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Alicia's Magic
Even after five of us rode on her carriage, Alicia’s carriage was still wide enough, there was little shaking that it’s surprising, perhaps there was equipment that absorbed the impact like a dampener installed in the carriage. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Just as I was surprised at how small the vibration transmitted to my butt was, we arrived at Koryatt village before I knew it.
「Uwaー, there were more people when I first saw it!」
Ra-chan looked out through the window and got excited.
Today is the annual Harvest Festival. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Not only are the residents of Koryatt village gathering here, but it’s also a day when people from other villages or travelers visit. The village’s population became the largest.
And in addition to that, I guess it’s because the fact that there are nobles from other place visiting is well-known that a lot of villagers gathers to watch our carriage.
「Oi, isn’t that the carriage of the noble who passed through here the other day?」
「So that means, they are the lord’s guest?」
「I wonder what kind of person are inside?」
The villagers are gathering and surrounding our carriage from a distance with the food they bought at the stalls in one hand.
It looks like they’re incredibly curious about the nobles who are going to come out from the carriage. The eyes of the villagers are full of curiosity.
And when the carriage slowly stopped in front of the village’s entrance, the coachman - Lim-san - slowly opened the door of the carriage.
Then, I get off first.
The villagers are probably imagining a beautiful young lady or a cool handsome man stepping out of the carriage, but sorry to betray your expectation.
I was the closest to the carriage’s door.
「「What the, it’s Alfried-sama.....」」
A collective voice of disappointment came out from the villagers’ mouths.
Sorry for being the familiar guy who came out first.
Although, the people who are going to come out after this are real nobles they don’t know about.
The next one who got off was Eric, who was closest to the door. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Kyaaaaaaaa! It’s a new boy!」
「He’s also the cool, dark-skinned type!」
Then, the vulgar, rotten people who lurks in the village raised their voices in joy.
「……wh, what? Am I being welcomed?」
Eric was perplexed at the receiving end of the sudden enthusiasm and high-pitched voices.
「Un, that’s right. Don’t worry about it」
There are some things in this world better left unknown.
Eric will probably become a new ‘material’ for those women. I mean, there is also a woman who stares intently at Eric while sketching something.
After Eric got off the carriage, the next one was Ra-chan as she got out of the carriage with her hand being held by Loretta-san.
It is the ‘young lady’ that all the men in the village anticipated.
Although it was different from what the men expected, seeing the cute Ra-chan, everyone’s expression softened.
Then, the real, long-awaited young lady comes out from the carriage.
Alicia gets out of the carriage with Lim-san taking her hand.
With shapely facial features and red hair. What allows her not to pale in comparison to her luxurious crimson and black-themed dress is undoubtedly her beauty.
Seeing Alicia with her noble appearance, the villagers all lost their voices.
People will lose their voice when they see something beautiful. It was a sight you could understand with just a glance.
「It is just as Ra-chan said. There are a lot more people than when we passed by the other day」
Perhaps the person herself is already used to such a sight, she remains unfazed even while receiving the gazes directed at her.
The following carriage has Eleonora-neesan and Luna-san getting off the carriage, and then Sylvio-niisan and Bram. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
This is the first time the village receives a visit from nobles from different places, so the villagers are excited every time a person gets off the carriage.
「Now then, where should we go first?」
「For now, I think we should walk straight and enjoy the festival atmosphere and see if there is any food you would like to try」
「I understand」
This place is not as complicated as the royal capital, so there is no need to pay attention to the road.
It’s fine to just walk around as you please and enjoy yourself.
「Al, quicklyー!」
As urged by Ra-chan, we immediately start walking.
Eleonora-neesan and the others behind us - who just got off from the carriage - also follow us.
「Look look, Al! There are a lot of large pumpkins lined up over there!」
The first thing that Ra-chan noticed was the large pumpkins being displayed at the edge of the road.
They are more than 1 meter in size, some are as big as Ra-chan, and there are even some that are as big as an adult.
「Why are they lined up here?」
「Ah, that is to compare the size of the harvested pumpkins」
It all started on the day of the Harvest Festival when the villagers bragged about the crops they harvested from their fields.
Since then it has become like this each year, most large crops are lined up here to compete.
「It is interesting to know the culture rooted in the lives of the villagers here」
Indeed. I could easily imagine the appearance of the boys in the village competing with each other after being born here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「With this size you won’t be troubled for food!」
Ra-chan said while rubbing a large pumpkin.
Her pure heart that believes those can be used as food ingredients is so dazzling.
「Regrettably, when they become this large the taste will become thinner and not tasty, so we don’t eat them that much」
「Eehh? Really? Wasteーful!」
「But, we can make everyone happy with this so it’s fine, isn’t it?」
Eating them is not everything.
I think being able to give others joy with this is also a precious thing.
If you judge whether anything is useful or not, then you will end up missing out on the important things.
In order to have a good life, it is also important to have a good time like this.
「I see! Pumpkin-san amazing!」
I was worried whether Ra-chan would be able to understand it or not, but it looked like she was able to somehow understand it.
She rubs the pumpkin as if she appreciates it.
「……these pumpkins, very hard」
Behind us, Luna-san muttered that while knocking a large pumpkin *konkon*.
Seeing Luna-san’s action, Eleonora-neesan - who is nearby - imitates it somewhat and also lightly pokes on a pumpkin in a similar manner.
Just by doing that, the hard pumpkin’s surface skin became depressed.
「……ah」
「I, I guess it was spoiled already? Let’s make it face the other side!」
Eleonora-neesan rotated the pumpkin as though to hide the dented side.
There’s no way they will be spoilt since they were harvested just before the Harvest Festival.
And when I tried to poke a pumpkin nearby, it had a defensive strength that seemed like it would be my fist that would dent instead. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Despite not even using Body Strengthening, I can’t help but wonder how she made a dent in the pumpkin it was really strange.
After passing through the large crops exhibition zone at the entrance of the village, a lot of stands built by the villagers lined up on both sides of the road.
A well-built obachan energetically shouts to call for customers and not to be outdone, an ojisan at the next stand also raises his voice as well.
Maybe it’s because it is a chance to earn money once a year that every stand is full of enthusiasm.
The scale is smaller compared to the food stands streets in the royal capital but it has the unique liveliness of the village that didn’t lose out to it.
「Waaー, it’s so lively and looks fun!」
Looking at the stands lining up the road, Ra-chan’s eyes shine.
「Hmph, there are so many commoners」
「Well, that is because this is a festival for commoners」
In contrast to Ra-chan, Bram snorted and said that, but Sylvio-niisan made a sound argument in response while smiling wryly.
Un, let’s just leave the annoying guy over there for Sylvio-niisan to take care of.
Taking Bram and Sylvio-niisan off from my mind, I asks Ra-chan.
「Ra-chan, is this your first time seeing a village festival?」
「Un! I wanted to go, but Papa and Mama always forbid me!」
「Ranna-sama, please consider the feeling of the Master and the Madam」
The maid - Loretta - admonishes Ra-chan as she puffs out her cheeks and expresses her dissatisfaction.
Ra-chan is still 4 years old, so they probably don’t want Ra-chan to go to the outside world since there are monsters and bandits out there. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「With such a cute daughter, both of her parents would be overprotectice」
「That is true. Especially since Ranna-sama is being cherished by the Master, she doesn’t go outside that much」
「Even so, they allowed her to come all the way to such a distant place?」
I couldn’t believe they allowed her to go to such a distant place that would require her to take a week to get here. It must have been difficult to acquire permission from both of her parents.
「Un, Papa and Mama will not allow me usually, but they allowed it because of Alicia’s magic!」
「Alicia’s magic?」
「Un! That was, Something like, affai――」
「Ra-chan, did you forget? You promised not to tell our magic to anyone, right?」
At the timing that Ra-chan was about to tell us the true identity of this ‘magic’, Alicia cut into our conversation while smiling brightly at us.
It was such a beautiful smile, but her eyes were not smiling at all.
「Ah, that’s right! Ehehe!」
Ra-chan then evades the question by smiling as if she can’t say it.
That figure of hers is also cute, but the maid Loretta-san’s face twitches and she keeps muttering to herself things like 「I did not hear anything. I did not hear anything」
The word she was about to say just now, could it be an ‘affair’?
Ra-chan’s Papa was having an affair, then Alicia knew about it and pressured them or something.....
「Hey, Alfried. Just now, we heard something amazing, aren’t we?」
「You stupid, even if you thought about it you shouldn’t say it out loud」
Just when I was guessing about it, Eric - who was walking nearby - deliberately said something stupid.
「――say」
Suddenly, Alicia calls out to us.
A mysterious pressure sent a sudden chill to our backs.
「「Ye, yes! What is it, Alicia-sama?」」
「Where should we go now?」
Just as the two of us reflexively stood straight at the same time, Alicia asked that while smiling beautifully at us. But those eyes of hers are not smiling at all.
Don’t think about unnecessary things. And probably don’t say them out loud.
In this world, there are many things in this world that are better not known.
「Wh, where should we go? Oi, Alfried. Guide us to a stand you recommend」
「R, right. Then, I will guide everyone to the stand I recommend」
「Yes, please」
I actually thought that it would be enough to just wander around the place freely, but I ended up leading the way, being unable to go against the current flow created by Alicia. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I, I guess it was spoilt already? Let’s make it face the other side!」
ReplyDelete「Hmph, there are so many comoners」
You misspelled spoiled and commoners.