Chapter 131: Mistress
After finishing my inspection of the perverted mansion, I returned to the mayor's mansion.
I could have stayed a little longer, but I felt that my lower half would not be able to handle Tycho's passionate eyes and the young fragrance of the guardian daughters.
I had already successfully created the impression that I was a nice aristocrat, so I wanted to be smart about inviting her to sleep with me.
When I returned to the mayor's mansion, I instructed the roomon who was working to bring me a thick-haired rabbit.
I wanted to confirm whether it was the same “Furball” I had seen in New Nellie City before I forgot about it.
A short time after entering the mayor's office, Roomon brought a thick-haired rabbit.
Roomon seemed to be accustomed to handling the rabbit, perhaps because Kohliy had been keeping it, and the way he was holding it was very graceful.
Is this a thick-haired rabbit? It has less hair than what I had heard.
If they have too much hair on their bodies, they can't see what's in front of them, so Kohliy shaves them regularly. Rural rabbits grow their hair long anyway to make fine threads, so they may look different.
I observed the thick-haired rabbit on the table, which remained still and motionless.
The thick, voluminous fur made it look very round, but I could still barely make out its silhouette as a rabbit.
The ball of fur I had seen in New Nellie City looked like a rolling cloud, and I could not even make out the “U” In the word “Rabbit. I think its ears were completely buried, too.
I wondered, “Will the fur on this thing grow and turn into a furball……?”
I opened my palm and touched the thick fur of the rabbit's body, and felt its soft and fine texture.
The tightly packed fur was not straight, but curly, similar to wool or cotton.
A “Hairball? ……Ah, some people in farming villages call rabbits that. This rabbit was purchased in a farming village, so if you stretch its fur, it will look like that.
I see. I see. It is indeed in the shape of a rabbit.
He wriggles his fingers and dips them into the body hairs, and eventually reaches the skin.
As I fumbled around the neck and the base of the legs as if I were molesting him, it certainly seemed to me to be the shape of a rabbit.
'Does the mayor prefer the fast-moving rabbits that seem to inhabit the woods and fields?
I don't really like them, but they are more like …… Rabbits, aren't they?”
The room-on, however, with an indescribable half-hearted look on his face, replied vaguely, as if he was concerned about us, without denying us.
It seems that my view of rabbits is different from that of the people of the Eluo continent.
I wonder how such a slow-moving rabbit can survive in the harsh natural world.
The thick-haired rabbit in front of me barely moves, only twitching its long ears once in a while.
If it were a ball of fur, it would be nothing more than an object.
Rabbits are domestic animals and cannot live in the wild. As the mayor said, they are attacked by dogs and wolves, and they are not very alert. Even in captivity, they can mess with snakes that enter their hutches and die from the poisonous fangs of a counterattack.”
Compared to the fangs of wild dogs, the fangs of snakes are long and sharp, and it is said that snakes can slip through the thick fur of rabbits to protect themselves.
Although there are differences in the types of snakes, poisonous snakes inhabit almost the entire continent of Eluo.
They are a familiar cause of death for people without magical powers.
The coat of arms of the Quardenze family includes a picture of a snake, which is said to be a poisonous snake widely found in the central part of the continent.
The snake looks a little like a slightly thicker version of a green snake, with metallic green scales that resemble those of a coccinella.
However, its toxicity is extremely strong, and it is said that just one bite from a human can paralyze the nerves, rendering the snake unable to move, and the snake will die from breathing difficulties.
Especially in the summer, when the color of the grass is so blended in with the green that it is difficult to see, many people inadvertently step on one and are struck back. Many New Nellie residents die each year from snake bites.
One wonders what the ancestors of the Quardenze family were thinking when they incorporated such a vicious creature into their coat of arms.
'Well, …… Be careful with snakes. Kohary will be sad.'
'Yes. The hut is in the courtyard, but we will make sure there are no crevices for snakes to get in.
This was the end of the conversation, and the roomon gave off such an atmosphere.
But I wanted to know about the thick-haired rabbit just for the sake of it, and I had other things to do.
Wait a minute.
I beg your pardon.
Roomon apologized for trying to pull up the rabbit without permission, and put the rabbit on the floor.
I took out a small box from the desk drawer.
This had just arrived from the city of New Nellie a few days ago.
After my inspection of the Manaral Mine, I had sent a letter to Lupetta while writing a reply to the letter from New Nellie City.
Although Lupetta is an adventurer with no fixed address, she had mentioned that she would be staying in New Nelly City for a while, so a servant at the castle would be able to deliver it immediately.
In fact, he had sent servants on errands several times for sex calls, so he knew the inn where he was staying.
Do you know what this is?”
Inside the small box was one of the manaral crystals that had been lent to Lupetta.
It was an amulet lent to Lupetta as a precautionary measure to protect her during her participation in the New Nellie Field expedition.
Since it would be useless for her to have it after returning from the field expedition, I had contacted her to return it.
“This is …… The manaral crystal I got from my mother.
There were a total of three manaral crystals that I had previously confiscated from Roomon.
The other one was displayed in the mansion.
The remaining one seems to have been displayed in the mansion and should have had no particular owner. I would venture to say that it belonged to a family member.
…… Yes.”
It seems that the manaral crystals lent to Lupetta had been given to Roomon by her mother.
I can't tell which of the three manaral crystals belongs to whom, so I just showed him the actual ones and didn't say much.
I could not distinguish which of the three manaral crystals belonged to whom, so I just showed him the actual crystals and didn't say much.
Tesh will give me another gift to conclude the agreement,” He said. “Tesh will give you another betrothal gift, but I thought I would give you this one myself.
It has been officially decided that Kohary will be my concubine.
This is, in a sense, like a bride-to-be, so the family that will be left behind will be given money and goods.
Although it is not important, in the Eluo language, the same expression is often used to describe both receiving a regular wife and receiving a concubine.
If we were to translate it into Japanese, it would be more like saying that Kohary will marry into the Kuordentse family, which is closer to the native Japanese sense.
However, there is not as much trouble as when receiving a regular wife.
I don't have to do anything because Tesch and other people around me will take care of everything.
The mayor?
“Once you become a wife, you won't be able to live together like you used to…….
Since a room for a concubine will be prepared in the perverted mansion, Kohary's base of life will be moved there.
Since it has been decided that she will be allowed to continue doing odd jobs at the mayor's mansion until she becomes pregnant, she will not be able to see her room on her anymore.However, the chances of that happening will be greatly reduced.
I'm going to give Kohary the crystal as a memento,” He said. Even if we have to be away from each other more often, having something that shows the bond between brother and sister will make the loneliness a little less. M sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you. …… Besides, you're now in a position to have subordinates. Take a look at this, brace yourself, and continue to do a job that would make your late mother proud.”
“Mayor,……!”
The next moment, the room-on, who had been posting, collapsed to his knees.
“Sincerely …… Thank you! The mayor's kindness…… Sincerely pleases me……! I will continue to devote myself to the mayor's help…… And to the development of the city of Nambonan and of Kuordentse!”
Roomon's fingers, shoulders, and voice were shaking with emotion.
The manaral crystals were in a small box, but there was no proof that they belonged to Roomon.
Two of the three manaral crystals were still in existence, but one had been lost when I filed it away for an experiment.
Since I had determined that the crystal I was carrying was Kohary's crystal, there was a 50/50 chance that the missing crystal was roomon's.
I was lucky that the roomon crystals were still there. It was a bit of a wake-up call that I had crushed a memento.
Good spirit.”
If the roomon crystals were missing, I assumed that I would give him the remaining crystals with a quibble that sounded like a quibble.
The plan was to say, “You have protected my sister well up to now. I will take responsibility for that feeling, along with the crystals that are a memento of her life. Roomon, from now on, make a new resolution, pledge to this crystal, and live to make your late mother proud!
I was going to return the memento to Kohliy and increase his goodwill his.
But I was afraid that if I messed up, he might say something like, “I wish you would return the memento to my brother as well…….
If the room-on crystals were missing, he would be at a loss for what to do.
Besides, it would be profitable if he could elicit roomon's loyalty by ostentatiously returning the confiscated items.
I may be a fool, but …… She is a precious sister who can't be replaced by anything else. Please take care of her.”
“…… Ah.”
The trembling of Roomon's body stopped and his serious eyes he turned to me alone.
Of course, I intend to be friends with Kohliy.
