Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement Chapter 208

208. New Members

“Well then, the only person who passed the admission screening this time was Nereya de Waechter-sama alone…” (Mitchan)

Everyone applauded when Mitchan announced the results.

“It has already been some while since our Society was established, even if the number of people increases too much, our room of activity will be restricted, and we will have difficulty functioning as an organization. Our recent activity has raised our profile, and almost all the women of noble families in the country had applied for membership before. Therefore, with this review, we will stop recruiting new members for the time being unless there are special circumstances. Those who agree, please raise your hand.” (Mitchan)

And everyone raised their hands… Yeah, it’s unanimous.

Most senior nobles’ daughters have already applied and have been rejected.

Everyone must have already invited those that they want to invite. So those who applied this time are those who were opposed by their parents because of hostile factions, those of lower nobilities who tried to apply because they have nothing to lose, and the daughters of great merchants who misunderstood that they’re equal those of senior nobles. Therefore, from now on, we will save the troublesome examination.

Besides, no matter how small the number of admitted applicants is, it’ll be troublesome if we have too many members, and from now on, there will only be those who hear about the fame & merit and come here for that purpose, which is not needed here.

There’s no need for vulgar people in our [Society]. Fuhahaha!!

President Micheline, Banzai!!

…so that’s why, for the time being, the current number of members is fixed.

If someone leaves, should we replenish… tte, there’s no way someone would want to quit.

I guess they won’t quit even if they get married, maybe…

And, of course, I wish for that too.

“So today, we are introducing the new members to everyone. Well then, please come over here!” (Mitchan)

The two girls who were invited by the host, Mitchan, come to the front.

“Farenia-sama of the Count of Garbarek, and Viscountess Nereya de Waechter-sama” (Mitchan)

The way they are introduced is a bit different, but that is unavoidable. Farenia is just a nobleman’s daughter, while Nereya is the head of a noble family, a Viscountess.

…yeah, she’s the same as me.

But I don’t think Nereya became a noble as the first generation, so either her father died, and she has no male sibling, or she received one of the multiple titles her parents have.

Farenia-chan is the first successful applicant. And Nereya-chan is the last one. …well, they’re the only ones who passed the ballot as the non-founding-members, though.

Farenia-chan was on her territory when she passed the examination so that she will be participating for the first time today, just like Nereya-chan.

Then, urged by Mitchan, both of them begin to introduce themselves.

“Farenia of the Count of Garbarek, 13-years-old. I’m very pleased to meet you…” (Farenia-chan)

A fluffy, fairy-like cute girl. There is no trace of evil or malice, pure innocence.

Yeah, reminds me of Sabine-chan before she showed her true nature…

Next is, Nereya-chan.

“Nereya…” (Nereya-chan)

Eh? Just that?

As expected, the other members are also dumbfounded…

But maybe, she’s the only one who survived when her whole family died… from an accident or fire or bandit attack…

In that case, it’s no wonder if she can’t speak much due to shock.

In the first place, none of the members objected her from joining. It is proof that she is not a strange girl.

Perhaps everyone wants to protect this pitiful girl and become her friend…

Uuuh, what a bunch of good girls, our members are…

Just as I thought so, impressed…

“…Your Highness?” (Member A)

Eh?

One of the members nervously said that.

“…Umm, your highness, the third princess… right…?” (Member A)

“Un” (Nereya-chan)

What the heck!!!

“As I thought… Previously, when I visited the Royal Palace, I saw a glimpse of your figure from a distance …” (Member A)

“I thought I had remembered most of the noble families’ names, and I wondered why there was a house name that I didn’t remember listed in the application forms. So this is why! And the other members, too, didn’t put her number during the ballot because they didn’t know her! I let my guard down because I thought that the other members would write the numbers of the problematic ones! They got me! Ahhhhhhhhh ~ !” (Mitsuha)

I cried that out loud…

“I knew it…” (?)

“Don’t say that out loud!!!” (Mitchan)

…a formidable enemy has appeared.

But what should I do…

Now that she has already joined as s member, I wouldn’t be able to kick her out because of her status. Since it will violate the great premise of the [Society], that is, an equal relationship beyond status.

Besides, it seems that they passed her the title [Viscountess Waechter] as her own title, it’s not like that her title is fake. In the first place, I myself using my own rank without mentioning the title or house name of my parents here, so I can’t poke that matter.

Hmmm…

“The third princess can be used. You should take her in” (?)

“Hiieeee!!” (Mitsuha)

The new member, Farenia-chan, came and whispered to me so that no one else could hear it. …and then she grinned…

Oh, you too!!!??

…in the end, the third princess, Nereya… I mean, Viscountess Nereya de Waechter has been successfully joined. Strictly as a [Viscountess].

And of course, [the harmless looking], Farenia-chan too…

I wonder if it’s going to be alright.

Isn’t this mean that the [Society] just swallowed a killer whale?

Isn’t this mean that sooner or later, we would get eaten from the inside of our stomach?

“Mitsuha, we should prepare a new war potential too. Otherwise, it might become [Sarasponda]…” (Colette-chan)

…yeah, [Overturn the disadvantage!] right…

Colette-chan says that but…

“But in this country, finding other noble that can be trusted like Mitchan is…” (Mitsuha)

Indeed, everyone in the [Society] is good girls. Care about their friends and sympathetic towards the folks.

…But what if there’s a conflict between their own country and another country? What if their home and other noble family have conflicting interests?

They don’t even have to think about which side they will choose at that time. Since everyone is [educated and respectable “Nobles of the Kingdom of Vanel”]…

So, even if I can trust them to a certain extent as [Friends], it would be totally different when it comes to such situations.

In other words, in this country, those who will really be my ally … ah, Rephilia, who seems to worship me, might be able to follow me even if she has to abandon the country. …just for business and money.

And bringing people from the earth or the old continent doesn’t make sense either.

I need someone who has the knowledge and ability to speak equally with the nobles and the capability to steer the flow of conversations…

“There’s no one who can be my ally no matter what and can speak this country’s language” (Mitsuha)

Right, in the first place, there is no such person. So it’s useless even if you think about it…

…Or so I thought.

“Someone has bought a written copy of Mitsuha’s translation dictionary of Vanel Kingdom’s language in Yamano Viscounty. And someone has frequently been meeting with the landing group of the invasion fleet in the royal capital’s dungeon…” (Colette-chan)

“Eeeeeeeeeehhh!!” (Mitsuha)

That’s ridiculous information.

If it’s someone from a hostile country, a spy from another country, or a small fry who plan to help the prisoners to escape…

Even though the language incompatibility was the biggest barrier that prevented the prisoners from escaping or plotting strange things …

“Colette-chan, who is that!?” (Mitsuha)

“Yeah, it’s the same type as Nereya-chan by chance” (Colette-chan)

“You mean, it’s a Viscount?” (Mitsuha)

“No, I mean the [Third Princess] part…” (Colette-chan)

“So it’s Sabine-chan!!!!???” (Mitsuha)

I didn’t notice it at all.

It’s Yamano Mitsuha’s lifetime blunder!!!!

Note:

Hey guys, I’m back!!

First of all. My apologies, and thank you very much for your concerns. But rest assured, I am well and healthy. The reason that I went missing unannounced is, I had no internet access.

I started to stay at my family’s villa since ~two weeks ago, because, you know, it’s depressing to stay alone in my apartment in the city in the current situation.

Last Tuesday night, we had a blackout for several hours during the thunderstorm. The next day I figured that we lost our wifi connection.

And the LTE signal is super shitty around here. To give you some context, the villa is located at the foothills, and the nearest neighbor is ~500m away, and the nearest town is ~45 minutes away by car.

So I gave up and called the internet provider. They said they’ll come on Saturday. So I thought three days of no-internet isn’t gonna be a big deal.

Well, they lied, the technicians came this (Monday) morning, and they took almost 5 hours to fix it. So I had nearly a week of no-internet life.

But I saw something like this might happen and saved the PDF of Mitsuha’s raws before, although translating using offline dictionary was slightly uncomfortable and limited.

Well, that’s that. I still have six more chapters ready to publish, but for my peace of mind, let me check them using the online dictionary since there are several words that I don’t recognize. You can expect them to come in 15-30 minutes interval.

End of note.