'...... niisama, aren't you going to see Akachan?'
"Yes, I am. But I really wanted to stop here first."
'Yeah~.......'
Mel's cheeks are puffed out in dismay, but she's quite cute.
By the way, the monster Cookie and Biscuit are following at her feet in their little kitten form, and they are thrashing their heads at her feet as if they are consoling Mel.
By the way, the people here are me and Mel, plus the maids Danae and Diana.
The place I stopped by is the workshop where Ellen and Alex are working as the R&D department, and the purposes of my visit are to check the charcoal wheel and to have Alex show me the 'thing' I had asked him for.
When I slowly open the door to the workshop, I see a group of fox children with their ears pricked up moving around.
I cough and call out to them.
'I'm sorry to bother you at a very busy time. I'm sorry, but are Ellen and Alex here?'
'Yes, they're here...... Oh⁉ Master Rid, . I'll call them right away.'
'Is it a boy from the Fox tribe? He bowed and went immediately into the back of the workshop.
Seeing his back, Diana smiles.
'It's the result of the etiquette education given by Maid-in-Chief Marietta-sama and Deputy Maid-in-Chief Frau-sama. The children are more polite than before, not only in their language but also in their movements.
'Indeed. Marietta and her colleagues have been working hard, and the children of the beastmen tribe have recently become much more polite in their language and movements.
As I answer Deanna, I look again at the movements of the children of the fox people.
Two months ago when they came here, they didn't know any etiquette and their behaviour was rough.
I had originally expected this, so I had included lessons on etiquette and language, but Marietta, Frau, Diana and the others had given them strict instructions that they should improve on this immediately.
But I think the fact that improvements were made in such a short period of time was largely due to Deanna's initiative.
Perhaps because she actively takes part in children's martial arts training, her guidance and words seem to carry more weight with the children of the Beast Tribe, who place more importance on martial arts.
The respect with which Diana treats Marietta, the head maid, and Frau, the deputy head maid, seems to set a good example for them.
At that time, Danae also had an idea of what was happening and muttered to join the conversation.
'Indeed, everyone is more rounded than when they first came. Besides, Marietta-sama and the others are very strict in their teaching. I was also trained quite well. ...... Oh, by the way, I heard that Diana-san also received maid education from Marietta-sama, but was it really tough?
'That was difficult for me. I had never been educated as a lady-in-waiting either, until Marietta-sama taught me. But even in the Order, we were expected to have a certain amount of etiquette and language, so I managed a little.'
To Danae's question, Diana answers with a slightly distant look.
I listened to them and nodded my head and muttered to myself, "I see.
"'Heh, everyone is indebted to Marietta, isn't it?"
'......, did you know that I also study under Marietta, by any chance?"
"Oh, really?"
I show a little surprise at Mel's words.
I didn't know that Mel had also been taught etiquette by Marietta.
Who is Marietta, the head maid? At that moment, a bright voice and the sound of flapping footsteps echo from the back of the workshop.
'Master Rid, sorry to keep you waiting.
'Hello, Ellen, Alex. Sorry for the sudden appearance.'
'No, no, we were just talking about how my sister and I were expecting you around today."
The two came from the back and smiled brightly at each other.
The fact that the workshop is so cheerful is largely due to these two.
They are always ready to take on my crazy ideas, but in the end they just laugh and have fun.
I think it's precisely because they're such positive people that everyone working here is so cheerful.
Ellen looks around at us and smiles a confident, fearless smile.
'Hmm, now, our masterpiece, the charcoal truck, and the clock that Alex and the ape tribe, Thomas and the others, worked to death to make. Which would you like to see first?'
'Right, well, I guess I'll ask you to start with the example clock.'
I nodded and looked at Alex. Then he smiled.
'Yes, please. 'Sis, please show Master Rid and the others to the guest room. I'll go prepare the clock and call Thomas and the others.'
'Alright. Okay, Master Rid, come this way: ......."
After that, we were led by Ellen to the guest room.
On the way there, Diana muttered curiously.
'Was it a watch that Master Rid was asking Alex for?'
'Yes, but I think it's a little different from the clocks Diana and the others know.'
I show a wry smile to the bewildered Deanna.
Incidentally, there are proper clocks in this world, but I've only ever seen the big, wall-mounted ones.
In the Bardia territory, each town has a clock tower, as arranged by the father, so there are probably not many commoners who have clocks.
The only commoners who need them are the merchants who trade with the nobility.
The rest of the time, a clock tower will be enough.
But in addition to the business project that will be carried out in the future, in order to run the Second Order effectively, the downsizing of the clock will be an important, albeit unspectacular, element.
At that moment, there is a knock on the door of the guest room, and Alex and his ape tribe siblings, Thomas and Tona, enter the room, saying, "Excuse us, please, ...... ‼".
The two ape tribe members look somewhat nervous and place a small wooden box on the desk in front of me.
Then Alex, smiling, slowly opens the crate and clears his throat.
'Well ......, this is the hand-wound watch that you requested from Master Rid, not ....... It's called a 'pocket watch', a watch you can tuck away in your pocket.'
There was a palm-sized watch, slightly larger than the one remembered from a previous life, but large enough to be tucked away in a pocket.
It was indeed a 'pocket watch'.
I took the pocket watch in my hands with admiration and looked at the details as if examining it.
The pocket watch was silver, round and had a slight weight to it.
The surface of the watch seems to be covered, and the time cannot be seen as it is.
Alex then muttered.
'Try pressing the button on the protruding part, the 'dragon head'.
'Like this: ......?'
When I pressed the place he told me, the lid snapped open and I saw the dial, the long and short hands, and the six o'clock part of the dial.
And at six o'clock on the dial, there is also a second hand, which is exactly the pocket watch I remember from my previous life.
I involuntarily look at Alex, trembling with delight.
'Great ...... great, Alex, thank you ‼, this is going to move a lot of things forward again."
'No, it's the monkey children here, led by Thomas and Tona, who did more than I did. They were happy to work on it, and they gave me a lot of opinions."
Hearing his words, I shifted my gaze to Thomas and Tona and gave them a big smile.
'Thank you both so much.'
'No, no, I'm the kind of guy who likes to create things like this in the first place. ......'
'Ha, yes. I am also happy to be of help to Rid-sama,.......
The two of them are each happy and beaming.
Thomas seems embarrassed, but Tona seems a little too shy and a little red in the face, is she alright? I thanked them both and then turned my gaze back to Alex.
'Alex, just to be quick, how many of these 'pocket watches' do you have now?
'Well, I have five, including the ones given to Master Rid and the ...... spare.'
At his words, I looked down for a moment with a thoughtful expression on my face, but then I immediately looked up.
Five or ...... then I'm sorry, but can I have four of them today? I also want four sheets of paper with instructions on how to use them, is that okay?"
'Yes. I'll get them ready right away."
Okay. And .......
"......? And what's that?"
Alex, Toma and Tona looked at me suspiciously, as I spoke in a pretentious manner. I smiled at them.
I want at least fifty of these by the end of the month. I also want you to come up with an extremely high-end product for the aristocracy.'
They looked at me with a puzzled look, then immediately rolled their eyes.
'E...... Yeah, yeah⁉'
'At least fifty by the end of the month⁉ Well, that's a lot to ask for.......'
Alex and Toma were saddened, and Tona was stunned.
I spoke softly to them.
I believe that you guys can do this. Alex and Thomas screamed sadly and Tona was stunned. And if there's any reason why you can't do it, just tell me and I'll make it better right away.
Hearing my words, Alex, Thomas and Tona looked stunned, then turned their heads and muttered with a resigned look, "I'll do my best ......"
'...... niisama, aren't you going to see Akachan?'
"Yes, I am. But I really wanted to stop here first."
'Yeah~.......'
Mel's cheeks are puffed out in dismay, but she's quite cute.
By the way, the monster Cookie and Biscuit are following at her feet in their little kitten form, and they are thrashing their heads at her feet as if they are consoling Mel.
By the way, the people here are me and Mel, plus the maids Danae and Diana.
The place I stopped by is the workshop where Ellen and Alex are working as the R&D department, and the purposes of my visit are to check the charcoal wheel and to have Alex show me the 'thing' I had asked him for.
When I slowly open the door to the workshop, I see a group of fox children with their ears pricked up moving around.
I cough and call out to them.
'I'm sorry to bother you at a very busy time. I'm sorry, but are Ellen and Alex here?'
'Yes, they're here...... Oh⁉ Master Rid, . I'll call them right away.'
'Is it a boy from the Fox tribe? He bowed and went immediately into the back of the workshop.
Seeing his back, Diana smiles.
'It's the result of the etiquette education given by Maid-in-Chief Marietta-sama and Deputy Maid-in-Chief Frau-sama. The children are more polite than before, not only in their language but also in their movements.
'Indeed. Marietta and her colleagues have been working hard, and the children of the beastmen tribe have recently become much more polite in their language and movements.
As I answer Deanna, I look again at the movements of the children of the fox people.
Two months ago when they came here, they didn't know any etiquette and their behaviour was rough.
I had originally expected this, so I had included lessons on etiquette and language, but Marietta, Frau, Diana and the others had given them strict instructions that they should improve on this immediately.
But I think the fact that improvements were made in such a short period of time was largely due to Deanna's initiative.
Perhaps because she actively takes part in children's martial arts training, her guidance and words seem to carry more weight with the children of the Beast Tribe, who place more importance on martial arts.
The respect with which Diana treats Marietta, the head maid, and Frau, the deputy head maid, seems to set a good example for them.
At that time, Danae also had an idea of what was happening and muttered to join the conversation.
'Indeed, everyone is more rounded than when they first came. Besides, Marietta-sama and the others are very strict in their teaching. I was also trained quite well. ...... Oh, by the way, I heard that Diana-san also received maid education from Marietta-sama, but was it really tough?
'That was difficult for me. I had never been educated as a lady-in-waiting either, until Marietta-sama taught me. But even in the Order, we were expected to have a certain amount of etiquette and language, so I managed a little.'
To Danae's question, Diana answers with a slightly distant look.
I listened to them and nodded my head and muttered to myself, "I see.
"'Heh, everyone is indebted to Marietta, isn't it?"
'......, did you know that I also study under Marietta, by any chance?"
"Oh, really?"
I show a little surprise at Mel's words.
I didn't know that Mel had also been taught etiquette by Marietta.
Who is Marietta, the head maid? At that moment, a bright voice and the sound of flapping footsteps echo from the back of the workshop.
'Master Rid, sorry to keep you waiting.
'Hello, Ellen, Alex. Sorry for the sudden appearance.'
'No, no, we were just talking about how my sister and I were expecting you around today."
The two came from the back and smiled brightly at each other.
The fact that the workshop is so cheerful is largely due to these two.
They are always ready to take on my crazy ideas, but in the end they just laugh and have fun.
I think it's precisely because they're such positive people that everyone working here is so cheerful.
Ellen looks around at us and smiles a confident, fearless smile.
'Hmm, now, our masterpiece, the charcoal truck, and the clock that Alex and the ape tribe, Thomas and the others, worked to death to make. Which would you like to see first?'
'Right, well, I guess I'll ask you to start with the example clock.'
I nodded and looked at Alex. Then he smiled.
'Yes, please. 'Sis, please show Master Rid and the others to the guest room. I'll go prepare the clock and call Thomas and the others.'
'Alright. Okay, Master Rid, come this way: ......."
After that, we were led by Ellen to the guest room.
On the way there, Diana muttered curiously.
'Was it a watch that Master Rid was asking Alex for?'
'Yes, but I think it's a little different from the clocks Diana and the others know.'
I show a wry smile to the bewildered Deanna.
Incidentally, there are proper clocks in this world, but I've only ever seen the big, wall-mounted ones.
In the Bardia territory, each town has a clock tower, as arranged by the father, so there are probably not many commoners who have clocks.
The only commoners who need them are the merchants who trade with the nobility.
The rest of the time, a clock tower will be enough.
But in addition to the business project that will be carried out in the future, in order to run the Second Order effectively, the downsizing of the clock will be an important, albeit unspectacular, element.
At that moment, there is a knock on the door of the guest room, and Alex and his ape tribe siblings, Thomas and Tona, enter the room, saying, "Excuse us, please, ...... ‼".
The two ape tribe members look somewhat nervous and place a small wooden box on the desk in front of me.
Then Alex, smiling, slowly opens the crate and clears his throat.
'Well ......, this is the hand-wound watch that you requested from Master Rid, not ....... It's called a 'pocket watch', a watch you can tuck away in your pocket.'
There was a palm-sized watch, slightly larger than the one remembered from a previous life, but large enough to be tucked away in a pocket.
It was indeed a 'pocket watch'.
I took the pocket watch in my hands with admiration and looked at the details as if examining it.
The pocket watch was silver, round and had a slight weight to it.
The surface of the watch seems to be covered, and the time cannot be seen as it is.
Alex then muttered.
'Try pressing the button on the protruding part, the 'dragon head'.
'Like this: ......?'
When I pressed the place he told me, the lid snapped open and I saw the dial, the long and short hands, and the six o'clock part of the dial.
And at six o'clock on the dial, there is also a second hand, which is exactly the pocket watch I remember from my previous life.
I involuntarily look at Alex, trembling with delight.
'Great ...... great, Alex, thank you ‼, this is going to move a lot of things forward again."
'No, it's the monkey children here, led by Thomas and Tona, who did more than I did. They were happy to work on it, and they gave me a lot of opinions."
Hearing his words, I shifted my gaze to Thomas and Tona and gave them a big smile.
'Thank you both so much.'
'No, no, I'm the kind of guy who likes to create things like this in the first place. ......'
'Ha, yes. I am also happy to be of help to Rid-sama,.......
The two of them are each happy and beaming.
Thomas seems embarrassed, but Tona seems a little too shy and a little red in the face, is she alright? I thanked them both and then turned my gaze back to Alex.
'Alex, just to be quick, how many of these 'pocket watches' do you have now?
'Well, I have five, including the ones given to Master Rid and the ...... spare.'
At his words, I looked down for a moment with a thoughtful expression on my face, but then I immediately looked up.
Five or ...... then I'm sorry, but can I have four of them today? I also want four sheets of paper with instructions on how to use them, is that okay?"
'Yes. I'll get them ready right away."
Okay. And .......
"......? And what's that?"
Alex, Toma and Tona looked at me suspiciously, as I spoke in a pretentious manner. I smiled at them.
I want at least fifty of these by the end of the month. I also want you to come up with an extremely high-end product for the aristocracy.'
They looked at me with a puzzled look, then immediately rolled their eyes.
'E...... Yeah, yeah⁉'
'At least fifty by the end of the month⁉ Well, that's a lot to ask for.......'
Alex and Toma were saddened, and Tona was stunned.
I spoke softly to them.
I believe that you guys can do this. Alex and Thomas screamed sadly and Tona was stunned. And if there's any reason why you can't do it, just tell me and I'll make it better right away.
Hearing my words, Alex, Thomas and Tona looked stunned, then turned their heads and muttered with a resigned look, "I'll do my best ......"
