episode_0041

A square with a large crowd of people sitting around.

Vivian and I were standing facing each other on a high platform.

“The hero, Airi, attempts to make a contract with Imp Vivian.”

“First of all, Vivian doesn’t harm people unless she feels her life is in danger.”

“Second, Vivian cannot leave Aven without permission from the hero, Airi.”

“Third, Vivian will not do anything that could harm the warrior party.”

I recited the contents of the contract, which I had read so many times that I could now say it with my eyes closed.

A magic circle rotating beautifully around you.

I had to suppress my laughter at the sight of the magic circle rotating beautifully around me and Vivian.

···There is nothing like this in the first place!

In fact, there is no need for such cringe-inducing directing at all.

They said all you had to do was be willing to sign a contract, so we just signed a contract! I thought it would be over when it was over.

However, Yuna, who expressed the opinion that the residents needed assurance that they were safe, decided to direct the contract.

The result is this situation now.

It’s a show contract that makes me cringe.

“Do you agree?”

Vivian hesitates for a moment.

Well, it’s worth it.

No matter who hears this, this contract is unfair.

Although I restrict others, I have no restrictions.

Vivian, with her eyes tightly closed, accepted such an unfair contract.

“···To agree.”

“Then the contract is concluded.”

A magic circle passing through two bodies.

···It has no effect.

What is this? It’s too flashy to show.

“Now then, the bride and groom kiss as an oath…”

“Stop playing around, Lisbeth.”

“Aaaah! Ah, it hurts…”

Lisbeth, who was joking when she saw us, became silent after being sanctioned by Jupiter, who was embarrassed.

…Actually, I thought about that for a moment too.

I shouldn’t say it.

“Whew, is this okay…?”

“It has to be okay. Then there will be meaning in showing something like this.”

“···By the way, that demon. What are you going to do?”

“huh?”

I thought about Yuna’s question for a moment.

···What should I do?

“You really don’t plan on raising one, do you? You don’t need to work to make a living.”

ah.

I had forgotten.

“Vivian! Vivian! Are you good at anything?”

“What are you good at? ···Troubling? Setting traps?”

“Uh… I see.”

In an instant, Lisbeth was dumbfounded.

I would never have imagined that I would get an answer like that.

That won’t help you get a job.

“Uh, umm….”

Yuna’s eyes become sharp.

Now, wait a minute.

Because I’m thinking about it.

As she grunted and thought about it, it started to become apparent that Yuna’s patience was gradually fading away.

Wow, you have to think of something quickly!

That moment.

A job that passes through your head.

Those three beautiful letters came out of my mouth.

“Maid.”

“···yes?”

“I’ll hire you as a maid.”

“Are you planning on being indebted to your lord again? When you don’t even know if you can afford to hire a maid in the first place…!”

“No, we hire them.”

Okay, why didn’t I think of this?

Until now, my colleagues and I were staying at an inn.

There were times when I stayed at a manor house, but basically I lived in an ordinary inn.

Of course, as it is a fantasy world, the service was not good.

So I had something in mind.

Including Vivian in that plan would be perfect.

“Isn’t it time for us to settle down here?”

“···Yes, that’s true.”

“Then it’s simple. Buy a house. Then entrust the management of the house. How about that?”

Actually, I’m a little tired of inns.

When I first went out, I went out shouting about the romance of fantasy.

After experiencing it, I found out.

Romance is romantic because it is never beautiful in reality.

I realized that cruel truth.

“Sister. I also agree with finding lodgings other than inns, but we can’t do it with our own funds.”

Of course.

What I want is a house big enough for five people to live there.

There is no way a house like that would be cheap.

It would be impossible with the current funds.

But what if there was a way to raise money!

“There is a way to everything. Kimia!”

“Ah, warrior. You are here.”

Kimia and Kenel approached from afar.

···As usual, Kennel’s face was skinny.

Did I get sucked again?

“Well, you’re sure about the request, right?”

“Yes, this time I would like you to get the dryad’s honey.”

“···Dryad?”

Lisbeth muttered.

Yes, it’s a dryad.

When I asked to take a day off, it was a request decided by my colleagues except me.

If I had received that request back then, there wouldn’t have been any additional requests like this!

“Hehe, how do you feel?”

“···.”

Yuna looks at me with a shocked expression.

It seemed like he wanted to refute something, but couldn’t.

“Perform the dryad slaying request and bring the by-product honey. Isn’t it perfect?”

“By the way, are you really okay with this as compensation?”

“Huh? Aren’t you getting paid for it?”

Jupiter asked with a puzzled face.

No, in what period did you save up all that money?

“Money can’t build a house. That’s why I thought.”

Gather the ingredients and build it yourself!

“···yes?”

“So, I gather materials and build it myself.”

Jupiter turned around with a serious expression.

“···Miss Yuna, I think it’s the beginning again.”

“Wow, it’s a big deal, sister. It’s my house after all!”

What am I doing?

···No, it’s not that I don’t have a dream for a house I built myself.

Actually, I’m a little attracted to it.

That’s not the only reason.

“Even if we save money, all we can do is buy land. We can’t buy a house. You understand that far, right?”

“···Well, yes.”

“Then it’s simple. Buy the land, receive the materials through the request, and make it.”

“No, I don’t know from there?!”

What does he not know?

“In the end, a house is unlikely to collapse if the supports are strong. If I put the pillars into the ground, I can easily build it.”

“Well, will it be that easy…?”

“Well then. After all, a house is all you need to put in a few pillars and secure it in place, right?”

It’s a perfect plan.

In modern times, even tasks that require heavy equipment and dozens of people can be completed by myself.

Driving rebar into the ground?

It’s easy.

Needless to say, it is a material that is not even rebar.

“···Miss Yuna. There is nothing we can do when it comes to this. Let’s finish the request as quickly as possible and find someone who can help.”

“Oh my god, building a house. Is it possible?”

“Hey, what do you think? It looks fun.”

“Sister Lisbeth is so carefree…! If you make a mistake, you are homeless at that moment!”

No, it’s really too much.

What did I do so wrong?

“···So, hero. Am I going to become a maid now?”

“I will, Vivian. Are you dissatisfied?”

“No, I have no complaints. A maid ultimately needs a master to serve, right?”

Vivian thought for a moment, wagging her tail, and then spoke with an awkward gesture.

“···Please come back, master.”

“···.”

“What, what? Why isn’t everyone saying anything?”

so cute.

With her small body, she awkwardly lifts her skirt with both hands and says hello.

That appearance reminds me of a child trying to learn something for the first time.

He captured Jupiter’s heart.

“W-Woo-hu-hu. I’m all for the house-building operation…!”

“Sister?! Weren’t you doing this with passive approval?!”

“But, the reason the house was built was for Miss Vivian to work, right?”

…that’s not everything.

I just happened to fit it in like that.

“If I could see the cute maid every day, would I agree?”

“···Sister, don’t you have a strange hobby?”

“Be careful what you say, Yuna. You’ll get scolded.”

“Oh, yes. . . . I’m sorry.”

Jupiter’s face hardened in an instant.

···Well, I think I would be angry if I were treated like a pedophile.

a little.

Just a little bit, let’s keep it a secret that I also had that thought.

“Are you okay? You’re a nun. I’m a demon.”

“You don’t think all nuns should kill demons?”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Of course, most believers hate devils, but the God of Lightning does not.”

Woohoo.

When the story of the god he served came up, Jupiter continued speaking with a slightly flushed expression.

“The God of Lightning does not look at the shell.”

“···skin?”

“Yes. What’s important is what’s inside.”

Fazizik.

White lightning flew from Jupiter’s hand.

“Lightning doesn’t care whether the opponent is a demon, a royal family, an animal, or a person.”

Just hit them equally.

“The most important thing is not to look at the shell, but to look at the inside. This is God’s teaching.”

“Hey, good god.”

“Is that so? When condemnation is imposed on an innocent being, there is no way to compensate.”

With a grin, Jupiter continued his sermon.

“When a person who has not committed a crime is imprisoned, how will the wronged person compensate for the time lost?”

“It is impossible to perfectly compensate for time. The Lightning God said that we must look inward as much as possible to avoid creating such facts.”

“Even if he seems truly evil, don’t have any doubts about him. He is that kind of person.”

The first thing I saw was that she looked like a saint of Jupiter.

This is not Jupiter, who has the usual church-next-door sister-like vibe.

“Miss Vivian is not someone who should be condemned. At least not yet. Is this the answer?”

Jupiter looked somehow different as he looked at Vivian, who was nodding.