A few days later, me and Chloe decided, as declared, to make contact with a magician purchasing illegal 'materials' on the black market.

That day, I told the dean about it and decided to take a break from the academy.

The Dean of the Academy agreed with me in two replies, but it was Fiona.

Talking about taking a break from college, my daughter worried me sincerely.

"Father, did you get sick?

And he came to my room.

Initially, I was going to pretend to be sick, but when I saw that look, I would change the operation.

I stood up well and said:

"That's a superficial reason. It's sunny today. Experimental day for dressing up. I can't have classes on a day like this."

The point is, I'm declaring to skip, but my daughter seems relieved to hear the words.

"Good. You're not sick. Well, good luck experimenting."

and went straight to college.

…………

I feel a little complicated.

Chloe speaks for my feelings.

"Master Fiona went to school smiling, didn't she? He seems relieved to have confirmed that he is well."

"Looks like it."

"And you didn't suspect a single micron of why you skipped."

"Well, you're an experimental fool, I am."

"Right. Otherwise, it's not surprising to skip school and experiment with alchemy just because the weather is good. No, it seems natural."

"Sounds like it. It's better than lying sick and worrying."

That being said, I gave Chloe instructions.

Okay, we're going out.

"Okay. You're going to the dark fallen magician."

"Exactly. The suspect was squeezed after Kalinin helped him. Perhaps, but I think this man is the man you're after."

When I say that, I give out the profile of the man who was in the drawer.

What was depicted there was a poorly resembled man.

He is a man who seems to be undernourished and lean in disappointment.

I bathed the sun once since I was born. I was so blue and white, my eyes were unusually indented.

Chloe leaks a word when she sees the painting.

"You're like a man picturing a bad wizard coming out of a story."

"Right. There is a saying that people don't judge by their appearance, but there is also a saying that after forty, you take responsibility for your face. Again, villains look like villains. In the light of my millennial life experience."

"Right. So, I'm coming to this guy, is there any caveat?

"Right."

And I said this insignificantly when I prefaced.

"Why don't you take your clothes off?"

and -.

Chloe frowns when she hears the words.

And I tried to say something, but I'll stop along the way.

"Whoa, that's not weird. I just need you to change into this."

When I say that, I take out the clothes I bought in advance.

The clothes were like flickering dresses worn by a nobleman's maid.

"What are those clothes?

"The magician I'm about to contact, his name is Ferdinand, but he has an unusual preference. They say all servants are female slaves, dressed like noble ladies"

"I see you're a pervert as you see it"

"Right. Well, it's not a rare story. It's called upper and lower horny. I often admire elegant and classy women from the lower bitches. I'm guessing this guy's the type of guy who got himself mixed up in his childhood."

"I see, I've grasped this bastard's taste, but why should Chloe change?

"That's because you come into contact with the touch of selling a mechanical doll at a high price with emotions that embed unlimited proximity to a sage stone in your chest. You should take a 'product' that suits their taste"

"... Could that product mean Chloe?

"If there are other mechanical dolls with emotions"

I don't have to look around, it's just me and Chloe in this room.

"Is it a formula for taking off and selling away maid clothes, which are only one identity, from maids who have accompanied you for many years?"

"I'm just going to show you the sleigh. I can't see you without any trading materials."

"Well, it does,"

"If you have to, you can spill the magician Ferdinand with its rigidity."

"Dear Sir, Chloe is a weak girl. There's no way you can fight a sorcerer."

"The other day, you played a big stand for the adventurer."

"In the end, they will have lost, and they will have been captured"

"Sure. But right next to me, I'm holding back. All you have to do is shut up and lie beside me. Instead, I get in trouble when they bite my poisonous tongue like I always do. Ferdinand likes a quiet, upper-class daughter."

"You won't listen to that. Doesn't that sound like the usual Chloe's not quiet?"

Chloe swells her cheeks, but still took it on at the end.

However, there are still parts that resist to the end.

I can hardly change my clothes.

After all, for a mechanical maid, made-up clothing seems to be the next most important thing in "The Sage's Stone."

That's what I thought, the last time I hung these words, I took my seat off.

"Maid clothes look good on you, but I think you'll look good in a dress like nobility's. Beautiful type of machine doll, you are."

For once, I tried to praise you, but would it have worked?

After enough, Chloe was dressed in a dress when she returned in anticipation of the time she had finished dressing.

Look at that.

"That's the machine doll I ordered over 500 gold coins."

Like,

"A horse or a costume."

Like,

"No matter who wears expensive dresses, don't be too expensive."

I didn't use the impeccable word.

Speak of what you purely thought.

"Uhm, that's beautiful. It's the second most beautiful thing in the world."

By the way, the best is my daughter Fiona, but Chloe seems satisfied with that answer as well.

"Thank you, Lord Ruji-sama"

And I smiled.