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Tondemo Skill - 327 - The Guests
🕑 Added 2022-02-03 16:16:05 +0000 UTCFor the next few days, I did nothing much. Just spending time at home and cooking when I felt like it.
My familiars bugged me about wanting to go hunting but, [3] “The Guild Master has gone to see Count Langridge to arrange a meeting with me. I can’t go out since I don’t know when he’ll be back.” [5]
Also, it felt really good to do nothing but relax at home.
Fer was not at all happy, of course. [2] I vaguely heard threats of “We’re definitely going to a dungeon after this’ but I decided that I had gone deaf for the day.
One day, while I was busy relaxing in the living room with a coffee…
“Brother Mukouda, you have a guest!” [3] announced Lotte-chan.
“Oh? I wonder who could it be?”
[5] “He said he’s a ‘Guild Master’.” [5]
“I see, could you please guide him here?”
“Okay!”
Lotte ran out of the living room and came back with the Guild Master [5].
“Hey, thanks for having me,”
[9] “Welcome to my home, please take a seat. Lotte, tell your mother to fetch us some tea.”
The people in this world find coffee too bitter, so I got tea to serve guests. [9] Especially since I was expecting an important guest like Count Langridge. Now that the Guild Master was here, I could practice my hospitality service on him.
“Speaking of which, this is quite a large house you bought,”
“Maa, I hadn’t expected to get something this big but one thing lead to another…”
“I heard you got yourself some slaves too but I hadn't expected to find Tiger Fang’s Tabasa at the gate. I heard she failed a quest and got into debt… [5]”
“Well,” [9] I should have known that as a unique looking and competent local B Ranker Adventurer, the Guild Master would know of Tabasa. “It’s fine when I’m here but I have to be responsible for the property and the commoners who work here when I’m not around,” I said, feeling embarrassed about having to defend my decision about purchasing Adventurers as slaves. [5]
[9] “It’s really too bad to see someone like Tabasa fall into debt like that but I guess it’s good for you since you have still those issues with the Stars Company.”
[9] “Ahaha…”
[9] “Plus, you could certainly afford it after clearing two dungeons, gahahaha!”
“It’s all thanks to Fer and the others, of course.” [5]
“Speaking of which, Tabasa told me that their lives here are even better when compared to their Adventurers time. To be honest, you probably made their lives more comfortable.”
“Well, that’s because we’re not a black company [10].
“Hmm? A black… what?”
“Nothing, never mind about that, I was just talking to myself.”
[9] Aiya just happened to enter with the tea. Great timing, Aiya!
[9] Once Aiya had served the tea, one of the more expensive stuff that could be bought from [Net Super], I gestured towards the teacup at Willem-san and said, [3] “Please, help yourself.”
“Thank you for the tea.”
As Willem-san gulped down the expensive tea, I sighed over the aroma. Looks like Aiya managed to properly brew it just the way I like it. [5]
Once we each had our sip, the Guild Master set his teacup down and said. “Well, first, let me tell you how the meeting with Count Langridge went…”
[11] “What happened to you!? Wh-what’s that thing on your head?!”
“Gahahaha! Are you surprised? You’re surprised aren’t you?”
[11] “…he was totally shocked, of course,” here, Willem-san run his fingers over his thick brown hair. “Maa, I guess it’s quite natural…”
[11] “You must tell me your secret, what is it? A potion? Magic?”
“Hohoho, it’s called a hair tonic and here’s the thing. I used it just three days ago.”
“Three days?! Wait, your hair colour too. It restores hair colour!?”
“…muahahaha! The envy in his eyes!”
“… ahaha,” I could tell he had really enjoyed himself. “Have you been using the tonic ever since?”
“No, it works too well. Using it every day means I have to cut my hair every day.”
“Oh, what an interesting problem.” To go from having no hair to having to trim one’s hair every day…
“Therefore, while I use the shampoo every day, I only apply the tonic once every three days to maintain my hair.”
“Maintain? What happens if you don’t use the tonic?”
“Ahem, unfortunately, the hair starts to thin out at the roots…”
“…I see,” that’s harsh. Looks like he might have to depend on the hair tonic for the rest of his life…
[9] “L-let’s that matter aside. The count has agreed to come to visit the Guild.”
“…yes?” what was that odd stutter?
[9] “Ahem, yes, well [4] when the count saw the effectiveness of the hair tonic he wanted to see you immediately. Sadly, he was restrained by his retainers and well, important people like him can’t go wherever they like, any time they like.”
[9] “…and so…” I’m sure there’s a conclusion to this. Otherwise, surely Willem-san can’t be here just to brag about his hair to me. [5]
[9] “It’s been decided that the Count would make an official visit to the Adventurer’s Guild to meet with S Rankers in this city. That way, it would make it easier for you to meet.”
“Oh? So, he’s coming to the city to meet with me? I don’t have to pay a courtesy visit to him?”
“Yes, he’ll be here the day after tomorrow.”
“Wow, isn’t that soon?” Counts are part of the nobility after all. Even important politicians from my previous world have to make lots of arrangements before going anywhere.
“Huhu, well, it’s only natural after seeing the effects of the hair tonic,” Willem-san flicked his hair back like a shampoo commercial model. “Anyway, do come over to the Guild nice and early the day after tomorrow.”
“Alright, understood,”
After a bit more small talk, I sent the Guild Master off.
The day after tomorrow, huh?
The gift had already been decided but since it’s kind of like a first meeting gift, I should package it properly. Let’s do a bit more than just transfer the content of one thing into another and do a proper Japanese style packaging.
Gumihou: I deleted… about 300 words? It’s still over 1000 words, so… hahaha…
Fer: Tch, weak
Gumihou: What did you say?!
[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs
[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs
[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue
[4] Structural Change: Change passive sentence to dialogue
[5] Delete Repetitive or Pointless Information
[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose
[7] Add Dialogue Tag
[8] Creative Licence Taken
[9] Some Logistics issue re ‘normal interaction’
[10] Black Company – Japanese term for an exploitative sweatshop-type employment system where conditions are poor and employees are subject to large amounts of overtime work without overtime pay, verbal abuse, bullying and threats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_company_(Japanese_term)
By the way, you can also vote for the most evil corporation of the year. ‘Winners’ are awarded the ‘Black Corporation Award’
[11] Awkward flash back filled with many, many repeated details of ‘oh, my hair, well look… the potion did xx, yy’ which was practically lifted from the other chapter…
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Ahh...
Shadow
Not gonna lie; I thought this chapter was going to be our MC confronting the noble that abandoned the purchased mansion, with the next chapter being the arrival of the King. Or something like that.
