Chapter 37 (1/2)
Chapter 37: The smell of colour from the magic stone
“I want horses. About three of them. The mansion is located too far from the city and Diana was also, 『I don’t like walking. My legs feel sore』 and was throwing a tantrum one way or another. That way, Diana will be able to have a horse for herself too. So you see.” [Jirou]
“…….no matter what, that is too much, goshujin-sama.” [Diana]
The next day after finis.h.i.+ng a total of 12 decanters in the drinking party, while everyone was riding in the carriage that was heading towards the mansion, I was trying to give it my all to convey my desire to own the horse to Hetty-san. I felt bad for Diana but, I decided to try making use of her, showing the other party that she absolutely wanted the horse. The reason being, the house of Solo’s backup was pretty much for the sake of Diana.
I want one! So I will be unreasonable.
Although Diana frowned on hearing my somewhat exaggerated speech, there was no other ways that I could think of if I wanted to get three of them at the same time. This was the only way! Probably.
“Aaa, yes. Horse……horse is it. I comprehend. The we’ll prepare three horses for you. Urgh….” [Hetty]
I did it! My request was approved easily! I was pressing her for the answer while she is still in a hungover state so, could that be the cause of my victory!?
Rather, it felt like she was probably fine with it even if I were to ask her normally. Aren’t horses quite expensive? But well, there was no point in thinking about it if I have already achieved what I wanted. Milk it for all its worth.
By the way, Rebecca-san was on such good terms with Hetty-san that they were having hangover at the same time. I could hear her murmuring, “I went over overboard and drank too much…….” every now and then.
“Thank you very much. It would be fine after the maintenance of the residence is completed. I’ll be counting on you. Hey, thank her too, Diana!” [Jirou]
“Since we’ll be getting them anyway, I prefer a white one.” [Diana]
“Marina, has never ridden a horse before, so I’m a little nervous if I am able to do it.” [Marina]
Requesting for something like a white one, isn’t she being selfish now!? Is that’s the case then I would like a black one! I would like to try naming one as Kokuoh-Go. 1
Marina appeared to be concern about the caring of the horses. Certainly it will be tough taking care of all three of them once we received the horses. I have not taken that into account to be honest…..I’ll need to get horse feed too, and there is also a matter in regard to their brus.h.i.+ng and the ways to manage the manure disposal.
Although, we should be able to handle it somehow if we were to receive a first-hand lecture from Rebecca-san who has already owned a horse. If the worst comes to the worst, we could also employ those who have experience in managing the horses.
Upon reaching the mansion, the construction work today appeared to have already begun. Quite a number of workers could be seen busily working.
For the time being I wanted to confirm the progress of the repairs so I requested the permission from Hetty-san to allow me to observe the procedure of their work.
First of all, I ensured that the door to the bas.e.m.e.nt was properly locked. A major cleaning was apparently done yesterday. Even though it didn’t seem like they have started anything large scale yet, they were carrying the diatomaceous soils for walls and quite huge looking lumbers to the garden so they were probably going to start painting the walls, extend the building and build the stable now.
Just watching all these made me look forward to the completion now.
While looking around the mansion, I suddenly recalled that I have planned to check out the attic once the workers come in.
There were dust all over so I didn’t really want to enter there by myself but, it should be fine once I leave the cleaning to the contractors. I immediately went over to Hetty-san so I could borrow several skilled workers.
The door to the attic was opened (by a group of young workers) and the dust-filled room was then invaded (by the group of young workers).
I have actually intended to leave everything to those young skilled workers but, after taking into account that there could be treasures stored in the attic and there might be possibilities of the items getting stolen, I ended up going in with them after putting on a mask. Well, I was monitoring them.
I understood it well that I should’ve done so from the start……..
The s.p.a.ce in the attic appeared to be quite huge. I had originally planned to turn this into our luggage room but, there were still a few items remaining inside the room unexpectedly. Seeing that there was nothing left behind in the lower level of the mansion, I have a.s.sumed the attic to be empty as well. Hence, even though there were just a few pieces of items here, it was still beyond my expectation.
At one glance, the items remained were a small chest, a black box and a cabinet. It was possible that the insides were bare but, I guess I’ll just inspect them in spite of the dust.
First, I’ll open the black box. 2/3 of the box appeared to be filled up with black dried-up nuts, each of them resembling an oversized acorn. They were probably something like emergency rations. When I was about to reach out my hand for the nuts for closer observation, one of the young workers said, “Ah, that’s a fire nut. It will ignite fire easily so please be careful when you touch it.”
What the heck do you mean by fire nut? How am I supposed to take it if I don’t touch it? Apparently, it would be fine if I were to pick them up using a fire tong. These nuts are a kind of portable fire starter that are popular among adventurers, but they are not something that are really out of the ordinary. However, considering that it has the ability to trigger fire as soon as one touches it using bare hands, it must be quite a high performance nut.
The contents of the cabinet were, only several pieces of cloth. White, blue, red, green, yellow……There were several dozens of different coloured fabrics inside. Since I didn’t have any plan to use these cloth, I just left them as is.
Lastly, I examined the chest.
It shouldn’t be a big deal since they were probably going to be something useless anyway. That was what I had initially thought but, what came out of the chest were 12 gems neatly wrapped up in a white cloth.
These are not spirit stones but gems. As far as I knew, the spirit stones here are not as beautifully cut as the gems that are sold over-the-counter in the shops in j.a.pan. The ones here look like slightly polished ores and the sizes are as big as a fist.
Therefore, these are definitely gems without a doubt but, not only are the textures smooth like turquoise, the transparencies and colours are also different respectively.
I didn’t understand it well but, I invoked ‘The Mirror of Truth’ on the blue gem in my hand. It would be good if they were actually something valuable.
【Type】
Magic Stone
【Name】
Heart of Blue
【Commentary】
The magic colour 『blue』 can be added to the subject with this magic stone.
【Magic Properties】
Reflection D
【Spirit Blessings】
None