Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 168

 "Welcome back!"

"I'm home. Please take this to the young lady's room. There's enough for everyone."

After finishing shopping and returning to the mansion, the first place he headed wasn't Seriana's room, but the servants' waiting room.

He handed over the cake he had bought and asked for it to be taken to the room.

It was difficult to find large-scale livestock in this area, just like in the capital, making it hard to obtain things like cream. However, fresh fruits were easier to come by... Sweets were a bit of a luxury.

With the earnings from herb collecting, he had also bought enough for everyone.

"I'm sorry as always. Since there are guests, I'll bring tea along."

"Thank you."

With that, he waved and left the room.

Most of the women working here were from good families in the city. It was also important to spread the word about me through them.

It might be useful for something, so I continue to make secret arrangements.

But a guest... I wonder who it could be?

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"Hey."

Before knocking on Seriana's room door, Alec opened it. It was almost as if it were an automatic door, but someone, including Seriana, must have sensed my approach.

"Hey. It's been a while."

Since coming to this city, he had visited various settlements scattered around and given instructions to adventurers based there. It seemed like trivial work, but he was somehow connected to the adventurers on Lysel's side as well, which would be useful for his future.

"So, if Alec is here, does that mean the guests are..."

Upon entering the room, I saw Seriana and Elena, as well as a man and a woman sitting opposite them.

"Yeah."

"You seem well."

It's been a while, especially for Zigvalt.

"I was thinking of coming back and greeting you when the young lady came, but..."

"Seems like that man thinks playing with monsters is more important than greeting me."

Despite what she was saying, Seriana didn't seem particularly angry. Maybe she's just used to it.

"Anyway, Serah, do you have a change of clothes in your bedroom? Go change."

"Yes."

Although I didn't get any blood on me, I was moving around in the forest. Since she specifically mentioned the bedroom, does that mean she still hasn't told the couple about the hideout? I feel like I smell like grass, so I want to take a shower, but... oh well.

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"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Instead of a maid outfit, I changed into a jinbei made in the capital. Being a child, I've grown a little in a year. Both the top and bottom were now short-sleeved.

I feel like I've gotten a little closer to the servants, so should I make some new ones here too?

"How did it go?"

Sitting down at the empty seat, Seriana asked me.

"Huh? I brought back a bag full."

"I see. You've worked hard."

"But it's quite tough, you know? Until now, even if monsters approached a few times, I ignored them... but today I fought them."

"Weren't you the one who said you wouldn't bother with monsters?"

Not only Seriana, but Alec and Zigvalt also seemed interested in this topic, leaning forward.

"I happened to find two goblins, and they noticed me too. After that, I didn't expect reinforcements from wolves... Well, anyway, herb collecting is no problem, and even dealing with forest shallow waters' monsters is fine. It's just the disposal of the bodies. There were other adventurers nearby, so I asked them for help... but I can't do it alone."

"Are there few hunters in the shallow waters?"

"Yeah. I don't know about before, but now everyone seems to be aiming further in. It seems like they don't bother fighting in the shallow waters."

With my equipment, except for the umbrella, there's no need for maintenance, but no matter how powerful the weapons are, if you fight monsters head-on, they'll get damaged. If the adventurers in this city, of this class, were seriously dealing with shallow water monsters, it wouldn't be worth it. Even those who helped me didn't suffer any losses, so they agreed to help me without any losses, but I wonder what would have happened if I had asked them to defeat them.

"I'm thinking about it, but... what do we do in the meantime?"

Seriana muttered as she listened to the conversation. She seems to be thinking about those kinds of things, but ultimately, it's a manpower issue...

What should we do?

"Here's your tea."

As the conversation settled down, the maid brought in the snacks and tea I had bought.

Well... setting up systems and moving people aren't my job, so I'll leave the thinking to others and enjoy snack time!