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Volume 11 Chapter 3 Part 7

「Yes. I think it’s the same.」

「Let’s do it, desu!」

「I think we are going to be alright.」

When everything was said and done, I entered the Labyrinth a little bit early in the morning.

Judging by the weather outside, it might be a little hot today. I would even go and hazard a guess that today might be possibly the hottest day of the entire year.

I did not notice it right away after I woke up because of Vesta laying next to me with her body being so cool in the mornings.

On days like this, heading to the Labyrinth and staying there from early morning to late evening is the ideal thing to do, because the Labyrinths are not as hot as the world outside of them.

Without that, I would probably spend the whole day just complaining about how unbearably hot it was.

Anyways, girls should be about ready to go out now, right?

「It looks like it is going to be a hot day today.」

「Yes, definitely, but I have been telling Miria repeatedly to look out for it herself, so she should be fine even in these conditions.」

Certainly, when it comes to Miria, I can totally see her trying to jump into the water while fishing during such a hot day.

Roxanne seems to have caught onto that as well, so she also must have a pretty good grasp of Miria’s behavioral patterns.

By the way, apparently there is no such thing as swimming in the sea in this world, which might sound strange, but when you think about the sea being filles with aquatic monsters, then that starts making a lot of sense.

「Since today is going to be your day off, I am going to give you some money again. It might not be a full day but half a day instead, but five silver coins per person should do the trick nicely once again.」

「Thank you very much, master.」

I gave the money to Roxanne first. Gotta keep things in order, since order is very important, after all.
「Roxanne, last time you bought quite a few things for others, so this time I want you to buy something just for yourself instead.」

「Okay.」

Good, even though the amount of money is the same for everyone, no one seems to be dissatisfied with it.

If at all possible, I would be relieved if they didn’t have the time to enter the Labyrinth at all today, since it costs one silver coin per person just to pay for the entrance fee.

If the alternative to paying money for entering the Labyrinth of Quratar is having me warp us there for free, they should just wait for a bit instead.

「Alright, Sherry is going to be the next one. The payments for the services of the lodge seem to be quite high, so there is a possibility that what you are going to have might not be enough, but if you run into any sort of trouble, just come and find me since I am going to be there anyway.」

「Yes. Thank you, master.」

Sherry takes the silver coins from me and places them into her own Item Box. I am going to the lodge for my Empire Liberation Society admission ceremony, so if anything happens to her, we will be able to sort it out together.

「Miria, basically, use these money to buy any fishing gear that you might need from the fishing store, and if there’ll be something that you won’t understand, I will go there with you later.」

「Yes, desu. Thank you, desu.」

Strictly speaking, I am worried that Miria’s hunger is going to get the better of her and she’s going to eat all the fish that she manages to catch, but with the money I gave her, she should be able to buy the fish if that does end up happening.

Miria did not ask for anything else either, so I think that I’ll buy her a new fishing rod soon.

「Here is Vesta’s share of the allowance. Make sure to use it however you see fit.」

「There’s so much of it…. Are you sure about that, master?」

「Yes, I am. Use it however you like.」

「Thank you very much then. This is the first time when I had so much money just for myself.」

Providing food, clothes and shelter for their slaves is the basic responsibility of any slave master in this world, so I never expected that Vesta was someone who ever needed money.

「Okay, let us disband then. Sherry and Miria, come with me.」

「Right. Can you wait a minute before we go though?」

We went to the room that Sherry and Miria were using as a storeroom. Miria grabbed her fishing tool, and when I looked at Sherry to see what she was getting, she had prepared papyrus and writing utensils. I’m pretty sure Sherry bought it with her own pocket money too.

I knew she was going to be the one not wanting to waste any money.

「Millia, are you going to the fishing tackle shop?」

「Yes, desu.」

「Okay. Then let us go.」

The two have returned, so after Roxanne and Vesta send us off, we warped to the lodge.
「Have a nice day. We’re going out too, aren’t we?」

「Yes.」

「Uh-huh.」
Roxanne and Vesta seem to be walking outside. I was worried whether Vesta would know the way, but Roxanne was with her, so there shouldn’t be any problems, right?

In the lodge, we meet Sebastian right away.

「Welcome, Lord Michio, Lady Sherry, Lady Miria.」

The angle he bows his head to is too deep.

He seemed to have remembered our names. Or is it perhaps because I was supposed to come here today? But aside from me and Sherry, he probably didn’t expect Miria at all. He must be wondering what is going on here, especially since Miria was carrying a full set of fishing gear with her.

「I would like Sherry to use the reference room. Is it alright?」

「Certainly. For I have to call the person in charge, please wait a moment.」

Sebastian gestures a man. The man leaves in a hurry. Although he’s not running, he’s pretty quick and disappears in no time.

「Do we need something?」

「Not at all, nothing in particular. If you need parchment, writing implement or meal, just order it; I’ll have it arranged right away.」

Sherry has parchment with her. Are 5 silver coins going to be enough then?

「I have brought writing implements with me.」

「If you have one, that’s better. Do use it, please.」

Upon Sherry’s enquiry, he gives her an okay. At least he is honest about it.

The man who left earlier returned shortly after, bringing a woman along with him. He really is quick.

As for the woman, she was trotting along with him.

「Lady Sherry here wants to use the reference room. Guide her there.「

Sebastian orders the woman. The woman bows to Sherry.

「Certainly. Then Lady Sherry this way, please.」

「If you need me for something, just call for me.」

「Okay.「

I saw Sherry off.

The woman turns around and leads her to the reference room, with Sherry following behind her.

「Because today is the admission ceremony, I’ll be back later.」

「Very well. We’ll be waiting for you.」

I give Sebastian a heads up and leave the lodge with Miria.

We warped to the lobby of the library in the Imperial City, since it’ll be closer than going back home.

We make our way to the Fishing Shop, where Miria didn’t buy as much as Roxanne did, only getting fishing hooks for herself.

Rather than spending time here, she probably wants to go fishing as soon as possible, since without Roxanne, she won’t be able to discuss anything with the clerk unless she gets better at Brahim.

However, the field of specialization will be different again. There is also the problem of whether Roxanne can translate technical terms for her or not.

I bought several hooks so that I could target different fish with hooks of different sizes, and enough so that she could have spares if anything happened.

「The needle here is 20 Nars each, and the one here is 30 Nars.」

「Is it OK?」

「Yes, desu.」

Once I received the needle from Miria, I handed it over to the clerk.
「There are four needles of 20 Nars and two needles of 30 Nars. Since you’re a valued customer who purchased the recommended set the other day, I’ll give you a special discounted price of 98 Nars.」