Chapter 52: – A setback in our New Life (1/2)

Translator Notes :

Meiya best girl, faggets. – Esti

Debateable! – rei_hunter

mumu! Chrisse is bette! a blonde LOLI sniper is the best! – Loliquent

nope Snow ftw! – nekoooooo

Snow and Chrisse already got raburabu, now its Meiya’s turn! – Yuushin

“I think it’s about time: we really need to get self-sufficient.”

It’s the third day since we advanced to Level II Adventurers.

Snow suddenly said that at the breakfast table.

According to her, considering Meiya is my disciple, it’s strange to have everyone rely 100% on Meiya alone.

We’re already 14, and next year we’ll be adults at 15.

What’s more, though we’re just beginners, we’ve started working in the adventurer trade.

That’s why it’s about time that we stop depending on Meiya and begin paying for our necessities with our own income――or so Snow was saying.

The lord of the estate, Meiya, objected to Snow’s suggestion.

“P-, Please wait! What are you saying!? I am Lute-sama’s number one student! The belongings of the student are the belongings of the master! That much is common sense! So there is not the least reason for any of you to feel reserved.”

“…Um, nah. Meiya, this time Snow is right.”

『I think so as well.』

“Lute-sama!? Even Chrisse-san!?”

I used hand gestures to calm the agitated Meiya.

“On top of providing the essential magic liquid metal, you’re even providing a place where we can perform research. If you provided our food and shelter as well, that really would be taking advantage of you.”

Having finally noticed after Snow pointed this out, I’m finding this situation too unhealthy.

Certainly, from Meiya’s point of view as a rich person, providing for our lifestyle is just a drop in the bucket. Indeed, it’s probably a joy for her to to live under the same roof as a an expert in her field of interest, and to be able to ask him questions whenever she wants and receive lessons every day.

But for us, it’s something that’ll turn us into useless bums.

It’s that saying. 『A hedge between friends keeps friends good friends』.

We’ve lately been accepting adventurer quests, particularly at Level II, so we have a decent amount of money anyway.

I’d also like to contribute to the orphanage.

Taking Meiya’s support while donating to Elle-Sensei’s orphanage――that’d just be putting the cart before the horse.

“It’s just as Snow says. Let’s leave Meiya’s estate and become independent.”

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

Snow and Chrisse accepted my decision.

Meiya alone let out a shriek, and began throwing a tantrum like a child rolling around the floor of a toy store.

“I don’t want that! I don’t want that! What’s wrong with living happily with everybody else?! Even though I’m Lute-sama’s number one disciple! I don’t want to be apart from everyone!”

…It’s pretty tough seeing a fully-grown adult act like a spoilt child.

I kindly persuaded the complaining Meiya like a gentleman.

This is what I said.

I won’t forget the support that Meiya’s lentus so far, and I’ll come here every day to research and develop new weapons. To do that, I intend on leasing a house close to Meiya’s place.

That’s why Meiya can come over to play whenever she likes. We’ll welcome her, of course, and she can stay over too.

Meiya wouldn’t go against her master’s decision, and once she heard she could come play at any time, and might stay over, she folded.

Only, as a compromise, she wanted permission to go to the estate agent with us. Apparently she plans on finding us a place close-by, no matter the cost.

“Alright, I got it. Then today we’ll be taking a break from research and questing, and all go look for a house instead.”

“Got it~”

『It’ll be nice if we find a good one, won’t it?』

“Please leave it to me, Lute-sama! I know a lot of people, so they’ll be able to accommodate you in various ways, and even though it mightn’t seem that way, bargaining is my strong point!”

“When it comes time to haggle, then, I’ll be counting on you, Meiya.”

“Understood! By all means, leave it to me! Lute-sama’s number one disciple, this unworthy Meiya Dragoon, will gladly stake her life on this!”

I reflexively tsukkomi’d, 『No, there’s no need to stake your life』.

And thus, today’s plans were to go real estate shopping.

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We weren’t heading out on a quest for the Guild, so we weren’t wearing the usual rough-looking outfits.

The girls were all wearing the traditional clothing of Dragon Continent .

Snow was sporting a ponytail and a Dragon Dress. It would look unstylish to have her『S&W M10 2”』 in a chest holster, so she had it strapped to her leg. Seeing the revolver peeking out from her legwas oddly erotic.

Chrisse was wearing a Dragon Dress and had her hair done up in Chinese double buns. Because she was slightly built, she really looked like a doll, so it suited her.

Meiya was wearing a Dragon Dress as well, and, with a fan in hand, she walked ahead to show us the way.

I also got from her a traditional male outfit of the Dragon Continent, the Dragon Kung Fu outfit. I do have my gun belt wrapped around me with the 『S&W M10 4”』 for self-defence. But the gun belt doesn’t go well with the Dragon Kung Fu outfit.

With my right hand in Snow’s, and my left hand in Chrisse’s, I left the estate with a ‘flower in each hand’.

A carriage Meiya had prepared was stopped before the front gate of the estate.

We boarded the horse carriage.

Apparently the driver had already been told the destination, and the moment everybody was on board,the young coachman began whipping the horned horses on his own.

It took about thirty minutes by carriage.

The place that Meiya brought us to was an estate agent――called a 『Building Agency』 in this world.

The store was a two-story building built from a marble-like stone, and gave the same atmosphere as the shop where I went with Chrisse to buy Karen’s present.

When we entered the shop, a middle aged man who seemed to be the shopkeeper ran over with a smile.

Apparently she’d told him in advance that we’d be coming.

“Welcome, Meiya-sama. Thank you truly for making use of our shop today.”

The man smiled from the bottom of his heart, and welcomed Meiya.

“To be honoured with the visit of a personage like yourself representing the Dragonoid Race has moved me. It doesn’t have to be right now, but would it be all right if perhaps you wrote a few words about us?” [autograph]

“Yes, that’ll be fine.”

“Thank you very much!”

I had heard that Meiya was a well-known genius artificer of magic tools, but I had had no idea that she was this popular. The attitude that they took is like how you’d behave if a famous movie star visited.

Even besides the middle-aged man, the other staff members were gazing at Meiya with sparkling eyes as well.

Meiya seemed used to it: she acted like it was nothing, and was relaxed as ever.

“Today, my teacher, Lute-sama, has come to look at the properties. Could you show me the properties close to my estate?”

“Y-, Your teacher, Meiya-sama?”

The man’s voice went a little shrill at Meiya’s introduction.

He seemed shocked that the genius Meiya had a teacher, and that said teacher was clearly younger than she was.

But he was a professional.

A smile immediately returned to his face as he greeted me.

“Well then, I will select a number of houses close to Meiya-sama’s estate, as well as a few other recommendations, so please sit by that counter and wait.”

We continued inside and sat at a counter like one you’d find in a bar. We sat in order. Meiya, me, Chrisse and Snow.

Before long, a man brought over to us papers with the houses’ details.

“These are the properties close to Meiya-sama’s house. And these are the properties that our shop recommends.”