy. She was even sighed against Evita.
Fleur has never known why , and how they became prostitutes at all. After if prostitutes had a good relationship and trust in each other, they may confide each other but they have never confided to Fleur as too young. Therefore, even if Fleur wanted to know why such a beautiful Evita became a slave whore, she never heard from Evita and the others. Still, Fleur loved them. Because they were her mothers.
Evita was already dressed up to welcome guests, and had a jewel-encrusted barrette on her blond hair in a ball gown. Evita's bare skin was originally white and fine. That's why she hardly powdered foundations in her face with a puff. Even if she did, just a little.
Evita noticed Fleur stared at her with nervous and smiled at Fleur. Then Fleur come her sense immediately.
Fleur thought, (No way...at last, Evita would go out of here?). Despite Fleur's anxiety, Evita started talking.
"I like this job. I still have regular customers who nominate me at my age, so I'm going to keep doing this for a while longer."
The moment Fleur heard Evita's words, as if Evita could see through Fleur's anxiety, Fleur felt relieved and sighed with relief.
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