Volume 5 Chapter 3: Future Housing

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Author: 夜州 (Yashu)

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Several months ago.

Lula had come to visit Cain’s office with a huge sheet of paper.

“Cain-sama, please have a look at this! I did my very best!”

Said Lula proudly, at which Cain looked at the sheet of paper she had brought with her.

It was a drawing of the whole city plan.

The cityscape was neatly organized into sections, with parks and such dotted here and there; it was such magnificent workmanship Cain let out a voice of awe.

The commercial district and such had been neatly partitioned from each other, and there was even a shopping mall small companies could fit in laid out on the drawing. The places the residents could live had also been divided up into many parts; just thinking about it made his cheeks loosen themselves.

“It’s my ideal city plan. It’s the ideal city I’ve been dreaming about since when I was in Japan! Let’s do this.”

While Cain was impressed by Lula’s enthusiastic explanation, he did wonder to himself whether this was going overboard or not.

Moreover, to actually make this, a huge amount of money was necessary, and they also lacked the manpower.

“It’ll be fine! Cain-sama, you have a huge amount of magical power! And if we only need people for the interiors, it won’t cost that much at all, and the population’s growing rapidly, so earnings from taxes will also increase as well!”

“Alright! Let’s do this!”

“Thank you very much!”

Thinking about it while considering the future, it was quite good for the city indeed.

The two of them persuaded Alec, and it was decided to be carried out.

However, even though the plan said it would take many years to build, with Cain and Lula’s ridiculousness knowing no bounds, the city was completed in just a few months.

Regarding the persuasion of the residents, they just threw it to Alec, who apparently managed to convince them by explaining how the stores and homes would be even more beautiful than before.

As Drintor had a lot of adventurers, Rikisetsu, the guild master, also approved, so there was basically nobody that opposed it.

However, there was a large empty space in the very centre of the expansive city.

“Lula, what’s this space here for?”

At Cain’s words, a smile that screamed ‘I’ve been waiting for this’ made its way onto Lula’s lips.

“We’re going to build a castle here! Cain-sama’s castle. We’ll have to welcome the Princess-sama in the future, so it really is necessary.”

“……A castle?”

“Yes, a castle. What else would it be? If we built a castle first, the residents might complain. So, I prioritised the city.”

Then, Cain and Lula started talking about what kind of castle they would build.

“I really do like the castles they have in Europe. I got to see them on a trip abroad and was really impressed by them.”

Cain’s imagination and expectations grew as well at Lula’s words.

(I can do castles with World Dictionary. And now that we’ve come this far…)

Then, with Cain’s unlimited magical power and Lula’s motivation, a castle that knew no self-restraint was built.

The only thing they had to do was create the exterior and then bring in people to do the interior details.

Of course, it goes without saying that Alec gave the two a good talking-to after having a look at the finished castle.

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“Cain-sama… I thought my father told you to have some self-restraint…?”

Said Telestia with a tense expression, to which Cain scratched his cheek.

“No… it was fun and I just kinda got carried away…”

“Building a castle by ‘just getting carried away’… nobody that does that!!”

“Hey, Teles, don’t say that. We’ll be living here once we get married, so isn’t it all right?”

Telestia’s angry expression changed in an instant at Silk’s words.

Her expression was now one of embarrassment, her cheeks becoming red. Perhaps she was having wild delusions about what living in the castle would be like.

“Ahem… I guess it’s all right.”

Alec, who was also standing in row in front of the castle called out to them.

“Welcome to Drintor. I’m Alec von Silford, the deputy governor. We have prepared rooms for you in the castle. It might only be for one night, but please relax as best you can here.”

Alec greeted them all crisply, bowing, his voice making the teachers and students return to themselves.

The schoolgirls involuntarily blushed upon seeing Alec.

“This way, please.”

The knights and adventurers escorting them would be staying at a different inn, so they split up there.

Of course, Claude teased Cain, saying ‘Cain, you trying to found a country or what?’ and was hit on the head by Lina again.

Guided by the servants, the teachers and students made their way inside the mansion.

The front hall was an atrium, and the whole ceiling was covered in frescoes. Voices filled with awe came from the students, who were seeing such a thing for the first time in their lives.

Cain followed Silvia, who was guiding them, even while being bathed in three cold glares.

“I came over to the mansion here to help and I was really surprised by the place being a castle.”

(Don’t call it a castle… It’ll just get more and more suspicious.)

While Cain was smiling bitterly, they were guided to their rooms.

“Cain-sama’s room is in the back over there. Everyone else, your rooms are here.”

The three girls were shown to rooms a couple of rooms over from Cain’s room.

“What about the rooms from here…?”

As Telestia asked, wondering, Silvia answered with a smile.

“Well, you see, those are… the rooms for Cain-sama’s wives, so no-one’s staying there yet.”

“!? …No way, you even prepared our own rooms for us… I want to see… please.”

“Your Highness and Silk-sama will marry Cain-sama in the future, so a little peek won’t hurt. Would you like to see? Although, you can’t stay there yet…”

““We want to see!””

The two of them latched onto Silvia’s words.

Unlocking the doors to the rooms they would be staying at and going inside, they saw a large bed, a dresser, and even a sofa.

Each of their rooms also had their own bathroom with washbasin next door, making the trio’s eyes glitter in awe.

“Amazing! We’ll be staying in such luxurious rooms… ehehe.”

“Cain-kun, thank you! Now I want to get married right away!”

The two of them smiled happily. However, the other person there bit her lips.

(Not fair… Even though I got to know Cain before they did… Just this once, I resent having Baisasean blood.)

Although she didn’t let it show, Liltana was quite jealous of the two.

However, no-one noticed that, and Silvia’s tour continued.

“These are the rooms for Cain-sama’s wives. Then, the only one left, there in the back, is Cain-sama’s room.”

““We want to see that too!!””

Silvia glanced at Cain. Knowing he had no choice, he nodded reluctantly.

Opening the heavy and thick double doors, the sight that met them was that of a set of sofas for reception of guests and such, an office-like desk, and, in the very back, –– a bed large enough to fit multiple king-sized beds in it.

There must have been enough space on it for at least ten people to sleep together.

Cain had also thought it was overkill, but Lula had said ‘This much is normal!’; it was the piece of work she had been the most enthusiastic about.

While it was indeed comfortable, Cain found sleeping alone on such a huge bed a little lonely.

“…A-Amazing… It might even be more luxurious than my father’s room…”

“So here, in the future…”

The two of them imagined the future, their cheeks colouring themselves red.

Then, unexpected words came from Liltana.

“Cain-sama… there are quite a lot of rooms prepared for your wives, aren’t there?”

At those words Telestia and Silk froze, pulled back to reality from their wild delusions.

The two of them started counting the number of doors in the corridor.

There were indeed ten rooms in total along the corridor.

Then, the two’s gazes focused on Cain.

“C-Cain-sama… don’t tell me… you’re planning to marry… this many people?”

“Cain-kun, you know even I won’t be able to tolerate ten people?”

The two of them closed in on Cain with icy glares.

“Perhaps I too––”

Liltana whispered to herself behind the other two, smiling, her cheeks becoming red.

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TN: lmao let’s see him explain his way out of this one

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