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Shopping In The Royal Capital With Lefyria
Lefyria and I arrive at the royal capital after teleporting from Howling Village.
「Ah, my house.....it has not even been 3 months since I moved but I already feel nostalgic」
The fact that she feels like that must be because her life in Howling Village is rich.
Although she has moved to Howling village, she still hasn’t sold her house here.
She can visit it with no problem since the people of the Emilio Company periodically come to clean it up.
「Shall we stop by?」
「No, I’m going to procure art supplies this time, it’s okay」
I try suggesting that but Lefyria slowly shakes her head.
It seems like, despite feeling nostalgic, she feels her painting is more important right now.
「Understood. Then, shall we head to the art supplies store?」
「Yes, I will show you the way」
I follow Lefyria, who smiles brightly and starts walking.
She's probably happy she can go to the art supplies store to buy things directly. Lefyria’s pace is extremely light.
She is humming, but I think she might not be aware of it herself. It's heartwarming to see usually composed Lefyria showing such an innocent side of herself like this.
We continue going south for 3 streets from the central main street.
The neighborhood is mostly a residential area, with a few small, well-established stores lined along the streets.
I’ve passed through this area many times with teleport, but never walked through the place closely like this. It is a place with a strange atmosphere that feels like it is not located in the royal capital, despite being in the royal capital.
「It’s here」
As I walk along while looking around the surroundings, Lefyria stops and says so.
Looking over, I can see that there is a large glass window with a lot of art supplies lined up behind it.
While there are a lot of buildings made of bricks around, only this building used black building stone.
And yet, it doesn’t stand out at all, blending into the surroundings, which is strange. Although I got distracted by my surroundings, I don't feel any sense of discomfort at all until I got closer.
「Let’s enter」
The clear sound of the bell resounded *karan* when Lefyria opened the door.
A magical light cast a warm light. The inside of the store is wide, but it feels cramped because of too many display cabinets and shelves.
There seem to be several people inside aside from us, but everyone is looking at the art supplies lined up with a serious expression on their faces, carefully examining them.
As soon as she entered the store, Lefyria’s face lit up, and she started walking ahead.
As someone accompanying her, I follow along for now.
Lefyria looks at the store, which she hasn’t visited in a long time, looking nostalgic.
The shelves hold simple art supplies such as paints, palettes, brushes, pencils, drawing papers, frames, easels, and the like, but there are an unbelievable number of them.
「Aren’t these colors the same?」
「It’s the same as far as the name goes, but they are produced by different workshops, you know」
「Ah, you’re right. Different workshop, is it」
Upon closer inspection, the name inscribed on the bottle is not the same.
However, wouldn’t it be the same just because the manufacturer is different?
「The manufacturing method differs depending on the workshops so even the same color may have a slightly different coloring」
Even after I look at two colors after being told that, I can't understand the difference between them one bit.
You can probably tell the difference in coloring when you try painting with them, I guess.
Lefyria - with her sharp sense of color - may understand it, but I don’t think I can do that.
As we are walking while looking through the paints like that, I discovered another amazing paint shelf at the very back.
「What an incredible number of colors」
There are hundreds of colors in bottles lining up the entire wall. It is so abundant that it made me think that all the colors in the world are gathered together.
「These were all the colors the storekeeper made himself, you know」
「The storekeeper!? That’s amazing. I’ve never seen such a wide variety of colors in another art supply store」
I thought it is purchased from large workshops and displayed there, but to think that it is handmade by the storekeeper himself.
「The storekeeper is an adventurer, so he creates these various colors by grinding, drying, and mixing them up from the monster materials he gathers」
To think he will use monster materials to make these colors, it is surprising.
Upon listening to the details, it seems that he is making use of the beautiful shells of insects and other creatures.
The art of creating color is deep. I can't imagine myself capable of such a thing, but the work of creating color while going through trial and error seems like it will be fun.
「By the way, which one is 『a dry but somewhat sad autumn sky』 color?」
「This one!」
When I ask that, Lefyria takes a bottle without hesitation.
It is a bottle with a blue color that is relatively light and labeled ‘beautiful sky blue’.
It is a light blue color, one might think it is no different from the one beside it, but something an amateur can never tell apart. It is understandable that she can't get the color she is looking for with such a vague, figurative expression.
「Still, I think you should remember the official name of the color you often use, shouldn’t you? Someone with a sharp sense of color like Lefyria-san may understand it, but it is difficult for an amateur like me to distinguish them」
「If Kureto-san says so, then I guess I should.....understood. I will also properly note down the official name of the color I need」
When I directly addressed it, Lefyria obediently began taking notes.
But there's no guarantee that I will always be able to take her to the royal capital with Teleport from now on.
There are possibilities that I will go outside the country for work or stay there for a long time.
It would be better if Lefyria and Emilio - who is the patron - could have smooth communication with each other.
「Um, Kureto-san」
「What’s the matter?」
「I have some colors that I would like to get, and it will take time, would that be alright with you?」
「No problem. I also don’t have any particular plan today. I can store them in my subspace even if you buy a lot, so take this opportunity to look around to your heart’s content」
「Thank you very much!」
After I said that, Lefyria flashed the biggest smile of the day.
It’s a rare chance for her to come to the royal capital after all. It will be a good opportunity to purchase everything she needs until she’s satisfied.
Thinking so, I waited around an hour while browsing for art supplies I might use.
Returning to the paint shelves, thinking it is already time, I find Lefyria still examining them carefully.
She has a very serious expression on her face, I guess she's checking each color.
She is probably still choosing colors. To kill some more time, I absentmindedly let my gaze wander over the art supplies in the store.
And after two and a half hours, as expected, I got tired of waiting. Isn’t this already outside the time limit of ‘a short while’ already?
「Lefyria-san, are you done?」
「I’m sorry. Please wait just a little longer」
「Ah, okay」
I can't bear it any longer and called out to her, but Lefryria tell me to wait without looking at me.
The image of a gentle and considerate woman is nowhere to be seen. Just the face of a professional wholly absorbed in the searching for what she sought.
And then another hour passes, but Lefyria still hasn’t moved from the paint shelf section.
I tried calling out to her once more, but the response I received is the same.
As I stand there at a loss of what to do, a female customer in the store calls out ot me.
「Oniisan, is that person your girlfriend?」
「No, she is not. I’m just accompanying her」
「Ara, I feel sad for you」
「Sad?」
「That person, I think she wouldn’t move from that all day, whenever she came to this store, no matter what others said, you know? I’ve seen her figure so many times」
What the. Apparently, Lefyria is the type to hang out for quite a while.
This is the worst-case scenario I never thought this would happen.
I don’t have any specific plans for today, but staying here all day will be a problem.
「Is there somehow a method to tear her away from that place?」
「I guess it is whether that person is satisfied or the manager kicked her out of the store when it’s closing time」
The female customer answered while smiling wryly.
When I showed a look of despair on my face, she left me with 「Good luck」 and gave me a wry smile.
If it were Andre or Emilio, I could just casually slap her or threaten her and take her home, but it’s Lefyria so it’s difficult to do that to a woman.
At any rate, the person herself doesn’t have any ill will and is extremely serious, making it all the more difficult to do that.
That said, spending a day to keep her company without any purpose is stupid.
「Lefyria-san, I’m going to show myself at Emilio’s face for a bit」
「……yes」
Her gaze is fixed on the paints the whole time and I feel like she just nodded reflexively rather than understanding what I said to her.
But, if she stays there the whole time, there will be no difficulty in meeting up.
After confirming the store’s closing time, I teleported to Emilio’s office.
「Oh? What’s the matter, Kureto?」
Seeing me suddenly arrive, Emilio asked what the matter is.
Emilio nods in understanding after I explained the situation I came here.
「Ahー, she will remain there for a whole day whenever she enters the art supplies store. It’s impossible no matter what you say to her. I experienced this many times when I took her to other cities」
「As expected, so it is like that.....」
「It’s been 3 months already, she must have been bursting with energy. She wouldn’t come out for another half a day, what are you going to do? Why not do some work if you’re free?」
「……I’ll just do that, I guess」
I thought it might not be the right thing to work on my day off, but even if I wanted to go back to Howling Village to rest, I feel like I will just end up worried about Lefyria.
Then I should just work without worrying about it, and I can also decrease the amount of work in the future.
The fact that I end up with such a thought without resistance may suggest that I still have my corporate slave mentality from my previous world.
In the end, Lefyria was chased out of the storekeeper when the store closed and we returned to Howling Village at night. In complete opposite of my exhausted look, Lefyria has a very satisfied look on her face. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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