213-Women's association, not women's association




 

'Ha ... it's still great to lie on the plains.

 On the plain, a short distance from the mansion. I'm lying on my back, muttering to myself as I exhale in relief.

 The morning after breakfast. It's time for everyone alive in this world to start their work for the day.

 While people all over the world are rushing about, I'm lying on a grassy field, looking up at the blue sky.

 What a wonderful thing it is to be able to sleep through the morning while people are still working today.

 The sky is clear and blue. The sun is shining brightly. The sound of birds chirping in the air and leaves rustling in the breeze is soothing.

 It's as if all of this nature is lulling me to sleep.

 There are no humans in this wide open grassland, and I'm the only one who's lying here.

 As I lie here, I feel as if I am the only person in the world.

Now, let's sleep until noon today...

 I don't have any plans today, so I'm free. Today, I'll be coasting to my heart's content in the morning.

 And when I'm hungry, I'll get up and eat the rice Bartolo made for me, then I'll go back to sleep....


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 My consciousness, which had fallen to the depths of sleep, softly surfaced.

 When I open my eyes, the sun is right above me, probably because it's noon.

 The glare of the sun's light assaulting my vision, I mutter to myself as I squint my eyes.

''I'm.......hungry.''

 It was noon already, so it was only natural.

 I was just sleeping on the grass this morning, but my body was craving energy.

 I could hear a cute little hunger cry from my belly.

 In a previous life as an adult, I don't think I would have felt this hungry after just sleeping twice in the morning. Is this what a young child's metabolism is all about?

 I blink my eyes a few times, and after getting used to the sunshine, I stand up and imagine a path a little further away from the mansion.

'Transition!'

 Then he wrapped his own body in magical power and activated the spatial magic transition.

 The scenery around me changes in an instant. When I savored the momentary sense of floating, the scenery in front of me was the familiar Throwlett family's mansion and a single street.

''With spatial magic, it's great because I don't have to worry about the effort and time it takes to get home.

 I return to the mansion with a light step, thanking the gods for giving me spatial magic.

 Today I'm full of energy as I was able to sleep twice in the morning comfortably.

''Alfried-sama. Welcome home.

I'm home.

 As I walked through the gate in front of the mansion, I was approached by Saara, who was sweeping a broom along the path leading to the mansion.

 She seems to be working diligently today as well.

'Alfried-sama, Erna-sama was calling for you, please go to the common room on the first floor.

 The common room? Why is it in the common room when it's usually the living room or dining room?

 When I tilt my head back, Saara explains as if to add to the explanation.

'It seems that Murat-sama and Dorothea-sama are here.

 I see, it makes sense if you have a guest here.

 Anyway, I suppose they want me to show my face since I'm always in their service anyway.

All right. Thanks.

 I thanked Saara briefly and trotted back to the mansion.

 When I enter the front door, I find a pair of shoes for a woman I don't recognize in the shoe rack, and two less slippers than I had prepared.

 Tonkichi and Pyonkichi are gone.

 I wondered who wore those slippers, Murat or Dorothea?

 What an imagination I had, I headed to the common room at the back of the first floor.

 As I approached the common room, I could hear the faint sound of a woman laughing.

 In this room are Murat-san, Thor's mother, and Dorothea-san, Asmo's mother. And then there's Mother Erna, the mother of Alfried, myself.......

''........what a magical place.''

 What on earth is the conversation going on inside?

 I feel both curious and afraid to ask.

 However, I can't just eavesdrop here, so let's just go in and say hello.

 I knock lightly on the door of the common room.

''Mother, I'd like to come and greet Murat and Dorothea.

".........................

 The moment I raise my voice, the joyful voice is cut off from the common room.

 It's like this feeling of interrupting a conversation. I'm a little uncomfortable with it.

''........Was that voice Alfried-sama? 

You don't sound at all like that, do you?

..........

 Murat and Dorothea's strange voices that could be heard whispering.

 And for some reason, Mother Erna is silent.

 I want you to hurry up and give me a voice to urge me to enter the room.

''........Erna-sama. Maybe it's Alfried-sama, right? Aren't you going to speak to him?

Yeah, sure. Al, you can come in.

 Elna, your mother, she didn't recognize me for a second.

Excuse me.

 With that in mind, I carefully open the door and enter the common room.

 Unlike the living room and dining room, the common room, which often welcomes guests, has a lot of good-looking furniture and furnishings.

 Murat and Dorothea were sitting side by side on the fancy sofa that they had purchased with great effort, and Mother Erna was sitting on it facing them. All three of them were neatly lined up on their feet and seemed to be elegantly picking tea and cookies.

 The mood of the three of them could be described as an aristocratic ladies' club.

Hello, Murat and Dorothea.

'Hello, Mr. Alfried. I'm sorry to bother you.

 When I greet them, Murat-san and Dorothea-san both bow lightly.

 What is it? The two mothers usually scold their children, but when they greet each other politely in the common room like this, they really do seem like noblemen.

''I'm sorry that our Al has always been so helpful to you.

'No, no, I'm the one. I'm sorry to hear that my son is causing you trouble.
"Yes.

''I also received a souvenir from King's Landing, thank you very much.

 After my greeting is light, the wives' humble words start to fly.

 They say lowly things about each other's people, so Thor and others, who are first called foolish, are being called dreadful.

 Then, after a round of thanks, Mother Erna says with a bitter smile.

'Al, didn't you say that Murat and Dorothea would be here today? Where have you been today?

Oh, I see there's a women's meeting today--

""It's not a women's club. It's a women's club.

 Three voices immediately denied the words I muttered as I remembered them.

 You all have smiles on your faces, but your eyes aren't smiling at all. And their voices are stubborn.

'Excuse me, it's a girl's night out, isn't it?

 When I hurriedly reiterated, the three of them nodded hawkishly, smiling and laughing.

 From a woman's point of view, it's a girls' night out, no matter how old you are.

''I'm sure I'll be in the way if I'm here, and I'll leave it at that. Please give my regards to Thor-kun and Asmo-kun.

 I stepped on a land mine and the air was bad, so I made a reasonable excuse and told him to leave.

 Even though I'm a child, I'm a nobleman. I'm sure there are more things I'd rather talk about with just the ladies, and if they're there, I'm in the way.

''It's we who are taking care of our folks, isn't it?

 I listen to their voices before slowly exiting.

''Alfried-sama can have a serious exchange like that, can't he?''

 Then, just as he was closing the door, he heard the faintest hint of Dorothea's impressed voice.