What Do You Mean There Are Other Transmigrators In My Harem Fantasy?-Chapter 1008: She Wants To Go International

I let out a sigh as I settled myself in the bath.

The Q and A session ended up going on for longer than I thought and I felt a little worn out.

Delmare swam towards me, her tail splashing against the surface of the water to propel her forward.

She broke the surface and appeared in front of me, nuzzling herself against my neck while her tail settled on my lap.

"Mnnn…Aster…"

I patted her head with my left hand while my right hand was busy holding Odeta's hand, the Amrap currently behind me as I was seated on her lap.

Lisa was also beside me where her tail was wrapped around mine while her head leaned on my shoulder.

Then there was Emilia who was on the other side right beside Tiara who were both enjoying the bath as well.

Just a short distance away from us was Mother, Justinia and Levianne, all three of them also enjoying the bath like there wasn't anything weird going on.

"We're really leaving after this, aren't we?" Delmare sighed.

I nodded, "Are you having second thoughts?"

"Never~ I think I speak for everyone here that we would follow you wherever you may go, Aster~"

"Wahahaha! That's true!!" Odeta laughed, my Amrap pulling me closer to her with her other hand that was wrapped around my waist.

Lisa's tail also wrapped around mine even tighter as she giggled, "Ehehehe~ That's right, Aster~ We're staying together from now on~"

That reminds me…

I turned to Tiara, "So Tiara… Will you be coming with us after all?"

The princess jerked in surprise from being called unexpectedly but she quickly recovered, "Ah… Umm… About that…"

"Ah… No pressure alright? I know you still want to stay close to Justinia and Levianne after all."

She shook her head, "That's not it! Ah! I mean… I also don't wish to be separated from them either but… It's not the reason why I'm hesitating…"

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I blinked at her, "Then… Is there some other reason?"

Unexpectedly, her gaze went towards Emilia for a moment and the Nekomata nodded her head at her.

Eh? Wait… Since when were they close?

Tiara then turned to me, "Umm… I would like to come with you Aster… But I feel that I'm still not ready to stand by your side yet…"

I frowned, "What? What do you mean by that? Least I remembered, I don't think there's like some kind of entry requirement to be with me, is there?"

I heard a cough coming from Lisa's side and I thought she choked on something but my attention was on Tiara now who seemed quite flustered after hearing my words.

"Ah! Ah! That's not what I meant, Aster! I mean… Umm… I just… It's just me… It's me, not you!"

I frowned, "Are you… Breaking up with me or something?"

After all… She's saying the classic lines someone might say in a break up right now…

"No! No!!" She cried out in a panic. "That's not it at all!! What I mean to say is that I felt like I have done nothing to deserve to be in the position that I'm currently in! I wish to prove myself first before I return to your side!"

"But… You're a princess?"

"And you are the Young Mistress of the Nilm Family, Aster. Most would agree that your position is much more enviable than mine."

"I don't want to use my position for stuff though?"

She smiled at me, "That is what I'm saying, Aster. I guess what I want to say is that I wish to better myself first before coming back to you."

"Can't you do it while with me?"

"Umm…"

Emilia suddenly raised her arms to interrupt her, "Ok, that's enough! Sorry princess, but I'll take it from here. Boss, she's trying to learn how to support you by working with me. More specifically, in our company. She wants to help us expand the company and gain experience in managing it for you."

I blinked at Emilia before looking at Tiara, "Err… Why?"

She covered her face with her palms, "Uuuu… I want to be a wife that can support you financially Aster…"

Eh? What?

I pointed at myself, "I think I can support myself financially though?"

"Wah wah wah! What I mean is that I want to be able to support whatever business ideas that you might come up with!"

Emilia sighed, "She really liked your stories and wants to spread them as far as possible, Aster. That's what she means…"

Tiara went back to hiding her face behind her hands again while making cute "wah wah" sounds.

That was when Levianne chimed in with a soft giggle, "Ufufufu~ My dear Tiara really loved your 'To Tear Over A Tear', Aster~ She couldn't stop talking about it and believe that everyone in the world should read it~"

Wow… I didn't know that she liked it that much…

Just so you know, the distribution system of this World isn't on a world wide scale yet so my books are only pretty much known within the Kingdom and even then, it's only around the area closest to the Capital city.

If you were to travel to the border, you might not even find anyone who has read or even heard of my books despite it having been released for a few years already.

You may possibly find maybe just one copy somewhere or maybe an Adventurer or a Mercenary holding on to them as they travel throughout the Kingdom, but people from other countries would have no doubt never heard of me.

I eyed Emilia, "So… Tiara is…"

"She took up the position as our Head of Retails Operations recently," Emilia answered my unasked question without hesitation.

"Umm… So that means…"

"She will be deciding on where we would be opening our stores around the World and also what and where to sell and buy. In other words, she would also be travelling around the World, Bo-- Aster."

I giggled, "Ehehe~ So that means we can still see each other then~"

Tiara didn't say anything but was silently nodding her head, probably too embarrassed now that we know the real reason why she wanted to go off on her own.

I turned back to the princess, "In that case… What are you planning to do?"

She suddenly got excited from that and forgot her earlier embarrassment, "Ohh! There's so many things, Aster! I've already looked through the business plans and, from the memories in another version of myself, I managed to set up a logistics company that pretty much focused on ferrying and distributing goods around the country! If we can speed up and link all the trade routes between all the towns and cities, we would be able to plan our spread to other countries too!"

Huh… Speed up and link them together…

"Have you heard of something called trains?" I asked.

Everyone suddenly turned their attention to me, even the King.

Emilia tilted her head at me, "Trains?"

Wait, really? There's so many Off-Worlders in this World right? I'm pretty sure there are at least some of them who might be trying to invent new stuff or something around here?

I mean… We don't have to worry about light bulbs and toilets since we have magic to take care of that and I doubt people could just invent phones without satellites unless they're figuring out how to do it using magic.

But I would have expected something like trains to be brought up pretty quickly given that the normal mode of transport around here is still horseback or walking or… Teleportation…

I mean… Even the teleportation part has quite a bit of limitation imposed on it which is why it's quite difficult to establish a trade route through them…

Grey Walkers require you to walk through another plane that defies the laws of both physics and magic and then the number of people with high enough proficiency in Astromancy to teleport vast distances is really small.

So yeah, why hasn't even trains or heck, even bicycles, been brought up by anyone? It's not like I'm asking for planes since people can fly in this World anyway but all you need to do is lay down some tracks and then put a steam engine on top of it.

Heck, we might not even need a steam engine at all if we can use magic to power it instead! And aren't the Rejmars using something like that in their mines or something? Wait… They have those lizard thingies so probably not.

I quickly gave them the short explanation on what a train was and Justinia let out a soft chuckle.

"Fufu~ I see, I see. I suppose you might be wondering why no other Off-Worlder has tried to come up with this, right Aster?"

I nodded.

"For something like this to be made and implemented, they would need to come into contact with the governing body of the country they are in. And I can assure you that this is already a feat by itself. There's no place here that one could just freely submit new inventions outside of maybe Aerialla Academy or if the person is already a part of the country's high society. Though now that you have brought this up, I might want to implement some changes to this… Would it be ok if we take this idea from you, Aster?"

Err… Sure? That's the plan right?

I guess we might be seeing trains coming into this World soon?

…

I hope I didn't steal the plan of some other Off-Worlder here…