"You want me to lend you money, right?"
Fang Li pressed down on Aqua's head again, pushing the face of this self-proclaimed Goddess away, and smiled as he looked into her watery eyes.
"Since you say you're willing to do anything, then it's not impossible."
Aqua's eyes lit up at Fang Li's words, and she looked at him with a face full of hope.
In this situation, Fang Li continued.
"Just so happens, my mansion has never been cleaned, and I've been thinking about hiring a servant. Since you want me to lend you money, how about you come to my place every day to clean until you pay off the debt? Does that sound good?"
If this were before, Fang Li would have definitely received a response from Aqua like this: "You're actually asking a Goddess to be your servant? Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"
However, now Aqua's response was: "Not a problem! Leave it to me!" Aqua jumped up, thumping her chest confidently, and declared, "It's just cleaning! For someone like me who has done everything from moving bricks to painting walls and even selling goods at stalls, this is a piece of cake!"
The infamous Goddess of Water seemed to have developed quite a wealth of work experience since coming to this world.
How should one put it?
It was hard not to feel a bit of pity.
"Wait... wait!" Kazuma slammed the table and said loudly, "If that's the case, then let me do it too! I don't want to be chased for debts anymore!"
This meant that Kazuma also intended to borrow money from Fang Li and become a servant in his household.
"Um... um... please hire me too..." Megumin slowly raised her hand and timidly said, "I also have debts, and I can't even afford to eat. I'm completely out of money. If you would be willing to hire me, I would be very happy."
Speaking of which, this explosion freak had collapsed in front of the Guild after not eating for three days, crying and begging Fang Li to take her in.
After that, although they completed the quest to defeat the White Wolf pack, there was no reward to collect, and she had incurred debts. It was likely that this loli great magician really hadn't eaten in the past three days.
At this point, even Fang Li, who had never shown any sympathy, couldn't help but start to feel for these people.
Among these three, one was a traveler summoned to another world, one was the high and mighty Goddess of Water, and one was a great magician from the Crimson Magic clan. Yet here they were, all in debt, out of money, working jobs, and going hungry. It was truly a waste of their destined greatness.
At that moment, Darkness also raised her hand.
"In that case, please hire me too!"
Darkness said this, but her face was flushed with an unhealthy hue, and she was breathing heavily.
"Even though I'm a female knight, I have to become a servant because of my debts. If I accidentally break some expensive porcelain while cleaning, I will definitely be called into the room by a lustful master, who will say to me, 'Hoo hoo hoo, since you've committed an unforgivable mistake, you should know what to do to earn my forgiveness,' and then do some excessive things to me. It's just... so exciting!"
"Just go back home!"
Fang Li shot back with a single sentence, but it made Darkness look as if she had received some great blessing, her face filled with happiness.
As a result, even being scolded was a reward for this super masochistic knight.
...
"Oooh..."
In front of a mansion located on the outskirts of Axel, Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness stood in awe, looking at the building.
"This... this is Fang Li's home?" (Kazuma)
"It's so big! I'm still living in a stable!" (Aqua)
"So Fang Li is this rich?" (Megumin)
"Even a noble's villa is only about this size. It's truly surprising that an Adventurer lives in a place like this." (Darkness)
As the four teammates stood in front of Fang Li's mansion, marveling at it, Fang Li couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Don't be fooled; this is just a rental. It's not actually mine."
Saying this, Fang Li stepped forward, opened the large door, and led everyone into the mansion.
Upon entering, they were greeted by an extremely spacious hall.
Like a standard mansion, the hall had a beautiful chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and on either side of the hall, there were spiral staircases covered in red carpet leading up to a terrace in front of a large door on the second floor.
Under Fang Li's guidance, everyone made their way to the second floor.
After pushing open another door, they found themselves in another hall.
However, this hall resembled a living room, with carpets on the ground and a variety of furniture quite well-equipped.
At the far end of the living room, there were two doors.
"The door on the left leads to the dining room, bathroom, and kitchen."
"The door on the right leads to the bedrooms, guest rooms, and study."
"All the facilities in this mansion are manual, so you'll need to light the fire and heat the water yourself. There are no magical power configurations here, so don't think you can just inject magical power to complete the tasks of heating water and lighting fires. After all, I don't have magical power. The reason I chose this place was because of that."
"And as you can see, I live here alone, but it's not a scale that one person can clean, so I was thinking about hiring a few servants. Your arrival is just perfect."
"You can explore freely, but please don't break anything. As I mentioned before, this is a rental, so if you break something, you'll have to compensate for it."
Fang Li introduced the mansion to everyone.
The group, with their eyes shining, began to explore.
"Damn! You actually live in such a nice place?!" (Kazuma)
"The sofa is so soft! And there's a heater! This is too blissful!" (Aqua)
"Winter is coming soon. If I continue living in the stable, I'll definitely freeze to death. I'm so envious of people who can live in such a mansion..." (Megumin)
"I actually think living in a stable isn't bad. There are plenty of males around, and who knows when someone might come for a night raid..." (Darkness)
With such comments, the group wandered around the entire living room.
Aqua and Megumin even lay on the two sofas, starting to roll around.
Darkness was lost in her own fantasies, not responding for a long time.
Only Kazuma approached Fang Li, looking very puzzled.
"You clearly have no class, right? How can you be this rich? You're not actually some young master from a big family, are you?"
Hearing Kazuma's words, everyone present turned their gaze toward Fang Li.
(End Of This Chapter)
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