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It's Sawara1
I suddenly opened my eyes in my bed. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
A familiar white ceiling and wooden beams――it made me actually feel I had returned to the mansion in Koryatt village.
「I knew it, the bed in my own room is the best」
The futon on the bed catches my body when I toss and turn in bed.
Even though this bed’s quality should be far inferior compared with the bed at the Misfid house, why does this one feel more comfortable? Even back in my previous life, I did get excited about the bed while travelling, but in the end, I feel like the worn-out futon at home always suited my body better.
It’s probably a psychological issue.
Looks like you can’t get quality sleep, no matter how good the bed or pillows are, if it is not a place where you can truly feel at ease.
「Let’s get back to sleep since it’s been a long time」
There’s no reason to get up just because you open your eyes once. My brain and body are still not fully awake. If anything, it is precisely now, when I’m still feeling languid and sleepy, that I should indulge in going back to sleep.
The Sleeping Sheep pillow I bought at the royal capital’s Sleepers is trying to lure me back to the dream world.
The fact that I am sleepy is proof that there is still sleeping potential remaining in my body. I have to resolve this immediately. And so, I close my eyes and embark on a journey to the dream world――.
「Al, it’s morning! Wake up!」
The door of my room slammed open just as I was about to embark on the journey.
The owner of the voice approaches the bed noisily and climbs on top of me as I lay there.
Heavy. So I thought, but I’d get smacked if I said something like that out loud so I held it in somehow.
Let’s just pretend to sleep and let it pass.
「I know you’re awake, you know? Get up quickly」
「It hurts, don’t pull my cheeks」
Eleonora-neesan tightly pinches my cheeks.
I - who’d been pretending to sleep - cry out from the pinpoint pain.
Opening my eyes, I see Eleonora-neesan looking down at me with a somewhat satisfied look on her face.
She has her reddish brown in ponytail and bold-looking red eyes looking down at me.
We reunited after a month, but this older sister of mine hasn’t changed at all. No, there is one thing that changes.
「What’s the matter?」
「Eleonora-neesan, did you gain weight? You only holed up inside the mansion and ate, since you couldn’t practice in winter so–your body tightens!?」
When I pointed out the change in her body, Eleonora-neesan tightened her thighs. My torso is being squeezed like a vice. I am wrapped in my futon, but such armor is useless here. The bones around my ribs let out a creaking scream *mishimishi*. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「What are you doing!?」
「That’s because Al said something rude」
「But that’s the truth――ugigigigi!? N, no it’s not the truth....」
Just as I tried to argue my case, Eleonora-neesan’s thighs clamped down on me like a vice again.
Is it really a sin to be weak?
「……u, umm, could you move away? 」
Once things calm down, I ask Eleonora-neesan again.
How long are you going to straddle me? Please move away.
「Are you going to get up?」
「I won’t」
「…………」
Eleonora-neesan’s gaze turned cold when I immediately refused.
「I mean, I just returned from our trip yesterday, you know!? It’s fine to let me sleep a little longer, right!?」
It took us a week from the royal capital back here. So the fatigue is building up.
In the Slowllett house, there is a rule that states everyone needs to have a meal together as much as possible, but it should be okay to sleep a little later the next day after returning from a trip.
「I’ve let you sleep enough already」
「It’s still morning, right? It’s still early」
「What are you talking about. It’s already just before noon」
「Eeh?」
Eleonora-neesan gets off my body and opens the curtains and windows widely in my room.
「...it’s dazzling」
I squinted my eyes from the light coming in from outside.
I open my eyes wide as soon as my eyes adjust to the light and see the warm sunlight shining in from outside. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Snow had piled up on the ground before we left for the royal capital but there is no longer any snow currently.
Since it’s the last of the second month, the temperature is still cold, but the sunlight is showing faint signs of spring.
「Your eyes, are open? Maybe you’re still sleeping?」
Eleonora-neesan said as she peered into my face.
「No, they’re open just fine」
「R, right」
Please don’t react as if you just heard something bad. That’s the kind of thing that hurts the most.
Unfortunately, I was born with these eyes.
「……it’s certainly just before noon」
Judging from the height of the sun, is it around 11 o’clock?
「That’s how it is, so kaasan told you to get up already」
Un, if it’s already this late, it makes sense she’d be telling me to wake up.
Considering that we eat breakfast around 7-8 o’clock, this is already quite generous.
I couldn’t justify myself anymore.
Indeed, I might get scolded by Elna-kaasan if I were to go back to sleep now.
「Okay. I’ll get ready now」
「Right」
I get up from bed and start rummaging in the closet, but Eleonora-neesan just briefly nods and does not leave the room.
She is standing next to me with an imposing stance while crossing her arms.
「Eleonora-neesan?
「Quickly get ready」
「……but I’m going to change right now?」
Since we’re siblings, I won’t be flustered being seen naked, but it’s hard to get changed when someone is staring so closely.
「You’ll just lock yourself inside and go back to sleep if I take my eyes off you, right?」
「I, is that so」
Just how little do you trust me?
After I finished changing while being watched by Eleonora-neesan, we quickly left the room and headed to the dining room on the first floor.
「I brought him」
Eleonora-neesan announced as soon as we entered the dining room.
Then, she quickly sits on her seat, as if she had finished her job.
「Good morning, Al」
「Good morning, everyone. I slept well, thanks to everyone」
I calmly took my seat while thanking Nord-tousan and the others for their concern.
「I know you’re tired from the trip, but don’t you think you're sleeping too much?」
「The trip was quite a burden for a 7-year-old, you know」
It’s a week’s one-way trip by carriage. So it won’t be strange if I oversleep that much.
「Even though you made a house with Earth magic and sleep soundly in a warm futon each night?」
「Being in a different environment as usual can be stressful in itself after all」
That is that. This is this. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「You’re still just as good at talking, huh」
「I’m sure I got that from my mother」
Elna-kaasan and I laugh cheerfully together.
Meanwhile, Eleonora-neesan is amazed at our exchange while Sylvio-niisan and Nord-tousan are smiling wryly.
We always had to worry about our surroundings back in the Misfid mansion, and we couldn’t joke around like this, so this is kinda fun.
When Nord-tousan clapped his hands, Bartolo, Mina, and Sara entered the dining room, pushing a wagon.
「Ooh, home-style cooking!2」
Home-style cooking such as rice, miso soup, grilled fish, dashimaki tamago, and chikuzenni3 are being set on the table in front of us.
「You’ve been gone to the royal capital for some time after all. So I thought you must have missed these dishes」
「As expected from Bartolo! Thank you!」
The food in the Misfid house was very delicious, but as someone accustomed to Japanese food, I couldn’t help but want to eat rice.
Perhaps Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan also felt the same, as they looked happy in front of the dishes.
「Well then, let’s eat」
With Nord-tousan’s voice as the signal, we all start eating our breakfast.
First, start with the miso soup.
Opening the lid of the bowl, thick steam rose up, and the aroma of miso wafted out.
Taking a loud sip, a sigh naturally leaked out of my mouth.
I’m not the only one sighing in relief was not just me, Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan also seems to feel the same.
We looked at each other and unconsciously smiled. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「The miso soup is delicious」
「Un, drinking this makes me feel like coming back to the mansion」
Kagura’s dish had already firmly captured the hearts of the Slowletts.
The ingredients are, white spring onion, wakame, and tofu. I appreciate this simplicity. A simple miso soup after a while is best.
After sipping the miso soup, this time I only ate the rice.
Just plain rice is good. The rice had well-defined grains with stickiness and chewiness.
Once I enjoyed the rice, this time I moved toward the side dishes.
「What is this grilled fish?」
「I wonder? I have never eaten it before」
「Oh, do you know about it, children?」
Bartolo gives us children a look as if testing us.
Guess he's saying I can try and guess it.
「It’s not salmon, right? I, I understand that much, you know?」
When Sylvio-niisan and I gave her a look that says 「Ehー?」, Eleonora-neesan said something vaguely evasive.
It’s not salmon as expected. It doesn’t have that strong red color of a salmon but it has a light color like yellowish brown. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「It is coated with miso, isn’t it?」
「Un, it’s miso-grilled」
Miso was spread on the surface, and I guess it was grilled just like that, as I could smell the fragrant, burnt aroma of miso.
That means this is a white-fleshed fish.
I carefully break it apart with my chopsticks and bring it to my mouth.
It has a fluffy and moist texture. After the strong flavor of miso, the savory taste slowly appeared.
「Mackerel?」
Eleonora-neesan - who is also chewing the fish - said while tilting her head in thought.
「No, it’s Sawara」
「Un, I also think it is」
「The boy and Sylvio are correct」
Once Bartolo says that we’re correct, Eleonora-neesan made an awkward face.
Well, you could say it tastes like fresh mackerel but it’s not quite the same as sawara.
「Eleonora-neesan, it’s Sawara you know」
「……shut it」
The moment I took this chance to tease her, Eleonora-neesan instantly grabbed one of my dashimaki tamago4 with her chopsticks. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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TL Note :
1. Japanese Spanish mackerel, but it is strange to use that name in an isekai, so I changed it to sawara, which is another word for the fish name.
2. Literally Japanese food
3. Simmered vegetables and chicken
4. Rolled omelet with egg and dashi/stock.
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ReplyDeleteAl went home and chapter is still about food 😂