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Kotatsu
After Tori left Koryatt village, I headed for Elman’s workshop and requested another production of battle pencils. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Since it will be presented to the King-sama it won’t end with just handing over a single battle pencil to him. It would be better if I prepared enough battle pencils so he could play them together with the people around him.
I can’t give him my battle pencils so I have to request additional pencils or it won’t be enough.
Although I have the base for the battle pencils, the finishing touches will only be done after King-sama’s reply.
I have already planned the other battle pencils and King-sama’s original specifications for his battle pencil so there is no need to hurry.
That means my usual daily life returns.
「Hmーm, it’s a bit cold」
The fireplace is lit but the living room is somehow cold. Maybe it had just been lit, but the air was still not warm in the whole room.
I am someone who is sensitive to cold so I don’t want to feel cold so I tried to create a fireball to warm up the room, but I suddenly came to my senses.
「That’s right. I had a kotatsu this year!」
It was the kotatsu I struggled trying to make in the previous winter.
The best way to make a highly safe kotatsu is to rely on a magic tool.
However, I was still too young last year and had never been to the royal capital so I couldn’t buy the magic tool, only relying on Fire magic and the fireplace in winter.
Of course, it’s comfortable enough as long as I have Fire magic, but as expected it’s much better to spend winter warmly in a kotatsu.
Having decided that, it’s time to quickly take action.
I hurriedly rush out of the living room and run upstairs to my room.
I use Space magic to take out a table and bed cover meant for kotatsu from my subspace and the fire magic tool I bought from the magic tools shop.
The fire magic tool for kotatsu is a very thin silver board with magic characters on it.
And if you pour your mana into that, after a while it will produce warm air.
「……it’ll be fine even if I installed it on the back side of the kotatsu and got hit by a foot, I'll just cover it with insulation material cover, and it’s done!」
I had originally prepared it to use in last year’s winter so it was done in a flash.
A splendid kotatsu was completed and dominating my room. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Although, kotatsu is something placed in the living room. It’s not something placed in your own room.
Some people say it’s better to keep it in the bedroom, but I don’t think so.
As for the reason, that’s cause there is a bed in the bedroom. I don’t need another resting place inside my room.
But I have an objection to lazing around in the spacious living room, which is not the bedroom.
Lifting up the kotatsu with Psychic, I went downstairs to the living room just like that.
Ignoring Sylvio-niisan’s doubtful look, I place the kotatsu in the middle of the living room.
There’s already a carpet in the living room so there’s no need to worry about damaging the floor.
I put down the kotatsu and immediately went inside, then poured mana into the magic tool.
Then, the magic inscription engraved on the board turns red, and heat is generated from the board.
It was not that warm at first, but the sealed interior of the kotatsu gradually became warm.
「Howaa……warm……」
I feel the lower half of my body warming up and unintentionally make a relaxed voice.
Ahー, this is it, this is it. This is the feeling I’ve been waiting for. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s a gradual warmth different from a stove, heater, fireplace, and fireball. It really makes you feel warm and cozy, doesn’t it?
「Al, is that a futon between a table?」
「Un, that’s right」
「Don’t tell me you’re going to sleep under the table.....?」
For people who don’t know about kotatsu, they may think that’s the aim behind this action.
「That’s also just one of the reasons but not the main reason. Sylvio-niisan should also try it」
And when I told him that, Sylvio-niisan brought his book over while looking slightly doubtful
Then, he lifted up the futon and put his feet inside like me.
「Uwaa!」
Perhaps he was surprised by the warmth of the kotatsu, Sylvio-niisan pulled back his feet.
I let out a chuckle seeing such a heartwarming scene.
「There is a fire magic tool inside」
「I see, it’s a type of a heater, huh」
Sylvio-niisan looked relieved to know that it was a heater, he put his feet inside once more.
「Fuwaa……it’s warm」
And then, Sylvio-niisan’s expression immediately relaxes.
「It’s nice, isn’t it. This thing」
「Un, you came up with something good. This really helps since the part from my ankles below gets cold easily」
I can empathize with Sylvio-niisan’s feelings. We both are sensitive to cold in our families. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Al, can I read a book here?」
「Sure」
You can freely talk, read a book, or just space out in a kotatsu as long as you don’t bother others.
Reading a book in a warm and cozy kotatsu is one of its true charms.
As Sylvio-niisan opened his book to read, I used Psychic to lift up the dried fruit on the table. I also pulled slime pillows over.
And after creating 2 cups for us using Earth magic, I used Water magic to fill it with water.
「Here, slime pillow and water」
「Thank you」
As expected, this kind of snack is also important in the kotatsu.
Picking up some dried orange, I laid out the slime pillow and lay facedown on the floor just like that.
Then, right at the end of my sight is the entrance to the living room, with Elna-kaasan looking at me with a strange gaze.
While our eyes met at a strange angle, I put the orange into my mouth.
Aah, the concentrated sweetness of the orange is really good.
「Are you also playing as a snail? Sleeping under the table is bad manners you know」
「I’m not. I’m warming myself under the kotatsu」
「Kotatsu?」
「It’s a heater」
Maybe she got curious when I told her it was a heater, Elna-kaasan’s expression became serious.
「……I certainly can feel mana」
Muttering that, Elna-kaasan approached us and lifted up the kotatsu's futon.
「So it’s a magic tool that produces heat under the table. The temperature can be maintained by covering it with the futon」
「That’s right」
As to be expected from Elna-kaasan, it’s great that she quickly understood the convenient tool the moment she saw it. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s surprisingly troublesome to explain it repeatedly.
「……hmーm」
Elna-kaasan looked towards me while uttering that, filled with hidden meaning.
She said it was bad manners before, so it would be difficult for her to join me.
I’m not a son who doesn’t know what his mother - Elna-kaasan - wants.
「I would also like to know what Elna-kaasan thinks about the kotatsu’s comfort」
「Right. In that case, I will see how it’s like」
Since she acquired a good reason from me to check the comfort level of the kotatsu from her son, Elna-kaasan will be able to enter the kotatsu without hurting her own pride.
Elna-kaasan puts her feet into the kotatsu while still being graceful and taking care of not to make her clothes crease.
「――ah!」
And I understood everything from Elna-kaasan’s expression and remark that escaped from her like a sigh.
……she fell for it.
Elna-kaasan’s expression quickly becomes softer and softer from the gradual warmth that seeps into her body.
And then, Elna-kaasan lies on her stomach like me――
「Haa! I can’t do this! I almost turned into a snail just like Al before I knew it!」
As expected from Elna-kaasan. I didn’t expect her to suddenly try to immediately assume the posture of an advanced kotatsu user.
Instead of doing it consciously, it felt like her body unconsciously shifted to a most comfortable position www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I knew it, Elna-kaasan probably has a fundamentally decadent character.
「It’s fine, isn’t it, being a snail」
「No. It’s a bad manner」
Although, she would try it out when we are not looking. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thought so, Sylvio-niisan must also have the same thought. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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