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Plan Collapse
「Haaー, it’s great to laze around. I don’t want to take a step out of the room」
When you go out for half a day, you’re doing yourself justice by spending the remaining half relaxing at home. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I also won’t wander around the mansion anymore today, I’m going to eat dinner here, let’s just spend the rest of the day lazing around.
As I was lazing around in bed while making a perfect plan in my head, I can feel two presences coming from the hallway.
「……mu? This is Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan’s presence 」
The familiar sounds of footsteps, their walking rhythm. I’ve heard of them so many times I’m sure there’s no mistaking it.
It appears that the two presences are heading towards my room.
It’s never anything good if those two are coming together.
I erased my traces on the bed and quietly crawled under the bed.
Quickly erasing my presence and staying still, there was a knock on the door.
「Al, do you have a moment?」
「…………」
Nord-tousan calls out, but of course, I don’t even reply since it won’t be a good thing.
「That is strange? Usually, he will reply even with some nonsensical reply」
「Right」
Please don’t call your son’s reply ‘nonsensical’.
Even so, as expected from Elna-kaasan. She knows exactly what my reply will be.
But, it won’t be so easy this time.
To begin with, if you can’t find the other person, let alone being able to have a conversation, even trivial matters will become meaningless.
I’ll just hide like this until their business here is over.
I decided not to take a single step out of this room today. Since I’ve decided not to go out then I won’t go out. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I decide to remain hiding while holding a firm resolve.
「……I wonder if he’s not here?」
Nord-tousan lets out such a question due to the lack of reply from the knock.
「Maybe he is playing in Ranna-sama’s room or taking a walk around the mansion’s grounds 」
「No, I can assure you that is not possible」
「Why?」
「That boy had been outside since the morning. The exhausted Al will definitely plan to spend the rest of the day idly inside without going outside of his room.」
Perfectly tracing my thoughts. Elna-kaasan is terrifying.
「Is it going to be like that?」
「That’s just how that boy is」
I have a mixed feeling about treating me as ‘that’s how that boy is’, but since that’s actually how it is I can’t argue against it.
「And so he should be in the room let’s look for him」
Along with what Elna-kaasan said, the sound of a door opening was heard.
While Nord-tousan stopped and looked around the whole room, Elna-kaasan headed toward the bed without hesitation.
It seems like she assumes their son’s living area to be his bed.
That’s correct, but I hope you also consider the possibility of me sitting on the sofa or chairs.
There’s a sound of Elna-kaasan flipping the futon.
「……the futon is still warm. He must surely be hiding nearby」
Dang it, actually I wanted to use Ice magic to erase the traces of temperature on the bed, but the other party was Elna-kaasan. She will be able to sense it no matter how minute the mana I used so I couldn’t erase the traces with magic. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Then let us look at every corner of the room」
「It’s fine. I have a method to search for him easily 」
I thought she would find me with intuition like Eleonora-neesan, but it seems like Elna-kaasan has a secret method.
……I wonder what it is.
I’m curious about what that is, but I can’t stick my head out from under the bed to see. I can only stay still and listen.
「A slime?」
「This is the slime Al has been raising and fed with care you know. If Al is near, the slime will instinctively move to look for its master」
After saying that, Elna-kaasan placed the slime on the floor.
Then, the slime’s amorphous body moved towards me, perhaps it noticed me.
You idiot, don’t come here.
I move my hand as if to shoo it away, but the slime lacks the intelligence to understand human’s intention.
When the Slime crawls under the bed, Elna-kaasan peeks under the bed.
「Found you」
「Waー, I got found out」
「The hide-and-seek is over now」
「……yes」
I can’t oppose Elna-kaasan’s smiling face. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I mean, it would displease her if I were to cause more trouble.
「Why did you hide there?」
As I crawled out from under the bed, Nord-tousan asked me.
「I had a feeling something troublesome was going to happen after all」
「You’re sharp. As expected from my son」
「Elna, that is not something to be impressed about」
「So, why have you come at this time?」
「Al, we will be having dinner with everyone from the Misfid house tonight」
「Eh? Why?」
It is the custom to have a meal together with everyone from each house on the day of the meeting and when we are about to go home when it comes to a noble staying at another noble’s residence. So I was surprised since I thought we would have a meal together again just before we were going to leave.
「It seems like the eldest son - Gideon-sama - has finished his studies at the Academy」1
I wondered for a moment, ‘Does the Misfid house have an eldest son?’ but then I remembered I met him briefly the night before yesterday.
「In other words, it’s a dinner for Gideon-sama, with whom we haven’t met yet…」
「That is right」
Then I thought it would be fine if it’s just only Gideon-sama to be the only one having a meal with us, but it would be quite a hellish time to have a conversation - the four of us including him - with a rather haughty person who only seems to be interested in magic so it was definitely easier to have the whole family present.
「Then, let’s go to the dining room」
「That’s how it is」
Apparently, my ultimate plan of lazing around inside my room quickly fell apart. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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