Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!
Chapter 154 - 154 - A week of hardwork

After about a week's worth of working diligently in different establishments here in Sklavryet, Lark and I have reached our target amount of money that we previously agreed that we needed to save so that we could transfer out of the inn and finally get a house of our own. We want to stay somewhere private and comfortable for at least the next two months or so of our stay here. We also planned to at least furnish the house a bit to make it homey.

In a week's time, I was also able to get more work days at the port and a few special requests here and there for alchemy materials from the shopkeeper that I was working for as well. The same thing happened for Lark as the number of days he was requested to perform in the three establishments where he was hired earlier has increased by a lot. He has also started to gain some loyal followers that drop by at the pubs whenever he is scheduled to perform.

Lark also seemed like he was enjoying being taken cared of by me lately. He smiles a lot recently and blushes whenever I pick him up from work since his boss and workmates must have been teasing him quite a lot due to the special treatment I am giving him. It's not that I care about what others think but as long as he looks extremely happy then everything I am doing should be right.

I feel a bit better too since I can at least make up for the time I left him alone for quite a long time and did not even check on him afterwards. I still try to live in the moment though while I continue making up to him since dwelling in the past won't change his previous circumstances anyways.

What I want to do right now is just to make sure to keep my promise on keeping him safe by coming home so I can pick him up and then send him over to his workplaces, both during the morning and the evening. I also made sure to fetch him from work and bring him home afterwards. I did it no matter how busy I was in my own workplace.

My bosses seem to be quite easy to talk to regarding these things since they immediately understood my situation and let me fulfill my promise to the guy with no complaints or conditions. This territory being quite biased to treating the men really well may have had a hand on me not being reprimanded even when I leave work just to bring my little princess to where he needs to be every single day. (Author's Note: "Princess" was definitely a sarcastic term but also a term of endearment at the same time.)

After we put together our money and confirmed that we had the right amount, we went to the real estate office to rent a place for ourselves. The attendants in the office were quite helpful and they assisted us well in choosing our new home. Once everything has been finalized, we moved to the new place over the weekend since we do not have work on those days.

We settled in the house and placed some basic furnishings. We then checked out of the inn and took our things from there and hurriedly went back to our new place.

To celebrate our new home, we decided to do some luxurious things that we did not do during the last week that we were here. The first place I pulled Lark in to get a luxury service was the public bath house that I have always wanted to try since the first time I saw it.

The service was a bath (we can't get more specific than that) where you can either have an attendant to help you bathe. You can also just have it on your own or you can share it with your chosen companion(s). Lark looked unhappy and uncomfortable about it but eventually, he still accompanied me. I never saw him as someone too conservative though.

Though the little princess was pouty and looking like he didn't want to be here at all, he still helped me bathe by washing my hair and scrubbing my back though he kept complaining about why we had to bathe in a public area when we have a working bath at home. He called the bath a public area but there are private rooms and each room can only cater to a limited number of people.

Some rooms are small so a group would just not fit in it. You can even reserve a room in advance for your own use alone if you wanted to. I am technically paying for the service and the ambience. I know that we have a bath at home but that's something we will be using everyday from now on. There's nothing special about it at all.

I teased him that if he doesn't want to stay in the bath house, I can always just hire an attendant from the bath house for a few extra copper to help me bathe but his eyes widened and he immediately pulled me to the private bath room I reserved. I swear I saw him shivering while he was removing his clothes to join me in the bath.

He must have taken my joke as some form of threat to replace him and look for somebody else maybe. I think it was like this because besides the surprise and a bit of jealousy, there seems to be a mix of some fear and worry in his eyes as well. I haven't seen even a single attendant in this place and this is the first time I visited too so where is this panicky reaction from?

After our luxurious bath, we went to one of the famous restaurants that should have an above average pricing in terms of the menu. This should be more than 50 copper for a meal per person. We ate all the food that we haven't tried yet from their menu.

When we first came here, we had a lot of financial constraints and can only buy simple food to fill our stomachs. I am not able to buy him better stuff since I am pretending to be a worker who is starting from scratch in this territory. I did give him better food from my storage once we are in the security of our room at the inn.

We enjoyed the meal but as for the taste, it was the usual. It can still get better and the menu can still be further expanded to make it more interesting. I think, I have to discuss it with the elders. If I can't improve the food culture in the current city I was living in (Hoffen City) since it was not mine to meddle with, I can at least start here in Sklavryet since it seems that I can consider this place as part of my inheritance too.

Besides food, maybe I can also dabble in fashion, agriculture and other things to improve the life of the people here. Anything that can earn money for me and this territory would be very welcomed.

Once we are full and all squeaky clean from the bath, we walked leisurely back home to enjoy our new cozy place. I am quite excited to lay on my custom, soft and wide-sized bed. We honestly had to clean a lot in the morning since the house hasn't been rented out for at least a few months before we got it. The dust was thick and the cobwebs are numerous.

Cleaning was quite tiring but somehow fulfilling at the same time. It was also giving an illusion that we were newlyweds that just bought our first house which I found really funny. Since we were both tired and dusty, going to the bath suddenly came to my mind. It was really one of the reasons why I thought about getting the bath service because I feel like Lark and I were as filthy as the house before we started cleaning it.

I am fine using cleaning magic on our clothes but I never liked shortcuts on cleaning my body. It must be the hygeine habits that I had on earth which is something I can't do anything about. As for the food, who even has the energy to cook after that much cleaning?

Once we are back home, for some reason, Lark hasn't said anything and simply tidied up the stuff that we have not placed in the shelves. He looks nervous for some reason.

Did he make a mistake or something and he did not want to discuss it with me? Why does he suddenly become weird once we are back home? Well, he must be tired or sleepy.

I suddenly spoke and told him, "Lark, that's enough cleaning for the day. We don't have to work tomorrow anyways so we can be a bit lazy today and just sleep in. You can go to our room and prepare to sleep. I just have to put some security measures in our house and I would go to the room as well." I smiled at him and he seemed to be surprised and he blushed fiercely as he walked to the direction of our room.

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Lark's POV

This day has been amazing with all the things we did like some newlywed couple. The bath was indeed a surprise since I never thought that she will be fine with showing her naked body to me. I know she's seen me naked a couple of times but I can't help but still feel shy about it so I wasn't sure about going to the bath with her. The other thing I was worrying about is that I won't be able to hide when my thing down there get's too excited.

Now that we are back home, she asked me to go to the room immediately. Is this the night that I have been waiting for? Is it finally happening?