## Chapter 672 – This

“Wow, you’ve made a lot of money. 70 gold? Did you count it?”

Karin, who had just finished showering, approached while drying her hair with a towel. It seemed that 70 gold was a huge sum to Karin as well.

“I haven’t counted it yet, but the Lady wouldn’t lie. It should be right, right?”
“That’s true. Still, count it. It’s about time to start organizing our assets.”
“Hehehe, it’s about time. I’ll count it right away. Wow, but if it’s really 70 gold, can’t we live lavishly even in the capital?”

Once I’m officially appointed as a Paladin, the Order will provide accommodation, but I can’t live in a place like that with my women. I need to buy a decent house and live there.

Buying a house and making money, we could live really well.

“Um… the cost of living in the capital is so high… No, if we combine it with the money I’m making, we can still live comfortably. The problem is the income our husband earns as a Paladin. Now you have to support seven women in the capital with that money. Are you really going to be okay?”

Until now, the living expenses were covered by my income, Claudia’s, and Winia’s external activities, plus Karin’s income from running the guild, and Risha’s income from running the store.

But once we move to the capital, we’ll have to rely entirely on my income.

“No, sis. It’s not a problem. Who do you think I am?”

I’m not particularly worried.
They said they’d pay me a lot.

“Hehehe, you confident little brat. Anyway, organize the assets in the house whenever you have time. It’ll be quite embarrassing if we suddenly have to move. I’d like to help, but I think I’ll be too busy.”

Karin will have to go around selling things. She’s busy because she’s organizing our assets. As she said, I’m planning to sort out all the items in the house.

“You can do it, right?”
“It’s not like I’m doing it alone, so it’s enough. Don’t worry. I’ll have everything ready.”
“Okay, okay. Well, I’m going out for a bit… A woman to go with… Um, Claudia? Shall we go together?”
“Huh? Together?”

Karin, who had tied up her dried hair, wrapped her arm around Claudia’s waist.

“We have some things to talk about, and I’m a little hesitant to move alone.”
“Okay. Let’s go together. Then, Katt, Karin and I are going out for a bit?”
“Will you be back soon?”
“I’ll be back soon.”

With that, they went upstairs to get dressed.

They’ll get dressed and go out right away.

Anyway, I counted the money with Winia. Ari and Hilde were just sitting next to us, touching the gold coins and watching.

“Father. Is this so valuable?”
“It has an absurd value that your allowance could never reach.”
“Then how much is my breast milk worth…?”
“That’s… too hard to put a price on.”

It’s worth millions.

“I see. You need money to live in the human world. I know that well.”
“When I first met you in the city, you were hypnotizing people to get free meals.”
“But I don’t do that anymore!”
“Yeah, yeah.”

First, I counted the gold coins one by one. This is a really extreme feeling. The more I counted, the more happiness filled my heart.

“Hehehe, ah. This is really great.”

That’s why I was able to do breakdancing and the 천마 headspin. My heart was still pounding.

“Hehehe, are you so happy? Seeing you smile makes me feel good too.”
“I feel good just looking at Risha’s face.”
“Eugh… really.”

Risha also came over to watch.

“But Risha. Have you solved the store problem?”
“I think I can finish everything soon. But the equipment in the basement… it’s not that important, so I think it’s okay to leave it behind.”

Risha seemed to be proceeding with the sale more easily than I thought.

“But what are you going to do with this house when you move?”
“I’m thinking of using it as a vacation home. It’s not bad to have it. It’s my house, so I don’t really want to sell it. I’ll just leave it.”
“Then I don’t think it matters much. Do as you wish.”

We can just use this house as a vacation home.
Why sell it for so little?

I’m just thinking of doing some construction before going up to the capital so no one can occupy it.

“Then Hildegard. Come here.”
“Ah, yes!”
“Ari, come too. Let’s go down to the basement.”

As I was counting the money, Risha was about to go down to the basement with Hilde and Ari. One is a succubus and the other is an alraune, so they often hang out with Risha.

“Risha? What are you doing today?”
“I will be checking Ari’s abilities and asking questions about demons.”

That’s the most important thing.

“Ah, Lady Risha! But you seem to be very interested in medicines, are you also interested in succubus medicines?”
“Oh, that sounds very interesting.”
“I might be able to increase Katt’s stamina a little more!”
“Heuh… L-Let’s go down and talk about it.”

No.

After they went down, I finished counting the gold coins with Winia. Exactly 70 gold. Real gold coins in name and substance.

“Then, Blackie. Shall we do some organizing together?”
“As expected of Winia-sama…!”

Anyway, I started cleaning out the house warehouse with Winia.

There’s a lot of miscellaneous stuff. There are two rosaries I received when I participated in the Holy War in the past, and the equipment I received from the church last time, and the Combat Priest Greaves I had put in the corner are well preserved.

“What’s this?”

While rummaging around, I found some kind of statue, and it turned out that I took it from that spiritist bastard. Risha said it was a medium for making a contract with a spirit.

It doesn’t seem to have any value beyond a collectible.

Well, a lot of things came out, but I don’t use them all now. I don’t take out the Latras necklace often either.

While cleaning out the warehouse with Winia, I also sorted out the cash once, and when I counted everything, I had a total of 75 gold in the house.

Excluding the 70 gold I received, my entire fortune was about 5 gold, which is what was left after earning this and that, taking it from the Lord’s family, and spending money on our lives.

To summarize, I have 75 gold in total now, and I don’t know how much Karin and Risha have. But I, the 천마, can’t borrow from my wives. I won’t use Karin’s money or Risha’s money recklessly.

“Blackie, when we go to the capital, we have to make a complete exodus. Eight people and a lot of luggage. We should buy a big carriage.”
“A carriage? Ah, you’re right.”

I can’t rent it for a long time and then return it, so I’ll have to buy a really big and good carriage. I heard that you can go to the capital by carriage.

The roads are all connected.

I have a lot of money anyway, so I should buy a carriage that I’ll use a lot.

“And as Karin said earlier, the cost of living in the capital is very high. But the capital is really well-developed, so it’ll be more comfortable to live there than here… It’ll be really convenient to use a carriage around there.”
“If it’s convenient to use a carriage, is the traffic well-organized? Did they pave the roads or something?”

The capital is probably paved with roads all the way to the vicinity.

Why, ancient Rome had roads connecting that vast empire for tens of thousands of kilometers? I don’t remember exactly, but they really paved that many roads.

Because of that, they were able to transport and supply easily, so they were really good at war.

Anyway, Isvant is a relatively large territory and the largest on the border, but the capital is said to be better than here. I’m looking forward to it. I’ve lived in a forest of apartments, but this feels different.

“Yeah. You know it well. The roads and facilities are better than around here. The capital’s Magic Tower is so big that new technologies become popular quickly.”
“New technologies by the Magic Tower… I’m looking forward to that.”

Generally, they are called artifacts or magical tools. Then, are there air conditioners or refrigerators made with magical technology? I don’t expect much, but if the conditions are better than here, it might be possible.

“There’s even an airship, a ship that flies in the sky.”
“What? What did Winia just say?”

A ship that flies in the sky…?
An airship?

“Ah, Blackie hasn’t seen it, right? It’s only operated occasionally near the capital… It’s just a ship that flies in the sky. I heard they use it for military purposes.”

…The Wright brothers.

They were here too.

No, it’s not really the Wright brothers.

People live the same everywhere, so someone who had similar thoughts must have made such an aircraft. After all, the world revolves around ideas. Above all, there’s magic in this world.

“Hmm… I don’t really understand even if you say it’s a ship that flies in the sky. How does it work?”

But looking at the specific way she said it was a ship that flies in the sky, it seems very different from the airplane I know… Does it look like an airship and that’s why they call it a ship?

“It flies with magical technology. But I don’t think I know how to explain the principle. Anyway, don’t be too surprised when you go. The buildings are basically all big and tall, so don’t fall over when you see them.”
“Hehehe, what do you take me for?”

Even if the buildings are tall, they’re probably smaller than apartments.

Winia didn’t tell me about her life when she was in her main family because I didn’t talk about my past, but now that we’re going to the capital, she’s telling me about it.

“But Winia.”
“Why.”
“You have your main family there, right?”
“I do.”
“Hmm…”

I feel sorry that she might think she’s going back because of me. Thinking about that, Winia poked my cheek.

“I don’t know. I don’t think about that. They’re strangers now, so don’t worry about them, Blackie. The capital is so big. We won’t meet them.”
“No, I was just wondering if you were okay.”
“I’m okay as long as you’re by my side, Blackie.”
“Me too!”

So we organized the house we had grown fond of. If we do it leisurely, it’ll probably take a few days. But let’s prepare perfectly before going up.

* * *

For several days, we organized the house and our assets. We sold everything unnecessary and sorted out everything we would take. It’s not confirmed when we’ll go up to the capital, but it’s better to organize in advance since we’re going up anyway.

The house has definitely become cleaner.

I went out with Karin to sell things, and I went to Liz’s place to sexually harass her, and then I visited the church.

“Saintess! I’m here!”
“You’ve come well, Paladin.”

Saintess Kadia, wearing her summer Saintess uniform, which has now become everyday wear, greeted me naturally.

After greeting her, I asked about her recent situation, and the Saintess, with a cigarette in her mouth as usual, said.

“Most of the work is now finished. In the first place, the reason this Saintess came here was to confirm and resolve the descent of the Great Demon Andromalius. It’s just that I was tied up because of the many things that happened.”

Come to think of it, that’s right.
The appearance of a Great Demon was a big deal.

“That’s a relief. But Saintess. Did you find out anything here? All I remember is smashing everything.”
“That’s right, Paladin.”

Oops.

“There’s no denying that the clues are still faint. In fact, all I did here was crush heretics and demons, as the Paladin said. Of course, that’s a very good thing, but anyone can do simple extermination. What this Saintess wanted to do was investigate the cause and catch the tail…”
“Only the suspicions have deepened.”
“I have nothing to say.”

Instead of finding and solving the cause of the problem, she simply solved it with violence. Of course, it was a very good thing in that she defeated a lot of demons and heretics.

It’s just that Saintess Kadia wanted something more than that.

“In the end, the superficial result is the extermination of evil groups… A very good achievement has been completed. It can be said that the Paladin’s power was very helpful in this.”
“Hehehe, I’m honored to hear that. Then, are you going up to the capital soon?”
“I’ve sent a letter to the Order, so I think I’ll get a reply soon. I’ve done so much work that I’m expecting a positive answer.”

She really killed a lot of them.

“And… looking at the recent trends, I feel like I can withdraw. It’s quiet now, so the Holy Knights are doing well on their own without this Saintess’s command.”

The reason Kadia Saintess came was to deal with such serious matters, and although she couldn’t catch the tail or reveal the truth, she smashed everything.

That’s the story.

Now that she’s dealt with all those things, Kadia Saintess can go back. The Brass Heaven Society Church in the Isvant branch will continue to do its work on its own, as it has always done.

“Ah, that’s right. Then what happened to the investigation that the Holy Knight was doing last time? Then there won’t be any other work, right?”
“Ah, that thing.”