Chapter 284: Knight Raba’s Triumphal Return and Capybara-sama’s Abnormality
I walked back near the arena bringing the rabbit little girls.
"Capybara!"
When I approached the arena I spoke the password and entered the mysterious space where everyone was.
I had thought that bringing girls back after going out for just a bit would surprise or exasperated everyone, but it was a needless worry.
It was also because many children were napping during the lunch break, but more than that, even if two rabbit little girls increased no one would care.
That’s because there’s a girl who is clearly giant-sized, larger than me even while sitting. It was good the arena has no ceiling.
That one is impossible to overlook after all. She’s sitting in a gym-class sit and Rui is leaning against her thighs chatting about something. Her height is about four times Rui’s, around six meters?
When I set the rabbit little girls down, Capybara-chan immediately came over and started poking them with her nose.
"Waa! It’s a living thing!"
"It’s true! It’s an animal!"
"This girl is Capybara-chan. She loves being stroked so stroke her a lot."
"Unn!"
"I’ll stroke!"
Thank goodness. As expected, capybara cuteness works on other-world little girls too!
I set Raba down.
"Knight Raba. Report your triumphal return to King Kemolori and present the carrots to Rafilia-san!"
"Understood, deshu!"
Totetete.
Raba headed toward Kemolori holding the carrots we bought in the city earlier.
"I’ll give them, deshu!"
"Thank you very much!"
Raba broke the carrot in two and started eating with Kemolori.
Kajikaji...
They’re eating... If they took them to Rafilia-san they could be multiplied, and right after I said to give them to Rafilia-san, they’re already eating...!
And what’s with that huge girl?
Physically huge, but the modeling of the parts is childish, around upper grades of elementary school?
She’s only wrapping roughly sewn brown fur clothes around her chest and waist, so depending on the angle or position various things might be visible, and just as I was glancing, Rui who noticed my gaze came over.
"That girl is Fula-chan. She was about to be made a sideshow at the arena."
"So that’s it. I can generally understand the circumstances from such short words."
I’ve never seen one until now, so giants are probably rare existences around here. Therefore she was about to be made a sideshow fighting armed knights at the arena.
Contrary to her large body Fula seems timid and started fidgeting. Rui immediately went back and climbed onto her waist again and leaned on her thighs.
While stroking Capybara-chan’s back I worried that Rafilia-san who is finally preparing meals is going to have a hard time.
Hm?
Capybara-chan is playing by poking and licking the rabbit little girls with her nose. Because the rabbit little girls have noticed Capybara-chan has no malice, they’re stroking Capybara-chan all over quite without reservation.
Hm, hm, hm?
’Lucia. Are you a little lacking in energy?’
’...! ...Normal.’
’No, you’re lacking in energy, right? Even if you’ve become Capybara-chan I can tell. What happened?’
’...Earlier I was barked at by Capybara-sama.’
’Eh?’
I looked up at the topmost row. At the edge Capybara-sama was lying down munching grass. From appearance it’s the usual Capybara-sama.
’Wasn’t she just coincidentally in a bad mood? You approached at the timing she was about to eat grass and she misunderstood it would be taken or something.’
’I hope that’s it... If I’m disliked I’ll get depressed...’
’It’s fine. It’s a coincidence. A coincidence. It’s after-lunch relaxation time so she might have been half-asleep.’
’Unn...’
I stroked Capybara-chan’s butt many times as if comforting her. Feeling good, Capybara-chan toppled over koten.
"Look. When capybaras feel good they lie down."
"Interesting!"
"Cute!"
"If you stroke places she can’t reach herself she’ll be happy."
"Understood!"
It’s a good thing the rabbit little girls have become energetic.
But the Capybara-sama matter bothers me.
Capybara-sama is munching green grass alone. Normally the capybara girls should be surrounding her. Capybara-sama is popular so someone is always by her side, but now she’s alone.
Hmm. Is Capybara-sama really in a bad mood, and the capybara girls also sensed that and are keeping distance.
By the way, while I was bringing two rabbit girls back, what increased wasn’t only the giant Fula.
Rodent girls increased by about five, and there are three cow girls.
Just as I was trying to confirm the number of newcomers, Rui approached again and whispered in a small voice.
"They were being sold at a slave merchant so I bought them."
"Eh? What about the money?"
When Rui turned around, Esty-san who noticed the gaze turned a leather pouch upside down and shook it.
I see. In other words for some reason the two of them went out, saw a slave merchant and threw our entire fortune at it.
"Yeah. I think it’s a good thing."
"The rodent girls all identify individuals by smell and don’t have names."
Rui pointed at the rodent girls.
"That’s how it is. I named Kemolori, and Lucia named Raba and the others."
"Then we have to think of names for the other children too. Because Kemolori-chan and the others have names they seem envious."
"That’s right. Let’s name them when the opportunity comes."
"The cow girls had names. Milk-san, Cheese-san, and Butter-san."
"Ah. I have an acquaintance named Milk-san. It overlapped. Well, they say medieval people named after saints and ancestors so there were lots of people with the same name, so maybe it’s fine."
You often see medieval kings with nicknames like Lionheart or Black Prince, but that’s because names overlapped. From that time they attached nicknames that way and distinguished them. There are various nicknames, but Bald King (an actual king) I feel a little sorry for.
We’ll distinguish Milk-san as Margolant’s Milk-san and Roiburg’s Milk-san.
"And so, Masaharu-san. I noticed. A method to legally obtain beastmen even without money."
"Eh? There’s such a thing?"
"Buying slaves is only for rich people, right?"
"Yeah. Food expenses also cost, so commoners can’t buy slaves I think."
"Rich people are nobles and knights, right?"
"Yeah. Merchants should also have money."
"No. From what I heard from Esty-san, traveling merchants who circulate inside the country don’t earn enough to keep slaves, and even if they built a fortune and bought slaves, taking them along is difficult. Trade merchants who deal with foreign countries are always moving on ship voyages so they also can’t take slaves along. Therefore other than top-of-the-top merchants, purchasing slave beastmen is rare."
Ohh, so Rui was thinking about the slave problem in her own way and gathering information.
"In other words rich people are knights."
"Yes. And now they’re holding a tournament, right?"
"Yeah."
"If you win you can demand the opponent’s armor or ransom."
"Yeah. I don’t need armor so I intend to receive money."
"Yes. There, instead of ransom, demand slaves."
"...!"
"For a knight armor should be more important, so if there are slaves at the mansion they should put out slaves. If you receive armor you can sell it, or if you receive ransom you can buy beastman slaves with that money."
"I see. Certainly the more we excel in the tournament the more we can free slaves."
"Yes. Ransom is precisely the price of a life, so people of high status or who want to put on airs will pay a lot. Therefore if it’s ransom from a famous knight it should become several slave beastmen."
"I see."
I had only been thinking of receiving a huge mirror from the king to see the anal junction. However now it’s a tournament. Like actual war you can receive armor or demand ransom. Then we can just buy slaves with that!
It was a chance to free slave beastmen!
I’ve suddenly gotten motivated.
Rui. You noticed well.
Were you masturbating and your head got cleared?
"Who did you talk about this with?"
"I talked with Esty-san and Iria-san."
"I see. Let’s share it with Duran and Elf-san too. The Order of the Capybara will win even one more victory and free slaves with ransom!"
I had thought Duran and Fullru could lose by a narrow margin so they wouldn’t stand out and quietly not have much ransom demanded, but let’s have them win.
Everyone except Iria is an amateur, but their basic specs are a cheat lineup, so an all-wins dream shouldn’t be impossible.
We’ll show the power of the Order of the Capybara!
The numbers have increased a lot, so let’s earn food expenses!
We’ll reduce the burden of Rafilia-san whose breasts are big and who easily gets stiff shoulders!