Alfred was seated at a table just at the side of the room he was given by Count Eric.
In front of him was a small book he had been reading while waiting for his prince to arrive at the mansion.
He had only spent a night here, and he had already learned many things about how things worked.
The Count was married to a single woman but had no kids to speak of.
Many of the workers who worked for him were often afraid, from their interactions, Alfred was forced to believe they were badly treated.
Since he had spent most of his life around workers, he had come to understand them more than anyone else could. As a former head butler, it was partially his duty.
Although he had not seen any of them get abused, that was probably because the Count was putting up a front in order not to leave a bad impression.
Most of the staff he had run into all had the same behaviors: shaky voice, swallowed eye bags, and overanxiousness.
Those were not normal behaviors.
