Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 612

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Eleonora's Episode of Bravery

「What was Sylvio-niisan doing while we were at the royal capital?」

　I asked Sylvio-niisan while eating breakfast. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Right. I was mainly helping out tousan’s work」

「Eh? Helping out tousan’s work? What kind of work, for example?」

「Like patrolling the territory. Checking the situation not just in Koryatt village but also in other villages and settlements」

　It seems like he was discussing with the important people in the village, including the village’s chief about this year’s situation in crop harvest and confirming the taxes that could be collected. Some villagers had poor harvests but could not provide sufficient crops, but it looks like they can resolve it by substituting the crops with items such as lumber, threads, baskets, and carvings.

　Those decisions seem to be correct as the substitute lord and Nord-tousan looks very satisfied.

　……Sylvio-niisan is acting like the lord. 

　Sylvio-niisan is soon going to be 11 years old.

In my previous life, it was an age where it wouldn’t be strange for them to still carry a randoseru on their backs but he is already being made to work with the future in mind. Poor thing.....

「Hey, Al. Why are you looking at me with such pitying eyes?」

「I thought how pitiful it is for you to be made to work despite still being a kid.....」

「No, it’s not pitiful, you know!? I am the one who will inherit the Slowlett territory so I have to be familiar with the work while I still can」

　Sylvio-niisan makes that kind of statement with touching determination. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

　Looks like the damage from the brainwashing by Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan is very serious.

　I would definitely go on a strike if I were to be commanded to conduct an inspection of the territory in midwinter at such an age.

「What were you doing, Bartolo?」

　When I asked Bartolo, Eleonora-neesan’s body suddenly sagged.

　The table shook. That’s dangerous. The miso soup almost spilled because of Eleonora-neesan.

「Oh, me?」

「Un」

　Well, I’m asking you by name after all. It’s obvious I’m speaking to Bartolo.

　There is only one Bartolo in this mansion.

　When I looked over, Bartolo turned towards Eleonora-neesan with an awkward expression for some reason and began to speak.

「I was always cooking in the mansion as usual. With the workload reduced, I was able to devote myself to cooking research 」

　It seems like Bartolo was busy working on modifying the curry recipe and researching Kagura dishes.

　No wonder the chikuzenni tasted really well put together.

　It seems that over the past month, he was able to take his time and seriously focus on the dishes he is currently capable of making. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

　Besides cooking, he seems to also went to the village to help clear the snow and fully showed his reliability as the uncle by playing snowball fight with the children.

「Well, never mind that. Enough about me, why don’t you ask about jouchan over there? Right?」

　Bartolo says while awkwardly scratching his head.

　He had been deliberately ignoring her for a while now, but it looks like he couldn’t endure Eleonora-neesan’s pressure anymore.

　In front of me, Eleonora-neesan has been sitting restless for a while now, and she looked as if she was saying ‘Hurry up and ask me already!’.

　Judging from how she looks, it seems like there was something amazing happening while I was gone. Looks like she’s dying to tell me about it. The other three, apart from me, looked like they knew what was going on and were smiling warmly.

　It’s no fun just to directly ask her about it but she’ll probably end up sulking if I were to keep teasing her.

「……so, was there something out of the ordinary, Eleonora-neesan?」

「I drove away General Winter!」

　When reluctantly asked her, Eleonora-neesan answered like that as if saying ‘I’m glad you asked!’.

「General Winter? What’s that?」

　I’m pretty sure that refers to the strong cold air from the Siberian High in Japan, but from the way she said it, that doesn’t seem to be what she meant.

「General Winter is a monster that appears during the harsh winter」

「It’s a high-ranking monster that wields unbelievable swordsmanship and Ice magic. I guess the repelling rank is A-rank」

　As I tilted my head in confusion, Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan explained the monster to me.

「So Eleonora-neesan drove away such a strong monster?」

「Yes, that’s right? I’m amazing, right?」

「Un, it’s amazing」

　Elenora-neesan broke into a carefree grin when I praised her. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

　Normally, I would gave a careless reply, but monsters with a subjugation rank of A or above are a whole different story compared to the monsters wandering around here. I can’t help but to honestly praise her.

「Was the General Winter strong?」

「Right, it was strong. Especially that Iaigiri-move, it was difficult to clearly see. It’s thanks to Roomba’s advice I was able to chase it away」

「Eh? Roomba too?」

　I thought that was an excessive fighting power but that doesn’t seem to be the case, judging from everyone’s reactions. What’s that? That General Winter is scary.

「Roomba had trained with Kagura’s swordsmen before, after all」

「……I knew it, I also wanted to go to Kagura. If only I had that experience, I would be able to take General Winter’s head.....」

　Eleonora-neesan looked somewhat frustrated while biting her fingernail.

　She seems dissatisfied with just chasing away the General Winter.

「General Winter’s subjugation rank will increase to S-rank once it gets serious. It is still impossible for Eleonora」

　Once someone who could threaten its life appears, it seems that General Winter will start to launch desperate attacks.

　Furthermore, it seems that it could summon a wild horse that is its partner and can become one with the horse. Such an outrageous monster.

「You wouldn’t know until you tried it, right! Or are you saying that kaasan had actually fought against General Winter before?」

「Yes, I have」

「――!?」

「That’s why I said, it is impossible for the current Eleonora」

　Elna-kaasan sighed, perhaps she recalled the difficulty at that time.

　Eleonora-neesan seemed interested in hearing that episode, but it seems to be a fight Elna-kaasan doesn’t want to remember that much.

　Nord-tousan is also keeping quiet, so he probably has the same opinion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Still, such a monster appears, huh」

「I was also surprised. It might be that the General Winter drifted here, given how severely cold Koryatt village has been this year」

　Nord-tousan crossed his arms and gave a low groan.

　I’d rather it not come so casually as if it’s just cold air drifting in.

「Well, General Winter is not a monster that appears often. And Eleonora had chased it away, so it will not appear around here again for a while」

　I thought such a frightening monster would appear every year but if it only appears occasionally, then there is no need to worry about it that much.

「That’s good」

「That’s not good! Then I wouldn’t be able to have a rematch with it!」

　The moderates - me and Sylvio - were obviously relieved but the extremist, Eleonora-neesan, seemed extremely dissatisfied with that conjecture.

「Is there no place where I can encounter General Winter!?」

　On top of that, she is trying to find General Winter herself.

　I could understand Eleonora-neesan’s feeling of wanting to challenge the monster that could be said to be impossible to defeat.

「Apparently, it’s more likely to appear in harshly cold areas?」

「And where is that?」

「Maybe the Holy Istania Empire? Look, the northern part of that area seems to be covered in snow for almost half the year」

「I have to join the royal capital’s Knights Order next month so that’s impossible, isn’t it!」

　Holy Istania Empire is a country located to the upper left of the Misphilt Kingdom. In map

　It is separated by a large mountain range from the Kingdom, and not only do you have to take a detour to reach there, but the distance is also very far.

　A one-way trip to reach there by carriage would easily take a month.

　So it is impossible for Eleonora-neesan, since she will start her dormitory life in the royal capital starting next month.

　Elna-kaasan probably told her about that because she knew that too. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Did you do anything besides chasing away General Winter?」

「I worked with the vigilante corps to defeat the monsters appearing around the village and went to collect medicinal herbs at the request of the herbalist. I also played the Game of Life with Ema and Sheila, and had our usual snowball fight」

　Hm, looks like she was fully enjoying the winter events commonly held in Koryatt village.

　Darn it, I also want to relax and stay cooped up, play Game of Life at home, and have a snowball fight with the villagers. I wonder if Asmo and Torr will come and accompany me to play if I were to ask them now?

「……Eleonora, how is your study of magic?」

　Elna-kaasan quietly asked while putting down the bowl of miso soup.

「Errー, my magic’s study is so-so, you know?」

　Eleonora-neesan’s eyes swam for a moment.

　Even I could see it. So there’s no way the experienced Elna-kaasan would fail to notice that.

「……Sylvio」

　Elna-kaasan then asks Sylvio-niisan while squinting.

　Eleonora-neesan is trying desperately to make eye contact. She’s probably asking him to somehow cover her up.

「Hmーm, she’s doing her best, but I guess she’s struggling because she can’t remember much about basic mana knowledge and magic formulas」

「Hey, Sylvio!?」

　Her desperate eye contact effort was in vain as Sylvio-niisan immediately sold Eleonora-neesan.

「I knew it, looks like I really have to be there to teach Eleonora. Eleonora will study magic with me starting today」

　Eleonora-neesan turned deathly pale at what Elna-kaasan said while she smiled. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Author note : The fight between Eleonora and Roomba against General Winter happened in the spin-off 『転生して田舎でもふもふたちとスローライフをおくりたい Volume 2』, I’m sorry to say but I don’t think there are any plans to update this work or post updates online.

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