Chapter 34: Business Deal! #1

Marie escorted us toward the manor, we could see a beautiful garden decorated the lawn of the manor along the way. A lot of rose-like flowers in different colors have grown and dyed the beautiful garden. 

'Did Alein like this type of flower?'

While I having some thought about the garden, without knowing Marie already escorted us in front of the manor door. She opened the door and invited both of us to enter.

Upon entering the manor, I could see some maid busily doing their job, but most of them just simply a maid, not the combat maid like Marie.

'It seems battle maid is not that common after all..'

After walking for a while, Marie brought us to the gorgeously decorated living room that seemingly, and specially designed to entertain some guest

[You can sit and wait here, I will ask some maid to serve some refreshment and tea for the two of you, as well as notified the young lady about your arrival]

Hearing she want to ask the maid to serve some refreshment, I hurriedly took out a cake and pastries that I bought from Online Shopping skill before. It's a cake that I bought from some famous France pastries chain store on earth.

I prepared the cakes as a gift this morning since I had the plan to visit Alein manor today. 

'The first step to subdue woman is conquered their stomach first after all mweheheh~'

[Ah, Miss Marie I have a gift for Lady Alein. if you didn't mind it you and the other maids could have some of it too. and please just serve this as refreshments for us, I don't want to bring the maids some troubles by making another thing as "Chali" made a lot of it after all~]

I took 20 boxes of high-end pastries and cakes that wrapped in Elegantly beautiful designed carton box. Looking at the package design, somehow it really emphasized that it came from a high-end store.

Marie surprisingly looking at the boxes that suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the table. She gasped after realizing that's what I used to take out of the boxes was Space&time magic, after a while, her eyes shined brightly at the beautiful pastries and cake that slightly visible from the translucent cover part of the boxes.

Before long, She looked at me with a bewilderment expression after that

[It seems young lady is right about you and did you made the beautiful thick paper-like boxes package yourself? and..]

She looks at Chali curiously

[It seems you really have a capable "companion"..]

Chali looked at me confusingly at first, because she never made the pastries and cake from the beginning, but after a moment, she realized that this was just my facade and smiled at Marie

[Ah... It's not that great, I got some of the recipes from mysterious merchants while I am still active as an adventurer in the past~]

[Mysterious merchants? did you mean the elusive merchant that travel between the continents? and "that" only if one really lucky enough to meet them, before you could trade things with them? are you sure it's not from your master?]

'So there is some elusive individual like that and choose to become a merchant? it seems this world really has many types of people. And Marie what do you mean she got it from me?! did she speculated it like that after seeing me using Space&time magic?'

[Miss Marie is really good at joking! hohoho~, there is no way I could know something like cake and pastries recipe you know~ I am just an ordinary adventurer after all~]

[But I saw you cooking really good stuff when the first time we met thought?]

[It'll be better if you stop it there, Miss Marie~ anyway, it seems you didn't like my gift, How about if I change it to something else that more to Lady Alein liking? hehehe~]

[Okay-okay, I will not interrogate you anymore, so stop threatening me! there is no way we don't want that delicious looking thing!]

[I am glad if you really like it~ hohoho~]

[What a small hearted-man! I bet you are still a virgin...]

[Are you sure about that? is it not the other way? hehe~]

After hearing my sharp remarks, She glared at me resentfully before hurriedly called some maids and asked them to take the gift to the special storage. 

'You are the one who being rude to me first after all, so, no delicacy for you there!!'

Somehow I could see Chali looking at the both of us interestingly. 

'Chali, don't be mistaken it as a couple-fight please...'

[Anyway, you both can just wait in this room, I will go and inform the young lady for a while, Excuse me! hmph!]

[Please take your time~]

She snorted cutely and then pouted her mouth before walking off.

'Just wait, I'll spank that voluptuous ass of yours later in the future!' 

After seeing Marie who already left with this thought on my mind, there was only me and Chali waiting leisurely in this room. before long, two maids come and served us some tea and the cakes that I gave them as a gift from before. 

Looking at the beautiful cakes, Chali elegantly took a fork before started eating the cakes and savored them slowly while giving smiling faces from time to time. She continued eating the cake elegantly for a while before asking me something with the half -cake in her small plate

[Master, are you sure it's okay to give this thing as a gift? you know... it's not "ordinary" cake after all...]

Come to think of it, this cake could recover some mana too

[Why should I? it's not me who made the cakes but "you". so it should be Chali problem not mine~ hehehe~]

[Master, you bully~ anyway, it's not like those people who has appraisal skill is common after all. and in some case they ask about it, I could just answer it's the mysterious merchant fault!]

[Did the mysterious merchant really that elusive?]

[Um, it seems they travel between continent to another continent, they are always wearing weird clothes and has some unusual mean of transportation. the common one usually used Giant flying turtle-like monster they tame as a ride. also, they don't have a permanent spot when selling stuff, and they're only selling their goods to some random people that they meet during the journey.

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I met them once when I'm still active as an adventurer and they asked me for some random item that only my tribe has and trade it with the item they had, it seems they don't really have interest in gold~]

[Thats sounds like a collector rather than a merchant, maybe they really love collecting unique things around the continent..]

[I know right?~ I bet they'll become excited and loved to meet Master, after all, master has a lot of unusual things and somewhat....]

[Somewhat?]

[It's nothing~ I just glad that Master decide to buy me, now I can feel my hope became more possible after meeting master!]

[Um~]

I have a hunch that she was really curious about my Absolute Copy skill. She seems really got perplexed after checking her own status this morning, I just told her it's my skill doing and not explained about it more.

After knowing that I could increase her power, somehow, Chali looked at me in a new light.

'it seems her desire to became stronger is really terrifying. She told me she will work hard to make me happy and doing her duty as my woman, she even told me that if I want to build a harem she will help me with all her might, and help me to find more good women! these kinds of mindset are really impossible to find from the women on earth!

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It's somewhat made me realized, the ethics and moral thing that some SJW usually boast about on earth before didn't have any meaning here! the people in this world only think about how to survive and fill their belly for tomorrow, they will use anything to continue living. Being together with a strong and capable man is one of the ways the women in this world to survive.'

'Anyway, its work fine with me this way, why should I care about the rule and justice in my previous world? only weak people who always whining about injustice and shit, looking at my past self that always blames the condition, and trying to hate the world, I realize what kind of trash I really was... come to think of it.. sigh... I really don't want to remember it

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Anyway, all the elite on earth always living as they wish either, they fuck all beauty they wanted and ate any delicious thing they could found. so, in a nutshell, both worlds aren't that different, as expected the world essentially revolves around strength and golds after all~'

'Come to think of it. the thing about Chali hopes somehow bothers me a bit slightly. it seems Chali has her own agenda, and strength is what she needs to achieve whatever goal she has now. if even after saw me defeated and tame Sable didn't make her want to share her burden with me, I can only think her target was much stronger and difficult to deal with than the Iron Blood Wyvern.'

*tap tap tap

Before long, I could hear the sound of a group of people walking together towards here echoed from the hallway beyond the door that brought me back from my trance state.

After the door started to open, I could see Alein and her 3 battle maids, wait, it seems there is one new person among them, she wore a somewhat masculine-designed butler suit and wore thin-rimmed glasses that made her more intelligent. 

She was a tall blonde intellectual beauty. I could see that she has pointy ears.

'It seems she is from the elven race, and her attire really suited her a lot'

After having this thought, I continued to observe them. 

I could see a group of maids following behind them, the maid in front of the group pushing a trolley that had cakes and teapot on it.

I could see Alein, the one leading this group of people, smile charmingly for awhile before covered her mouth with a luxurious fan seductively after seeing me sitting on the couch. 

She wore a beautiful revealing black dress that emphasizes her voluptuous sexy mature body a lot. from the way she was walking toward us, the aura of nobles radiated strongly which somehow made me unconsciously stand up from the seat and bowed my head slightly as a polite gesture.

'what an intense aura, the noble aura she radiated this time couldn't be compared to when I first meeting her. is this how the commoners in the olden days feel after meeting with nobles? sigh... maybe it's what the education gap makes them become like that... I think I should train my mentality more rather than only focussing on my raw strength to be influenced like this by just an aura is kinda.. anyway, I cannot be weak-willed like this forever... this is not the same world as to where I was live before'

As I have this thought in my mind, the maids started to serve the cakes and refreshments for Alein on the table before they left. after a while, Marie and the other two battle maid attended to the trolley and stand like an attendant. Only the blonde intellectual beauty that slightly stood behind Alein and serving her.

[I am sorry to make you wait for long, it can't be helped, after testing the dessert that you bring for me, I can't stop myself to indulge in it for a while, fufufu~

Anyway, you don't have to stand up and greeting me politely like that you know~, so, please have some seat~]

I smiled at her and sat back in my seat, I could see Chali tried to move behind me and act as my slave but I glared at her as a signal to sit beside me. After seeing my eyes, she obediently sat beside me with a steady and mature expression that did not lose to Alein. 

After seeing me sit, Alein sat on the sofa in front of me elegantly. She crossed her legs sexily after sat on the sofa comfortably.

Before long, the tall blonde elven beauty stood beside her like an attendant. For some reason, I could feel her eyes roaming and checking my whole being.

'maybe it's only just my illusion... but still, she is really a butler after all~'

As I had this thought, She continued to observe me as she fixed her glasses elegantly from time to time. Somehow, she reminded me of an intelligent anime character for some reasons...

[fufufu~ I heard it from Marie, it seems you really have a capable "companion", she told me that she was the one that made the cakes and pastries, even tho I'm not convinced if that's really the truth, but I will respect your privacy and just accept it as it is then~]

Chali smiled after being praised and bowed her head slightly and elegantly to Alein in front of her

[Thank you for lady Alein praise, but this humble one still need to learn more~]

[It's good being humble, but you need to have some pride on it too you know~ fufufu~]

[This humble one beholden for the lady's wise advice~]

After hearing Alein softly laugh, Chali smiled and nodded her head as she replied in a reserved manner in approval of her words. After teasing Chali for awhile, Alein started looking at me with a charming smile

[I thought you will come here more later in the future, but it seems you already have some plan in mind before giving me that Lord Class Magic stone. Quite cunning one aren't ya?]

Alein squinted her eyes seductively, but, for some reason, her smile somewhat made me restless.

'did all magicians are all smart like her? anyway lets just smiled at her for now'

After seeing me didn't answer her question and just smile without confirming her speculation, Alein continued her speech

[fufufu~ Anyway it's true that I owe you a favor, so tell me, what is your purpose for coming here?~ did you need my backing for something?]

[iyaa~ya~ It's not that kind of big matter, actually, I just want to invite lady Alein for "Big" business cooperation, I am sure after lady Alein heard my proposal, lady Alein will realize that my proposal will benefit the Federic house a lot, Hence, did Milady interested to hear about the detail?~]

[Hooooohh~]

I tried my best to give her the most sincere smiled I could muster, but, somehow, she isn't the one who answered me. The blonde intelligent beauty looked at me interestingly and smirked charmingly before she answered my question on behalf of Alein

[If this gentleman didn't mind it, May this one heard the detailed business proposal that thou have?~]

She lifts her glasses with one hand like a scheming anime character while looking interestingly at me

[fufufu~ She is the head maids at the same time, my personal butler that oversee all the asset of Federic house even way before I became the head of the house. her name is Elizabeth, so you could discuss it with her if you really have this "Big business" you are talking about~]

Alein looked at me inquiringly after introducing the Blonde intelligent beauty Elizabeth. Let's checked this seemingly smart butler, Elizabeth status

Combat Butler

Job : Master of Fist

Lv 80

HP : 215.800

MP : 73.000

Skill : FistArt Mastery VIII[Rare] Block VIII[Rare] Power Kick III[Rare] Counter Attack V[Uncommon] Rumble IV[Uncommon] Power Punch IV[Uncommon] Martial Art Movement IV[Uncommon] DEF Up large[Uncommon] ATK Boost large[Uncommon] Housekeeping V[Common] Arithmetic V[Common] Etiquette IV[Common]

'It's the same advanced job as Alein! her level even slightly higher than her... gnunu..... sigh... Anyway, all I could do is doing my best! of course, I will save all of your skill on the wooden blocks later heheheh~ it's not good to waste a resource after all!~