The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 103. Office Meeting

After accepting the thanks of all of the demons, I ended up walking back into my house with Sarah and Anna as Ruby directed the new arrivals on where the office was, to start the process of becoming official members of Paradise. As I made my way back to my new home, Rodrick was waiting for me outside my door. After greeting him, Rodrick said he needed to speak to me. I welcomed him to my home to speak. After entering the door, Rodrick began to speak.

" Have you looked around the mansion yet, Lord Drake?"

I turned around to answer Rodrick.

" No, we were going to today, but the new group of demons distracted us."

" Ah, I see. Well, I'll show you to your new office then."

Rodrick guided me up the steps to the left side of the house's entrance. When we arrived at the 2nd floor, I found a reception room with a desk and a few sofas to sit on. Further back there was a door that must have been the office. Rodrick spoke after I noticed the door.

" The previous Lord used some of his stolen money to create this office. Originally, the Lord's office was a 5-minute walk from this property. The previous Lord was a rotund man who tired from that walk, or so he claimed. So, he commissioned a new front of this mansion to hold his office and a waiting room."

 " Well, to be fair, it is convenient... I guess."

" That it is, Lord Drake. Let's walk into the office. Seems right to speak in there after all."

" Sounds good Rodrick."

We walked into the office to find a decent sized desk and 2 chairs in front of the desk with a table in between. To the side of the room was a liquor cabinet with around 10 different spirits on the shelf. Behind the desk was a wall made out of glass so the entirety of the town could be seen from the office. Once I had sat at the desk and Rodrick took one of the 2 chairs, Sarah and Anna had entered my new office as well.

" Well, looks like another chair will be needed."

Sarah entered first and spoke after looking around the room. Seems my wives want to have a say during any business dealings, not as if I minded. It'll be good to have them by my side during dealings seeing as I'm not completely sure of all of the customs of Diablos. Sarah brought in a simple wooden chair and sat next to me on my right side, Anna placed a tray with a cup on it on the table in-between the 2 chairs and she took her place and stood by me on my left side.

" Now Rodrick, please, enjoy the tea we've brewed."

Rodrick sipped on the hot tea before beginning to speak.

" You may be wondering why I needed to speak with you, Lord Drake. It has to do with the new people moving into Paradise."

" Is it that we don't have enough housing?"

" No, Sir. We don't have enough food."

Rodrick began to sip on his tea again after speaking.

" Doesn't the government deliver provisions for Paradise?"

I asked Rodrick the first question that came to my mind. Rodrick answered.

" Yes, however, they deliver in bulk twice a year. It's usually nonperishables like dried grains or salted meat. They delivered the last batch about 3 months ago. The current amount of food we have now, including the provisions for the winter months will only last us a month now. If we were to stretch it out, we could up it to another 2 weeks on top of it, but we'd still run out."

" I see. If that's the case, I guess we need to stock up while also sending a message to the logistics division about our increasing population so they can account for it in the next delivery."