Chapter 65: Pants

"Master, it is going to be dinner time in an hour," Roxanne tells me as I pick up the demon drop from the floor.

"Okay then, let's go back home," I announce as I keep the Sheep's Wool inside the Explorer's Backpack.

"Fish!" Miria immediately jumps up in happiness. I think she might have remembered the word 'home' in Brahim language as she knew there would be fish back home.

"Haa ... haa ... at last!" Anastasia says, wiping her soaked forehead as her purple hair is sticking to her face. She had tied her long hair in a ponytail so it would become easier for her to fight inside the labyrinth.

Lillia also responds with a tired smile, happy to go back.

These two had really done their best today, pushing themselves to their limits even when they were dead tired.

I was also satisfied, as although there were some close calls, overall everyone completed their first Labyrinth run safely. Still, I did end up having to use Monk's Heal ability and Alchemist's Plating ability multiple times, especially in these last battles in which these two new girls were being hit quite frequently.

I could tell that they were able to last this long only because of the passive effect of my job Hero, which has Increase Endurance (Medium). As it is a Medium increase, it can affect the whole party, so they were able to last and fight longer than they could.

In contrast, Miria, Sherry, and Roxanne were perfectly fine. Miria just seems like an energetic girl, Sherry was a bit tired but otherwise fine, and for Roxanne, this has become almost a routine.

We didn't reach the Boss Room as it was the Vale Labyrinth's 5th floor, which, unlike Quratar's Labyrinth, had no map available for it yet ... so we still didn't know how far the Boss room was.

I used my Bonus Spell, Warp, and we all returned home, back to the entrance hall of our mansion in Quratar.

The two newcomers were exhausted, so we all went up to the main bedroom to remove our equipment.

"Lillia, Anastasia, and Miria, are all of you alright with Hard Leather Equipment? or do you want to try out the Steel Equipment?" I ask as all three of them as they were removing their Hard Leather Jackets.

Roxanne translates for Miria.

"I am fine with Hard Leather Equipment, Master. It gives me more freedom to swing my sword," Lillia speaks with a bow.

"I don't think I will even be able to move in the Steel Armour," Anastasia says with a wry smile.

"(I will copy Roxanne-san)," Miria says happily as she removes her jacket.

"As your levels increase, so will your strength, so inform me or Roxanne when you want to change your equipment," I instruct them as I take in the visual feast of all these girls almost undressing.

Roxanne and Lillia had an explosive bust which was made clear as they removed their jackets; even Miria had a very impressive cleavage shown. Anastasia, in comparison, was of normal size but the cleavage was definitely present.

In contrast my Sherry was wearing a full body skin-tight suit underneath the Steel Chainmail, which left almost nothing to the imagination. I knew that she wasn't enticing me with such clothes, as the skin tight suit was necessary so the chainmail is not in direct contact with her body. As she finished undressing and starts wearing normal home clothes, I decide to clarify some things for them.

"We have 4 rooms here except for this one. Roxanne can decide which rooms you will all have. Until we renovate the upper floor, you will have to share these rooms with each other. The rooms are big, and there is a bed and a cupboard in each room, so it shouldn't be a problem," I inform them as they were all focused on me.

"So we won't be sleeping with Master?" Roxanne asks with a tilted head.

"No, this is just your own rooms where you can keep your stuff and rest when you are tired. At night, we will all be sleeping here in the main room," I declare candidly as my dick stirs imagining these 5 beauties sharing a bed with me tonight.

I could see Sherry looking at me with narrowed eyes; even Lillia had a blush on her face hearing me say it. "And Roxanne, as the number one slave, you will always be sharing this main bedroom with me," I say, looking at her with a smile, as I had to make sure the hierarchy is not messed up.

"Yes, Master!" Roxanne smiles at me happily and proceeds to explain things to Miria.

The sun was already starting to set, so Roxanne and the girls decided to choose the rooms tomorrow as they still had to prepare dinner right now. They all handed me back the equipment, and I kept them in the smaller backpack.

I then handed the bigger backpack, which contained all the ingredients and food items, to Roxanne. She proceeded to take everyone downstairs to the kitchen.

Meanwhile, I went and checked on the bath. After I observed that it was almost ready, I warped to the outer gate to check if we had gotten any letters. And I did find one inside the letterbox.

I start reading it after warping back to the room, it was from Luke, informing me that he was able to buy 1 Ant Skill Crystal for 56 silver, 1 Goat Skill Crystal for 55 silver, and 2 Kobold Skill Crystals for 52 silver each.

In the letter, there was also an invitation for tomorrow's auction. It was just a brown paper which had "Invitation from Auction House" written on it.

This type of paper in this medieval world is so luxurious that they don't even think about someone forging this invitation. I take the letter with me and go back to the mansion.

Inside the kitchen, I notice that Roxanne is making a pot of meat, Sherry and Anastasia are helping her by cutting vegetables.

"Fish, Fish!" Miria is humming happily as she is filleting a whole fish, with Lillia standing beside her to help.

I smile, looking at the homely scene, and roll up my sleeves to make a dish too. I take out 3 smaller white fish from the backpack and place them on a metal pan.

"(Master is also making fish?)" Miria rushes beside me as soon as she sees me take out the fish.

"Yes, I am going to make some sashimi for us today," I reply with a smile.

"More fish!" Miria exclaims happily and goes back to making her dish. She apparently understood it as more fish dish without any help in translation, which was correct.

"Can I help you with something, Master?" Sherry approaches me and asks.

"Sure," I answer as we all make dinner together.

The dishes were prepared, but it had gotten dark already, so we all went and lighted up the candles in the main dining room.

I sat at the head seat at the 20-seat dining table, with Roxanne at my right side and Sherry at my left. Beside Roxanne sat Miria, and beside her sat Lillia. Anastasia was sitting beside Sherry.

All of them came to me one by one, starting from Roxanne, as I served them their food. I even served extra fish for Miria, making her give me a wide smile.

I show them how to eat sashimi by dipping it in a soy sauce taste-alike sauce that we had bought from the Imperial Capital.

"It doesn't taste bad," Roxanne says as she eats the sashimi.

"It tastes better with the sauce," Sherry says as she dips it in the black soy sauce.

"Mmmm, fish!" Miria is in her own world as she closes her eyes and savours the fish.

"I didn't think I would be fortunate enough to eat with Master, and that too such good food," Lillia says emotionally.

"Yes, we are very fortunate," Anastasia says with a complicated smile.

"Yes, Master is the best!" Roxanne says with a happy smile.

"The dishes you made are very good, especially this fish stew, Miria!" I say, complimenting the catgirl.

"Thank you-desu!" Miria exclaims happily after Roxanne translates it for her.

After a delicious dinner, we all went upstairs to do the equipment maintenance. I used the time and opened Party Job Setting to check on their levels.

[Party Job Setting

Roxanne

Acquired Job: Beast Warrior Level 12, Villager Level 8, Farmer Level 1, Warrior Level 1, Swordsman Level 1, Explorer Level 1, Monk Level 1, Herbalist Level 1.

Set Job: Beast Warrior Level 12]

Roxanne's Beast Warrior had gone from Level 11 to 12.

[Party Job Setting

Sherry

Acquired Job: Explorer Level 10, Villager Level 5, Herbalist Level 1, Warrior Level 1, Merchant Level 1, Shrine Maiden Level 1, Master Smith Level 9, Swordsman Level 1, Monk Level 1.

Set Job: Master Smith Level 9]

Sherry's Master Smith had also levelled up once from Level 8 to 9.

[Party Job Setting

Lillia

Acquired Job: Master Tailor Level 5, Villager Level 5, Explorer Level 1, Warrior Level 1, Swordsman Level 1, Farmer Level 1

Set Job: Master Tailor Level 5]

Lillia had gained 3 Levels from Level 2 to 5.

[Party Job Setting

Anastasia

Acquired Job: Merchant Level 11, Villager Level 5, Explorer Level 1, Warrior Level 1

Set Job: Merchant Level 11]

Anastasia had gained 4 levels with her Merchant being easier to level up.

[Party Job Setting

Miria

Acquired Job: Diver Level 2, Villager Level 5, Merchant Level 1, Explorer Level 1, Warrior Level 4, Pirate Level 1, Swordsman Level 1

Set Job: Warrior Level 4]

Miria had gained the Swordsman Job and her Warrior Level had gone from Level 1 to Level 4.

I told them about the increase in their levels, making them all happy.

"So I can get stronger too!" Lillia says happily.

"The pain was worth it! I can level up my Merchant Job in Labyrinth and maybe advance it to Wealthy Merchant someday!" Anastasia looks fired up.

Miria had almost no reaction as she was still lost in the aftertaste of eating so much delicious fish.

"I would like to try making another Dagger and Misanga tonight," Sherry says as she approaches me.

"Sure," I accept as I bring out a branch, two Kobold Knives, and one Leather in front of her.

The girls, who were being taught by Roxanne how to do Equipment Maintenance, also shift their attention here.

Sherry chants her spell, and a light comes out of her hands as she starts mixing the four ingredients together. Soon the light subsides, and in her hand is a dagger with a sheath.

[Dagger: One-handed Sword 

-Empty]

"This is the first time I have seen Equipment being made," Anastasia says, looking at the dagger.

"It looks very similar to Create Garment," Lillia comments, thoughtfully.

"Congratulations, Sherry, it is a Dagger with an Empty slot!" I say with a smile.

"Really?" Sherry says in happiness and wonder as she inspects the dagger closely. Not finding anything different, she gives it to me and proceeds to make a Misanga.

After making a Misanga without an Empty Slot, she goes back to Equipment Maintenance.

"Lillia, would you like to create some clothes tonight?" I ask the sheep girl.

"Can I?" she asks hesitantly, looking at me.

"Yes, I would like to see your Master Tailor Job in action," I say in intrigue.

She stands up and comes in front of me.

"Can you make pants with pockets?" I specify to her what I want.

"That should be possible. Master, can I have some thread?" she says, giving me a bow.

I take out the thread, which was a drop of the caterpillar, and give it to her. All the other girls are also looking at what was going on here, especially Sherry, who wanted to see the different processes between Master Smith and Master Tailor.

Lillia puts it in her hands, taking a deep breath. She then starts to chant, "Descend O Lord to Celebrate, O shadow of Heaven and Earth - Create Garment." Her hands start glowing like Sherry's as her purple eyes intently look into the light. She starts moving her hand and after some time, the light subsides, and in her hand are pants with pockets!

[Pants]

Appraisal shows that it is just called pants, so it isn't an Equipment. 

She gives them to me, and I inspect that they are white pants with pockets. It was always absurd to me how they didn't have pockets in their pants here.

"You did an excellent job!" I praise Lillia, making her smile cheerfully.

"The process is really similar, and even the chant is almost the same," Sherry murmurs as she is the only person besides me who really understands the Brahim chants here.

I didn't want to push Lillia on her first day, so I didn't ask her to make another one.

Now that this is done, the only thing left is to check my own status.