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Massive Landmine
As I head to the living room after having breakfast, I find Elna-kaasan sitting on the sofa.
Elna-kaasan glances at me and then silently flops to the side.
She was probably lying down on the sofa until I arrived.
Seeing Elna-kaasan’s acting sloppily is not unusual for me, so it doesn’t particularly bother me. I sit down on the sofa opposite without hesitation.
Elna-kaasan is lying on her side, but her eyes are looking in my direction.
Her gaze is directed toward the area around the sofa’s legs. She’s probably just spacing out.
www.ihavesinnedtranslation.comYou should talk to them if you have nothing to do, but if they are spacing out, there is no need to force a conversation.
Everyone has moments when they don’t think about anything. With that in mind, I decide to open a book I brought with me to kill time.
「Haa……」
After flipping through the pages for some time, Elna-kaasan let out a sigh.
Elna-kaasan is also a human. There are times when she feels like sighing.
「Haaa……」
「…………」
As I continue reading the book without caring about it, Elna-kaasan sighs again.
……was this ‘that’? ‘I’m troubled over something, and there’s something I want to talk about, but I don’t want to say it myself first’, characteristic sign of a girl when they want you to ask?
I knew from my past life’s experience that she would end up sulking if I were to ignore her.
「……Elna-kaasan, are you tired?」
Sensing she wanted me to ask about it, Elna-kaasan turned her gaze toward me.
At this time, I don’t forget to completely close the book I was reading. Because if you ask while doing something else, you’d be seen as not paying attention and get scolded.
「Yes, the trip to the royal capital was more tiring than usual」
Elna-kaasan says while lying on her back and stares at the ceiling.
「I’ve been in the Misfid House’s mansion all along but Elna-kaasan and everyone were always in demand for parties, right」
They usually stay and spend their time at a high-class inn they favor when they stay in the royal capital, but thanks to Schugel’s kindness this time, we end up staying at the Misfid House’s mansion.
We would prefer the usual high-class inn so we could let our mind and body relax, but as expected, we could not bluntly refuse the invitation from the Duke's House.
The young me could even behave happily and freely in the Misfid House, but the adults like Elna-kaasan should probably have all sorts of worries.
「That’s also part of it, but this time we went to the royal capital in winter, so there’s also the physical fatigue. Although it has been 3 days since we returned, the feeling of exhaustion still remains somehow」
Elna-kaasan mutters with a weary expression.
The journey to the royal capital this time is in winter, and we also stay cooped up in the carriage the whole time. It might have been that the burden on our lower bodies was greater than usual, and that the body’s circulation had worsened.
「In times like that, it’s better to soak your body in the bathtub early and get a good night’s sleep」
「That’s right. But, it’s too early to get in the bathtub now」
Elna-kaasan added, looking as though it was bothersome.
It’s just past noon. Still too early to take a bath.
Still, I think it’s fine even if you take a bath now, but I can understand how troublesome it is for women since they have a lot of things to do, like doing their make-up and drying their hair.
「Then what about a foot bath? Just warming up the area around your feet will improve how your body feels, you know」
I recommend it to Elna-kaasan, who had just returned from the trip this time and is feeling exhausted, to reduce swelling, recover from exhaustion, relax, and improve immune strength.
There’s no need to redo her makeup, and also no need to dry her hair.
When I make that suggestion, a low 「Hmmー」 groan comes out.
Apparently, Elna-kaasan is in her lazy mode right now and even soaking her feet in a foot bath feels bothersome for her.
At times like this, you have to stimulate her curiosity and help her get out of her lazy mode.
www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com「Come to think of it, I bought a medicated bath product from 『Floretta』. How about try it?」
「…… that sounds good」
Hearing that it’s a medicated bath product from Floretta, Elna-kaasan abruptly sits up.
It seems like she has come out of her lazy mode.
「Thank you. I’ll take you up on your offer then」
「That’s okay」
Elna-kaasan straightens her posture and rings the bell.
「Yes. Is there anything I can help you with?」
Before long, the maid - Sara - arrived.
「I want to have a foot bath. Please prepare it」
「Understood」
After bowing politely, Sara leaves the living room and starts preparing the footbath.
Elna-kaasan gets up from the sofa and hums to herself as she takes a body cream from the dresser. It’s good that she’s in a good mood now.
When you’re still young, you can dispel normal fatigue by resting overnight, but as you gradually grow older, it will take a day, two days, or even three days to recover.
Before I reincarnated here, I also experienced fatigue due to age.
「……Al, did you think something unnecessary?」
「I’m not thinking of anything」
Elna-kaasan - who was choosing body cream - suddenly gives me a sharp look.
Why are the women such sharp creatures? I thought my heart would jump out of my throat.
Just when I’m about to open my mouth to steer the conversation to another topic, there’s a sound of hurried footsteps coming from the hallway.
There’s only one person in this mansion who makes such loud noise with their footsteps.
「Al, let’s practice!」
And as expected, the one who bursts through the door, is Eleonora-neesan. Moreover, the first thing she says is some nonsense.
「No」
「Why?」
「It’s only been 3 days since I returned from the royal capital, you know? I'm still tired」
I use the previous topic to turn down Eleonora-neesan’s invitation.
「It’s already been three days, isn’t it!」
「Only been three days. I’m still feeling fatigued」
「Three days should be enough to recover from fatigue, right? You’re not like those old men or old women, are you?」
Eleonora-neesan stepped on a massive landmine in front of her.
Nervously turning my eyes over, Elna-kaasan - who is still not fully recovered from her fatigue - brightly smiles.
www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com「……Eleonora, you have a lot of energy, haven’t you? Since you’re so energetic, why don’t we study magic again today?」
「Eh? Didn’t you say I could take a day off since I’ve done my best yesterday and the day before? That’s unfair」
「Eleonora is still young, unlike me after all, so you don’t feel the fatigue, right? Different from an old woman like me」
It seems that even Eleonora-neesan realizes she had stepped on a landmine from Elna-kaasan’s sarcasm.
Eleonora-neesan is looking in my direction, asking for help, but even I can not do anything about this.
I can only look away in a different sense from the other day.
「Ah, umm, kaasan, I said something bad just now! I was just saying those things to motivate Al to practice with me.....」
「So?」
「I’m sorry」
When Elna-kaasan puts pressure on her, Eleonora-neesan obediently apologizes.
「I accept Eleonora’s apology」
「Then.....!」
「Let’s study magic」
While Eleonora-neesan looks hopeful, Elna-kaasan mercilessly delivers her sentence while smiling.
「Eeeh!? I apologize already, so won’t you forgive me!? Shouldn’t there be no magic lesson!?」
「I accept your apology, but I don’t remember ever saying I’d forgive you」
「That’s!」
And so, once again, Eleonora-neesan is dragged away by Elna-kaasan.
In this world, not everything can be forgiven with just a word of apology. I’m sure stepping over such a great landmine will teach Eleonora-neesan a valuable life lesson.
「I apologize for the wait. Elna-sama, the foot bath is read――huh? Not here?」
Sara returns after almost passing by the two of them and glances around the room.
www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com「If you’re looking for Elna-kaasan, she’s helping Eleonora-neesan study」
「Eh?」
Since Sara has not seen the series of events, it must have been a mysterious development, like, ‘How did things end up like that?’.
「Elna-kaasan will not use it now, so I’ll take the foot bath」
「H, haa……understood」
The foot bath has been prepared anyway so it will be a waste not to use it.
「Would you like to join me, Sara? I have Floretta’s medicinal bath item」
「Allow me to join you!」
Sara immediately nods when I show her the Floretta medicinal bath. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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