Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer~

Chapter 505:

Lending

"… I'll gladly accept it, but please register yourself as the owner, Takumi-san. Our family is only holding onto it."

"Even though I'm saying I'm giving it to you?"

"Right now, our family is acting as your guardian household, but rather than helping you, we're the ones constantly receiving benefits. And just because I'm overseeing things in my generation doesn't mean I can guarantee how things will be in Theodore's. Considering the worst-case scenario, I want it to remain officially your property that the Risner family is merely safekeeping."

"……"

Worst-case scenario, huh?

Does that mean he's considering the possibility of some trouble arising that could lead to cutting ties?

I want to say that would never happen… but I have no idea what kind of disputes might arise among nobles.

Well, as Cedric-san says, it might be best to just leave the teleportation magic tool in their care.

I infused magic power into the new teleportation device and quickly completed the owner registration.

If I got it mixed up with the one I was currently using, it could be a disaster… Just as I was thinking that, the idea of giving the tool a name popped into my head.

I realized that, just like the recognition code I registered, I could also assign a name to the magic tool itself.

So, I registered it as "Takumi No. 2, Risner Family."

While I was at it, I also registered my personal one simply as "Takumi."

Then, I registered a third one as "Takumi No. 3, Ruven Family," anticipating that the Ruven family would likely say the same thing and that I'd end up leaving it with them too.

I also set it up so that all three devices could use the recognition code. Of course, I registered names as well, but I didn't include "Takumi No. ~" in those.

"Alright, that should complete my registrations."

But… if something gets delivered to the devices left with the Risner and Ruven families, I'll get a notification in my mind too, huh?

As I was pondering this, an option for notifications surfaced in my thoughts.

Maybe because I was touching the magic tool while thinking about notification sounds? This thing really is high-performance.

And it turns out I can toggle notifications on or off. I had no idea.

Without hesitation, I set the ones I'd entrusted to others to have notifications disabled.

"Next is Cedric-san's owner registration."

"No, no, it's user registration. I do have some knowledge about these things, you know!"

"Wouldn't it be better to register you as the owner and then allow user changes?"

"No, that won't do. If I have the authority to make changes, it means I could delete Takumi-san's ownership registration, and that is absolutely unacceptable. Got it? Absolutely not!"

"……"

He's really stubborn about this sort of thing.

"Fine. Then for the user registration, let's include Cedric-san, Patrick-san, and Isaac-san when the opportunity arises."

Since he seemed unwilling to budge, I decided to obediently proceed with the user registrations.

"Me too?"

"Patrick-san, you may usually live in the royal capital, but just in case. The notifications can be disabled, so let’s at least make sure you can use it."

"That makes sense. Let's do that."

It would be better if the lord's brothers could use it too.

After all, if they can't use it in an emergency, that would be a problem.

"Also, shouldn't there be at least one more person in the territory who can use it?"

"There will be times when I can't handle it myself… I suppose Theodore, then?"

"If Theodore-kun is registering, shouldn’t Latis-kun as well?"

"Honestly, I don't want to register the children at all. This thing is what it is. But not being able to use it in an emergency would be bad too, so we'll limit it to Theodore, as the heir."

With the registrants decided, we swiftly completed the registrations and conducted a test run.

Just like we did before, we sent and received small bottles back and forth.

Latis-kun, watching Theodore-kun, Allen, and Elena use the magic tool, looked incredibly envious, but since Cedric-san refused to grant permission, he had no choice but to endure.

Cedric-san’s firm stance on such matters, ensuring proper discipline, is really admirable.

"Now that we're keeping it, where should we store this device?"

"… Wouldn't the most secure room be best? Also, maybe fix it in place or lock it in a safe so it can't be easily carried away?"

With the test run complete, the lord's brothers now seriously deliberated where to store the teleportation device.

"If you don’t want to keep it at home, how about carrying it in a magic bag? Here, take this."

Since items sent via the teleportation device can still be detected even when stored in a magic bag, there’s no need to keep it in a room.

So I pulled out an unused magic bag from my Infinite Storage and handed it to Cedric-san, only for him to let out a deep sigh again.

"Takumi-san, do you understand that magic bags are valuable items?"

"This one has a small capacity and normal time progression, making it the lowest-quality magic bag!"

"Saying it so firmly doesn’t change anything! It's still a magic bag!"

"Come on, just take it!"

Since we’ve been collecting magic rings like crazy and are close to getting one for everyone, magic bags haven’t been as useful lately.

"Wait a minute! Takumi-san, why are you trying to force this magic bag into my hand!?"

I tried to subtly place the magic bag into Cedric-san's hand, but he kept resisting.

"Can’t you just give up and accept it?"

"Give up? What do you mean, give up!? I refuse to give in! I won’t take it!"

"Oh, just take it already."

As Cedric-san and I wrestled over the magic bag, the kids gathered around, curious about what was going on.

Predictably, Allen and Elena joined my side, while Theodore-kun and Latis-kun sided with Cedric-san.

"What’s happening?"

"What are you doing?"

Allen and Elena asked after jumping into the fray.

“"Are you playing around?”"

"Playing… well, that’s not entirely wrong."

The back-and-forth over the magic bag probably did look like play-fighting.

"I'm trying to give Cedric-san the magic bag. Allen, Elena, help me out!"

“"Got it!”"

"Theodore, Latis, don’t let them make me take it!"

"Is it really that bad?"

"Why not just take it?"

Unlike Allen and Elena, who immediately followed my command, Theodore-kun and Latis-kun hesitated, unsure why they had to refuse.

That difference in reactions decided the outcome.

"”We won!"”

Allen and Elena managed to stuff the magic bag into Cedric-san’s coat pocket and quickly backed away, raising their fists in triumph.

"Wait a second!"

"”Not waiting~!"”

Since I had taken a step back once Allen and Elena joined in, Cedric-san couldn’t return it to me and was left flustered.