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Chapter 4 – Purchased a New Luxury Liner
I thought it was a secret plan, so I put on a smug face and blurted out my secret plan, but it was actually a bad plan, and the ladies criticized me vehemently for it. I was just trying to be cool and make a rich man’s move by saying I would buy them all, but I think the world is an unreasonable place.
“If you draw a lot from this box and get a 0, you win. No hard feelings, okay?”
At my suggestion, the nervous-looking beauties began to draw lots with serious expressions on their faces.
Nervousness in a lottery drawing is like a draft… Huh? Come to think of it, the result of this lottery will determine the purchase of the luxury liner worth tens of billions of yen, right?
If I’m not mistaken, this lottery might require more tension than a draft.
When I think about it, a lottery made out of an empty cookie box seems very poor. Even though it’s an empty box of luxury cookies.
Hmm, I don’t think it’s possible to start from scratch… Five people have already drawn. If I start over here, there is a possibility that the person who lost the lottery will complain because I started over again later.
I’ll just have to accept that this time, the lottery was done with love. If there is a next time, I should think a little more about the raffle. Formality is important.
Everyone draws their tickets, and I draw the last one from the box. My luck is low, but I have heard that there is good luck in leftovers, and I have a little hope that I will win.
If I win the lottery, my stock price, which had fallen due to the “I’ll buy all the luxury liners” incident, will soar.
“Wataru, is it okay to look at the tickets already?”
Alessia-san asked me as she looked at the ticket she had drawn. She seemed very interested in the outcome of the lottery, which made me very proud as the organizer of the lottery.
…I was very excited, but I hadn’t thought about how to control the lottery.
It would be exciting to check each person in turn, but if the results are announced at the beginning, the excitement of the rest of the participants will fade away. It would be more dramatic to check the raffle all at once.
“I’ll give the signal, and we’ll all check at the same time.”
Everyone nodded, so I cleared my throat and prepared to give the signal. What kind of signal is the raffle confirmation signal? I was getting nervous in a different way.
“Uh… Then open up!”
I can’t think of a cool signal, so I sent a very ordinary one. At this point, I no longer felt like I had won the lottery. I felt like my luck was running away from me at a great speed.
Still, I held out a little hope and opened the quadruple ticket, but of course, it was blank. I feel sad about my luck that I can’t even get through the one-in-eight chance.
“Kyaaa! Is that a win? It is a win, isn’t it? I got the 0. I did it, I won! Beni-chan, I won!”
I feel like I’m seeing a very rare sight.
Everyone else, perhaps like me, was not disappointed that they had lost the lottery but instead looked at Dorothea-san with great excitement.
Even Alessia-san and the others were surprised, so it was a rare sight to see Dorothea-san excited.
Dorothea-san is holding Beni-chan, who was on her head, close to her chest and showing her the winning ticket.
It was a reaction I couldn’t have imagined, given her calm demeanor as co-leader of Girasole. Was she that happy about winning the lottery?
No, Dorothea-san is not the type of person to get caught up in her own affairs. Come to think of it, Dorothea-san and Beni-chan chose the luxury liner together, didn’t they?
I wonder if this tension is because she was able to fulfill Beni-chan’s wish. As a fellow slime lover, I’m glad to hear her reaction.
“…..Ahem, I’m sorry. I was a little loud, wasn’t I?”
Dorothea-san, finally noticing the warmth in everyone’s eyes, suddenly returned to a calm atmosphere and apologized.
But she’s definitely embarrassed. It’s hard to tell with her brown skin, but if she had a white type of skin, I think she would be so embarrassed that her face would be bright red.
Her eyes are swimming, and I think she is inwardly regretting her decision to get so excited. It’s kind of funny.
I wonder if everyone thought so, too, as they gathered around Dorothea-san and congratulated her but also added extra words like “you were so happy” or “you were so cute” to stimulate her sense of embarrassment.
Hmm… the verbal abuse of a beautiful woman by beautiful women… this is something. The S-like smiles of the attacking beauties and the expressions of shame of the beauty being attacked.
The fact that Dorothea-san is not an M-type person makes it all the more wonderful. Thanks for the treat.
“Stop it already! Wataru! The ship you’re going to buy has been decided, so let’s get on with the story!”
While I was enjoying the play of the grinning beauties, Dorothea-san, who couldn’t stand it anymore, urged me to continue with the story.
…That was it. Now, it was not the time to watch beautiful women playing with shame, but the time to buy a luxury liner.
The frolicking of beautiful women is so destructive that it makes me forget if only for a moment, the great event of buying a luxury liner.
“That’s right. Dorothea was so cute that I forgot about it.”
Alessia-san, with a smile on her face, makes another attack.
“Dorothea, you’re so cute.”
Marina-san mumbles.
“Ufufu. Didn’t you know? Dorothea may look cool, but she’s got a girly personality.”
I have a feeling that Ilma-san is about to reveal something amazing. Dorothea-san’s face turned so red that I could see it even through her brown skin.
“Dorothea is a maiden, after all, you know?”
Carla-san tilted her head at me and said it was obvious. Her pure eyes seemed to see through Dorothea-san’s true nature.
“Everyone, no more…”
Claretta-san tries to stop everyone as if she were in a hurry. As for me, who was attacked the same way in the hallway earlier, I think for a moment that she didn’t stop at my time.
“Geez! That’s enough!”
“Oh, she lost her temper.”
Just as Ines said, Dorothea-san lost her temper and grabbed Alessia-san and the others. She was so embarrassed that she went over the edge.
“Master, come here.”
Felicia is the epitome of a slave as she gently pulls me close and defends me. I wish Ines would learn from Felicia instead of yelling at me.
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“Well, then, I would like to buy the luxury liner.”
Finally, after all the excitement had died down, it was time to get down to the business of buying a luxury liner.
It was a big purchase, worth tens of billions of yen, so it was hard to make a decision, but it was definitely the wrong use of our time. There was no doubt in my mind that Alessia-san and the others were in tatters.
“Dorothea-san, you’re sure this is the right luxury liner, right?”
It would be a bit embarrassing if we made such a fuss and bought the wrong ship, so I checked with Dorothea-san again before making the purchase.
Dorothea-san leaned in close to check the purchase screen. Normally, I would have been excited, but since Dorothea-san is also in tatters, I am more worried than excited.
Since it was an event, I wanted to give her some time to freshen up, but I knew that if I gave her more time, she would start fussing again, so it was probably a good idea to give up.
“Yes, this is definitely the luxury liner. Wataru-san, please.”
“I understand.”
With a click, I pressed the “Buy” button.
Just like that, 1,700 platinum coins disappeared. When I think about it calmly, it was a ridiculous thing to do.
Well, the fact that the charity expense increased by 1,700 platinum coins is more painful than the disappearance of 1,700 platinum coins…
“…I bought it.”
Despite being slightly depressed, I reported to Dorothea-san that I made the purchase.
“Fufu, thank you Wataru.”
Oh no, Dorothea-san’s smile of appreciation up close is wonderful. It would have been great if there weren’t scratches on her face.
But you know what? I feel like I have a surprisingly positive personality, being able to jump over the pressure of 1,700 platinum coins with the smile of a beautiful woman.
“Master, you bought it, didn’t you? Then, let’s take a look. I can’t wait to see the casino.”
…Ines wanted to go to the casino right away, even though she had just complained that she didn’t have enough money for her allowance.
“I don’t plan to increase your allowance, okay?”
“Eh, Master, that’s out of the question. Have you forgotten the deal you made when you bought me? You will be punished by the God of Commerce-sama, you know that? I’m not going to say anything bad about it, so you might as well make a big deal out of it to commemorate the purchase. It’s for Master’s sake, remember?”
When Ines hears that there is no extra allowance, she rushes to say something bad. What about bringing up divine punishment for an allowance?
“Yes, I made a deal with you that I would entertain you as much as possible, but I give you a pretty good allowance every year, and I don’t think I would fall for that deal. Even if I did, the God of Commerce-sama would probably give me a warning before the punishment, so I don’t have to worry.”
I’ve got a direct line to God here, so such threats are meaningless.
Well, it’s too bad she can’t play on the new luxury liner, so I’ll give her some allowance after I’ve given her some more to push around.
Until then, I’ll just have to enjoy the pleading Ines.
“Wataru, in addition to Ines’ allowance, we’d also like to take a tour of the new luxury liner.”
Well, Alessia-san, you’re right; I can’t wait to see the new ship as well. I agree with her. Ines makes a fuss about what she means by addition, but I’ll leave it at that.
“I understand. Shall we take the Lutto out to sea?”
“Hmm? Why not here?”
It’s true that I could just summon it next to the Chris, but there’s a reason why I can’t do it here.
It is in full view of the Dark Elf Island.
“If I summon it here, the dark elf children will make a lot of noise.”
The children are fascinated by the feast of the Chris. If a luxury liner bigger than the Chris appeared next to it, they would definitely show interest.
They have been on the Chris before, so they can control their curiosity, but if they see a new luxury liner, their curiosity will probably explode.
I don’t mind inviting the dark elves, including the children, but I want to make sure they know the new luxury liner well before I invite them because if I don’t give them enough time, it will lose its specialness.
It would be best to invite them after this trip.
“Those kids could probably swim their way in. Shall we continue then?”
Alessia-san seemed to agree. They can’t break into the ship because of the Boarding Rejection, but with those aggressive kids, we can’t rule out the possibility that they will swim close to the ship and make a fuss to be allowed on board.
With the plan decided, we started to move to the Lutto.
Oh, I didn’t check if the level of my Ship Summoning has been increased. …Well, I can check while we’re on the Lutto.
“Then we will set sail for the new luxury liner, the Grandiosa!”