Chapter 156 - 154: Seven Merchants
When I ordered Sera to cultivate konjac potatoes and regular potatoes, she began moving immediately.
"But Shivans-sama? I've heard these are poisonous."
"That's fine. I'll give you the recipe!"
Without delay, I constructed a factory next to the konjac potato field.
Cielo, with his sharp nose and intuition, came flying over.
"My daughter! What are you doing behind your father's back?"
"No good, Father! Shivans-sama is conducting research right now! This will definitely make money... gufufufu!"
Wanting to know even more, parent and child engaged in a back-and-forth battle.
I was searching for a wild plant called karashina. While I was at it, I also searched for wasabi, and found that similar things to both existed here. Without delay, I planted karashina near the apiary and cultivated and harvested it repeatedly using spirit magic.
I extracted the mustard component from the seeds using alchemy, and preserved it in powdered form. I decided to make the leaves into pickles, stir-fry them in oil, or use them for ohitashi. The wasabi-like plant was grated and provided to sushi restaurants.
When I posted a request for wasabi at the Adventurer's Guild, the low-rank adventurers were delighted.
In Port Town Marino, sushi restaurants had been increasing, so sushi with wasabi came to be called "the way sushi connoisseurs eat" or "a stylish way to eat."
When I mentioned that it could also be expected to have a sterilizing effect, the shop owners began using it happily.
"This sharp sensation that hits you!"
"Ah! The way it clears your nose is great!"
The restaurants became bustling with customers who were called connoisseurs and stylish patrons.
Regarding the konjac, I left it to Sera, and when she served it as miso dengaku or in oden, it was well-received by both Sera and Cielo-san.
"Mustard is wonderful!"
"I want to sell this too! Sera! Please let Papa sell it!"
When I stopped the parent and child from making a racket and gave Cielo Trading Company permission to sell it as well, Sera complained, "That's too soft on him!"
"In the end, they'll have to buy the raw materials from us, right? Isn't that fine? Besides, I intend to advertise it as being good for your health!"
Realizing it would sell even more, parent and child smirked.
Sera, while eating miso dengaku, said, "I have something to discuss."
"Is there some kind of problem?"
"Due to strong winds, the apples... it's been devastating..."
Apparently, they couldn't be sold as products and the damages were substantial.
"I'll buy up all the fallen apples. And all the poor-quality apples too."
"What do you intend to do? We've already collected all of them."
Sera was worried, but there was no problem. Using alchemy to the fullest, I cast 'Clean' on the juice, placed it in clean barrels, and let it ferment and mature.
(If I remove the impurities with this, I should be able to make cider!)
By suppressing fermentation, it became a low-alcohol, slightly sweet drink that seemed like it would appeal to women.
After tasting it, Sera and Cielo said, "It's delicious!" and immediately began gathering the unsellable apples for me.
Passo promised to write an article about the konjac. I brought the powdered konjac to the Imperial Research Institute and promoted it extensively.
The Quack Doctor Trio were alive and well, and immediately greeted me with handshakes.
"Shivans-sama! What is this?"
"It's a health food! Since ancient times, it's been called 'sanding the stomach' or 'the broom of the stomach.' Eating konjac, which is rich in dietary fiber, is said to clean the inside of your body."
The three of them seemed ready to research it immediately.
When I asked about Liliana and Magira's grades, I was told they were around the middle of the pack.
"After being pregnant for a year, giving birth, and now raising children, these grades are splendid!"
Since the Quack Doctor Trio were praising them, I decided to go visit Liliana and Magira and tell them that.
"I'm sorry! I wanted to show you the children too, but I've been busy."
"Every day is fulfilling now! Thank you for giving us children!"
When I met Liliana and Magira for the first time in a while, they said that to me.
"No, no. I'm sorry I haven't been able to see you much either."
It was a strange feeling of mutual apology, but they truly seemed fulfilled.
The men acting as their husbands are currently working hard as internal affairs officers, but they happily told me that they love children and often help take care of them. Both of them thanked me for being able to have children and survive as nobles.
(Judging by how things are now, it doesn't seem like the right time for a party.)
Then Liliana said, "Compared to us, Torenoa, Ema, and Renia, who went to the Officer Academy, seem to be having a much harder time."
"There are a lot of men at the Officer Academy..."
Magira also said with a sigh.
So I said goodbye to the two of them and headed to the Officer Academy.
When I met the three of them for the first time in a while, they were happy.
"I heard it was tough, but you seem more energetic than I expected?"
"Of course!!"
The three of them answered with smiles. It was certainly physically demanding, but they told me that their parents and the instructors from the Marine Corps treated them well.
For all three, tuition, food, and housing costs were free. They thanked me, saying it was thanks to me that they could attend this school. There was no bullying or anything, and they seemed fulfilled.
"We're aiming to become women like General Yaris someday!"
Renia's eyes were sparkling, so I cast 'Talent Bloom' on the three of them and said, "I'll come again!" before parting ways.
When I went to where Yaris was, she told me that the six of them were doing remarkable work.
"Yuri's archery isn't inferior to Kuai's!"
According to Yaris, Kuai was called the best archer among us. It seemed Yuri had become his rival.
Regias also told me that the four he was training were splendid.
"Seikai and Isa charge in swinging their metal clubs. From behind them, Saizou destroys the enemy with fire magic. And behind him, Gensai goes around treating the injured. It's perfectly coordinated teamwork!"
Vel also appeared there and said, "Sarusuke is also good, young master!"
Apparently, when it came to covert operations, no one was better than him.
So I called Yuri over and praised her.
"Ufufu. I belong to my lord. It's only natural!"
"I want you to perform well in the upcoming sword dance and yabusame too."
"Of course! For my own sake as well!"
After that, Yuri became even stricter, telling the five, "Don't you dare hold back my lord!" and when she drilled them relentlessly, I could hear screams of "Hii!"
While eating hamburgers at noon, Vel said, "I hear that Jean-chan, one of the poster girls at that shop, is quitting soon," and Sarusuke was shocked.
Seeing that, Yuri became furious.
"You bastard! Until just the other day, you were defiling me!"
"Isn't it fine? You're just jerk-off material, young lady..."
Leaving those two alone, Vel said, "Apparently she's marrying a woodworking artisan," so I went to the shop to give my congratulations.
Then... I was met with roaring laughter.
"Me, getting married? When there are only old men like that around? It's true that I'm quitting because the old men are busy and there's no one to handle the paperwork, and that's a problem... Besides, doesn't the owner already know that I don't want to get married?"
Just as I was thinking she was quite perceptive, she took my hand and led me to the shower room. She undressed me as well, and when Jean was completely naked too, she showed me the place where she had been branded.
"I was told that no one could ever remove it, and the girls who were branded fell into despair."
"Where is that girl now?"
"She's... already passed away... I'm the only one who survived..."
And then she shouted at me, "If you're a god, why! Why didn't you save my parents and friends too!" She must have been unable to hold back her wailing.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save them. I'm just an ordinary human with a bit more magical power than most. I understand that feeling of frustration too. Because there were many people I wanted to save but couldn't."
Jean had truly understood that as well. But I could also understand the feeling that made her unable to stay silent, so when I apologized, I could tell she was regretting it (I'm the worst! I actually wanted to thank him, but I made the owner apologize...).
She clung to me and cried, saying, "I'm sorry..." so I said, "I told you, didn't I? I understand how you feel, Jean." When she started to say, "The owner must have also gone through painful experiences, so for lowly people like us..." I cut her off, saying, "Don't call yourself lowly! There's no high or low when it comes to human life!" and she happily said, "As I thought, the owner is my god."
"You're a strange one, aren't you? I'm angry, you know?"
"I know. But I'm happy that you're angry on my behalf!"
"And don't get completely naked so casually in front of a man! It's me, so I won't attack you, but other—"
As I started to say that, Jean began to say something as if she were sulking.
"Other men are absolutely out of the question. After being subjected to such horrible treatment, I've been scared of men and hated them for so long. Especially if someone who looks like that bastard comes, I feel like throwing up."
She said she was scared of men, but when I felt a little down and asked, "Do I not look like a man to you?" she smiled and said, "You look like an incredibly handsome man, you know?"
"Look, Jean? You seem to believe that because you think of me as a god, you won't be attacked, but I'm an ordinary human and I have sexual desires too. Jean, you're cute, so you should think it's a little dangerous, okay?"
Then Jean said, "Oh my? Even a misandrist woman has sexual desires, you know? Because I'm a normal woman," and she clung to me and kissed me.
"Owner, did you believe you wouldn't be attacked by girls? Since your heart is as handsome as your face, you should think it's a little dangerous, you know?"
"That's... what I just said..."
"Ufufu♡ That just now was my first kiss♡ And then...♡"
She knelt down and began to suck.
"This is my first fellatio♡ How is it?"
"Don't ask 'how is it.'"
"Please, my breasts too♡ How do they feel to grope?"
"She's not listening. I don't care anymore, you know? Jean, you're a virgin, right?"
"That's right♡ Owner, you wouldn't despise me, would you?"
"There's no way I would... Jean, you're good at fellatio, aren't you?"
"I♡ become devoted when I fall in love♡ And besides! I'm super lewd with the person I love♡"
I put up a barrier and cast 'Sound Barrier' and 'Perception Block.' When I released into Jean's mouth, she said, "Ufufu♡ It's like a dream♡" and lifted one leg.
"Jean, you see♡ wants to be embraced by the man she loves♡ Please enjoy my virgin pussy♡"
"Is it okay for it to be me?"
"I don't want anyone but Shivans-sama! And also♡ come inside me♡"
I ended up embracing Jean thoroughly, and she was happily performing cleaning fellatio.
"And here I came thinking I'd give you a wedding gift..."
"The owner came all the way here just for that?"
"I thought I'd give you some kind of wedding gift."
"I won't belong to anyone anymore♡ Only to Shivans-sama♡"
Saying that, she spread herself open and said, "I want you to give me a baby as a gift♡"
"Is it okay if you get pregnant?"
"That's exactly what I desire♡ I'm sure my parents and grandfather would be delighted!"
This time, she straddled me in the cowgirl position, letting me grope her breasts while saying, "The woodworking shop is busy right now, so I'm just taking a little break from here. I want to work here again."
It seemed Kiku and the others had already given their understanding.
"By that time, I hope Shivans-sama's baby is in my belly♡"
"If you squeeze that tight, I'm going to come again!"
"Jean's lewd pussy♡ feels good, doesn't it♡"
"Ahh! It's incredibly good, Jean!"
"I♡ love Shivans-sama♡ I'm coming♡"
After finishing the cleaning fellatio, I hurriedly got dressed and saw Jean off.
"You gave me those erotic clothes and underwear as a gift, right♡ I absolutely thought it was so you could embrace me♡ And yet, you never came to embrace me at all..."
When I finally did come, I said something nonsensical about a wedding gift, and it seemed she got angry. She apologized for having her emotions explode and taking it out on me.
"So that's how it was. I was in the wrong too. By the way, I hope your grandfather's rocking chair is completed in time for the party!"
"Yes! Leave it to me! The completed ones are being transported immediately by Cielo Transport!"
When I said I would also visit the woodworking shop after the party was over, she happily said, "I'll be waiting♡ Please embrace me again♡" and kissed me and waved.
The day when only two days remained until the party.
When I showed my face at the Academy, the Seven Idols were waiting in the research lab. They looked happy to see me, but...
"Our parents... were invited to that Wizard Hotel!"
Misuzu said, pressing her breasts against me and showing a half-exposed breast. Isn't that going to make me want to grope them involuntarily? Or rather, I did grope them.
"The sender was you, senpai. What is the meaning of this?"
Rinora was already showing even her nipples.
She had unbuttoned her shirt way too much. How shameless.
"Calm down. I'm the owner of the Wizard Hotel, so there's no problem, right? I did it because I thought you were all working very hard."
These were sixteen-year-old girls who had experienced feelings that made them want to die.
"Why would you go so far for us?"
When Arina asked curiously, Valentina said sadly, "Don't tell me you feel indebted to us?" but she said it while resting her breasts on my head, so there was no sense of tension.
"It would be a lie if I said I didn't."
"We were drugged and driven insane. Senpai, there's no need for you to feel indebted!"
Ekaterina said, placing her hand on my pants.
"That's right! If senpai hadn't saved us back then... we would surely be dead by now..."
Marfa knelt down, looking as if she was about to perform fellatio.
"In my case, you even saved my family home!"
Kira also knelt down and began a double fellatio.
In the end, after I embraced all seven of them, Kira happily said, "You're as inexhaustible as ever!"
"Our parents back home know everything..."
Marfa said she had honestly written everything in a letter to her parents, from the circumstances of her abduction to everything up until now, and the other six nodded.
Ekaterina said that the seven of them had consulted with each other and written letters to their respective families.
"I'm sure my father lamented..."
"My family was furious too. But my mother said that there was nothing I could have done about it, and they finally seemed to calm down."
Valentina told me with a wry smile.
"My parents are actually grateful to you, senpai!" Arina said, and Rinora made everyone laugh by saying, "My mother even wrote, 'Do your best with those proud breasts of yours!' What does she think her daughter is?"
"In my case, when I wrote about happily accepting a threesome and foursome, my mother told me that my father tore up the letter and threw it away. My father said, 'A daughter like this should have just died,' and it even led to a fight between them. I'm a daughter who's caused her parents nothing but grief, aren't I?"
Misuzu said sadly. So, I took the seven of them to the Wizard Hotel using instant movement, and they raised cheers of "Whoa!"
"This... is an inn?"
"It's different from the White Castle... but it's amazing!"
"Water is shooting up in the garden!"
"The flowers are beautiful, it's like paradise!"
"As expected of senpai!"
"Hey? There are beautiful fish swimming under the floor too, you know?"
"I can't even imagine... how much money this cost!"
The seven of them were shrieking "Kyaa-kyaa" so much that it couldn't be helped if they were called country bumpkins. While they were making a huge commotion in the entrance hall, I had the front desk confirm the whereabouts of the seven's parents.
"They have already checked in."
"Sorry, but I'd like you to call them to the restaurant."
"Understood, Owner."
I brought the Seven Idols and occupied a corner of the restaurant.
There, the fourteen parents appeared and asked their respective daughters, "Is this... an inn?"
Kira's parents had already met me, so they smiled and gave me a nod, but the parents of the other six didn't know me, so I introduced myself.
"My name is Shivans O'Brien. I am one year above your daughters at the Academy, and I am seventeen years old. I am pleased to make your acquaintance."
I bowed my head politely, but only Kira's parents welcomed me. Then, the one who suddenly grabbed me by the collar was Misuzu's father.
"It was you, wasn't it! Taking advantage of our Misuzu as you pleased!"
The people around hurriedly tried to stop him, but he seemed unable to contain his anger.
"Don't think you can get on our good side just by putting us up in an inn like this! Did you think we'd feel grateful!"
I could imagine that he wanted to vent his unfocused anger on me, so I asked, "Did you come here wanting to vent your anger on me?" and he calmed down a little.
So I explained the circumstances up until now.
The seven had been accosted by delinquent students and had relations with Aristo, who saved them.
"Even if it wasn't your daughters' true intentions, wasn't there perhaps some calculation somewhere that this would give them a connection to the Grand Duke family?"
The Seven Idols were slightly flustered, but I continued.
"It was precisely because they were thinking of their families, I'm sure. I don't believe there's any reason to blame them for that."
Most of them nodded.
However, because they were recognized as Aristo's women, they got caught up in the incident.
"So the one at fault is that grandson of the Grand Duke family?"
Misuzu's father started to complain, so I calmed him down.
"What will you do by saying he's at fault? Do you intend to start a rebellion against the Grand Duke family? You've made your living for many years in the Grand Duke family's territory, haven't you? Furthermore, Aristo-sama performed a dogeza and apologized to them in front of all the Academy students. Even so, will you raise your fist and say, 'I won't forgive you!'?"
Feeling the cold stares from those around him, Misuzu's father took his seat.
"B-But, still..."
This old man still wants to talk...
"Then, what would satisfy you? Will you stab Aristo-sama? Will killing him satisfy you? Or would you be satisfied if you received an enormous amount of money? You don't seem like a first-rate person, either as a human being or as a merchant. The past won't change no matter what you do. Looking at Misuzu now, do you still intend to keep complaining?"
"A brat like you! Don't talk as if you know everything!"
He seemed to dislike that I remained smiling. This person's emotions are so clearly displayed on his face...
"So? What do you want to do?"
"Hmph! What could someone like you possibly do?"
"Well, I can do things like obtaining permission from His Majesty and the Prime Minister to build this Wizard Hotel, I suppose?"
His eyes widened as he looked around.
"Y-You built this!?"
"That's right. I personally arranged everything from the design to the construction costs. It comes to roughly 10 billion G, I'd say?"
He finally seemed to understand why I had sent the invitations, so we could finally talk. It was here that I learned for the first time that Misuzu's family name was Dorakuma.
"Regarding the question Dorakuma-san posed earlier, 'What can I do?', no one knows what the future holds. Ahead, there might be a war with the Duchy of Walujava, and I might lose my life in it."
When I said that, the room fell silent and the seven girls shook their heads.
"Dorakuma-san. How are you taking Misuzu's confession? For a sixteen-year-old girl to confess everything so openly takes courage. Don't you understand how painful it is to reveal a past you don't want anyone to know? And yet you rant and rave and take it out on her! I have no choice but to say you lack even a shred of compassion as a human being."
Misuzu's mother gave a small round of applause and was saying, "Give him more!"
"If today's events were to come to light, what do you think Klaus-sama would think? Please give some thought to the future of the Dorakuma Trading Company. Your emotions are showing far too much. In this Imperial Capital, you never know where the eyes of His Majesty or the Prime Minister might be. Even nobles find it hard to live here."
The six sets of parents were saying things like "I see" and "It's strict, huh."
Dallah-san timidly asked, "I thought this when we met last time as well, but Shivans-sama, are you truly seventeen years old?"
"I am seventeen. I have no way to prove it, but do I look that old?"
When I said it jokingly, Dallah's wife said, "No! You're a fine man!" and Kira said, "It's embarrassing, so stop!"
"There is a reason I invited all of you here."
When I showed them the certificate stating that the ownership rights to this Wizard Hotel would be transferred to the seven of them after my death, the people were astonished.
"I'm not saying that you should forgive me or Aristo-sama with this. No matter how much you all love your daughters, you will likely pass on before them. At the very least, financially, if they have the Wizard Hotel, even if they marry, have children, and their husband is a failure, they should be able to survive. For that purpose, the seven of them will have to learn many things thoroughly!"
Immediately, Rinora reacted to my words.
"Senpai won't die! And I have absolutely no intention of marrying some good-for-nothing man around here! Father! Mother! I will definitely become senpai's woman! You won't force me into a marriage, right?"
Rinora's parents seemed to be called the Ruby Trading Company.
"Of course not! You're already an adult! You must have your own ideas."
I could tell that Ruby was glancing at Dorakuma while trying to make a good impression on me.
"Thank you, Father! That's why I love you!"
Being told that by Rinora, he became smitten.
The other daughters and fathers followed the lead of Rinora and her father.
(Dorakuma is a disgrace to merchants. To underestimate his opponent as a seventeen-year-old and become emotional on top of that, there's no other word for him but a fool.)
Noticing that he was being snickered at, Dorakuma could only shrink back.
After that, we ate and drank with the seven and their parents, and Dorakuma became a little more subdued. Then he gave a very formal apology and bowed his head lightly.
"It's fine. As long as Misuzu is happy now."
"I'm incredibly happy! Much more than before the incident happened! This is all thanks to senpai."
I had them stay here tonight.
"Stay here with your parents and take your time talking about the future. I'll get permission from the principal for your overnight stay."
Saying that, I parted from them and headed to the principal, who readily gave his permission.
"Staying at that Wizard Hotel, huh. I'm envious."
The principal gave his permission with a smile.
That Night.
When I went to Juna's room, she pleaded, "Violate me at my husband's place!"
She seemed to get excited being embraced in front of the sleeping Richard.
"Ufu. He's sleeping soundly. I'm going to give him a titty fuck fellatio right now! He taught me how to please a man! But you know, I was embarrassed at first too. But as he taught me various things, I gradually came to enjoy becoming lewder! Soon, rather than embarrassment, I came to prefer wanting and being wanted!"
Making slurping sounds, she serviced me with her long tongue and mouth.
"Watch, Richard! I'm going to suck his delicious cock now and be made to drink his semen! Of course, I won't do this kind of thing for you or any other man! Frustrating, isn't it?"
It also got on my face, but she said, "Ah♡ What a waste of the semen he went to the trouble of releasing!" and carefully scooped it up and licked it off.
"I've become a woman who kisses with such a lewd, long tongue! Something I've never done with you! A kiss that makes you melt to your very core!"
She clung to me, entwined her tongue, and devoured me with wet, smacking sounds.
"Are you watching? I'm going to be violated in standing doggy style now♡ Your cock couldn't reach this deep♡ I'm being thrust into all the way♡ I'm shaking my breasts and swinging my hips like this too♡"
Richard remained carefreely asleep.
"Ah♡ My pussy is already coming♡ This body that couldn't come with you♡ My pussy, made lewd, is rejoicing♡ Look! I'm squirting!"
With slapping sounds, my pussy made squelching, wet noises, scattering droplets.
"My body has already been taught pleasure by Shivans! My pussy has been shaped to his cock! Ah, my womb is being pried open and wants to be fertilized with his sperm! Watch with your finger in your mouth as I get pregnant with Shivans's baby!"
With wet, sucking sounds, my pussy continued to cry, and Juna screamed, "I'm coming♡ Aaah♡ It feels so good♡ I'm coming again♡"
"I've learned to be made to cum over and over and swing my hips by his big cock! Now I'm even praised for being a lewd woman!"
Shivering with pleasure, trembling, she naturally accepted my ejaculation.
"It's a woman's duty to clean his cock until it's spotless!"
She diligently performed cleaning fellatio, continuing to suck until it grew large again. Thus, leaving Richard drenched, we greeted the morning.