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Battle Pencils Completion
As I was relaxing in the living room after dinner, I suddenly felt a gaze on me.
Is it Eleonora-neesan? Or so I thought, but the person herself seems to be lying down on the sofa while enjoying a slime pillow. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It seems like she’s currently busy lazing about and doesn’t feel like focusing her attention on me.
Sylvio-niisan is not in the living room since he is back in his room coloring the battle pencils.
Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan are chatting casually at the table while enjoying their after-meal tea.
It’s the usual sight of a harmonious married couple.
As I was thinking like that, Nord-tousan’s gaze shifted from Elna-kaasan to me.
Though it was for a short time, our eyes met.
……what is it. It was just a simple gaze, but I feel like it was done on purpose.
It felt like there was something to say from his short gaze.
Hm? Was there something Nord-tousan wanted to say to me?
Or was there something I had to say to Nord-tousan?
I don’t remember doing something bad recently, just turning on the fireplace, making dried fruits, and chopping firewood. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
There is nothing to report or discuss in particular.....
『――From now on if I make anything I will show it and discuss it with you』
As I was looking back on it, I recalled the promise I made with him on the way to Sylford’s territory.
「……ah」
I’m, making battle pencils, but I feel like I haven’t reported anything to Nord-tousan.
I’m sure Nord-tousan knew about it somehow and has some idea about it since I hadn’t consulted it with him.
「What’s the matter Al?」
「There’s something I want to report to Nord-tousan.」
「Something you want to report to me? Is that also something you just remembered?」
Nord-tousan asks implicitly if I just remembered it while smiling at me.
Oh, he definitely knows I’m making battle pencils.
「No, I was just looking for a convenient timing to report is all」
I definitely can’t say I just remembered it. Let’s make it so that I remember it well and was just waiting for the convenient timing to report it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
There’s no meaning in getting scolded by going out of my way to confess that I forgot.
「Is that so. Fine then. Then, let’s hear what you want to report」
Nord-tousan said, maybe he judges that it would be impossible to question me anymore since I played innocent.
Either way, it hasn’t been completed and spread around yet.
It’s a world difference from last time when I didn’t report it until it was already spread to the public by Tori.
「What? Did you make something strange again?」
「Calling it strange is rude, y’know. It’s just a toy」
Even though Eleonora-neesan had been lazing around, she came over to the table as though showing interest in our conversation.
「So what did you make this time?」
I explained the matter about battle pencils Nord-tousan who asked again.
「Whaat, so this time is not a game where you move your body like throwing target」
Eleonora-neesan looked a little disappointed when she heard that it was a game you could play with just rolling pencils indoors.
The concept is to be able to have fun playing indoors in the cold winter. If you think about going outside to play then the concept will be off. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I see, do you have them with you?」
Nord-tousan - who was listening to me and thinking about them - asks.
「It’s still in the middle of production I guess. It will be completed after Sylvio-niisan finishes coloring them」
「It has already progressed to such a point. Really Al, even though you usually say troublesome this troublesome that, you act quickly when it comes to things like these」
「Ehehe」
「I’m not praising you, you know」
Elna-kaasan says in amazement when I feel shy in spite of myself.
What the, so it was not a praise?
「Hmーm, Sylvio is also doing it」
Eleonora-neesan seemed to have said that meaningfully.
Maybe she thought that it was not amusing since she was the only one who was not participating among us siblings.
Although she’s not interested in making the toy it seems like it’s not amusing to be excluded from the circle like this.
I understand her feelings a little bit, but I didn’t ask for her help this time because Eleonora-neesan is not good with her hands in making things.
「We are making handicraft-type toys this time. I will ask for Eleonora-neesan help if I’m going to make a game where you move your body like the throwing target next time」
「Right. That’s fine then」
And perhaps she was satisfied with my follow-up, Eleonora-neesan withdrew the dissatisfied expression on her face. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
She’s a little annoying older sister, but I think she’s cute and act appropriate for her age.
Since Eleonora-neesan has good motor skills we can collect precious data from her when I reproduce the game as I imagined it.
「I more or less understood how to play it but what’s the fun in just rolling a wooden stick?」
「It’s fun precisely because it’s simple. You can try playing it when it’s done」
People who are not familiar with the game would not understand even if you explained how to play it.
Like kendama, to put it simply, it’s a game where you manipulate a ball and stick it into the hole or place it on top of the handle. It won’t feel attractive at all even if you explain it with words.
The best way to explain this kind of sensory thing is to let them experience the game personally.
「In any case, I know you are making that kind of thing. Thank you for reporting. You do not plan on selling it like with the reversi and jenga, right?」
「Un, I don’t have any particular plan for it. To begin with, I don’t know whether it will sell or not」
「Is that so」
Nord-tousan looked completely relieved after hearing my reply.
I don’t feel the need to make more money any more than this.
Although it was at the last minute, I was able to properly report about it to Nord-tousan.
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「Al, I’m done in coloring and coating them!」
Two days after I reported the battle pencils to Nord-tousan. Sylvio-niisan finally brought the colored and coated battle pencils to me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Oh, so it’s finally completed? Show me show me」
After I said that, Sylvio-niisan placed the colored battle pencils on the table.
Amazing, the background of the illustrations is also painted, the part where the writing representations are written is also painted white for visibility, and the text is painted black for easier reading.
The bottom part of the leftover part is also painted in a striped pattern so that it won’t be boring to look at when viewed.
「Sylvio-niisan, you’re amazing. You colored it so beautifully」
「Ehehe, it took a while since it’s detailed」
Sylvio-niisan modestly says while smiling awkwardly.
Err no, this is already the work of a pro craftsman. It’s one thing to be able to paint on paper but to apply this much coloring to hard-to-color pencils.....
I guess we may have surprisingly uncovered Sylvio-niisan talent.
「The coating is also spread thinly」
「Un, there will be no point if it obstructs the pencil rolling motion after all so I carefully painted that part」
There is no unnatural hardening or swelling on the resin coating.
It was perfectly coated and not sticky to the touch.
At first, I thought it would be fine to just play it with hexagonal wooden sticks with illustrations and writing, but before I knew it, it had turned into something with outrageous quality.
It’s not the same as the one in my previous life, but the result is pretty close to that.
Even I - who knows about battle pencils - was quite excited by the result I couldn’t help but be impressed.
「Yosh, let’s play it right away!」
「Un, let’s try it!」
Just as I was thinking about playing it with Sylvio-niisan, there was a knock on the door.
The one who knocks on the door is Sara. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Yes yes, what is it?」
「Alfried-sama, it seems like Toriela-sama wishes to greet you」
「Toriー? It’s not his employee?」
Toriela’s Company is now a large company with its head office in the capital.
Recently, he has been busy making connections with the nobles and spreading table tennis in Kagura, so he often only sends his employees to Koryatt village.
「Yes, it is Toriela-sama himself」
However, it looks like Tori - who should have been busy - came all the way here this time.
Maybe he thought it was about time he showed his face again or does he have another aim?
I don’t know his intention, but wasn’t his timing too good that he arrived immediately after the battle pencils were completed?
「……okay. I’ll say hello to him after playing with battle pencils」
「No, go there and greet him now」
Even though I said that in favor of the game, I got chided by Sylvio-niisan. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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