What Do You Mean There Are Other Transmigrators In My Harem Fantasy?

Chapter 777: The Neko Gets A Jackpot

After a quickie with Lisa in her class after school, I went back home feeling rather exhausted.

Katsuki was there to greet me as usual at the entrance.

"Welcome back, Mistress. Would you like dinner first or a bath?"

"Mmm... I think I'll eat first... Is dinner ready yet?"

"It is, Mistress. Emilia is also there as well."

I perked up, "Oh~ I'll go join her then~"

"Of course, Mistress. Right this way."

She then led me to the dining room and sure enough, Emilia was there as well.

Ironically, her food was seated on the table completely untouched and no doubt already cold. As for the reason why, it seems like the Nekomata was currently absorbed in looking at what looked like letters and documents she was currently sifting through.

"Emilia?" I called out to her.

She jumped a little in surprise at my voice, only to relax when she saw me.

"Boss! Welcome back! Sorry for not noticing you."

I waved at her, "It's fine. Although I do want to know what you are doing?"

She turned back to the papers, "I've been gathering my contacts and sending letters and proposals ever since you employed me, boss. Right now, I have to admit that I'm in a rut."

I went over to sit beside her, "What kind of rut?"

She sighed and placed a few of the letters aside, "I underestimated how far my family would go just to make my life miserable for burning their prized ship. No... For burning MY prized ship. They already knew that I would most likely try to make a comeback and sought out my past contacts to prevent them from helping me..."

I frowned, "What did they do? Don't tell me..."

She waved her hand, "Oh, they didn't kill them if that's what you were thinking, Boss. They just made some threats here, bribes there, buyouts elsewhere and maybe some kidnapping and coercion somewhere. It's also bad for business when suppliers go missing and the supply chain gets cut when you're not ready to take their place after all."

I blinked at her, "That... Actually sounds pretty serious... Not to mention illegal?"

"Nothing that we have proof to use against them. They're quite careful. The good thing is that I still managed to secure a few of my secret contacts that they are unaware of and also a few more that they did not get to before me so there's that at least. The bad thing is that the help they can give me is quite limited and not what I need at the moment."

"Aren't you making use of the dragon materials to buy over and bribe people or something? What happened to that?"

"That was how I secured those contacts, Boss... Without the bones... I might not have even secured anyone at all..."

"Your family holds that much influence, huh..."

"Boss... I did tell you that our company was one of the largest in the entire World, didn't I?"

"Uh-huh... I mean... I thought they were a legitimate company so they would be above doing such things..."

She then realised that it was stone cold and winced, dropping her spoon back inside the bowl.

"I shall reheat it for you, Miss Emilia," Katsuki offered, swiping all of the Nekomata's dishes off the table before she had a chance to say anything.

My Inugami maid then rolled the trolley back inside the kitchen, leaving us alone again.

Emilia suddenly gasped, "Oh! Wait! Is the daughter of that company named Linette or something?"

I nodded, "So you do know them?"

"Oh, I don't, I just know of them. But why bring them up? Are you asking me to work together with them? It's not that simple, Boss. I would need time to vet them to see if they are trustworthy. There's a lot of cut throats out there who would take advantage of us if they were given the chance.

Right now we're not in a position to threaten anyone or make demands so there's limited options for us."

I smiled at her, "What if I told you that I saved the life of that very person not just once but twice and that they are indebted to me?"

Emilia's eyes shone the moment she heard that, "Does that mean... We can make use of her?!"

I grimaced, "Well... I wouldn't say make use of her... More like work together because we can trust her?"

"Pfft, you can't trust anyone in this business, Boss."

"Didn't you just say that you need to vet people to see if they were 'trustworthy'?"

"That was just a figure of speech. There isn't a single merchant out there that you can trust as far as you can throw them."

I can throw people pretty far though... But I think that I'll just keep my mouth shut about that.

"So I can't trust you?" I asked.

"Definitely not, Boss. Always assume that I'll stab you in the back if someone pays me enough money to do it. I'm only not doing it because--"

"Because what?" Katsuki asked, suddenly appearing out of nowhere while pressing a dagger against the Nekomata's throat.

Emilia didn't even look surprised at her appearance and raised her hands in surrender, "Because there's not enough Creas in existence to make it even worth it to betray you, Boss. Case in point... I'll get killed immediately. So... Could you ask your maid to stop threatening me?"

I looked at Katsuki and nodded.

She released Emilia and sheathed her blade before starting to serve the reheated dinner for the Nekomata.

Unperturbed, Emilia continued our conversation, "So are you able to set up a meeting between this Linette and I, Boss?"

I nodded, "She said that she would be coming to Crown Capital City soon and she should be looking for me as well. I can set up a meeting then."

"Jackpot! You're the best Boss! Now we can really make some money!!"

Of course it's always money with her...

She's still cute though.