Chapter 84

OWMB 84 – Housekeeper

After I finished the synthesis, it was time for dinner .

When I arrived at the mansion a little sweaty, I decided to join the others in the living room .

[Hey, Caro! What’s going on?]

Aphrodite’s angry cries echoed down the hall .

[I’m hungry, but I can’t be satisfied with just this . ]

Aphrodite’s argument was actually correct .

Carolina always prepared pretty delicious dishes, but today’s dish was mostly leftovers from yesterday and had less flavor .

Although Aphrodite had nothing to complain about, since she spent all day sleeping on the ball .

[Actually, I’d like to know why today’s dinner seems a bit sparse . ]

[… I’m sorry, I’m sorry about that, but it’s hard to make time with all my homework . ]

Carolina is not doing anything wrong if you think about it .

The truth is quite terrible that Carolina, who is working with us on our adventures, returns to the mansion and has to work .

This is wrong .

If this continues, the burden will exceed Carolina .

If Carolina gets overworked, our group will surely be destroyed .

[Hey, why don’t you give the kitchen job to Yuuko?]

[Well, that’s because…]

[It would be quite difficult, because a maid’s apprentice like Yuuko wasn’t even allowed into the kitchen before . ]

Is that the case?

In the place where they worked before, Carolina was the service manager, while Yuuko seemed just to work in the organization .

Even so, not even being able to enter the kitchen… They really were in a very hard place of work .

[What about Sheryl?]

[Sorry, but… Even though I can do blacksmithing work, I’m not really good at housework . ]

[Is that so?]

I guess I expected that .

A person who has always been in a closed environment, focused on his own hobby, doesn’t have the image of someone who is good at domestic affairs .

[No one in this group, besides Carolina, can cook . ]

This is a serious matter .

How can this be?

[Wait a bit, Souta! Why didn’t you ask me? Don’t you think I could be a good cook?]

[Have you cooked before?]

[Naturally not! The goddess of beauty doesn’t need skills such as cooking!]

[Yeah, that’s why I didn’t ask you . ]

Thank you for such an obvious answer!

Ignoring Aphrodite for the moment, we proceeded with the discussion .

[So… why don’t we hire someone?]

They mean a housekeeper .

Fortunately, we have over 10 million in money thanks to the mineral collection quest .

We have enough money for this; maybe we can hire someone to do the housework .

[It could be a risk for us . There are many things we have to keep secret and inviting strangers could cause everything to come out . ]

[… Certainly… It’s difficult to find reliable people . ]

[How about buying a slave?]

[Huh?]

Huh? What? What’s wrong?

Do I hear a bad idea?

Please give it up immediately!

[It can be surprisingly useful, plus there would be no risk of our information leaking out . ]

[Surely, if it’s a slave, we’ll be able to reduce the risk . And if they can help with the cleanup, it would be a great help to me . ]

I can’t find a reason to object .

Why didn’t I think of that before?

Buying a slave in this different world might be a good idea!

My goal in this world is to get beautiful girls of different races and take them to my world .

If I use the slave system well, it must be a shortcut to achieve my goal . After hearing Yuuko’s idea about buying slaves, I spent the whole night with a strong sense of excitement .