Chapter 346 Talking frankly about money does not hurt feelings
Rimuru wanted to ask Ainz about his understanding of alien marriage, but didn't know how to ask, so he asked him to take his wife Mercette to his hot springs to see if there was any chance that he could bring up the topic like a normal chat.
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Here, Mesette showed off her back-wiping ability that Rimuru couldn't complain about - to be precise, she was able to brush bones.
"Mesette also figured out a process for me to clean the inside and outside without leaving any dead spots, which was really helpful. Hmm, it would be even better with a high-quality hot spring." Ainz said happily.
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"Haha." In response to this, Mesette just smiled along with her hands and kept the same rhythm as brushing her teeth.
"That's right," Rimuru keenly caught the opportunity and asked, "How did you get together in the first place? Can you ask me a question?"
At this time, the atmosphere in the air changed obviously. To Rimuru's surprise, Mercette rubbed her bloodless white porcelain face with his soap, looking like her defense had been broken; although Ainz
His face was expressionless due to his bony face, but it gave Rimu a feeling that was very similar to his own. Is this the reason why he was a single social creature in his previous life and was very bad in this regard?
"Well, if you don't want to say it, forget it." Rimuru had no choice but to save her.
"Hmph, as long as Ainz doesn't have any objections, it's not a big deal if I tell you." Mesette turned away and said.
Ainz made a "woohoo" sound in his mouth and nodded slightly. Mercette smiled coquettishly and spoke eloquently as if she was in memory mode. However, Ainz added various explanations to the "private line".
Then, Rimuru was embarrassed - the two of you just got together smoothly because of a big misunderstanding that you couldn't bear to expose, right?
"Well, you guys are really living in harmony." Rimuru finally thought of something to say that would not further break his defense and not be a tease.
[Hmm, maybe it’s because the relationship between a man and a woman cannot go smoothly just by relying on spiritual union. On the other hand, as an undead, spiritual union is almost the limit, so there will be no further extravagance. 】
Ainz answered in a private line.
Rimuru felt that their relationship was more like the relationship between the King of the Dead, Adman, and his beautiful dragon king, Winnie, than that of a husband and wife. It was called a master-slave relationship, but it obviously went beyond the master-slave relationship and became closer.
"So, Your Majesty Rimuru, are you planning to get married? Congratulations on that," Ainz said.
"Ah? Does it count? I'm still considering it."
"But, I heard that the reproduction of monsters in this world will cause their strength to decrease, but is it true?"
"After all, it should be true that part of the magic energy will be divided by the offspring. But it can be restored as long as the original source is not divided. But, even if they are married, does a child of a slime with another race really count as the child of both parties?
"Rimuru muttered.
After all, it is true that slime will develop and be born after being injected into the uterus, but the slime that develops in the uterus only absorbs nutrients from the mother's body and has nothing to do with genetic inheritance.
"Is offspring important to you? Mesette and I can't have children, so we don't have relevant experience or feelings. If you want me to give you advice, I can only say that I'm sorry. As far as I know, alien races far away from each other
It is impossible to reproduce normally in this period of time." Ainz said.
"But, you are good masters and servants, right? The ghosts and gods also have infinite lifespans, so they can be together forever even if they don't get married, right?" Messite interjected.
Rimuru thought for a while, then looked up and sighed: "Well, although Crounpis's marriage proposal is certainly nonsense, it's not unreasonable. Where did the original rumor come from?"
(Gobota: "Ah sneeze!")
Rimuru hopes for a "happy ending" or a "friendship ending". In a sense, this is also a way to escape reality.
He thought of the details mentioned in Ainz's private message just now. It should be that Ainz did something that made Mercate misunderstood. Coupled with many factors, Mercate's emotions exploded. She thought she was reacting passively, but in fact she made a proactive confession to Ainz.
Ainz pushed the boat because of the public glare, so Ainz didn't have the courage to refuse.
However, it is still incomparable. The main reason why they can get along smoothly is that the material and spiritual needs of the undead are relatively low, and they will not easily have conflicts over trivial matters in life. In addition, they have many years of experience as teachers, students and comrades, so there is no need to stay together.
There will be no sense of dissonance, and there will be no bifurcation of the big goal, so it will be so smooth.
He glanced at Mesette who was still carefully lathering Ainz's bones with the limulus-shaped soap, and then carefully brushing it back and forth with the brush. He had an idea and said, "By the way, I figured it out.
A higher-end bath product - it’s quite difficult to watch Mercette carrying it around and scrubbing it. How about combining the two with real slime and turning it into a product that can automatically scrub?"
"I see, it sounds like a good idea. But it doesn't make sense if it relies on your skills to maintain it, right? If you can make a general-purpose product, be sure to sell it to me," Ainz said.
"Okay, it's a deal." Rimuru looked at the sky, "The weather is not bad today."
As always, escaping reality in awkward places that have nothing to do with the overall situation.
"Speaking of transactions, how about just settling the previous rewards? Although the enemy has not been completely eliminated, the war can be considered to be over for now. Although I did not consider that the war would end like this, it was not written in the contract.
Bing’s position is still to hope that the reward can be cashed in immediately." Ainz said.
"Oh..." Rimuru remembered that there is still this problem. Fortunately, the enemy has not been completely eliminated yet, otherwise he would really have to forget it. He pretended to be an old god and said, "Okay, how do you want Mr. Gong to pay?"
What? It doesn’t matter whether it’s money or goods unique to the Demon Kingdom.”
"Well, let me think about it...if I pay for equipment equivalent to your Majesty Rimuru's sword, how many sets can I get?" After all, equipment of this level does not seem to be sold in the Demonic Kingdom, so Ainz wanted to test it out first.
"This...we can't do it. In fashionable terms, if high-end weapons and armors are used for a long time and are affected by evolution, they will basically improve with their own strength. There is no reference value." Lim.
Lu replied.
Ainz thought for a moment, then asked again: "What about the best equipment that can be customized in the Demon Kingdom?"
Rimuru seemed to give a very casual answer: "Haha, because you and I are both social beings in your previous life, I will give you a discount. I will give you ten complete sets. You can choose any specifications. If
You don’t need so much, you can convert it into other equivalent items.”