Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 397

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Just Playing For A Bit

After dinner, Eric said that he wanted to see the wooden sword I got from Kagura, maybe he heard it from Luna-san so I let him into my room. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Hou, this certainly has a completely different shape than a normal sword. It is single-edged 」

Eric stares at the wooden katana with great interest and murmurs. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Since I’m already tired of looking at that, I don’t look at the katana with him.

「Alfried, what did the real thing with the real blade feel like?」

「……now that you mention it, I have never seen the blade even though I saw people with the sword sheathed hanging by their waists 」

It is a fact I just realized after Eric asked me about it. Despite going to Kagura, I never saw the blade even once.

「So you went to a foreign country and never saw the real thing!?」

「Err no, I mean, the scene when a katana is taken out is a dangerous one, isn’t it? There aren’t many opportunities for me to see them since I usually avoid dangerous situations as quickly as possible」

I’m interested in a situation when they pull out their katana, but the fact that such a thing occurs is already dangerous.

「Then, wouldn’t it be fine if you have gone to a blacksmith’s workshop or a weapon shop?」

「……that was a blind spot」

Since I didn’t need a weapon back then, I never thought of going to a weapon shop.

In the first place, I don’t fight, and if something were to happen it would be easier to use magic instead of wielding a weapon.

「Oh well, I will try to take a look next time I go there」

Why don’t I go and take a look at them in the weapon shop next time I Teleport there and have free time? I might be able to enjoy looking at them if I approach them in a similar way as attending a weapon exhibition in my previous life.

「Then, bring me back a katana as a souvenir」

「No way, it’s definitely gonna be expensive」

Even in my previous life, a katana is extremely expensive. It may be the mainstream weapon in Kagura, but it will definitely be very expensive. It’s not something to be given to someone else so casually as a souvenir.

If you manage to defeat a goblin using a katana like the time with Torr then I guess it’s not entirely out of the question, but still, you know. 1

As our conversation about katana came to a pause, Eric returned the wooden katana to me, perhaps he appreciated the katana enough.

And then, just when I was hanging the wooden katana to the wall the door to my room was knocked.

Hm? I wonder who? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

When I opened the door despite feeling puzzled, there was Ra-chan standing there.

「Al, I’m here to play!」

Ra-chan told me with a big smile on her face. However, her maid - Loretta - is not here.

「Eh? Where is Loretta?」

「I’m not sure?」

Ah, it’s ‘that’, it’s the pattern where she came here to play by sneaking and evading her surveillance.

「Excuse meー!」

Just when I was thinking about what to do, Ra-chan proceeded to enter my room through the side on her own.

「Aah, Eric is also here!」

「O, ohh」

Eric is confused by Ra-chan’s sudden entrance.

「Ah, it’s a reversi!」

Ignoring Eric, Ra-chan started looking for toys inside my room.

「……hey, Eric. Although we are children, is it fine for a girl to visit a boy’s room at night?」

Casually asking the question in my mind, Eric crosses his arms and makes a complicated expression.

「It would definitely be an out if it were adults, but Ranna-sama is a child who doesn’t understand reason. However, she also has the status of the young miss of the Duke’s house……」

「Eeh, then which one?」

I know about the basic rules among nobles, but I don’t know about the situation when a girl comes into a boy’s room like this. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「I don’t understand the details, but I think it’s probably closer to an out. Even if the age is close and there are no such things happening at all, it is still important to set a line」

「Right」

「Well then, I will return to my room」

「Aah, good nigh――no way I would say that! This will turn into me being completely out if you leave the room, won’t it!」

I instantly grabbed Eric’s arm as he tried to nonchalantly leave the room.

「Kuh, let go! You’re going to get me in trouble again! I don’t want to do anything that would make miss Shelka resent me any further!」

「I also thought the same you know. So that’s why, let us find a way to settle this situation peacefully」

「……there is no merit for me to cooperate」

「You’ve already met and talked with Ra-chan in this room. Does it convey my meaning if I say that?」

That’s right, you’re already seen by Ra-chan inside this room and even talking to her.

When push comes to shove I can just tell that Eric was here and Ra-chan - who is honest - could testify that Eric was also here.

Or rather, I’m gonna pin the blame on Eric if he were to run away from here if something happens.

「You demon!」

「I don’t want you saying that to me while you’re trying to leave in this situation!」

For the time being, Eric finally sat down on the carpet, I guess he had given up on leaving.

I want to lock the door so that he won’t be able to run away from here, but that would make me fatally out while Ra-chan is also inside so I refrain from doing that.

「For now, it would be good to persuade her」

「That’s right. We are reliable and older so it’d be best to gently ask her to return to her room」

Good grief, I wonder what I was in a hurry for?

With a soft smile on my face, I call out to Ra-chan. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Ra-chan, don’t you think it’s time to go to bed?」

「I took a nap so I’m not sleepyー」

Aah, that was right. Ra-chan took quite a long nap after returning from our walk until dinner.

Rather, her sluggish tone when saying ‘I’m not sleepyー’ was so cute.  It makes me feel relaxed just by listening to her.

「I see, so you’re not sleepyー」

「……don’t say it unpleasantly. Is that the end of your persuasion? Where did your older figure go?」

「Shut it. Why don’t you try it next rather than saying that」

I really can’t tell her to leave when I’m in front of the cute Ra-chan - who moves around like a small animal.

I push the complaining Eric’s back and take turns.

「Cough. Miss Ranna, no matter how close you are, I think it is inappropriate for you to enter a man’s room at this late hour, don’t you think?」

「Why can’t I go to a boy’s room at night?」

「…………」

Eric activates his persuasion!

Ra-chan raised a genuine question!

Eric can’t give an answer!

「Why?」

But even so, Ra-chan - who doesn’t fully understand things - comes forward with a genuine question.

That’s cause there will be rumors of a relationship between a boy and a girl. Then, what is the relationship between a boy and a girl?

It’d be a checkmate if you said something like that. We can’t do anything to stain her pure heart. Or we will be killed by Shelka. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「You know, if you think about, I wonder why?」

Then, Eric feigned ignorance when he was questioned like that.

「Ahー, Eric! Eric playing dumb! Eric has the same face as when papa trying to lie!」

「There’s no way that’s true. Come on, you want to play reversi, right?」

「Ehー, okay」

Even though she’s aware that it was such a blatant change in subject, Ra-chan still obediently sits in front of the Reversi.

It looks like she wanted to play Reversi.

Or rather, that guy Eric really can’t convince her at all.

Even though he complained about it when I failed, now he’s inviting her to play.

With this now it is already impossible to quietly ask Ra-chan to leave.

For the time being, let’s play with her for a bit and then ask her to return to her room.

「Umm, excuse me. Is it possible that Ranna-sama came――」

And when I thought so and was about to close the door, Lorreta - who had come in search of Ra-chan - showed herself.

「Aahh, we didn’t bring her here」

「I understand. I am aware that Alfried-sama and Eric-sama are not people who would do such a thing. Ranna-sama was bored so I thought that she would come here to play」

Eric and I were relieved to hear about Loretta’s open-mindedness and understanding.

We should have called Loretta and not be afraid from the start. If we do that, then there wouldn’t be any need for such a worry. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Ranna-sama, it will bother the other person if you intrude on their room at this hour, you know. Let us return to the bedroom」

「Al, am I a bother?」

Ra-chan looks up at me with teary eyes.

There’s no way I can refuse you if you say it like that.

「Of course you’re not」

「Then, I can be here?」

「Sure, but let’s play just for a bit, okay」

「Un, okay! Loretta, I’m going to play for a bit!」

「……Understood. Just for a while then」

Loretta acknowledges and allows it with her eyes as we look at her.

I might be going soft on her but this much should be the compromise.

「Then let’s play with everyone!」

「That’s right. Reversi will only allow for two people to play together each time. It will be better if there is a game where everyone can play together」

「Hmmー, what’s a game for three peopleー」

「――No, it is four people」

As we were troubled over what game to play, the number of voices increased again.

Looking at the door, there was Alicia standing there. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「I came here when I heard voices that seemed to be having fun. I wonder if I am allowed to join you?」

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TL Note : 

1. Okay, so the raw mention Torr, and I don't remember Torr ever fight a goblin. It should be mentioning about the 'goblin's sword' Al gave Torr in chapter 80. Where Al gave a sword used by goblin they defeated to Torr.

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