Chapter 22: Working days
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I returned to my House while riding on Shirone.
Kurone was curled up and sleeping comfortably in the garden.
Marie seemed to be in the Maid House.
After telling Shirone to rest, I headed to the warehouse.
When I entered, I found Marie in the middle of skinning a monster.
"Ah, Big sis Nicole, welcome back."
Marie noticed me when I entered the warehouse and greeted me.
"I’m back."
"Big sis Nicole, you came back quickly. What about the Tiger Wolf?"
"Un, I defeated it. Sorry, but is it possible for you to take out just the magic stone to use for the proof of subjugation?"
The Tiger Wolf Subjugation request only required the magic stone as proof.
"That’s fine with me."
I took out the two Tiger Wolves from the Maid Box.
"Big sis Nicole is amazing."
Marie was surprised when she saw the corpses of the Tiger Wolves.
"I guess it was pretty strong. Normal magic didn’t work and its movements were quick, so I had to use my trump card."
"Even so, Big sis Nicole is amazing, since you were still able to defeat it."
"Thank you. So, Marie, did you go looking for medical herbs?"
"Yes, Kurone helped me find some."
"Kurone did?"
"Yes, we were able to return quickly because Kurone found some medical herbs immediately. When I asked if it knew any places with medical herbs, it took me to a place where they were growing."
I didn’t know that Kurone had that kind of ability.
I’ll give it a try next time.
Marie continued working while chatting with me.
Just by looking, I could tell that the pelts were stripped off beautifully.
She’s quite skilled.
"Is just the Tiger Wolf’s magic stone okay?"
"Just the stone is fine. I may ask for your help later, though."
When she finished dismantling the Wolf, Marie started working on extracting the magic stone from the Tiger Wolves lying on the floor. After cutting open their stomachs, she inserted her hand without hesitation and took out the magic stones.
"Do you know where the magic stones are located?"
She didn’t hesitate at all when she was inserting the knife or her hand into the large bodies.
"The magic stone is often located in the middle of a monster’s body."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, though I can’t say for sure, since I haven’t dismantled every single monster before. However, I thought that the Tiger Wolf would have it in the same location as the Wolf."
"Thanks. I’ll put the Tiger Wolves away for now."
I put the two Tiger Wolves back into the Maid Box after their magic stones had been extracted.
"Well then, Marie, it’s a little late but let’s have lunch."
"I…didn’t…prepare…anything…for lunch…"
Marie murmured, with her head down.
"It’s fine. I bought lunch from the inn, so go wash your hands and come to the living room.
"Okay."
I returned to the Maid House and prepared fruit juice from the fridge. Steam rose from the warm lunch boxes I took out of the Maid Box.
Thank you, Time-stopping magic.
Marie entered the room right as I finished preparing the table.
"Let’s eat while the food is warm."
I made Marie sit down on a chair.
"Yes, thank you very much."
"So then, what do you want to do now?"
"What do I want to do?"
Marie tilted her head to the side.
"Do you want to go home, or do you want to continue working?"
"If possible, I want to keep working."
"If that’s so, then let’s stay here until the last minute. I’ll be sleeping in the room upstairs. Let’s head out before the sun sets if you can finish working."
"Okay, I don’t think it will take too long, so that should be fine."
I headed up to the second floor and entered my room in the Maid House.
My room was a little wider than eight tatami mats.
There was a relatively large bed, a round table, and four chairs in my room. There was also an empty dresser and an empty bookshelf, but nothing else.
I hadn’t placed anything from the Maid Box in here yet.
For now, I reversed the Maid's clothes and crawled into bed as the white Maid.
I’ll take a nap for several hours.
Shuffle, shuffle
"Big sis Nicole, Big sis Nicole!"
Shuffle, shuffle
"Marie?"
"Please wake up."
"Good morning. Did you finish dismantling?"
"Yes, I finished so I came here to wake you up."
I yawned and got off the bed.
"Big sis Nicole?"
Marie’s eyes sparkled when she saw my appearance.
I wonder why?
"That white Maid-san is super cute."
Ah, my current appearance was a white Maid.
"I wear this when I sleep."
I took off the white Maid, reversed it, and changed back into the usual black Maid.
"Well then, let’s go back."
"Okay."
On the way back, I rode on Kurone while Marie rode Shirone. When I only spent time with one Maid, the other Maid’s mood would deteriorate.
Therefore, I had to take turns riding them.
When we arrived at the town, 30 minutes later, the sun was already setting.
We somehow managed to return before the sunset completely.
I wasn’t sure but, as expected, I shouldn’t keep a ten-year-old child out late in this world.
When we arrived in front of the gate, riding on the Maids, the gate soldiers were surprised and readied their weapons.
After Marie and I got down from the Cats, I released the summoning.
Then, I put on an innocent face, took out my guild card, and attempted to enter the city.
"Hey! What was that Cat earlier?!"
"A summoned beast?"
"I see, a summoned beast."
The gate soldier gave my card back to me without any further remarks. I thought that he would want to say something, but he didn’t say anything.
We entered the town and headed to the guild to report the Tiger Wolf subjugation.
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