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With Ceresâ cooperation, I did various tests with and without armor.\n
After about an hour or so, I began to get a complete understanding of the skill.\n
First, the offensive and defensive power stayed the same.\n
I tested to see if there might be a difference, but nothing actually changed.\n
On the other hand, my speed â my agility had a dramatic change.\n
Not to mention my dashing power in a straight line, the movement of my body as a whole became almost twice as fast.\n
âI see, in other words, movement using my feet is becoming fasterâ\n
âIs that so?â\n
âYeah, the speed of my sword swinging doesnât change, right?,â I said, pulling out my sword and swinging it.\n
Ceres was observing it, comparing it with the repeated swings I had done in the progress.\n
Therefore, she gave a definite nod.\n
âCertainly, this part doesnât changeâ\n
âMy movement speed has doubled. This oneâs pretty clearâ\n
âDespite wearing heavy armor, your movement becomes faster on the contrary⊠To put it into words again, itâs really terrificâ\n
âThatâs what being a higher version is about after allâ\n
In contrast to the impressed Ceres, I simply accepted it.\n
I had figured out about âIndomitable Knight Armor Mastery.â\n
In my head, I was thinking of more different things.\n
ââŠCeresâ\n
âWhat is it?â\n
âDo you know of any other masteries?â\n
âEh? âŠAah, about a year ago, I met a man who has âPlate Armor Masteryâ â a man, you know?â\n
âThatâs regrettableâ\n
I made a light smile.\n
Whatever of a cheat skill it was, I wouldnât be interested in doing anything if the other party was a man.\n
Hearing what I said, Ceres made a clear sigh of relief.\n
I made a sigh of relief in a different sense.\n
Knight armor and plate armor.<sup>1</sup>\n
I now know that there are at least two types of masteries in the âarmorâ category.\n
This means that there are more than just these two types all over the world.\n
There are a dozen or so types of armor alone, and then there are shields and things like that when I add in âequipment.â\n
In other words, there are even more equipment-related masteries out there.\n
And the effects, itâs probably best to assume that they vary by type.\n
If thatâs the case.\n
If I can make them mine, Iâll be able to change my equipment to deal with different situations.\n
Yep, Iâm gonna have to add and collect more and more skills.\n
âAh, so you came here, Yuuto-samaâ\n
âHmm? If it isnât Auxo. Whatâs wrong?â\n
âMaster called for you. He would like you to come to his study once you have settled downâ\n
âSo dad is back⊠Got itâ\n
I nodded and glanced at Ceres.\n
âGet Ceres a room. Anywhere near Parthenosâ room is fineâ\n
âUn-understoodâ\n
âCeresâ\n
âAlrightâ\n
Leaving the two of them behind, I headed back to the residence ahead of them.\n
Along the way, I turned my face and glanced at them over my shoulder.\n
ââŠâ\n
â\n
After leaving them, I returned inside and came to Dimonâs study.\n
I knocked on the door. âCome in,â and I entered the room after I got a reply.\n
Dimon was sitting in his chair, just as usual, and looked up at me as I entered the room.\n
âOh, Yuuto. How did it go?â\n
âThe manorâââ\n
âIâve got the report about that. Iâm asking the one afterâ\n
âAahâ\n
I nodded.\n
Well, I guess so.\n
âSame as before. I copied the skill from Ceresâ\n
âOoh, what is it about?â\n
ââIndomitable Knight Armor Masteryââ\n
âIâve never heard of itâ\n
âThere are two effects. When Iâm wearing a knight armor, I wonât feel the weight of the armorâ\n
âThatâs convenientâ\n
âIn addition, it makes me move fasterâ\n
âMakes you move faster? Even though youâre wearing armor?â\n
âYeahâ\n
I gave a clear nod.\n
âThatâs just absurdâŠ,â Dimon expressed a similar impression as Ceres.\n
Well, thatâs just how your impression would normally be.\n
âThat aside, dadâ\n
âYeah? What is it?â\n
âI want to leave the residence,â I told him, and Dimon was surprised.\n
âWhat are you saying?â\n
Remembering the sight of Auxo and Ceres I had glanced earlier, âAuxo, Alice, Parthenos, Ceres. I now have four women. With four women, my parentsâ home is too smallâ\n
âAahâŠâ\n
Dimon was surprised at first, but after hearing what I had said, he came to an understanding.\n
âIt certainly is, isnât itâ\n
âYeah, thatâs why I want to leave this residenceâ\n
âHmmmâ\n
Dimon folded his arms and leaned back, pressing his back against the back of the chair.\n
He went to look up at the ceiling, making a thinking gesture.\n
âIs that a no?â\n
âNo, thatâs not what Iâm thinking aboutâ\n
âThen what is it?â\n
âYouâre going to continue to get more women, right?â\n
âYeahâ\n
The effect of the skill âNoblesse Obligeâ is pretty much confirmed by now.\n
Iâm going to continue to make love to good women and get good skills.\n
My current objective, no, I could say that Iâve created something that could be my lifetime objective.\n
I have four now, but Iâm pretty sure the number of women is going to increase in the future, not just at the level of ten or twenty, but much much more.\n
âIâm thinking about beyond the anticipation of increasing the numberâ\n
âI seeâ\n
ââŠIâll give you one manorâ\n
âManor?â\n
âYeahâ\n
âOh, I seeâ\n
I gave a small nod.\n
Whatâs called a manor is a village so to speak.\n
It means he would give me a village-level box, not a residence, to me who would continue to increase the number of my women.\n
âIâm grateful for thatâ\n
âA manor that was attacked by monsters before and left without restorationâ\n
âWhy such a placeâ\n
I titled my head.\n
The Mouskouri family owns plenty of manors.\n
You donât need to bother to mention such a place â that was what I thought.\n
âMake it yours from the ground up. It would be a manor to have your growing number of women to live in, and I suppose itâd be better if thereâs no unrelated people, especially menâ\n
ââŠAahâ\n
Again, oh, I see, I gave a nod.\n
Indeed it would.\n
Not an absolute, but certainly in this case, I donât want a man in the manor.\n
And more to this, I donât even want a woman Iâm not making love to, a woman who isnât mine.\n
Since Iâm going to the trouble for this, I want everyone in the manor to be my woman.\n
And Dimonâs suggestion is in line with that.\n
âI got it. Thank you, dadâ\n
â\n
I left the study and came back to my bedroom.\n
Using the bell, I called out two people, Auxo and Alice.\n
The two in their maid outfits came over as soon as they were called.\n
âDid you call? Yuuto-sama,â Alice said in a maid-like manner of talking.\n
I nodded.\n
âI have two things I want you to do. First, you girls come here tomorrow morning. Iâll have you two do my morning dressing, good?â\n
âUnderstoodâ\n
ââŠâ\n
âThat and make preparations to move out. Iâll tell you the details tomorrow, but in short, weâre leaving this residence and going independent. I leave it to you to also tell that to Parthenos and Ceresâ\n
âOkay, I got it â ah no, understoodâ\n
ââŠâ\n
Perhaps still not used to being a maid, Aliceâs conduct often broke off.\n
Since that was also typical of Alice, I didnât point it out to her and let her do as she pleased.\n
ââthatâs all good, but.\n
âAuxo?â\n
âEh?â\n
âWhatâs wrong? Youâve been listless since earlierâ\n
âTha-thatâs notâââ\n
âIsnât it? you also really think so too, right? Yuuto-samaâ\n
The younger sister, Alice, straight on denied Auxoâs attempt to deny it.\n
âSince you came back from her room earlier, youâve been acting somewhat strangeâ\n
âDid something happen?â\n
âU-ummâŠâ\n
âJust say itâ\n
âUmm⊠That, Nanos-sama hasâ\n
âNanos has? What about him? Donât tell me, did he make a move on you or something?â\n
âEEEEH!? Th-thatâs not the caseâ\n
âIâm just joking, donât get so flustered like thatâ\n
I smiled lightly.\n
âThat guy looks down on maids. He wonât make a move on them. He might try to lock them up somewhere and rape them, howeverâ\n
âIs that the kind of person he is?â\n
âWell, yeah. So, whatâs up with Nanos?â\n
âUmm⊠He told me to report every little thing about you, Yuuto-samaâ\n
âThings about me? âŠDoes he want you to be a spy?â\n
âYesâ\n
âI see. So, how much?â\n
âEh? How much⊠Do you mean, money?â\n
âYeah, you were bribed, right?â\n
âNo⊠It was just an order, howeverâŠâ\n
ââŠWhat is he, an idiot?\n
I sighed, half in understanding, half in astonishment.\n
I just, had been thinking normally.\n
I had been thinking that since he was telling my maid, my woman, to betray me, she wouldâve been paid handsomely to do what he said.\n
But thatâs not the case, and itâs just a simple order.\n
That Nanos, heâs thinking just because heâs the eldest son, the heir, maids will listen to his order as a matter of course, isnât he?\n
Geez, being an idiot even has limits.\n
âUmm, what should Iâ\n
âYou donât have to do anythingâ\n
âEh?â\n
âI mean, from tomorrow weâre leaving the residence and going independent after allâ\n
ââŠAhâ\n
âThereâs no problem, right?â\n
âYes!â\n
Auxo broke into a beaming smile and her back straightened.\n
It was a relieved look of finding out she wasnât in a dilemma.\n
âAlright, thatâs all Iâm gonna say. Weâll be out by tomorrow afternoon, so get preparedâ\n
âYes!â\n
âOkay!â\n
The two sisters, Auxo and Alice, bowed to me and then left the room.\n
In the room where I was left alone, âHmmm,â I was astonished by Nanos for trying to poke his nose in.\n