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Snow Removal
「Ah, it’s snowing……」
As I woke up early and opened the window of my room trying to ventilate the room, I found out the world outside had been dyed entirely white. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
The mountains and plains far away from the courtyard――they have all been covered in snow.
Looking up, I saw snow silently falling from the sky.
It seems like the snow has been falling since last night.
Picking up the snow that also piled up at the edge of the window, it’s naturally cold.
However, the coldness feels fresh and comfortable to touch.
It’s the snowy scene this year. I feel deeply moved that it’s already this season again this year.
From the perspective of someone who can use Ice magic like me, snow and ice are relatively familiar to me, but it’s another thing when it comes to nature.
It seems even more precious when it comes to a phenomenon limited to a specific time.
Gathering the snow piled up at the edge of the window, I make it into a small snowball. Then I make another one and stack it on top of the other one, and a small snowman is completed.
It’s cute just to put it on the window like this. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「It’s not here either」
As I was satisfied with arranging the snowman, I heard an impatient mutter from somewhere.
When I looked down, I saw Sara in the courtyard looking for something.
「Whats the matter Sara?」
「Alfried-sama. No, it’s.....it’s nothing」
When I called out to her, she looked up at me and told a blatantly obvious lie.
Err, you clearly don’t look like you’re fine. There is quite a lot of snow on your hair and clothes already, she’d probably been outside for a long time already.
Although, I guess it would be embarrassing to make Sara say it out loud, right? It would require a loud shout for her to say it from the courtyard till it reached my room.
「Wait there」
I was worried about Sara, so I changed my clothes for cold weather and headed down to the courtyard.
Of course, I floated a fireball close as a measure to fight the cold.
「So, what happened?」
「Umm, I think I dropped the key to the shed……」
Sara honestly told me what happened when I asked her after coming down to the courtyard, probably because she thought she couldn’t lie to me.
「Ahー, it will be hard to find it with this much snow covering the ground」
A key is small already. So it would be difficult to start looking for it if it fell on snow-covered ground.
And Sara’s hands had turned red and looked numb already, perhaps she had been clearing away the snow for a long time.
Seeing such a pitiful sight, I floated a fireball next to Sara. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Come on, warm your hands with this」
「Tha, thank you very much」
Sara timidly thanked me and started to bring her hands close to the fireball.
「You can ask Mina or Mel to help you find it though」
「Still, I feel sorry to ask for their help in this snow. They might catch a cold」
Indeed, it’s hard to ask your colleague to help you find your lost items together in this snowy and cold weather.
So is that the reason Sara is searching for it alone?
「I will help」
「No, I can not ask Alfried-sama to help me――」
「Eeh? Even though you let me help in the major cleaning?」
「……this and that are different」
And when I deliberately said something mean, Sara replied like that while pursing her lips.
It seems like she’s also aware of the contradiction in the way she replies in a sulking tone as she turns her face away.
Sara and the others asked for my help in making the furniture float with Psychic when they were doing a major cleaning.
So how is this time different? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「It’s fine, I said I want to do it. Besides, I will be able to find what you’re looking for quickly with magic」
I increase the number of fireballs in the air while saying that, moving them lower as if to burn the snow on the ground.
The high temperature of the fireballs melts the snow piled up on the ground in a flash, and the road from the front door to the gate suddenly becomes visible.
You should quickly be able to find the buried key if you melt the snow like this.
「…………」
「Where’s the approximate location when you lost the key?」
I ask Sara as she is staring at the snow-cleared road in amazement.
「I think it’s somewhere along the path from the shed to the mansion’s entrance」
「Then, let’s try to melt the snow along the way」
I start to follow the slight trace of Sara’s footprint while melting the snow on the ground with the fireballs.
I occasionally found fallen leaves and flowers so I’m also being careful not to burn them.
It’s kinda fun seeing how the white, piled-up snow melting on the ground, it’s like watching a reverse playback video of ice turning into water.
And the way it changes how the ground looks makes it feel like enlarging my own territory.
Of course, the melting snow turns into water, but you will end up splashing water and dirt when you walk on top of it.
So while melting the snow, I use Water magic at the same time to move them to the edge.
This way it will not make my shoes and pants dirty and I will be able to prevent them freezing on the road. It’s killing two birds with one stone.
「Ah, this is the key to the shed, right?」
As I continued to melt the piled-up snow on the ground while advancing, I came across something that looked like the shed’s key.
It looks like it fell on top of Sara’s footprint and snow had fallen on top of it, obscuring it from view.
With limited routes, it’s difficult to find something small like this.
「It is」
「Wait. It may still be hot due to magic, let's cool it down a bit with the snow」
I immediately called out Sara to wait, as she was about to reach out to pick it up.
Such a metal key may still be hot due to the fireballs. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
You will get burned like when you touch a hot frying pan if you touch it carelessly.
「……pardon me」
I cast Psychic to float it in midair. I also lifted the snow around and wrapped the key with them.
This is a plan that will make the key sealed inside the snow and absorb the heat again.
Once the key has cooled down, I try touching it lightly with my hand.
「Un, looks like it’s fine now」
「Thank you very much」
Sara deeply bowed and thanked me after I checked that the key had cooled down and gave it to her.
「It’s difficult to look for keys if you drop them on a snowy day. It might be better to attach something easily noticeable like a cloth or something on them」
「You are right. I will try to prevent something like this from happening again in the future」
It may be easier to find if you drop them in winter when you attach a colorful cloth or a strap-like thing to them.
Well, it may be pointless if you dropped it in the snow already and you just realized you should do that, but the probability of finding it should increase if you do that.
「By the way, why is Sara in the shed?」
「I was taking out a shovel to clear the snow」
Regardless even if it’s snowing outside, you have to go out at least a little to do something. And it is necessary to clear the snow around the entrance so it will be easy to walk.
However, I already melted most of the snow around to find the key.
Don’t tell me, I’ve robbed Sara of her importance of taking out the shovel from the shed?
And she lost the key and was searching for it until her hands were numb from the cold. And by the time we finally found the key, her job of removing the snow was already finished.
This, I’m sure Sara is probably feeling downhearted.
So I nervously ask, feeling a little apologetic.
「……umm, is there any place you want me to melt the snow?」
「The roof has not accumulated a lot of snow yet so there is no other place in particular. But, Eleonora-sama may be pleased if we clear the snow in the courtyard」
「I definitely won’t clear the snow in that place」
I mean, once the snow has been cleared and the place has become comfortable to move around, Eleonora-neesan will begin to drag me and Sylvio-niisan to go practice with her.
There’s no need to dig my own grave.
Sara chuckled at my firm rejection. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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