Chapter 19: After the Party

“Galatea, have you distributed the extra bonus? The success of this party was due to everyone’s support, and fortunately, we have plenty of money to spare. I’d like everyone to have a change of scenery once in a while…..”

“I’ve told everyone to take a vacation and go play in the city. This is thanks to Noah-sama’s golem and Bowman-sama’s super mithril alloy. Thanks to the successful miniaturization of these powerful golems, we’re able to reduce the amount of manpower needed for farming and other tasks.”

“Noah and Bowman are doing a great job, though the details are still difficult.”

“Agni-san cried that when he left the carpentry work to us, the building was destroyed and he had more work to do.”

Galatea smiles at my words. So, thanks to the fact that Noah’s golem was made from the super mithril alloy, it was able to move with less magic power, allowing it to take on simple tasks for longer periods of time. As a result, more and more people wanted to learn the new jobs that were available and now we were in a bit of a tizzy. The idea was to give them a break while they adjusted to the situation.

On top of that, we’ve accepted a new immigrant, but there’s only one problem child. We have a lot of work to do, and it’s really bad. ……

“Well, I’m grateful now that we have more people…..”

“Master! I got another letter for you asking you to tell them about your product! Also, I made something interesting with Bowman-san! Would you please come to the courtyard?”

Noel came into the room a little excited, carrying a large number of letters. Wait a minute. Do I have to look through that much ……?

“Noel, Master is busy right now. Don’t make selfish requests.”

“Oh… that’s true…… I’m sorry. ……”

Noel squirmed when Galatea chided her. Galatea, Noel’s educator, is a bit strict with her. Of course, Noel knows that she’s not being unreasonable, so she honestly apologizes.

However, Noel is still a child and probably genuinely wanted me to see her new invention.

“Galatea, can I leave you alone for a moment, since Noel wants to report to me like this? Of course, I’ll do my job.”

“Eh…. Grace-sama……”

Noel’s eyes lit up with happiness at my words, but when I looked at Galatea, she sighed with a wry smile.

“Master is really sweet to Noel. If I don’t let you go, I’ll become the bad guy, so go ahead. But in return, you must not rest until your work is done…….”

“Ugh…… I’ll…… I’ll do my best.”

“Ufufu.”

Noel chuckled when I flinched at Galatea’s words. I looked at her, wondering what was going on and she said in an embarrassed tone.

“When I was listening to the exchange between Master and Galatea-sama, I thought it was like a father and mother….”

“Noel found about it… you have to take responsibility for this, Papa.”

“Why are you holding your stomach? I seriously don’t remember any of this!”

I blurted out as I watched Galatea blush dexterously as she stared at me and held her stomach. I don’t think I remember anything like that and I’m pretty sure Galatea can’t do that type of thing… No, she can’t, can she? Is it possible that she can? Robots are really amazing.

“It’s a robo-joke. The Master and I have the relationship of master and servant. But I know what you think of me, Noel ……. I’m kind of glad.”

“Galatea-sama, it’s ticklish.”

Galatea then strokes Noel’s head somewhat happily. Noel, who is being stroked looks somewhat embarrassed and is left to her own vices.

By the way, Noel and Neil’s parents died when they were young. Maybe she remembered something while watching the interaction between me and Galatea.

“Noel…… you can call me daddy if you want.”

“Master …… that’s a bit …… Vigna-sama will be very angry with you…..”

“Master …… that’s daddy-play.”

I don’t know why they looked at me so coldly, I mean What’s daddy-play? Pretending to be a daddy? That’s a weird play!

I got a weird vibe, so I stood up to cover my tracks and headed towards Noel.

“Well, Noel, will you show me to the courtyard?”

“Yes, Master! you’ll be surprised!”

And as I’m about to leave with Noel, Galatea calls out to me.

“Oh, by the way…… Noah-sama has a suggestion for you: ‘Since our business dealings are increasing, I think it’s time for us to create some kind of business association in this village. In fact, please create one. We have excess capacity …… but I can do my best if I take a bath with Galatea-san. …… No matter how much I ask, she refuses. Can you please give her an order? I’m really begging you!’ That was it. You can ignore the second half, but I agree with Noah.”

“Ah …… ah, I’ll think about it …….”

I nodded with a wry smile at Galatea, who dexterously imitated Noah’s tone of voice. It’s a good idea to have a business association. If we have a business association, transactions will be smoother and there will be more work.

Maybe we should ask Chris through Edward….. He was quite enthusiastic when I talked to him before…… I proceeded with Noel, thinking about that. Then there was some kind of smoke coming from the courtyard.

“Geh! Is there a fire? Did a wyvern attack?”

“Oh Grace-sama, this is….”

I had a bad feeling and rushed out. Noel who was next to me was saying something, but it was an emergency now and there it was…

“A carriage without a horse……?”

I shouted in surprise at the sight of a smoking mass of metal running without horses.

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