4-3. Miscellaneous Matters and Flags (1/2)
4-3. Miscellaneous Matters and Flags
Satou's here. Do you feel like you're dancing at someone's palm?
I feel like Son Goku from Saiyuki...
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”What's the matter? Master, your back is slouching you know~?”
My thought which has been going in circle stopped, Arisa is standing carrying large luggages.
”Your tummy hurt~?”
”Hurt no desu?”
I turn my line of sight to the direction where my robe is pulled, there Pochi and Tama are looking worryingly while crouching near my feet.
Liza calmly stands, but her worries are transmitted here.
”I'm okay, I was just tired after being so busy for the past two days.”
I pat Pochi's and Tama's heads.
I'm really disqualified as an adult for worrying these girls. Just by thinking so, the guilt and fear that had been weighting on my mind just before disappear like fallen tides.
...I check the Log just in case any message pops up but there's none.
I really should talk with Arisa tonight. I whispered to Arisa, ”Tonight, after Lulu is sleeping, spare some of your time”, but, ”Eh~ aren't you falling too fast?”, an answers full of misunderstanding comes out. I will take that as an OK for now.
When I ask for the result of the shopping, Pochi and Tama happily begin to take out clothes from the bag, I stop them. It has been decided to check them after we get back to the inn.
Liza apologizes for spending too much, but I tell her that it's necessary expenses, so don't think about it.
Even with current pace of spending money, counting only the Shiga Kingdom's currency I have, it'll take 2-3 years before it's dried up, so there's nothing to worry.
On the way back to the inn, I'm listening to Arisa and the girls' experience in shopping. Pochi and Tama talk about their first time shopping in glee from beginning to the end, they're telling me how fun it was.
I suggested Liza to let me carry half of the luggages and Lulu's clothes, but she gently refused.
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Just before the inn, I'm seeing a familiar back. She's walking a bit unsteady.
Martha-chan and the helper girl from the inn are carrying a bunch of firewoods.
”Martha-chan, are you returning from errands?”
”Ah, Satou-san. Is the date over already?”
”Unfortunately, Zena-san had works in the afternoon.”
While we're talking, I take some of the firewoods from Marth-chan and the girl. It may be their errands but our destination is the same. It's fine to take it by half.
Liza tries to take it, but I refuse because both her hands are occupied. Pochi and Tama are saying ”Give here~” too, but there is no point taking it from little girls just to give it to another little girls, so they give up.
We enter the courtyard from the back door near the stable. I put the firewood bundles on its place.
>[Carriage Skill Acquired]
”Thank you~ Satou-san. Thanks to you, we're saved~”
”Thank you very much, guest-san.”
”Don't worry about it.”
Martha-chan goes to the kitchen with one bundle of firewood. The helper girl, her name is Yuni. I decided to observe Yuni who's going to take care horses of other guest.
I know that there are horses from yesterday, but I've never seen how horses are taken care, so I'm interested. This is not at all an escape.
Yuni is standing on top of a stool, and doing her best to make her small body reach the horses to brush them. I offered to help, but she said that she would get scolded by the innlady if she let a guest helps her.
After hiding their luggages on the space below the straws, Pochi and Tama come back. Pochi and Tama start helping Yuni. Liza tells me that they've helped in the night and morning too. Is it okay to get the help if it's Pochi and the girls?
Seeing the three little girls doing their best to care for the horse, I feel like a parent who came to an athletic meet to cheer for his children, I'm healed.
The little girls become 4 before I knew it, but Arisa doesn't look like she's motivated.
”Since the clothes which I've just bought will be dirty~” so she says while showing town-girl-like clothes under her mantle.
”Liza, I'm going to the temporary military post to get the spear and magic core money, do you want to come along?”
”Yes, I will accompany master.”
”Me too! I'm going too!”
Pochi and Tama stop helping and run here.
”You going somewhere~?”, ”You go nodesu?”, saying as they're coming, but since we would likely become an annoyance if we all go, I tell them to continue helping.
”Ay!”,”Nano desu~”, and so they go back to work while carrying the horse's fodders. I wonder why they look mysteriously happy?
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”How is Lulu's condition?”