Epilogue
Orlando and Elizabeth arrived at Ryoji’s mansion, holding hands.
“Oru-san, we’re almost at Ryoji-san’s mansion. It’s embarrassing, so could you let go of my hand?”
“Huh? I don’t mind. We’re engaged, aren’t we?”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
As Elizabeth began to respond with a smile, she noticed Ryoji peeking from the window with an exaggerated, smug grin. Flustered, she quickly let go of Orlando’s hand.
“Welcome! Ah, youth is wonderful! It’s getting quite warm all of a sudden, isn’t it?”
“Y-You’re so annoying! I brought the proposal today! But are you really sure about this? At this scale, it’s going to use up all the rewards from the beginner explorer dungeon. Please review it carefully!”
With her face bright red, Elizabeth handed the proposal to Ryoji in a way that almost looked like she was throwing it at him. Ryoji accepted it with a laugh and started going through its contents.
“Wow! This is great! As expected of the Pope, you’ve thought a lot about the believers.”
“Right? I’ve been worried about this for a long time, but until now, we couldn’t gather enough funds. Your suggestion this time, Ryoji-kun, was a huge help.”[A wild TNL : Sometimes I’ll use Lord or Miss, Mr. for alternatives when they feel appropriate]
“I helped with the planning too!”
As Ryoji praised the meticulous details, Orlando looked pleased, and Elizabeth proudly puffed out her chest.
“But if you’re going to do it, go all out, right? Add this here, enhance this part, and then…”
Ryoji brought out another sheet of paper and started adding further measures to their proposal. Seeing the additions, the two’s eyes widened as they hurried to review the changes.
“A-Are you really planning to go this far? We gave up on these ideas because of budget constraints!”
“It would be amazing if we could do this much… but how are you going to cover the costs? Are you using your personal funds, Ryoji? If that’s the case, I can contribute too.”
Orlando calculated Ryoji’s additions, realizing they would increase the original budget by about 50%, and offered to share the burden. But Ryoji firmly refused.
“It’s fine! This much is just the difference in costs. Besides, this road development will promise me enormous profits.”
Having finished weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Ryoji struck a dramatic pose and declared his catchphrase:
“Just watch. I’ll show you what I’m really capable of.”
“Why the sudden shift? We’ve already seen plenty of your ‘real ability’ by now.”
“Ryoji-kun, you do these sudden, dramatic things sometimes.”
Elizabeth and Orlando gave exasperated remarks to Ryoji, who had abruptly put on a serious face and a smug expression.
Well the Epilogue is done so officially the volume 3 is now finished, don’t ask me how long it took, I apologize with all my heart, but there’s a special chapter that is being tled. I’ll post it as soon as I finish tling it. And Now remains the 2 volumes. I’ll try to not be as lazy as I was before.
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Thanks for the treat. 👍