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Volume 12 Chapter 1 Part 9

Good work, Sherry. As expected of you, soothing everyone with your calm opinion.

「That’s right.」

「Of course, there is no guarantee that the journey through the higher floors of the Labyrinths is going to be an easy one, but what I can tell you for sure is that the competition for their subjugation is going to be a fierce one, and I will not be able to fight on my own against such competition… unless there was someone willing to teach me how to do it.」

I see. What Rutina really meant by what she said just now was that she wants someone to teach her the secrets to conquering the Labyrinths so that she could utilize them herself. The Duke of Hartz might have told her that I would soon subjugate my first Labyrinth, but from Rutina’s point of view he is also the enemy of her father, so could it be that she is still wary of him?

「There is no such thing.」

Maybe she also thinks that the Duke has shared some kind of secret to subjugating the Labyrinths with me. However, rather than teaching me a way to easily subjugate the Labyrinths, he only gave me the locations of the Labyrinths in his territory, because their subjugation would be convenient for him, making me feel as if I am dancing on the palm of his hand.

It may be too late to do anything about it now, so similar to Rutina, it is necessary for me to be vigilant of him.
「is that so?」

「Well, when the time comes, we should be able to choose something according to the occasion. We’re not in a hurry yet.」

「Yes. Don’t worry, master will surely be able to subjugate a Labyrinth that has grown bigger than any other before it.」

If we don’t find a Labyrinth that’s grown only a little past the 50th floor, Roxanne will force us to go higher and higher every day.

I have no choice but to rely on the Duke of Harz here. That probably won’t make Rutina feel relieved at all. but it’s for the sake of my own safety as well.

If you’re Roxanne, even if you throw yourself into the 60th floor right now, the monsters’ attacks the probably won’t hurt her at all, but that’s only something the she is capable of doing.

「I will make sure to see if there are any appropriate Labyrinths like that nearby.」

「That would be appreciated.」

She seems to be quite earnest about it as well.

That said, can I rely on Rutina just as much as she seems to be relying on me? I’m sure that there are still some of her connections, but the question is whether they can be used to aid us in our undertakings?

I wonder what it’s like to be able to use it.

What about that? Can i use it?

I don’t care about Roxanne or Vesta’s hardware store aunt.

「I will also pay attention to that aspect from now on while looking for information.」

Well, if Sherry says so, then I’m honestly relieved. She usually searches the Adventurer’s Guild’s public information boards or around the Imperial Liberation Society’s reference room, so she’s the most likely one to come upon some useful information.

All that will be left then will be to take care of the appropriate Labyrinth, but it can’t be helped.

I can also use Durandal, and I have multiple Jobs to my disposal, so we should be able to compensate for our shortcomings with brute strength alone.

Power is power, after all, and Roxanne is definitely powerful in her own right.
「Well then, that should be it.」
A plan of action for the coming days has been decided on.

Of course, don’t expect anything from me. Except for the Duke of Harz, I don’t have any meaningful connections in this world, and communicating proactively is also not one of my strong points.

But before we take care of that…

Equipment and simple daily necessities can be bought here in Quratar, but if we want to buy clothes, then we have to go to the Imperial City, because it is absolutely necessary to by a camisole for Rutina, exactly the same kind as the one that Roxanne and the others are using.

It is necessary In many ways. Not just for the purpose of having fun tonight, but for the purpose of having fun every night as well.

Yes, from now on, every night.

But that’s not all.

At that store, maid clothes, aprons, and white costumes for shrine maiden training are also made.

Of course I want to see Rutina wear all of them.
I want her to wear it. In many ways.

What about an apron and the shrine maiden training outfit?

She should have no problems with wearing such white clothes, and for me, it will allow me to taste the thrill of embarrassing a lady from a noble household.

If you go to a waterfall to become a Shrine Maiden, then the kimono will become wet and transparent, but there should be no problems with it since it’s going to be for the purpose of training, so she herself shouldn’t think of it as strangely seductive or anything.

And there’s of course the camisole that I’ll have her wear in the bedroom at night, so there should be no problems with that at all.

What about maid clothes then? If they had maids in the Earl of Selmar’s castle, then it might not be a good idea to have her wear it, since it might remind her of the recent happenings and cause her to become depressed.

I haven’t seen many people dressed like that in the castle of the Duke of Hartz, but it may be different if you go deeper inside of it, and it might also be different in the Earl of Selmar’s castle.

If it’s Earl Selmer, who neglected his duty as a noble and neglected the Labyrinth subjugation, then maybe he had some of them employed before his life came crumbling down?

However, it is said that that dress was modeled after the clothes worn by the maids of the imperial castle in the Imperial City, or so the story goes, so that should mean that the imperial maids should be the ones with an appropriate social status…. Or be at the mercy of the Emperor’s perverted desires.

Maybe the children of aristocrats go up to the castle of the Imperial City for apprenticeships?
If so, does that mean that it would be appropriate for Rutina to wear it after all? Or, conversely, would it make her feel bad by reminding her of her time as a young lady?

Well, we shall see about that when the time comes.

In any case, I want her to wear it if possible. I want to enjoy Rutina who’s wearing it. I want to mess her up while she’s wearing it

「Excuse me? Did you say something?」

Whoops, did I say that out loud?

「I was just saying that Rutina is also going to need a lot of different things as well, so if we’re going to be buying daily necessities for her in Quratar, then we might as well go to the clothing store in the Imperial City as well.」

「The clothing store in the Imperial City?」

「Yes. We need to go there in order to buy nightwear for you that’s going to be in different color from ours.」

Roxanne’s innocent endorsement of this extremely serious matter made me very happy.

「The one that everyone was wearing and I borrowed from you last night? I have to say, it was surprisingly good to wear.」

「Yes. It was comfortable, wasn’t it?」

「Are you sure about that though?」

I have a good feeling about this purchase since rutina seemed to like the negligee as well.

「It’s okay. Also, you remember the aprons that everyone wore when they were making breakfast? I want to have one made for Rutina as well, since it will help you not get too dirty when you’ll be helping with the cooking yourself.」

「Yes, thank you very much.」

In addition to the negligee, it looks like I also managed to convince her to have an apron made for her. For cooking. Of course that apron of hers is going to be used for cooking.

That being said though, I should probably keep it a secret that I ordered these aprons to be made out of silk. These ones are the one that are made for the exclusive purpose of being used in the bedroom, not to be worn over other types of clothing or for work in the kitchen.

「Well then, shall we get going for tonight?」

Once we get these clothes for her, nothing else is going to matter.
I’ll show her how to put them on, and I will thoroughly train her in how to use them properly.