Chapter 177: Completion of the Ceremony Hall (2/3)
âIâm sorry for making a lady like yourself have to explain something like that to me.â [Ryouma]
âI donât mind. Besides, I didnât actually have to say anything since you were able to figure it out on your own.â [Riviola]
Itâs such a distant concept to me that it never even crossed my mind once.
But making a lady explain that a group of men are planning on going to the brothel is grounds for sexual harassment.
I better be careful.
But if thatâs the case, thenâŠ
âHyuzu-san, Iâm sorry, butâŠâ [Ryouma]
As expected, I canât join them for something like that.
I want to celebrate with them, of course, but it wouldnât do anyone any good if I were to cause trouble instead.
Iâll accept their gratitude, but I wonât be able to join them for tonight.
I told them that, and Hyuzu-san reluctantly nodded his head.
âAlright. Letâs drink next time then. There are drinks at the ceremony too, after all.â [Hyuzu]
âAt that time, Iâll accompany you until youâre wasted.â [Ryouma]
âOho! You said it! Iâll be looking forward to it then!â [Hyuzu]
Hearing that seems to have reignited his spirit.
After that Hyuzu-san took off with his friends and headed for town.
âŠBut before they left, someone grabbed me and I was tossed into the air again. Do the people around here toss people whenever theyâre excited? Itâs a mystery.
Anyway, putting that asideâŠ
ââŠâ [Rurunze]
As expected, is she worried about her husband?
Hyuzu-san had left already, but Rurunez-san continued to stare in the direction he left.
âŠFrankly, Iâm actually really surprised that she could afford to send him off like this despite knowing what kind of store heâs headed to.
Donât women see that sort of stuff in a bad light?
Should I say something?ăOr maybe I just should just quietly stay beside her?
âRiviola-san. I donât think I understand the inner workings of the heart when it comes to stuff like this.â [Ryouma]
âIn a sense, that is normal, no?â [Riviola]
If a young boy about the age of 10 could already completely understand the heart of a woman, one could only shudder in fear at what kind of future awaited him.
Is that what sheâs implying? I guess I can take her response as encouragement then.
While we were talking like that, Rurunez-san finally noticed us.
âWhen men go out together, itâs normal to seek out stores with women. Besides, this will be
the last time he gets to do this for the rest of his life
, so I can let it pass.â [Rurunez]
âI see.â [Ryouma]
I feel like she put extra emphasis on some of those words, but it could have been just my imagination.ăRegardless, she continued, saying, âafter all, he doesnât want to be single anymore, and neither do I plan on letting himâŠâ, and then blushed. At that, a sickeningly sweet aura began emanating from her. Well, itâs a matter concerning her and her husband, I probably shouldnât delve into it too much.
One thing is for sure though, based on what Iâve seen tonight, Rurunez-san will probably be the one wearing the pants in this relationship.
When evening came, it was time for our customary tea party.
Todayâs topic is a continuation of yesterdaysâ.
âAbout you helping us?â [Reinhart and Elize]
âYes, isnât there anything I can do to help?â [Ryouma]
Reinhart-sama and the others took my past a lot more seriously than I was expecting.
So now itâs my turn to ask if thereâs something they want to tell me.
Theyâre always lending an ear to me, so if thereâs anything at all, I wish theyâd say it.
Besides, if itâs them, I doubt theyâll make me do anything I donât want, so I can just hear them out first and then decide whether itâs doable or not.
Iâll have to be careful with classified information, but Iâm sure they understand that themselves.
When I told them that, the four of them wryly smile.
âA favor from Ryouma-sama, huhâŠâ [Serge]
âRyouma, you canât say stuff like that to other nobles.â [Pioro]
âExactly, Ryouma-kun. If there were some weird person here, or someone who wants profit above all else, youâll find all sorts of unreasonable stuff shoved down your throat. Well, I do believe youâre only offering this because you trust us, however.â [Pioro]
âThere are many people who canât say no when we ask a favor from them, so having the tables turned around so suddenly, with us being on the receiving end of a favor, leaves my mouth dry and my tongue searching⊠But itâs you weâre talking about, so I guess itâs fine.â [Reinhart]
The four of them came to an understanding on their own.
But try as I might to wait, no one requested anything from me.
âHmm⊠Iâm already making more money than we talked about from the water proof cloth, iron, and music boxâŠâ [Serge]
âSame here. Just that matter about the cultivation of mushrooms earlier was plenty. In fact, if it succeeds, the one whoâll be in debt gratitude-wise is me. If you want me to ask something else on top of that, well⊠Oh, right. Previously, you used your bloody slime to drain the blood from a monster beast, right?ăWell, Iâm interested in that.â [Pioro]
In that case, maybe I can get his cooperation to increase the number of bloody slimes.
Theyâre very important slimes due to the matter of the blood serum, so if weâre going to be increasing their numbers, then we better get to it now while no one knows their value yet.
Unfortunately, bloody slimes are hard to breed, so I only have 9 right now.
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