I, who was reincarnated as the villain character in a game, was secretly enjoying my role as the villain while pulling off heroic moves behind the scenes. However, my actions were exposed to my fiancée, who absolutely despises me - Episode 81

Episode 81

“Got it done!”

Nishiri and the others had completed the magical device soon after that.

It seems that once the fairy tribe starts working, they work continuously without sleeping for a while, and they had been working almost non-stop since coming to the mansion.

In my previous life, labor reforms would have definitely stopped such behavior.

My company in my previous life was the same. There were no records of overtime. We worked at the office until the official end time, and after that, we went on sales calls or attended business dinners… Some people even took home the computers provided by the company to work.

I should stop thinking about these unpleasant memories and getting depressed on my own.

At the very least, I should avoid running things like a black company in this territory.

Well, if they’re doing it because they want to, I guess it’s fine?

In reality, the fairies seemed to be enjoying their work.

In the mansion, there were few people who disliked the fairies, and it seemed like the only ones who truly disliked them were the nobles.

…Well, there are some nobles among my servants and soldiers, so some dissatisfaction is unavoidable.

Even so, since my parents had fired the costly nobles for cost-cutting, there were almost no problems.

In some sense, I should be thankful to my parents.

I stared intently at the completed magical device.

…It looked like an old desktop computer.

It even had a keyboard and a mouse. I tried turning it on.

When the dim screen lit up, a hologram-like screen floated up.

There were several icons on the desktop that seemed to be the software I had requested, and Nishiri used wind magic to manipulate the mouse and navigate through them.

“This one can handle calculations and automation, this one is the software used by the guild. And this one is for document creation. The guild software is already linked, so all the guild’s information can be entered and we can communicate with them!”

As Nishiri operated it, a chat-like screen appeared.

…The fairies’ technology is astounding.

Why do the nobles reject such convenient things? They might have their own reasons, but I couldn’t understand it.

There were five magical devices in total, and the administrators began to operate them.

The fairies were instructing them, so they would get used to it eventually. Those who had worked in the guild seemed to be able to use it almost immediately.

I could use it almost the same way I operated a computer in my previous life, so there were no problems.

“Hey, have you used something like this before, Reis?”

Nishiri tilted her head, perhaps because I was using it too smoothly.

…Oops.

“I researched it beforehand. I knew it would be useful, so I requested it.”

“Oh, I see. But I never thought it would actually be adopted by a noble house.”

She looked very happy. Nishiri and the others had apparently done business with nobles before, so it might have been one of their goals.

“Well, I don’t know if it will be adopted by other houses. By the way, how’s the mobile phone coming along?”

I wanted a device to talk to people over long distances.

“If we use the magic in the air, we can probably communicate with someone sharing the same magic line. It’s similar to this computer. But we’re having some trouble with miniaturization.”

The fairy tribe didn’t name their magical devices, so I took the liberty of calling it a computer.

It was more convenient for me than giving it a strange name.

Nishiri and the other fairies didn’t seem to mind.

“I see. Well, there’s no rush, so take your time to figure it out.”

“Yeah. I’m feeling really creative right now. Every day is fun!”

“It’s good that it’s fun, but don’t work so hard that you make yourself sick.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry!”

The fairy tribe seems to be a species that loves stimulation and enjoys watching human emotions change.

Apparently, they don’t care what the emotions are, which is why they sometimes play pranks.

The Fairies are very enthusiastic because they love seeing humans happy. However, if their creativity isn’t stimulated, they tend to cause more mischief, so I’ll need to manage that properly. I think I can handle it by asking them to develop some of the convenient tools from my previous life.

Many of them are also quite otaku, with high skills in drawing and writing. It might be interesting to suggest they create something like manga or novels in the future.

Still, I’m really lucky. Even though we’ve introduced so many magical tools, the cost has been almost nothing. The Fairies are content as long as they have their daily necessities, but they don’t need much food since they hardly eat. As for clothes, we had to make them in Fairy sizes, but we handled that by asking people who make doll clothes. Currently, it’s all sorted out. For housing, we provided some spare rooms in the servants’ quarters, and they freely modify and use those spaces, so there’s no problem.

The only issue might be the potential backlash from nobles now that Fairies are participating. But that’s just a difference in perspective, and we’ll have to deal with it. At the very least, it would be unthinkable not to scout Fairies who can develop such convenient computers and other magical tools.

“Nishiri. If there are other Fairies who want to work here, feel free to bring them along.”

“Of course, there might be others who have been driven out of town, so I’ll reach out to them!”

Great. If Nishiri takes care of the scouting, it’ll be much easier. This should significantly boost our technological capabilities.

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