Chapter 202: Each Room Assignment and Two Women

"We rented two rooms. One please use Master. The remaining one we will use."

Hearing Muriel’s words I thought one question.

"Come to think of it, Birga?"

It cannot be the same room as me and it should not be the same room as the Dules either.

"Priestess Hegildtia took another room."

According to Muriel’s talk the Dules all enter the large room on the first floor, I a two-person room on the third floor, Birga a one-person room on the second floor.

"Nn? Why am I a two-person room?"

"That is, that, a one-person room the bedding is narrow..."

Muriel answered reddening her face.

Come to think of it today was Muriel and Sophia’s day.

...Do we do it here too?

"Then I here."

Birga who silently followed together as if unable to bear parted from us immediately when we arrived at the second floor.

"Then let us go."

After bowing her head to Birga Muriel prompted me ahead.

Besides only Tiria is there and the rest seem to have gone to the large room on the first floor.

"It seems here."

Muriel used the key received from the landlady and opened the right door immediately after going up the stairs.

Considering there is also a left door the third floor is only two rooms I suppose.

Passing through the door inside one large bed was placed.

"I will place the luggage here. Meals later I will have Cathy carry. After that I and Sophia..."

"No, let’s take meals on the first floor. As usual I want to eat together with everyone."

Originally master and Dules do not take meals at the same time at the same table apparently but I do not particularly mind.

Rather eating alone feels lonely and I dislike it.

"Fufu, understood."

Muriel gently smiled and bowed her head.

Then she placed my luggage in a place that does not get in the way.

My luggage, even saying that only a shoulder bag containing the Bastard Sword and several changes of clothes.

"Thank you. The key..."

"You should use Lock magic. With this key it will be opened immediately."

Muriel cautioned that while passing the key to me.

"I see. Then I’ll try."

Lock magic after a long time.

Will it go well?

When I closed the door I started chanting the spell toward the door.

’Only this word permits opening. That is "Open Sesame"’

"Lock"

...Is even this kind of password fine?

Anyway I confirmed the door does not open.

The magic seemed to apply safely.

"Then shall we go."

I went down the stairs to the first floor accompanying Muriel.

...

This inn from entering the entrance there is a reception, on the right a dining hall, on the left a large room.

Now when food is hard to obtain the dining hall is not open apparently.

I and Muriel finished going down the stairs and headed to the large room.

"No good! Go home!"

"Please! Just asking the customers..."

"Noisy! Go home already!"

Then from the reception the landlady and a woman’s arguing voices were heard.

Putting my face out and looking there were two women.

One is the woman talking with the landlady, around late 40s perhaps.

Visibly thin, about to collapse any moment.

Clothes also tattered, appearance not much different from the people sitting outside receiving money or food.

The other around mid-teens.

Wearing a robe so long it touches the floor I cannot tell but

her face has good complexion, thinish but not pathologically so.

Parent and child with age difference or grandmother and grandchild.

Even so the difference in the two’s appearance and health condition is intense.

Perhaps some young lady and her attendant.

"Probably they are being refused lodging."

Muriel also put her face out and looked.

"As expected too expensive."

"Yes. Five silver coins per person is too expensive."

...Ha?

"Five silver coins per person!? Not per room!?"

"Yes. I paid seven one-bu gold coins and five silver coins. Master and Rine-sama, I, Sophia, Rosina, Sheena, Gejia, Cathy, Sara, Tiria, Rina, Yanica, Ilma, Helma, Yuki 15 people... right."

Muriel counted the number folding fingers.

Certainly 15 people.

In silver coins 75 coins, seven one-bu gold coins and five silver coins matches.

"...Will that last one week?"

"Yes. We disposed of the house and furniture so we have that much money."

That house and furniture originally were not ours though.

"...It is Helene-sama’s compassion apparently."

Perhaps Muriel saw my questioning face she added that.

...I see.

But whether to consider that their loan or consider they returned the loan to us.

From the ring of "compassion" considering it their loan is more appropriate.

I still feel like dancing on Helene’s palm.

"Ah!"

While talking such things with Muriel the woman arguing with the landlady at the reception saw us and raised her voice.

Then she walked to me leading the other girl.

"Hun!"

The landlady withdrew to the back with a feeling of none of my business.

"Ano, won’t you buy this girl?"

The woman around late 40s put the mid-teens girl forward and said to me.

"Ha?"

At the sudden thing I unconsciously asked back.

"One night ten copper coins is fine. Won’t you buy this girl?"

Saying that the woman untied the robe string tied at the girl’s neck.

Inside she wears nothing and the girl while blushing looking embarrassed looks straight at me and does not even try to hide her body with her hands.

"A, no, etto, I’m set."

While becoming flustered I hugged Muriel’s waist and answered the woman.

Muriel is somehow happy.

"B-but even trying holding a young woman occasionally... she has breasts too... how about it?"

Even then the woman persisted to me.

She glanced at Muriel, kneaded the girl’s both breasts with both hands and asked again.

When I also looked at Muriel she became sullen-faced perhaps because her age was mentioned.

"No, fine. That girl is also cute but I prefer this one."

While saying that I raised the arm around the waist and kneaded Muriel’s breast.

Again Muriel smiled looking happy and embarrassed.

Originally I should show same-age Dules in the large room for example Cathy or Rina but there is no need to go that far I suppose.

Muriel is also glad.

"I-I see."

The woman dropped her shoulders pitifully, passed the robe to the girl then turned back and started walking.

"Mom, shall we try other inns too?"

The girl bowed to me once then followed after the woman while putting on the robe passed from the woman.

"That person was that girl’s mother."

Muriel said to me in a voice containing helplessness.

"That’s right."

I also nodded in probably the same state of mind as Muriel.

"Master, let’s go."

After seeing the two leave the inn Muriel called out to me.

"Aa."

We turned back then tried to enter the large room everyone waits.

There again someone called out.

"May I eat together too?"