CH 13

Chapter 13: Everyone’s father

Robb walked out of the merchant's house with the maid she had just acquired.

The thin blonde girl followed him in small steps, with her head and hands down.

"What's your name?" Robb asked.

"Please give me a name." The little girl bowed her head.

Robb was amused and was about to say, "From here on, you’ll be called Rem (TL: From Re:Zero)," but after thinking about it, he took it back and said, "I don't want to erase the name your parents gave you. It is the most precious gift your parents have given you and will stay with you for the rest of your life, so I want to hear your real name, not the name I gave you." The name I’ll give you may not even be something you’ll like, but you’ll still have to stick with it, which may be quite depressing for you.”

With that simple sentence, the girl suddenly burst into tears. After several seconds, she calmed down and said in a shallow voice, "Thank you, Master. My name is Lillian."

"Very good, then I'll call you Lillian from now on." Robb smiled and said, "My name is Robb."

"I will remember your honorable name."

After six sentences, Robb realized that the conversation couldn’t continue. The maid acted like she didn’t want to talk to you and threw a special phrase at the end of the chat-"OK."

Forget it, there will be plenty more chances, and it's indeed very difficult to chat with a stranger of the opposite sex immediately. Robb smiled and said, "That’s all. Let's go and get you new clothes. Your clothes are dirty and full of holes. Let's change them."

"Yes, master!"

The two went to the cloth shop in the center of the town. As soon as they walked in, Robb was recognized by the shopkeeper. Westwind town was too small. Last night when Robb and Gorda came back with the skin of the double-legged dragon, almost the whole town remembered his face, and after that dinner, everyone knew that he would settle down in Westwind town and manage the chapel in the town.

Robb immediately received a "Welcome, welcome, a warm welcome" from the shopkeeper. He didn't stop there and relentlessly shouted "My Father" to Robb, just like how Westerners called priests. Robb, taking advantage of the shopkeeper, waved to the shopkeeper and said, "God bless you, my son!"

He suddenly found that he would be the father of everyone in Westwind town! He became a part of the older generation, whether it is a middle-aged man or an old man, anyone who sees him has to call him father obediently, and Robb has to call the person son. Moreover, whenever it happens, the people would happily listen...

However, the Westwind town really is a fussy place. If a father wants to take his son's things, he has to pay money.

Westwind town itself doesn’t have the ability to produce cloth. Merchants from larger cities ship the cloth here, so the price is very expensive, much more expensive than cloth bought locally in the said larger cities.

Lillian's eyes were locked on the coarse white linen in the store. She looked at the price tag and rolled out her tongue in fear, thinking to herself, "How expensive!" Although his Master is a priest of the Church of Light with a benevolent and charitable nature, he must consider whether such an expensive piece of cloth is worth buying for a servant.

As soon as she thought of it, Rob put his hand on a roll of white cotton, which was several times more expensive than the coarse white linen, and with a snap of his finger, a gold coin flew out and landed in the shopkeeper's hand. "I’ll take this roll of white cotton. I’ll also take this can of black dye next to it," he said, picking up the cloth in one hand and the can of dye in the other, and walked away.

The shopkeeper shouted at the back, "You only need 10 silver coins for that roll of cotton cloth. The dye is cheaper. You don't need as many gold coins. Please stop. I'll give you your change..."

Robb smiled and said, "give it to my maid." Then, he turned around and left the store.

The shopkeeper called Lillian. "Hey, are you the maid that Mr. Robb just bought?"