[ He doesn't miss the derisive note, but rather than take any offense, his smile quirks with open amusement. It's not something he has a particular attachment to, after all. ]

No, it is quite unusual, you are right... Running a manor is a rather specific skillset, so most tend to be quite specialized to it. But my master required skill beyond simply preparing afternoon tea, shall we say.

[ It's still quite vague, but with the shade of his smile and the very fact that it's vague, it definitely gives the impression that Silco's guess about what "contract work" may entail is also accurate for Sebastian. It's probably not all that surprising for someone that admitted to picking the darkness so easily, though. ]

So I do look forward to meeting others. One would certainly hope it is deliberate, since I at least would not think it a trivial matter to even present this choice in the first place.

[ He knows more of what it means to travel between realms, and in his case, it was far from something that would be done whimsically. To merely invite him called for a price too high for most to want to pay, so naturally, he can only assume it's intentional. ]

If it is mere whimsy or chance, then they will find their task considerably more difficult, to say the least.