58-Chapter 3-13 Large catch

I'm in the heart of the slums now. The date should be changing by now. I'm on the roof of a building, though, when I say the center.

It's not only because of the fact that it's a request from the Marquis, but also because I couldn't stand the fact that I had just met a woman in the same room. I'm not a homos*xual by any means. It's just that I've never slept in a room with a woman (excluding family members), including in a previous life.

That's why I left the room early and spent time in the slums. Oh, I'm doing my job properly.

But I think I've had a valuable experience getting here, I think.

When I was about to leave the room before I came here, I noticed a few strange men watching outside, besides the Marquis Child Knight, there were a few strangers watching me.

So I left Slarin and headed for the slums.

Currently, Slarin is resting in my bag, and I'm disguised in a black, raggedy outfit that coordinates my entire body and covers my face with what looks like an equally black turban, so that at first glance it's not recognizable as me (Temma). Jeanne and Aura are sleeping in the room, so Shiroumaru and Solomon are waiting in the room just in case... but this outfit is not easy! I occasionally use magic to cool my body temperature, but I still can't wipe away the sweat I've broken, I can't wait to get it over with and take a bath.

In the meantime, I decided to use my search to try to find Gary's whereabouts. Fortunately, I'm acquainted with Gary, so if I remind myself of him, he'll catch me in the search.

Surprisingly, Gary was right around the corner....or rather, in the building I'm in now.

It feels a little anticlimactic, but I remind myself that it's good to get the job done quickly, and I decide to do some reconnaissance of the interior.

This building is four stories high, and the exterior is so battered that it would probably collapse if a big earthquake hit. And so on. The first thing I did was to search the interior and found that there were four people near the entrance of the first floor and two on the stairs, the second floor had three people on the stairs and two in the corridor, the third floor had Gary and three others in the room with Gary and three in the corridor, and the fourth floor had two people in the corridor and three in the room directly below, for a total of twenty-two people plus Gary.

There would also be me and the Marquis' guards in addition to this, so there would be about thirty or so people in total.

For now, we decided to start acting.

First of all, just like when we left the room, I had Slarin swallow it and break into the room directly below us.

When I broke into the room to investigate the situation, I found that it seemed to be the bosses of the kidnappers and the three of them were having a drink.

So I took only my arm out of Slarin's and put a ward around this room so that no sound could leak out, and then

"Stan,

He intensified his lightning magic on the three of them, making them unable to move. So I walked out of the Slarin and wrapped the three of them in a rope. After that, I put them in my dimension bag and went back inside the slarin'.

Next, I broke into Gary's room and welded him the same way, then matched the first three with the same eyes.

Gary was bound with a rope and gagged, but as soon as he saw me, he looked like he was going to say something to Moga Moga, so I shifted the gag and

I'm in this mess because of you! What are you going to do about it!

I started to make a fuss about it, so I got Gary to be as mature as the kidnappers were with Stan.

Once that happened, the rest was easy. If he left the room with impunity, before the other kidnappers could make a scene, he could neutralize them with stun, tie them up, leave them alone, neutralize them with another stun, and so on and so forth, the kidnapping case was almost solved in less than an hour.

It's a very good idea to have a good time with them, but it's also a good idea to have a good time with them. If it's the other party, it's considered a legitimate act, so it's a loss if I don't bring it back with me.

On the way back, I captured the people who were watching my room and the people who were watching the marquis and knights near the guild, packed them in my bag and entered the guild.

''Marquis-sama, it's over.

As soon as I walked in, I announced this to the Marquis at the opening and took Gary out of the bag.

Gary was still unconscious, but I gave it to him as it was, thinking that he would wake up naturally in time.

'Oh, oh, Lord Temma thank you. Despite all the trouble I've caused you so far, I'm so grateful to you for rescuing Gary.

Even though he is such a stupid son, he must be an important son to the Marquis, I suddenly remembered something.

''Speaking of which, what's the reward this time?''

It's something we originally had to discuss first, but this time there was so much going on (mainly because of Jeanne and the others) that I'd forgotten all about it. Well, if they were ditched, I don't want to hand over the kidnappers and decide to release them somewhere else... I'm even willing to help them indirectly if they want to go after Gary again.

''About that, including the reward and all sorts of wretchedness, I will give you half a million Gs of the ransom we've scraped together and a metal plate with the Marquis de Samons' coat of arms on it. Although not as much as the Sanga dukes, my family is also a high noble family with a certain amount of power. If you have it, it could be of some use to you.

Apparently, I had licked the Marquis a bit. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time in the city, but I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time in the city, and I'm sure you'll be able to make the most out of your time in the city. If that happens, it might interfere with the adventurer family business in the future.

Perhaps that's what he's thinking about. What's more, if you have a connection with me here, you can have the presence of the dragon (Solomon) on your side if something goes wrong.

Whether you're thinking that far ahead or not, you should take this reward. However.

Thank you for your generous reward. Let's let bygones be bygones. However, if your son continues to target Solomon or lay a hand on my people, we will do something about it.

I'll make sure to nail it down.

The Marquis seemed to understand the meaning of my words properly, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

''Oh, yes. I almost forgot.''

I acted somewhat exaggeratedly and took all the kidnappers out of the bag. There were thirty-one of them, and in the end there were four for me and five for the Marquis who were on guard.

As expected, they didn't expect to take this many kidnappers alive, and the Marquis and the knights, as well as the remaining guild officials, rolled their eyes in an amused manner.

''I'll leave the punishment of these guys to you. In the meantime, I think I've caught all the kidnappers, but maybe there were a few companions that I couldn't keep track of.

With that said, I pulled up to my room, leaving the surprised marquises behind.

Is it selfish of me to think that........

I decided to take a bath outside first. I really wanted to take a bath, but I held back because I felt like if I went in now, I wouldn't have time to sleep.

The said Shiroumaru was warming up my bed. Well, he didn't retreat from the futon when I tried to sleep, though!

For now, Shiroumaru dismissed them with all his strength and decided to go to sleep.

When he woke up in the morning, Jeanne and Aura were already up, Aura was in the kitchen and Jeanne was sitting on her bed.

'Good morning. Lady Temma.

...Good morning.

Aside from Aura, I don't know if Jeanne was still not fully awake or if she didn't recognize me as her Lord (probably both), but it was a bit of a blunt greeting.

Aura seemed to be feeling much better and was in the kitchen making breakfast.

'Breakfast will be ready soon, please wait at the table.

Aura encouraged me to take a seat at the table, but I forgot the most important thing.

'Good morning, both of you,'

In response to my greeting, they both came back with the words (the former was Aura and the latter Jeanne), "Good morning, hmm.

'Here you are,'

Saying that, Aura served leftover stew, a potage seasoned with grated potatoes and consome-style soup, and a salad on lightly seared bread.

But the amount on the table was, by all accounts, only enough for one person. I asked Aura about that.

A slave cannot share a meal with his master.

It was a matter of time. I didn't want to eat alone with Aura standing behind me, so I had initially asked her to eat as I did, but she stubbornly refused, so I finally ordered her to eat her meal at the same table at the same time as possible, since it was a waste of time and I'm not a nobleman.

After going that far, Aura finally broke it off, so we waited a little while and then the three of us decided to eat together.

While they were eating, I noticed that they only had the same dirty clothes they had yesterday.

Therefore, we decided to go shopping for their clothes and other necessities, but unfortunately I had no idea where to find women's items in Seigen.

So I decided to prepare a powerful helper. That would be Amy! ........or rather, the closest thing to an acquaintance of a woman (or girl) in this town was Amy.......

When I went to Amy to ask her about it.

'I understand. I'll show you some of the cheapest and best quality places I know of!

He was tense. However, Amy had an unusual guest.......Leena and Menace.

When I asked them why they were there, Leena said that they were off adventuring today, so they came to love Iee-chan and Shi-chan, and Menace was their good luck charm.

Leena was angry at Menace's words, but she said that Leena is a natural, so she tries to go out with them as much as possible... an answer that seemed to make sense.

Anyway, I heard they were going to follow me, so we were going to go to the restaurant Amy recommended.

Temma you're not gonna go looking for your children's underwear with them, are you?

I was told by Menas that I had to decline, so I just paid and declined........By the way, they took 50,000 G for the money, including food for the five of us.......I honestly don't know the price of women's clothes, etc., but it was clearly too much I think it's too much.

Women cost more money than men!

And Menace pushed me to give it to him honestly. However, since I suddenly had some time on my hands, I decided to make a trip to the dungeon's secret base to start making armor.

The first thing I'll start on is the armor. I used mithril, a silver ingot and anaconda leather as materials. First of all, I cut out the anaconda leather, large enough to cover my hand to my elbow, and make a shape.

The hand part is shaped like a half-fingered glove, and the size of the hand is tentatively sewn. Adjust the size of the hand to be a little tight and sew it together. I sewed a layer of stitches on the outer part of the arm, and then I put the back of the hand on that part.

For the metal part, I made it small enough for me to use easily, and shaved off the decorative part. I plan to use mithril to make the wrist part look like wedgemail.

I've made a prototype of the actual shape I'm planning to use before with iron. It's possible to use that one as well, but the size is smaller than my arm, so it needs to be reworked.

Originally, I was planning to cast down Mithril's body after I finished making it, but I'm going to hold off on this one because it might fit Jeanne and Aura's size.

The back of the hand is protected by mithril up to the base of the fingers to make it easier to move the fingers, and the arm part is made by combining several parts.

Since we didn't get to work on one arm's worth of parts today, we decided to stop for a moment and devote what little time we had left to foraging for silver.

After about 30 minutes of collecting, I got about 2kg of silver, so I decided to harden it into an ingot and store it in my bag, and I'll think about what I'll use it for sooner or later.　

When I went outside, lunch had long since passed, and it was now about 3:00 p.m. Jeanne and the others were returning by now, so I headed to my room to find Aimee and Leena waiting for me outside.

They seemed to be waiting for me to come back, and their faces were grinning.

'Temma-san, I'm coming in~!

The door to the room opened at the sound of Leena's slightly slurred voice.

With Amy pushing me back, I walked in and there it was....

Who are you?

The beautiful girl you don't know........but Jeanne and Aura, who have become so beautiful that they look stunning.......By the way, my statement was elbowed into my side by Aimee as a sanction.

That's how beautiful they both were..............I had heard that women can be changed, but I never said it.

Both of them had cleaned their hair, which had been rough and lightly trimmed, and Jeanne's beautiful white hair, which was midway down her back, was tied back and fastened with a barrette that looked like a flowery, square cameo. She was dressed in a pale light blue dress with a skirt that was just below the knee in the front, but was up to her calves in the back. A white shawl was draped over her shoulders and was fastened at her chest.

Aura's hair was of a dark blonde hair color and short hair, but the first thing that caught my attention was

Maidservant?

That's the outfit. It's not the kind of thing you see in cosplay (I don't know if there is such a thing in this world), it's a classic-looking maid's outfit... well, it's got a frill on the apron and such, but... ...

Don't I look good?

Aura asks me that, but she's obviously used to wearing it.

'No, it looks good on you, but I could have gotten you some everyday clothes instead of work clothes...'

At my muttering, Aura said.

This is my normal wear!　

And he was so proud of his chest.......about a D?

Sir?

Amy's words caused my consciousness, which had almost stopped for a moment, to reactivate. Everyone didn't seem to notice my gaze... no, Menace seemed to notice. He makes a gesture with his hand to encourage me to drink... okay, I'll buy you a drink next time in exchange for hush money.

I finish my negotiations with eye contact, and then Amy's horrified.

So, the money you gave me........I'm sorry! I've used them all!

Amy puts her hands together in front of her face and apologizes to me. But that was to be expected, so I told her not to worry about it.

Mr. Menace and his friends did some shopping too, so we came up a little short.

He spilled out the unheard-of thing in a plop, perhaps in relief that he wasn't pissed at me.

'What did you just say?'

The words were going to Amy, but her body and eyes were on Leena and Menace.

I turned my eyes to the two of them as they tried to escape through the window.

Let's wait and see...

I instantly grabbed her by the back collar and pulled her to me. As I made them both sit upright, Amy spontaneously tried to sit upright as well, so I stopped her and handed her the snacks I had in my bag and sent her home.

'Well you two let's hear if you have any excuses...'

At my words, Leena raised her hand and said, "Okay.

Mr. Menace instigated it!

And I sold my mate (Menace) as fast as I could. Naturally, Menace started to panic and tried to block Leena's mouth.

He said it was a waste of time to have an extra one, since it was Temma's treat anyway!

And I was like, it's not my fault, so I looked at Menace.

...you know, there's such a thing as a flea market...

So I was going to have him go numb for a while.

As I watched them, Leena was casually heading for the door, so I asked her to do the same with Menace.

The two numbed men were in the way, so I decided to have Shiroumaru hold a note with the requirements on it and ask him to find Jin and the others and take them in.

Leaving those two alone, I decided to talk to Jeanne and the others about what to do in the future.

The bottom line is that I'm going to dive into the dungeon, so can I fight? That's what I mean.

The answer to that is.

I can use light, fire, water, and earth magic, and I can use swords and a few maces for weapons.

''I'm a fire and water demon, plus sword, spear, bow and minimal martial arts.

The former is Jeanne and the latter is Aura. I know that Jeanne can use magic because I saw it the first time I met her, but I was surprised to see that Aura can use it too. But from what I've heard, the two of them don't have many types of magic, and while they can use simple recovery magic, they haven't had a chance to learn any highly effective magic or magic to recover from abnormalities.

Name...Jeanne.

Age...14

Race... human race.

Titles: cursed girl (saint), former baroness, slave

HP...1500.

MP...7000

Muscle strength...E+.

Defense...D

Speed...D+.

Magic...

Mental capacity...C+.

Growth Potential...A+

Luck...E+.

Skills....4 light magic, 3 water magic, 3 patience, 3 abnormal effect resistance, 2 fire magic, 2 earth magic, 2 life force augmentation, 2 resilience augmentation, 2 sword arts, 2 stick arts, 2 magic augmentation, 2 growth augmentation.

Blessing...blessing of the goddess of love, blessing of the goddess of earth, blessing of the goddess of life

Her name... is Aura.

Age...16

Race... human race.

Titles... maid and slave.

HP... 3000.

MP... 5000.

Muscle strength...D+.

Defensive Power...D+

Speed...C+

Magical power...C+.

Mental capacity... b-.

Growth Potential...A

Luck... b-.

Skills....cooking 8, patience 5, archery 3, swordsmanship 3, spearmanship 3, martial arts 2, fire magic 2, water magic 2.

Their ability level is not bad. But it's not good either. Whether or not they will grow from here on out, but what I am concerned about is Jeanne's cursed child (saint). I wonder why she, who has three goddess blessings, has a title such as cursed child.

It's times like these that I wish the gods would advise me....

For now, let's just let them do some things starting tomorrow.

Before that, we need to get our equipment in order, but I don't think this will be a problem if we buy all of this before we go to the dungeon tomorrow... Since we're going to use it for practice anyway, we'll choose something with minimal performance.

When I told them that, the two of them tensed up on their faces, but...

'Well, it should be fine. We'll just practice tomorrow where there are no demons.

He seemed to relax a lot when I told him to rest assured that I would be there to protect him if anything happened.

Then I tried to get ready for an early dinner.

That's what a maid does!

The food that came out was pretty good.

After dinner, I wanted to take a bath today, as I wanted to take a quicksilver, so I took the carriage out of the room and put the barrel in the carriage and filled it with hot water.

I tiled the boards and made a drain in the area where I put the barrel, so I don't think the floorboards will rot.　

I ordered Jeanne and the others to go in first, showed them how to use it and handed them soap and towels... of course I wouldn't try to peek in! ........I was just being careless in underestimating the woman's bathing......too long......it took me over an hour and a half to get my turn at leisure! ........but the bath was nice........

Since I plan to go to the dungeon early tomorrow, I decided to go to bed much earlier than usual.　

By the way, I prepared another bed of the same size today, so I won't be sleeping on the floor, and I made a simple partition between the two beds (with a rope on top and a cloth as a curtain), so it will be less of a mental burden.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in white space again.

''Here we go again...''

For the third time, I wondered who was coming this time, and when I got to my hands to wake myself up....

Anh!

I heard a lusty voice along with a soft, elastic response that was funny and resilient.

'Wow!'

Surprised, I let go of my hand and found the goddess of love lying there.

''Temma-chan you're so bold....''

He tried to hug me while saying that, so I tried to hug the goddess, and I put my eyes over her head.

Ta-da!

I gave her a light chop.

The goddess said something like, ah-ha, but it didn't look like that at all.

Anyway, I asked her what the requirements were.

You know, that little Jeanne, the curse is easy to break.

And that's the thing. In the first place, Jeanne's curse seems to have the effect of stunting her own growth and lowering the luck of those around her, and although Jeanne was born with the curse, she also had the title of a saint, so it seems that she was less affected by it.

''What's the method?''

The goddess grinned at my question.

That means ... making you drink Temma-chan's bodily fluids!

And you sounded like you were expecting something.

So, you're saying that blood works too?

I said, looking rather boring.

That's right ... it's boring!

I was puffed up. But when I asked him why it had such an effect on my bodily fluids.

That's because Temma-chan is blessed with multiple gods, and she and Jeanne are close in age and different in gender.

That's the reason, apparently. The point is that curses have negative characteristics and divine blessings have positive characteristics.

Therefore, it is said that you can neutralize the negative characteristics by giving the opposite of the curse.

However, there are a few conditions. That is, the s*x of the body must be different from the one being cursed, the age must be close (roughly ±5 years old is the most effective), and the person giving the body fluid must have more than one divine blessing.

Furthermore, the curse can't be erased once, so it is necessary to give bodily fluids many times.

It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what the curse is, it seems to be caused by the stagnation of magic in this world.　

I've heard that this time, they've forcibly connected it to my dream, so I decided to ask one last question, since this space will only last a few minutes more.

'How often have you been connecting this space lately?'

The goddess laughed as she asked

'I've been rubbing the creation gods to the brink of death and forcing them to connect!

After that, for some reason, I ended up being held by the goddess of love until this space disappeared.