CH 28

Name：After Being Exiled From the Country, I Became the Fourth Enchanter in the World! Author：
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Chapter 28 If You’re Short on Money, Just Work

「Master, thank you for buying me. I will serve you wholeheartedly for the rest of my life.」

This handsome man, even though he’s wearing only one piece of cloth, his bow looks elegant.

But, he’s not wearing underwear right now.

He doesn’t look cool at all!

I’m not being a sore loser, okay!? *Cries*

「I’m expecting a lot from you. I’m going to work you hard, so prepare yourself.」

Putting aside the pathetic joke, Ian is a potential ace among my servants.

Let’s work him hard and train him.

「Ian-kun, let’s do our best!」

「Yes, Nina-san.」

Yep, you should get along.

I don’t want any friction between slaves, it’s tiring….

「*Whispers* (Jink-kun, are you okay with the money? 53 platinum coins are too much, right…?)

「*Whispers* (I lost all the money for buying a mansion, but I’m okay somehow. …… For the time being, I want to take a lot of requests for appraisal cards for the next couple of days starting tomorrow. Can I ask you to be my intermediary?)

I’ve already made dozens of appraisal cards for training before, so all I have to do is to go to the client’s house and make them drip their blood.

「*Whispers* (Sure. Don’t force yourself, okay?)」

It’s okay.

It’s not physically taxing.

It’s exhausting mentally, though….

「Now, I still have a lot of points, but… it’s a bit over my budget. Besides, there were no outstanding slaves among those I checked earlier, so let’s go home today.」

The remaining assets are now about 10 platinum coins.

As for the mansion, I can move to the school’s first class dormitory (free of charge).

But at this rate, let alone gathering talented people, I won’t be able to prepare good equipment.

…… Let’s work hard *cries*.

For now, after ordering Ian not to betray me, I decided to have him practice wind magic and swordsmanship.

I gave him a magic book, a wand, a lot of potions, and a sword, so he’ll do the rest on his own.

As for Nina, she continues to practice cooking.

The first class dormitory also has a kitchen, so I’m sure she’ll be useful.

Naturally, I will bring some simple cooking tools with me to the dungeon as well.

A cute girl’s home cooking… as a man, just imagining it motivates me!

I’m making accessories with <Body Strengthening> enchantment as a way to earn money.

Since they are made of mithril and have an elaborate design, I’m sure they will sell for a considerable price.

To be honest, I want to go to a low-rank dungeon right away to raise my level and earn achievements, but… the preparations aren’t ready.

Let’s wait until I’ve collected enough equipment for everyone.

Thanks to Chris, I was able to receive more than ten requests to create a status card a day until school started, so I was able to earn quite a lot of money.

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「Thank you, Chris.」

「I’m the one who should be thanking you. I mean, my mother said that I can take half of the brokerage fee. Thanks to you, it seems I can avoid a frugal school life!」

I see….

When I checked the menu, the luxurious foods at the school were really expensive.

The free set meal menu for the second class was well-balanced in terms of nutrition, but it was quite unsatisfactory for nobles.

Human relationships don’t last long unless they’re win-win.

I’m glad that Chris is also receiving profits.

「Then, can I leave it to you from now on?」

「Of course!」

Being on good terms (while making a lot of money together) is the best!

「Master, welcome back!」

「I’m back.」

Thanks to Chris, I was able to escape from financial difficulties, but I thought that I would be living in a dormitory for the time being because I still couldn’t buy a mansion….

But unexpectedly, I was able to get a mansion, and I’m not moving there from Count Brand’s mansion.

Actually, after I bought Ian, it seems that Count Brand’s wife contacted the King via Chris….

And then, they gave me a mansion under the pretext of contributing to the field of human resource development.

The size of the mansion is slightly inferior to that of Count Brand’s mansion, but it’s convenient because it’s right next to Count Brand’s mansion, and the building is obviously new, so other nobles won’t make fun of it.

I know that they are trying to win me over, but this thoughtfulness makes me very happy because I’m short on cash and can’t even buy a mansion for a low-ranking noble!

My stomach is screaming from the stress, though….

I sent a polite thank-you letter along with several sets of earrings with <Recovery Magic> enchantment, so I’m sure my gratitude was conveyed.

「「「Welcome home!」」」

「I’m home.」

If possible, I wanted to have servants with good aptitudes, but in the current situation, I’m worried about the security of the mansion when I and Ian are going to the dungeon, so I gave up and bought dozens of ordinary maid slaves.

I only cared about the price and I didn’t care about their faces or aptitudes, so I only had to pay one platinum coin for dozens of slaves.

After purchasing them, I equipped them with a set of enchanted maid uniforms, and voila, they became battle maids with skills equivalent to rank A.

Even if the maids are knocked down and their equipment is taken away, the assailant can’t use the equipment because I’ve made them exclusive to the maids.

By the way, I turned the pockets of the maids’ uniforms into magic bags, and there are a lot of cheap mass-produced swords inside.

「Welcome home, Jink-sama.」

As usual, I’m making Ian train wind magic and swordsmanship.

After the entrance ceremony is over, I plan to explore the labyrinth instead of attending classes, so I need him to raise his skill levels in preparation for that.

Well, in the worst case, just like Nina, I can just strengthen him with my enchantment, but… that will make everyone can only use similar skills to mine, so I’m making Ian work hard on his own as well.

In addition to training, I’ve entrusted him with all the other tedious tasks, such as managing the household finances and supervising the servants.

I’m using him like an employee of a black company, but for some reason, the person himself seems happy and doesn’t show any sign of fatigue, so it’s probably within the range that can be dealt with.

I never realized how easy it is to have a capable subordinate…

I wish I had one <Ian> as a subordinate when I was in Japan.

「Jink-sama~, dinner is ready!」

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「Okay. I’m going now.」

Nina steadily improved her cooking skill level, and she apparently became better than the cook at the Earl’s mansion, so she now manages the kitchen with five aunty maids under her command. I’m working as my exclusive cook.

Nina’s cooking skill level has been steadily improving, and she is clearly better than the cooks at the Count’s mansion, so now I have her work as my personal cook while managing the kitchen with five aunty maids under her command.

Even a single chop tastes completely different than if I have the aunt maids work on it, so Nina is in charge of everything for my food.

I need to get someone else with a cooking aptitude soon as possible to reduce Nina’s burden.

Cooking three completely different menus, all preliminary arrangements included, is too harsh for a child after all.