The next day I brought back Mirai.
From today onwards, I intend to focus my activities in Loureshouy, where I have arrived after a long journey.
Since I arrived, I’ve done very little, or rather, I haven’t been able to do anything, so I accumulated a lot of homework.
Gilbert’s room is usually used as a meeting room, and so Euphy, Nia, Gilbert-san, are here with me.
We just got in the room, so the conversation hasn’t started yet.
Next to me on the sofa is Nia, wearing a T-shirt with a cute teddy bear print on it, facing me in a good mood.
「You like this shirt?」
「Yeah, I like this one the most!」
「I’ve seen you wear that too many times, do you put it on every day?」
「I like it so I wear it」
「You don’t wash it?」
「Of course I do! I wash it at night and put it on in the morning!」
「I guess that’s fine」
The large black T-shirt that Nia’s wearing was from when we came to the store to buy clothes outside of Uni*lo and she almost had her body measurements taken.
If I recall, this one cost 5000 yen.
Nia asked for it, and Euphy approved.
Currently, she’s wearing this one t-shirt and a pair of long shorts but if you cover it, it’s invisible, if she dresses up, she would look like a subculture-style girl.
She’s not wearing any makeup, so I only see a cute girl.
Speaking of Euphy, who is sitting on the sofa opposite mine, she’s wearing a white dress prepared by the ladies.
I call it a dress, but it’s nothing that fancy.
However, it has some frills on it.
They seem to have put in a lot of effort after knowing that Euphy has come back.
It has that “ojou-sama” vibe and I love it.
I want to fuck her dressed like that
After giving Euphy such a heated gaze, she stood up and spoke up, She must’ve thought that I was telling her to start already
「Then, let’s begin. First, as for the current situation of the Adicilton house」
I figured out what was going on with the Adicilton as Euphgy started her report.
First, their numbers. There are currently about 100 people, close to a fief, and it seems that another 200 or so more people have fled to this area, among them, the total number of knights is said to be less than 40.
Half of the knights are working around this mansion, while the other half are working outside looking for Euphy, and now changing to outdoor work.
About 15 of them have level three skills, and 25 of them have skills below that.
It’s hard to say how powerful they are in this world, but even with that, they can still beat the knight corps of a lower noble in this country, and depending on how they do it, they might even beat a higher-up.
I guess it’s hard for me to understand as my senses have been bugged, I think I can create a level-three skill set without too much trouble, but it’s already extraordinary to see such a solid base of talent in the field beyond that level.
They’re less than a tenth of what they were in their golden age.
The Adicilton was one of the best in the now-fallen Mugdam country, Gilbert-san added while feeling nostalgic
Then, I also found out how they’re making their living right now.
Many of them are employed by Marquid the Blaureite, who governs the territory, and they’re said to train the soldiers, participate h the demon defense, or work as adventurers.
However, it’s still not easy to feed the people in this mansion, which is a population of a small fief
In addition, the mansion doesn’t just have the Adicilton house, but also other families of the Mugdam, and since they’re also taken care of, there’s no money left to spare.
「I see. So it’s hard to maintain a large group. And you’re not receiving assistance? The Marquis has to be rich, right?」
Gilbert-san answers the question with a bitter smile.
「Just the fact that they accept us with our forces and rent this mansion to us for free is already a big help. If we ask for more, we’ll be sorry not just to Marquis de Blaureite, but also to Curtissama」
「Curtis-sama, isn’t that Euphy’s father? Now that you mention it.」 Then, is there any other method to make money? For example, some business that the Adiciltons used to do?」
Euphy answered that.
「Business? That’s hard. The Adicilton house mainly engaged in wheat production, and raising a monster called Vamet, both of which require a large plot, and I don’t think there are Vamets in here?」
「Raising monsters?」
「Yes. Vamets produce good quality wool, and the clothing from it was the major source of our income. We don’t get a lot of wool, but it was still worth it」
In this world, beasts are treated as monsters or something of that sort.
「So it was husbandry. That’s hard to do here. Oh, wait, I see. That’s why Euphy’s skill was level two」
「Yes. Those who couldn’t fight would work in agriculture, or work in sewing, and I started at an early age, helping my mother and the ladies. They told me that I had talent」
Euphy holds her finger to congratulate herself
It’s rare to see her praise herself.
There, there.
I’ll give my cute Euphy some pocket money.
「Okay. Anyway, I get that there’s no money. Let’s put this on the Adicilton house. Use it as you please」
I said, then I took out three hundred gold coins from my magic bag and placed them on the table in front of me.
Euphy had a light reaction at first, but then her eyes suddenly widened.
「Daiki-sama. That’s three bags, is that three hundred gold coins?」
「Yeah. They should be able to start something with this, right?」
After Euphy mentioned the number, Gilbert-san’s eyes opened wide too.
「T-Three hundred gold coins? Kotori-dono, are you sure?」
「Yeah, use them. I still have more than enough」
「I’m thankful. Princess, we can help those who are crippled by this, and we can even call our people from far away…princess?」
Gilbert-san thanked me and smiled in relief, but Euphy, who was sitting next to him, was staring at the bag of coins, making a complicated look.
「Daiki-sama, is it okay to receive all this?」
「Huh? What’s with the tension? Don’t worry about it」
「But, thus much money… These are gold that Daiki-sama worked hard for…」
「Euphy’s such a strict girl… I like that part of you, but I don’t think this is a place to make a mistake You’re the leader of the Adiciltons now. Your beloved people are in trouble, so just take it There’s no need to worry about it being a trap because it’s me, right? In fact, I just took them out without thinking」
「I never thought of that because it’s Daiki-sama. However」
「Hey now, stop hesitating. Okay, this won’t be free. I’ll use this to hire them instead」
Thinking about Euphy’s personality, this has to be the way.
Therefore, let’s not give it away, and use it for a reason.
I had something I wanted done so it’s just perfect timing.
「Hiring them?」
「Yes, I have a job for them to do. I’ll give them a gold coin as commission and they have to collect skills. Let’s go with 50 gold coins for now to collect the skill orbs we need. Euphy should know what we need so you can tell them. All expenses are paid from here. This is a job, so they need to be paid, don’t you think?」
Hearing me say that, Euphy’s stiff expression turned to a smile.
「Certainly. I’ll let them know」
「 Yeah, please do. Also, stop refusing. I’m the one embarrassed for bringing this out」
「Ah… I-Indeed. I’ve embarrassed Daiki-sama」
「Geez. I said that I’m giving it, so why don’t you just say thank you and kiss me on the cheeks instead?」
「Uuu, I’m sorry」
I pretended to be angry, but Euphy still apologized despite knowing that I was joking.
She stood up from the sofa, went to me, and kissed me on the cheeks.
I wasn’t telling her to do it right away, but sure.
I checked on Gilbert-san to see how he reacts, but he’s far from angry, he’s actually smiling.
He totally approves of it.