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  Vd, Chris, and everyone else with them ehe rge manor o their home, an abandoned house that used to belong to a hat lived there but that went to live in the capital after Elderbridge became a dangerous, criminal-filled city.

  Now that the whole house, and several ones within the noble district of the city, were vat, Teressa decided to give two to the goblins, enough to host them all rather fortably. It helped that they were so small, so they didn’t feel at all like the space wasn’t enough.

  After all, giving eae of them their own house was too excessive, so Teressa talked with them about that offer, and they ended up agreeing about getting two luxurious, albeit old and dust-covered noble manors instead.

  Uher people, goblins liked living together in rge groups too; a goblin living alone would usually feel depressed all the time, as they were social people that enjoyed being surrounded by dozens of their kind. Living alone in their own little house was worse than living all clumped together in a cave for them.

  It was very rare foblin to go on their lives alone, usually joining rge groups of criminals or meraries to feel pany; even among others that weren’t their kind and may discriminate against them, they still preferred bad pany to no pany at all.

  They were a weird bunch, but Vd could uand them to aent, although he was the plete opposite.

  “Ah, it’s Prince Vd!”

  As they k the door, a little goblin ehe door. With long red hair and green eyes, she wore a brown dress made of animal leather and looked rather cute.

  “Wele back, Prince! You’re so handsome today too!”

  “A-Ah? Thank you… We came with my family to talk with Gofumina and Heracles. Are they here?”

  “Oh yes! Please e in; I’m so sorry for keeping you there! Wele, wele!”

  The goblin womaed everyone as Vd and his family entered, finding dozens of goblins walking around, running, ing, talking, tinkering with stuff, cookiing, and even singing and pying games.

  It was so loud ihe manor that they were surprised they barely heard anything outside. These manors were actually made using special proteagic, hence why they were s and had not colpsed despite the time.

  This, as a result, made it so the sounds inside didn’t resoside as much…

  “Ahh! It’s the prince!”

  “Lady Teressa!”

  “Wele, wele!”

  “Hellooo!”

  “I was just cooking some eggs! Do you want to eat with me?”

  “Prince Vd, would you like to test my neon? It’s a gauhat shoots stink bombs when you press the button!”

  “Hello! You’re such a handsome prince! Would you like to eat these cookies I baked?”

  “Oh, Prince Vd! Prince Vd!

  Among the goblins, most of the females were charmed by Vd, running to his side and jumping adorably, asking for his attention while him gifts.

  In Goblin Culture, both men and women gifted things to those they liked as a show of appreciation and a fession of love…

  Something Vd didn’t quite know about.

  Paul felt embarrassed, waving his hand as he gently rejected them, although he ended up grabbing most of the things they gifted to him, st them inside his iory.

  As he walked away while moving to where Heracles and Gofumina were, which was the sed floor, the goblin females cried in awe and happiness for some reason.

  “Kyaaaah! He took my gift!”

  “He took mioo!”

  “I suppose he is a prier all!”

  “Is he aiming for a harem? I would be happy with being a e anyway!”

  “Me too! Me too! I want babies!”

  “Huh?!” Vd quickly stopped walking, as he realized he had fucked up and quickly gave the gifts to every girl, apologizing while doing so.

  For a moment, he received very awkward gres from Chris and the rest, who remained mostly silent as the goblin females, rejected, cried with their hearts broken.

  “D-Don't worry, they'll get over it by tomorrow!” The goblin woman, clearly older than the rest, patted Vd’s arm while trying to fort him after notig his worried expression.

  “Haha, still, sorry…” He apologized. “I really o learn more about your culture…”

  “Damn bro, you almost got the whole goblin unity as your wives; what a bull!” Laughed Chris, finally teasing him as he couldn’t tain himself anymore. “ you imagihe kids?”

  “D-Don’t joke about it!” Vd felt even more embarrassed.

  “Enough jokes for now; let’s go.” Teressa said.

  As they walked upstairs, they found Heracles and Gofumina polishing ons with a few oblins. They seemed to be rather cozy in here.

  “Oh, prince! Already here? Are you here for a mission? We’ll do anything you ask!” Heracles was ready to get to work. “After all, this beautiful house doesn’t e for free, right?”

  “Ah yes, for now it’s fine; you just rest a ready for tomorrow perhaps, but we’ll get to that ter,” said Vd.

  “We’re here to talk about what you know about the Silver Moon Duchy and its new ruler,” Teressa went straight to the point, sitting over a nearby chair after Ia pced a white handkerchief over it. “Talk. Tell me about its new ruler, his pns, what he wants to achieve, their social and eic structure, and how they are currently. Are they struggling? Are they fine? I need information.”

  “W-Woah, woah, woah, calm down a bit, Lady Teressa. We do know stuff, but please calm down; we ’t… Well, you see, we goblins are kind of slow at times, so let’s sit down and talk." Heracles slowly walked from the small room where he was, took a chair, and sat down in front of the desk. “Alright, Gofumina, e over.”

  “A-Ah? Me too?” Gofumina asked; she just wao be on her own or with her goblin friends, but she sighed, walking towards them and standing there while crossing her arms and looking slightly annoyed.

  “Mind your manners in front of our new masters, will you?” He asked her.

  “Okaaay…” She groaned.

  “Such manners! Behave!” Chris said, sitting cross-legged in the air while ag like the boss.

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  Pach