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Chapter 55 – Staying in the Royal Capital 3 (Makyo)
I bought some daily necessities with the money I got at the castle.
There are a lot of women in the demonic land, so I asked Sasha to buy some daily necessities for women.
“Are you sure you want me to do that?”
“I don’t know any women in the capital other than Sasha. It gets cold in the fall and winter, doesn’t it? And underwear is a consumable item, so I’ll ask for a lot of it.”
“Is my size okay?”
Sasha is slim, so it might not fit.
“Maybe it would be better to get a bigger size too.”
“Okay. What about the recruitment for the demonic land and the slave trader?”
“I’ll go. I also want to take a walk around the royal capital.”
I gave Sasha five gold coins, and we parted ways. Then, I went straight to the red light district.
The red light district was bright even in the daytime, with a small fountain in the middle where the ladies chatted to attract customers.
I immediately found the brothel the old man who drove me here had recommended, but a young girl in the middle of the group of women called out to me.
“What is it?”
“That outfit, isn’t it the Margrave’s? Did you come here right after the appointment ceremony?”
“You guessed it! Should I have changed? I thought I’d be popular…”
“I knew it! Well, we accept you here no matter what you’re wearing. However, there should be a brothel that’s been reserved for a long time. Can you go there?”
“I don’t remember making a reservation.”
“I guess not. But there is one here. Over 100 years ago.”
“I wasn’t even born over 100 years ago.”
“You should know if it’s a reservation for P.J.”
“Oh…”
So, the caretaker of the previous generation of demonic land made a reservation in a brothel? For the next generation?
“That’s very considerate of him. Maybe I’ll go to the brothel the old man recommended for the next time.”
“That’s the brothel at the other end. I’ll show you the way. Makyo-san!”
A girl in the red light district know my name?
“Do you know much about me?”
I asked the girl who had left the ladies and walked ahead of me.
“Of course! I was the one who went to your parents’ house.”
The girl laughed and turned.
“Hmm? So you’re one of Warren’s subordinates?”
“Well, I’m from Intelligence. I’ve looked into everything about you, from the ladies at the brothel in the countryside to your fellow adventurers.”
It seemed that she wasn’t a guide at the brothel but a soldier from the Intelligence Department.
“I had heard that you were a good-natured person who played dumb, and it’s true! I could tell even without looking at your clothes.”
“Goodness, that’s embarrassing.”
I scratched my head.
“Besides, since you’re already a margrave, you don’t have to respond to people in the city who don’t use polite language when they speak to you.”
“Oh, I see.”
The intelligence agent was teaching me etiquette.
“I know you want to be seen as a good-natured person, but if you don’t change, you’ll be fooled!”
“Oh, no… I just don’t care what people think of me.”
“You’re already a noble, so you have to make sure your territory isn’t taken away from you. Depending on the government, it’s possible that your territory could be taken away!”
I was warned.
“Yes, I’m sorry.”
“That’s right, don’t just apologize!”
“Well, even if you say that…”
“Do you really live in the demonic land?”
“Of course I am.”
“I think our family has been waiting for this person…”
The girl from the intelligence department shook her head as she said this.
“This is it. Please wait at the entrance for a moment.”
The brothel I was led to was the largest and most ornate of all. It even had a golden magic stone lamp. The sign read ‘Kinjurou.’
“Wow~”
I was stunned.
“Mother! We’ll use the warehouse in the back!”
“Ara? Is there a guest?”
“Yes, I brought the Margrave.”
“The one they talk about? Oh my, oh my, oh my, you’re the one who will carry on P.J.’s will! My family’s been waiting for you for 100 years!”
“Is that so? By the way, your daughter works for the Intelligence Department?”
“It may seem strange, but it’s true! I thought I raised her to be a good prostitute, but I don’t know what I did wrong…”
The landlady smiled ironically and took off my shoes. Apparently, shoes are not allowed inside.
“Margrave! This way!”
“Yes, yes. I’m coming.”
I followed the girl from the intelligence department to the back of the house.
The warehouse in Kinjurou was filled with what appeared to be treasure. There were vases as tall as a man, golden armor, spears, and large swords, as well as jewel boxes and wine barrels. The girl made her way through the treasure and carefully took a leather bag from the far end.
“This is something a retainer of P.J. left behind 100 years ago. Please accept it.”
Oh, that’s right, they said there were retainers.
“What’s inside?”
“We don’t know. We haven’t been able to open it.”
Looking closer, I see that the leather bag is tied with a cord that has a detailed pattern on it. Maybe it was cursed or enchanted. I tried to untie the cord, but it didn’t look like it was coming off. It looks like I’ll have to learn some kind of spell to break the curse. What’s more, that doughnut-shaped thunderbolt symbol is burned into the leather bag again. A family descended from dragons?
“I see. It’s P.J.’s. I understand. This is from the demonic land. Thank you.”
“Now my family has one less thing to worry about.”
The girl from the intelligence department let out a big sigh when she saw me putting the leather bag in my pocket. I wonder if the leather bag was really that much of a burden for her.
“Will you stay and play?”
“Yeah, sure. That’s right.”
“Are you fine with me? Or do you want my mother to…?”
“No, I don’t have a thing for mature women, and as an intelligence agent I’d think it was an act, so I’d prefer the most honest girl.”
Sex is a joint effort, so I can’t be satisfied with just me feeling good. That’s my conclusion after visiting the brothels in the countryside.
“I understand. Mother! The Margrave is coming to play!”
“Is that so? Thank you!”
I heard a voice from outside the warehouse.
After playing for about an hour, I left Kinjurou in the early afternoon.
I would have liked to stay and have a drink and then go to sleep, but I went to the Adventurer’s Guild and the Merchant’s Guild.
I posted a notice on the bulletin board, “Wanted: Adventurers to Explore the Demonic Land,” and I also offered a reward of three gold coins to anyone who survived the exploration, but the old man at the reception desk looked very difficult.
“I’ll take care of it by tomorrow morning.”
I’ll at least make a trial run, but I wonder if anyone will come.
I also went to some slave traders, but all I could find were malnourished-looking guys who didn’t seem to listen to anyone or former bandits who looked like they were trying to trick me.
I also went to a bookstore, but there were no books on time magic or space magic. After that, I bought some warm clothes, underwear, and food and then returned to the barracks.
I hadn’t expected to be in the capital for that long, so I had to get back early.
Sasha had made sure to stock up on the women’s supplies, and she had called for volunteers to go to the demonic land.
“The response hasn’t been very good. It seems that word has gotten out about the high mortality rate. Well, it was always known to be a tough place, but I didn’t think it would be this bad.”
“I see…”
People think that going to the demonic land is like going there to die.
“Besides, it seems that the fact that the Margrave petted the Green Tiger like a cat is surprisingly well known…”
“Oh, I see. Well, you can’t survive in the demonic land without being able to do that.”
“When you reach that level of strength, it means that you are one of the top adventurers, and most of them don’t need to go to the demonic land to make money. Unless there’s a special industry…”
“That’s right.”
And as expected, neither adventurers nor merchants came the next day.
The luggage was already packed, and all that was left was to get on the carriage and go home. The same old man came to drive the carriage as he had on the way here.
“So you’re just going home, right?”
“That’s right. We’ll take you all the way there, so don’t worry.”
Sasha said that, but to be honest, it would be faster if I went home by myself.
If I tried to carry as much of my luggage as possible, I think I could carry it all. I’ve already been to the brothel, and I’m completely satisfied, so if I could, I’d like to run all the way back to the demonic land.
“Is something wrong?”
“No, can’t I just run home?”
“Huh? Oh, you mean run the way like that when you came? You don’t have to take the carriage.”
“Well, then. I think it’ll be faster if I run home by myself. I already know the way.”
“What? Th-That’s right. Oh, but what about your luggage?”
“I think I can carry it…”
I said, lifting the carriage, but it wasn’t that heavy.
“I think there would be a commotion if you ran off with the carriage. The Margrave can go back to the demonic land first, so how about we carry the luggage?”
“Oh, that’s fine. I can pick it up at the training facility later. Will you do that then?”
“Understood.”
I packed my own luggage, food, the leather bag I got at the brothel, and a few souvenirs into a slightly larger backpack and strapped it on my back.
“I feel really bad about being so dependent on the army. Please tell Warren thanks for everything.”
“I’m sorry we couldn’t help more.”
“No, thank you. You’ve helped me a lot. Goodbye.”
Since we might not see each other again, I thanked the old coachman and the soldiers escorting me and left for the demonic land.
Until I left the capital, I walked slowly because there were people around, but when I entered the forest, I ran at full speed. It wasn’t raining, so it was easy to run. The guards at the checkpoints knew me, so they let me through without a problem.
Like on the way to the capital, I passed through several towns, and having found the monsters and bandits, I proceeded to punish them as much as possible for the sake of the following carriages.
After spending the night in the wilderness, I started running east again. In a town along the way, I was eating a hot dog with some adventurers and peddlers when the shopkeeper asked me, “Brother, where are you going with all that luggage?”
“The demonic land. To the east.”
“Ahahaha! Are you going to get yourself killed? Well, I heard that a nobleman called the Margrave has been appointed there. Will you serve the Margrave? If it were me, I wouldn’t want to, no matter how much he pays me.”
“I am that Margrave. This was delicious. Thank you for the food.”
I wiped my mouth and went back to the demon land.
As I thought, people wouldn’t come to the demonic land if I didn’t do something about its reputation. The only specialty or famous product I have right now is the staff.
“I guess I’ll have to find some ruins.”
I arrived at the training facility in the evening and reported to the captain. I gave him a souvenir and immediately ran off to the demonic land.
It’s been about 10 days since I left the demonic land.
“Did anyone invade while I was gone?”
I greeted the slime living at the entrance, washed off the sweat and mud from my body, and went to the cave that was my home.
“Oh, you’re back!”
“Makyo-san! Jennifer has been waiting for you for a long time!”
“You seem to have brought back many souvenirs.”
“We-we-welcome back.”
The women, who hadn’t changed at all in the ten days since I left, greeted me.
“I’m back.”
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