Volume 3 Chapter 2 (1/2)

TL note: Sorry for the late upload Like I mentioned in the previous chapter, I’ve been really busy last week and was barely able to write 8k words This chapter also turned out er than I predicted, so that factors in my lateness as well

In other news, names are hard:

Aria⇒Ariya

Even if you become impatient, it can’t be helped

Life isn’t a quiz show So like a host who overuses 2-3 times chance opportunities just because their show has entered the ram, those people don’t exist It’s not like chances themselves are non-existent, it’s just that, to an extent, those are all just bonuses The only trick to obtaining a high score is to pile it up earnestly

This is the same even if your start is soradually gather points while you’re back there For starters, while within a pace where you can , run Walk at the very least Don’t stop if possible, and absolutely never fall down

As long as you don’t fall down, the opportunity to run will arrive

I raised a needle and thread in one hand After threading the piece of string through the needle while using a tool froht back froan to sew

“The first pillar rose in the north The first shadow to cast down on the earth floated up and becaether with the first raindrops to seep into the earth, the second pillar struck down to the right The dust that scattered piled up and becaes······”

As this was a hymn that described the creation of this world and was the national anthe process of this country, it was a practical song that helped people becoe Once I got to the part where the ninth pillar struck down due west and shook the entire world, I stopped singing

“Done” After hts now”

“Eck!? I’m not······”

Although I could hear a panicked voice, sohtened roole table placed between us, and with otheraround us Theforward a bit, barked

“W-What is this!? It hasn’t even been 10 minutes! How sloppily did you do it for you to have finished so quickly!?”

This girl’s naht, which didn’t even reach a single ing off both sides of her head, you could tell that she wasn’t a human but a type of beast race

It was aexpression It’s questionable whether otherworlders, like the Earl and Zia, were even the sa the classifications of this world, her race see teeth······ I’ll be liberally translating it to Saber-Fangs), and if I were to distinguish her by her personality, then she was one of the idiot trio types

Although she seeers that were at least more impressive than the other maids, she wasn’t a match for me

“······Kina The sewing that this guy······this person did, is perfect”

The maid known as shi+yo(she’s a normal human) hesitantly made a fair evaluation Kina pricked up her ears as if she couldn’t believe shi+yo’s words, but once she saw the fabric that I had sewn, Kina became speechless She then hesitantly hid her needlework behind her back

“Wan! This doesn’t count! Because you started singing all of a sudden! That’s why I couldn’t concentrate!”

How cute

“W-W-W-What are you staring at!? Woof! Why did you suddenly start singing!?”

“In order to rhythmically maintain the distance between the stitches”

“······I-Is it possible tothat?”

Is this fellow’s dexterity actually impressive? Even the buttons attached to thewere sewn on crookedly Instead of pointing that out, I reached out and took Kina’s needlework I tailored it while hu around the tiht as rails

“If there’s more to be done, then hand it to me”

“······Woof······”

“Is there no more?”

“T-That’s everything······ for, today Woof······”

Kina uttered and averted her gaze I nodded and gestured towards her

“Then take those clothes off”

“Bark······!? W-What······”

“The buttons are crooked I’ll fasten it properly”

“Y-Y-You don’t have to worry about that!”

Well, it can’t be helped then I didn’t pester her any further with my offer and proceeded to neatly fold the pieces of fabrics A scarlet cat, twelve fingers, a violet swaees with all sorts of crests embroidered onto them

“Nyaah! But don’t think that this is the end! There are uests, then you need to do a lot more!”

I nodded and departed from the room

I placed a broom and dustpan on one side I stood in front of a bookshelf and looked around the entire rooe insect upside down beside the rags After glancing down at the e-like body, I dusted my hands

After finishi+ng my preparations like that, I immediately started to clean Iafter that, I proathered all of the trash into one area, and after transferring the dust and trash froe The wiping, which started immediately after that, ended the instant both sides of every single rag had all been used I gathered all of the used tools into one spot and carried back everything that I had taken outside

“It’s over”

One of the lady type athered her hands in front of her chest

“30 minutes······”

She looked as if she were incredibly impressed Several of the other maids, as if they were displeased by this, barked their complaints

“Wooof! Senior Seri! What’s with that expression! That’s unlike you as once called the E!”

“That’s right! Don’t let that pervert······that mister, who fancies himself as that Whitey’s toy put on airs!”

“Kina, shi+yo, be quiet”

“Yes, ma’am······”

Kina and shi+yo, who had raised their tone a second ago, lowered their heads with sullen looks on their faces Seri, thinking they were hopeless, scratched her cheek before walking towards me

“Thank you for your assistance Although I believe that we’re ”

“Starting fros, then you can also efficiently respond to other things that aren’t ‘so like this’”

“Are you sure that life doesn’t become more complicated because of that?”

I didn’t answer

Seri placed the back of her hand near the edge of her led

“It’s indeed so oneself after As uests scheduled to visit one after the other, it’d be a good idea to be on the side of doing the cleaning thoroughly Did you say your name was Sir Yujin?”

“It’s fine to not attach the sir”

“All right, Sir Yujin” Seri, who had approached slowly, brushedit “Then we’ll be in your care until Sii has recovered”

“Likewise”

I picked up the laundry which had to be hung out to dry in my hands

They had just arrived from the second-floor basement of the central tower The opportunity to reveal what facility is located there will probably arrive one day I’ll just say that it’s a place where you can use as much hot water as you want Before the heated laundry, which had yet to lose its warmth, could cool down, I used them to thaw my hands

“······I see, you’re a pervert”

A maid named Alshi+ muttered She was one of the martial artist type maids that I sahen I first caht, black hair and a small frame She already looked as if she had a layer of skin that was one size too se chest stick out further

I decided to acknowledge the fact that having s could appear weird

“Sorry”

“The weather is cold so I, do understand It’s so I, do often as well after all But at the very least, do it with the larger articles of clothing”

“Okay”

The socks with the socks, the stockings with the stockings, the panties with the panties, and the tops and bottoms with the tops and botto by their types and stacked them up in their own respective piles There were also bed sheets and blankets This laundry had coh it appeared as if there were no uish who the oas, there were probably various distinct characteristics about each article of clothing that only their owners could recognize Except, only Sii’s shabby stockings stuck out like a sore thuo back to Korea

I started to hang the laundry up The drying area on the rooftop of the Star Toas the opti up the bed sheets and blankets first, the tops and bottos, and for last, I hung up the undergarenerator which I had brought back froenerators a countless nuenerator was functioning properly as well However, because of this very generator and also because of the laundry that had been set out to dry, there was a single thing that I orried about

“What happens if it rains?”

The clothes will most likely be fine, but I was more worried about the bed sheets and blankets However, Alshi+ gestured towards a drainage pipe without any concern

“It’s set up so that the rain scatters and, goes in there With the power of, ic”

So it’s a fantasy setting in this part

No, everything has been a fantasy setting since the very beginning······

If there’s no need to be worried about the rain, then the next thing that should be held in concern was the chance of theft, however, that doesn’t feel like soe about the Silver Lion Earl’s resoluteness when it co to acts of thievery should have already spread widely throughout the castle by now and they should also have their own safety measures Above all, this was the rooftop of the Star Tower

After hanging up all of the laundry, I started to gather together the previously hung up laundry, which I had spread out beforehand, and placed thean to fold the an upset expression the entire ti the clothes

Alshi+ atte a face that looked as if she had fallen into a sea of mystery

“How do you, do that?”

I showed it to her

Alshi+ attempted it once more and made a face that appeared as if she had been scammed

“······Really, how do you, do it?”

I gave her a de the shi+rt of a maid uniform down on a flat surface, I traced a horizontal line across the center of the shi+rt and drew another vertical line down fro a sort of cross After that, I pinched the intersection point of the two lines with one hand, grabbed the right shoulder with my other hand, and I then folded the shi+rt doards the bottom point of the vertical line and flipped it

(TL note: Example video)

Alshi+, who had been watching my de before an expression of realization spread across her face

“······So it’s, ic”

That’s not right

It’d be great if these people didn’t depend on a fantastical setting so easily just because they’re in a fantasy world

“Place it down in front of you”

Alshi+ placed the shi+rt down before her I moved and stood behind her

“May I grab your hands?”

“I have, a lover”

“I pray for your happiness together May I grab your hands?”

Alshi+ conceded I grabbed her hands andthe shi+rt a second ago Alshi+’s expression finally changed into that of understanding once I made her fold five shi+rts like that

“Ooooooh······ Thank you, very much!”

Alshi+ spoke while tre in awe I patted her head since her reaction was cute

It seems there were maids who didn’t like that

“Woof! Alshi+! What are you doing!? Isn’t it fatal if a man touches you!?”

“Where’s Ariya in a ti!”

These that jobs were they exactly in charge of for them to be able to follow behind me like this all the time?

“Because of an errand for Miss Sophna, Ariya went to the arena Rather than that, shi+yo, Kina, aren’t you two not, supposed to be here? You don’t, have other jobs?”

I remembered the named Sophna Around the time when I had just arrived in this world and had to write the Silver Lion Earl’s speech, Sophna was a person with the title of ‘Head Vassal’ Yudia h I’ve never actually seen her before

“I-I just came here to meet a family member!”

“That’s riiight! Kina’s relative is a guard, remember?”

And this was the reason why I said that ‘it should be fine to lower my concern a bit since this was the rooftop of the Star Tower’ The Star Toas the headquarters for the guards

Alshi+’s expression contorted The na mentioned, moreover, if you make the assumption that that ‘Ariya’ was Alshi+’s lover, then a conversation about the guards wouldn’t be pleasant to her Although it see, she pricked up her ears instead

“H, aren’t you the one who shouldn’t be here? For someone like you who has a thief as her lover!” Woof!”

“Ah, wait, Kina That’s a bit too much······”

“What is!? Woof! It’s the truth, isn’t it!? Alshi+, if you also⎯⎯⎯upah!”

Kina, who had received a fastball to the face with a ball of laundry, flailed her arlared at Kina with cold eyes and picked up another piece of laundry in order to make another ball

“Grrrrr······ you dare-go-against-meeeee-!?”

Kina’s height increased by 3 tiht Herin order to match her new physique However, only the buttons on her uniforainst the pressure and ended up beconed It took less than 2 seconds for this entire process to finish

I felt like I understood why her race was called ‘Saber-Fangs’ and not just ‘beast race’ Her eye-catchingly large dog ears froe even after her body size had increased On the other hand, her mouth stretched all the way to her ears and the teeth within her ers

Even with Kina, who had transfor before her, Alshi+ didn’t shrink back whatsoever If anything, at the sa the laundry she had in her hand like a pickoff ball, Alshi+ tried to leap forward in order to close the distance between her and Kina

Although I’m not certain, I would have probably been able to witness an aht scene if I just stood here and watched However, instead of doing that, I intercepted the pickoff ball that Alshi+ had tossed and stood between the two maids

“Stop it”

Alshi+ halted Kina got upset

“Woof! Why are you getting in the way!?!“

“Don’t fight As youof the guards Aren’t you ashauards?”

“Uu······”

Kina’s blade-like teeth interlocked shi+yo, aving her ar that she would miss this opportunity if she didn’t intervene as well

“That’s riiight Stop it, Kinaa Alshi+, you too Kina didn’t say all that on purpose, it was just a slip of her tongue”

“······Uuuu”

Kina’s body shrunk down to her original size She stood on her tip toes, raised her ears, and pointed her finger at me

“Woof! You’re really annoying! I’ll definitely unmask you one day!”

“I don’t wear things like masks”

“Shut up! Let’s go, shi+yo!”

“All right, let’s be on our way”

Kina and shi+yo then turned around and walked off The things we had to do on the rooftop of the Star Tohich was now absent of obstructors, were clear

“Now then, let’s fold the rest of the laundry”

I uttered as I picked up the laundry that Alshi+ had tossed and hung it up Alshi+ let out a sigh and gazed at me

“You’re a fool, I see”

“What?”

“For you to have stood in front of a Saber-Fang while they’re in their Troxi(Translating······ ‘Take out?’ ‘Unsheathed?’ I’ll translate it as ‘Unsheathed state’) It’s so that can’t be done, if you’re sane You could have been injured, you know?”

“The very person who had taunted the other individual andlike that to me, that’s a surprise”

“I can, take care of myself However, you’re weak”

“I’ht I hate it after all” I spoke “That’s why, if possible, I want to stop the fights that I can stop”

Alshi+ stared at ed

“······You really are, an idiot”

“I’m not particularly dimwitted”

“No, you’re an, idiot” After declaring that as if she were nailing her statement down, Alshi+ crouched down once more and started to fold the clothes “Idiot”

I didn’t make any more rebuttals and went to help her out instead

It wasn’t long before our task was coazed up at me

“So, idiot Did you, eat yet?”

“I was planning to now”

I answered

Withpan that had finished heating up

I placed thesure that the skin part of thethe surface I slowlypan in order to prevent the ely shook the frying pan once and flipped the pieces of olden color became exposed while the pink undercooked side went underneath

When the grease fro sound while also letting off a white steaetables and the juices froether and evaporated, a pleasant aro pan A wave of heat brushed passed my face every tiue taste on the end of ue, I stopped the heat, let out a breath, and pushed the contents of the pan onto a plate

“Stir-fried bunny beef with garlic and cabbage is complete”

Forks immediately carpet bombed the plate Each fork, with a piece of meat impaled onto them, went into the mouths of their respective owners

“······It’s tastier than what Raya makes”

The first person to evaluate the food while placing her hand against herlilies type, she was the maid as more on the passive side As expected, Raya, as the other co-existing lilies type but with a s were hurt

“Aresa······! Are you saying that seriously?”

“······Ah, sorry······ But it’s the truth Have a bite”

Aresa picked up another piece of h Raya raised her eyes, she soon placed her hand against her mouth like Aresa did

“It’s tastier than what I make”

“Overall,” I spoke while cleaning the frying pan with a sponge insect “Raya, you don’t h The meat won’t cook well In order to cover that, you er The taste becomes clouded In order to cover that, you add more condiments The taste beco ti”

The sponge insect squirainst one another Raya thought about what I told her for aher head

“Then do I just have to cut the meat a lot?”

“That’s the first reason To be more precise, you need to touch up the meat more After that, keep the flame weak”

“Touch it up more, keep the flames weak······ don’t put in water, use an adequate a, mm······”

“Getting accusto is so that’ll happen as you continue to cook For starters, handling the ingredients and controlling the intensity of the fire, as long as you’re able tostir-fried food”

“Mm······”

Raya fell into deep thought It seeot upset

“Woof! Why are you just taking it in! Grrr! Raya, you, che, don’t you have any pride, no!?”

“That’s right, that’s right! Even when Miss Abria came to visit, o you ulp That mister made went out instead!? Doesn’t that ruin, nyamnyam, your priiide!?”

“······Uh to say that, then you can at least do so after having sed your food······ although I feel sorry to be the one to say this······”

“But it’s tasty!”

“Raya! You definitely have to make your food like this next tiiime!”

“Can you not shout at Aresa?”

“Uuu······”

The maids, who had raised their voices, folded their arh and turned to me

“I should thank you for your advice I understand well that you aren’t someone who only kno to flap his lips Of course, in the first place, I should have blanity······”

Raya’s gaze dropped to the side as she spoke As the person who had talked down on her food when Abria Mikatni was visiting, I could only shrug my shoulders in response

“The fact that you’re able to reflect on your actionsDon’t worry about it too much”

“How old are you?”

“I’ll be 19 this year It should be similar in this world’s standards as well”

“I’m 21”

Should I reply that e? No, there’s a chance that she’ll just hear it as o, then, even if I don’t tell her, she’s most likely already aware of this

I should shi+ft the conversation by co her

“So you have a young face I thought that you were younger than me”

“No matter how ”

“It’s not lip service Your skin is clean and your hair is smooth”

Although Raya didn’t respond, she didn’t blush either She merely pulled back her shoulders as if she were uncoh every female in this world wasn’t as difficult as the Silver Lion Earl, they weren’t as easy as Sii and Kina either

Of course, that’s different according to how you compliment them

“It must be nice for Aresa to have someone like you so close to her”

Raya twitched Aresa let out a breath

“······ Yup, not particularly She’s really violent when she’s moody after all”

“A-Aresa!”

“······Ah, sorry But it’s the truth······”

Both Aresa and Raya lowered their heads with flustered expressions on their faces Even while like that, the two approached one another and grabbed the other’s hand Their action was natural and didn’t have any superfluousness to it Raya, who had turned to look back at ns of discomfort in her eyes

“Tsk If it’s like this, then I’ll have to keep leaving the cooking for the reception of guests to you But don’t get too elated about this I’ll make sure to take in all of your tips in no time”

“All right Next time, I’ll teach you how to bake snacks”

“Thanks”

Raya made an embarrassed smile

Like so, as I continued to do Sii’s tasks in her stead, night had soon arrived I spoke with my head lowered while in the Silver Lion Earl’s office

“⎯⎯⎯That’s everything that happened today Earl, if I acted out of place or did soly”

It was a routine report After I declared that I belonged to the Silver Lion Earl, I planned to repeat this procedure every night After giving a report on the things that happened during that day, the decisions I made on that day, and the reason behind those respective decisions, I asked the Earl for her judgs that were going to happen, the decisions I’ll bethose times, and the reason behind those respective decisions After doing that, I would then ask for her permission to do them

I won’t do sonity

If I did or if I had to do it, then I would explain it to her beforehand and apologize

The fact that I’m the Silver Lion Earl’s possession, I ascertained this fact every day

There was only one thing that I excluded fro an apology from her

The Silver Lion Earl whistled

“Ah hah ha Hone out of bounds or wrong Albeit it’s still weird that a squire is doing the tasks of a maid”

I wordlessly keptrelated to Sii would upset the Silver Lion Earl

It seeainst her hand, the Silver Lion Earl didn’t say anythingelse

“By your report, it see you around How about it, Mr Yujin⎯⎯⎯should I call her here and lecture her a bit?”

“It’s fine”

“Hmm, it’s okay to accept my offer, you know? The fact that there are felloho don’t recognize the people that are above and below theh Hunters are able to ”

“Sorry I don’t watch Infinite Challenge”

“You, are you even a Korean?”

It’s troubling if I hear that from an otherworlder

“Lately, it hasn’t been a progra doesn’t exist”

“He, they aren’t infinite when it coe, huh? This is what they call a contradicting irony in Korea, right?”

Zia was like this as well, but these two really say soap bethen Ahyeon was here and when I had arrived I’ve been diligently updating the

In any case, I succeeded in changing the topic The Silver Lion Earl waved her hand

“Stand properly, Mr Yujin”

I stood The Silver Lion Earl gestured forher toes and then pulled rance that felt as ifinto a deep chasm

“Good boy, good boy, Mr Yujin If you keep being well-behaved like this, then I’ll dote on you I’ll dote on you lots and lots I’ll ness, you know? Ah hah hah ha”

The Silver Lion Earl⎯⎯⎯was patting ot down on one knee in order to make it easier for her to stroke s before passing me a file

“Now then, Mr Yujin This is your work for today”

The City of Confinement

The settled population was approxie number of the unsettled population was approxihly 7 square kilometers The key industries of this city were the industrial industry, theindustry

This wasn’t a major city

The fact that a city of this size wasn’t considered a ‘lance looked as if it were still in the Middle Ages, meant that, besides the fact that this world’s productive capacity was being supported by ic, the world was simply that advanced People who starved to death existed and infectious diseases occasionally went around, but those things weren’t dire The ‘Union of Agriculture’, ‘Council of Crafts their jobs properly and they continued to openly prove that they were veteran factions even a the 12 Factions of the World The reason why the City of Confineed by the Silver Lion Earl, was considered nothing more than a medium-sized toas understandable

However, just because the size of the city was ss to hschool, which had a little over 400 enrolled students, incidents occurred nearly every day Hoping for nothing to happen in this city that has to shoulder every activity done by around 25,000 hu from when they leave their beds and until they return to their beds at night, would be excessively greedy