Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 541

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The Royal Capital After A Long Time

 We continue our journey by going through villages and towns along the way just like the Poda village.

 There were some problems along the way like when the snow was covering the ground, but it didn’t become a problem for us thanks to my magic and Elna-kaasan’s, and we were able to safely get near the royal capital. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Uwaaa! It’s the royal capital’s wall! Alfried-sama! It’s been about a year, isn’t it!」

「Ahh, un. That’s right」

 Mina - who had her face sticking out of the window - was pointing and excitedly talking about it.

 It is cold, but when I think about Mina - who has come to the city for the first time in a year -, I can’t tell her to close the window.

 It’s just that, I’ve visited this place many times with Teleport already so I’m used to seeing it now and my reaction ends up becoming less enthusiastic.

 What I am more concerned about is the state of the royal capital’s roads.

「The roads around the royal capital have been properly cleared from snow, huh」

 It’s probably still snowing here. The plains are covered in snow, but there wasn’t even a speck of snow on the road.

「At this season, there are magicians permanently stationed at the gates and they melts the snow on the ground with Fire magic. Look, they are doing it now over there, see?」

「Ah it’s true」

 Looking in the direction Elna-kaasan pointed to, I saw magicians rolling fireballs on the ground and melting the snow. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「A job to melt snow, huh……that looks so easy. It’s not a bad idea to be employed just melting snow if I were ever troubled to find a job」

「I don’t know why you have such a train of thought, but you need to serve the royal castle to be hired for that job, you know?」

「Then it’s rejected」

 I thought that it was a job that looked easy, but if that meant I had to be an official of the Kingdom then no thanks.

 I mentally put a big cross mark on one of the seemingly easy jobs I had noted.

 Even so, it’s as expected from the royal capital where there are abundant human resources to permanently station magicians just to clear the snow on the roads.

「Row-san, let us enter through the South Gate this time」

「The East gate is closer to here, would that still be fine?」

「Aah, please enter from the South gate」

 Row-san - who sits at the coachman's seat - was suspicious of the order, but firmly told him to do that so he obeyed.

 There were some preposterous guards last year after all. So Nord-tousan’s decision to avoid the East gate is the correct one.

 And thus, we changed our route and moved toward the South gate.

 There are a lot of travelers and merchants lining up in front of the gate, but we are nobles so we don’t need to line up and enter through a different entrance.

 When the carriage was being stopped for the entry inspection, men wearing metal armor based in white and silver approached.

 When I looked from the window, I saw the pervert guard from the East gate last year.

 When I was startled by that fact, the approaching skinhead man brightly smiled.

 It looks like those people also remember us! A white breath strangely puffs out from his mouth, there’s no doubt it’s cold outside but I’m sure it’s because they are excited to see us.

「Nord-tousan! You get it wrong!」

「What! Even though I have changed the gate!?」

 The plan to deliberately change the entry gate to avoid those guards completely backfired.

「Please show me your noble badge」

 We can’t refuse since we are now in the gate for nobles already

 There’s the choice of leaving it to Elna-kaasan, but it is customary for the head of the house to present the noble’s badge so that’s not possible. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「……Al, would you like to get some fresh air outside?」

「It’s cold outside so I’ll just quietly wait inside the carriage」

 When I said that with an innocent smile like a normal child, Nord-tousans’ shoulders dropped in dejection.

 I won’t give in to my curiosity like last year. No one would be stupid enough to go out when they know that there are dangerous and wild animals outside.

 Nord-tousan left the carriage with a resigned look on his face.

 After showing the noble’s badge, the short-haired guard draws near Nord-tousan with a flushed face.

 Despite desperately trying to resist being touched while having a pale face, Nord-tousan somehow managed to answer the questions.

 As I was watching all that happening from inside the carriage, I noticed that the skinhead guard was intently staring at me. It was the same guy who groped my butt last year.

 His eyes are staring at me seemingly eloquently saying 「Are you not going to get out?」.

 ……uwaa! Is this a horror or what!

 I instinctively wanted to close the curtain and shut it out, but would be the same as admitting I had something to feel guilty about.

 I hide by sticking close to Elna-kaasan so they won’t be able to make me get down from the carriage from any strange false accusations.

「Ara, it’s rare for Al to act like a spoiled child」

「There are also times like this you know」

 Perhaps she was happy I stuck close to her like this since Elna-kaasan stroked my head while smiling. Mina and Sara are smiling as they watch us.

 It’s a little embarrassing to act like a spoiled kid while having an adult mental age, but this is nothing compared to the crisis of my chastity.

 As I was clinging close to Elna-kaasan to spend the time inside the carriage, Nord-tousan returned with a haggard look on his face.

「Dear, you look pale, are you alright?」

「I am fine. Row-san, let us go ahead」

 Elna-kaasan reflexively asked out of concern, but Nord-tousan just sat on the sofa as if nothing happened. He probably doesn’t want to be touched right now.

 Thanks to the noble sacrifice of a single person, we were able to enter the royal capital safely.

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 Once we entered the royal capital, we headed straight to an inn.

 Even if we have some business with the Misfid house, we didn’t make any appointment so we can’t just visit them immediately. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 We probably need to send a letter to enquire about their availability first so that we can meet them.

 I heard that Ra-chan’s papa - Schugel - is the principal of the Magic Academy.

 It’s a job in addition to his house’s official duties. At any rate, we probably can’t meet him immediately.

 Until then, we can just rest at the inn to heal the fatigue from our journey and casually stroll around the royal capital.

 Just as I was thinking of relaxedly spending my time in the royal capital like that, we arrived at our destination, the inn.

 It’s an inn located in the central district of the royal capital and facing the main street.

 It’s the high-class inn exclusive for nobles that we stayed at last year in the noble’s exchange meeting. It’s been about a year since we last stayed in this place, it’s a little nostalgic.

 As we got off from the carriage, the employees politely greeted us.

 We left the carriage and horses to the employees and as we were about to enter the inn, another carriage came at a great speed.

 Since they are coming to this inn, is it another noble like us I wonder? Let’s try to be careful so I won’t run into them later.

「Please wait a moment! Everyone from the Slowlett house!」

 As we were about to enter the lobby while thinking about such a thing, someone called out to us.

 When I stopped and looked back, the approaching carriage came to a stop, and a maid rushed out from the carriage.

「Ah, Ra-chan’s maid-san」

「Yes! I am the maid serving Ranna-sama, Loretta! Please forgive me for rudely calling out to everyone so suddenly」

 Loretta lowered her head as she gripped her skirt as if to apologize for her rudeness.

 As expected from the maid serving the house of a Duke, her mannerism is refined.

「It’s fine. So do you have any business with us?」

「Regarding the matter of the letter the other day, the head of the family, Schugel Misfid-sama has expressed his desire to meet with everyone from Slowlett house and I have come to invite everyone to come with me」

 I unconsciously stiffened when we suddenly received the invitation from the Misfid house.

 And not only me, Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan were also bewildered.

 The content of the letter is what’s important. Even if you say that it’s an invitation, I couldn’t help but to be on guard.

 I wonder if they plan to lure me into their mansion and then beat me up? They might even plan to destroy the evidence in the end. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 I don’t think a Duke house would do something outrageous and it’s too risky because it can all be traced back, but when I recall the insane letter they sent me, I can’t say for sure that they won’t do it.

「We came to the royal capital in order to meet with Schugel-sama so that is very much appreciated, but would it not be a bother if we suddenly visit?」

「It was because Schugel-sama was acting rashly and caused a great deal of trouble for everyone from the Slowlett house. So as an apology, we would like to invite and have everyone as a guest……」

「Meaning, Schugel-sama recognizes that the matter with the letter was a misunderstanding on his own part?」

「……yes. The misunderstanding was cleared up after Ranna-sama, Alicia-sama, and I explained what happened again. We are terribly sorry for the trouble 」

 When Elna-kaasan cautiously asked that, Loretta deeply bowed and apologized.

 Guess that’s true. Due to the structure of a human body, it’s impossible for Ra-chan to have a child you know.

 That’s good then. Loretta explained everything and the misunderstanding has been cleared up. I’m curious as to why Alicia has been mixed up in there somehow, but I have no complaints as long as they clear up the misunderstanding.

 I mean, it made me depressed when I thought that I had to clarify it with my own mouth.

 Maybe it’s because I have confirmed that my life is no longer in danger that I feel the tensions leaving my body all at once.

 I wonder if we don’t need to meet them now that they know it was all a misunderstanding. Oh well, that’s probably impossible.

「I am glad to know that the misunderstanding has been cleared up for the time being, as you may have seen we have just arrived at the royal capital ……」

「Please do not worry. We have made all the preparations to welcome everyone from the Slowlett house. Or perhaps I should say that I would be in trouble if I did not invite everyone immediately」

 Loretta pleads with us with tears in her eyes.

 Ra-chan’s papa seemed to be desperate too since he sent a letter similar to a death threat.

 From the looks of it, it appears that it would be best to go there immediately.

「Understood, I will be relying on you for a while」

「Thank you very much!」

 When Nord-tousan said that to her while sighing as though he resigned himself to the situation, Loretta showed an emotional look.

 We’ve just arrived in the royal capital so I thought of just relaxing at the inn today, but we have no choice but to go there if the Duke’s house called for us.

 And thus, we ended up heading toward the Misfid house immediately after we arrived at the royal capital. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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