Kochugunshikan Boukensha ni Naru

Translator: SFBaka

Editor: Thors Stone

Two hours after the party started, the alcohol had made its rounds, and toasts could be heard being performed all around the hall. I was also pouring myself mug after mug of alcohol, and eventually, I finally found myself getting drunk.

To think youd be able to become a noble in such a short amount of time. No one would be able to accomplish it except for you, Alan.

Thats absolutely true. Its truly quite an impressive feat.

The same topic has come up at least two times now. Both Cleria and Elna seem to be pretty drunk already.

No, its all thanks to everyones help. And its not like Im already a noble. Besides, were still pretty far from our true goals, right? Weve only managed to reach the starting line, thats all.

Youre right. But Im still really happy to see that were gradually fulfilling our dream step by step.

Cleria stood up vigorously and raised her cup. That got the attention of everyone inside the dining hall.

Everyone! To Shining Star!

To Shining Star!

Everyones cheers that sounded more like roars echoed all throughout the hall.

And for some reason, Cleria and the other party leaders started going around to toast with everybody else.

By midnight, some people already started falling over from drinking too much, so I declared that the party was over and had everyone wrap things up.

We gorged ourselves on good food and drank good alcohol. It was a pretty fun party I think.

And of course, I declared the next day a day off so we can clean up properly in the morning.

Come morning, I immediately went down to the dining hall after taking a quick bath to help out with the cleaning. It looks like our staff woke up earlier than usual and already started working on it. I should probably give them a nice bonus for all their hard work. Ill make sure to take note of it so I wont forget.

I ordered a light breakfast and started digging in when Cleria and the others went down as well. Judging from Clerias current state, she probably has one heck of a hangover huh. Ill command the nanoms to take care of her hangover later when I get the chance.

Fuu. As I thought, hot tea really does wonders for a hangover. Im feeling a lot better already.

Of course not, milady. Thats all thanks to me.

Are you properly recovering from your hangover as well, Elna?

Its alright. Im the type who will not experience any sort of hangover no matter how much I drink.

Hou. That kinda makes me a bit envious. I probably would have experienced one heck of a hangover as well if not for Nanom. It looks like Sharon and Selena also used their nanoms to avoid getting hangovers like me.

Since most of the Clan members were already gathered inside the dining hall once we finished eating breakfast, I immediately called for a quick meeting. I asked the ones in charge of accounting to bring the Clans account book and checked the contents.

Now then, we need to decide how much money we are going to send to Ludvic-kun and the others first. All in all, we managed to earn a total of 907,395,900[1] Guineas this time around.

Oooh!

I started explaining while looking at the details of the auction result from the account book.

The Commerce Guild will be taking a 15% cut from the total sales as their commission, so once we deduct that, well end up with 771,286,515 Guineas.

Furthermore, our Clans previous funds already amount to about three million Guineas, so our total funds right now are a little over 774 million Guineas.

Of course, we still have to pay the dismantling fee to the Commerce Guild, but it seems it wont cost more than 20 million Guineas, so well have about 745 million Guineas remaining.

Thats an impressive amount of money.

Seven hundred million

Alan, wouldnt it do to simply send about half the funds to the others?

Hm, I guess. So that would make it about 400 million, right? Does that sound good? If everyone agrees, then well go ahead with that amount. How about it?

If thats what you deem appropriate, then we have no objections, Alan-sama.

Lets go ahead with it then. Ill arrange everything with the Commerce Guild in the afternoon.

Before long, Tarus-san and Jonas-san paid a visit to us via carriage. It looks like they brought the luggage of Katolle and the boys. After putting away the luggage, we headed for the dining hall and had a little chat.

We wouldnt be able to see each other again for a while, so we took the opportunity to talk about all kinds of stuff.

Father, did you know that Silas Company is already producing their own alcohol brand?

Oh, that. I was able to sample it just yesterday. It was quite the product. They charged me quite a bit for it, but I managed to buy one barrel off them in the end.

It seems Alan-sama was the one who taught the Silas Company the production method for that type of alcohol.

By the Goddess! Is that true!?

Yes, it is.

It looks like Alan-sama knows a lot more methods to produce even tastier alcohol variants. And Ive been given the job of managing the production of those alcohol variants you know.

Oooh! Thats quite amazing! Youve been assigned a very important job right off the bat, havent you, Katolle? I hope you do your very best.

But of course, Father! But I suppose this means it would take longer for me to return to manage our stores back in Gotania.

Ive been prepared to let you gain experience for up to ten years right from the beginning. I wouldnt mind even if you extended it a bit either. Im still young after all, hahaha.

Thats great! Youll have to do your best for a while more Father. Oh, I just thought of a great idea!

How about you move the family and our businesses to Alan-samas city once its finished?

Haha! That indeed does sound like a good idea.

Youre certainly more than welcome! I will reserve a large building situated in a prime location in the city center for Tarus Company then. Of course, Ill have them build a fairly large mansion for you all as well.

Hahaha! That sounds wonderful! Well be in your care later on then, Alan-san.

Leave it to me.

After chatting for about an hour, Tarus-san and company finally departed. They will come to see us off when we leave for the royal capital tomorrow morning.

After having lunch, I and my party members headed for the Commerce Guild. The guild building wasnt as crowded compared to the other days. The ones inside were probably here for the auction payments and arranging for the handover of the materials.

Karina-san called out to us from behind her usual counter.

Alan-sama! We just completed calculating the total fees for the dragon dismantling and the particulars of the auction results. Please have a look.

After saying so, she let us inside the back offices and led us to what looks like a meeting room. Inside were two guild staff members who carried thick document compilations each.

These are the details pertaining to the cost for dismantling the dragon corpse, and these are the details regarding the auction.

One of the thick paper document compilations was apparently a copy meant for us. I then received a brief explanation regarding the particulars of the contents.

The total fee for dismantling the dragon corpse was 19,453,280 Guineas. If this were a month or two ago, this would have seemed an incredible amount of money, but it doesnt feel like that now because we just earned more than 700 million.

They did have a few hundred people work on the project for more than twenty days, concocted panaceas for the auction, and also handled the processing of the other materials as well, so this price seemed just about right.

There seems to be no problem with everything. Were very satisfied with how the Commerce Guild handled everything this time.

Having you say that makes us at the guild really happy, Alan-sama. Well then, I will deposit the earnings to Alan-samas guild account after deducting the fees.

Yes. But Id like to arrange for a money remittance again. The recipient will be the usual person, and the amount would be 400 million Guineas.

400 million Guineas? No, I understand. Then fill out this form please.

I filled in the required items on the remittance form. Ive filled one out several times in the past already so Im quite used to it by now.

I would also like to send a message to the recipient along with the money. How do I go about that?

Oh, if thats the case, then you can go ahead and write your message on the blank space below the remittance form.

Hmm, I see. I wrote the message I came up with everyone yesterday in the blank space.

We succeeded in defeating a dragon. There is a large possibility of being granted a peerage. Our preparations are proceeding slowly but surely. Wait for further news.

I double-checked the number of characters properly before submitting the form. We had to pay per character so I couldnt be careless.

Ah, Alan-sama. You dont have to worry about the number of characters in the message. Youre one of our best customers, so its fine even if your message has a bit more characters than usual.

Is that so? Can I add a bit more to the message then?

But of course. Please feel free to add as much as you like. Ill be sending it personally, so you can go ahead and do so.

Hou. So Karina-san will be using the artifact to send the message later huh. Thats pretty convenient. Ill have to be careful not to be too specific though, so it wont attract unwanted attention.

Then, as a closer, Ill add We will be heading to the royal capital next. at the end of the message. It didnt sound particularly strange but served to tell the others what well be doing next.

We succeeded in defeating a dragon. There is a large possibility of being granted a peerage. Our preparations are proceeding slowly but surely. Wait for further news. We will be heading to the royal capital next.

Well then, here you go.

After I handed her the form, Karina-san gave it a brief once-over.

There are no problems. Ill be needing your account book then.

Karina-san wrote the service fee amount and the remittance amount on my personal guild account book and handed it back to me afterward. I checked it out as well and finished the procedure by signing on it.

[1] TL Notes: I screwed up a bit and got some of the profit numbers from the auction sales wrong a couple of chapters back. Ive since corrected them so the math now checks out. Sorry guys.