Chapter 243: After Rinon (1/2)

Chapter 243: After Rinon

The power of the promissory note Sairitz-san gave me was ridiculous.

For a second, I thought about hanging it on my neck and walk around with it. That way, trouble might avoid me.

But if I do that, something even more troublesome than this promissory note will definitely happen.

Like kicking a pebble on the street and breaking a national treasure accidentally.

Parallel worlds are troublesome because things that happen in gag mangas can easily happen in real life.

“Hohoh~ this is a room that I can actually relax in. We are lucky a good inn was open.” (Tomoe)

“It is definitely better than the log house we were in before.The owner didn’t try to overcharge us either.” (Mio)

We decided to stay a night in Mizuha, so we began to do things like sightseeing the townscape and tasting the specialties as we looked for an inn.

Narrowing the conditions into: a good atmosphere, cost, and delicious food, as we looked around, is one of the best parts about a journey.

…Well, in the modern world, I could simply search for all of that in the internet though.

I thought we would be doing something similar to when Shiki and I headed to the Academy, but it didn’t turn out that way.

Tomoe casually grabbed the soldiers that were stealthily tailing us and said: “Where is the best inn here?”

With this, it was decided.

About that inn, Mio also said her piece of mind.

“Prepare your best room.”

Yup, that’s all.

Of course it would be a good room if you say that.

With that, it is obviously going to be open.

We went to an expensive inn, and on top of that, we asked for the most expensive room there.

It would be one thing if we had come in a special day for this city, but in this time that’s practically off-season, it will most likely be open.

By the way, the soldiers that had been dazzled by the promissory note were at our backs, so the inn owner was probably troubled…

Sorry for that.

“Fumu fumu. As expected of a foreign country. Their style is pretty different. This is that, right? A ryokan . It has taken that as a reference, right Waka?” (Tomoe)

“The corridor had wooden floors, but there’s even tatamis in the room. It doesn’t seem to be exactly the same, but…there’s no doubt that they used that as reference.” (Makoto)

It may be slightly reddish-brown, but the looks are exactly like a tatami.

Is it because the materials that can be obtained here are of this color, or because this is their limit as to how close they can be of the tatami color? I don’t know.

The smell is also similar, but different.

However, I am simply comparing it with the tatamis I know of, and there’s no doubt that in Lorel, this is serving its purpose as tatamis.

The composition of the room is exactly that of a Japanese-style room.

…As I thought, within the Japanese Wise in Lorel that missed their world, there were some that tried to replicate how it was.

In this country that has a good relationship with the dwarfs, they could have used many better materials like stones and bricks, and yet, most of the houses are wooden.

I even found red bean paste that had the same color and taste. But it didn’t have sticky rice cake inside, it seems to be mainly consumed as cake.

It seems like depending on the area, there are places that actually use sticky rice cake inside.

Also, there were some that were inside bread.

Red bean paste bread.

It had exactly the same taste and I felt incredibly nostalgic.

As an otherworldler, the thing that one pursues the most is probably the taste of your homeland.

Or do they simply acknowledge it as something delicious?

At this rate, I might be able to find soy sauce or miso around here.

It might be a good idea to check out the marks…no, the footprints that the Japanese, who spend their whole life in this country, have left.

If the situation in Tsige has a sudden turn, I would have to return immediately, but once the negotiation with the mercenary group is done, maybe for a little while…

“Oh?!”

“Ara!”

?

As I was pensive, Tomoe and Mio, who were looking around the room, raised their voices.

“You two, what happened?” (Makoto)

“No well, this is a joyful unexpected event. We have found something wonderful.” (Tomoe)

“It has been a while-desu wa ne. Ufufufufu.” (Mio)

“Let’s see… T-This is?!” (Makoto)

As expected of the best room in the city’s number one inn.

At a section of the room, at the other side of the wooden door…there was something nostalgic, and something that I have a recollection of in this world.

“To think there’s an open air bath here, how stylish.” (Makoto)

“Since the time we entered together, I haven’t had a chance to wash your back, but it seems like tonight I will be able to take care of you leisurely-desu wa.” (Mio)

Oh, seriously?

Since the time I showed an unsightly side of me in the Kaleneon mountain, I have been stealthily avoiding mixed baths, and yet, this is…

There’s a limit to sudden trouble.

A stone bath that is compact yet neatly put together. A bath that looks like it has been created with a resemblance to the cypress bath.

It is being poured water even now, and steam is coming out from it.

I remember seeing in tv that there are this kind of rooms in expensive inns, but…to think that I would be able to experience it myself.

Moreover, with two women.

…What a situation.

‘Hahaha, explode’, for some reason, I felt like this is the kind of situation where someone would shout this mortified as they point their finger, and I don’t know why, but mysteriously, I felt like that finger was pointed at me.

“Look for a restaurant to eat in, check out the city’s surroundings, and then at the end, cleanse the fatigue in the hot spring! This is the best first day.” (Tomoe)

“If the end is the best, I don’t care about the other parts being no good.” (Mio)

“…This time I won’t get dizzy. I am going to be careful. You two as well, please restrain yourselves.” (Makoto)

“Don’t worry about what happened last time! Don’t worry, first time’s are always like that. In other words, it is all about getting used to it.” (Tomoe)

“Also, even if it ends up that way again, I will nurse you. Please enjoy the bath without worrying.” (Mio)

…They don’t have a single bit of intentions to restrain.

I can clearly tell that they didn’t listen to the latter half of my words.

So they pretend not to hear the words that are not convenient for them huh. Even though I asked them kindly and all.

At the time in Zenno when I was with both of them…right, at the place we went, we picked up the sister of Toa, Rinon. After that, we faced a variety of things like attacks.

Ah, I see.

I just have to pick up someone this time as well, like the time with Rinon.

Please, let there be someone who is troubled.

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“Is it that one?” (Tomoe)

“What is it, Tomoe-san?” (Makoto)

I respond in that way to the amazed mutter of Tomoe.

“Find an inn, go out for the meal. For Waka, these two are supposed to be flags for you to make something happen, right?” (Tomoe)

“What do you take me for? Rather than me making something happen, it is more like, things occur. No matter what it is, it is not like I am the one that did it.” (Makoto)

I was indeed wishing for it though.

“Waka-sama, Waka-sama.” (Mio)

Mio whispers in my ear.

“What, Mio?” (Makoto)

“Why don’t we just pretend we didn’t see this at all? If we just stealthily move at the sides of the street, someone else will definitely do something about it.” (Mio)

“It is rare to see our thoughts match, Mio. Waka, I think that this time, this is a good choice to take. How about it?” (Tomoe)

“…You two…just how fast do you want to return?” (Makoto)

““As soon as possible!””

They synced extraordinarily well.

After finishing our dinner of nabe prepared with miso that seems to be the specialty of this place, we were going back to the inn as we voiced out our impressions, saying things like: ‘it was delicious’.

It seems like Mizuha has pretty good public order. At night, there were a good amount of people on the streets, but once we moved to the next thin street, it still ended up giving a dangerous vibe.

Tomoe and Mio seemed like they wanted to return to the inn fast, so they clearly chose the shortest route as they moved.

It wasn’t me, you know?

Tomoe and Mio were the ones who wanted to go that way, okay?

And then, we immediately got an encounter.

Hahahaha.

At that location, there was a kid with what seemed to be a toy sword, confronting a number of adults.

The sword that the kid was holding, gave out the light of magic power.

I don’t know how much effectiveness it provides, but I don’t think it is a good idea to give out your location in the darkness.