I was awoken by the sound of snoring right beside from my lap, I couldn't move and that breathing was a struggle, His thoughts were sluggish as hell, likely because of the constant noises from her bed
"Huh?, where am I?"
However all she could see is darkness, a huge strain of cloth was covering on my face, like I couldn't breathe, Next, she tried to brush the thick clothing from her mouth, but in several attempts, none of it succeded, it's like a soft tissue barely touching it's skin, It feels weird,
Her confusion only lasted a second, a strange purr sound echoed through the room, sleeping peacefully that was clinging through my right arm,
As I barely opened my eyes, I saw a golden haired girl with cat ears, I can clearly tell that this is Mya, she and I slept by the same room, as a farewell gift from her, now clinging from my right arm, completely wedged into her legs, unable to move
"R-Roxy… is that you"
Suddenly, the sleeping Mya-cat awoken up, Normally, she wore one of my father's clothes into bed, but right now, she wore a bikini, She told me that the climate on this town is different from the one in Tata, unable to resist the heat, she wore a set of bikini to bed
And as such, Mya wore one of my bikini's, it suits perfectly because Mya and I are at the same height,
"Roxy, don't leave me, I want to be with you"
Despite being a cat girl, she has unbearably multiple reasons from being a cat, always clinging to its owners is like a habit from Mya, ever since she left her hometown
There, I snapped back at it, Using just the power of my strength stats, I carried Mya out of my bed, I instantly scolded Mya
"Hey, put you clothes back on, it's early in the morning"
"Sorry"
Like any other personality, Mya behaves like a child, it's simple minded trope made me remind of my past life, a simple life in the countryside
After that, I got out of the bed, preparing all my belongings in a large backpack, ate the leftover skewers that Mya bought yesterday, and began charging at my doorstep, I waved at Mya as she opened the meat shop as usual, staring at the stained glass as Mya resides
As I was about to leave my household for good, a figure of a man dressed in a royal robe, in a silhouette that is not far away, I can clearly tell who this is, Harold
Harold is a famous tax collector in Town Allure, He is the second son of the Mint industry in Caria, and became a traveling tax collector, before banishing into his hometown,
Harold and I are not close friends, only my sister made direct contact on him, and yet, I felt a ravenous just by seeing it's greedy face, and after that, he approached to me
"Eirene, it's been so long since we first met, So, the money, where is it?"
With a mischievous grin into his face, I knew that his mind was smothered by greed, he threatened me to give exactly two gold to fend off my sister's taxes, otherwise, I will be executed, it seemed that Harold had started all of this, the journey to Karama Village made me inspire due to the taxes that my sister inherited from me,
"Here, two gold as expected"
The gold was everything I have, I claimed it just by slaining a peak-level beast, it was no other than the spider queen, I recently made a documentary about how I slained the spider, but the trauma was too severe from me, and yet, Harold shows a terrifying grin
"Eirene, thank you from paying those taxes, because of that, your sister's debts had fully paid, now your free to go"
Seeing my murderous intent from Harold, I decided to keep a low profile from now on, I knew that I will arrive at the manor at a strictest rules, and yet, the tax collector shows a deep resentment from my journey,
"Hey old hag, don't call me Eirene, call me Roxy from now on"
After that, I left the scene, I proceed to the Merchant District all the way to the gates of the Eastern District, there I met the gatekeeper I knew, Carlos
"Greetings, Roxy"
"Evenings, Carlos"
Carlos was nice when he greeted me, From our first encounter, Carlos saw me as a nobody, a useless with a nothing in it's pockets, but upon learning that I was a silver-ranked adventurer, he hesitated and shows a deep apology from me, now he showed kindness everywhere I g, Even until now
Carlos opened the porcelain gates of the Eastern District, it shows a beautiful scenery between houses and Manor's along the way, the Eastern District shows a small population of residents, only home to rich people's and nobles, even like me who deserves to live in this filthy rich district, and here I am, walking at the Flower Manor as usual
As I approached at the golden gates of the Flower Manor, I saw White at the center of the garden, glancing at the fields of flowers along the way, While I was carry a buttload of clothes from my backpack, White, in her dress, saw me and opened the gates,
"Welcome back, Roxy, I'm sure you bring enough items because you will be living here in this manor"
"Woah, I didn't recognize from your clothing, nice dress you got there"
It was no doubt at it, That figure was definitely White, I rarely see her wore a dress like that, Most of the time, she wore a galliant figure in her Knight Armor, but today, she wore a pink and white dress, blending it in the flower fields in the manor
"Roxy, come inside"
There, I carried a twenty pound backpack full of clothes and accessories, and proceed to follow Lady White,
Within the large manor, I was greeted by several guildmembers and servants at the garden, either of them were glancing at the flowers, or doing sword work training, and the servants plays a good role from the garden, they successfully trimmed the bushes to perfection, like an piece of art
When I first arrived at the manor, the place was surprisingly quiet, all guildmembers from the guild except Luck was sent out missions, it was to retrieve the stolen carriage, but from now, the place was louder than ever, seeing the members were busy strolling at the garden made the manor more livelier
Upon entering the manor, I saw that there are also members from the guild are present, but some of them were guarding the facility, or busy leisuring around the manor, there I ram directly through my room, Floor 2-B
When I went there, the door was unlocked, I didn't even used the metal key to my room, the doorway was loosen, i believe that there is somewhat inside of this room
As I opened the door completely, I saw a man sitting at the center of the table, holding lab equipment that was scattered on the floor, covered in books, I have never met this man before,
"Ugh… Hello there, it appears that this is my room"
I spoke the man wearing a lab coat in it's knee-length, I seen this man during the carriage incident, I knew that he was laying unconscious over a rock uphill, Leonhard carried that man with a lab coat, This is the first time I encountered him
Past all the books, papers, tools and research apparatuses, The man stood and approached me, He has a dark hair, and a beard, His eyes were ringed in dark circle due to the lack do sleep, When he noticed me entering his room, he glanced at me and stiffed a yawn
"Greeting vice-leader, my name is Maine, bronze-ranked adventurer, and I will be your roommate for today"
With it's dark circles gleaming at my face, We shook hands as we met from the first time
"Roommate, I though vice-leader don't needed roommates" I said
"The rooms from the manor were designed for two people, Lady White assigned each members their rooms"
The Flower Manor was large enough to fit over fifty people, Based from Maine's perspective, all members and servants have at least rooms that are made for two people, So Maine and I are considered partners
"Maine, I will be your partner for today… no.. roommates to be exact"
After that, both of us shook hands, greeted each other like partners, While even so, Maine jumped back from his table, glued through it's seat like he was researching something important, while I prepared my wardrobe with the clothes I brought, this way, I can live in this manor freely
We busied ourselves cleaning around dust from our room and made enough space to sit and talk