About an hour after Olivia went into the clothing store, the two of them finally came out.
When she went in, she was wearing noble clothes, but for some reason now Olivia was dressed like a common town girl and laughing happily.
“Aldo, sorry to keep you waiting.”
“Aldo. Ashera invited me to go see the royal capital together. Would it be alright if I joined you?”
“Ah, if Olivia is fine with it, let’s go together. Well, I haven’t decided where exactly to go, though.”
“I see, then definitely. Thank you, Ashera and Aldo.”
Olivia said thank you happily, and it was decided that we would have lunch as well.
“Olivia, are you okay with eating at a street stall?”
“Street stall! I’ve always wanted to try one.”
“I-I see… Ashera, would you be okay with a street stall too?”
“Yes. I want meat.”
“Got it. Meat, right? Olivia, what do you want?”
“I wonder what’s available?”
“There’s meat, fish, and fruit too. We’ve got time. Let’s take a walk and decide.”
“Yes. I’m looking forward to it.”
The three of us headed to the street near the guild where food stalls were lined up.
On the way, Olivia and Ashera were probably talking about what happened earlier at the clothing shop. They were saying the frills were cute, the color was nice, and such, but I thought they were probably talking about underwear.
I didn’t feel like it would go well if I got involved in this topic.
So I decided to eavesdrop while pretending not to notice and enjoy imagining Ashera and Olivia in their underwear in my head.
I wondered if it showed on my face. Both Ashera and Olivia gave me a sharp look.
“Aldo, your face is perverted.”
“Do you want to see that badly?”
The attitudes of the two were contrasting. Ashera blushed and spoke with an upward glance, while Olivia spoke with sidelong eyes in a somewhat alluring way.
“I’M SORRY.”
I raised a white flag to the two of them and surrendered completely.
When we arrived at the food stall, Olivia got very excited and ended up buying more food than we could eat, so the three of us decided to share it.
“Sorry. I just…”
“It’s okay. It’ll be just right if the three of us eat it.”
“That’s true. Since I was in the labyrinth until yesterday, everything tastes delicious.”
“Labyrinth? Aldo, you were in a labyrinth?”
I looked at Ashera and then started to speak.
“Yeah, I, along with El, Ashera, and Mother, cleared the Labyrinth of Claws and Fangs near the royal capital.”
“Cleared a labyrinth…”
Olivia was surprised and dropped the skewer she was holding. It was okay since I had finished eating!
“Ah, I spent most of the winter break in the dungeon.”
“Yeah. The food was the worst.”
“Ashera was with you too, right?”
“Yeah. I fought the Earth Dragon as well.”
“The Earth Dragon… a dragon-type…”
Olivia muttered as she looked Ashera over from head to toe.
“I’ve seen Aldo a few times, but can Ashera really fight… with arms so thin…”
As she said that, she was massaging and stroking Ashera’s arms.
“Then I’ll show you. There’s the guild over there, so it won’t be a problem if we use the training ground.”
“Is that alright?”
I knew Ashera wouldn’t listen once she decided something, so I nodded with a wry smile.
After having lunch and a smoke, I arrived at the guild’s training ground.
Recently, people hadn’t been as blatantly afraid of me as they used to be.
However, when I entered the guild, Olivia tilted her head in puzzlement at the brief moment of silence.
“Aldo, are you ready?”
“Yeah, but we don’t have any equipment, so just lightly.”
“I understand.”
Ashera and I faced each other, taking our stance.
I was holding a pair of wooden short swords permanently kept at the training ground. Ashera was unarmed.
Both of us were wearing commoner clothes that, at a glance, might make it look like we’d just come here for fun.
However, around us, there were so many people that it made me think, ‘Have there really been this many people?’ surrounding us.
From the people around, it seemed like they were fascinated, saying things like, ‘A battle between Shura, huh…’, ‘Is it true that his fiancée is strong?’, ‘That kind of girl…’, and so on.
Among them, there were even some personally making bets.
‘Alright, let’s go!’
‘Yeah.’
I responded to Ashera’s voice, and the mock battle began.
Following Grandpa’s instructions, spatial kicks were limited to three steps, and considering the effect on those around, no magical shields or magic were allowed.
I could only show less than half of my true power, yet cries of surprise rose from the onlookers.
As I gradually cornered Ashera, suddenly she fired paralysis, and the situation was completely reversed in an instant.
I quickly cast recovery magic, but I ended up taking a good punch properly.
At the moment I was hit, since I was wrapped in magical energy, the damage was minimal, but the rule between us was that if you received a ‘good attack,’ you had to surrender.
I raised my right hand to show my intention to surrender.
“I give up. I surrender…”
The moment I declared my surrender, the gallery erupted.
They said things like, ‘Just seeing that guy’s losing face makes the meal taste better,’ ‘I’m going to become a fan of that girl!’ ‘He’s totally under her thumb,’ ‘Serves him right!’ and other warm cheers… I’ve remembered their faces.
As Olivia and I approached the two of them, she excitedly spoke to Ashera.
“Ashera, you were really strong. Amazing. Beating Aldo like that!”
“Vui!”
Ashera responded to Olivia and the gallery with a V sign.
That day, I learned what it felt like to be a punching bag, but seeing the happy faces of Ashera and Olivia completely blew that feeling away.
“Where should we go next…?”
When I said that, Olivia whispered to Ashera.
“Aldo. Let’s go back to the mansion.”
“We still have time until evening, you know?”
“The mansion is better.”
“I see. Olivia, is that fine with you too?”
“Yes.”
And so, the three of us set off on the road back to the Blue Ring Mansion.
Upon arriving at the Blue Ring Mansion, Olivia hurried off to Ashera’s room.
I felt awkward with nothing to do, and when I went to Rosa to study magical tools, Clara and Sara were playing together cheerfully.
“Sara-chan……….”
“Yes, Clara-chan.”
Since the two of them were close in age, they seemed to be having a lot of fun.
“I’m sorry. I’ve told Sara to call Clara ‘Clara-sama’ but…”
“It’s fine. Clara is my sister too. She doesn’t care about hierarchy.”
Rosa responded with a wry smile.
After that, using Clara and Sara’s playful voices as background music, I started modifying the magical tool for spatial kicking that Mom had told me about.
Rosa had already completed the black box and the water heater and was now working on improving efficiency and simplifying them.
It made me realize again, Rosa was first-rate as a magical tool craftsman.
Of course, the reason the leftover was only one leg was significant, but a bigger reason was that she herself said she wouldn’t work as a magical tool craftsman.
I didn’t like saying it this way, but it was truly a bargain.
Once her leg was healed, the business was running smoothly, and she became self-sufficient, I intended to free her from being a slave at some point.
Not out of sympathy, but having the head of a department in the organization as a slave would be problematic externally.
Producing magical tools was also difficult in the royal capital due to land costs and secrecy concerns, so at some point, I guessed we’d have no choice but to move our base to Blue Ring.
In the meantime, I was planning to have Tab handle sales in the royal capital.
Marl and El were also engaged, and they were getting along well with Dad, who was originally suspicious of Tab.
If the water heater worked well, I wanted to move on to the toilet next. As I thought about that, there was a knock at the door.
When Sara and Clara opened the door, Ashera and Olivia came into the room.
Ashera and Olivia must have just come from the bath, and their wet hair exuded an indescribable, healthy sensuality.
“Then, I’ll go with Ashera and Olivia.”
Six people really was too many for this room. We left Rosa’s room.
The two of them, fresh out of the bath, were wearing different clothes from before. Olivia, for example, had transformed from her usual noble attire into that of a town girl.
“Did you both change clothes?”
“Yes. We had the clothes we liked from the store delivered here earlier.”
“How do these clothes look?”
“Yeah, you both look cute. They suit you well.”
Ashera and Olivia both smiled happily.
“Actually, I also asked at the shop earlier about underwear and changed it to something Aldo likes.”
“Huh?”
“So Aldo likes this kind of underwear…”
“Ah…”
The two of them then looked at me again with glances from below and sidelong looks…
I ended up leaning forward a little, seriously searching for a chair somewhere.
By evening, it was about time for the Blue Ring household carriage to take Olivia back.
“Aldo. Today was fun. Thank you.”
“I had fun too. Let’s meet at the academy again.”
“Yes. At the academy…”
Olivia then turned to speak to Ashera.
“Ashera, thank you so much for today.”
“No, it’s fine.”
“You are truly a wonderful lady.”
“Olivia, you were also lovely.”
“May I come and visit again?”
“Yes. Next time, let’s go buy that lingerie.”
“!! That lingerie??”
“Yes.”
This was a somewhat unsettling conversation… I wondered what kind of lingerie that was. I was curious…
Leaving behind one very curious mystery like this, Olivia returned to Count Sandra’s mansion.
While seeing off the carriage carrying Olivia together with Ashera, I casually asked.
“What kind of underwear is it?”
Ashera smiled up at me and answered.
“Do you want to check?”
I could only shrug my shoulders and show my surrender.
Today was fun spending time with Ashera and Olivia, and although I only touched it a little, modifying magical tools seemed interesting too.
Maybe tomorrow I could focus on modifying magical tools.
“Ashera, I’m thinking of modifying magical tools tomorrow. Is that okay?”
“Yeah. Then I’ll play with Clara and the others.”
“I see. Thanks.”
“No problem.”
After sending Olivia off, by the now empty entrance, I shared a long-awaited kiss with Ashera.
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