When Karl went back outside, there was some confusion among the children about what was happening now. The building had a new owner, and they had fully renovated it, so it wasn’t suitable for their morning martial arts training, anymore, and it certainly wasn’t going to remain an ultra-low cost hostel.
Karl smiled at them. "The goal is to get you all gainfully employed. Until then, Caretaker Jo will continue your early morning practice either on the second floor, or in the yard. There are enough rooms for now, and with our help, I think that we can get you good placements."
Many things in life were not about what you know, but who you know. Now that they knew Karl, he could ask around for people who needed apprentices in jobs suitable for their young residents.
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Jo had a hard time of it, as she was not powerful and not respected. But still, she had managed to maintain a steady flow of apprentices through the hostel.
Karl was standing in the yard when a familiar face entered through the open gate and smiled at him.
"Monarch! Thank goodness you’re here. This is nice, you did a beautiful job renovating.
I know that we’re just business associates, but I was hoping to ask you a favour." Loros asked, her usually vibrant white skin looking pale and dirty.
"You look like you’ve had a rough day. What happened?" Karl asked.
"The landlord, the guy who runs the furniture shop beneath me, offended someone he shouldn’t have, and they trashed the place. I managed to save my materials, but my apartment is completely destroyed, and there are no hotel rooms anywhere in town.
Before deciding to sleep on the street until I can rebuild my cart, I thought that I might come and see if you had some spare rooms in your new house.
I think that half the town already knows that your team got the old barracks as a reward.
They’re making jokes about it because the place totally isn’t worth as much as your reward would be." Loros explained.
Karl chuckled. "Well, we have it now, and it’s all renovated with the help of all these good people. I think that we might be able to work something out more long term.
I want to turn this place into a shop for the goods that my friends make. So, if you would like to stay here and make your jewellery, I can sell it downstairs after it is upgraded. We will hire a few more staff as well, but we’ve got a caretaker already."
Loros’ eyes lit up in joy. This place was nice, definitely in better condition than her old apartment, even before the debt collectors had smashed down the divider wall, thinking that her space was a hidden room where the furniture store owner was hiding what he owed them.
"I will take you up on that. I’m carrying everything I own already." She replied with a sad smile and turned toward the door.
Caretaker Jo ran outside with her arms wide and a look of panic.
Loros was covered in plaster dust, stone dust, dirt and alley grime from her day, and the cleanliness obsessed Demon was not ready to let her into the freshly renovated building.
"She can’t get clean if you don’t let her in." Karl reminded Jo. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
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