A Small Wish
「Yosh, shall we return inside?」
「That’s fine by me, but what about the guy you defeated?」
Hearing what Eric says while looking down on the face-down Bram, I think about what to do. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「What about we bring him back like this saying something like he fell asleep in the meadow?」
「No, he was obviously knocked out, right」
Just as Eric said, Bram lost consciousness with his eyes rolled back, I guess it’s because he got hit hard at the back of his head by the surprise attack. It was an expression where we could say anything about falling asleep comfortably in the meadow.
So we can’t insist on him to have fallen asleep.
「I wonder if it’s okay to give Bram to his butler secretly? He seems to be sociable so I think he’s going to be able to take care of the aftermath well」
Bram’s butler gave the feeling of a sociable and gentle old butler and he looked apologetic when Bram behaved arrogantly, both in words and conduct.
I’m sure things will be fine if we leave it to him.
「Don’t say ‘take care of the aftermath’. It’s like we’re trying to hide a body or something」
When Eric said it like that, it really felt that way, huh?
Oh well, for us we are just trying to hide something that will be inconveniencing us so it might not be entirely wrong to put it that way.
「Indeed, that butler gives that kind of impression but it would be unnatural if Bram were not around despite the fact that it’s time to go to the Harvest Festival」
I wonder if everyone will care. So I rudely thought, but Bram is pretty much an Earl. Even if Ra-chan and Alicia don’t care about him, Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan will.
「……can’t be helped. Let’s just wake him up」
It’ll be annoying if he suddenly interrupts us while in the Harvest Festival if we leave him as he is. I don’t want to bring troublesome things to the fun festival. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
There is also Eric who is witnessing our duel here so let’s explain it to him right now.
「Eric, properly explain what would happen if something were to happen, alright?」
「What are you going to do?」
Eric makes an obviously displeased expression when I ask him for a favor.
「I thought it would be easier for him to accept if the referee - as the third person - explained what happened instead of the one he lost against since it would be humiliating」
「If it’s someone who has his way with his words like you then I think it’s going to be fine」
「This is not about logic but emotion」
In this world, there are no rules that state you can win or convince your opponent if you say the right thing.
Looking at my previous life's incidents and Eleonora-neesan’s situation, I understand it deeply.
It seems like an unreasonable amount of emotions are also involved in his case.
「I wonder if I should also add a mayonnaise dish for tomorrow’s breakfast」
「Fine then. I already promised to tell the same story from the start」
And when I added the dish as a reward, Eric suddenly changed his sour look to a happy face and accepted.
He’s so easy when mayonnaise is involved. Looks like he’ll listen if I have a simple request just by exploiting a mayonnaise dish.
At first, he was an inflexible guy, but he has become more flexible now.
I guess that means mayonnaise is that appealing to him, huh?
While thinking about such a thing, I shake the fallen Bram.
However, since there’s no sign of him waking up I use Water magic and pour it onto his face.
「Uohh!?」
Immediately after that, Bram opened his eyes wide and raised his upper body as if springing up.
Restlessly looking around, Bram’s eyes widened after seeing me standing here without injuries.
「……could it be, I lost?」
「It is Bram-sama’s loss 」
Bram muttered in surprise and Eric answered him.
「Just, what happened.....if I remember correctly, I slashed at Alfried, and then.......」
It looks like he doesn’t remember the details due to the impact on the back of his head. That’s good then.
I made eye contact with Eric and encouraged him to continue explaining what happened while enduring the impulse to start grinning.
「Bram-sama was defeated by Alfried’s attack」
「I lost!?」
「It was such a fast horizontal slash that even as the referee who watched it from a distance, I could barely follow with my eyes」
Idiot, you can just make it ambiguous by saying that it’s a single blow from me or something.
Sure enough. Bram felt like something was out of place hearing the detailed attack that hit him. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Horizontal slash? But for some reason, I don’t feel pain anywhere in my body, but the back of my head hurts though?」
「Ah, that.....」
His lie was going to immediately get exposed so I reluctantly interject.
「That’s because I used a technique to neutralize the opponent without hurting them as much as possible. As for the back of your head, it was when Bram-sama collapsed backward and.....」
「It’s fine already. You don’t need to say anything anymore. You said they are called ‘katana’? So there are all sorts of techniques in foreign countries. To think that I would be easily incapacitated by such a technique......」
No matter how I think about it, there are no convenient techniques like that, but it looks like he easily accepted the word ‘foreign technique’. From now on let’s use this ‘foreign technique’ if I got into trouble or something. It seems like it’s going to be useful in various situations.
「I was going to diligently practice after losing to Eleonora, but to think that I will suddenly lose like this. I thought that you were just a weakling who had no pride or someone who broke a promise for a duel, but I guess it is to be expected from Eleonora’s little brother. There’s no doubt you have something to be recognized by her」
「N, no」
This was surprising, I thought for sure that he would lose it and went mad.
I wonder if losing in swordsmanship is that important for Bram?
I don’t understand his thought process of Eleonora-neesan’s little brother = a strong person, but I think there is a huge misunderstanding here. That’s because Eleonora-neesan is just that absurd.
「Then as for the duel, it’s safe to say that I won, right?」
「Yes, it is inevitable since we fought head-on and I lost 」
Un, due to my - and Eric’s - careful manipulation, it looks like Bram accepts the result and that he lost in a head-on confrontation in swordsmanship.
But, I wonder why. My heart aches.
In particular, Eric's gaze seems to repeatedly stab at my heart.
However, when I think that this is all in order for me to live peacefully, I can bear with this.
When you think about how dangerous a duel is, no matter how many lives you have it won’t be enough.
Although, I have a single concern about it.
I wonder if Bram will give up on Eleonora-neesan with this?
He’s the emotional type, someone who can’t see what’s around him, and even though he has a high pride, he is not a bad person by nature.
As for the matter with Eleonora-neesan, it was annoying since I got involved and he came to bother me, but if that matter did not exist then he may be just the typical noble boy.
He’s an admirable1 guy who may have the possibility of taking that Eleonora-nesean away. In order for me to have my comfortable slow life, I might root for him from now on. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Bram-sama, regarding Eleonora-neesan――」
「I won’t give up」
Oooh! Then, are you going to approach Eleonora-neesan using a different method!
I - who was openly showing my happiness - suddenly felt deflated after hearing Bram’s next words.
「And so, I will challenge you again next time」
「……ha? Why does it become that way?」
I can’t understand Bram’s thought processes and how they ended up in that direction.
「It’s obvious, isn’t it? It is so I can get engaged to Eleonroa. But, do not worry, I will not challenge you immediately after losing. I also want to train myself for a while」
「No, even if you don’t challenge me first if you just challenge Eleonora-neesan directly――」
「That’s why I told you already didn’t I? I can not accept that. Since I can not win against you when I will not be able to win against Eleonora」
Err, I also can’t accept the fact that you’re going to challenge me to a duel though. Or rather, such reasoning is not wrong, but I think that’s too extreme. Please don’t use me as your stepping stone.
「Then that will trouble me」
「I don’t care. Unless I defeat you I will be troubled since I will not be able to be engaged to Eleonora」
Darn it, this guy is really annoying.
I should have made him promise not to challenge me to a duel anymore before our duel began earlier.
「Bram-sama, I won the duel. Don’t you think that I - as the winner - have the privilege to ask for a small wish?」
In accordance with the noble’s rules, a duel is something where both parties bet something. The words of the winner shall be abided by the loser as much as possible.
「Don’t tell me, someone from an Earl’s house challenged me into a duel and then doesn’t want to follow the rules? Surely you are not going to do something a someone who has no nproud like that, right? 」
I ignore Eric’s gaze beside me, who seems to say that I’m going to run away from a duel. I don’t have a shred of a noble’s pride after all.
「Che……as long as it’s a small wish. I can not do what I can not do or give up on Eleonora, all right?」
It’s fine. If anything, If you want to take her away then I will give you my blessing and root for you. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「My small wish is――」
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TL Note :
1. The kanji used here is 奇特 which can also mean weird, strange.
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