Chapter 291 – Episode 267 – Chili Peppers Start Attacking! (3)
“Damn…! What a spoiled bitch like that…!”
Upon returning to his mansion, Viscount Bede violently untied the scarf around his neck and cursed.
He had to manage the restaurants in the catering industry. In order to argue about the Shinsoo’s pub, which was outside of his management authority, he checked Ceres’ movement and followed him…
What they got on the spot was an ambiguous reply saying they would contact you later and Cecilia’s violent behavior.
He was in a hurry to visit, so I thought I would talk to him properly when a seat is available. Cecilia’s last act was so absurd.
“I’m getting crazy with each passing day…! Although she is an idiot who behaves arbitrarily, isn’t this too much…!”
Raised by the lord couple, Cecilia has no dignity as an aristocrat.
She’s already famous among her aristocrats, but at least she wasn’t a crazy bitch going out of her way in front of people.
However, Cecilia’s behavior today went beyond rudeness and was tantamount to fighting herself.
“…Mother year too! My daughter did such a rude thing, and it’s actually funny…!!”
The reason why the nobles had put up with Cecilia’s rude attitude so far was that at least the lord and his wife had shown an attitude of apologizing for the behavior.
But how was your day? The laugh of Ceres who laughed at himself falling on the floor was an eerie laugh that would have been slapped on the spot had it not been for his status as a lord.
Although there was a gap in her due to the monster invasion, she has a fairly long lineage of lords of Ladia.
She did the vulgar job of being an adventurer, but she still thought she was a good nobleman, and she looked like that?
Viscount Evid had no choice but to gnash his teeth at Ceres’ action, as if he had decided to oppose him.
“…Kuh…! Damn, is there anything wrong with the bones… He said he wielded a sword vulgarly, a bitch…”
“Shall we bring the priest from the church?”
“Please… By the way, what about the thing you said to find out?”
The butler, who had been watching the viscount, looked anxiously at the viscount who grabbed his leg.
A middle-aged butler watching the maids leave the room after giving instructions to the maids around her.
The butler, alone with the owner, corrects his expression and approaches the owner.
“…That Shinsoo didn’t just own the shops you mentioned.”
“What!? What does that mean!?”
“The store has not opened yet, but it is said that several stores have moved into the building owned by the priest. If you add up the stores you already own, there are about 10, and the owners of those stores were registered as Shinsu…”
“What!? No matter how much, that divine being has the money!? There are about 10 places!? Adventurers are allowed to own such a business!?”
“…The people preparing the store said that they applied for the owner as a priest. The industry is also diverse. The lord’s wife… No, the lord paid for it himself…”
“What is that!? Did I go crazy!?”
At the absurd report, the Viscount couldn’t shut his mouth.
No matter how big or small, a business isn’t something you can have simply because you have money.
A permission system in which nobles evaluate various things, such as whether or not they have property, original occupation, and the person’s career, before granting permission.
In Essentia, where trade was difficult due to lack of means of transportation, it was a kind of institutional device to prevent power from being concentrated in a specific group or individual.
If you’re an adventurer, the limit would be to own 2-3 businesses at most. All nobles must have strictly observed it.
It is absurd that many shop owners handed over the ownership of the shop to Shinsu, but the lord’s actions were a kind of provocation towards the nobles.
“The other nobles!? Did you know about this!?”
“Most seemed unaware. It seems that the lord took care of it alone.”
“Did I really go crazy…?”
Recently, the behavior of the lord’s family is not unusual.
Aren’t they suddenly changing their names, and don’t they exchange lord positions without telling the nobles?
After all, Ceres, who has become a lord, lives in the house of a divine beast rather than the lord’s castle?
Seeing Ceres dressed like a prostitute and walking around with a divine beast, rumors that Albert and Ceres were getting divorced were circulating in the lord’s castle.
If it wasn’t for Albert, who went about his business and said it was nothing, there would have been quite a lot of rumors among the aristocrats.
“A woman who used to be normal… In clothes that had nowhere to look, with tattoos all over her body…”
No, the appearance of Ceres I saw today was a look that showed that the rumor that Ceres had an affair with that monster was certain.
Infidelity of noble wives, which are said to be quite common. She must have just developed a relationship with that monster.
“And, of course, with that kind of monster… Disgusting.
Even though it walks on two legs, isn’t it a strange-looking monster?
It was completely incomprehensible to Viscount Evid that a person could have such a relationship with a monster.
A strange feeling that something strange is going on. Feeling that, the viscount touched his head and remembered the cause.
“…That monster. Come to think of it, the atmosphere has been strange since he came in…”
“…Exactly. Since that monster appeared, there have been strange things happening in the hero eater, the saint, and the city.”
“Do you feel that way too!? There must be something to that monster!?”
“But, it takes the royal family a little bit to use their hands. You seem to be trying to use Shinsoo somehow…”
Cities other than the royal capital are allowed to have some degree of autonomy, but they cannot disobey the royal family.
Monster-like hero knights out of the human realm. If there is any sign of disobeying the royal family, they will come.
But as if that didn’t matter, Viscount Evid looked at the butler with a smile.
“So, I just need to let the royal family know that divine beasts were of no use.”
“What do you mean…?”
“Adventurers are vulgar, but they are not useless… Why, isn’t there a guild we sponsor? Didn’t the guild leader say you were a hero?”
“Yeah. They are the ones who deliver monster materials to us… How do we do them?”
“If adventurers can catch the Hero Eater before the Shinsoo, the value of the Shinsoo will drop. I need to tell you a story. Bring the guild leader.”
“All right. Then…”
The viscount waved his hand as if to bring him quickly, and the butler bowed his head and was about to leave the room.
Before the butler could open the door, a woman opened the door and entered the room.
“Honey. Do you have?”
“Well? What’s going on? You?”
“An invitation came to me. The Viscountess Andalena has opened a restaurant on her nightlife street. May I go?”
“Mrs. Andalena? Why do you have to go to the entertainment area…”
“I do not know? I don’t know why, but you only sent invitations to me. Still, I think I should visit once to celebrate the opening…”
“Umm… Well, if you take someone with you, there won’t be a big problem. I see.”
The viscount, taking care of the monsters, takes lightly the invitation to his wife and tells her to go.
Viscount Evid was not thinking at all.
That the beast’s demonic powers reaching out to the nobles of Ladia were targeting them first.
That his own wife is going into the den of beasts.
The viscount sent his wife, not thinking what kind of ending it would bring to him.
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“S-Sema-san…!? Who just…?”
“Oh~. He was just an aristocrat with a business for Ceres. Don’t mind.”
“Is that so…?”
Sera, who was bringing a list of quests that looked like information boards, blinked as if it was something.
Well, there’s no need to bother telling you that you bullied a noble.
If she confronts her again, all you have to do is go and punish her… Where, now, should I try to solve her body in the quest that Sera brought?
“By the way, Sarah. Are there any more Hero Eater quests out yet?”
“Yes Yes! Lord! That, since I move while using the dimension gate, it’s hard to follow the traces… Adventurers aren’t looking for them too aggressively…”
“Huh… That’s right…”
That guy really I don’t know what the hell he’s doing to get around like that.
It seems to be wandering around Radia, so I want to deal with him before he goes too far.
More than anything, it made my back stiff, so I wanted to give it a shot too.
I’m going to have to warm up and find him. Because he’s a guy who is also involved in destruction.
“Hmm… Let’s see… Here, shall we try something like subjugating the goblins?”
“No brother. Goblins secretly don’t like their hands. On this side…”
“The estimated duration is two weeks… Well, if the owner is present, it will be over in a day or two.”
As Lisbeth and Cecilia looked at the list, they gave their opinions.
Hmm… Well, the estimated lead time doesn’t mean much. As for my movement speed…
…What. For a moment. My bitches, number one two three four…
Uh, what? Four people… Amman, even though I’m big, wouldn’t it be a bit difficult to ride four people?
I didn’t think of this… What about this?
I’d like to go around together, but somehow… If we stick together as much as possible…
…No, no. If you ride like that, don’t worry too much. Well…
“…For now, let’s do something that can be done around here. It would be better if all four of us move at once.”
“All at once… Ah. Like that. It will be a bit difficult for all four of us to move together.”
When Lisbeth nodded with an expression that said, “That was it,” The other three also nodded with apprehensive expressions.
After discussing with my females and choosing a light quest that I could do up close, I handed the quest information board to Sera.
Mobility limitations. I had completely forgotten the face of the male aristocrat I had seen just before, engrossed in my thoughts about a problem I had never thought of before.
