Chapter 67: Being Assigned a Part-Time Job
Chapter 67: Being Assigned a Part-Time Job
"Should we also inform the Knight Order, just in case?" Cass asked Lily."That would be wise. Even if he’s retired, he was still the former Commander of the Knight Order."
"Then I’ll pass the message along."
Just when I thought the conversation was finally wrapping up, Lily brought up something unnecessary again.
"Catherine-sama, don’t you think leaving Robby-sama alone will just lead to him sneaking out again whenever he feels like it?"
"Yes! Exactly! That’s exactly what I’m worried about. But it’s hard to find someone who can keep an eye on him..."
Lily tilted her head.
"Up until the day before yesterday, Stevie was acting as his escort whenever he went out, but now he’s gone. Marin Brandow, the sword instructor we asked before, is currently swamped with administrative work in the Knight Order. It doesn’t seem like we can ask her to escort him."
"I can only accompany him as an escort once every three days. Doing it every day is impossible for me."
"Exactly. I can’t monitor— I mean, watch over Robby-sama during the day either. It would be great if someone could keep an eye on him... Is there anywhere suitable?"
""Hmmmm...""
The two of them were having a conversation right above my head. I was still on my hands and knees, only lifting my face to listen.
"I’ve got it!" Lily clapped her hands together. "There’s a perfect place!"
"Where?" Cass asked.
"We’ll have him work at the Knight Order’s Accounting Bureau where Marin Brandow works. What do you think?"
"Eh!? The Accounting Bureau? I’ve heard they’re extremely busy right now... But can Robby-sama actually be of help?"
Cass sounded like she thought it was impossible. I was pretty anxious myself.
"I think it’ll be fine. It’s just repetitive calculation work," Lily said casually.
"Even so, can Robby-sama handle it? It’s constant calculations, you know? I wonder if he can even do math properly... I’m worried he’ll damage his reputation and come back in shame," Cass said, openly showing how low her expectations were.
Lily looked at me.
"Robby-sama, what is 4 + 5?"
She suddenly threw out a ridiculously simple question.
"...9."
"See! He can do it!"
Lily rejoiced as if it was a huge achievement. This was the level at which I got praise.
"No no, don’t celebrate over something like that! Alright, Robby-sama. Here we go — what is 8 + 5?"