Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 419: Interview 3

After the interview with the head maid candidate Maribelle, the questioning was followed by the remaining people…… or rather, they introduced themselves.

「Now then, let me introduce myself. My name is Mabel. Maribelle is my grandmother. My grandmother will be in charge of training so please leave the maid’s job to me.」

Mabel who introduced herself as the granddaughter of Maribelle was a light brown haired woman in her mid twenties who had a cool air about her, the type of woman who seemed like she would certainly do her job. She seemed to be the eldest among the remaining candidates and had already taken up the leadership position between them.

The next to introduce herself was the 20 year old Sala. She had black hair, which was rare in this world, but she looked like a westerner, a beautiful woman who looked mature.

Next was Anna. A bright, cheerful 18 year old who had shoulder length blonde hair tied up behind her.

Lastly, the teenager Tifa. She is a 16 year old blue haired girl. Her blue hair was definitely otherworldly. She seemed like a gentle girl with her soft, large doe eyes.

「Please entrust the training of the girls from before to grandmother and us.」

Mabel said so as she bowed, then as if practiced, Salla, Anna, Tifa also did bowed neatly, all at the same angle.

「Y-yeah, I’ll leave it to you.」

I said so reflexively, but this is an interview, isn’t it? I don’t think I heard anything but their names and ages. I was so nervous and thought it was tough, but what have I been doing since the interview started?

These four maids, Mabel included, informed me that they were the referrals from Margrave Volton, Earl Rockford, Valkyra Kingdom’s Prime Minister Simon, and even Lomaria Kingdom’s Prime Minister Drehd.

However, these women asserted that they would not share information relating to me and the Sanctuary to Margrave Volton, Earl Rockford, Prime Minister Simon and Prime Minister Drehd, their old employers.

「Well then, we’re returning to the Sanctuary.」

「If we’re away from the Sanctuary for too long, who knows what influence it would have, after all.」

「Waiー, will that be alright?」

Just as the interviews had finished, Undine and the Great Spirits said they would be returning to the Sanctuary. But then, Sylph suddenly chimed in with a problematic statement.

「Don’t worry, don’t worry, Takumi-chan. Us Oneechans will be returning now, okay?」

「Yup, that was interesting.」

「……bye bye.」

Dryas, Selene, and Nyx waved at me and then the Great Spirits disappeared the next instant.

I had asked Xervus-san to give everyone who was rejected 50 silver coins.

Even if it was under the instructions from greedy nobles and merchants, they were still people who travelled a long way to reach Volton. I couldn’t bring myself to make them return emptyhanded.

If 50 silver was in yen, it would be 50,000 yen which isn’t huge, but this is for my self satisfaction.

According to Xervus-san, the women should have all been given money for their preparations by their respective noble house, so I didn’t need to go that far, and that was also what the people who came here from long distances were thinking.

We also had to make clothes for the maids, and the children that Maria and Marnie took along with them.

Victorian maid outfits didn’t exist in this world. There were apparently clothing similar to this though. Maid outfits were important, after all.

「Maid clothes……we definitely have to make uniform.」

「Lulu too nya.」

「Let’s make the sleeves long.」

When I talked to Akane about clothes for everyone, it was apparently a given that we would make maid outfits for them.

At home, Lulu-chan wears a maid outfit that could have been worn by the maid cafes from Akihabara. This was obviously Akane’s doing. The clothes Maria wears don’t look like maid outfits.

「Fufufu, we hae to make all sorts of designs. They need color variations too……」

Akane muttered to herself and entered her own little world.

Sebastian, Jeeves, and Maribelle who I first interviewed(?) were called in and I informed them that they would be moving to my mansion in Volton.

I once again thanked Xervus-san for lending us their knight training grounds, and said that I would come again some other time to show my appreciation, then left.

Maria and Marnie apparently borrowed carriages to transport the employed girls to our mansion in Volton, but we moved in our usual carriage.

I thought that if I show it right from the start so I wouldn’t be bothered later on.

But that might have been a bit too fast for Sebastian and the others. When I took the carriage out of the Item Box, everyone was just as dumbfounded. Maribelle looked like she saw something interesting, but seemed like she would get mad later.

On top of that, when the giant bodied Tsubaki appeared from the Subspace, Mabel and other maids screamed.

Stunned, Sebastian and Jeeves seemed like they couldn’t help, so Laeva and I quickly fastened Tsubaki onto the carriage, and suggested that everyone ride the carriage.

「……ha, I-, I will serve as the coachman.」

The revived Jeeves hurriedly volunteered himself, but I told him it wasn’t necessary.

「Hmm, I could have Jeeves be the coachman, but you don’t need to today, so come inside the carriage.」

「「Hiiiih!」」

When I pointed to Kaede who had gotten on Tsubaki’s back without anyone noticing, I heard short shrieks from Jeeves and Sebastian.

「I’ll introduce you. She is Kaede, an Arachne. She’s a member of our family.」

「…………」

Kaede was famous in Volton City, so people who weren’t afraid of her, but for Sebastian and Jeeves who lived in the Royal Capital, seeing the monster Arachne was far too much.

After a while, we somehow managed to shove Sebastian and the rest into the carriage, and then we headed back to the mansion.

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