Chapter 58 : Choosing Our Temporary Residence
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"As I thought! Going at this hour is the best! The omnibus is not as crowded as usual at this hour!~ Anyway!~ The house we"re going first is the farthest one, I think it will take about 30 minutes to get there!~♪" Ali-san said excitedly as we got on the omnibus together.
In this town, the citizens usually used the omnibus when they wanted to travel around the town.
On the early morning and evening, the omnibus would come every 10 minutes to be able to accommodated Pedrel"s rush hour.
Then the omnibus would come every 30-40 minutes.
There were multiple routes and you only needed to pay 100 elk each time you got on the omnibus, no matter where your stop was.
"Is that so ? I rarely ever venture out of this area so I don"t use the omnibus much." I said.
"Ah I see~ Well we"re going to pa.s.s through a large farming area!~ The area is filled with beautiful nature and lots and lots of horses!~♪" Aria added.
The place that I ventured on a daily basis was only 30 minutes away from Malik-san"s house.
I think, if I were to walk from one end to the other end of Pedrel, I"d need around 5 hours to finish it.
So I guess I"ve only covered about 1/10 up to ⅕ portion of Pedrel City on a daily basis.
When I thought about it like that, this city was really big huh..
"It"d be nice if we can find a place where William and the others can live happily with us." I said.
"Yup yup!~ Hey, hey~ Ren-kyun!~ Can you please tell me the story of how you met Sigun and the others?~ I already asked them yesterday but they wouldn"t tell me !~"
"That"s because if I told Ari, by tomorrow every citizen of Pedrell would know about it too. Ren, you don"t have to tell Ari unnecessary thing if you don"t want to."
I first met Chris-san back in Pedrell Guild Hall and I met with both Fer-san and Sig-san in an inn in Baunov Village.
Ah, but I did meet with Fer-san in the stable before that though.
I think there"s no harm in telling her this much?
"Ah, Ren-kun please do remember that Ari likes to add some "fun spice" in her story. If you told her our story, there"s a possibility she might tell people something along the line like I hugged and kissed you when I first saw you and the two of us disappeared into a room for a whole night."
That.. would be troublesome.
"Eh? I see, I won"t tell her then."
I didn"t want her to spread steamy rumor like that so I won"t tell her anything.
"Geez! Fer-kyun why did you have to tell him that!~"
"Oi, look! Aren"t we supposed to get off here?" Sig-san added.
"Ah! You"re right!~ Let"s go!~ Let"s go!~"
It seemed we"ve arrived at our stop while we were busy talking.
Ali-san pushed us down from the omnibus merrily.
Compared to the area where I lived with Malik-san, this place was more refres.h.i.+ng.
Probably because there was a lot of plantations and open fields around here.
"That"s the house!~ ♪ What do you think? It gives you the biiiig house kinda feeling, right?~ ♪"
"Eh?! Don"t you think that"s too big for us??" I squeaked.
That house?
For real?
The house that Ali-san pointed was really big, so big that I think she should"ve called it a mansion instead of a "big house".
"Hm?~ ♪ But Sigun and the others specifically told me that they need enough s.p.a.ce for stable, individual room for each one of you ~ Also a vastttt garden~ ♪ Well if you don"t like this one, I can show you the other house~ And and, if you want to make your own house, the price of empty plot of land in this area is pretty cheap too~"
Is that so..
But if we decided to build our own house, that means we had to look for a temporary place to live in, right ?
But I don"t think we need a house this big..
"We did say that but this house is just too big ! Can"t you see there"s only four of us here?" Sig-san interjected.
"But! But! Chris-tan and Fer-kyun came from n.o.ble household, right?~ ♪ They were surrounded by maid growing up, didn"t they?~ So I thought you would need some room for your employee too!~ ♪ Besidessss, you three didn"t tell me to limit myself either!~"
In other words, she thought we were going to hire some maids hence why she offered such big house for us.
If possible.. I wanted the four of us to live together without any maid though..
"Whoa.. We already left our respected house years ago, you know? We even sleep outside during quest. We totally can live by ourselves without any help from maid ~" Chris-san said.
"Goodness.. While it"s true the residence I live in the imperial capital has some servants, I can live perfectly fine without one, you know?" Fer-san added.
Ah thank G.o.d the two of them also thought of the same thing as me.
Since I"ve been living as a commoner my whole life, to suddenly have a maid would make me feel awkward for sure.
In fact, if they insisted us to have a maid, I think I"d prefer to live separately from them.
"Ehhhh? Is that so?? Don"t you guys want to check that house out first ??~" Ali-san said dejectedly with a pout on her face.
"Well since we"ve go all the way here, I think it won"t hurt to have a look at the house." I said.
To be honest, I was a little curious to see the inside of a big house like that.
"Ah~ Ren-kyun is truly a good child!~ ♪ At first I was wondering what kind of guy was able to take those three down at the same time!~ I thought you must be superrrr sleek kinda guy you know?~♪ Or maybe you were being played with instead!~"
"P-played with you said.."
I did think the same thing at first but..
When I heard someone speak it directly to my face..
I felt kinda sad..
"Re-Ren-chan?? I swear I only have Ren-chan in my heart." Chris-san immediately said.
"That"s right. Well, I can understand why you would suspect Chris but I can"t comprehend why would you think I"d play around with someone"s heart."
"I can"t redo my own past and I won"t deny it but I swear I won"t look at any other guys but you, Ren."
Perhaps because they saw I how dejected I was, the three of them immediately jumped in and console me.
All this time, the three of them were very doting, ah no, more like they spoiled me rotten instead.
It kinda hard to believe that they would play with my hearts when they had been nothing but sincere with me.
Uwah.. I feel so ashamed.. To think I"d judge them because of their past..
"Yes, I can see that everyone has treated me with kindness all this time. It"s alright, you don"t have to explain yourself to me. I believe in you guys." I smiled at them.
To begin with, I realized that the reason why there wasn"t much cheating in Alsar was because polygamous marriage was a common thing here.
If they wanted to marry other people, they might need to divorce me first..
Or maybe they could just have some lover without any strings attached.
There was so many possibilities..
Ugh.. I think shouldn"t have to start thinking about things like that when I was about to get married soon.
Wait.. Could this be.. Marriage blues??
There wasn"t any apparent reason but I felt very anxious somehow..
"Uwahhh~ Ren-kyun you"re so amazing!~ ♪ You"re able to make those three said such embarra.s.sing things !~ Okay!~ ♪ I know you"re not planning on renting it but let"s go take a look at the house anyway!~"
Ali-san then grabbed my hand and bounced toward the house(or should I say, mansion) , leaving my fiances behind.
"Ren-kyun!~ ♪ If you"re feeling insecure about something, you have to tell them properly, okay?~ But if you just caaaaan"t talk about it with them, then you can talk to me instead!~ As someone older than you, I will definitely listen to your problem!~ Don"t worry, your secret is safe with me!~ I promise I won"t spread them!~ ♪ " Ali-san whispered so Fer-san, Chris-san and Sig-san couldn"t hear her.
"Ali-san.."
"Ah but don"t tell this to those three brat, okay?~♪ They will become annoying for sure if you told them~ Fufufu~ ♪" She smiled mischievously.
"Thank you very much. I will gratefully take up on your offer when the time comes."
Hearing Ali-san"s kind words, I could feel my heart flutter a little.
I was still feeling anxious but I wasn"t as depressed as before.
"Yup!~ Yup!~ ♪ Anyway!~ This house was originally a holiday house for some n.o.ble!~ That"s why it"s super big!~ Come on!~ Chris-tan and the others! Hurry up!~♪ " Ali-san nodded with a bright smile on her face and called out to Chris-san.
For someone so small, her voice was surprisingly loud.
"Yes, yes~ Ali-san you"re really energetic as always. Ren-chan is totally at your mercy, huh?"
The three of them caught up to us in no time since the distance between the house and the bus stop was only around 2-3 minutes away.
Now that I was looking at it closely, the house was really big huh.
"What a splendid house. It"s going to be fun exploring such huge house." I said.
"Yup! Exactly!~ ♪ Let"s go in!~"
Ali-san approached the gate and chanted the magic for [Unlock] and opened the door for us.
When we went inside, we were immediately greeted by a s.p.a.cious entry hall.
I could truly feel how big this house was just by staring at the high ceiling.
Exploring this house would be fun to do for sure!
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"The last house we"re going to see are smaller compared to the previous house we went to you know?~ ♪ There"s a stable but if I"m not wrong, that house only has 5 rooms~"
"No, I think a house with 5 rooms is already big enough."
After we finished exploring the first house, we walked toward the other vacant house and then we rode the omnibus again to check the other house which was located quite far from the first one.
The other two houses was not as big as the first house we saw but it was still quite big nonetheless.
In any way, I just couldn"t wrap my head around the standard house size in Alsar.
Malik-san was thinking of having a family in the future that was why he opted for 4LDK (living, dining, kitchen) house.
But I had 3 fiances, so there were 4 of us.
Since each one of us required a private room and one shared bedroom, that means we needed at least 5 rooms.
And we were planning on having kids too.
Maybe we should"ve taken that huge house instead..
Having multiple spouses truly made house-searching not an easy task for sure.
Well, we didn"t need a big private room though, a moderately sized room was enough for us.
"And here we are!~ ♪ The distance between this house to the guild hall is only 15 minutes!~ In addition, you only need 10 minutes of walking to reach Ren-kyun"s family home!~ ♪"
We got off in an area I was already familiar with.
I rarely crossed this road so I never noticed it before but there was a beautiful two storey house made from red brick.
"Hoo.. This house ain"t that bad."
"I agree. If we"re looking for a temporary house, this house would be great since it"s close to Malik-san"s house and the guild hall."
"Right~ Ren-chan also said a place close to the guild would be best, right?~"
Oh, it seemed like the three of them also liked this red brick house.
Personally, I think I liked this house the best too.
If you went to the right from the gate, you could see a small hut which appeared to be the stable Ali-san mentioned.
I wonder whether William and the others will be able to live happily in here ?
"Yeah, this house is so beautiful. I"m looking forward to seeing how the inside looks like." I said.
"Ufufufu~ It"s nice, isn"t?~ ♪ Compared to the other house I showed you, this house is a little on the small side but if you don"t need any room for maids, I think this house is just perfect for you!~ ♪"
Ali-san prompted us to go inside the house.
On the first floor, we saw a big fireplace in the living room and one master bedroom.
When we went to the second floor, it seemed like there was enough rooms for our private room.
I immediately fell in love with this house.
"Ren-kyun, which house do you like the best?~ ♪ Although judging by your expression I can see what"s your choice is~ ♪Fufufu~ I think the other also like this house, right?~"
"Yeah." Sig-san nodded curtly.
"This place is not that bad I guess~" Chris-san said in his usual sing-song voice.
"Shall we take this house as our temporary residence?" Fer-san suggested.
I was about to answer Ali-san"s question but she already able to guess my answer because I just couldn"t stop myself from smiling ever since the time we stepped on this house.
The other three also agreed with me, they all liked this house the best too.
"Okay!~ ♪ There"s another plot of land for sale nearby, let"s go check it out first and then we can return to the shop to finalize the contract!~"
And with that, we"ve already decided our future house in just one day.
There was one small problem though..
I already told Malik-san that I"d live with him until the day I got married but the other three seemed to think we"d live together immediately.
Ah..What should I do..?
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T/N: Seems like no one is interested in adopting this series (or Devil"s Origin) so you guys are stuck here with me lol! I"m going to start translating DO too, so for anyone waiting for DO update, please be patient for a bit more !
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