Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 10 - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: 19

10-19 . Manager of the Mansion

 

Satou's here . Some kind of magazine wrote that if you're attracted to the word 'widow', that's the proof of being an old man . Although nowadays there are a lot of people who have divorced before they're separated by death, or people who become a single mother without a marriage, so it's no longer a familiar word .

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"Then, take care there . "

I see Arisa and the others off in front of the west gate . Everyone is going to the villa in the labyrinth . I'm staying behind in order to find a manager for the mansion . Moreover, Nana is also staying since we can't just leave the debilitated children from before .

I remain until everyone disappear behind the gate, and then I head toward the Explorer Guild .

I was invited to a drink by the guild master after dinner last night, but maybe the guild was open for 28 hours as there were a lot of staffs and explorers despite being late at night . High level explorers and senior staffs who sensed the presence of a high-class liquor came to visit the guildmaster's room and demanded it, the dragon spring liquor that I had presented to the guildmaster disappeared in an instant . I overlooked the Brownie Wine that the guildmaster had hidden in the shelf out of samurai's compassion .

Maybe due to the party last night, I feel that there are only a few staffs .

I'm heading to the real estate department which referred the mansion yesterday . The young man from yesterday isn't there, instead, an old man with receded head hair is standing by while looking bored .

"Hello . "

"Welcome to the guild real estate department . "

He seems to be a more amiable person than I thought .

"It's about the mansion that this department has referred me yesterday . "

"Does it have any inconvenience?"

"No, I'm looking for someone that could house-sit the mansion and stable hands for taking care of the horses, do you have any intercession department in mind that could help me . "

"This Explorer Guild can be intercession that can find you guard or someone that will do odd-chores in your mansion, but it's better for you to look for someone you can trust to do something like house-sitting . "

Does this person hate explorers despite being a staff of Explorer Guild?

"Yes, of course I won't say that all explorers cannot be trusted, but it's also the fact that there are a lot of them who can't resist temptations before their eyes . For house-sitting, I think you'd better off asking your noble acquaintances to introduce you to someone, or hire a slave if you want it quick . "

Noble acquaintance, the first who pops up in my mind is Viscount Shimen .

I don't know if he's still in the labyrinth city, but I try searching the wealthy area since he should be there . Unexpectedly, he's also in the same explorer guild . Come to think of it, he said that he was buying magic cores . The east guild should be the center for magic cores trading, but I guess the west guild is in charge of it?

Since his subordinate is waiting outside, I ask him for a meeting with the viscount .

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"Master, my name is Miteruna . I will do my best to serve under you despite my lack of ability, please take care of me . "

"Please take care of me too . "

The one who has politely greeted me is Ms . Miteruna whom Viscount Shimen has introduced for becoming the manager of the mansion . She's of human race, 26 years old, she can't be said to be beautiful, but her proportion is very slender . Although her stretched spine has a certain charm, her breasts-to-waist line is too straight . Her height is around 160cm, her long reddish light brown hair is knitted . Her reddish brown eyes are under her thin brows .

Her level is low at 7, and she has [Etiquette], [Service], and [Negotiation] skills .

Viscount Shimen immediately introduced her to me when I consulted to him . She's the eldest daughter of Viscount Shimen's villa manager family in this labyrinth city that has been doing it for generations . Her married brother seems to be current manager of the villa, so she's the so called excess personnel .

She was originally hired by the baronet by the viscount's referral, but she was relieved of her duty after she refused the baronet who was going to sexually harass her . I tried searching the city for a bit, and the only baronet in this labyrinth city is Baronet Dyuker . It's not like it's definite that he's a sexual harasser, but let's keep Nana and Lulu from getting close to the baronet .

"Rest assured, I'm the only man there . If I'm going to do something rude when I'm drunk, I don't mind if you hit me with nearby vases or chairs . "

"No, I wouldn't do such thing . "

I don't think I'd do something like that though, since I have a body that can't get drunk .

The cab carriage that we're riding has returned to in front of the Explorer Guild . I've come here to hire one or two children to become maids that will take care of the debilitated children in addition to the manager .

"Is it really alright for me to choose them?"

"Yeah, of course . "

I nod to her question . The employment is going to be temporary anyway, and she's the one who's going to work with them .

She got off the cab carriage and came back bringing two older children whom she had chosen . The two girls look like some naive middle schoolers .

"He is Pendragon-sama who is your employer . "

"I'm Roji . "

"I'm Annie!"

The second girl who greets me in full spirit looks familiar . She was one of the children who came to the mansion to mow weed . She seems to be remembering the dinner yesterday, her slackened face looks like it's going to drool, Miteruna scolds her because of it . The first girl has dark skin, I don't know if it's tan, or if she's of different race . Either way, her limbs are thin like they're going to break .

The cab carriage can only hold two people, so the two girls are walking to the mansion on foot . They should be alright since it's only 30 minutes walk away .

I explain the facilities in the mansion to Ms . Miteruna . That said, since I only just bought it yesterday, it was over after I only showed the kitchen, the water well, the food storehouse, the toilet, the shed, and the stable .

I'm planning to have the rooms in the second floor of the main building for my party members' private uses . While at it, I also instructed her not to enter the basement since I'm going to use it for my study and also research room .

"It's a wonderful mansion . This is the first time I've seen one that has been so thoroughly cleaned and maintained . The previous master must be experienced . "

I'm sorry for the Ms . Miteruna who's being astonished, but it was cleaned with Leriril's magic . Let's not say it out loud since she's admiring it and all .

I pass a small bag that contains some silver coins and gold coins to Ms . Miteruna . She's probably going to need some cash for buying fuel, miscellaneous goods and groceries .

"Umm, master . In case of noble mansion, it's possible to buy stuff with tabs, so there is no need to deposit such large amount of money to the employees like this . "

Come to think of it, they were also using tabs for buying stuff in the duchy capital . Although she said 'large amount of money', it was only around 10 gold coins anyway, so I left it to her .

After Roji and Annie have arrived, Nana and I leave . It'd be troubling for me if they see us off, so I told them not to .

We teleported to the labyrinth behind the stable .

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"Go~ Ryu~" Nanodesu!"

Arisa and the othes arrived slightly late after Nana and I teleported into the villa . I receive Pochi and Tama who are behaving like spoiled kids and spin them around .

"Phew~ Teleporting this many people is tiring . "

"Arisa great . "

Mia is patting the head of Arisa who's acting like some kind of an old man, sitting down on the stump chair .

Arisa and the others were hunting in area 4 when I contacted them, so they joined late .

"Master, how is the issue?"

"Ah, I've employed a good person out of viscount Shimen's referral . She's a dependable looking woman on her late 20s . "

"Is she married?"

"She seems to be a widow . "

"Oh! The widow manager is here!"

I was telling Liza and Lulu about Ms . Miteruna, but Arisa was getting spirited up from [Widow] word .

"A bamboo broom, and an apron with chick pattern are the default aren't they . "

No, although I understand the reference .

<TLN: Maison Ikkoku . >

"It just needs an old dog, but I've never seen any dog after we've arrived in the labyrinth city . "

Pochi points at herself, but Arisa shakes her head of course .

"Arisa, I'm sorry to pour cold water on your excitement, but Ms . Miteruna is extremely slender . "

Arisa was blanked for a moment, but then her tension subsided like she understood what I mean .

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Nana blocks with her shield, while Liza shoots down the corns that are shot like a machine gun . I caught all the corns that were going to fly away behind with [Magic Hands] . These corns that are shot by the Walking Corn have hard shells, yet the inside are edible . There was no [~resisted the poison] on the log when I tried to eat it, so it's probably not poisonous .

Looks like Pochi has exterminated the monster this time . Her Heavy Blow skill has quite powered up ever since she learned Flickering Movement skill . She could possibly match Liza's blow after she becomes an adult, and her physique grows .

"Smells nice~?"

"Are you making something nodesu?"

"Hmm? I made pancake like thing since this seemed like corns . "

"Mou, please stop making dishes behind people who are fighting . Our stomaches would ring . "

"Nn, it rang . "

I cut some slices, put maple syrup on it, and split it to everyone . It's a bit of snack .

Even though it looks like I could extract vanilla from the the Crawling Aroma Column (Vanilla Stalk) monster that we have defeated before this Walking Corn, I don't know how to do it so I'm hoarding it in the storage for the time being . If I can get my hand on vanilla, I can make more varied snacks . Vanilla Stalk was quite a powerful monster that could use Charm .

"Delish~"

"My cheeks are melting nodesu!"

It's not really fluffy, I should add some baking soda next time .

"Give me a bit more maple . "

"Nn . "

"Mou, I don't care if you two get fat . "

Arisa and Mia ask Lulu who's in charge of maple syrup for more . I nod to Lulu who's looking at me with troubled face . It shouldn't have that much calorie if I'm not mistaken .

"Master, did you make this from the yellow beads of the monster from just before?"

"That's right . I make powder from that beads, and then add various things like eggs and sugar . "

Nana is looking at the chick pattern that I've added on the back of the pancake . Since Arisa talked about chick apron just now, I made some adjustment to the heating magic tool, adding chick-patterned grilling surface on it .

"Master, this branding is peerless and wonderful . I recommend protecting it . "

"I'll bake you some again later, so eat it . "

Since Pochi and Tama seem to want second helping, I divide my share and give them half each . When I called them, they ran to me while having their mouths open, urging, so I cut big slices of the pancake and put it into their mouths .

Mia and Arisa mimicked them, opening their small mouths, but since my plate had been emptied, I threw candies into their mouth instead .

Now then, the reason why we can have snack time in the labyrinth is because the enemies are few . I thought that monsters would increase in the past few days, but only monsters around level 10 multiplied .

We have to trail-blaze into a new hunting ground to fight efficiently it seems .

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