Next chapter in like 20~ hours. After that hoping to try and do like 5-8 chapters but we"ll see. Also, after this chapter there"s a char intro with stats so I"ll probably throw updated stats on the end of next chapter.Year 7445, Month 10, Day 9
It was just past noon when the {Butchers} arrived at the teleport crystal room on the 1st floor. Since we entered the dungeon at 8 am that comes out to clearing through the 1st floor in about 4 hours. Being able to do it at this speed without freezing monsters is pretty good. But you know, I can"t approve of them that easily. They suffered a lot of injuries after all. Also it was a big that this time we were lucky to teleport into a location which was close to the shortest route as well. I"d say the rough distance from the location we teleported was around 5 km.
"How about it? What time is it now? Misu"
Maybe I"ll give them a bit of a hint.
"That, it"s a copy of the map Rodrick bought right? It"s fine for you to trust in it more."
I said with my arms crossed while leaning against the wall.
"Don"t ask me. There"s no way I would know right?"
"..So it"s even more accurate than the map that Rindobel-san and the others were making?"
"An O..They call them circles."
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"A, it..it"s nice to meet you. My name is Midu~ritto.Chizumagurol."
Miduchi lowered her head. Looking from the side she seems a bit tense.
"Yeah. I"ve heard from Shani. I"m Heguyiyal.Greed. It"s fine to call me Hegald. It seems Al is always in your care. Thanks."
"I..I as well..a..am always in his, careth!"
What is careth...There"s limits to how tense you can get. It seems even Miduchi realized that she bit her tongue and hit herself in the forehead.
"In any case, everyone is tired from the long trip right? You should enter the inn and take a rest. Also, I"ll prepare another inn as well. How many people is it?"
"Nn..Take one for six people. Also, what are your plans for tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I intend to make it a day off. But, I want introduce everyone as well so I kind of want you to stop by Baldukk again on your way back?"
"Hn? I see. But, it"s not like we"re in any particular hurry. We can stay here for 2-3 days and.."
Uwa, don"t say it so leisurely.
"No~no~no. We"re the ones who are in a hurry."
I shook my hand in front of my chest a number of times while continuing.
"The store in the capital has long since been completely out of stock and about the only stuff remaining is a small amount for the royal family. There"s a never ending number of claims from our frequent customers. Also, there"s a huge line waiting from the knight group as well..I want to go and deliver the stock tomorrow."
"..I see. Then we"ll go and make deliveries in the capital tomorrow and stay one night there. Then the day after tomorrow is it fine if we return back here again?"
"Yeah. It would be a big help if we do that. Also, I"ve bought six more slaves. I"ll introduce you tonight."
After saying that I had John run to take rooms for six people in an inn and had Terry run to the {Butchers} and {Sooner} to convey that we would be taking the day off from entering the dungeon tomorrow and I wouldn"t be able to join for dinner tonight. Additionally I told him to bring all of my combat slaves back as well.
During dinner when I was introducing the slaves, Manzokki said something like, "I"m give it my best in {Sooner}." I guess father didn"t care for the name {Sooner}, though it was also because he was drunk but he decided on his own to rename it the {Exterminators}. Since it sounded good I thought the {Slayers} I came up with before was good though. Well it doesn"t really matter though.
Also, after dinner, we talked a bit in my room before going to sleep but I was told, "If you already properly understand what it means for your races to be different then I won"t say anything. I have faith in you and if you say that"s good then I think it"s fine if you marry a dark elf as well. But, the n.o.bility has the n.o.bility"s, a lord has a lord"s, and royalty has the royalty"s responsibility, No, duty that comes with being one. It"s fine as long as you don"t forget that." After all it seems they were a bit worried about having children.
The next day we went to the capital and first off went to make deliveries of armor and take sizes from the knight group. Incidentally, the number of suits being delivered this time was 22. At the end of last year, when we were taking orders we accepted double the normal number. However, when I counted the number of boxes of armor in the carriage there was 23 of them. There"s one suit too many. This is...
Everyone, sorry about that. So you prepared a new one for me since my body has grown bigger huh?
I"m grateful.
Thinking that I watched as measurements were taken for the next orders and crossed my arms while nodding to myself. And then, father approached me and said, "Take off your clothes." Behind him was Jim, one of the veteran squires of Bakuddo, with a measuring tape in his hand.
Huh?
"Since your height has grown, even though you made it a bit large, from what I could see yesterday your current armor is as expected small right? Also, you"re already 17, it"s unlikely you"ll grow all that much more right. We"ll make it just a bit larger so we"re taking your sizes as well. Ah, don"t worry about it, it"s my treat."
Eh?
No, I mean, isn"t one there.
That, wasn"t for me? It can"t be, just a box?
"That one is for her, Midu~ritto."
Father said that before calling over Miduchi and talking to her. It seems Miduchi was surprised over how sudden it was as well.
"At the end of last year Shani she would make some clothes and took her sizes. Supposedly they made it only just a bit larger. It seems they took in a variety of opinions over it so it ended up a slightly different shape. Teacher her how to put on later."
Ha~?
When did that happen?
I never heard about this...
Something like that, at least tell me about it.
I"ll be troubled, it"s not like were brats after all.
Eh? You were forbidden from speaking?
You heard it was taking your measurements for clothes?
I mean, he said it even took your opinion in to mind and isn"t the normal shape...
They told you it was a market investigation over what shape of armor is the easiest to use?
..Is that so.
"Al-sama, do you have requests? We were able to slightly increase the hardness of the ebonite on the surface so we were able to increase the defensive power of it while the weight still remains the same, if you"re fine with the defense remaining the same we can make it a bit light as well?"
Jim said that while quickly measuring my body with the measuring tape.
"Yeah..the weight is fine at the same as it is now. It would be better if the defensive power goes up.."
"Is that so. We"ll make it using the armor from three years ago as reference."
"Yeah. Also, just the gauntlets of my armor are specially made. I"ll give you the details later."
While we were doing that things got noisy. Sister huh?
"Oh, Mill! Over here!"
Father called out to sister. After noticing that sister ran over with a happy face. If she had a tail like Angela it probably would have been swinging. Weren"t you by his side everyday 3 or 4 months ago? Right now he"s my dad! Kerry approached her right away to report his wedding and introduce his bride. Stay away just like that.
I"ll give the right to staying in the same room as father tonight to you so you can have plenty of time to talk to him.
Also, I"ll let you eat some Baldoggie as well.