CH 63

TL: Quick heads up before the chapter from now on, the characters will have their names / sentences colored. Mainly when it comes to the Princess “Alice” and the Childhood friend “Alicia” which are very easy to get confused by.

Green: Alicia (Childhood friend)

Red: Alice (Princess)

If you want Elt, Serena, Marie and other characters to have their own color aswell, please comment.

PS: Shotout to laharl8080 for suggesting this!

「Whew, I’m full. I can’t eat anymore.」

Russell-san walked out of the store rubbing his stomach.

After getting the Ethereal Carriage, we went to a diner and had lunch.

「Thank you for treating me.」

「No, it’s fine. It’s my duty to buy drinks for my juniors.」

Perhaps it was because I had spent so much money, but Russell-san paid for the meal.

I repeatedly told him I would pay, but he stubbornly refused to listen. So I felt sorry for him, but I took advantage of him.

「But Elt, I suddenly feel sleepy after I ate.」

He had been accompanying me since the end of the night shift, but it seemed he had reached his limit.

「Thank you for taking me this far. I can do the rest by myself, so I’m fine.」

There was one more problem that I really needed to solve before going to the Lost Forest. But since we talked about it beforehand, I’m ready for it, so I think I can handle it alone.

「Is that so? Well then, I guess I’ll be going bakc to the dormitories ahead of you.」

Russell-san waved his hand and spun his body around to return to the castle.

「Well, I’d better get going too.」

I turned my back to Russell-san and started walking in the opposite direction.

「I’m sorry, is this the right real estate agency that manages properties in the capital?」

As I entered the building, I called out to the woman at the reception desk.

「Yes. We specialize in large properties. Do you have a letter of introduction from someone?」

「Here you go.」

I asked Alice to prepare a letter of introduction for me and handed it to the woman at the reception desk.

「I’ll take a look.」

The woman who received the letter…….

「O, one moment, please!」

She hurriedly went into the back.

「I’m Miralgo, the manager. I’ve been asked to introduce myself by the Prime Minister.」

I had just asked Alice to do it, but it seems that the Prime Minister had written a letter of introduction.

「I’m Elt. I look forward to working with you.」

「Well, what can I do for you today, Elt-sama?」

Since it was a letter of introduction from the Prime Minister of this country, he was very polite.

「I’d like to rent a spacious place in a place where there’s as little traffic as possible…….」

So, to my relief, I told Mr. Miralgo what I wanted.

「I see, I have checked the contents of the letter of introduction and I have offered Elt-sama the utmost convenience. Would you be willing to buy my mansion which is located in the noble quarter?」

I appreciate your words, but a nobleman’s mansion is a bit inappropriate for my purpose.

「No, I haven’t decided if I will stay in this country for a long time. A building that can be rented on a temporary basis will suffice.」

As I shook my head, Miralgo-san started flipping through the files. I guess he was picking up properties that fit my criteria.

「If you do not want a place with a lot of traffic, then it’s definitely not going to be in the aristocracy and commercial districts. And yet, you want to come with a certain amount of space….. How about here?」

He took out a piece of paper and held it out to me.

It’s a two-story building, but there’s a lot of space on the first floor.

「This is the building where we used to run the inn until last year. It was run by an elderly couple, but they decided to retire due to lack of successors, so we’re managing it now.」

The large space on the first floor seems to be the dining room space. The first floor seems to be a dining room, and the second floor has rooms for lodging, so it meets my requirements to a certain extent.

「What about the security of this place?」

「It’s in a quiet area, but there is a police station nearby. There are many adventurers who come and go, but it’s not that bad.」

After hearing Miralgo’s words, I consider what to do.

It seems to me that there is no problem at all, since it meets all my requirements. However, there are some inconveniences with this kind of property that you can’t tell just by hearing about it. So…….

「Could you show me the place once?」

「I understand. I’ll show you.」

I decided to make a contract after actually seeing the property.

TL: Another note, which is unrelated to the novel, but I almost succumbed to the warmth of the bed and I almost forgot to translate some chapters for today. Damn.