Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. Four fish.

　Rah is staring at the bottle in her hand and looks satisfied.

　She is happy to be able to scoop up a small fish by herself, and she has been staring at the jar and relaxing her cheeks for a while now. It's as if he's happy with the first toy he's received, and his reaction is adorable.

Hmm, you managed to scoop up three of them. I can't tell you how many times I wished I had a net on the way.

I'm six.

　Eric finally got the hang of it towards the end and caught three fish, and Luna showed off her swallowing speed to make it six.

'It's amazing that you managed to catch six fish for the first time.

　Even though I've reached the level of being able to scoop them after experiencing them many times at the summer festival in my previous life, Eric and Luna-san have gotten them in no time at all.

''..........Fish are familiar to us, so it's easy to catch them if you know how to scoop them. More than that, Al-kun's ability to catch them without breaking a single piece of poi is more amazing.

'As if the little fish swimming around didn't know they'd been scooped.

　Maybe it's because I'm so shady, or maybe it's because I don't have any kind of supremacy at all. When I try to scoop them up with poi, the little fish don't alert me at all. Thanks to that, you can scoop all the small fish you want.

'I'm just used to it because I'm the one who thought of this,'

　By the way, the small fish have long since been released because they don't fit in the bottle anymore. I don't want to be told that the organizers overfished, right?

　Well, now that we scooped up enough small fish, I guess we're ready to go.

'Already!　Why are you running away from me?　If you chase after them, you'll tear your poi!

'Ugh!　Torn again ... again!

　As I was thinking about such things, Sister Elinora and Alecia were thrusting out a torn poi, exuding anger.

''I'm sorry, too. I've already run out of poi...''

What?　Are they gone?

Do you think they've got enough to go around?

　That's because you guys are tearing it up with a bang, though.

　I had prepared a sufficient amount of slime skin because scooping small fish is difficult for many beginners.

　Maybe it's because of the exasperation of not being able to scoop the small fish, but the pressure of sister Elinora and Alecia is incredible.

　My brother is in tears as he's being stuffed by the lord's daughter and the village's famous Elinora sister and her guest, a nobleman.

　It's too pitiful, so I'll step in between them.

You can't shrug it off when you run out of poi, as expected. It's about time to go back to the house, and it's getting dark, so why don't we go back to the house?

Well, then, the next-door neighbor--

It's frustrating, but it can't be helped. The harvest festival is still going on tomorrow, so I think it's best to call it a day.

...Yes.

　The Elinora sister tried to dismiss my proposal, but Alecia accepted it with open arms, and it came to pass.

　Wow, if you have the power, you can silence even Elinora's sister?

　Perhaps it would be better to have a certain amount of power in order to live the ideal slow life. That way, if Sister Elinora asked me to practice, I would be able to say no with a straight face.

　No, but I'd be afraid of the consequences if I did that. Besides, with power comes a certain amount of responsibility and work that comes with it. It's something I can understand from looking at my Nord Dad, who is very busy.

　After all, it's better not to have a troublesome position. At least he's still a kid now.

　Anyway, I'm also concerned about Alecia, but unlike someone else somewhere else, I'm good at listening.

'What?'

　Perhaps it was because she was gazing at him, but sister Elinora turned around.

'No, anything.'

　I'm in a bit of a bad mood because I'm somewhat indigestible.

　It's better not to say anything unnecessary at a time like this. I've been sister Elinora's brother for seven years. I'm sure I've learned my lesson.

"Well, shall we put the scooped fish back in the tank?

'What?　You're not taking Eric home with you?

　When Eric was about to release the little fish, Raa rolled her eyes.

'Lady Rahna, what are you going to do with it by taking it back to the Slaulet family compound?

I'll keep her in a jar!

'If we keep them in a bottle, we'll let them die in a matter of days without knowledge, won't we?　There's a responsibility that comes with raising a living thing.

But everyone else around here is taking it home with them, right?

　Oh no, I've noticed something that Ra shouldn't have noticed.

　I feel like the villagers know they're going to die here, and it's not a good idea to fool them into thinking they're bringing it back.

　For now, I have to distract Ra-chan by doing something else to distract him.

''Yup, get the food!　Asmo, let's get the little fish we took to roast!　

"...What?　Do you want to grill a small fish?

　But how badly timed it was. Thor, who was at a nearby stall, held up a jar of small fish and said such a line.

　Thor and Asmo elatedly took the bottle of small fish to another stall.

'Rana-sama, it's better for you not to look too far beyond that--oh, Rana-sama!

　Aware of the situation, Loretta tries to keep Ra-chan back, but Ra-chan turns to Thor.

'Old man, burn all this for me.'

More salt and a little lemon.

Oh, I'm on it!

　After draining the water from the bottle he received from Thor and Asmo, the old man in the stall dropped the small fish onto the hot frying pan.

　With Ra-chan's height, he wouldn't have known what was going on in the frying pan. However, there was a sizzling sound of oil popping from the frying pan.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

''Eh, yeah!　Those beautiful fishes....

　Even if you couldn't see it, that was probably enough to give you an idea of what was going on, and Ra-chan was standing there in shock.


　Seeing that, me and Loretta wanted to cover our faces with our hands.

　...Oh, I did it.

　From the point of view of Ra-chan, who only thought of loving the small fish, it must have been a shock to roast and eat something that he had scooped up so hard.

　But life in this world is not a rich one. Not everyone has money like the aristocrats do, but they don't pay to scoop up small fish just because it's beautiful and fun to scoop them up.

　When the value of being able to eat the fish is added, it is an event.

　That's why it wasn't bad for Thor and Asmo to have their scoop of fish cooked for them. It was just bad timing.

　I showed them the part of the small fish scooping that I didn't want them to see.

　I don't know what to say to the stunned Ra-chan.

'Rahna-sama, should I put the little fish back in the tank?'

　Loretta said gently admonishingly, and Ra-chan gave a small nod.