Never Mind the Heir, I’ll Focus on Healing - Chapter 150

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Successor or Not, I’d Rather Relax – Episode 150

‘A treasure hunt.’

It was a good idea.
Perhaps it would be a fine opportunity for Ricshel, who likely had never experienced something like a treasure hunt before.
Lion forced down his excitement and nodded.
No matter what, he couldn’t let a scheming expression cross his face in front of his brother’s business partner.

“I wonder if Ricshel Asteri would enjoy participating as well, should he have the time.”
“Me?”
“Yes. Typically, families and couples are our main guests at Easter….”
“I see.”

Ricshel understood Willie’s meaning.
It seemed he was concerned about his brother.
Hotel Easter was fundamentally a place where families and couples came — or failing that, groups of friends.
It was rare for a guest to come alone.
The firstborn son of House Asteri wandering through the halls by himself in that context? Well.
What sort of rumors would spread?

‘Precisely.’

If the direct line of House Asteri had come to the hotel together and then split up to act separately, there was a high likelihood that strange rumors would circulate.
The manager, who possessed a reasonably sharp mind, appeared to have grasped that Ricshel didn’t wish for such gossip to take root.
Having one’s thoughts presumed without permission wasn’t particularly pleasant, but if the concern sprang from consideration for his brother, then…….

‘Not bad at all.’

Ricshel inwardly gave Willie a passing grade, then responded.

“I myself was curious about what the guests visiting this place think. How fortuitous. Let us proceed that way.”
“Very good. I shall assist with the remainder of the check-in procedures.”

Willie exhaled a breath of relief and, returning to his proper duties, guided them through check-in and offered various explanations, then bowed respectfully.

“I do hope you enjoy your time at Easter.”

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After check-in was complete, a staff member with considerable experience led them to their room.

“Here we are.”
“Here?”

Lion’s mouth fell open slightly as he took in the hotel room.
True, he’d been astonished at the lobby’s enormous scale, but the space itself hadn’t stirred him particularly.
Hotels were places he’d visited quite often before his possession — before his reincarnation here.
From business hotels where he’d stayed during work trips, to the occasional brush with luxury-class establishments he’d experienced by chance.
The formula was always the same: check in, take the elevator, go to your designated room and rest.
But this place…….

‘Extraordinary.’

Getting up the stairs from the lobby to the next floor had been fine enough.
Yet the moment they climbed them and moved forward.

Whoosh.

The scenery changed in an instant, as if it were a magical apparatus at work.
It was a short distance, but they had moved through space nonetheless.

“Are you all right, sir?”

Ricshel realized that Lion had suffered from warp sickness and asked in a soft voice, belated as the question was.

“Yeah. I’m fine.”

Perhaps because the distance traveled wasn’t so great, his body bore no strain.
Or perhaps Nature had protected him without his knowing.
In any case, after moving through space that way, they arrived before a door in an instant.
But what was peculiar was……
Except for the room number Lion had received, nothing else was visible.
He recognized that a door existed, but even the number written on the room was blurred.

“Hotel Easter makes every effort to protect our guests’ privacy. Should you wish, we also provide a service that makes you appear in a different form when going out, so please let us know at any time if you have need of it.”

The experienced staff member delivered the explanation as if it had become second nature to him, then bowed his head respectfully.
It was a signal that they could enter.
Lion nodded and slid the key he had been given smoothly into the doorknob.
The key fit without resistance, clicking perfectly into place, and the doorknob turned automatically to the side as the door swung open.
And inside was……
A room so pristine that any noble would find themselves satisfied.
And it wasn’t even just a single room.

‘This is practically a whole living area.’

A bookshelf stood on one side, and an aesthetic little fireplace graced the space.
On a marble table before the sofa sat a welcome drink and simple finger foods.
Even the fruit basket was piled so high with rare fruits one could scarcely find anywhere that they threatened to spill over.

“It seems the bedrooms are divided.”

Ricshel’s face bore an expression that read: this is quite decent, actually.

“Indeed. So each of these doors leads to a bedroom.”

There were bedrooms on either side of the living room as the center point, which meant that even those who could not sleep unless alone would be able to enjoy a sufficiently comfortable rest.
The bedding looked so plush……

‘No, I shouldn’t look any further.’

If he kept looking, he might just throw himself onto the bed and lose himself in slumber.
He would have done so if he were alone, but Lion had decided against it.

He had come here today to give Ricshel a proper taste of rest.

‘I wonder if there’s anything fun we could do together.’

Lion closed the door to the room and made his way toward the Terrace.
Whether they had been assigned a room on a high floor or whether this too had been rearranged by magic, he wasn’t sure, but the vista of the hotel spread before him beautifully, making it perfect for choosing a destination.

‘Let’s see……’

Lion leaned against the railing and gazed out at the city.
The first thing that caught his eye was a beautifully landscaped Garden, and beyond that, all manner of Hotel Easter’s facilities came into view.
Facilities shaped exactly like pictures drawn on paper. A Hunting Ground.
And even an amusement park of sorts—quaint and charming—was faintly visible.
Everything was arranged so that the view alone was enough to satisfy, with so many different elements contained within.

“It’s dangerous, brother.”

The moment of appreciation was brief.
Ricshel, who had quietly followed along behind, spotted Lion leaning against the terrace railing and launched into a worried scolding.

“I’m fine. How shoddily do you think it was built?”

This was business conducted with the wealthy and nobility — no one else.
Shoddy construction was unthinkable.

“Want to come have a look?”

At Lion’s gesture, Ricshel reluctantly made his way onto the Terrace.
Still suspicious, he even grasped the railing a few times and gave it a shake to verify directly before finally setting aside his doubts and gazing out at the same view as Lion.

“I must admit, it looks far more convincing from this vantage.”
“You’ve never been to the Hotel before?”
“I’ve visited on business matters, but this is the first time I’ve looked at it from such a perspective.”
“Not bad, is it?”
“……Yes. It is.”

Ricshel smiled softly.
His busy, hurried life wasn’t something he disliked, but these moments of ease shared with his brother always lifted his spirits.
To outsiders, it might have looked like they were doing nothing at all, but that wasn’t true.

‘If anything, I’m learning more.’

Especially given that his life had been one long sprint without pause, his brother’s perspective and every word he spoke became profound Insight for Ricshel.
The fact that one could learn even while resting — how extraordinary was that?

“Then shall we explore it together while we’re here?”

Before Ricshel could answer with ‘If you wish, then absolutely,’ Lion added something further.

“It’ll be solid groundwork for the business too. There’s nothing more reliable than directly experiencing something for yourself.”

Ricshel nodded.
It was indeed something his brother had taught him.
Until his brother had shown him, Ricshel had fallen short in many ways for someone claiming to be in an operational role.
Because he wasn’t directly observing and experiencing things, he couldn’t quite scratch exactly where it itched, so to speak.
It had been that way on his first outing, and again when he baked bread for the orphanage children.
His plans were sound enough, but they never penetrated deeper than the surface.
Without his brother, he might never have learned to do so.

“I suppose Willie made those Egg Coins again precisely so we’d gather more experience by moving about as guests…….”
“Your words are right, brother.”
“Hm?”
“While we’re at this Hotel, I’ll follow your guidance in all things.”
“…….”

Well, that would be nice, certainly.
But didn’t you say you were busy?
Lion was rather taken aback by how earnestly his younger brother was answering today.
In truth, all that rambling he’d done was just an excuse!
He’d only come to the Hotel, so he wanted to let his brother rest easily too.
And to get a sense of his tastes.
And since they’d come to an expensive Hotel, to make the most of it!
……Still, it was just a casual thought, yet Ricshel carried himself with an air of solemn resolve.

‘That should be all right, shouldn’t it?’

His younger brother was being rather proactive, but that wasn’t a bad thing.
And given his brother’s nature—one who valued ‘efficiency’ above all—perhaps having a clear goal like this was for the best.

“So where should we start?”
“Hmm…….”

Ricshel fell into deeper contemplation than ever before.
Surely this was an assignment his older brother had given him.
Time remaining: roughly four and a half days.
Within that span, he had to sample Easter’s most famous facilities at least once each.
And…….

‘It’s a nuisance, but I’ll need to see them too.’

The actual time available was even less than that.
So he had to extract maximum efficiency from minimal travel.
Especially since his older brother had weak stamina…….
Ricshel’s eyes moved with cold calculation, darting this way and that.

‘First, I’ll exclude the Hunting Ground.’

One of Easter’s greatest advantages was that the Hunting Ground lay within the hotel itself, maximizing convenience for the nobility.
But his older brother didn’t enjoy hunting.
In fact, he preferred animals, so there was no need to visit a place at odds with his interests.
Then again…….

“……!”

Right. There was this place.
The forest right beside the Hunting Ground.

“Hotel Easter has a facility that protects rare animals, I’ve heard.”

A place that protects rare animals…….

“A Zoo?”
“You could put it that way. Yes, a Zoo.”

Ricshel elaborated on the explanation.
During the war with the Demons, humanity had suffered the worst losses, but the damage to fauna and flora was no small matter either, he said.
So Hotel Easter had decided to do what it could manage.
Specifically, it had created and personally maintained a space to protect animal species vulnerable to Demon Qi.

“Though most of the animals were transferred at the request of the Lion Beastman Kingdom after the war, I hear they’ve kept a symbolic few here nonetheless.”
“That makes sense.”

Beastmen would understand animals’ hearts better, after all, so that arrangement was preferable.

“So if you’re lucky, you can see rare animals…….”

Ricshel trailed off, casting a sideways glance at Lion.

“Shall we go?”
“Yes. Let’s go right now.”

Lion stepped out onto the terrace at once and walked toward the door, a contented smile playing across his face.

‘The rascal. He wanted to see the Zoo all along.’

A zoo, among all these facilities.
Even if he carries himself like a grown man, he’s still just a child.
That’s true. How often would a nobleman ever get the chance to see animals?
Especially Ricshel, who throws himself into his lessons as heir without rest—he’d have had even fewer opportunities than most.

‘Come to think of it, Nature’s fascinated too…….’

Didn’t the Magical Beast Egg we brought from the temple catch his eye as well?
He was clearly fond of animals, even if he pretended otherwise.
If I have the chance later, I should ask whether he’d like to get a pet.
They’re good for one’s heart, after all.

‘But…… how would an Egg Coin be hidden in a zoo?’

It was definitely one of the facilities, so an Egg Coin must be hidden somewhere here.
Lion swept the various scenarios spinning through his mind away.
Well, I’ll figure it out as we go.

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