Vol 2 Chapter 17 (1/2)

[VOL.2] CHAPTER 17 – REDEEM

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“Elsa, how much did you borrow from Doloa?”

“Eh……?”

Not understanding the meaning of my question Elsa looked at me puzzled.

She still had tears in her eyes.

“I’m asking what the amount of money you borrowed is.”

“Eehm, it’s 50 gold coins……”⌈1⌋

Elsa replied unwillingly.

That’s 5 million j.a.panese Yen, isn’t it?

That’s a large amount of money for a girl her age.⌈2⌋

That’s a large sum of money for the me from my original world as well.

“When you returned it are you able to quit this job?”

“Eh, yes, but I have to try harder and earn money to – -”

“You want to let your grandparents have an easier life, right? But you don’t have to do it through this job, right?”

“That’s right, but how else should I earn money?”

That’s right, for a girl her age it’s hard to earn as much as 5 million yen to return it and continue earning money.

Besides, there isn’t any gender equality in this world.

It’s different from my original world because I modelled this world after the medieval Europe.⌈3⌋

“Elsa, what do you think of m- – me?”⌈4⌋

“As I said a while ago, I think you are a gentle person.”

“Do you dislike me?”

“How could I dislike you? For Carlo-sama to be my first customer, I was really relieved – -”

I see, she doesn’t dislike me.

Then let’s do this … after all.

“Elsa, you said something a while ago. There’s another method, becoming the mistress of a rich person.”

“Yeah, though Doloa-san told me this would be better”

“How about you become my mistress? Even though I say mistress I won’t do anything to you forcibly. If you don’t like it you can go whenever you want. Of course, I’ll pay you a monthly salary so you can properly support your grandparents.”⌈5⌋

“Eh?! But we didn’t do anything yet, right?”

“There’s no need to rush. It’s your first time, it’s better to know each other a little more before doing this stuff, then Elsa can decide if you really want to do it with me.”

And when I’m prepared, okay?

“But I can’t possibly accept this much from you”

“It’s fine, if Elsa’s fine with it I’m also fine with it. Are you against it?”

“It’s……It’s not like I’m against it……But I’m sorry I can’t after all……”

“If Elsa isn’t against it then it’s settled. Let’s go talk to Doloa about it immediately.”

I quickly got up from the bed.

After I put on my clothes I left the room without looking at Elsa.

When I looked at the carefully folded clothes thoughts of the lovely Elsa rose up.⌈6⌋

This isn’t love.⌈7⌋

Of course, it isn’t affection⌈8⌋ either, it might just be out of pity.

In the end, it’s only me helping her for my own self-satisfaction.

But isn’t that fine?

I’m mostly the villain Carlo, keeping one mistress around is just fine!

……Though I’m still a virgin.

I waited for Elsa to get dressed and left the room together.

A black dressed man, who was standing in the corridor and different from the one at the entrance, came over in a hurry.

“Are you returning already? Though I hadn’t stood her for long but is there something you are dissatisfied with?”

“No, I want to talk to Doloa. I’m sorry but could you get her?”

We went down the stairs and were led into the room from a while ago.

Elsa stood completely tense next to me.

“Carlo-sama, is that really fine?”

“I said it’s fine, didn’t I? Or are you against is?”

Elsa lightly shook her head.

“Didn’t I say I’m not against it? But I still can’t believe it.”

“Then sit down. I’ll make you believe it soon”

When I was talking about such things I heard someone knocking on the door.

“Well, Carlo-sama, what can I do for you? Did this child do something wrong?”

Doloa entered with a smile on her lips.

She moved in a s.e.xy yet elegant way, as one would expect.

This person surely fought 100 battles.⌈9⌋

“No, in fact, I want to take Elsa back home.”

“Well, did you like her that much? That’s fine. Our store can also send women to mansions, hotels and – -”

“That’s not it”

I interrupted Doloa in a serious tone.

“I want to have Elsa in my hand’s reach all the time. Of course, I’ll pay an appropriate amount of money.”

“Well, do you want to redeem her?”⌈10⌋

Redeem her, she said, huh?

I feel like I heard this in a historical drama or read it in a historical novel.

“Did you hear about that child’s circ.u.mstances?”

“Yeah. She said she borrowed money from you, Doloa.”

“You know about that as well, huh?”

Doloa looked towards Elsa with a straight face.

Until a while ago she used a professional type of voice but now she asked her in a little lower tone.

“Elsa, how about you? Do you want to go with this Carlo-sama?”

Elsa was puzzled for a bit and threw inquiring looks towards me.

When I nodded she turned towards Doloa again as she made up her mind.

“I want to go with Carlo-sama if you allow it Doloa-san”

“……Is, is that so?”

As Doloa slightly sighed she started to speak to me.

“To tell the truth, I was against that child doing this kind of work. You can earn money but this job is many times harder.”

Then she continued with a slightly bitter smile.

“For this to happen after just the first customer. This is the first time I saw something like this even with my long experience.”

“Well, that’s to be expected”

“Carlo-sama, I won’t object to this child’s wishes. Could you please make this child happy?”

Carlo is a villain in this world and I myself have no experience in going out with a girl.

That’s why I honestly don’t know if I can make her happy.

But I could at least grant her freedom.

She will still be happier than in this present situation.

“Honestly, I don’t know. I wonder if I’m able to make someone happy. But I do want to make her happy.”