Chapter 74: Alluring Scent
It’s been three days since we found the Lepras treasure, and so far, my life hasn’t really changed.
I couldn’t really think of anything I wanted.
Frankly speaking, I’m already satisfied with my current life.
Michelle cooks good food for , and my living space is also not bad.
Her restraint on my life is a little tight, but the two of us are in love with each other.
Of course, there are so inconveniences compared to my previous life.
In this world, there are no new smartphones on the market, and there are no gacha gas that I have to pay a lot of money for.
There are no novels or manga that make want to read them.
However, I think I am enjoying my happiness to the fullest in the environnt I have been given.
The capital for my Dagashi Shop is just my mana, so I don’t have to worry about facility investnts.
I don’t have much entertainnt, but I spend my ti buying books and helping Michelle with her research.
Well, since I have managed to obtain so extra spending money, I am thinking of enjoying it to the fullest.
[Hey, have you two decided what to do with the treasure?]
I quietly asked rle and Mira, who had also co to the store this morning.
[I imdiately ordered a new sword and armor. I went to the weapon shop yesterday.]
rle seed to have decided to invest in herself.
[Amazing, you spent all that 1.2 million rims?]
[No way. I only spent 120,000 rims for that. The rest would go for good als and fun enjoynt, while I would keep the rest for savings.]
Spending that much money on equipnt is sothing only interdiate-level or higher adventurers can afford.
This ti, rle is now also a full-fledged warrior.
[Mira?]
[I ordered a new magic robe. As for the rest of the money, a portion would be sent to my parents and for hanging out with rle, and just like her, I would also allot a portion to savings.]
I guess the two of them are using it in a steady way huh.
[What about you, Yuusuke-san?]
[? I haven’t used it on anything yet……]
At my words, rle and Mira unreservedly stared hard at .
[T- The heck?]
[Why don’t you also prepare so equipnt for yourself, Yuusuke-san?]
[She’s right. You intend to go around the dungeon making a map for it, so it would be better if you have so decent armor.]
Now that they ntioned it, it really was just as they said.
The equipnt that I usually wear is cheap stuff that I bought at a tool shop.
To reduce the risk, it would be better to buy sothing with a slightly better quality.
[I guess you’re right…… Alright, I’ll also get myself so armor.]
I’ll invite MIchelle to join if I were to go around the city.
Why don’t I buy her a new coat while I’m at it?
As I was thinking about that, Michelle, who was cooking breakfast on a griddle, called over.
[Yuusuke, breakfast is ready.]
As I hurriedly approached, I found a line of golden brown pancakes on the griddle on which yakisoba is usually cooked.
The accompanying sausage and heated vegetables make a delicious sound as it sizzles on the griddle.
[Ohh! That looks delicious.]
[You won’t know if sothing’s really delicious until you try it……]
Michelle’s cheeks are blushing with embarrassnt.
[I’ve never been disappointed with whatever Michelle has made for so far. Thank you for the al.]
I quickly take a seat and enjoy a freshly-cooked pancake.
The pancakes were firm, yet not heavy.
I could have eaten as many of these pancakes as I wanted.
[They’re very delicious.]
[You think so? That’s great. I’m taking tomorrow off from research, so let’s go shopping together for your protective gear.]
Even when she was cooking, it seed like she was listening carefully to the conversation between , rle and Mira.
I cleared up the misunderstanding the other day, but I guess she was still feeling bothered about it huh?
Harem play with rle and Mira?
That’s impossible.
I’m not that popular of a guy.
At the very least, I’m not the type of person who enjoys fooling around.
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Titti was quietly spending her ti in confinent.
Her husband, the forr King, is still arrogant, but seemingly becoming a different person, she beca calr, even admonishing him for his rudeness on occasion.
Even towards the servants, she had started interacting with them politely, surprising those around her.
Of course, this was just an act……
“Good morning” “Thank you for the al” “Thank you”
Greetings and words of gratitude can lower people’s guard even so slightly.
The more tyrannical the forr King was, the more good-natured the nearby Titti seed to be.
Eventually, albeit slightly, the servants’ wariness towards Titti lowered.
Moreover, Titti is a woman who knows how to make herself look like a pure beauty, and she is sensitive to the male gaze.
No matter how much they tried to hide it, Titti could tell who exactly was harboring illicit desires for her.
One day, as Titti was walking down a hallway, she ca upon a servant carrying a large package.
Noticing her arrival, the servant, who was still young, huddled against the wall and bowed his head.
Titti knew that this servant always looked at her with lustful eyes.
[You……]
The servant cowered when he was unexpectedly approached.
Although she had been stripped of her status, she was still the forr Queen Consort.
A person like him would normally not be approached by soone like her.
As he thought about whether he should respond or not, Titti called out to him in a gentle voice.
[Your hand is bleeding.]
It was a bitterly cold winter, where the cold penetrated to the bone.
The servant’s hands were cracked from frostbite.
[How pitiful……]
Titti put her handkerchief on the servant’s hand.
[Co on, wipe the blood off. Your hands sure have beco cold.]
[……………….]
The servant whose hands were grasped remained stiff, unable to utter a word.
[Titti-sama, do not do anything unnecessary.]
The female knight in charge of surveillance stopped her, but Titti pleaded with a serious expression on her face.
[I can’t just look on while he’s in pain. It’s alright, I’ll just use a little Recovery Magic.]
The hand on the servant’s wound glowed a pale green, and Recovery Magic was deployed.
The servant, who hadn’t expected to receive treatnt, watched in bewildernt as the situation unfolded.
[There, you’re all healed.]
Titti, with a smile on her face, could easily be mistaken for a Saint.
[T- Thank you very much.]
[You’re welco.]
The servant looked at Titti, who gave him a smile so sweet that it seed to steal his soul away.
[What is your na?]
[I- I’m Marco.]
[That’s a nice na. If you ever need anything else, just let know.]
Marco looks at Titti as she gracefully walks away, leaving her handkerchief in his hands.
The scent of Titti’s perfu lingers on it.
Feeling irresistible attraction, Marco inhaled the scent of the handkerchief without letting the others notice.
A numbing sensation of pleasure runs through his body along with the sweet aroma.
Thereupon, realizing what he was doing, Marco looked up and gazed at Titti’s back as she disappeared from his sight.
He doesn’t know when he’ll see her again.
He wanted to burn the sight of Titti’s appearance into his mory while he still could.
The mont Titti was about to turn a corner, Titti’s and Marco’s gaze slightly crossed.
Just that alone made Marco feel as if he was in heaven.
As she turned that corner, a smile appeared on Titti’s lips.
The first step to her successful escape has been accomplished.
The servant who had sniffed the “Bondage Rose” would be seeking her contact in the not-too-distant future.
It was an expensive drug, but she hid it in her Poison Ring (*a ring in which several dicines can be hidden), which she carried with her at all tis, and has now proven beneficial.
(He said his na was Marco, right? He seems like a boring guy, but I’ll let him hold on to his few good imaginations. All of this was to leave this place after all.)
Titti pondered, working out a plan for the future.
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