Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Light Novel Volume 14 SS

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Game Of Life As Souvenirs

This is a story of when Ra-chan and Alicia were staying in our mansion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

It's the night after the harvest festival is over. I was playing the Game of Life with Ra-chan - and Alicia - who came barging into my room along with Alicia.

「The number in the roulette is five, so , one, two, three, four.....ara, it’s just right at the goal」

「Alicia got first place againー」

「I am happy to be in first place, but no matter how many times I try, I am always a merchant. And I also can not get married」

Alicia - who had reached the goal - muttered with a somewhat empty expression on her face.

No matter how many times she tries, Alicia can only become a merchant or a noble and for some reason, she never stops at the Marriage Square. But instead, she always makes a lot of money and finishes.

Even though the true charm of the game is to experience a life different from our current one, yet she alone seems to be following the same route, what kind of fate is this?

I thought for a moment that the system of this Game of Life was bad or something, but Ra-chan and I managed to become magicians, knights’ apprentices, or other jobs, and we have had various experiences.

I guess Alicia was born under that kind of star.

「Next will be me and Ra-chan to compete for our place」

「That’s right!」

Alicia finished first place, but the game didn’t end just yet as there was still a competition for the second place.

I will be able to receive more achievement rewards if we are able to take second place and we can also earn more money while advancing through the squares to the goal.

Ra-chan and I continue playing our Game of Life.

Both Ra-chan and I are near the goal already. It will be tricky to reach the goal in my next turn, but based on the number on the roulette there’s a possibility I will be able to reach the goal after the second turn.

And yet, our fortune consists of 16 gold coins and we are competing quite fiercely.

It’s important to step on the Bonus Square that will increase my money while drawing a big number to some extent.

「It’s Al’s turn」

「Un. Here I go」

I spin the roulette.

If I can get the number six, then I will be able to increase my money by eight silver coins from the Bonus Square. I want to stop there if possible.

My wish was off the mark as the number indicated by the roulette was four.

「Collapse from overwork. Rest for one turn. Furthermore, you pay eight silver coins for the hospitalization expenses」

「To take a one-turn rest and lose eight silver coins here must be painful」

「Al, so pitifulー」

Looking at the square where I stopped, Alicia chuckled while Ra-chan happily smiled at me.

In the situation where the game would possibly be over in just two turns if unlucky, for my important fortune to be reduced while taking a break of one turn was quite fatal.

「Who is it, who is the one who made such a square in such a place?」

「You are the one who made this Game of Life, right?」

That was true. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Since I’m the one who made this, I can’t complain no matter what kind of outrageous squares there are.

「Next is me! Seven」

After my turn is over, Ra-chan spins the roulette.

You advance your piece according to the number rolled.

「Umm, it’s 「Extraordinary revenue! Spin the roulette and get a silver coin X the number that appears」?」

「Eight!」

「Meaning, you get eight silver coins」

「Yayー!」

Alicia hands over the fake money, and Ra-chan becomes happy.

While I lose eight silver coins, Ra-chan obtains eight silver coins. With this, there is now a difference of 16 silver coins between us. This is quite painful.

Normally, one would put their last hope into making a comeback here, but.....

「Al is taking a break, so it is my turn.....eii! Seven!」

「Just the number for the goal」

「Yahooー! I’m in second place!」

「......I ended up being unable to do anything」

「Ra-chan’s fortune is 16 gold and 8 silver coins. Al has 15 gold and 2 silver coins」

The final negative was fatal. I think a better result would have been possible if it weren’t for that.

However, that’s also the true charm of the Game of Life.

There are many ups and downs, just like life, so it is fun.

Since I died from the hard mode and overwork in my first life, I’d like to spend my second time in easy mode.

「Al! Let’s play again!」

「Ranna-sama. It is already lat,e so let us stop playing here today」

Ra-chan suggested a rematch with a grin on her face, but Loretta - her exclusive maid who had been standing by in the room the whole time - started talking to her.

「Ehhー!」

I wonder if it has been two hours since we had dinner and played this and that? If you use my previous world’s standard to judge the situati,on then it is still early, but by this world’s standard, it is already quite late.

「That’s right. We are going back to the royal capital tomorrow, I am reluctant to do so, but it is better to retire early」

And in addition, Alicia and Ra-chan are scheduled to return tomorrow morning. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 

「……I want to play more with Al」

「I also feel the same way. But, I also want to properly play with Ra-chan next time, so let us stop playing here for today, alright?」

It’s a one-week trip by carriage to the royal capital. They should take an early rest so they won’t get sick along the way. Ra-chan’s parents will probably not freely allow her to go out again if her daughter falls sick when she returns. I have to set a clear boundary to make sure I can play with Ra-chan properly.

「Ara, so you’re quite familiar with dealing with girls, aren’t you?」

「I, is that so?」

Alicia looks impressed at me.

That might certainly not be something boys my age would say.

Although, from Ra-chan’s perspective, I guess my answer was not satisfactory for her as she puffed out her cheeks.

It will be different when it comes to girls at Alicia’s age, but it might have been unconvincing words to say to girls at Ra-chan’s age.

「Then, I will give Ra-chan souvenirs so Ra-chan won’t get lonely」

「Really?」

It seems like the grand souvenirs strategy resonates with Ra-chan as her dissatisfied expression becomes softer.

「Un, is there anything you want?」

「I want the Game of Life!」

「Eh! The Game of Life?」

「Un, Game of Life!」

Ra-chan pointed at the Game of Life with a radiant smile on her face.

Ra-chan seemed to really like the Game of Life. Isn’t it quite a small price to pay to give this to make her return to a good mood?

「I am also lonely, so I also want the Game of Life」

Just as I was about to raise the Game of Life and give it to Ra-chan, Alicia said such a thing and directed a meaningful look towards me.

As far as Alicia’s expression is concerned, I couldn’t see the slightest hint of loneliness. Unlike Ra-chan before, she’s trying to wrap things up with a resigned expression on her face.

「Are you really going to be lonely?」

「Yes, I could not help feeling lonely. I am a girl after all」

When I looked at her with a puzzled look, Alicia calmly said that without showing any signs of disturbance on her face.

She also wanted the kendama and the spinning top in the mansion so I guess she probably just wanted some toys. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I’ve had Alicia backing me up on the matter with Bram and she is also looking after Ra-chan. I’m kinda scared to create too much debt so should I just hand it over to her obediently?

But, the problem is that there was only a single Game of Life right in front of us.

「Okay. I will prepare two Game of Life for both of you tomorrow」

「Thank you, Al」

「Please」

For now, I told them I would prepare the games to satisfy them and Ra-chan happily smiled as she left the room with Loretta. Then Alicia followed behind them as she left the room.

Once I’m sure that those three’s presence has moved away, I dive onto my bed.

The futon made a *boff* sound, and the bed creaked.

「Ahー, what to do」

I muttered while burying my face in my pillow. Two Game of Life were requested.

I already have one game, so I can just make one more, but as expected, it would indeed be tough to make one from scratch now.

We already have the harvest festival event today, and I’ve been using up my stamina by going around to guide Ra-chan and Alicia to various stands and playing with Torr, Asmo, and the others. On top of that, dealing with the other nobles like Bram, Luna, and their parents is mentally exhausting.

I didn’t have the energy to create a Game of Life right now.

It will be dull to do the same thing again and if I’m going to give it to them then I want to add some changes different to the Game of Life we played.

Having said that, making two of those elaborate games from scratch now would be too much.

I feel like I had the same experience when I was working as a company employee.

At such a time, the first thing to think about is how to achieve the objective.

「......that’s right. Let’s make two scaled-down versions of it」

I will prepare two Game of Life to achieve the objective this time.

Just earlier, I didn’t get asked to make two of the same things we played.

In short, I just need to prepare two of them. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

As for the reason it became the smaller version, they will probably understand the added value of the game if I tell them that they will be able to play it comfortably in the carriage, or bring it everywhere and enjoy it outside.

The Game of Life we played earlier has a large number of squares because it was to be played with a large number of people, but the scaled-down version has less than half of the squares from the original. If it’s that much then I would be able to make them even with my current condition.

After making the goal clear, I quickly sat up.

But, I don’t have the willpower to leave the bed so I will just work on them on my bed.

After taking out a thick paper from the subspace, I cut it in half with scissors.

Then I continue to draw the course on the cut-up thick paper, divide it into squares, and write the event content of the squares.

Of course, the scaled-down version has a limited profession, and there are also no derivative courses for the profession.

In exchange for that, the content is made simpler.

But, that would make it seem unsatisfactory, so let’s make the reversal factors more than the existing Game of Life.

「As expected, I can’t give them the magic tool」

I only have one spinning magic tool that I used for the roulette.

So I make a dice with Earth magi to substitute for the roulette.

If it uses dice then it will be different from the existing game and it won’t be bulky, so it’s like killing two birds with one stone.

After completing two sheets, I add the details and colors of the backgrounds for each course.

「Yosh, now it’s done」

As for the money and the pieces for the player, I made quite a lot of them so there’s no problem to give them away so there’s no need to make them again now. I stuff only what is needed from the spare I made into a leather bag and next is just to hand them over along with the sheets.

When I tried it on a small low table, it didn’t take up that much space.

With this, we can even spread and play it even with our carriage during break.

There will be much space if it’s Alicia’s luxurious carriage.

After checking that there was no problem by playing it alone for a while, I quickly lay down on my bed and closed my eyes.

The next morning. Being roughly woken up by Eleonora-neesan, I head outside to send off the noble guests like Alicia and Ra-chan. 

After briefly greeting each other, I decided to give them the promised Game of Life at the end.

「Here. It’s the Game of Life I promised you」

「Waーi! Thank you!」

「Ara? It is smaller than I thought, is it not?」

Although I packed them in a box, it’s clear that the size is smaller in size than the one we played last night www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「I modified them so they can be compactly played outside instead of inside your mansion. I have also changed the events in the squares, so I think it will be a different kind of fun playing it」

「Heeー, I’m happy we can comfortably play it, not even inside our mansion. With this size, it is going to be easier to bring it to the tea party and enjoy it without worries」

「We can even play inside the carriage on the way back!」

「Yes, now we will not be lonely anymore on the way back」

Ra-chan and Alicia looked at each other and smiled. They may have different personalities and ages, but watching the two of them get along well like this makes me smile.

It was a little tough to make them in my exhausted condition, but it was worth the effort seeing Ra-chan and Alica being happy like this.  www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 600

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From Suspect to Publicly Named Suspect

 Casually looking around - excluding the middle-aged chef - there are a lot of other chefs who have come to help with the preliminary preparation for the ingredients. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「My suggestion has resulted in placing a burden on Alfried-sama. Please forgive me. If it is alright with you, please feel free to order us as much as you like」

「That will help」

 Receiving the middle-aged chef's words, I decided to frankly use the Misfid house chefs’ help.

 Now that the event has grown to this extent, we have to make sure the Deep Fried Skewers party is a success. Our priority now is to properly complete the meal.

 I ask the middle-aged chef to continue with the preliminary preparation of the potatoes, and the other chefs to prepare the pork, beef, chicken meat, and seafood.

 The Misfid house’s chefs start to work efficiently. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「How are you over there?」

 Being released from the hell-like preliminary preparation, I check on Mina and Ra-chan’s situation.

「There are too many ingredients we can’t keep up with skewering everything!」

 Not only Loretta, but the chefs of the Misfid house continue to cut the ingredients, which significantly increased the speed of supplied ingredients to be skewered, causing the skewer team to struggle to keep up

 The cut ingredients are piling up around the two of them.

「Al, I’m tired. And I’m bored with this」

 An hour has already passed since they started skewering ingredients.

 You will get tired if you stand the whole time working on something, and it gets boring when you continue to skewer ingredients the whole time.

「Well then, let’s skewer them while sitting」

 I pulled a chair from the corner of the kitchen and sat down with Ra-chan.

「But, we can’t do that while sitting, you know?」

「It’s fine. We have Psychic after all」

 I casted Psychic while sitting on the chair.

 I controlled the cut ingredients and skewers and went to skewer the ingredients in the air.

「Look, you can skewer them even while sitting down if you use Psychic」

「Oohー! I’m going to do it too!」

 It seems like Ra-chan was completely impressed by the Psychic-skewering.

 Once Ra-chan sat on the same chair as me, she cast Psychic with sparkling eyes.

 Fixing the round, cut eggplant in place in the air, she slowly controlled the skewer to skewer it at the same time.

「I did it!」

「Nice! Just like that!」

 That’s enough capability if you can skewer things while sitting and resting. 1 

 That being said, that capability has only gone from one back to two. At this rate, there’s no way we will not be able to make it in time.

「I will skewer a lot more」

 I make all the vegetables such as eggplants, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, lotus roots, potatoes, and carrots float in the air and thrusted the skewers I controlled with Psychic.

「Waaaー! Al, amazing!」

 Seeing me controlling the skewers at the same time, Ra-chan’s eyes sparkle as she claps.

「Ra-chan can become a top skewering master if you put in the effort」

「I can also become a top skewering master!」

 And thus, Ra-chan devoted herself to skewering the ingredients with Psychic so she could become a top skewering master.  Ra-chan can only make 2 skewers work at the same time with her current ability, but it will be faster by many times than by doing it manually, so I think you could say that the work pace has increased now. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Is it all right to cut the meat like this?」

「……please cut them a little smaller overall」

 The best thing about deep-fried skewers is being able to enjoy many small, round ingredients, so it’s best to cut them into smaller pieces. It will be hard for them to get cooked on the inside if you cut them into large pieces, and you will end up overcooking them.

「Understood!」

「Also, could you cut along the bone of the chicken drumette with scissors」

「So we separate the bone from the meat?」

「No, make sure it doesn’t get completely separate」

 I take one drumette and make a cut at a right angle to the bone.

 I use both hands to bend the joint and expose the two bones, then I pinch the slightly protruding bones with my fingers and pull straight down from above. Using my fingertips, I separate the meat from the bone along the bone.

 Once the bones are completely taken out, I hold the chicken wing with my right hand and turn the thinner bone around to remove it. All that’s left is to cut off the pointed tip of the chicken wing and shape the meat into the shape of a tuli,p and it’s done. link

「Like this! You can bite it without having to worry about the bone if you cut it like this. And you don’t have to skewer the meat since the bone itself will act as the skewer」

「I see, I never thought of it that way! This is really insightful!」

 Umm no, the ones who were amazing were those chefs who came up with this in my previous life, I’m not amazing. But I can’t use that as an excuse to receive their compliment, so I just had to accept it in silence.

 Leaving the preparation of the ingredients and skewering to other people, I prepare to make batter.

 There are all sorts of mixtures in regard to the batter, but this time is only a simple mix of milk with wheat flour. Just carefully coat this with breadcrumbs, that is enough.

 As for the sauce, I don’t have time to make it from scratch so I use Space magic to secretly take out something I already made before.

 This is not something that can be made in a day, after all.

「Alfried-sama, all the ingredients have been skewered!」

 Just when I was transferring the sauce I took out into another container, Loretta reported.

 There were skewered ingredients lined up on the table before I knew it.

「Ooh, what a sight to see a lot of ingredients lined up like this」

 The meat is also cut into small pieces, and the chicken wings are neatly shaped into tulips.

 As expected from chefs of the Misfid house. They are skilled. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Shall we fry them right away?」

 The middle-aged chef suggests.

「I’d love to do that, but it will get cold once the party starts if we fry it now, right?」

「That’s right……」

 I guess he knows what I’m worried about. The middle-aged chef makes a difficult expression on his face.

 Deep-fried skewers are most delicious precisely because they are piping hot.

 I don’t think everyone will be happy if what came out were cold, deep-fried skewers.

「How about having the party in a buffet style,e and we start frying them as soon as it starts?」

「A buffet-style party!? No, but that will allow us to serve the deep-fried skewers at the most delicious time!」

 The middle-aged chef came to his senses and bolted out of the kitchen right away.

 He’s probably asking Schugel’s permission.

「Alfried-sama! I have received permission from Schugel-sama!」

「Thank you」

 Now all that’s left is to fry them once the party starts.

 I decided to leave the details of things such as the venue preparation and cutlery to the Misfid house’s servants and retreated to my room.

●

 Just as I was about to return to my room, and passed through the entrance hall, it was just at the same time as Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan returned.

 Elna-kaasan - holding Nord-tousan’s arm - looks to be in a really good mood.

 They probably had a lot of fun going on a date with just two of them.

「We are back, Al」

「Welcome back. Did you have fun sightseeing in the royal capital after a long time?」

「Yes, I was able to spend a relaxing time with Nord thanks to you」

「We also bought matching pillows thanks to the introduction to Sleepers」

「That’s good to hear」

 From the looks of it, the two of them seems to still don’t know that the tasting party has changed to a buffet party. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Have you done the preparation for treating Schugel-sama to the deep-fried skewers?」

「It’s done. We just have to fry them once it’s time」

「That’s good then」

 At any rate, they both will be called by Schugel later. I can just tell them at that time. It’s just a trivial matter of knowing things a little later or now.

「……Al, are you hiding something?」

 Just as I was about to cut our conversation short with some casual remark, Elna-kaasan asked me that.

「Eh? What are you talking about now, all of a sudden?」

 My expression didn’t show anything despite being flustered inside by the sudden cutting question, I asked her, acting as if I was really surprised.

「Eh! Is Al hiding something?」

「Yes, this kid is definitely hiding something!」

「Al, would you tell us if there is something you are hiding? It must be something that relates to us, right?」

「Say, the two of you should have more faith in your son, you know?」

 The moment Elna-kaasan said her doubts, Nord-tousan - who had a calm expression -  suddenly looked at me as if he was looking at a suspect of a crime.

 ……is there no trust between these two with their son?

「You are right. No matter how suspicious Elna is, you should have put a little more trust in Al」

 Nord-tousan looked sorry as he apologized when I showed him a look of hurt.

 As expected from Nord-tousan. It’s easy to appeal to parental love to him.

 After that, the two of them will end up receiving an explanation from Schugel if I casually retreat to my room.

 If they received an explanation firsthand from Schugel, they would not be able to openly scold me while staying in the Misfid house.

「Alfried-sama! There is going to be a buffet party after this but the Misfid house’s servants would like to discuss about the serving――」

 Just as I was gloating over the two of them in my mind, Mina - who knows everything - came over from the kitchen and called out to me.

「Darn it!」

 I started to throw everything out of the window and escaped, but still ended up being caught by Nord-tousan so quickly. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 It’s cheating to be able to quickly catch up to me despite moving later.

「Al, what does that ‘buffet party’ mean? Would you care to explain it to us properly?」

「Ye, yesh」

 The look in Nord-tousan’s eyes is no longer someone looking at a suspect, but has changed to looking at a publicly named suspect.

●

「You were just going to treat Schugel-sama to a deep-fried skewer, I wonder how it became like this?」

 After explaining the circumstances, Elna-kaasan muttered as if she were shocked.

「But, there’s something we can not do anything about.  The other party is a Duke after all」

「Right right. That’s why it’s not my fault」

 Ra-chan and Gideon - and the members of the Misfid house - were showing interest when I was about to leave the mansion, and when we were shopping I ran into Alicia and before I knew it, she ended up joining the tasting event.

 Just when we returned to the mansion, Schugel and Alicia suggested that we might as well turn it into a party and ask me about it.

 This time it is clear that the two Duke houses were making an unreasonable demand.

 There’s no way the second son of a rural Baron could refuse them.

「Even so, that is because Al made too many promises without consideration」

「That’s right. People will end up thinking that you will go along with any unreasonable request if you ask for magic tools as compensation.」

 Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan immediately scolded me when I dismissed it as my fault.

「……I’m sorry. I thought it would be convenient if our mansion had lighting magic tools…」

 When I told them my honest thoughts, Nord-tousan looked startled and crouched down to meet my eyes.

「That is my fault. Because I still have my frugal mindset, I ended up making Al worry unnecessarily. With our current Slowlett house’s finances, we can fully equip our mansion with lighting magic tools. So, Al does not need to worry about that, okay?」

「Really? Then we will fully equip the mansion with lighting magic tools?」

「Yes, that is no problem」

「Hey hey, did you hear that!? Nord-tousan said he’s going to fully equip the mansion with lighting magic tools!」

「Yes! This Mina certainly heard it!」

「Me too」

 Looking back to ask them, Mina and Sara nodded. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

 Regarding how dark the Slowlett mansion at night, the maids - Mina and Sara - were particularly troubled by it.

 Although we hadn’t had any particular discussions, the two of them immediately understood my intention and nodded. This is the bond between the master and his servants.

「……Al, I feel like we were having a good conversation just now though……」

「About the fact that the Slowlett house will be fully equipped with lighting magic tools, right? That’s a very good conversation」

「…………」

「I’m just kidding. I know what Nord-tousan is trying to say」

 So I said, while smiling wryly, seeing Nord-tousan looking so dejected.

「Right. This kid will do what he wants, but he absolutely won’t do anything he doesn’t want, so there is no need to worry」

「Elna-kaasan, please phrase it better like I’m a kid with a strong will instead」

「Ara, smooth words make smooth ways」

「Maybe I was worrying too much. Really, I am no match for Al」

 Just when I was protesting towards Elna-kaasan’s choice of words, Nord-tousan cheerfully laughed at our interaction.

「Nord-sama, Elna-sama, Schugel-sama said he would like to discuss and is now waiting in the drawing room」

 And as if waiting for our conversation to finish, a servant of the Misfid house calls out to them.

「Please tell him we will be there shortly」

「Understood」

 The Misfid house’s servant politely bowed and immediately withdrew.

「And so we will go meet with Schugel-sama」

「Un, see you」

 After sending off Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan, I went up the stairs to rest before the final preparation.

「……Mina-senpai? Don’t you need to have a discussion with Alfried-sama about the serving method?」

「Ah!」

 Mina had been grinning broadly, but then her expression changed, and she chased after me when Sara pointed that out.

 ……how unfortunate, looks like I couldn’t take it easy until the buffet party started. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Short Story 2 Volume 09 Light Novel

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Sunscreen

「….. Eleonora, let’s go to the beach」

It’s the morning of the third day since Eleonora and her family came to our mansion.

I made that suggestion to her as soon as I entered her room.

「Sure. What kind of training are we going to do this time?」

Eleonora - who was sitting on the bed - stood up and picked a wooden sword in high spirits.

「......that’s a very attractive idea but, we’re not going to train today」

「Eh? Why?」

「.... I want Eleonora to know about our territory. And besides, I want you to have other memories in our territory aside from training」

「R, right. Since Luna has said that much, then it can’t be helped」

And when I frankly said those to her, Eleonora agreed while her face turned a little red.

Eleonora is unexpectedly weak to a straight ball-like approach.

She’s like Eric in this side of her that makes her endearing this way.

「And so, what are we going to do at the sea?」

「...... how about that harpooning that Eleonora was interested in?」

At the time when we went to the sea on the boat with Al-kun and Sylvio-kun, Eleonora showed an interest in harpooning when we saw it.

This girl likes activities where you move her body so I’m sure she will like it.

I heard that there is no sea near Koryatt village so this should be an experience that can only be done here.

「Okay! Let’s go!」

「…....un」

It looks like Eleonora is also eager to do it, we decide to go to the beach and go harpooning as planned.

「Ara, are both of you going out somewhere?」

When we left the room, we heard Elna-sama calling out to us as she was in the hallway.

Maybe Elna-sama is also going out, she is wearing a cool-looking one-piece dress and a straw hat.

She should be Eleonora’s mother, but what is with her youthfulness? Mother also looks young, but she can’t be compared to Elna-sama.

「I’m going to the sea with Luna」

「…..… I’m thinking of trying to do harpooning」

「Is that so, the sun is strong at the sea so please be――wait a second」

Elna-sama was smiling gently at us but then she moved ahead of us and told us to stop as if she suddenly noticed something. Amazing, she was so quick I couldn’t see her movement.

「Wha, what is it?」

Elna-sama is repeatedly touching Eleonora’s skin as if checking on something with a serious expression on her face.

「Eleonora, you did not apply sunscreen, do you?」

Even Eleonora - who doesn’t dress up that much - should have applied sunscreen on her as a girl......

「Ahー, it’s that cream-thing? It’s sticky and it feels unpleasant so I didn’t apply it」

Despite thinking like so, I heard something unbelievable from Eleonora’s mouth.

I was startled when I heard that.

「… Eleonora, are you sane?」

In this kind of hot season, she didn’t apply any sunscreen despite the fact that we were going to the beach, it’s the same as committing suicide as a girl.

The sun will burn your skin if you don’t apply sunscreen and you head outside just like that and it will inflict serious damage to your skin.

Even if you are fine right now since you’re young, mother told me that it will be irreversible in a few decades.

「Calling me ‘sane’, that’s exaggerating, Luna」

「….....it’s not an exaggeration. No way, Eleonora. You didn’t apply it yesterday and the day before yesterday too?」

「I applied it on the first day since kaasan forced me to, but I basically didn’t use it other than the first day. I’m not the type of person where my skin will get sunburned」

Hearing what she said, my consciousness seemed to fade away for a moment.

Meaning, even when we were training at the beach, Eleonora didn’t apply any sunscreen.....it’s scary just when I think about it.

「Haa.....this is why I’m troubled. Luna-san, can you please look after Eleonora when you girls go to the village?」

Elna-sama’s difficulties, it was easy to understand that she was referring to Eleonora's personal grooming and clothes.

「….....understood. Please leave it to me」

「Eー? What is it? I’m not a kid who needs Luna to take care of me, you know?」

The only one who doesn’t understand the seriousness of the problem - Eleonora - complained about something besides the point.

「Here, this is the sunscreen I use. Please help apply it to Eleonora. And Luna-san can also use it if you’d like」

「........is that okay?」

「Yes」

Elna-sama gave me a small bottle. A faint floral scent of the cream is carefully wrapped in the bottle.

This is definitely a high-class good. And she said I can also use it, what a luxury.

We also have sunscreen, but still, trying new stuff is exciting.

「........now then, Eleonora. Let’s apply the sunscreen」

「Eehー, I’m fine I sayー」

「........no」

I pulled Eleonora’s reluctant hand and decided to go back inside.

I mean, I can’t use it myself if I don’t apply it to Eleonora’s skin properly.

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Eric After That

(Eric POV)

「...... Eleonora and the others, they left」

As we saw off the carriage carrying Alfried and the others until we can not see them anymore, I heard my aneue mutter that.

「Yeah, that’s right」

「Are you feeling sad now that Alfried-kun is gone?」

「No way. I feel relieved now that he’s gone」

It felt like they’d stayed for a long time. It was quite a chore to take care of them.

「………he is a strange kid, isn’t he」

「I know, right. Not giving in even if the other party is the son of the Earl, but then he also showed us that he could back down when necessary, but I don’t know how such a cowardly person can have those kinds of abilities in magic.」

I met Alfried at the royal capital’s party and despite actually regretting our meeting, we began to interact with each other from then on, but I still don’t know what kind of person he is.

Despite saying that everything is so troublesome, he still did crazy things. I really would like to discuss with him what kind of thought process caused him to do such crazy actions.

But, I’m now freed from such a nuisance and I won’t be talked around by him anymore. Yeah, so I don’t think I feel sad about him leaving.

「….....is that so」

「Aneue, what’s with that lukewarm gaze on me? I don’t know what you’re thinking but stop it, it makes me uncomfortable」

「…..…I don’t quite understand what you’re talking about. Eric is too self-concious」

Aneue evasively answered and returned to the mansion when I protested.

Which part of me is too self-conscious?

「Ohー, he’s here! Oーii, Eric-samaー!」

Just when I was about to get inside while sighing, I heard a familiar loud voice coming from behind me.

Reflexively turning around, there was the territory’s kid Tornell standing there holding a harpoon in his hand with his sister Kuina.

「Oniichan, your voice is too loud! You don’t have to shout so loud, he can hear you!」

「Ooh, is that so?」

So Kuina rebuked Tornell, but her rebuke was also quite loud.

I approach them while looking at such a heartwarming exchange between brother and sister.

「What is it? Do you need something?」

「Let’s go to the sea together!」

I unconsciously become at a loss for words due to Tornell’s straightforward invitation.

This is the first time I have been invited by a resident of the territory. So we now have a sense of familiarity because we made the sand castle together on the beach?

「Do you want me to come with you that much?」

「Yeah, I want Eric-sama to come with us!」

「Can’t be helped then. I don’t have time, but since you guys have said it to that extent then I will come with you」

They came to invite me after all. It is a noble’s responsibility to answer the people’s expectations.

「Oohー, amazing. It’s just as Alfried-sama said! He easily nodded when we ask him imprudently! This is so simple, isn’t it!」

「Shhー! Oniichan, Eric-sama can hear you!」

Tornell and Kuina huddle together and talk about something.

「…………hnm? Just now, you were saying Alfried’s name, didn’t you?」

「「It’s just your imagination!」」

The two of them replied sharply at the same time when I asked them that.

......it strangely bothers me, but it wouldn’t be good to begin listening to their siblings' conversation, right.

I decided not to care about them anymore.

I came to the sea since Tornell and Kuina asked me to accompany them.

The sea of Sylford’s territory is calm today, and white clouds are floating quietly in the sky.

「Oohー, the sandcastle we built is still there!」

「It might be a bit embarrassing since people of the village came to see it」

If I’m forced to say what’s strange about this scene now is the towering Misphilt sandcastle there.

It was a building that fully demonstrated Alfried’s ability which can be said to be pointless, it seems like the people also thought that it was unusual since they were gathering there day after day.

He said that it won’t collapse with a little bit of shock since it was made after compressing dirt with magic power, but just how long will it last there?

Oh well, at any rate, it would eventually crumble after being exposed to the salty sea wind.

We also made that so it was a bit regrettable but there were some parts that crumbled already.

「By the way, what are we going at the sea?」

「Hmー, I haven’t decided yet」

I thought he already knew what we would do since he asked me, but Tornell said that thoughtlessly while smiling.

「You haven’t decided?」

「I just thought that we should just do whatever we want based on our mood at that time」

「I see......」

Hearing what Tornell said, his sister - Kuina - doesn’t particularly object to it.

I wonder if children in general play like that? 1

「Ah! There is a pretty magic core fragment!」

As we were walking on the beach like that, Kuina picked up a magic core fragment.

「…...it’s really pretty. It’s bigger and more transparent than the others around here」

If you went to the beach, you would catch sight of countless magic core fragments, but the one Kuina picked up was especially pretty.

「You’re going to be able to turn that into a decoration as it is!」

「But, you did well finding that」

It’s different to find a magic core fragment among a large amount of sand, no matter how pretty it is.

「It has become a habit due to my work, so I observe them while thinking ‘I wonder if that can be usedー’」

「You really like your decorating job, huh?」

「Yes!」

It’s impossible to have that kind of thought process fill your mind unless you really like your job.

So, being able to do that is an obvious sign of how Kuina loves her decorating job.

Kuina nodded with a carefree smile on her face to what I said.

「Oーii, come see this! There’s a huge shellfish here!」

While I was talking with Kuina like that, at some point, Tornell had already gone to the rocky spot at the beach and loudly called out to us.

Coming closer to him, we found a large shellfish washed ashore on the rocky spot.

It’s a pure white shell with an uneven surface. That in itself is something common, but its size was not normal.

It's as wide as both of my arms spread out fully. It’s probably around one meter. There are a considerable number of such shellfish being caught in our territory, but I had never seen anything like that before.

「This is……Green Shellfish!」2

「'Green Shellfish'? That’s shellfish, I don’t hear that much, right?」

「This is basically a shellfish that lives in deep water and it seems like it doesn’t go to shallow water that much」

「Rather than that, it’s not green like its name, y’know?」

It’s just as Tornell said. This shellfish is pure white in color, I don’t understand the meaning of its name ‘Green Shellfish’.

「Oniichan, did you forget what kaasan told us? You can harvest green pearl from this shellfish, you know」

「Oohー! The beautiful pearl I saw a long time ago! I see, so you can get it from this guy!」

I guess Tornell remembered something, he looked at the Green Shellfish with an understanding look on his face.

「So, there is a beautiful pearl inside this shellfish?」

「That’s right!」

Hearing Kuina’s explanation, it looks like this shellfish is quite famous among decorators.

It’s not something that can be harvested often so it’s no wonder I also don’t know about it.

At any rate, there are a large number of creatures living in the sea.

Even for people who are born and raised here, it’s almost impossible for them to know them all.

Even people who harvest some creatures of the sea often won’t know about the minor ones. There were cases of those creatures we don’t know well enough to appear.

「Then, you can open the shell and bring it home」

「Is that alright?」

「Kuina is the person who found it first after all. Besides, I have no use for it even if I bring it back home」

「The price will go up if it is sold, you know?」

「………I don’t care. You can use it as a decoration」

「As expected from Eric-sama! You’re really generous!」

I thought I was a bit hasty, but still, there’s no way I could say such an ugly line like ‘Hand it over’ now.

「Okay then, I will open it!」

After saying that, Tornell tries to wrench open the Green Shellfish with his hands.

「Fugigigigigi! What is this! It’s so hard!」

But, the Green Shellfish was still there, unbudgeable with Tornell’s strength.

「Dang it, one more time!」

「You can’t do that, don’t overdo it! Your arms will be crushed even if you manage to pry it open if you hold them like that, you know?」

「The clamping strength of the shell is said to be very strong」

「O, ooh. Is that so......」

Tornell obediently lowered the shellfish after Kuina and I stopped him

Among the shell-type monsters, there are some of them that have a clamping strength that can crush even rocks, so it’s dangerous to try and do something to them with your bare hands.

「Can we possibly open it if we use Eric-sama’s sword?」

「With my sword? Isn’t that reckless?」

「Its shell will open if you stab your sword and cut its adductor muscle!」

Tornell and Kuina’s expectant gazes are piercing me.

「Well, I’ll just try as much as I can」

「Thank you very much!」

I think it is strange to use the sword for self-defense to open a shellfish, but I can’t bluntly refuse the request from our people.

「Where’s the adductor muscle located?」

「 It's around here, and a bit deeper......」

As expected, it seems like they don’t understand the internal structure of a shellfish. However, I was also convinced that it was internally located in those two places.

Receiving advice from Kuina, I take out my sword from the sheath. I scraped off whatever it is that is sticking to the shell, then I stabbed my sword into the slightly visible gap.

Immediately after that, I felt like the shell of the Green Shellfish had slightly closed itself.

Is it trying to push out the foreign object that has entered its body? It was the right decision to stop Tornell from forcing it open. He will definitely be out if he put his finger inside.

I try to wiggle my sword around despite the sword still being pressed by the shell. Then, my sword hit something that feels like a thick muscle. It has a unique fleshiness that is not a shell or its meat.

「Hm? Could it be this?」

I don’t know if this is the adductor muscle or not, but let’s cut it off for now.

「Do you think you can cut it?」

When I try to slide the blade, the fleshiness I felt is surprisingly firm.

It’s quite solid, and it is also because the sword can’t make firm contact and it’s hard to apply strength.

「It will take time, but it’s not impossible to cut it」

「Ooh!」

While being watched by Tornell and Kuina, I push and pull the sword steadily, trying to cut whatever that fleshiness is. Then, when I managed to cut the last of the fiber-like thing, the tightly closed shell suddenly opened with great force.

「Ooh, it opened!」

「So this is a Green Shellfish’s pearl!」

Inside the shell, there is not only the flesh of the Green Shellfish, but also a ball-like thing that looks to be a green pearl.

It is very pretty, with a deep green color. It’s like a gem, like an emerald that has been processed as they are.

(something like this?)

「…….it’s pretty」

Kuina’s eyes sparkle at the beauty of the pearl.

「Hey, do what you want with it」

「Fuwaa! Thank you very much!」

Tearing off the Green Shellfish’s pearl and handing it to her, she deeply bowed and thanked me.

Then she stares at it as though she is excited that she has such a large pearl in her hand.

Kuina is normally a calm person, but I guess she turns simple-minded when it comes to decorations.

The inside of the opened shell is also greenish, and it’s shining like an iris. Seeing it from the outside, it’s only a shellfish with its size as its characteristic, but I didn’t think it will be this beautiful inside it.

「Say, Kuina. Can you eat Green Shellfish?」

While we were fascinated by the beauty of the pearl and its shell, Tornell thoughtlessly asked that.

Looks like his interest in food wins over beauty.

「You can eat it」

「Ooh, then let’s grill this thing!」

「Well, if it can be eaten, then it will be too wasteful if we leave it alone」

「Ah, umm......」

While Tornell and I were deciding our next course of action, Kuina had a slightly troubled look on her face.

It’s obvious that she’s thinking about the thing in his hand.

「Kuina, you can bring back that Green Shellfish’s pearl home quickly」

「Thank you very much! Well then, please excuse me!」

She probably wanted to bring it back home immediately. And after she said that, Kuina quickly left with the Green Shellfish’s pearl in her hand.

「For now, shall we prepare to grill it?」

「Right」

I never did this kind of thing, doing something together with the people of our territory.

I thought I should draw a clear line as the son of the lord with the citizen of our territory but when I try to interact with him, it’s not a bad thing to know the various ways of life of the citizens of our territory.

Oh well, I definitely won’t say such lines in front of Alfried.

He will absolutely get cocky if I said it in front of him.

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Royal Capital Sightseeing With Nina

「Waah! It’s the royal capitalー!」

 As we arrived at the public square of the royal capital Zeral from Howling village, Nina raised a cheer

 The last time I brought her here was when I explained to them about the dual-based lifestyle so this would be the first time she saw this place again after 3 months.

 Even today there are a lot of people from different ethnic group coming and going busily, and I can see the Zeral castle when I look up from the public square.

 To me, this is a scenery that I am used to seeing but for Nina this is the first time she’s been able to take a proper look at it?

 I decided to not do anything else for a while and let her enjoy the scenery.

 As I thought she was looking all around, I guess she found something that caught her eyes as she started to focus on one spot. After she was done with that, she moved her gaze to the next place that caught her eye. She’s really brimming with curiosity.

 Her curled ponytail bounces up and down along with mthe ovement of her body.

「The buildings are really high and there are a lot of people」

「It is the polar opposite of Howling village in many ways after all」

 I’m sure everything Nina sees is fresh and new to her.

「……are we going to stay in the public square all the time?」

「Haa! Tha, that’s right. It would be a shame to just stay in one place!」

 Nina suddenly came to her senses when I tapped her on her shoulder.

 I personally think it’s fine to relax at the square but it would be a waste to just do that since we especially come to the royal capital.

「Is there anywhere you would like to go?」

 When I tried asking that, Nina looked a little troubled before finally answering.

「Some place where we can buy food is okay!」

「Of course it’s fine, but why would you want to go there?」

 Considering the rare opportunity, it’s rather understated for a girl who came to a city for the first time to choose to go to the market first.

「Umm, there are other places I would like to g,o but food is the closest and easiest to understand after all」

 I found myself somehow agreeing to what she said after she told me her reason as if choosing her words carefully.

 There are stylish clothes shops, accessories shops, or confectioneries where they sell cookies, but the thing that feels familiar to people who live in Howling village is food after all.

 On the contrary, they will think it’s unusual even if they go to see the alien clothes shop or accessories shop, and they won’t understand how different they are from the village’s.

 In other words, comparing the field of the things they knew best, they probably wanted to gauge the large scale of the royal capital.

 There’s a possibility that I misinterpreted it, but for some reason, I feel like that’s what Nina was trying to say.

「Okay. Then, I will guide you to the market in the central district」

「Un!」

 After confirming Nina firmly nodded, I started walking toward the market in the central district nearby.

 Nina walks next to me.

 I am not walking alone like usual today.

 Nina will probably be captivated by the scenery of the royal capital so I have to match my pace with hers and take it slow.

 I adjust my walking speed while conscious of Nina’s pace.

「It’s a Lizardman and Beastman!」

 Nina pointed her finger at the pair of Lizardman and Beastman walking from the front.

 Howling village is basically a human settlement and there are not other race besides human so for someone who doesn’t go out that much like Nina, this must be her first time seeing another race.

 This somehow reminded me of back when I had just been teleported into this world, and I naturally grin.

 The Lizardman and Beastman's outward appearance is indeed distinctive.

 Beastman’s physique is not that much different from human. However, their whole body is covered with hair reminiscent of animals or they may grow in other parts of their bodies.

 There are some that have faces covered in fur like a dog, while others have human-based features with only animal ears or tails. It seems like these changes are based on the strength of their parents’ bloodline.

 The one in front of us is the former.

 Next, the Lizardman appears like a reptile waking upright on two legs and they relatively have larger build than human. And unlike Beastman, most of their bodies are covered in scales.

「Oh, what is this? Isn’t this the Teleporter?」

 As I was explaining all that, the Beastman and Lizardman pair called out to me.

 Looking closely, I realized they are both adventurers I had seen at the guild.

 The Beastman is Gadolf (ガドルフ)and the Lizardman is Urd (ウルド).

「……you, you have a kid?」

Urd asked while looking down at Nina, who is repeating the word 「Teleporter?」 and tilting her head in confusion.

 His features resemble a lizard or a crocodile so it’s hard to tell what his expression is.

「No, she is my acquaintance’s daughter I’m just here to show her around」

「No wonder I thought she was a cute kid who doesn’t look like you」

「……you need to be prepared and be careful the next time you use teleport, you know? You might end up being teleported into a monster-infested place by mistake after all」

「Uoii! Even as a joke please stop doing things that aren’t funny!」

 When I said that with an evil smile on my face, Gadolf broke out in a cold sweat as he replied like that.

 There’s nothing more frightening than being sent to an undeveloped area all alone after all.

「Ojouchan, is this your first time seeing a Beastman or a Lizardman?」

「Un, it’s my first time!」

「If you like, would you want to touch my fur?」

「Is that okay?」

「Sure but, don’t touch my tail and bellly, okay? Those are important parts after all」

「Thank you! Waa, it’s so fluffy!」

 Nini is surprised when she strokes Gadolf’s fur on his arm.

 That’s nice. I also want to try touching it.

「Oi, Teleporter! You can’t touch it!」

 I tried to touch it by taking advantage of the moment, but Gadolf got angry at me.

「Why? It’s fine if it’s just a little bit, right?」

「The way you’re using your hand is dangerous! I don’t want the previous event to happen again!」

「Didn’t I just stroke your fur when you were drunk, and you showed your belly to me?」

「 Beastmen exposed their stomach only when they submit to someone else!  It’s humiliating just remembering it! I can’t believe I was led by the nose by a guy like this!」

 Apparently, he still holds a grudge over the fact that I stroked him a lot at the guild’s tavern before.

 Looking at Gadolf who has turned completely wary of me, I gave up trying to pet him.

「……would you also like to touch my scales too?」

「Un! Waa, these are so smooth!」

 Coupled with his forbidding physique, Urd often scares children, but Nina doesn’t look scared at all as she is brimming with curiosity.

 This must have been a fresh and happy experience for Urd. Anyone would be happy if such a cute girl were to interact with them so innocently.

「By the way, Teleporter. Have you been taking a break from the Teleporter work at the guild recently? Helena and the others were complaining about it y’know?」

「Ahー, come to think of it I haven’t gone there recently. Tell them I’ll be showing up there one of these days」

「Okay. Our work has been getting easier when you’re there, y’know, so please take care of us again, ‘kay?」

 After placing their hands on my shoulder and saying that, Gadolf and Urd waved at Nina and left.

 I’ve been busy with starting my dual-based lifestyle recently, there’s also the work of promoting Howling village’s vegetables and produce to the company. Guess I have to start to show up at the Guild again.

 As I was thinking about those things, I felt Nina lightly tugging my sleeve.

「Hey, the thing those two said earlier, ‘Teleporter’ is that Kureto?」

「Aah, that’s right. I’m working teleporting people to various places with magic, whether village or city, so people in the Adventurer’s Guild called me that」

「Heeー, so it was like that! It’s amazing that all kinds of people rely on you!」

「Yes, I’m happy they rely on me」

 It is exactly as Nina said.

 Although I am currently earning more money in the company, there are a lot of people I’ve been indebted to in the Guild. I neglected that in my previous world and ended up living alone.

 In this world, everything is not always about money, so we need to cherish our relationship with other people as well.