"This is your room, Clark . " Lluvia led me to a room in a corner of the first floor .
The room was not very big . It had a small bed, a table, and a chair . An old drawer was located beside the bed . It had a few old books filled with dust .
The room also had a window, something I was very grateful for . Even if I was not going to use this room frequently, I preferred if it had access to a bit of sunlight .
"Do you like it?" Lluvia asked .
"A bit smaller than I thought, but still nice . " I nodded .
Lluvia put on a bitter smile . "Sorry, we have an unoccupied room bigger than this, but it's on the second floor, and my husband did not agree to give it to you . "
"Oh?"
"… Well, my daughter and daughter-in-law live on the second floor, so he thought it was not appropriate for you to live there too . " Lluvia said in an apologetic tone .
"I understand . " I smiled wryly . "No matter . I'm not planning to stay here regularly . In fact, I only need the room to leave my belongings here . I'll probably come here once each few days . " I explained .
"Is it so? I'm glad then . "
I finished examining the room while talking with Mrs . Lluvia . I then told her that I would bring my belongings tomorrow .
After agreeing to a price for the room, I spoke about another important thing .
"… Food and clothes, is it?" She asked .
"Yes . Food is not very important, after all, most likely I will not eat here . But I need help washing my clothes and cleaning the room . "
"Mmm… I understand . If you don't mind paying a bit of extra money and I'll take care of it . My daughter and daughter-in-law will have no problem doing a few extra chores . "
I sighed in relief . "No problem . I'll pay . "
Lluvia smiled brightly . "Then there is not a problem . "
Probably because her family was urgently needing money, Lluvia seemed happy when she saw how generous I was .
But then, her expression turned to one of embarrassment . "… Also, I forgot to tell you but you need to pay the month upfront . "
I frowned . Normally, in the empire, when you rent a room or house, you pay when the month ends . Sometimes, you pay half of the price upfront, and the remaining half when the month ends .
But Mrs . Lluvia asked me to pay everything upfront .
Although paying everything upfront in not completely unheard of, it's very unusual .
I heard that her husband had gambling troubles . It looks like the situation was worse than I thought .
I only needed to think for a second before nodding . Anyway, paying now or later does not make a difference to me .
"Okay . But I did not bring the money today . I'll give it to you tomorrow . "
Mrs . Lluvia sighed in relief and nodded . "Don't worry, I understand . "
But at that moment, a voice interrupted us . "If you don't have the money, then get lost!"
Instantly, the room fell silent .
I wrinkled my brows in displeasure and looked towards the entrance of the room . There, Mrs . Lluvia's husband was looking at me with a frown .
Behind him, two girls were staring at the ground in embarrassment . They seemed ashamed of Peter's attitude .
Hearing her husband's words and seeing the displeasure on my face, Lluvia's face turned pale white . One second later, she turned around with a furious expression .
"Shut up! It's your fault that we need to rent a room in the first place! Clark will be living with us from today onwards, so treat him with respect!"
"You…!" Peter's face became completely red when he heard Lluvia's scolding . He glared at us in fury and opened his mouth . "Hmph! I told you I don't find him trustworthy! He probably has bad intentions by staying here! When something happens later, don't come to me crying!"
Then, he turned around and left .
Lluvia's face changed and looked at me fearing my reaction to her husband's words . But when she saw that I remained expressionless and just frowned slightly, she heaved a sigh of relief .
"Sorry about that . My husband finds it hard to trust in strangers . Don't take his words to heart . " She bowed in apology .
"… Mrs . Lluvia, I'll be honest with you . I need the room, so I'll stay here during this one month . But if during this month, something like this happens again, I'll leave . "
Lluvia looked into my eyes and sighed . "Sorry . Don't worry, this will not happen again . Now, I'll introduce the girls to you . " She said to direct the conversation to another topic and pointed towards the girls that came with her husband . "You already know Clarice, my daughter in law, right?"
"Yes, we talked a little yesterday . "
"Good . The other girl is my daughter, Nana . " She said while pointing to a sixteen-year-old girl . Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
The girl shared the features of her mother, but her hair was much shorter . She had a petite body and was a bit chubby, but instead of looking bad, it made her look adorable .
I even had the impulse to pinch her cheeks . Fortunately, I controlled myself, or I would have looked like a creep .
"Nice to meet you, I'm Clark . " I smiled softly .
The girl blushed shyly and lowered her head . "… Nana . "
Seeing her reaction, Mrs . Lluvia was slightly startled before grinning . "By the way, Clark, do you have a girlfriend?"
"… Not yet . " I said with a strange expression . It was true, my current identity was still single .
"Oh? What do you think about Nana?"
"Mom!" Nana screamed embarrassed, but Lluvia just grinned and looked at me .
I was slightly stunned . To think that this woman would hit on me… Although she did it for her daughter .
Fortunately, I was pretty experienced in topics like this .
"Very cute . I'm sure she will be a good wife . "
Nana looked at me and turned completely red . She then escaped away to her room .
Seeing that, Lluvia grinned . She then stared at me with an appraising look and nodded . I was pretty awkward knowing that she was evaluating me as a possible son-in-law .
Fortunately, she stopped mentioning the topic .
"Clark, now that we reached an agreement . Do you want to eat dinner with us? It's not to brag, but Clarice's cooking is very good . "
I hesitated slightly before shaking my head . "Sorry, I'll need to deal with some matters tonight . Tomorrow perhaps . "
Lluvia made a disappointed expression before agreeing . "I see . It will be tomorrow then . "
Afterward, I chatted a bit more with Mrs . Lluvia and Clarice, who was a bit more amicable than yesterday, and left .
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