Chapter 29 My Bias is Precious

Arban-sama, what is this bird-like thing?

A young hunter points at a monster and asks in the middle of sorting it out after hunting.

Its a cockatrice. Its poisonous, so put it in the black container. Ah, you cant touch it with your bare hands, okay!

Today, dozens of monsters appeared near the living area in the territory. Therefore, I hurriedly went to battle.

It is originally my older brother and Georges duty, but they couldnt be absent from the tea party that invited the royal family, so Arban goes as a pinch hitter.

The skill of hunters in Palace is top-notch, but because its a sudden departure, only young hunters gathered, making the sorting work take a lot of time.

During the time ancient magicians put up an extensive barrier, a nation was founded. It was the beginning of our kingdom. Since the effect becomes weaker as it gets farther from the barriers center, monsters periodically appear in the borderland Palace from the part facing the state border. Those monsters are very diverse, and its hard to get a grasp of them.

Outside the border is the world of monsters, so humans have never gone to that side.

The fact that the feudal lord goes hunting is also because he has inherited the knowledge from the past generations to identify and sort out a diverse variety of monsters.

George is excellent at monster hunting, but he is somewhat lacking in classification knowledge. On the contrary, William is less talented in hunting skills but is steadily learning how to identify monsters.

They have grown up just like us brothers.

After our fathers death, Leonard desperately memorized the classification of monsters. Thanks to that, Arban has been able to leave far away to study at the university in the royal capital.

Although among hundreds of hunters in Palace, some know the classification, the feudal lords lineage is the one who will do the final check.

Classification is a job that has a direct connection to the citizens life.

The hunted monsters are divided into:

Food supply Clothing (fur, leather goods) Tools, weapons (bones or horns) Disposed

If a highly poisonous monster like cockatrice is sorted as food supply, the citizens who eat it will die.

Since its appearance rate is low and looks a lot like a bird, amateurs tend to want to put it to food supply, so it is one of the monsters that need special attention.

Cockatrice is classified as disposed, but since it needs to be detoxified before it is discarded, it takes a lot of labor.

Seasonally poisonous monsters, monsters that ignite when coming in contact with water, monsters that split and multiply when cut with a sword, we need to remember all and classify them.

After finishing sorting out more or less everything, Arban leaves the cleaning up to the hunters and goes home.

Once the sorted monsters are put in different colored containers, the feudal lords job is over, and it is the hunters job to carry them to their respective destinations.

This times disposed monsters is only one cockatrice, so they only need to write down the detoxification serial number and send it to the processing place, then the rest is to be sold in the market.

My steps returning home are heavy.

Nobody complained in front of Arban but based on my older brothers familys personality, they dont hold the royal family in high respect. Their sense of authority is also low, so they must think that its a troublesome matter in their hearts.

I feel sorry that I got carelessly caught by the prince and the princess messenger.

The prince and the princess mother, the royal concubine, Rose Alicia Royals reputation in the royal capital is not very good.

She spends money lavishly, is selfish and arrogant. Even though she is a concubine, she schemes to make her son the next King.

Can my older brothers family, who is totally unexposed to peoples ill will, bear to converse with her? I wanted to finish the hunt as soon as possible and at least stand in between them to help, but it already became dark. Todays tea party that has many invitees from afar will be over already, wont it?

Even if my steps home are heavy, a horses legs are fast. Because I put on a saddle and ride a horse instead of riding a carriage, I arrived at the mansion even earlier.

While hoping the angel-like Emma isnt hurt, I open the door to the living room meant for relaxing.

There, the three siblings sit directly on the floor, and each is wrapped by a cat. I was surprised when I first saw it, but I got used to this strangeness after a week.

They might as well lie down on the floor instead of sitting directly on it. There are places where I think its improper or dirty, but it seems its settled to take off shoes on the carpet newly laid on the room.

No matter how many times I point out that a cat isnt something that supposes to wrap you up, it doesnt get through them.

Emma usually clings to a cat called Koumei.

She gives the cat a more relaxed and heartfelt smile than to her uncle, who miserably dotes on her. Its frustrating but is also cute.

George is often with the black cat Kan-chan, William is with the other calico cat Ryuu-chan, my older brother and my sister-in-law are with the white cat Chou-chan.

William previously said that everyone has their own bias cat, but what is a bias cat?

Arban, welcome home. Did you finish the hunt safely?

Today, even my older brother Leonard is brushing the long white cat fur that is wrapping him.

Im home, older brother. Today, one cockatrice appeared, but there are no other unusual monsters.

Cockatrice?

George makes a question mark. This is what I have to teach him all the time during my stay here.

Nii-sama, cockatrice is that bird-like guy, you know!

William explains.

William, great answer.

Nii-sama, its the guy who appears in FF and dora**e.

(T/N: FF= Final Fantasy, dorakue = the Japanese abbreviation for Dragon Quest.)

For some reason, Emma also explains.

FF? Dora**e? Words that I dont understand pop out one another.

Ah! The poisonous chicken?

George somehow gets it from those words I dont understand.

Yes. Because it has poison, it cannot be used as food, clothes, and tools. It needs to be detoxified and disposed of! Its serial number 28.

William smoothly answers.

He truly has a good memory. As expected of someone who accomplished the test of so many silkworms samples without making mistakes.

Somehow I kind of feel that my gaming knowledge will be useful.

George also seems to have grasped something.

Then! I will make a karuta for you! Monsters karuta! It will be great to memorize while playing.

Lately, I cant understand part of what Emma is saying, but George looks happy, and William is eager to help, so lets just leave it. Im lonely, though.

Umm How is todays tea party?

Nobody shows signs of being in low spirits, but Im curious and ask.

It was so much fun!!

The three siblings excitedly say at the same time.

Its indeed the first time for the three siblings to meet the royal family. The prince and the princess black hair is a beauty rarely seen in recent years, so maybe they didnt have any impression of Rose-samas selfishness? Even so, maybe my brother and sister-in-law have an unpleasant experience. But when I look at my older brother, he nodded with satisfaction to the siblings.

To think that such a beautiful person exists.

If even my older brother is entranced with the prince and the princess, wouldnt Rose-sama surely get angry

Uncle! Next time Rose-sama will introduce me to her family, you see! Im super looking forward to it.

Emma happily says.

There are no girls that wont fall in love when they see Prince Edwards black hair.

Its a saying I often heard at the royal capital, but even my Emma

Emma, I understand you admire the black-haired prince, but Rose-sama is infamous in the royal capital, so you would better not think about getting engaged

Why! Is Rose-samas reputation not good?

William let out a surprised voice.

She spends too much money on dresses and various things, and the dresses are also too exposed, or vulgar

Emma is trembling. I wonder if Rose-sama is being harassed.

It seems those people in the royal capital dont understand anything.

Emma exhales.

The amount of money needed for such Rose-samas beauty is just an insignificant amount!

hn?

Dresses that could fit a jewel-like body acquired from the accumulation of daily efforts cant possibly be cheap goods!

hn?

Those people who say she is vulgar even though she has generously exposed her beautiful body to us need their character to be questioned first!

hn, hn? Emma what? eh?

Rose-sama is a national treasure. Isnt it obvious for a national treasure to be costly!

When I look around, Leonard, George, and William are nodding as if affirming Emmas words.

After returning home after a long time, I notice a feeling of alienation once in a while.

Eh? Does Emma like Rose-sama, not the princes black hair?

Uncle-sama? Isnt it natural that the royal familys hair is black?

Everyone gives me a what is this guy saying look. Am I the weird one?

Does uncle have no thought towards Rose-samas beautiful body?

I am looked at by Emma with eyes that seem to be saying, this guy is hopeless. It appears that I cant recover my standing as her uncle. How painful.

In fact, I have seen her several times in the royal capitals high society, but to be honest, I havent really look at her because the prince and the princess were always nearby.

Arban you have no eyes for women.

My older brother looks at me as if I am a pathetic child even more.

No, George and William also look at me like that.

If the country says such mean things, lets make Rose-samas clothing ourselves, Dad.

George suggests an outrageous thing.

The cost of clothing for the Kings concubine is already tremendous. More than that, Rose is criticized for choosing high-end products excessively.

What a good idea! George! Lets do so!

An unexpected immediate reply!

Father! Lets use all the things from Emmas shed for the fabric. My artistic side cant help but get excited to be able to decorate that beautiful body!

Hiii!

This is also what I learned after returning home. The most valuable, high-quality, and expensive silk of all Palaces silk goods is the one from the silkworm that Emma raised. However, although it is on a scale that is beyond the scope of Emmas hobby, it is still a rare item with a proportion of less than 0.003% of the total silk on the market.

Its an astronomical price to use all that on Rose-samas clothing.

Emma If you do that sort of thing, we will be bankrupt, you know!

? Its fine, uncle. We have abundant stock. Its just, we end up selling it in small amounts because Joshuas father wants to raise the market value.

Its just a merchants wit, Emma happy-go-luckily answer.

All Palaces silk sales are monopolized by the company managed by Joshuas father.

It is this fathers skill that makes the company much wealthier than the Stuart family. He is also a significant and indispensable existence to the Stuarts, who are not good with troublesome stuff but have good craftsmanship.

To be frank, we mostly just leave it to and rely on him.

Just like this, all the fabrics worn by Rose Alicia Royal after this will be the phantom silk Emma silk, which is hard to get even with a lot of money.

The Stuart family is completely unaware, but in the royal capital, the rumors that the disappearing leading nobles of the second princes faction has emerged and is planning to make the prince King and the eldest daughter of the Stuart family Queen is spreading around.

The Stuart family is using an enormous fortune to take possession of the country. The royal concubine sold the prince and princess to the Stuart count family for money. The prince and princess are puppets.

Along with Rose, the Stuart count familys reputation worsen, but the whole family living in the borderland doesnt know.

No matter how worse it gets, the nobles cant quit buying Palaces silk.

Some nobles from the first princes faction started a boycott, but it only increased the export to other countries and didnt do much damage.

Instead, they receive more benefits because export is more profitable.

The lower their reputation gets, the higher the sales.

With the aid of the merchant Joshuas father, the Stuart count family, who only lives every day nonchalantly, build up an even more immense fortune until the time they live in the royal capital a year later.

Even though they only made clothes from the excess fabric for their bias.

Authors note: Lack of cats any time now.