Mobile Fortress Lady Cozette - Chapter 36

I’m not afraid

 

Today we are going to go out again, but before we do, let’s say hello to the boy we saved, who seems to be awake.

 

He’s still an outsider, so of course it’s with a robe and mask on.

 

“Ah…”

 

I peeked out and saw the boy standing there, out of place.

 

Well, is it confusing to be suddenly in a room like this?

 

“How are you doing, young man?”

 

“Uh, yes. I’m fine. I am.”

 

“Your language is fine, as usual.”

 

“But this is a nobleman’s house.”

 

“Yes, well, it is. But it’s only me and my maid here now, and I don’t particularly care for the language.”

 

The boy is dressed cleanly now, but he was originally dressed in pretty ragged clothes. He must be from a commoner background.

 

If he was, he probably wouldn’t have been educated like I was.

 

If they had, it would have been very troublesome. Mainly in the political field.

 

To be offended by the language of such people is to show our small capacity.

 

The boy’s shaggy red hair was now in order, and his green eyes were eye-catching. You could say he was beautiful.

 

If you polish it up, it will shine.

 

“Let’s start with the main topic. It’s about the girl.”

 

“Is Shia all right?”

 

The boy leans forward vigorously.

 

Oh, she’s fine. That’s good. Being cheerful is the best.

 

I thought so when I saved him, but he seems to be a moderately friendly person.

 

I think that’s excellent.

 

“When I say safe, I mean safe.”

 

I tell him to follow me out. The boy obediently follows me.

 

“Oh, by the way, I didn’t get your name. Please call me ‘White’ for now. There are people related to me here, so please add ‘sama’ to my name. I can overlook the wording, but this is non-negotiable.”

 

I don’t really care if he calls me by my name or not.

 

If he didn’t do so, this boy’s head would fly off. It’s disrespectful, after all.

 

You see, I am a boxed girl who was carefully raised.

 

I’ve recently stepped out of my box.

 

“All right. White-sama. I’m Chrome.”

 

The boy called me by “sama” as if he was not used to saying it.

 

Hmmm… that sounds a little awkward, doesn’t it?

 

It’s not bad, though.

 

?

 

“Shia…”

 

“For now, her life is not in danger. She’s just exhausted and sleeping now, isn’t she?”

 

I brought Chrome to the room where Shia was sleeping.

 

Shia is Chrome’s sister.

 

Shia, who has been cleansed, has blue hair, unlike her brother Chrome. I can’t see the color of her eyes because she is asleep, but she also has a beautiful face.

 

“Um…”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Thank you for saving me.”

 

He thanks me again.

 

“If it weren’t for you, White-sama, I’d be dead. Not only me, but Shia can’t pay you back, but I’ll pay you back somehow.”

 

He is moved to tears.

 

Or rather, he cried a lot.

 

I, for one, was completely confused.

 

Come to think of it, I don’t remember them thanking me this much.

 

The truth is that I only helped them because they were in trouble, and it was within my power to help them, and it didn’t take that much effort.

 

To be honest, Shia’s treatment was at a minimal level.

 

“Um, you’re welcome?”

 

So, you say I owe you for saving my life, but how much do I owe you?

 

Should I just take the money for the treatment for now?

 

“Yes! Thank you very much!”

 

After that, he just kept on thanking me.

 

Ahh….

 

In the end, I quickly told and instructed them that they could stay here until Shia got well, that they should not go out of the mansion unnecessarily, and that they should be assigned a room next to Shia’s. After that, I hurried the martial arts teacher out.

 

I gave the grinning teacher the fastest dagger I’ve seen in a while.

 

?

 

“Good work!!!”

 

“Yes, good work there too.”

 

We hurried out of the mansion and came to the processing plant. The place is quite clean, with even less odor than before.

 

There are no problems with the people working there. The baths seem to be working quite well.

 

“How is it looking?”

 

“Ha! No problems.”

 

I greeted the security guard lightly. He’s good, and he’s clear. He’s a little loud, though.

 

He seems to be very enthusiastic about his work, and I feel bad asking him to lower his voice, as if I’m disturbing him.

 

I wonder why you’re sweating when it’s already quite cool.

 

“Don’t overdo it. If you get tired, please take a rest.”

 

“Ha! No! I’m fine!!!”

 

For some reason, his voice became even louder. Why is that?

 

Nodding my head, I proceeded to the back.

 

“Oh, by the way, I see you’ve had a baby.”

 

“Ha!!!… What? How did you know that?”

 

It’s from your chit-chat. Where do you think you are?

 

I lift the green slime that’s plodding along beneath my feet and give it a pudgy squeeze.

 

“Babies are so cute, aren’t they?”

 

New life is important.

 

“Heee! Yes!!!”

 

“I’ll send you a celebratory drink sometime. Please keep up the good work.”

 

“Yes, haha!”

 

Yes, that’s good…

 

I don’t know why I’m being treated with the highest form of salute.

 

I just told him that I hope he will continue to work hard for the sake of the child.

 

No, well, it’s fine if you do your best.

 

Today is a terribly confusing day for me.

 

At any rate, I can’t ignore it, so I’ll just nod. I don’t want the nobles to show too much agitation, you know.

 

Get yourself together.

 

I have some things to do today, so I’m going to collect all the slime and gather experience.

 

Slime from all over the processing plant is gathering.

 

Slimes crawling out from everywhere.

 

It’s a spectacular sight when you look at them like this.

 

There are several thousands of them. This place is safe, so we haven’t even stocked up.

 

” We didn’t see anything!!!! Good!!!”

 

“Yes!!!”

 

Yes, that’s right. You can’t tell anyone about this place.

 

Well, I don’t mind if you do. I want to avoid getting my hopes up before I get any results.

 

I’d like to keep it a little more private than usual.

 

The people here are very supportive and very helpful. It’s almost impossible to talk about this place outside.

 

It is highly appreciated by my brother.

 

There are no complaints from the refugees, and they are highly satisfied.

 

So, it is no problem for me to handle the slime.

 

“I didn’t see anything, I didn’t see anything.”

 

The security guard next to me is muttering something, are you sure you’re okay? You can put in a leave of absence request.

 

I take it in once and let it split again.

 

From a distance, it must be a strange sight to see slime gathering around me and then leaving.

 

Cute… No, I don’t think so.

 

Oh, I think they’re cute, though.

 

I think they’re kind of like dogs in a pack.

 

?

 

“… It’s too hot. It’s no good.”

 

I took out one of the slimes and heated it up with Heat Manipulation.

 

I poured all the experience I had gathered into <heat manipulation>. I thought it would be a blessing if it increased my efficiency and power.

 

The results are not good.

 

It certainly generates heat. I’m sure it’s a lot of heat.

 

I almost got burned.

 

But the slime itself can’t take it. It pops.

 

It’s like popping.

 

They have too little magic power, these kids.

 

I had no choice but to try and find a place where the amount of magic power recovered would be balanced.

 

Take it out and heat it up, fail.

 

Take it out and heat it up, fail.

 

Take it out and heat it up, fail.

 

Take it out and heat it up, fail.

 

…I’m bored.

 

At that time, I saw a refugee passing by.

 

I’m pretty confident that’s the bloodthirsty person who jumped out at us, or my brother.

 

It’s just right, so let’s hear what he has to say.

 

“Hello?”

 

“Hmm? Mask-sama!!”

 

Mask-sama? Oh, it’s because I’m wearing a mask, isn’t it? That’s okay.

 

“How’s your work going?”

 

Take it out, heat up, fail.

 

“Ha, ha. Well, I guess we’re all grateful for the work… It’s easy.”

 

“You can use the same words as usual. This conversation won’t affect you in any way. Right?”

 

Take it out, heat up, fail.

 

“Ha! We are not concerned with the content of this conversation.”

 

The security guard declares loudly and turns away. Not just him, but all the other guards around him.

 

Well, that should do it.

 

“Well, um…”

 

“Anything more?”

 

“No! Oh, um, your voice, it’s pretty normal, I guess.”

 

For a moment, there was silence, as if time had stopped.

 

What is it?

 

Take it out, heat up, fail.

 

A popping, somewhat ludicrous sound is heard extraordinarily loudly.

 

“Hey, it’s nothing! Don’t worry about it!!!!”

 

The refugee stiffened and stood still.

 

“No, I don’t mind. I changed my voice because I thought it was unnatural.”

 

I couldn’t be bothered to change my tone, so I didn’t particularly change it.

 

My instructor didn’t say anything about it, so I guess there’s no problem.

 

“The, the voice changed…”

 

“What was that?”

 

“No, it was nothing!”

 

Umm, I’m uncertain if I should be talking about this.

 

“That’s not what I want to talk about.”

 

Take it out, heat up, fail.

 

“What do you think about killing the goblins?”

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

“No, only life!!!!”

 

Why is that?

 

Something like this happened before.