History Lesson
"Gunter?"
"Yes, Heika?"
"Why are there only three maids in this gigantic castle, with no kitchen staff either? Aren't they horribly over worked?"
"Is this a truly relevant question for your history lesson, Heika?"
"I mean, shouldn't there be more like 20 maids or something? This is a royal palace."
"If we can return our attention to more important matters, Jostein, the 12th Maou, enacted a degree that stated…"
"And it's not like you guys have washing machines and vacuums and all the stuff my mom uses… Shouldn't there be laundry maids and house maids, and scullery maids and a gardening staff and such?"
"I'm sure they manage, Heika. I believe the soldiers do a great deal of the work on the estate. This degree started the policy of searching imports for…"
"But the only soldier I've ever seen doing anything is Dorcas, and that's just because anyone can bully him…Ya know, I think I'll go ask if they'd like us to hire more help."
Gunter could do nothing but watch as his reluctant pupil bolted from the room.
A/N: This always bothered me, and although I know it's a dramatic necessity for the show and that having only three maids means that their personalities get developed in the slightest as opposed to the house keeping staff being a sort of mobile furniture. Ah well, to quote someone, cupnjava I believe,on the ineffible Crimson1's very long document of quotes, we must simply run with it... perhaps very far away from boring history lessons? There'll be a few more chapters of this, depending on how many ideas I get.