Chapter 5 - Goal Set 2
“Mmmmm….”
I open my eyes to the cold morning in another world. It was noisy downstairs despite it being around 7 in the morning. It’s weird waking up so early; I usually wake up at noon at best after falling asleep at 3 in the morning. Could it be a side effect of travelling between worlds?
I uncover my blanket and found a cute girl sleeping next to me. I pretty much forgot about Lotte yesterday since I was too tired. When she wakes up, I should probably ask her some questions.
“Now that I think about it, we'll get kicked out of the inn today. I have to hand over the keys when I get down, and I have no more money left on me to extend our stay. I need to do so much now.”
I heaved a sigh and thought about what I should do after Lotte wakes up. Lotte said we have the rank of Count, which should be somewhere in the middle when it comes to noble peerage.
“Noble peerage ranks from baron at the bottom to Royal at the top, with Viscount, Count, Marquis and Duke in between. Maybe Lotte can create counterfeit money to help our financial situation.”
Whilst whispering to myself, Lotte, who was asleep next to me, begins to wake up as well.
“Good morning.”
“Humu. Morning. Wait! I’m in the mortal realm with the annoying monkey!? It wasn’t a dream!?”
“Nope.”
I replied to Lotte’s rude remarks and got out of bed, tidying myself up and straightening my clothes.
“We should be planning on what we should do from now on. I have no money on me. We'll probably get kicked out soon. Can you make money using your amazing holy powers?”
“How hypocritical. You were all over me last night for practically the same thing!”
“O holy messenger of the almighty Gods, I, a peasant of the fields, humbly request you to manifest money to support my poor self.”
“Your acting is pretty good, but, I don’t have any methods to gain money.”
“Wow, you’re more useless than I thought. Can I request for a nice, beautiful and useful angel instead of you?”
Even though I used my best acting skills, which I honed every day in the shower for the past decade, it didn’t help when trying to convince a useless wall.
“Shut up! Where did that other nice side of you from a moment ago go?”
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“Anyways. Planning! Planning!”
I decided to ignore Lotte’s retort and proceeded with planning.
“First, can you tell me some information about this world?”
“Hmph, fine. To start off, the current year is 688AE on the Continental Calender. We’re in a country called the Orphony Kingdom, located in the centre of the continent. The Orphony Kingdom covers most of what’s called the Grand Central Plain. The Orphony Kingdom is a major exporter of food, making it a big target for many countries. The Orphony Kingdom has a tough time stopping invaders since there are no geographical barriers to help them defend.”
“I see.”
“We’re nobles from the Syland Kingdom, which is a small country island of mostly elves and some humans. The Island is a favourite tourist spot for many, including myself, and it’s the centre of magic technology development despite being small. It's also well known for an academy called IMTD(Institute Of Magic Technology&Development)”
“I guess that’s enough for now. We need to overcome our current predicament first. What are we going to do with our financial situation?”
“I don’t know.”
“So… We’re practically homeless?”
“You’re homeless. I’m a prideful messenger of the Goddess; there’s no way I can be homeless.”
“So... You're saying you will work in the red light district to make money then? I highly doubt you could do anything else.”
“Shut! Up! I know more than a billion ways to make money. I don’t need to resort to something like that.”
“Alright, use your heavenly wisdom to guide us out of poverty.”
Silence fills the room, and after a few minutes, Lotte’s face darkens a little before turning bright red. Cute. Wait, no, remember! We need to get out of poverty.
A knock came from the door whilst I had my fist up, looking to the ceiling, motivated with an embarrassed Lotte next to me, looking down. A young man enters and looked at the scene with confusion in his eyes.
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“To think we’re homeless in another world.”
“Hey, hey, hey! I will get out of being homeless in an instant using my ultimate wisdom, leaving you as the only one homeless.”
Lotte tries to reassure herself while we look out upon the busy streets, standing outside of the inn after being kicked out alongside my guitar.
“We can make some money using that thing right?”
Charlotte points at the guitar on my back. I start shaking after remembering the awkward memory from my last performance; my heart stopped for a good 10 second.
I haven’t been out of my house to converse with anyone for quite a while. Wait, I did talk to my food delivery driver, after stuttering 5 times trying to say thank you in the wrong language! I have social skills! But, not enough to perform in front of a crowd. I’m surprised enough that can talk to Lotte, she feels like someone relatable but annoying.
I stop shaking and turned my head towards Lotte, staring into her deep green eyes with an idiotic grin.
“What? Is there something on my face?”
“Nothing. I was just admiring your face.”
“Wha-!? Tsk, this is beauty is from the heavens after all!”
It’s quite cute seeing her turn red. Maybe having Lotte as a stress reliever makes her slightly useful.
“Anyways, I can’t use this for certain reasons. I’m sure it’ll be fine with your amazing wisdom.”
“My wisdom says we should sell it. It could rack up a silver coin or two.”
“No, I ca-”
“Count! Countess!”
A familiar voice from the distance interrupts me in the middle of my sentence. I turn around a saw Turnis running up to us, with some knights behind him.
“Turnis? Oh, and you don’t have to use honorifics. Just treat me the same as before. I and my Fiancee don’t mind not using honorifics!”
“Wait wha-?!”
“Ssshhhh.”
I quietly hush Lotte as Turnis comes closer to us.
“We are simply on Vacation, and doing some side jobs as well while we are at it.”
“Oh, I see. Well, the local lord has returned from his expedition, and he wanted to welcome you here. We’ll be escorting you to the lord’s manor.”
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“Please wait in the reception room. If you need anything, just open the door to the hallway, there should be a maid and a knight on standby.”
“Alright. Thank you.”
Turnis leaves the room, leaving only me and Lotte as the only ones in the room.
“Alright. First of all, what’s with the Fiancee crap?! Since when-”
“Calm down. Lower your voice, we may be alone, but the walls are likely as thin as paper. The people at the door are likely eavesdropping on us. As for the Fiancee stuff, we needed a back story; they might suspect us for spies or something like that. They may even expose our actual background. It makes more sense for a couple to go on a honeymoon holiday, and get washed up on shore losing almost everything except my guitar and the clothes we have on. We might be able to freeload at the lord's house if we're lucky.”
“A-ah. I see... I suppose I can accept it for now. This is just something to help us survive. You’re stupid but strangely intelligent. To think you thought up something like that the moment you saw that Turdis guy, or whatever his name was.”
“Thank you.”
“Hmph, whatever.”
We continue to sit in silence for a few more minutes before Turnis returns to pick us up. Now, what kind of person will the local lord be? I hope he’s not one of those people.