Chapter 79.2 - To the Royal Capital Part 2

Translator: SFBaka

Editor: Thor’s Stone

Two hours after the party started, the alcohol had made its rounds, and toasts could be heard being performed all around the hall. I was also pouring myself mug after mug of alcohol, and eventually, I finally found myself getting drunk.

“To think you’d be able to become a noble in such a short amount of time. No one would be able to accomplish it except for you, Alan.”

“That’s absolutely true. It’s truly quite an impressive feat.”

The same topic has come up at least two times now. Both Cleria and Elna seem to be pretty drunk already.

“No, it’s all thanks to everyone’s help. And it’s not like I’m already a noble. Besides, we’re still pretty far from our true goals, right? We’ve only managed to reach the starting line, that’s all.”

“……You’re right. But I’m still really happy to see that we’re gradually fulfilling our dream step by step.”

Cleria stood up vigorously and raised her cup. That got the attention of everyone inside the dining hall.

“Everyone! To Shining Star!”

“””To Shining Star!”””

Everyone’s cheers that sounded more like roars echoed all throughout the hall.

And for some reason, Cleria and the other party leaders started going around to toast with everybody else.

By midnight, some people already started falling over from drinking too much, so I declared that the party was over and had everyone wrap things up.

We gorged ourselves on good food and drank good alcohol. It was a pretty fun party I think.

And of course, I declared the next day a day off so we can clean up properly in the morning.

Come morning, I immediately went down to the dining hall after taking a quick bath to help out with the cleaning. It looks like our staff woke up earlier than usual and already started working on it. I should probably give them a nice bonus for all their hard work. I’ll make sure to take note of it so I won’t forget.

I ordered a light breakfast and started digging in when Cleria and the others went down as well. Judging from Cleria’s current state, she probably has one heck of a hangover huh. I’ll command the nanoms to take care of her hangover later when I get the chance.

“Fuu. As I thought, hot tea really does wonders for a hangover. I’m feeling a lot better already.”

Of course not, milady. That’s all thanks to me.

“Are you properly recovering from your hangover as well, Elna?”

“It’s alright. I’m the type who will not experience any sort of hangover no matter how much I drink.”

Hou. That kinda makes me a bit envious. I probably would have experienced one heck of a hangover as well if not for Nanom. It looks like Sharon and Selena also used their nanoms to avoid getting hangovers like me.

Since most of the Clan members were already gathered inside the dining hall once we finished eating breakfast, I immediately called for a quick meeting. I asked the ones in charge of accounting to bring the Clan’s account book and checked the contents.

“Now then, we need to decide how much money we are going to send to Ludvic-kun and the others first. All in all, we managed to earn a total of 907,395,900[1] Guineas this time around.”

“”Oooh!””

I started explaining while looking at the details of the auction result from the account book.

“The Commerce Guild will be taking a 15% cut from the total sales as their commission, so once we deduct that, we’ll end up with 771,286,515 Guineas.

Furthermore, our Clan’s previous funds already amount to about three million Guineas, so our total funds right now are a little over 774 million Guineas.

Of course, we still have to pay the dismantling fee to the Commerce Guild, but it seems it won’t cost more than 20 million Guineas, so we’ll have about 745 million Guineas remaining.”

“That’s an impressive amount of money.”

“Seven hundred million……”

“Alan, wouldn’t it do to simply send about half the funds to the others?”

“Hm, I guess. So that would make it about 400 million, right? Does that sound good? If everyone agrees, then we’ll go ahead with that amount. How about it?”

“If that’s what you deem appropriate, then we have no objections, Alan-sama.”

“Let’s go ahead with it then. I’ll arrange everything with the Commerce Guild in the afternoon.”

Before long, Tarus-san and Jonas-san paid a visit to us via carriage. It looks like they brought the luggage of Katolle and the boys. After putting away the luggage, we headed for the dining hall and had a little chat.

We wouldn’t be able to see each other again for a while, so we took the opportunity to talk about all kinds of stuff.

“Father, did you know that Silas Company is already producing their own alcohol brand?”

“Oh, that. I was able to sample it just yesterday. It was quite the product. They charged me quite a bit for it, but I managed to buy one barrel off them in the end.”

“It seems Alan-sama was the one who taught the Silas Company the production method for that type of alcohol.”

“By the Goddess! Is that true!?”

“Yes, it is.”

“It looks like Alan-sama knows a lot more methods to produce even tastier alcohol variants. And I’ve been given the job of managing the production of those alcohol variants you know.”

“Oooh! That’s quite amazing! ……You’ve been assigned a very important job right off the bat, haven’t you, Katolle? I hope you do your very best.”

“But of course, Father! ……But I suppose this means it would take longer for me to return to manage our stores back in Gotania.”

“I’ve been prepared to let you gain experience for up to ten years right from the beginning. I wouldn’t mind even if you extended it a bit either. I’m still young after all, hahaha.”

“That’s great! You’ll have to do your best for a while more Father. Oh, I just thought of a great idea!

How about you move the family and our businesses to Alan-sama’s city once it’s finished?”

“Haha! That indeed does sound like a good idea.”

“You’re certainly more than welcome! I will reserve a large building situated in a prime location in the city center for Tarus Company then. Of course, I’ll have them build a fairly large mansion for you all as well.”

“Hahaha! That sounds wonderful! We’ll be in your care later on then, Alan-san.”

“Leave it to me.”

After chatting for about an hour, Tarus-san and company finally departed. They will come to see us off when we leave for the royal capital tomorrow morning.

After having lunch, I and my party members headed for the Commerce Guild. The guild building wasn’t as crowded compared to the other days. The ones inside were probably here for the auction payments and arranging for the handover of the materials.

Karina-san called out to us from behind her usual counter.

“Alan-sama! We just completed calculating the total fees for the dragon dismantling and the particulars of the auction results. Please have a look.”

After saying so, she let us inside the back offices and led us to what looks like a meeting room. Inside were two guild staff members who carried thick document compilations each.

“These are the details pertaining to the cost for dismantling the dragon corpse, and these are the details regarding the auction.”

One of the thick paper document compilations was apparently a copy meant for us. I then received a brief explanation regarding the particulars of the contents.

The total fee for dismantling the dragon corpse was 19,453,280 Guineas. If this were a month or two ago, this would have seemed an incredible amount of money, but it doesn’t feel like that now because we just earned more than 700 million.

They did have a few hundred people work on the project for more than twenty days, concocted panaceas for the auction, and also handled the processing of the other materials as well, so this price seemed just about right.

“There seems to be no problem with everything. We’re very satisfied with how the Commerce Guild handled everything this time.”

“Having you say that makes us at the guild really happy, Alan-sama. Well then, I will deposit the earnings to Alan-sama’s guild account after deducting the fees.”

“Yes. But I’d like to arrange for a money remittance again. The recipient will be the usual person, and the amount would be 400 million Guineas.”

“400 million Guineas? ……No, I understand. Then fill out this form please.”

I filled in the required items on the remittance form. I’ve filled one out several times in the past already so I’m quite used to it by now.

“I would also like to send a message to the recipient along with the money. How do I go about that?”

“Oh, if that’s the case, then you can go ahead and write your message on the blank space below the remittance form.”

Hmm, I see. I wrote the message I came up with everyone yesterday in the blank space.

『We succeeded in defeating a dragon. There is a large possibility of being granted a peerage. Our preparations are proceeding slowly but surely. Wait for further news.』

I double-checked the number of characters properly before submitting the form. We had to pay per character so I couldn’t be careless.

“Ah, Alan-sama. You don’t have to worry about the number of characters in the message. You’re one of our best customers, so it’s fine even if your message has a bit more characters than usual.”

“Is that so? Can I add a bit more to the message then?”

“But of course. Please feel free to add as much as you like. I’ll be sending it personally, so you can go ahead and do so.”

Hou. So Karina-san will be using the artifact to send the message later huh. That’s pretty convenient. I’ll have to be careful not to be too specific though, so it won’t attract unwanted attention.

Then, as a closer, I’ll add ‘We will be heading to the royal capital next.’ at the end of the message. It didn’t sound particularly strange but served to tell the others what we’ll be doing next.

『We succeeded in defeating a dragon. There is a large possibility of being granted a peerage. Our preparations are proceeding slowly but surely. Wait for further news. We will be heading to the royal capital next.』

“Well then, here you go.”

After I handed her the form, Karina-san gave it a brief once-over.

“There are no problems. I’ll be needing your account book then.”

Karina-san wrote the service fee amount and the remittance amount on my personal guild account book and handed it back to me afterward. I checked it out as well and finished the procedure by signing on it.

[1] TL Notes: I screwed up a bit and got some of the profit numbers from the auction sales wrong a couple of chapters back. I’ve since corrected them so the math now checks out. Sorry guys.