My Glasses Will Be Able to Conquer the Whole World, I Suppose

Chapter 132 – Glasses boy has his ‘Glasses’ seen through

The woman let out a sigh, then smirked.

The big man grabbed me by the neck, so I couldn’t move.

Then, the woman scrutinized me for a bit… Her gaze was quite intense.

“Kid, what are you here for? If you’re looking for night work, I’ll buy you.” She told me.

… I feel like I heard some really terrible words just now, but let’s proceed without minding them much.

“I’m not interested in night work, but I’d like to secure a room to stay the night.” I told her.

“Do you not want to be my man?” She asked me.

I gave off a wry laugh, “That’s just impossible to me.
A lady like you is way beyond my reach, it would be discourteous for me to even try.” then said something that I didn’t mean in the slightest.

The woman grinned.
She most likely saw through my words.

“Got it.

“I like you, kid.
I’ll take care of you.” She told me.

“I’m afraid I don’t want to do night work.
I would rather do something else.” I replied.

“I already heard that.
I’m not desperate enough to force myself onto a man.” The woman winked.

Then, the big man let go of me.

“Follow me.” She said.

“And if I decline?” I asked.

“If you think you can get away with it, do whatever you want.” She then turned around and started walking away.

Of course, the big man was right behind me, watching my movements.

… I do have the confidence that I can run away if I want to.

But for now, let’s follow her.

I can always run away later.

However, what I currently need is information on Krozheit.

This woman may be scary in terms of someone who handles night work, but she seems to be friendly at the moment, so I should be able to count on her as a source of information.

Alright, I’ve made my decision.
Let’s go for it.

******

That woman entered a large shop that was nearby.

She briefly greeted an old man, who seemed to be an employee of the store, then went straight to a back door and went through it.

After passing through the back door, I saw something that seemed to be a large courtyard, surrounded by large buildings on all sides… And at the middle of it, there was a pretty luxurious mansion.

It felt like something completely out of this world.

The garden in front of the mansion was enormous.
It gave off quite the elegant impression, and was filled with beautiful flowers and plants.

When one is in a place like this, it’s easy to forget that this is the lawless country.

Amazing.

This looks way more impressive than the mansions of the poorer nobles in the royal capital.

“Do you live here?” I asked her.

“Yep.” She replied.

Truly… Amazing.

I did notice that she wasn’t an ordinary person right away, but this woman might hold a more important post in Krozheit than I had imagined.

“Is she an important person?” I whispered to the big man behind me as we walked towards the mansion.

He did not reply at all, and instead just stared down at me.

“Tyran cannot speak, due to his contract.” The woman told me.

I thought I had spoken quietly, but apparently, she overheard it.

“Contract?” I asked.

“To put it simply, the contract lets one sacrifice something to gain a special power.

“Tyran sealed his voice and gained power.
That’s why he cannot speak.” The woman explained.

… So something like this exists?

It’s probably tied to a Gift.

While listening to this kind of interesting story, we arrived at the mansion’s door.

This door was as luxurious as the one of the Leavant family, so I felt quite uncomfortable when looking at it.

But it’s alright.

This time around, I don’t feel that same worrisome atmosphere that there was in the Leavant household.

Moreover, as far as I can tell, the people here aren’t on the same level as the people from the Leavant house.
They aren’t so absurdly strong, to the point that I have to worry if my senses are mocking me.

Or rather, this woman and this big guy might be at about my level, more or less.

Once she put her hand on the door handle, the woman turned her face towards me, “I’m gonna introduce you to a person, boy.
Don’t be rude.”

“A person?” I asked.

“The ruler of the brothel district.” She stated.

The ruler…

This is truly the house of an important person, huh? No wonder the mansion is this dignified.

“I’m a country boy.
I don’t really know etiquette.” I told her honestly.

“That’s alright.
Even if there are some pigs who fell down from aristocracy here, there are no proper noble pigs in this city.

“Most people here don’t know etiquette.
It’s all good for as long as you aren’t rude.

“I mean, in the first place, nobody expects proper etiquette from someone who came to a place like this.” The woman replied.

Oh, I see.

… Well, I think I can escape whenever I want, so it’s fine to just go along with this.

So, I nodded to the woman’s words, and then she opened the door to the mansion.

******

“Welcome home, young lady.” I heard multiple voices say in unison.

… I may be seeing something that I might never see again in my whole life.

Coming to think of it, my master once told me about something similar.

About how he was once invited to the mansion of a noble man who was famous for his love of women.

All the servants in that mansion were women, and they were all beautiful.

Even his dog was female and well-groomed.

It was something that the noble apparently cared a lot about, and my master was, at first, overjoyed to be in this kind of place.

But then he noticed that the women were all staring at him like beasts that were looking down on their prey, so he started getting scared.

… And I ignored him as he said all that, which made him get a bit depressed.

Nonetheless, the scene that my master saw was probably similar to this one.

… Though well, all servants here are men, not women.

As soon as the door was opened, we were greeted by about twenty male servants, who were all lined up and bowed down to the woman who led me here.

Yeah, all of them are men.

And they’re all good-looking.

And I wonder… Is it this woman’s hobby that makes them dress up as women?

Was she planning on having me do that too when she said she’d buy me?

… What a terrifying thought.
As expected of the lawless country, humans do all sorts of crazy things here.

This was a truly unimaginable sight.

I was quite surprised.

In any case… Surrounded by beautiful men who give off the aura of someone who works at night… I just don’t know what to say.

This isn’t exactly a sense of crisis, but more like a disturbing feeling? I’m terribly restless, that’s for sure.

“Welcome home, young lady.” One of the servants said as he walked up to us.

He seems to be the representative of the servants.
He is tall, has a beautiful face, and has a low and elegant voice.

“Is the hag here?” The woman asked.

“In her office… And who is this boy?” The servant replied.

“He’s not a servant, but a guest.
I’m taking him with me.” She said.

“Understood, ma’am.” After saying that, the servant turned to me, “I’ll take care of your luggage.”

“Sorry, I can’t let go of it just yet.” I replied.

After immediately declining his help, the servant seemed to have turned sour… Scary.
He is glaring hard at me.

But I won’t give in.

I don’t want the contents of this bag to be destroyed, nor do I want them to be stolen.

Moreover, I want to be able to take them with me easily if I need to run away.

… But above all else, I don’t want people to know that I have a cute evil god statue, that is apparently a masterpiece, on my luggage… As it was forced on me, again.

If I get caught, I might be treated as someone who worships an evil god… Oh dear, I get depressed just by thinking about this evil god statue…

“Don’t worry about it, Dyna.
Just leave it be.” The woman told him.

He sighed.

Then, the woman restarted moving and passed by the servant, so I followed her.

… Though now I was being followed not only by the big man that doesn’t speak, but also by the servant with an elegant low voice.

Am I that suspicious?

In any case, the woman arrived at a fancy door, then knocked on it.

“Come in.” A voice came from inside.

With permission granted to us, we entered the office.

******

“Who’s that kid?” The person inside asked.

A wrinkled old woman was sitting at a large desk.

She seemed to be sorting out some papers and leather bags that seemed to contain money.

She glanced at me for a single moment, then immediately went back to flipping through the papers, seemingly losing interest in me.

This old lady seemed to be quite grumpy, and she was wearing fully black clothes.
It almost looked like she was mourning something.

“Sevi, did you find a new pet again? This is no kennel.” The old lady stated.

… Oh, I see.

The ‘pets’ must be the good-looking male servants, and this old lady must be thinking that I’m being added to the collection.

… Well, whatever.

If things go wrong, I’ll just run away.

“Not this one.
I brought him here to be your bodyguard.” Sevi replied.

… Bodyguard?

This time, the old lady stopped working for real.

Her sharp eyes glared directly at me.

“… Is this kid a guest of the Tower of Bryne?” She asked.

… Oh?

Some familiar words suddenly came out…

“I’m fairly sure of it.

“You can ‘see’ it, right? Why don’t you check it out?” Sevi replied.

She can ‘see’… What?

“Ooh?” The old lady muttered as she stared at me.

I don’t quite get why, but this feels horribly wrong.

And to make things worse, I can’t see what the Gift of this old lady is.

Someone with a Gift that I don’t know about is ‘seeing’ me…!

“… Materialization magic? That’s about as much as I could get…” The old lady said.

Before I could escape, I was ‘seen’ through.