Chapter 90 – Afterparty (1)
The battle is over. The journey of Paladin Sonata, Living Armor Unit 2, ended on the 10th floor of the Infinite Labyrinth.
-Shall we go further down from the 11th floor?
-No. Mentally, I’ve taken a huge hit right now, so let’s go back and fix it. If the first digit changes, you have to prepare again accordingly.
-Yes! Okay.
In fact, we could have gone further, but the financial loss was so great that we just chose to return.
Kuro, passed away.
It doesn’t matter whether it was Venice or Venice, but Kuro died in the Infinite Labyrinth.
He was a mercenary and slave who had been purchased for a considerable amount of money, but he ended up dying even though he only went on one expedition to the Infinite Labyrinth.
However, no one expressed solemn condolences over her death.
That she is a slave.
Even though she was a slave, she continued to pour out her curses on me until she died.
And the fact that what she did was not a very good thing to consider, whether it was extenuating circumstances or anything else.
-He died because he deserved to die. That’s just it.
– He was a person who would die someday, but he just died like this. Even now, from my perspective, I can say that I am miserable enough. But that’s not the case.
-Maybe it would have been a more miserable death? He may have died not in pleasure, but in real pain and screams.
Considering all that, she was a woman whom Kuro could safely judge as ‘she died well.’
Kuro’s death.
There is nothing sad or anything like that.
However, we express our condolences in a humane way.
Silence.
End of silent prayer.
“Everyone worked hard.”
A table set up in one corner of the office.
There, I gathered the knights and collaborators together and prepared a celebration banquet.
“Through this expedition, I realized one thing.”
I clinked glasses with the knights sitting around the table.
“People cannot be trusted.”
I was scammed by Charlotte.
“It’s hard to trust someone unless it’s a woman who is definitely mine.”
I was betrayed by Kuro, a slave I bought with money.
“Trust is a very important factor, especially in financial transactions. It is not yet possible to confirm whether Miss Charlotte, the head of Nine Tails, betrayed trust or not. So, I will remain silent for now.”
Benia cheated on her virginity.
But that’s what Infinite Labyrinth found out.
There is a possibility that Charlotte was also fooled, so I will bury it tonight.
“Right now, it’s more important to celebrate our victory and relieve this excitement. Instead, the morning after tonight, I’m going to talk about this situation right away, Amy.”
“Yes, Lord So.”
“Don’t let Sir Lambert know in advance, but call Sir Lambert right away tomorrow morning. If it gets in Sir Lambert’s ear for no reason… The Nine Tails can prepare for it.”
There are only two maids in this room right now, the head maid and Amy.
Since I have kept all the people I assume to be from the Empire waiting outside, there won’t be any information leaking if I go to Nine Tails tomorrow to ask questions.
“It’s called an unannounced search. I understand. We’ll handle it quietly so nothing gets leaked.”
Neither of us have any particular ties to the empire, so even if I were to go and attack Nine Tails, there would be no reason to leak information.
Rather, since it means I will be at odds with the empire, I will keep it quiet, saying it is a good thing for the kingdom.
“Then first, for the two wizards who worked hard to ensure the successful operation of the Paladin Sonata.”
I personally brought the wine and filled Astarotte and Zenith’s glasses.
“Ah. It’s a nice place to be, so I’m wearing a suit, so let’s try to set the mood.”
My reflection in the mirror is a blonde gentleman wearing a white suit.
I feel like I’m becoming more sentimental today, so I just want to talk about whatever I can.
“With gratitude and love.”
I didn’t learn etiquette separately, I just followed what I wanted to do, but the two silently accepted the wine glasses.
“Uh, Lord So?”
“Why are you doing this, mother?”
“If you pour enough wine into a wine glass like this…”
As Janice said, I filled the glass almost 80% with wine.
I know.
Wine should be placed so that it is slightly submerged at the bottom of the glass.
However, the only drinking methods I am most familiar with are soju and beer.
“Mother. The amount of wine I gave you is my heart for you two.”
“What?”
“I gave it to you as much as I appreciate it, as much as I appreciate it, and as much as I love it.”
“Ah…”
“Hmm.”
The two accepted the glasses while scratching their cheeks.
It seemed like he was secretly disappointed that it wasn’t fully filled, but it wasn’t enough to completely fill the glass.
Astarote hasn’t had sex with me, and Zenith hasn’t had sex in the sex room yet.
“Don’t worry about etiquette. This isn’t a banquet hall, isn’t it just a simple celebration between us? Look at the spoils of this expedition.”
I pointed to the pile of magic stones on one side of the table.
“Isn’t that expedition quite a lot of money for an expedition that went all the way to the 10th floor? If you add this to the Fermatten family’s household budget, it will help at least a little bit. Haha.”
The amount of magic stones that sound like billions.
Compared to the assets of the entire Fermaten, it is only three feet of blood, but if you look at my personal knighthood alone, it is a lot of money.
When I roughly converted it, it came out to about 500 million won.
“It’s quite a big achievement to have earned this much magic stone after a one-day trip. Serica. Is this a pretty good performance?”
“I earned more than average, or even more than that.”
“I see. Whenever I see something like this, I really become grateful to the Infinite Labyrinth. Where can I get so many magic stones?”
With so much money being made from a single one-day expedition, who would give up the infinite labyrinth flowing with milk and honey!
And that’s 500 million won for going up to the 10th floor.
Below that, if you go down to the 50th floor, your income will rise exponentially.
The risk will also increase accordingly.
“To the two wizards who helped me catch the signal of the Paladin Sonata, and to my knights who went on the expedition to the Infinite Labyrinth with me. Thank you. Thanks to you all, I feel like I am one step closer to my dream.”
I picked up three magic stones.
“The magic stones you have collected will be used to fund the activities of our knights in the future. However, this does not mean that we will use all of the funds for these activities. This is all that I, Rouge Permaten, have to share.”
I took one small magic stone and two large magic stones.
“And 30% of the operating expenses of the Order. The remaining 70% on your plate is all yours.”
“Yes?”
“Lord So, what is that…” ” ?”
Everyone was shocked by the explosive remark.
“Little Lord, this is ridiculous. All the magic stones earned by the Permaton Knights belong to Little Lord, how can we… !”
“Laura.”
I stroked Laura’s head and silenced her complaints and the complaints of others.
“This is enough. I calculate and divide everything. We will continue to distribute dividends in this way. We are in the same boat.”
“One boat…”
I am in a relationship on a boat.
Not everyone is on my boat yet, but they will be soon.
“And this is service.”
I picked up two magic stones and bounced them at Amy and Emma.
“This is for those of you who helped me focus on conquering the labyrinth in the office. It’s a bonus. I don’t mind any specifications.”
“…Lord So.”
“Thank you very much.”
Emma and Amy bowed their heads and thanked me.
No matter if you are a spy or something else, there is no reason for anyone to dislike it if they receive a golden salary.
Even an industrial spy, if he receives a daily salary of 5 million won, he will quickly bend his back to 90 degrees and say thank you.
“Look at the distribution of the rest. I have divided it according to merit so that there will be no complaints.”
The same goes for dividends distributed to others.
I handed out the dividend shares of the expedition I had prepared in advance to everyone, and everyone kept their mouths shut when they saw it.
“Is there anyone who is dissatisfied? If so, let me know.”
Complaints?
It can’t happen.
It’s not because it’s simply difficult to talk about it openly here, but because I settled the account through reasonable and perfect calculations.
‘This is my specialty.’
The talent of an engineering commander is not only combat command, but he must also have the ability to organize personnel and distribute resources.
And fortunately, I am a man who is quite talented in this field.
Also as Rouge Permaten.
Even me before I was possessed by Luge.
“It might be a little burdensome to distribute in magic stones instead of cash, but please understand that. Then, cheers, everyone.”
I raised my glass.
“I hope that in the future, like now, everyone will return safely without dying.”
Kuro?
The only people I wish for safety are the Templars and those who work at Count Permaten and do not touch me.
It wasn’t the Knights who betrayed me and hit me in the back.
Although not everyone gathered here absolutely trusts me, at least they are not the ones who would say anything about ‘Luge using women to form a knighthood and conquer the labyrinth.’
Why?
“Everyone listen carefully. “I am.”
I emptied the wine glass in one go.
“I want to process this magic stone and make accessories for my wife. So please continue to cooperate. I want to scrape to the bottom of the infinite labyrinth.”
After giving Laura a quick glance,
“For the day when I make earrings, rings, and necklaces for my wife with very special, perhaps only one-of-a-kind jewels in the world that only come from the Infinite Labyrinth and do not exist in reality.”
Ta-da.
