episode_0136

“What about francs?”

Kids tend to make it an established fact that Fran is my wife.

“It’s black.”

“Umm… . “Then is it okay to show this to the kids?”

“Why?”

“I think the kids will really like it. ah! no. I changed my mind. “You don’t have to.”

“No way, you… ?”

I suddenly realized why I changed my mind.

“Are you trying to brag by telling them about this?”

It would be more fun for her to brag that she was the only one who saw a different side of me than to show my side to the kids.

just as expected.

Baine erased his cold expression and smiled slightly.

“I got caught.”

Just like that expression, he even sticks out his tongue slightly.

To those who are not close to her, Baine’s expression may seem cold and cold, but if you get to know her, you will see that this is not the case.

Her real personality was calm rather than cold, and she also liked to secretly play pranks on her friends.

“Do you know how much you will suffer the moment you say those words?”

“That’s what’s fun. “The kids get upset, and the boss gets upset too.”

“Ha, pretend you didn’t see it.”

“For free?”

“I’ll strengthen yours first.”

“As expected, the boss knows how to make a deal.”

Baine clenched his white hand into a fist and held it out in front of me, and I bumped my fist into his hand.

“Deal.”

“Deal.”

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As soon as Commander Thalia entered the party, she was immediately surrounded by people.

Baine, perhaps because he was used to it, left his seat without any sign and came towards me.

In fact, Erintina was next to Commander Thalia, so both Baine and I had lost our partners.

“A person who has a popular partner must be lonely.”

“Don’t you feel sorry for the boss? “I am a mother, but I am not the boss.”

“I’m still very tired from being bullied by the kids. “Do you want me to suffer more from that?”

Aren’t Rebecca and Fran also making people tired by claiming to be their wives?

Add Erintina, who is popular with men, to that?

This is an absolute specification.

“By the way, you look pretty today too.”

Vine has her hair braided and is wearing a black lace mini dress that exposes her shoulders.

What is Vine like now?

It looks like a pretty Barbie doll.

“thank you.”

Baine smiles shyly.

The reason I came to the party I didn’t want to attend was because of Commander Thalia’s suggestion.

Commander Thalia, who drew attention from many people every time she moved, was naturally scheduled to attend the party.

Commander Thalia naturally assumed that Erintina was also attending the party, and was puzzled when she belatedly heard that we had decided not to attend.

“Aren’t you overdoing it?”

“But I can’t turn it down if they give me a chance to make money.”

As you might have guessed, it was Commander Thalia who caught me trying to leave without attending.

“Boss, your items will be of great help to the military.”

Through Vine, she knew that the items I was distributing were in very good condition.

Since it would be a shame to part ways like this, she asked me to attend the party and talk in more detail, and I couldn’t refuse Commander Thalia’s offer.

‘When the Baine scenario begins later, it will be advantageous to be friendly with Commander Thalia.’

Although I told Vine that money was the main reason, the reason I attended this party was because of the scenario.

Since you have to obtain an auction house membership, it would be a good thing if you could make money at the same time.

‘I need to build up connections in the military.’

What could be the reason for so many nobles to be around Commander Thalia?

Because if you build a friendship with her, you will never suffer any loss.

Fortunately, I was able to sit comfortably because I was friends with her daughter.

‘If it weren’t for Baine, I would have had to join that group like those nobles to become friends with Commander Thalia.’

Erintina seemed to be sticking around to help Commander Thalia deal with the people.

“What should I do now?”

Baine deserves attention because she is the commander’s daughter, but Baine does not leave my side, perhaps because she is worried about me being left alone.

I asked her, who at least had more experience at party venues than me, what I should do.

“If you’re hungry, you can bring me food and eat it. Otherwise, you can talk to me. Then, when someone comes and talks to us, we exchange a few words and part ways, and so on.”

“A person who is nothing can walk around like that and talk to people, while a person who is good at something can just sit still and connections will automatically come in.”

“You understood correctly.”

Baine gave a thumbs up.

We picked up plates and brought out some delicious looking food.

It wasn’t a buffet, but there was everything from meat to vegetables, fruits, and desserts.

“Is it delicious?”

“Yes? “I like this too.”

Baine kindly suggested that I try other things.

While we were talking like that, there was someone who occasionally pretended to know me like Baine said.

Baine coldly dismissed most of their pretense of knowledge.

“Is it okay to act like that?”

“These are people who came to me because of my mother, not because of me. “After trying to approach his mother and failing, he talks to me as if he were looking for a chicken instead of a pheasant.”

“Oh my.”

“It’s inevitable that I look easy compared to my mother.”

He was calmly talking about whether this situation had happened once or twice.

“That must be a bit boring.”

Just thinking about it makes my head hurt.

Don’t you come from a world where you know how difficult it is to be harassed by people with unwanted fame?

However, Baine was surprised and asked if this was his first time seeing someone who sympathized with his situation.

“Do you really think so?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Because you were born as someone’s daughter, you have to suffer from other people. “How difficult it is to be stressed out by human relationships.”

Look at my time at work.

There are many office workers who have a hard time not because of work, but because of their social life.

Baine must have been hurt a lot by people approaching him even though he didn’t want to.

“When I say things like this, they say it’s because I’m out of luck. I think it would be absurd to say something like that when you’re your mother’s daughter. “Others were anxious because they couldn’t get this position.”

Because he respected Commander Thalia, he couldn’t have tolerated any more bad feelings.

‘I suppressed these thoughts and that’s why the devil was born.’

I keep suppressing and repressing my emotions and in the end, I get it! And it explodes.

As a result, Baine’s character scenario was that his relationship with Commander Thalia would be irreversibly distorted.

However, the situation is probably much better now than when the scenario was going on in the game.

Haven’t you met a friend who watches Vine itself?

“Are you still having a hard time these days?”

In response to my question, Baine smiled the brightest smile I’ve ever seen.

“No, I’m feeling better these days. “It’s thanks to the kids and the boss.”

“Did you include me in there too?”

“Then why don’t you put it in?”

To Vine, I thought I was just the owner of a general store.

All you’ve done for this kid is sold him some unique equipment, right?

But Baine seems to have had different thoughts.

“What did I do for you?”

“If I hadn’t met the boss, I wouldn’t have had a chance to get to know the kids. So I can’t help but be thankful to the boss. And this magic wand the boss sold me.”

She suddenly put her hand inside her skirt and pulled out a magic wand.

“Why is that there… ?”

“This magic wand is also comforting me a lot.”

Baine’s face turns red.

I’m a little embarrassed because I wonder if there’s anything to be embarrassed about by what I just said.

“Yeah, yeah. “I’m glad if you like it.”

“Have you waited long?”

At that moment, Commander Thalia finally escaped from the crowd and came to where we were.

“no. it’s okay.”

“I’m sorry. There were more people in attendance than I expected. after.”

“Mom, can I bring you some food?”

“okay. “Mainly meat.”

“yes.”

Baine got up and went to take the food.

When I wondered where Erintina had gone, she was holding a plate and choosing food.

Judging by the fact that there was a man next to him, he seemed to be suffering quite a bit.

“Did you enjoy your meal?”

“Vine explained things well, so I ate mostly delicious things.”

“Thank goodness. The food here is good. “We also use fresh ingredients.”

“A lot of people are visiting you, aren’t you tired?”

“It’s because everyone is worried about the monster wave. “No one knows as much as I do what’s going on on the front lines.”

Until the SSR character graduates and enlists, Commander Thalia seems to have done everything she could by holding on without causing any major damage.

However, there was a possibility that other nobles would doubt Commander Thalia’s abilities, asking why she had not yet been able to solve the monster wave.

‘They don’t know how dangerous the monster wave is and have no intention of solving it themselves, so they’re whining to Commander Thalia to do something about it.’

Perhaps his attendance at today’s party was to calm the rumors going against him and calm people’s anxiety.

“Anyway, I heard you have a lot of good stuff.”

“I tend to be proud of my stuff.”

“I won’t tell you the old fashioned things about where I got it. “Can you deliver that good product to the military?”

“Is the situation on the front line that dangerous?”

Asking to deliver the goods to the military without asking where they came from meant that the situation was urgent enough to ignore questions.

“If it were dangerous, I wouldn’t have been able to come to the city and spend time like this. Blocking monster wave attacks is no problem. “Isn’t this a situation where we can’t just stop it?”

“You’re saying you have to push yourself.”

“okay. His Majesty the Emperor has given orders to resolve the monster wave as quickly as possible. It’s totally worth it. “I didn’t know it would take this long.”

Commander Thalia would not have been able to ignore the order from the imperial palace.

They had to solve the monster wave somehow, but since there was no suitable way, they seemed to be going through all kinds of trouble, even worrying about supply issues.