Chapter 67 Im Going to Try to be Proactive (1/2)

When I came back to the mansion, it seems that Lilia-san was calling me, so I went towards her office.

When I opened the door and entered, Lilia-san turned towards me with a mysterious look on her face.

[Welcome back, Kaito-san.]

[Yes. I have returned.]

[……So, who is it now?]

[……Unn?]

Looking at me with a worried expression on her face, Lilia-san asked me while her hands were slightly trembling, but I didn’t immediately understand what she meant, so I tilted my head.

[……Who on earth did you get to know this time? The World King-sama? God of Fate-sama? If there’s anything I need to know, please tell me now!!!]

[……………….]

This is… How should I say this… It seems like I’ve really pushed Lilia-san to the corner.

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She already has tears in her eyes…… No, I’m really sorry.

I feel guilty that I’ve met some really outrageous people in rapid succession, and I’m really giving Lilia-san a lot of troubles, so I tell her about Alice, who I just met today.

After intently listening about what happened when I met Alice for a while, Lilia-san pats her chest, as if she really felt relieved.

[……Thank goodness. It’s someone I don’t know.]

[S- Somehow, I’m sorry.]

[N- No, I should be sorry instead for being oversensitive.]

Unnn. I’ll try to report to her even the smallest details more properly from now on.

While thinking about this, I turned my gaze to Lilia-san’s desk and found many documents on it.

It doesn’t seem like they were letters, as although I can only see it from a distance, it looks like they’re accounting-related documents, as there were numbers lined up in rows.

[Kaito-san? What’s the matter?]

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[Ah, no, it’s just that this is the first time I’ve seen Lilia-san working……]

[Ahh, I see…… I may be inexperienced, but I’m still in charge of many people’s lives. Also, simply because of my personality, I don’t feel comfortable leaving everything to others, so I try to do the work I can do myself.]

To be honest, until I met Lilia-san, my image of nobles was that they were always self-important and arrogant, but I’ve realized since coming to this world that it was just my prejudice.

Especially Lilia-san, who doesn’t look like a noble in a good way, but even though she’s only one year older than me, she’s a splendid person that I wholeheartedly respect.

It seems that there are no important confidential documents among them, so since it’s safe for me to look at them, I look at the documents that Lilia-san is dealing with from a little distance away from her.

The fact that there are lots of numbers lined up must mean that they’re accounting-related, perhaps, she’s calculating the expenses and incomes.

Is it because the currency they use is different? It’s not the same shape as the one I know, but it serves the same purpose…… but I think the one Lilia-san is holding is this world’s abacus.

As I watched the scene in front of me for a while, a question popped into my head. I wondered if there are any calculators in this world or something like that……

No, it’s not like I’m saying that calculators are better than abacus in every way. After all, if one is skilled in using abacus, they will be able to perform calculations at a terrifying speed.

However, that’s only for a small percentage of people…… In fact, Lilia-san has been looking at the documents over and over again, calculating each time while slowly moving the abacus.

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I think that with her pace, she will take lots of time to finish calculating everything.

I’ve put Lilia-san through lots of trouble already. I’d like to help if I could, but unfortunately, I only learned about using abacus a few times in elementary school, and I’m not particularly good at math.

If I try to help with my incapability, I would just end up being a hindrance.

But if I had a calculator here, I might be able to help Lilia-san with her work, and even if she didn’t allow me to help, it would certainly be able to improve her work speed.

But unfortunately, I don’t have a calculator at hand at the moment. To be precise, I had a pocket-sized calculator in my backpack when I came to this world but…… The calculator is a mechanical technology of our world, and right now, it’s in the custody of the Goddess of Law.

Normally, I would have stopped there, but a thought came to my mind.

There were convenient items here called magic tools, supporting the livelihood of the residents of this world, and some of them even have capabilities far beyond the mechanical technology of my previous world.

There are magic tools that act similar with a lighter, and there’s also a magic tool that functions like an air conditioner. That’s when I wondered if there was a magic tool that could perform calculations like a calculator, and even if there wasn’t one, I will just have it made.

However, I’m still a novice when it comes to this world, so I don’t know if there is such a magic tool or if it’s really possible to make it based on what I’m thinking.

Hmmm. I guess the best way to find out is to ask the creator of magic tools, Kuro, who is the most reliable source of information when it comes to magic.

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With that in mind, I leave the room so as not to disturb Lilia-san any further, and as I walk down the corridor to my room, I put together in my mind what I’m going to ask Kuro the next time she comes to visit.

Dear Mom, Dad—— I want to make Lilia-san, who I’ve caused lots of troubles, to somehow have an easier time in her work. That’s why, even for a little bit—– I’m going to try to be proactive.

Isis’s castle, which was wrapped in ice. In one of the rooms, the World King, Lillywood Yggdrasil, had a very tired expression on her face.

In contrast to Lillywood who really looks like she’s mentally fatigued, Isis, the lord of this castle, is in a very good mood as she stared at the bundle of packaged books.

[……Lillywood…… Thank you….. Thanks to you…… I’ve decided…… on which books I’m going to give to Kaito.]

“……That’s good. No, seriously, with that, the world’s economy remains in balance……”

She desperately persuaded Isis, who was about to give him books of tremendous value, such as grimoires with ancient magic written on it and forbidden books with the methods to make secret medicines, to pick and choose the safest ones from her collection of over 10 million books. It was a really tough and long process, and thanks to that, Lillywood was completely exhausted.

[Sorry to bother you, Isis.]

[……Kuromueina…… Welcome.]

[I made a new type of baby castellas, so I’m here to share…… Arehh? You’re also here, Lillywood?]

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“……Kuromueina. If possible, I wish you had come a little earlier.”

[Eh?]

As if she appeared exactly at the moment…… As if she appeared right at the moment when they’ve just finished selecting the books, Kuromueina appears and seeing her arrival, Lillywood mutters as her shoulders slumped down.

Seeing Lillywood like that, Kuromueina tilted her head before turning towards Isis…… and tilted her head again.

[Arehh? Isis, you’re in a great mood. What’s up?]

[……I made…… a human…… friend.]

[Eh? Seriously!?]

“Yes, I was skeptical too, but in fact, Isis went to visit this person the other day, and she’s been in a good mood ever since.”