The Royal Capital Of Laverio Empire

Hey, Shun here!

I've been to quite a few countries and I of course visited their capitals first in order to get a feel for the country's wealth. Capital cities, regions, or whatever you wanna call it are where a major portion of the country's wealth are being distributed after all.

There are of course some exceptions to this though. It's either because the government is weird or because the country itself is weird.

Don't get me wrong, it's not like it's a bad thing! The world needs a few weird countries, or rather, let's not generalize it… weird people… yep. The world needs weird people so that it could be a better place.

Based on the studies of scientists though, it seems like a world WILL be a better place without humans living in it.

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(Shun's POV)

The day I finished building our Capsule Inn, Haku immediately came running the next day in order to be the first customer of her dear younger sister, which she by the way successfully became. After a good night's rest, she came to the reception desk first thing in the morning before giving me a lecture about how our food and lodgings should be priced.

It was quite the welcome surprise to me since there's only so much information I could gain from gathering information at Tsia City for a few days. Haku traveled frequently during her adventuring days so she should know more about this world's economy than any other person I could find in Tsia.

Right after that lecture concluded, our topic of conversation shifted to the partnership that she talked about a few weeks ago. After she quickly and decisively decided on how we will split the profits, she then proceeded to connect our dungeon to her villa.

The first day of our stay was just your regular routine when visiting a new environment, exploring the immediate surroundings. Well, it was actually mostly Rokuko who was excited.

She even dragged me with her when Chloe was too busy supervising Haku in her work. Of course, her self-proclaimed bodyguard by the name of Fenny, also accompanied her.

Speaking of Fenny, she reminds me so much of Chloe. She's that overly serious type of character but, unlike Chloe who's already mature, Fenny is more like a kid trying to play bodyguard. It's kinda cute.

Anyway, long story short, we spent our whole first day of stay in the capital touring Haku's not-so-humble abode. Like, seriously, it was too big that even though we spent a day roaming around it's garden, cafeteria, living room, guest rooms, and etc, we still didn't manage to cover all of it.

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When morning of the second day came, the second day of our dungeon being connected to Haku's lavish villa, we decided to go on a sightseeing tour through the Imperial Capital of the Laverio Empire. This sightseeing tour is definitely for good reason and not because I just wanted to see what an Imperial Capital in another world looks like, okay?

Anyway, the real reason why I wanted to tour around the Imperial Capital is because I wanted to see the immediate surroundings of where I'm going to build the Capsule Inns that Haku requested. Speaking of how I am going to build it, I told Haku that I'm going to build it the normal way — even though I would use [Create Golem] through all of it.

Since she didn't know that much about my own dimension, I could just pass off my building 'techniques' — even though it's debatable whether or not it really could be passable as a 'technique' — as something that is unique to my home world. She would surely not doubt it since she have little to no knowledge about it anyway.

There were many benefits to touring around the location to which I'm going to build the Capsule Inns, but the main reason is so that we could have some fun and rela… I mean, so that we could have some proper market research. Yep. Basically, that's the nerdy thing you do in order to determine the competition around you.

Huh? You're saying that I'm just making an excuse at this point? Nah, it's definitely just your imagination. Alright, the real reason is that I want to get a good look at the capital with my own two eyes.

The Imperial Capital — Haku's home base and the holy grounds for any adventurer. It was a fairly developed city, as you'd expect from the capital of a large country, and many people lived there.

The busy main street I was standing by was within the dungeon's territory, so the throngs of people I was seeing pass by — not to mention all the people I couldn't see — were all generating DP for Haku. The entire population of the capital was unknowingly making her richer.

This is honestly the best way to make people stay inside your dungeon's territory. Although that is the case, there's also lots of risks involved in doing this as, if ever a war were to break out, these people who's providing you with lots of DP income, have a possibility of dying, resulting in you losing your source of income.

By the way, I'm of course not traveling by myself. Rokuko, Fenny, and Haku are with me, touring around the Imperial Capital, with the first Empress of the Laverio Empire acting as our dedicated tour guide.

Rokuko is currently in her DP saving form, making her take the appearance of a 10 year old kid while on her shoulder is the Heilen Bunny Fenny, diligently performing her duty of 'guarding' Rokuko. Beside her is Haku who's surprisingly also in her DP saving form, in other words, loli form, which made her look like a girl of around 12-13 years of age.

She couldn't just walk around as normal, so she took this form so that no one could recognize her. Rokuko wasn't the only one who could modify how old she looked.

I gotta say, she looks so cute and innocent in this appearance. She should stay like this more often. It suits her more.

"There sure are a lot of people here, Haku. This is the first time I've ever seen so many humans!" Rokuko squealed as she started looking around excitedly.

"Ahaha. It's like this every day."

Haku had taken the opportunity to guide us through the city, but I think she just wanted to spend more time with Rokuko.

Even in their loli mode, Haku looked older than Rokuko, as befitting a loli older sister. Through mysterious powers unknown to us normal beings, her once sizable chest had turned into small mounds.

That's kinda disappointing, but we gotta move on. This isn't a permanent change.

Noticing the intent of Haku, who seems to not like Fenny blocking her sight of Rokuko's face, Fenny jumped to the side — to my left — and began marching in a really adorable manner. With Haku (mini) in front of me and Rokuko (mini) to my right, this turned into a weird triangle formation.

After so many years, I've finally formed the loli harem of my dreams… Not really. Haku's the one leading this little girl army, I'm just along for the ride.

I should've brought the other girls, Maichi, Tsuka, Zenko, and Ikumei with us. They would fit perfectly in this formation.

Now that I think about it, why do I have so many loli around me? Am I a loli magnet or something? Nah, that's impossible, right?

Whilst I was immersed in my own stupid thoughts, Haku suddenly talked to me — with her hands behind her back. By the tone of her voice, I could tell that she is smiling playfully right now.

"Ah, Shun… Perhaps I should call you big brother now?"

"That's quite a great suggestion but let's just keep things normal here." It would feel off if someone older than me were to call me onii-chan or big brother.

"Hmmm… Very well. In any case, is there anywhere in particular you wish to visit? I'm familiar with every inch of this city." Haku turned around, hair fluttering, and gave me an innocent-looking smile. Her claim carried a lot more weight since she literally had built this city from the ground up.

"Hm. There's a lot of stores I want to check out, plus the Adventurer's Guild… I also want to see the underground coliseum while I'm here."

"Oh my, the underground coliseum…? Ahaha, well, that has to wait until tonight. For now, I'll take you to the merchant's quarter."

Like what Haku said, she guided us to the merchant's quarter. There were shops all over the place selling vegetables, fruits, clothes, and all kinds of things. There was a butchery and a fishery too.

Speaking of which, the city did look pretty close to the sea on the map. This place is more commercially active than Tsia for sure. Can't see any weapon or armor shops, though.

"This is the merchant quarter's main street. They sell defensive items on the level of charms and such, but real equipment is primarily sold in the adventurer's quarter. Also, convenient magic tools such as those that provide lighting are all sold here." And that was that.

Rokuko was dragged into a clothing store by Haku almost immediately. It was an expensive-looking store designed for nobles, though apparently the staff knew about Haku's stealth loli mode. It was probably a store she built specifically to visit while a loli.

Yep, you guessed it, the two girls is onto a shopping spree. While I could've stayed outside to wait for them, I decided to accompany them. I don't think Rokuko lacked in the clothes department, since I often buy her some whenever I find something good, but I guess I couldn't say that here?

"This store has all manner of designs and outfits that originate from past Heroes. Here is a girl's outfit inspired by rabbits, and here is a pure angel's outfit."

"That's just a bunny girl suit and a nurse outfit… Those past Heroes must have been something else."

There were police uniforms, maid outfits, and school swimsuits too. They were all made from materials found in this world, but they looked exactly like the real thing.

There were male versions of the outfits too, which showed a lot of care and consideration went into this. Huh… I wonder if one of those past Heroes was a big time cosplayer or something.

With many outfits to choose from, and with Haku literally owning the place, the girls went here and there filled with energy, taking things off the rack left and right. This will take some time, isn't it?

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※~To be continued~※

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Author's Remarks:

※ Alright. Next would be a once over of what transpired then we could move on to the next events.