[Employment Contract]

Party A: Annan Dolan

Party B: Ashe Heath / Iger Perskin / Archibald Harvey

Clause 1: Party A must ensure Party B's personal safety.

Clause 2: Party A must guarantee Party B eight hours of rest each day.

Clause 3: Party B retains the right to decide their own course of action when injured.

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Clause 39: Party B has the right to refuse unreasonable mating demands.

Under these provisions, Party A may assign tasks to Party B, provided such orders do not violate the stated clauses.

Contract Duration: 101 days

Start Date: May 2, 1668, 19:15

End Date: August 10, 1668, 19:15

When the three contracts dissolved into motes of golden light, the girl in purple, Annan, pressed a button. The mana-restricting collars around Ashe and the others released at once.

She spread her arms in welcome. "Welcome aboard. For the next 101 days, let's get along. I am Annan Dolan, director of the Funeral Agency. You may call me Director,...