I ended up making a nice profit with the short courses. Since I also sold the account books, I raked in quite a bit of money.
After being troubled about what to do with all the cash, I decided to give that inco back to my mansion and its residents. First I expanded the brewing area. Moreover, I created a storage magic tool with a function to adjust the temperature, for the sake of making the workplace as comfortable as possible. In addition, I added a room where sterilization, laundry, and drying could be done in one swoop.
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Deciding to leave the brewing area at that, I extended the mansion itself.
Thus we bought new land!
Accompanying that, I increased the number of Ryokus. Since it’d be difficult to move around now that the grounds had beco fairly large, I told the Ryokus to allow a ride if requested.
The spare Char would be available for a ride as well, as long as it wasn’t rented out by anyone else.
But!
The only ones allowed to ride Char were registered drivers who had passed the driving exam by Instructor Sword. Moreover, I made sure to add a 『Slow-Speed』 mode, and set it up so that it’d be impossible to change modes without permission.
――A huge number of people applied to beco drivers. Almost everyone, even the won, attended the driving lectures, and everyone passed the exams.
Still, what’s up with that!? Won’t it be just fine to use the Ryokus to move around?
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“Next is…”
Sword rolled his eyes at as I brooded, “There’s still more? Rather, isn’t it ’bout ti to open the remodeled restaurant?”
True.
Maybe that’s the reason why I feel an urge to do other stuff. I an, such things happen, don’t they? Once the deadline for stressful work or studies draws close, you’re drawn towards distracting yourself with other things.
After staring at Sword, I leaped at him.
“Whoa!”
“…It’s just that I’m slightly nervous. I’m constantly worrying that sothing might happen during the opening. Well, it might be fun if sothing does happen, but I don’t really feel too thrilled about it.”
Sword hugged while gently stroking my head.
“That’s just normal for ‘nyone. It’s actually weird to feel thrilled when it cos to organizin’ big events.”
“You might have a point, but…I’m sure it’s simply that my senses got ssed up thanks to all that’s been going on during my childhood. I’m not easily perturbed by things…but sohow I can’t quite get a read on what’s going to happen this ti. My otherworldly knowledge is more of a hindrance here as I don’t know what kind of people the rich of this world are.”
“…Well, I doubt ‘nyone would be as crazy to pull shit at a restaurant with the na 『Haughty Restaurant』 that’s bein’ run by , an S-Rank adventurer, and you, a forr young lady of an earl family. But, it’s certainly true that things always escalate way beyond my expectations. I’ll co with you on the day of the openin’, so don’t kill anyone in a fit of short temper, ‘kay?”
I laughed.
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Basically, it’s a restaurant we started based on the idea of wanting “to showcase the skills we’ve nurtured so far” and “to allow other people to eat our food,” and not for the sake of earning lots of money.
Given that I’ve set up the restaurant because the master cook and those below him bitterly complained, “We have beco able to make such wonderful dishes, and yet we can only feed it to a very limited number of people,” I’ve been thinking that it’d be no problem to let them do as they please.
It won’t matter even if it goes bankrupt, and I won’t mind it being in the red either. After all, it’s not like I’m looking for profit here.
I voiced those thoughts to the master cook and his staff, but since they enthusiastically reassured that they wouldn’t allow that to happen, I ended up getting infected by their tension as well.
On the nervously awaited day of the opening, I was forced to wear a dress and even had a wig planted on my head.
“…This hair is completely identical to my natural hair. Where did you obtain it?”
“We took custody of the hair Milady had Lady Primrose cut off, and processed it into a wig.”
Scary! That’s a story from like eons ago! It’s already been more than five years, no!?
Still, it seems to co in handy now.
Seeing with my hair up, Sword got so startled that he jumped.
“Whoa! Hey, why are you crossdressin’ as a woman!?”
……
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What’s wrong with him to blurt out sothing like that despite constantly telling him that I’m a woman? Moreover, Bennyboy isn’t any better either.
“Eh!? Indra, why are you dressing like a woman!? Are you cosplaying? No matter how you look at it, playing a female noble is too much of a stretch!”
Wait? I an, you’ve always been thinking that I’m a noble, haven’t you!?
I kicked the two at full force, and headed back to the maids.
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The maids and servants…
“Lady Indra, you are so beautiful!”
“It reminds of your childhood! You are very lovely!”
“Haah… Finally we could dress up Lady Indra properly! I have always longed for this day! You are truly beautiful and it suits you exceedingly well, you know?”
…praised to no end.
I returned to the two, groaning dudes.
“Sword, you can escort nobles to so extent, can’t you?” I asked.
In response, he stopped groaning and beca confused instead.
“I can, but…I’m not good at it, ‘kay? I an I unwillingly morized only what I needed to know when I got invited by royalty or nobility.”
“That’s plenty. As you might expect, it’d be silly to walk around like an adventurer without any escort while wearing this dress. Everyone would feel dejected if I did that.”
After glancing at the maids, Sword scratched his head, “You got a point. They went this far to doll you up, so yeah… Okay, gotcha. I’ll escort you.”
He stood up.
“Nothing less of Mr. Sword. Despite knowing a term like escort, he doesn’t even know what it entails.”
Bennyboy, that’s no praise, nor is it the ti for that.
“You’ll be stuck learning it yourself soon enough. If you start sellin’ booze, you’ll get your own invitations. You might be goin’ through brokers, but even so, low-ranking, rich nobles work quickly. I believe they’ll invite you personally in no ti, you know?”
“Ugh!”
Bennyboy beca as white as a sheet. But it makes sense. I an he’s a playboy, so he’s obviously going to have problems learning all the etiquette.
Do your best~
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We got the Ryokus and Chars, but we headed over in a carriage. It’s a custom of nobility, that’s why.
…Maybe I should build a limousine next…hmm…
Even though it was a short trip, it was uncomfortable, and my butt hurt. Sword seed to think the sa.
“Yo, how ’bout you build us an exclusive, decent ride for the next ti?” He asked.
I got out of the carriage while being escorted by him. The doorman, who threw a quick scrutinizing glance at , bowed deeply and opened the door for us.
By the way, Sword was in full dress, too. He apparently owned several outfits for hours of need, but the maids pestered him, “Please get a suit that matches Lady Indra!”, resulting in him having a new one made.
“It looks just like the outfit of so high-rankin’ noble!”
The suit was exquisite enough to make Sword scream. Then again, my dress didn’t lose out in that respect either.
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