novelraw Chapter 169: Going Out
Chapter 169: Going Out
Even if Loren was normally slow to catch on, he realized now that Mirrorheart genuinely had some issues with Seraphina. From the very beginning, she had assigned Seraphina useless tasks, and now she was speaking to her with such harsh words.
"Yes, I shall take my leave now, Head Maid."
Seraphina appeared completely submissive, showing no objection to Mirrorheart's command, and obediently left Loren's bedroom.
"You are not to come near here in the future."
"Yes."
"..."
Only after Seraphina had left did Loren finally speak up to ask:
"Why are you treating Seraphina like this?"
"Competing for favor."
"..."Mirrorheart's blunt honesty once again left Loren speechless. He just didn't understand why she was suddenly starting this competition for favor now, when before she had always directly acted as his full-auto wingwoman.
"Your harem can have countless members, but your dog can only have one."
"..."
Loren sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing his temples. He hadn't expected Mirrorheart's reason to be this...
"Forget it, all of you go back. If you don't want to sleep with others, sleeping alone is fine too. Anyway, with the protective charms, you're safe."
During this period, Loren had been practicing observing multiple fields of view simultaneously. At the very least, he could now guarantee that if anything happened to the others, he would know immediately. There wasn't much danger.
Loren - The Master of Balancing Water.
The night passed without further incident. Loren just spent it pondering whether hiring these maids was a mistake in the first place. It seemed Corolla was the only normal one among them. She really had it tough...
The next day, after lunch, Loren went out with Laila. Their first stop was the post office. As soon as they approached, they received an enthusiastic welcome from Erika.
Ever since she last met Loren, Erika's life had suddenly become much smoother. Not only was the post office rapidly rebuilt, but she herself also got a successful promotion. All of this was because people believed she knew Loren.
"Master Mentor, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Please help me send two letters, thank you."
One was for Cecelia, the other for Rex. The letter to Cecelia not only contained the lyrics Loren had written down but also some things Loren wanted to say to her.
For example, telling her not to come to the territories of the God of Bountiful Harvest and the God of Plague recently. The God of Bountiful Harvest's side was dealing with the Rainbow Plague and Pseudohumans, while the God of Plague's side was about to go to war. Loren would go find her after some time.
Logically, what Loren wrote in the letters were state secrets. If it were anyone else telling these things to people from other countries, they'd be looking at jail time, at the very least. But this was Loren. Erika didn't even check if Loren's letters had stamps on them.
"Please rest assured, your letters will be delivered with the utmost priority!"
Erika held Loren's envelopes as if they were divine edicts.
"Good, thank you..."
"Wait..."
As Loren turned to leave, Erika called out to him:
"I heard you wanted to hire maids. It's a pity I was a bit late. Is it still possible now?"
"It's enough already, thank you."
Having one suffering ordinary person like Corolla was enough. Loren had no intention of dragging anyone else into this mess.
With colleagues like Seraphina and Flossie, Corolla was under immense pressure.
Flossie hadn't shown many anomalies yet, but her personality was very off. Loren could sense her excitement.
"Let's go buy clothes next."
"Mhm."
Laila suddenly grabbed Loren's hand, emphasizing:
"I'm just afraid you'll be replaced by a Pseudohuman. It's not like I want to hold your hand or anything."
Even though they'd already... been intimate, Laila still instinctively fell back into her tsundere mode. Loren just let her be.
In fact, it was precisely after confessing that Laila started showing this tsundere side. Before, she could just treat Loren as a bro. Now, she was subconsciously trying to hide her feelings.
It was just that after she confessed her identity, everyone wasn't particularly shocked. That's when she realized she hadn't actually fooled anyone at all. Loren and the others had just been playing along with her.
Today, however, most of the usual clothing shops were closed. Only a handful were still open, and there was only one women's clothing store.
"Why aren't most shops open?"
Finally finding a women's clothing store that was open, Laila casually asked.
"It's all because of that Rainbow Plague!"
When mentioning the Rainbow Plague, the auntie running the shop gnashed her teeth:
"Those people have caused trouble here more than once! They think us separating men's and women's clothing is discrimination against them, so they just start smashing things up.
"Especially women's clothing stores, they've been persecuted particularly severely. If the clothes we sell are a bit prettier, they say we're 'conditioning women.' And there's a bunch of really disgusting-looking men who come to try on clothes, get them dirty, and then don't buy anything..."
Loren glanced inside the shop. It was all extremely plain clothing, but there were still traces of having been smashed.
It was at this moment Loren realized he himself had become somewhat detached from the common people. The destruction caused by the Rainbow Plague was more severe than he had anticipated.
"It's fine now. I've already researched a method to deal with the Rainbow Plague. Those fanatics aren't coming to cause destruction anymore, right?"
The auntie thought for a moment and realized it was indeed true, immediately becoming excited.
She understood very well that no matter how much she complied with them, all she got in return was them pushing their luck again and again. So, the reason they weren't coming to cause destruction wasn't because the auntie was compliant enough, but because they had been beaten into fear.
"Remember to tell others later that the Rainbow Plague is basically resolved, and everything is starting to get back on track."
The hardest-hit area of the Rainbow Plague was the Nofica Theocracy. Gedlan wasn't affected too severely, and plus Gedlan Kingdom's territory was small, making it relatively easy to handle.
"By the way, please pack up all these clothes. How much?"
Loren directly waved his hand, buying all the clothes that fit Laila's size.
There weren't many clothes here. Buying them all wasn't a huge amount. Loren also bought Laila some shoes.
"For you, no charge. Thank you for your help to us, and thank you for always caring about us common folk like this."
Even though these clothes weren't some expensive brand, they were still worth a fair bit of money. It was nothing to Loren, but it was quite important to the auntie.
"Alright then. Could you please deliver these to my home? Consider this the delivery fee."
Loren casually grabbed a few gold coins and placed them on the table. Just these few coins represented several years of income for the auntie.
The vast majority of people never get the chance to see a gold coin in their entire lives, after all, as the denomination represented by a gold coin is, well, gold.
You have to understand, the purchasing power of one copper is similar to RMB, and RMB from earlier years at that.
Copper is the currency people use most frequently. Below one copper, there are even smaller denomination copper coins.
"Thank you, Master Mentor..."
The auntie thanked Loren from the bottom of her heart, but Loren didn't stay there long before heading to the next destination.
Laila's hand, holding Loren's, suddenly shifted into an interlocked, fingers-laced grip. Her body also unconsciously leaned against him.