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How To Enjoy The Royal Capital
The next day, after my trip to the royal capital with Nina. I came to the royal capital once again.
I realized that I am still quite inexperienced when I went around the royal capital with Nina.
If I were asked whether or not I could guide Nina - who came to the royal for the first time - smoothly, the answer is no. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I am too unfamiliar with the royal capital’s entertainment.
Being unfamiliar with one side of my base location as someone who lives a dual-based life is too pathetic. As someone who lives a dual-based life, I should know how to enjoy both sides and lead a fulfilling life.
And for that reason, I came here in order to find out how to enjoy and have fun in the royal capital.
Although the royal capital is huge and there are also a lot of shops. In a world where there are no computers and the internet like in my previous life, it is difficult to search for something.
And that’s why I decided to ask Elza - who is familiar with such ways of enjoying life in the royal capital.
I know she is familiar with the royal capital.
First, I thought of learning her top recommended way of enjoying things and then found out about my own way of enjoying things.
After teleporting into my room, I open the door and step out into the hallway.
Then, there was a loud bang as if the door hit something.
「Eh?」
「～～～～～～!?」
Peeking through the slightly opened door, I saw Arche holding her forehead with her hands screaming voicelessly.
「Waah! I’m sorry! I didn’t think someone would be in front of the door!」
「I, it’s alright. I’m sorry for being inattentive」
Arche bravely apologized despite saying that with teary eyes.
She’s holding cleaning equipment in her hands, so she was probably about to clean my room.
And so, an unfortunate accident where I bumped into her right after I teleported happened.
Even though she’s the injured party here, she didn’t even complain. What a good kid.
And I feel an incredible sense of guilt after having hit such a kid with the door.
I could treat her if I could use Recovery magic, but I don’t have such convenient magic.
I only have Space magic, so for the time being, I take out ice and towel from my subspace and give it to Arche. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Cool your forehead with this for now」
「Thank you very much」
It should be better just to have ice, even if it swells.
「……what with the nois――ah, I roughly understood the situation. It was bad timing for both of you」
Elza arrived after hearing the noise, but it seemed like she understood the situation after seeing me.
Elza’s ability to grasp the situation is incredible.
「You can take a break for now Arche-san」
「Yes, then please excuse me」
Arche withdraws while holding the ice wrapped in the towel on her forehead.
……un, really sorry about that.
「Welcome back, Kureto-sama. How may I help you today?」
Elza asks with her usual calm voice so I try telling her about how I feel about yesterday.
「……how to enjoy the royal capital, is it?」
「Yeah, how do you spend your day off, Elza?」
「I often go out alone. I went to cafes to eat breakfast, bought books in the bookstore, ate lunch in a restaurant I had been interested in, or wandered around looking at clothing stores」
「That’s nice. It feels like a calm and adult way of enjoying your day. What kind of stores do you usually go to?」
And just like that, I continue to ask more questions and learn about Elza’s way of enjoying her time in the royal capital. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I start writing notes on a memo paper whenever there is something that caught my attention.
「That was how I spent my time. I think Arche knows how to enjoy your day with a large number of people. She often invites Lulua-san and Ralasha-san and hangs out together」
「I’ll try to ask her next time」
I just bumped her head with the door so chasing her now and asking Arche about it is going to make both of us uncomfortable.
I think first I will take my time to carefully go around those places that interest me alone.
Once I’m used to those places, let’s try asking Arche’s way of spending her time to enjoy the royal capital.
「Thank you for telling me. I’ll first go to the bookstore first」
「Yes, please take care and have a safe trip」
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I came to a cafe street in the northern district of the royal capital recommended by Elza.
Not only are there a lot of cafes with good atmosphere in this section of this area, but this is an area where the wealthy reside, and there are also plenty of bookstores that include those selling second-hand books.
「Heeー, this place has a nice, calming atmosphere 」
And because this is an affluent neighborhood, the people walking on the street are also well-dressed.
It’s not as bustling as the central district but it gives a sense of calm passage of time.
Just the ideal place to spend a relaxing time on your day off.
「I’ll stop by the bookstore first」
I enter a small bookstore after seeing a sign with a book sign on it.
Inside the stone building, there are shelves lined up closely together and tightly packed with books.
The smell of paper and ink tickles my nose. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Looking at the description written inside the store, it looks like this store deals with second-hand books.
In this world where only woodcut printing is widespread and mass printing technology does not exist, books fall into the category of luxury goods.
Unless they need specialized technical or magic books, most people would get second-hand books, and there were only few people standing in the store.
The books are categorized into genres such as fairy tale, novel, practical books, food, plant, history, and self-development.
The books are not as well-organized as in my previous life, it feels like I’m having a uniquely precious encounter with the books instead.
I know the of history, fairy tales, and novels that anyone knows of in order to have good communication in our business, but beyond that, I hardly know anything.
I have more time since I started living a dual-based lifestyle, so reading might not be a bad idea.
With that in mind, I continue to take fairy tales and novels I have heard about in the past but never read.
「……picture books, huh」
I found something while picking up the fairy tales that caught my eye.
Thanks to that God, I can easily learn the characters of this world so I don’t need them, but perhaps Nina might enjoy them.
While going around the royal capital, it looks like she was able to read simple characters so I guess she would be fine with something of this level. And even if she got tired of reading, it could be passed around to the village’s children.
Thinking like that,t I picked up several picture books about fairy tales and went to buy them.
Storing the books I purchased into my subspace as I walked, I saw a flyer posted on the notice board.
Apparently, there is an art exhibition nearby.
I had no connection to such places back in my previous world so it seems interesting to visit and just to take a look around.
Thinking it that way, I remember the map drawn on the flyer and walking down the cafe street.
And before long, I could see something that looked like a museum.
It’s a western-style house that seemed like it belonged to a noble. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
There is a security-like person holding a spear standing in front of the open double door. Just that alone probably shows how valuable the exhibition is.
When I passed through the door while feeling nervous, I found myself standing in a spacious entrance hall.
The whole surface of the floor is made of pure white marble and they are so beautiful it felt like I could even see my reflection on it.
I pay the admission fee after recording my name at the reception counter.
After undergoing an inspection by a male and female security guard standing by at the entrance, I could finally enter the exhibition area.
I wonder if the museum is such a place with a high threshold for entry.
Or perhaps the exhibition this time is particularly strict? I couldn’t judge since I don’t normally visit.
When I entered the exhibition area, the floor was entirely covered in black carpet.
It is probably meant to absorb the sound of people’s footsteps and the reflection of light.
There are a lot of paintings on the wall, continuing all the way to the back in a row.
There are many people looking at them, but there are hardly any sounds.
The only sounds that echo in this place are the slight stirring of people and breathing.
I slowly walk and look at the painting on the wall to my right.
In an elegant frame was the painting of the royal capital’s cityscape, Zeral.
It is extremely detailed, and I don’t know if it was painted using paints or other pigments.
Once I’m done looking at one painting, I continue looking at the second, third, and fourth paintings in succession.
Apparently, the theme for the exhibition at this time was the royal capital’s scenery.
The market and the commerce area I visited with Nina in the central district the other day were also depicted in the paintings. They range from purely landscape-focused pieces to those that capture the daily lives of the people living there.
Looking at them made me feel like I was there myself.
As I continued to look at the paintings, I noticed a lot of people gathered in the exhibition area in the back.
A huge canvas, so large you have to look up, has been placed there.
Even though the inside of the building is quiet, voices and hushed conversation could be heard from that spot.
The staff nearby didn’t try to stop them, and the air from the people around seemed like it was something inevitable. Is it really that amazing of a painting? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
When I approached it out of curiosity, I saw the Zeral castle painted on the huge canvas.
「Ohhー……」
An astonished voice unintentionally escapes me.
The painted Zerall castle, painted and filled the entire canvas, conveys the grandeur and beauty to the viewers.
It was as if I were looking up at the Zerall castle from a good position.
This feels far more beautiful than when I saw it with my naked eye in the royal capital’s public square.
I entered the exhibition area and looked at many paintings, but I understood that the level is different just from a glance. Even an ordinary person could understand it so for someone with more discerning eyes, the stark difference must have been even more apparent.
『Zeral Castle Painter Lefyria (レフィーリア)』
A title and a name were written next to the canvas.
A world with digital or photography technology. So there is actually someone who can paint such a beautiful painting with only analog painting material?
I continued to gaze at the beautiful Zerall castle painting for some time. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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