Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 501

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「Cold……」

 Lately, I’ve often been waking up due to the cold instead of the morning sun. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 The freezing air is spreading outside the bed, but my body refuses to leave the bed.

「At times like this it’s best to go back to sleep again」

 There’s a warm space here already. So there’s no need to force myself to get out.

 Winter is the best season to go back to sleep again.

 I decide to bury my face in my bed and close my eyelids.

 Aah, the feeling of my consciousness drifting about at the boundary line between sleeping and awake while feeling the warmth of my cozy bed is nice.

 As I was enjoying a pleasant doze for some time, the door of my room was suddenly knocked.

「Alfried-sama, it is time to wake up」

 An elegant voice resounds inside the quiet room. It’s the voice of the maid, Sara.

 I don’t remember setting a specific time to wake up.

 That must be the time she decided on her own so there’s no need for me to obediently follow her time.

「I am coming in」

 And just when I kept closing my eyes without replying to her, Sara used the spare key and entered my room without permission.

 It’s probably because I used Psychic to lock the door and shut myself in.

 Now it has become the default to bring the spare key in preparation for an emergency. What a good preparation.

 The unexpected incident of my room being suddenly trespassed happened, but I’m not the kind of person who will wake up simply because of that.

 Sara placed her hand on my shoulder and shook my body when I continued feigning asleep.

「Alfried-sama, please wake up」

 I won’t wake up with something on the level of Sara’s light shaking.

 If anything, this shaking and her gentle voice felt more like a lullaby for me, causing my consciousness to lean toward the dreamland. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Alfried-sama, you have to wake up or……」

 Just now, what would happen if I didn’t wake up?

「――Eleonora-sama will come」

 The soothing lullaby made a complete change into a melody that sounded like an invitation to death.

 When I heard the name ‘Eleonora’, I unconsciously awakened myself and raised my body.

 My body unconsciously moved from survival instinct, anticipating the appearance of my natural enemy, triggered by her words.

「Good morning, Alfried-sama」

「…………Sara. That manner of waking me up was a foul, you know?」

「That was so that everyone can eat breakfast together」

 Sara ignored me with a cool expression on her face despite me giving her a reproachful look.

 And perhaps it’s because my survival instinct fully kicked in and my adrenaline surged. My drowsiness disappeared in an instant. I don’t even feel like going back to sleep anymore.

 I reluctantly decided to change my clothes from my pajamas to my casual clothes.

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 After eating our breakfast in the dining room, the family members move toward the living room.

 It’s common for the members of Slowlett house to relax in the living room after our meal like this.

 First I want to drink a warm tea, but then I feel like wanting to warm up my body first.

「……why are you taking up the best place?」

 When I arrived at the place I decided to stay at, the plump and large Big Slime was already there. It was taking up position in front of the fireplace.

 It doesn’t do anything in particular, it just stands there staring at the fireplace.

「It’s amazing. It seems to approach the fireplace first when Bartolo lit up the fireplace」

「It’s the same as Al」

 Sylvio-niisan and Eleonora-neesan - who are sitting on the sofa - separately said those things.

 It finds a comfortable spot in an instant. Just like a cat.

 How cheeky for it to be in the most comfortable spot despite being a slime.

 I was considering sitting on it since it’s a Big Slime, but my day would be wasted if I did that so I decided to hold back.

 I realized what would happen to me if I buried myself on this sofa of corruption the other day.

 I have to determine where and when to use it. I mean, I won’t be able to enjoy my warm tea if I sit on it.

 But contrary to my expectations, this cushion turned out to be surprisingly difficult to use.

 Or rather, it’s only been here for a week but it has already become too familiar to the mansion.

 At first, Nord-tousan was also wary due to its large size at first, but he didn’t really mind it at all eventually.

 And besides, it doesn’t give any sense of discomfort to be in the living room together with us like this. It’s unexpectedly adaptable.

 But, that place is mine so move outta the way.

 So I thought and tried to move the Big Slime’s body out of the way, but it wouldn’t budge, either due to its large body size or it simply resisted me.

「That’s my special seat」

 However, if I back down here will hurt my pride as the master. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 In that case - I thought - I kneaded the Big Slime’s body and elongated its body vertically.

 Then, the Big Slime’s body became like a cylinder.

「Yosh」

 Its body is like a gel and its shape can be changed as much as I want. By changing the volume like this, I can now also sit next to it.

 I plopped myself down on the empty space and fully enjoyed the flame of the fireplace.

 Ahー, the heat from the flames feels good. Warming myself quickly with fireballs is nice and all, but slowly warming myself while listening to the cracking sound of the popping firewood is also the real pleasure of doing this.

「Alfried-sama, what tea would you like?」

 Sara asked when I was warming myself by the fireplace.

「Ahー, lemon tea then」

「Understood」

 I felt like warming myself by drinking hot lemon tea so I requested it from Sara.

 The sound of Sara adeptly preparing using the tea set on the tea wagon resonates in the room.

 I thought it would look bad if I were to drink the tea on the ground so I moved to the sofa once my body had warmed up.

 Then the Big Slime - which had turned cylinder in shape - immediately returned to its original shape.

 The fact that it didn’t immediately return to its shape before looked like it was kind enough to share the space with me.

「Here is your tea」

「Thank you」

 I thanked Sara for placing the teacup on the saucer on the table for me.

 Then Sara put on an elegant smile and stood by against the wall.

 The teacup may still be hot so I carefully lift the saucer and take a sip of the lemon tea.

 The flavor from the tea leaves and lemon are mixing well.

 The sourness and the slight sweetness are very nice, they completely warm up the inside of my body upon waking up.

 This is exactly the flavor I like. Sara is doing a good job too today.

 After taking a sip of the tea I place the saucer on the table.

 And maybe I felt a little distracted at the time, I heard a clinking sound.

 Seeing that, Eleonora-neesan - who is sitting opposite of me - burst into laughter.

 And, as if to show her own refined appeal, she carefully lifted her cup and then placed the cup on the table without making any sound.

 Then she’s making a smug face at me.

 However, as the younger brother, it didn’t make me feel impressed at all when she did that as if flaunting my mistake so blatantly in front of me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Feeling a little irritated, I decided to come up with a plan.

「Eleonora-neesan is really good at this kind of thing aren’t you?」

「Fufufun, I am perfect, unlike Al」

 And as expected, when I put my mind to it and it succeeds, Eleonora-neesan looks so proud as though to take the chance to flaunt it.

「Wait a moment, Eleonora. I think it was too arrogant of you to think your gesture just now was perfect. Come here for a moment」

 And here was a person with a cultivated refinement who wouldn’t overlook her words.

 From the perspective of Elna-kaasan - a refined noblewoman -, she probably couldn’t bear to see her daughter showing off her low-level gestures and becoming proud of it,

「Eh? No, I.....」

「Come here quickly」

「Ye, yes」

 Eleonora-neesan was resisting her, but she eventually became obedient due to Elna-kaasan’s unfamiliar vigor.

 I gave her a smirk as she passed by me.

 And perhaps Eleonora-neesan realized that she’d been set up by me as her face turned bright red.

「Kaasan! You should have taught Al rather than me, right!? He made a clinking sound just now!」

　

 Eleonora-neesan blurts out something absurd while pointing at me.

「Don’t try to drag me just because you get scolded. Elna-kaasan, please straighten out Eleonora-neesan’s rotten nature!」

 She was asserting her dominance in front of me and even attempting to drag me as her younger brother to go down with her.  

「……that also makes sense. Al too come over here」

「Ueeeeehhhh!」

 Thus, the day was wasted on a table manners lesson. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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