Chapter 148
The Standby Group
Translator : PolterGlast
After Graham-san left alone to hunt monsters, I
brought Ria-chan, Maud-san, and Tricia-san along with Aoi-chan
to the former residence of the Greatest family.
"Wow, what a huge house! Graham bought such a
big house!"
"It really is amazing. I feel nervous just stepping
inside."
"Is this house Graham-sama's?"
As Aoi-chan and I leaked voices of admiration, Ria-chan
tilted her head and asked. Judging by this reaction, she doesn't know the
circumstances yet. I bet Ria-chan will be surprised when she learns
she's going to live in this house too.
"Yeah, that's right. This is the house Graham-san
purchased. By the way... I think you will be living in this house too, Ria-chan."
"Eh?! I'm going to live in this house?! I can't live in
such luxury!"
"By the way, not just Ria, but Tricia and
Maud will likely live here too! Because this is the workplace Graham
was talking about!"
"Eh, is that so? I never dreamed I would end up working
in such a mansion. Will we... be doing housekeeping work?"
"Hmm. I don't know the details, but I think the work
content will be something like that."
"I've never done housework, so I'm anxious. If I'm
useless... will I be thrown away?"
Maud-san
muttered that with an anxious expression, and in response, Ria-chan and Tricia-san's
expressions also turned anxious. The three of them seem worried about whether
they can do well, but Graham-san isn't the type of person to abandon
someone no matter how useless they might be. I can declare that precisely
because I was a hopeless adventurer myself.
"You three don't need to worry. Graham-san isn't
the type of person to abandon someone no matter how useless they are."
"Exactly! You don't need to worry about anything, just
be happy you can live in this mansion! —Or rather, let's stop talking and
explore quickly! I can't wait!"
"Ah, Aoi-sama! Going alone is unfair!"
Unable to wait any longer, Aoi-chan took out the key,
unlocked the door, and went inside the house alone. Chasing after her, Ria-chan
also ran inside, and after exchanging glances and smiles with Tricia-san
and Maud-san, I followed them into the house.
I had heard about it, but the inside really was surprisingly
large and spacious. Unable to hide my surprise at its vastness, I looked around
in a daze with my mouth hanging wide open.
"Amaaazing! It really is a huge mansion! Graham-sama
is amazing for buying a house like this!"
"I didn't think it was this big either! If it's this
wide... we can play tag or hide-and-seek!"
"Wah! I want to play hide-and-seek!"
"Then, once we finish exploring, let's all play
hide-and-seek! I think you know without being told, but Ginia, Tricia,
and Maud are participating too!"
"Won't Graham-san get angry?"
"He won't find out, he won't find out! If we play tag
and break something we might get caught, but hide-and-seek is fine."
While having such a conversation, we decided to look around
starting from the main house. The entrance hall was spacious, and the length of
the hallway was on a different level. Just the number of rooms visible from the
entrance alone was more than that of
my parents' home, and I could tell right from the entryway that it would be
possible to open an orphanage in this house.
"Ginia, come quickly! The living room is
insanely wide, and you can get to the courtyard from here!"
"Ginia-sama! This house has up to a third floor!
It's like a hidden room, it's fun!"
"Hey, Ria. Even if you were told it's okay, you
shouldn't get too carried away."
I could hear Aoi-chan and Ria-chan calling me
from different directions. Tricia-san called out sternly to Ria-chan,
but perhaps because she didn't know where she was, there was no reply.
"We will look for Ria who is upstairs, so please
go to Aoi-sama, Ginia-sama."
"Understood. If you find Ria-chan, please come
to the living room. Also, I told you before... you don't need to add '-sama' to
my name, you know? I'm just in the same party as Graham-san."
"No. Ginia-sama and Aoi-sama are
benefactors to us, so we will use honorifics just like with Graham-sama."
"Exactly. Ginia-sama is our benefactor
too."
Hmm... I'm definitely not a person worthy of being called
with "-sama", but neither Tricia-san nor Maud-san would
stop.
While I was racking my brain, the two of them went upstairs.
I'll think about the honorifics issue again later; for now, let's go find Aoi-chan.
Passing through the long corridor, there was a spacious
living room. Aoi-chan was standing in the middle of that living room,
looking outside in a daze.
"Aoi-chan, is something wrong?"
"Ginia! Look outside! There's a super huge
garden attached!"
Pulling my hand in excitement, Aoi-chan pointed
outside. Indeed, stepping out from the living room led to a courtyard... and it
was a courtyard dozens of times wider than I had imagined. I had heard there
was a courtyard, but I can understand why Aoi-chan's excitement spiked.
"It really is spacious! I didn't think it was this
wide!"
"Me too! I can really have him give me training in this
courtyard! ...Maybe I should ask to live in this house too?"
"I want to ask to live here too, but do you think he'll
let us?"
"I don't know! But if it's this wide, we can live here,
right!"
"Ginia-sama, Aoi-sama! The second floor
was amazing too!"
While talking about that with Aoi-chan, Ria-chan,
who must have gone to the second floor, returned. She was in high spirits,
rivaling Aoi-chan, and I could tell without looking that the
construction of the second floor was amazing too.
"Wah! I'm looking forward to seeing the second floor
too! Once we finish seeing the second floor, let's play hide-and-seek! And after
hide-and-seek, tag in the courtyard!"
"We're playing tag too!? Yaay!"
"Aoi-sama shares the same sensibilities as young
Ria."
"Maud, that's rude. Aoi-sama is simply young
at heart."
Tricia-san
corrected her while lightly tapping her head, but I didn't really see the
difference. And after that, just as declared, we played hide-and-seek and tag,
ate a slightly late lunch with the five of us, relaxed a bit, and then—finished
exploring Graham-san's new home.
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