## Chapter 643 – The Scent of Flowers

It’s quite conspicuous for someone who isn’t a mage to go near a magic tower, but today I came as Deacon Kim Katte, so no one would dare to bother me.

Even if mages are closed-off and self-righteous, they wouldn’t mess with a religious figure.

I went straight to the appraiser in the magic tower district and presented a box full of jewelry and silver coins. The appraisal window inside the magic tower was too expensive. I figured an appraiser outside would be cheaper, so I came here.

“What’s this?”

The appraiser, dressed in a robe, checked the box and looked at me.

“Items received as a down payment from a noble. I’m worried about whether they might be enchanted with some strange magic, so I came for an appraisal.”
“What, did they put a curse on the silver coins or something? As great as magic is, that’s too far-fetched…”
“They might have poisoned them. Or rather, applied something to them would be more accurate.”
“Ah.”
“We, the warriors of Mirkesha, always check for poison or curses when we receive tributes from rival tribes. I heard you can do that kind of work here.”

I couldn’t overlook the possibility that they might have applied something to the silver coins. There was no way those petty, despicable bastards would make a proper payment.

“So, can you appraise them?”
“If that’s all, it’s not difficult. So, you want me to check for poison, magic, curses, things like that. It’ll be done soon. The appraisal fee is 5 silver.”

Is this guy a complete rip-off?

“Alright.”

But what could I do? I didn’t have the appraisal skills myself. If so, I had no choice but to pay an expert. I knew about some poisons, but not all of them.

Of course, I could easily ask Risha, but I wouldn’t bring her something that I thought could be dangerous.

That’s why I came to the appraiser.

—Clatter.
—Clatter.

I sat for a while, watching the appraiser move some reagents and equipment. He laid out the silver coins and jewelry, chanted some spells, manifested magic, and started doing this and that.

I didn’t know anything about magic, so I couldn’t tell if he was just putting on a show or actually appraising, but if I showed it to Risha and Winia after the appraisal, I’d know. If he was scamming me, I’d have to shake him down here too.

After about 30 minutes, the appraiser, who had put all the silver coins and jewelry back in the box, said, “There doesn’t seem to be any problem. No poison, no harmful magic. The fee is 5 silver.”
“Here, take it.”
“Thank you for the quick transaction. Please come again next time.”
“Alright.”

I’m glad there’s no problem.

That bastard Haelen at least showed some sincerity.

If there had been poison, I would have ratted him out to the young lady and then, after gaining more power, gone to crush him. I felt a little relieved now.

“By the way, you… you seem to be a barbarian, but the emblem on your armor is that of the Brass Celestial Angel. Did you convert or something?”
“You could say something similar. Then.”

I immediately picked up the box and went outside.

I had a lump sum of money that I could spend as I pleased. I didn’t really need anything for myself, so I should give it all to my wives as gifts. And while I was here, I should sell all the jewelry.

I immediately left the magic tower district and went into a regular jewelry store.

“I’d like to sell these.”
“These are high-end goods… Where did you get them?”

The owner of the jewelry store carefully touched the Haelen siblings’ jewelry and said that. If they were high-end goods, they must be expensive.

“Do I need to know the source?”
“The source is very important for such high-end goods. They look like something nobles would use, and it would be troublesome if they were stolen goods, wouldn’t it?”
“Hmm.”

It was half-robbery, but it was definitely received through legal and just means. I could say it was my property without any problems.

“If you tell me the route, what method you used to purchase them, and I can understand the explanation, I will purchase them at a fair price. Which noble did you receive them from?”
“I’m a little reluctant to give out personal information, aren’t I revealing everything about my trading partner?”
“But you don’t have a certificate for these precious metals, do you? We need to be careful when handling items related to nobles. I’m not a wandering street vendor, I have a store in the city and do business.”

This son of a bitch.

He was right.

“I received it as a down payment from a guy named George Haelen of the Haelen barony. I can’t say any more.”
“The Haelen barony… What’s your name? You seem to be a priest or paladin.”
“That’s right. I’m Kim Katte of the Brass Celestial Angel. Let me tell you in advance, if you leak my personal information without permission, it won’t be fun.”
“Where is there a merchant who leaks customer information at will? You’ll only get stabbed. Don’t worry. I’ll keep it to myself. However, if there’s a problem, I have to find you, the seller, so I’m asking.”

Well, I guess I have no choice.
It wasn’t unreasonable.

Anyway, I proceeded with the transaction, and the jewelry store owner told me that he would buy it for 2 gold and 10 silver.

I didn’t have any specialized knowledge about jewelry, but I thought it was a pretty good price, so I was about to complete the transaction, but he didn’t have any cash on hand right now.

“Well, 2 gold is a lot of money.”
“If you come back in a week, I’ll buy it.”
“Well, I understand.”

I made that decision and went to another jewelry store to check the market price. Everyone else called for a reasonable 1 gold 80 silver to 2 gold 30 silver, but they asked for more detailed personal information, so I decided to just sell it to the place where I had the inspection done originally.

After finishing the appraisal, I bought some snacks and daily necessities and returned home.

“Father, are you home?”

As soon as I entered, Ari came up to me, smiling brightly and greeting me. Ari, wearing only a pure white blouse over her bewitching red lingerie, was the epitome of lewdness.

“Oh, Ari.”
“Did you resolve the matter well?”
“I resolved it well. Put this on the table.”
“Yes.”

Ari, who received the box, put it on the table, and I released my equipment and put it away.

“Oh, give it to me, Father. I’ll take care of it.”
“Oh my, thank you, Ari.”
“Hehe, you’re welcome.”

Ari, who came up to me again, skillfully organized my equipment.

Very convenient.

“Did Blackie come? Did you receive an apology?”

Winia said, coming up from the basement.

“Hehehe, look at the table.”
“Hmm… Ah. What? So many silver coins? It looks like they apologized properly?”
“As expected, people should solve things with words. When I talked to them properly, they apologized well.”
“…Did you really do it with words?”
“Of course, I did it with words. What do you take me for?”

Winia looked at me suspiciously, then smiled.

“Well, looking at what you received, you must have resolved it well. You worked hard going out from the morning.”
“It wasn’t a hard job, what are you talking about? I’ll put the box there, so use it as you want, Winia. Tell the sisters that too.”
“Use it as I want? Blackie, why are you so unhesitating about spending money?”
“I know, right? Well, buy a good staff with it. Or buy a book.”
“Oh, our Blackie is so kind… Hehe. You’ve grown a lot, really.”
“Hehehe.”

I naturally went behind Winia, hugged her, put my hand inside her bra, and fondled her.

“Ah, geez… Blackie, you can’t stand it even in the daytime… I’ll let you do as you please tonight, tonight. Just wait until then.”
“No. Why.”

Winia said, laughing as if tickled.

“I’m watching Risha unnie’s research right now. Unnie is on the second floor, so go there. Or give Ari a handjob. I’ll allow you to do it with your chest or mouth.”
“Hey, Winia?”

What?

Winia, who escaped from my arms, gave me a kiss once and then went down to the basement. Ari came up to me.

“…Father? Shall I take off your clothes?”
“No… Don’t take them off…”

I should just beat off next to Claudia…

* * *

I was spending pleasant days spending the money I received from the Haelen siblings.

As usual, I only slept for about 3 hours for morning training and woke up before sunrise to go down to the first floor. As expected, Ari, wearing black lace lingerie, rubbed her eyes, got up, hugged me, and rubbed her breasts against me.

“Father…? You woke up early again today… Hehe…”
“I always wake up early.”

It was an act that was no different from a morning greeting to Ari, so I hugged her waist.

Ari is over 170cm tall, so it’s very convenient to hug her.

“More than that, Father’s body… is so warm.”
“Is that so?”

In fact, there are times when I think that hugging like this is a trick to increase my excitement.

“But Father. I have something to tell you.”
“What is it? I’ll listen to everything, so tell me.”
“That’s… I’m sleeping alone these days, so…”
“Sleeping alone, so?”
“It’s too cold and lonely… What should I do in this case?”
“Huh?”
“It’s too hard to spend the night… I’m really happy every time Father comes down this early. I want to keep acting spoiled and asking you to hug me…”

Was it hard to sleep on the sofa on the first floor after all? It’s a pretty good sofa, so it’s no different from a bed… Well, it might be lonely to sleep alone.

“I want Father’s warmth too… So I always feel lonely at night and think about Father more deeply.”
“Ah, that’s…”

Should I make a room for her? Should I combine the warehouses and make a room there? But I’m going to the capital soon, so there’s no need to do that… But she says she’s cold and lonely, so I have to do something.

“Then, Ari. What can I do for you? Make a room for you?”
“I just want to sleep with Father hugging me.”
“That’s a bit…”
“I’m not going to have sex. Of course, I always want to have sex with Father, but if you refuse, I won’t. I just want to sleep together.”

Oh my god.

“Still, I have wives, so that’s a bit difficult. Should I put a heater in?”
“Hmm… I don’t need that. Anyway, just know that. That I’m cold and lonely every night.”
“No, I can’t just know. I want to do something for you.”
“But Father always says no.”

Ari said, rubbing her face against my neck.

“I’m not going to demand something that you say no to. Father taught me about patience… So I can be patient.”

Ari, who was rubbing her face against my neck, sucked on my neck as if she was trying to make a kiss mark. The moderately felt stimulation seemed to add to the excitement.

“…”

Right now… Is our Ari very sulky?

I have to do something about this.

“Ari? So that’s…”
“Haa… It’s okay. It’s just that. Then please take out your dick quickly. I think I’ll calm down if you do it in my mouth.”

Ari said naturally, as if demanding something obvious.

“Oh… Okay. I’ll give you a flowerjob.”
“Hehe, I love you, Father. Then can I kiss you on the cheek before we do it?”
“Go ahead.”

I immediately sat on the sofa, and Ari climbed on top of me, hugged my neck, and started kissing my cheeks wildly.

—Chu. Chu. Chu.
—Chu. Chu.

“Eung, haaeung… Haa, hueut…”

I was just holding Ari’s waist and supporting her. Ari seemed to be quite absorbed in it, and she was showering me with kisses without any sign of stopping.

“…Ari? Isn’t it okay to stop soon?”

I might die of facial hemorrhage.

“But I want to do it more… I was lonely during the night… So I think that’s why. I’ll do it for a little longer, so can you wait a little longer? Father?”
“Eum…”

Ari tickled my chin and said in a gentle tone as if she was trying to persuade me… I can’t help it because she’s lonely. More than that, she seems to be getting more skilled as the days go by… Is she growing this fast?

“Okay… Do that.”
“Hehe, I love you, Father.”
“You say that again.”

Anyway, the kiss barrage continued for a long time.

After about 15 minutes, Ari, who was finally satisfied, got off me, knelt down, and took off her bra. Ari’s large breasts and pink nipples were revealed.

“…”

Needless to say, I was in a state of maximum erection. I immediately took off my sleeping shorts and grabbed my erect thing.

As I was about to give her a flowerjob, Claudia came down from the second floor.

“Eung? Hehe, Katte. Are you doing that from the morning?”
“Claudia?”