I was not yet swimming in honestly earned money. But my daily earnings were getting bigger and bigger. Over the course of the last few days, they increased from 50 to 100 gold pieces. My rough estimate was, my profit after expenses would increase to 1000 gold pieces per day over the next weeks and months. The mirrors alone would bring hundreds of gold pieces in the beginning. The nobility would bleed gold for them.
The three alchemists' work on the purity of the raw materials had paid off. Two of the sample melts were clear glass. The third mixture was somehow messed up. It looked like malachite. I put the three tinkerers to work on further developing the best method for purifying my raw materials.
My roads would pay for themselves much more in the long run. Once I got the road toll in place, courtesy of the trade guild. Every commodity, every transport wagon, every caravan would pay for the privilege of using MY roads. Those who did not want to pay were welcome to continue using the existing bumpy roads. And deal with the bandits and robberies. And those who used the paved roads but refused to pay? Well, the guild has tried and tested means of bringing unruly members to heel. I was already looking forward to the first aristocrat who had other ideas than to pay dutifully.
My streets in the duchy made the beginning. Virga couldn't really refuse my argumentation. It was more along the lines of "Yes, Mistress." and I got my way. Since she was allowed to attend my session with Alice her behavior has somehow changed for the better.
Somehow the no-good, perverted rabbit had outsmarted me. More likely, though, was that I knew too little about the mating rites and rites of passage of the demi-humans. In a way, Alice was my mate. I was married?
Ha is Loptr the bunny goddess and go Alice got to say that has to be the fastest MC marriage I know of.
Truth to be told, Loptr is male, but he also seems predestined for breaking social taboos.
And as a god, she can also be a goddess. We all know how strange gods can be or act. Possibly there was once an incident. But i don´t tell.
@Nymus I find the name for Loptr to be quite fitting for the god that is supporting the MC with Loptr being an alternate name for Loki from Norse myth. Was that intentional? I didn’t notice at first and only looked it up when Laura mentioned the name sounded familiar.
@Abyss Yes, I choose Loptr intentional as name instead of Loki. He is kind of matching as a god.
What a short chapter...
This was a "sneak peek" - There are some of these in the first volume. I switched later in the story to release some snippets while writing in my shoutbox.