[Akali Mido]
(Akali Mido Side)
My name’s Akali Mido. I had a dream. That is, to have the only store in the world that sold exclusively in-house products.
From cosmetics to weapons, I wanted to build a store that only sold products that I made.
I’d had this dream since I first accompanied Dad on his business.
Since then, I had invented a lot of stuff.
Some of my products were now good enough to be sold at Dad’s Mido store.
My hottest invention yet was the magical hair dryer, which was selling like hotcakes among nobles. I poured all the profit back into inventing.
But I’d been in a tough spot lately. I couldn’t even carry on with my invention work, and I was unsure of how to resolve the problem.
And today the root of the problem had come to visit me again.
“Buhihi, Miss Akali! Oh, my sweet honey.”
The old man on one knee in front of me was Count Loweist Lecherouss Piggs. He wanted me to marry him.
He was over 20 years older than me, but I was okay with that; the problem was… he was ugly, like, really ugly.
“If you become my concubine, I will allow you to live a life of luxury. So, please, be my sweet honey. I’ve come expecting a positive answer today.
“Buhihi, you couldn’t imagine how much I longed for your return while you were at Alecidus Royal Academy. It is time I get my answer, wouldn’t you say?”
He’d been proposing to me since before I went to Alecidus Royal Academy, and I was just 14 back then! What was he, a lolicon?! When Dad came, I thought I could finally take a breather, but turned out the guy kept persisting and wouldn’t go away.
“Hm?”
“Oh, looks like you have a customer. Buhihi, I will excuse myself, then. Do give it some thought. I will be waiting for a favorable response.”
He was going to go back, finally.
But who was it? Even our regulars were reluctant to come in when Count Piggs was around…
“Move it aside.”
“(^^)/”
“H-hey! What are you doing? I’m just about to leave. Stop pushing me.”
Count Piggs was pushed aside by something and the doorway was now unblocked.
“Bal.”
Taking the place of Count Piggs was a hot and beautiful boy.
Haa~ I knew it. Looks really did matter the most. While age didn’t concern me, I couldn’t resist good looks. And when it comes to looks, no one beat Lord Luc~.
“Oh, so it is Lord Luc. It has been a long time. Welcome!”
“Can you show me to the usual room?”
“But of course! Please, this way!”
Dad tried to lead Lord Luc inside before things get troublesome, but…
“Hold it right there! What is with your attitude?! I will not stand for this disrespect!!!”
Yeesh~ this was unavoidable, I guess.
The old man was prideful, and he had a close relationship with the church. He was a walking lump of troubles.
“I’m telling you to stop!
“W-who are you lot?! Wait, beastkins? Hmph, what gives lowly demi-humans like you the nerve to get in my way?!”
Wow~ was he stupid or what? Did he not know what kind of person Lord Luc—son of Duke Deskustos—was? He had a soft spot for beastkin! If anyone dared to say something like that in his presence…
“Hey, you. Meat wall. Care to repeat what you said? I hope I misheard, but did you just call them lowly?”
Ahh, I knew it! Lord Luc was pissed off big time.
But if he were to fight with Count Piggs, it could lead to the church getting involved and Miss Syrup might get caught in the crossfire.
“L-Lord Luc, please calm down.”
“Akali?”
“Having two nobles fighting in our store isn’t a laughing matter. I hope the two of you can find it in you to let the matter rest, if for my sake.”
My desperate attempt to stop them made Count Piggs wear a dubious face.
“Miss Akali… pardon me for losing my temper. Ahem, young man. I can tell that you are of noble status. Would you mind telling me what house you hail from?”
“It’s Deskustos House.”
“D-D-D–!!! M-my humblest apologies!!!”
Ehh~ his attitude instantly did a 180 at the mention of the name of Lord Luc’s family. So lame~…
“I-I am from the Piggs House.”
“Huh. So you are Father’s underling?”
“Y-yes, my lord! I wasn’t aware that your esteemed self is the son of Duke Deskustos… please forgive my rudeness.”
“Okay, correct yourself then.”
“Yes?”
“You called demi-humans lowly, didn’t you? Pig.”
“I-it’s not Pig, but Piggs—I-I mean, of course, I’ll correct myself! Demi-humans are great. They are our friends and not at all lowly.”
Eww, so gross! He was sweating buckets.
“Alright. I hope this will be the last time. Don’t you ever disparage demi-humans in front of me again.”
“Yes! I swear on the name of the Piggs House.”
Since Lord Luc’s anger was somehow abated, we moved to the VIP room. Seriously, that old man was no-good.
“Lord Luc, my apologies for making you go through such an unpleasant experience!”
Dad apologized, and Lord Luc forgave him in exchange for giving our best to make his women’s dresses. Wow, he didn’t only have good looks but also a big heart.
“Lord Luc, I’m truly sorry for the earlier incident.”
After calling over some staff, I took the opportunity talk to Lord Luc.
“I told you, it’s fine. It was between me and him, anyway.”
“That may be true, but it’s my fault that he was so… persistent.”
“Your fault?”
“Yes. He was here to propose to me. But I don’t really like him. Sure, he may be the head of a count house, but he’s kind of… you know…”
Nuh-uh~ and he said his weight was close to 200kg, too.
“Haa~ enough. It’s got nothing to with me.”
“But it’s got everything to do with you?”
“What? How?”
“Yup. Lord Luc, will you take me as your concubine?”
“Hm?”
“I’m pretty good at making money! I can be of help to you! I have attribute magic too, which is [Gold]. I’m pretty sure my body is not bad, either. What say you?” Akali leaned forward, emphasizing her breasts.
It was kind of embarrassing, but I crossed my arms under my chest and leaned forward to show it off. No normal man could resist this pose. How ‘bout it?!
Ehh~why was he sighing???
“What?! But haven’t you taken Miss Syrup, Myril and Ruby?”
“Syrup is an exception. But the other two? No.”
“O-oh~, so that’s how it is… I got it.”
Now I knew what to do! As they say, if you want to take down the general, you have to first take down his horse!
“Hm? You got what?”
“I will back down for today. Don’t worry, I’ll give it my all to make the most beautiful dresses for your girls.”
I then went to talk to my two classmates.
“Hey guys~ how did you guys become Lord Luc’s maids?”
I rarely talked with them, but we were similar in that we were part of Class 0 and we were commoners, so I was pretty sure we’d get along.
T/N: So, in Japanese the piggy noble’s name is Shitage Dosube Bufuシータゲ・ドスーベ・ブフ. I was having a hard time figuring out how to make it sound like an English name, then I remembered a certain Perv Asshat from Eminence in the Shadow and figured that maybe the author trolled with dude’s name. So I assume that Shitage means low of the low because ‘shita’ and ‘ge’ both can mean ‘low’ hence ‘lowest’, Dosube is taken from dosukebe or lecher, and Bufu, well, is onomatopoeia for snort; I was going to settle with Oink, but ultimately decided on Piggs for a better fit. And that’s how the piggy noble’s name is now Loweist Lecherouss Piggs. Hope the explanation isn’t too confusing T_T.
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Zky Translates 
Oh wow, names are hard, huh? On the one hand this pun makes zero sense if you try to directly translate it from the original. So having to come up with your own is the only way to make it work in english. But on the other hand, drastically changing the original just to make it make sense in english almost sounds like blasphemy to me. Op, What you did was a great compromise in a situation with no perfect solution and I’m honestly pretty greatful for it.
Anyway, translator troubles aside, I want to talk a bit about the setting for this world.
I honestly think that it sucks that every guy in this world has to compete with Luc, and his ever expanding harem. He’s basically a broken character in terms of combat, and in terms of looks he’s already unbeatable. He’s already developed ways to get results with literally zero effort, so he’ll likely never need to work a day in his life. And his reputation is so good that basically every woman see’s him as the perfect man. So how can any normie compete?
Heres to hoping that gender changing magic will be developed in the future, so that we don’t have so many leftovers by the end of the series.
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You gotta put worth on yourself to impress the lazy-ass devilish- beauty prince or you’ll become a NPC to him~
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