Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 386

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 A Visit From The Sylfords

Thanks to the dried slimes, we settled the problem with the small fish scooping. I have also received Nord-tousan’s permission, so next will just be the mass production of the scoop frame from Elman’s workshop. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Incidentally, one slime can be made into 15 scoops so the consumption rate is not that bad. It looks like it will be fine since we won’t overhunting the slimes as Tori did before.

I can make the fish tank with Earth magic, and the fish is going to be caught by people who are confident in their strength like Roland, Roomba, and Gates the day before the festival.

The Throwing target and Kick target are also completed already, and it is also suggested that we should increase the number of them due to the high expectations, but they were left as is.

The Harvest Festival is a festival mainly for the villagers. It’s a festival where each family will be able to share and enjoy the harvest of the year by showing, discussing, selling, or buying the things they produce.

So it feels wrong to fill the festival with events organized by the nobles. It must be remembered that it’s on the level of a small event, so the villager’s stands and festivities are the main events.

I won’t like it if it turns out into a Harvest Festival where there are only Throwing target and Kick target lined up.

The preparation for the festival seems to be going well in that sense, but the problem lies with the mansion.

After all, a large number of nobles will be visiting this year. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

There is the Dukes' house, Alicia and Ra-chan, then the Earl's house Bram, and then the same Baron's house as us, the Sylfords.

They are unprecedented groups of guests never visiting our place before, and they are also high-class nobles.

In order to entertain them so that there will not be any problems, the mansion is now busy preparing.

Oh dear, this room is too small for Alicia-sama or they will not be able to sleep on this bed, they fuss over everything being very loud and busy, ordering new items.

Originally, our mansion was small, it was not made with the thought of inviting a crowd of people for a party or lodging, so it is impossible to provide the best hospitality for guests, but I guess it’s the duty of the organizer to make the best possible effort to provide guests?

I was struck by the business of the mansion - in contrast with the village’s preparation -, as I also help in moving furniture with Psychic or cleaning the room.

Those busy yet somehow fun days and the days pass by in the blink of an eye.

It is now the day before the Harvest Festival. We are now ready to welcome the visiting nobles.

Even the living room - which normally should be a peaceful place - now has a tense atmosphere flowing inside.

The guests will come after this.

Nord-tousan has a stern expression, looking a little more restless than usual.

Elna-kaasan - who sits next to me - is elegantly drinking tea as if she doesn’t feel the nervousness, but she has been glancing at the door from earlier. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「The two of you are nervous, huh」

「Of course. Setting the Sylfords aside, the other side is from the Duke's houses and Earl’s house, you know? We never invited someone like that before」

「With the exception of the Sylfords, rather than inviting them they said they wanted to come here themselves, though」

「That’s right. I wish it would just be Luna’s family……」

I guess it’s because Bram is coming that Eleonora-neesan didn’t hesitate to say what’s on her mind.

「That Bram is annoying, but Ra-chan is a good girl」

As for that Alicia, I don’t really know her well so no comment.

Eleonora-neesan shows some interest after I follow up with that.

「What kind of girl is she?」

「She’s a very innocent and cute young girl」

「Hee. A young girl, huh……」

Why did you only say that so suggestively?

I really have no idea what Eleonora-neesan is thinking.

「Anyway, Al is probably the only person who is their acquaintance right, so I’ll leave everyone to you, okay?」

「I’ll do my best, but they are not people I can control anyway」

Sylvio-niisan has expectations for me, but I can’t make any promises.

Setting Eric and Ra-chan aside, I don’t know what to say about Bram and Alicia. There is a limit to our level of acquaintance.

Even so, I’m happy I can play with Ra-chan and Eric, but I’m not too happy that even Alicia and Bram are also staying at our place.

I mean, why do we have to pay attention to others even in our mansion - a place of tranquility - for us?

I guess this is also a kind of constraint that comes from being a noble. I’ll just stay in My Home if I have to.

Just as I was having that kind of resolution, the living room’s door was knocked. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Come in」

「Excuse me. It looks like the guests from the Sylfords are here」

Apparently, the first to arrive are the Sylfords.

Oh well, this was within our expectation since they already told us that they would early through the letter.

「Okay. And so, let us go outside to welcome them 」

Nord-tousan said and headed for the entrance and we also followed behind him.

A bit of cold air caresses my skin as we step out of the entrance outside.

It is now already in the middle of the tenth month. The temperature has dropped a bit, so instead of wearing short sleeves, we have to wear long sleeves or a haori.

Conversely, it is because of this that autumn has the ideal temperature and becomes a truly wonderful season, right.

As for winter and summer, there’s nothing you can do but change your clothes to match the temperature.

Looking over at the scenery, the leaves of the trees that had been so lush were gradually approaching autumn colors. Yellow and orange spots of colors are becoming conspicuous. However, it looks like it is still too early for them to turn red.

Just looking at the trees like this makes you understand the obvious change in the season.

The sky is deep blue and there are no clouds. Looking at the weather today, the day of the festival - which is tomorrow - will probably be fine as well.

Just as I was staring blankly at the scenery like that, I heard the sound of a carriage in the distance.

「Looks like they’ve arrived」

When I turned my gaze ahead while listening to Elna-kaasan, I saw a carriage approaching from beyond the gate.

There is a familiar crest of a sword at the side of the carriage. They are unmistakably the Sylfords.

Roomba and Gates are riding horses on both sides of the carriage, they are also approaching straight toward us.

We ask Roomba and Gates to lead them today.

We were also guided to their place when we went to the Sylford’s mansion. So this time this is our return gesture for them.

And besides, there are also other nobles who will come today, so it won’t look good if we don’t do something like this.

While Sara and Mina opened the gate and bowed, the carriage slowly advanced and stopped in front of us.

The butler - who sits on the coachman's seat - Largo quickly opens the door of the carriage as soon as he gets off.

Then, Egar-san is the first one to get off, followed by Natasha-san being escort-ed by him.

The two of them are smiling at each other with warmth, creating a scene where you can feel their intimate relationship as a married couple.

They might want to do it after seeing the scene of Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan when they got off back then.

Following them are Eric and Luna-san behind them getting off from the carriage with careful steps.

It seems that there should be their brother who is supposed to be a knight, but after seeing them closing the door, it appears that he will also be absent this time. He’s probably busy with his work in the Knight’s Order in the royal capital.

It would take at least two weeks of vacation to go to Koryatt village, and the Knight’s Order doesn’t seem like the organization that will give you that many days off.

「Thank you for taking the trouble of providing guides and meeting us outside like this, Nord-dono」

The Sylford’s family head - Egar-san - was the one to speak first.

「No, I received your kindness in the past. Thank you very much for coming from far away 」

「Hahaha, Nord-dono. We are no longer strangers. I hope you can speak to me in a more casual tone」

「I understand. Welcome, Egar-dono」

Apparently, both of the heads of families have become closer after the previous visit.

Egar-san and Nord-tousan are of the same age and their noble rank is also the same.

It’s unfortunate, but since there are also interactions between their sons and daughters, the difficulty of getting along would be easy.

「You look fine, Natasha-san」

「Elna-sama! I was looking forward to meeting you!」

The wife’s camp seems to be getting along well. Looking at the two beautiful women being happy makes me smile.

Then as soon as Eric came toward me, he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and said.

「Alfried. Come here for a second 」

「What, what?」

Even when I asked him that, Eric started walking slowly without listening to me.

It seems like he wants to have a suspicious conversation first before greeting us.

While being stared at questioningly by Eleonora-neesan, Sylvio-niisan, and even Luna-san, we took a little bit of distance from everyone else.

After we took a certain distance, Eric secretly whispered in my ear.

「You wrote it in the reply letter, but is it true that miss Alicia is also coming?」

Aah, so that’s what Eric wants to know.

We thought that they were going to stay at our mansion normally, but it would be bad for their heart if there were also people from the Dukes’ house and Earl’s house staying at the same time. And so, we sent an additional letter to explain what happened to the Sylfords when we realized those people would also stay at our place.

Come to think of it, this guy rashly said that he likes Alicia. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I advised him to stop reaching for someone out of his reach, but it looks like he’s still interested in her.

「That’s right. I don’t know why but it looks like she will come with Ra-chan」

「Is that so! Then, that’s good!」

After I assured him the information was correct, Eric patted my back while saying that as he laughed happily.

It’s fine if our place is a huge, stately mansion, but as you can see, our mansion is not that big.

It would be obvious for a young boy to be excited if he were to live under the same roof as someone he’s interested in. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Don’t start peeping on her, okay?」

「Wh, who would do such a thing!」

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