A few days after I told him I could buy a house in Wangdu while hunting with the Knolls.
"Mr. Okura, you have a nomination request in there."
"What, is that a nomination request?
When I went to the Adventurers Association, the receptionist told me I had a nomination request.
Who's going to nominate us in Quelles... is that Mr. Christia? I wonder if I'd like to ask for some more research materials.
Upon receiving the request in anticipation of that, the client requested an escort from Mr. Ardell Bell.
Destination says shting.
"Oh, Mr. Ardell, it looks like you're going back to King's Landing."
"Is this a request for escort? You've been staying for quite a while."
It's been a long time since Mr. Ardell came to Quelles with a request to escort him.
He said he would take the trip home if it was convenient, so I was wondering when he was going home, but is he finally going home?
We were talking about Wang Du, so it's just the right time.
... Is that it? Besides what you asked for, there's something down there.
Reading a part like the Remarks section of the requisition, it said that before leaving Quelles, he wanted Mr. Ardelbel's house to be sure to bring Estelle.
They tell the association the day they can go and pick me up by carriage that day.
"Looks like we have business before we leave Quelles. He wants me to bring Estelle home."
"Oh, it's true. Must I ask Estelle... is that her favor?
"Hmm, I guess that means you nominate Estelle"
I think it's definitely Annelie's favor.
Is there any reason you'd like to see me before I ask for an escort?
I'm asking for it, so I think we should go with you.
I'm interested because when Estelle went to see Annelie at her house, she heard it was an amazing house.
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I went back to my home and told Estelle this story.
"What, you're asking for Annelie's escort!
"Yeah, but I think I want you to come home once before that."
"What can I do for you? I'm looking forward to it either way."
Estelle, listening, is laughing happily and putting her hands on her cheeks.
It used to feel passive, but now it's affordable to look at.
When I get back to Wang Capital, I'd like to give you more chances to play with Annelie.
When that happens, it may be a good idea to set up a base in Wang Du after all.
Seeing Estelle delighted and thinking so, Luna, who was sitting on Sisha's lap and stroking her head, opened her mouth with a heartless voice.
"Will you ask me to escort you again?"
"From where to how far is it an escort?
"It's from Quelles to Shting. Mr. Ardell, I'm asking you to come home."
"Uh, are you schting from Quelles..."
Sisha frowns and looks blatantly unpleasant.
Don't look like that...
"Mr. Luna will be alone again for nearly 10 days."
"It's a request, so you won't have a choice. Just be patient."
"That's right. Do me a favor."
"But..."
"Don't worry, I'm sleeping properly. I've been entrusted with home security."
Luna is thumbing up at me with a doya face.
No, I appreciate you convincing Sisha, but it's a little bit to say I'll be proud to do home security...
"Ugh, if that's what Luna said..."
"So are you convinced..."
Ha, and sighing, Sisha hugs Luna and looks like she gave up.
Is that all you can convince me... is Cisha a little, or is Luna awesome...
Just, well, if you convinced me for now, okay?
But don't feel like it's going to take nearly 10 days.
"If I could use a beacon or something, I wouldn't have to take a few days to request an escort like this."
"Oh, yeah. It's not limited to that hand. Why don't you run that this time?
"No, no, you don't either. I don't care how many people I trust, I don't want to find out about the beacon."
Mr. Ardell Bell and the others would be fine if you asked them not to tell you, but I can't tell you there's no chance your mouth could slip accidentally.
The worst Estelle magic means it's possible to use it deludedly.
But I wouldn't even use a beacon that far with a regular escort request.
It should be best not to let others know that there is an easy way to get around a distance that can take as long as 10 days.
I was thinking of setting up a base in Wangdu to reduce that risk.
"Can't you help it then...... Ha, if it's okay to use it in public, there seems to be a lot of use."
"If you work in transportation, there's going to be demand."
Transport by beacon, huh? If we can do that, there's really going to be demand.
It's like a dream to be able to travel from town to town in an instant. That's about as much money as you don't have to work for.
... Wait? Instead of using it as bait to gather people to help us gather demon stones... Ha!?
How about this, when I thought about the demon stone, I came up with an evil idea.
There's going to be a lot of trouble if I do that, and I knew I should use it while hiding it.
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A few days after I gave my word to the association.
We took the carriage that picked us up and headed to Mr. Ardell Bell's house.
Mr. Egon is doing it for me.
As Estelle's companion, I'm with Norr.
Knoll was terribly frightened when riding the carriage, but now he looks out the window in a good mood.
After all, there are only rich carriages and they seem to make good builds with less shaking.
Quelles is also well-kept on the road, so comfortable riding unlike the carriage he rode before.
Looking out shaken for a while, the carriage stopped to see if we had finally arrived.
And if you look out the window, there's a grand gated mansion far bigger than our house.
"Deca!? That's a rich mansion..."
"It's amazing! Is this what this is called a mansion!
"The main residence of the king's capital seems bigger."
A garden so large that I don't know how many tsubos there are.
A white road leads from the gate to the front door of the house, surrounded by green lawns.
... I heard it was amazing, but is it this big? Ten of our houses are bigger than we can afford.
I was surprised and flashed, but the carriage door opened and returned to me.
"Thank you, Mr. Egon"
"No, I don't want to thank you. This is the one who called you."
When I got out of the carriage and thanked Mr. Egon, he led us to the mansion.
"Ha-ha, it's beautiful. Yo! It's perfect! It's totally different from our house!
"He said don't look too keen. You're embarrassed."
"But it's really amazing! You even have a servant!
"Hehe, I was surprised when I first got here too"
Shortly after entering the mansion, Knoll looked around inside and raised his voice as he moved his hands up and down a boom.
I said it's the front door, but it's so big. The walls are white and shiny.
In the immediate vicinity there are even stairs where you can climb upstairs.
The ceiling was high, with chandeliers hanging with luminous objects like demonic stones.
Obviously I also put away things like tall statues and bronze statues, and my sense of misplacement is awesome from the moment I came in.
Even more surprising is the beautiful blonde maid who welcomed me inside.
There's Sisha and all that, so the beauty was supposed to be familiar with it, but seeing someone dressed like this, this is... exciting.
"Welcome aboard."
"Oh, thank you. Ooh... this is the maid....... hmm?
Staring at the real maid I saw for the first time, I felt a fierce gaze from right beside me.
If you look in that direction, Estelle is staring at me with a full grin.
"Ah - I'm sorry to keep you waiting, let's go!
"Yes..."
I asked the maid to guide me right away to deceive me as I saw it and felt a cold sweat on my back.
Sisha always said Estelle was scared or something, but seriously scared......
"Dear Annelie, Ogura and the others are here."
'Oh, let me in!
Freaking out, he followed the maid up to the second floor and walked a little to the desired room.
When the maid knocks on the door and tells her we're here, she hears Annelie's energetic reply.
The maid who got my permission opened the door for me, so I just went inside.
Then Annelie ran over and hugged me to Estelle.
"Estelle! You're here -!
"Huh... Annelie's the same now"
Estelle strokes her head back and smiles at Annelie as she cuddles her cheeks.
No, the sight of pretty girls getting along with each other is great, too.
"Heh heh, Estelle feels good when you hug her"
"Yeah, yeah, I know exactly how that feels."
I agree with Annelie's words, with Knoll snorting.
When I was staying at the inn, I used to sleep with Estelle in my arms all the time. Is it that comfortable to hold......
As I held that sentiment as I watched Estelle and the others, I realized there was another girl in the room.
Girl with light water short hair...... Myra.
"Estelle, it's been a while"
"Oh, Myra was here, too."
"Yeah, I'm going back to the king's capital, so I wanted to see you before then. Estelle's coming with me, so why don't we meet up here?"
Apparently Myra was calling for you, too.
I see, you wanted to get together before that because you'll be away from Quelles for a while and you won't be able to see me.
"That's what happened. Hehe, I'm glad to hear that."
"It's good to see you again, too, Mr. Estelle."
Estelle, listening to Myra's reply, looks a little flattered.
Hmm? It was a normal greeting, but did you have anything to worry about?
"It's with you again. Damn, Myra's always hard. Look, why don't you get a little more distracted?
"Muggle... nigga, nigga..."
"Yes, Myra is too serious from time to time. Look, laugh."
"Hey... duh, stop... tickle... duh"
Estelle lays her hands flat on both cheeks of Myra, pushing and pulling gently.
On top of that, Annelie started tickling both sides from behind.
Myra deforms her face, yet desperately withstands it and pushes her laugh to death.
Speaking of which, you told me not to talk to you before. Is that why you flaunted your face a little?
Hey, all three of us seem to be really close. I wonder if I've been playing like this before.
"Looks like we should stay out there."
"That's right. It's good to see Estelle so innocent."
Me and Nole left the room so the three of us wouldn't notice.
Then Mr. Ardell was walking over here just as he was headed for this room.
"Oh, Osakura-san."
"Oh, thank you. Sorry to disturb you."
"I'm interrupting."
"No, no, no. I'm sorry I called you at my daughter's request."
After a gentle greeting, Mr. Ardell says whether it's tea or not, so we're going to have a cup of tea together and talk.
This was taken to your splendid separate room again and we had some milk tea.
"Mmm-hmm! This treat is delicious!
I see a wheat treat, like a cookie, served with it, and Knoll is cheering up high and delighted to eat.
Wow, it's like a human thermal power plant... because you eat too much!
"Hey, don't eat too badly!
"Ha, it's okay because there are a lot of them. Eat whatever you want."
"Is it true!
"haha...... I'm so sorry"
The maid brings me some extra cookies, and Knoll eats them puckered.
You told me Mr. Ardell would be nice, but a little reluctant...
Though I was stunned by the neighboring Knoll, I started talking to Mr. Ardelbel.
"Hey, I'm glad I asked you guys to do it again this time. Looks like Trent has healed in the vicinity of Quelles recently, but it's still more reassuring to ask an adventurer of known strength"
"As long as you're happy to trust me,"
"Ngu... I want you to leave it to me!
"She's a reliable lady. Nice to see you again."
He says he wants Knoll to stop eating along the way and leave it to him with a dong slap on the chest.
They also fed me delicious treats, so I guess I'm motivated enough.
I hide my face with an eye mask, but now I must be shining my eyes.
"I'd like to ask you guys to come back to this town. Now it'll be around the time of the Magic Conductor Festival."
"Magic Guidance Festival, is it?
"Is it a magical festival by name? It's going to be fun."
I thought it was a casual story, and a word came up that I didn't know.
Magic Festival...... I know from the name that it's an event that has something to do with magic...
"Didn't you guys know? Magic Festival is an annual Listeria College event. Students use magic to present their results."
"Is there such an event?"
"What a magical event sounds like fun! You want to go!
"Sure sounds interesting..."
Um, is it something like a cultural festival?
You mean Annelie will be coming to Quelles again because Myra will be in on it too?
I'll have to think of something so Estelle can come with me then.