Let’s Make Saving a Habit - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84
About a week had passed since Ron entered the Talent Cultivation Institute.
A letter arrived from Rosemary.
Since she had learned to write, letters came frequently, so I read through this one without much thought.
To. My brave warrior (Miss)
Warrior, how have you been?
To be honest, I haven’t been doing well lately. It’s because of a new recruit who arrived recently!
You know how he claims to be your right arm?
But your right and left arms are me and Raspi!
Sigh… I suppose this is what they mean by a rolling stone displacing a settled one.
So I’ve been watching him cautiously for several days.
Well, it’s not that he can’t make a single friend, you know?
In the end, I decided to show some generosity and get along with him a bit.
From what I’ve heard him say, it seems he knows you.
Of course, he’s nowhere near being your right arm!
But his personality is so prickly that it’s been a bit difficult keeping up with him.
It feels like raising a child who won’t listen. (I hope you didn’t feel the same way about me and Raspi…?)
Oh, and I recently awakened my ability and became an Ability User!
A Doppelgänger ability, no less!
I can change my body shape, face, and voice to match anyone I’ve made contact with even once.
I was hoping that if I awakened an ability, it would be helpful to you, and it seems like such a useful one!
I could act as bait in your place, or sacrifice myself if assassins appear.
Isn’t it a useful ability in many ways?!
The moment I awakened the Doppelgänger ability, I had a premonition that it was fate. So…
…(omitted)…
Oh, I’ve written too much again.
Raspi is telling me not to waste your time with useless chatter, so I’ll stop here for today.
Next time, I’ll tell you how much I’ve developed my ability!
You must stay healthy and not get sick in the meantime!
Waiting for the day I graduate from the Talent Cultivation Institute and can protect you, Rosemary.
After reading Rosemary’s entire letter, I instinctively touched my ear to check if it was bleeding.
I had only read the letter, yet it was somehow so loud.
I felt a phantom pain in my ears.
“At least Ron seems to be well taken care of by Mari.”
I had been somewhat worried about whether he could adapt well, given his poor social skills.
With Rosemary by his side, I could rest assured.
Despite her scattered appearance, she was actually quite capable.
“Still… I didn’t expect Mari to awaken a different ability.”
In the future timeline, Rosemary’s ability was superhuman strength.
Not the Doppelgänger ability that changed her into someone else’s face.
“Did her monstrous strength go unused, allowing a different ability to manifest instead?”
Abilities are hereditary.
If different types of abilities mixed in previous generations, naturally one of them would awaken.
In truth, what ability she had awakened mattered little to me.
“She’s actually delighted at the prospect of serving as bait in my stead.”
Something had gone terribly wrong.
“What kind of fantasy novel did Mari read at the Talent Cultivation Institute…?”
I wasn’t ungrateful for her sentiment, but I couldn’t fathom why she’d squander a life I’d fought so hard to preserve in such a manner.
Yet it was equally true that her abilities possessed considerable utility in multiple ways.
I rolled the quill between my fingers, contemplating.
“If she and Ron could jointly oversee the Information Guild, it would be perfect….”
I could only hope their relationship wouldn’t fracture during their time at the Talent Cultivation Institute.

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The seasons cycled through in their natural order.
Even as years turned, my existence remained largely unchanged.
It was an endless procession of monotonous days, like a hamster endlessly turning its wheel.
Yet I found such tranquil moments profoundly joyful.
Since arriving at Duke Papiope’s Mansion, a cascade of incidents both large and small had descended upon me, and ordinary days seemed to slip away with remarkable swiftness.
Thus I reached my fourteenth birthday—the age at which Aiden had died in the future timeline….
Yet he did not die.
It was truly ironic.
In that future point in time, Aiden had certainly perished, and the Golden Silver Mercenary Company came to find me, delivering news of his death.
“Why…? Why does nothing happen this time?”
Aiden’s safe survival was cause for relief.
But simultaneously, an inexplicable dread washed over me.
“Why have the forces seeking Aiden’s death remained so silent?”
When I lived in hiding, discovery was difficult enough to excuse.
But now he served as Knight Commander of Duke Papiope’s Household, conducting himself with such openness that concealment was impossible.
They could not have failed to find him. They must have discovered him long ago.
Yet the complete absence of any contact until now could only mean….
“They must be deliberately keeping him alive.”
For now, I had released information about Aiden through the Information Guild, casting out bait.
“I do hope they’ll take the hook….”
For the moment, doing what I could from my position seemed the wisest course.
I gazed at the simple checklist I had written.
1. Reunion with Aiden
2. Entering the Talent Cultivation Institute
3. Adoption as New Maid of Duke Papiope’s Household
4. Accumulating funds
5. Establishing the Information Guild
6. Building Connections
“First, item four—accumulating wealth—is complete.”
The project I invested in at the Magic Tower had naturally yielded extraordinary returns.
An agricultural revolution swept through the Empire, and crop production skyrocketed.
Thanks to this, the Merchant Leader of Ageratum Merchant Company and I were literally swimming in money.
The Merchant Leader reinvested his portion back into the company, while I had separate plans for mine and had entrusted it to Ron.
“Item five—establishing the Information Guild—is also progressing well, so that’s a success too.”
As I crossed off two items from my checklist, only one remained: building connections.
“I suppose it’s time to start attending high society gatherings….”
The reason I’d postponed building connections was not merely due to low priority, but because it was the task I least wanted to undertake.
“Sigh…. Meeting people is the most exhausting thing.”
I’d intended to build connections to gather information from various sources.
If the forces targeting Aiden turned out to be nobility, it would be faster for me to act directly than to rely on the Information Guild.
To easily establish rapport with nobles, one must first possess either high status or considerable wealth.
While I held the position of New Maid at Duke Papiope’s Mansion, my commoner origins meant they wouldn’t welcome me warmly.
“In short, my position is ambiguous.”
I possessed wealth beyond measure, but since I’d earned it secretly, no one knew of my riches.
“If no one knew me and I had only wealth, life would be so much easier.”
Unfortunately, I had made a name for myself as the New Maid of Duke Papiope’s Household.
And as the Empire’s one and only Ability User with foresight.
What I needed now was a successful business model I could flaunt to others.
While revealing my wealth to the nobility….
I needed a business model that could set trends and grant me exclusive rights to them.
If I succeeded in business, the trend-sensitive young ladies of noble families would have no choice but to view me favorably.
One corner of my mouth curved upward in a scheming smile.
What would become trendy in the future?
I knew precisely when and what would become fashionable—everything.
With such superior information at my foundation, the business I was preparing was….

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