It's been a week since I played with Maya in the Jaisal desert.

　I'd been thoroughly cooped up in the mansion.

　Warming my room with fire magic, eating pancakes and sipping royal feed.

　Such an uneventful routine is so wonderful.

　When you go out in a row, you don't want to go out for a while in reaction to that.

　Even on the precious vacations I had in my previous life, I would always make a day of it to stay indoors on one of the days.

　Even though I used to use transitions, I still get tired of going out.

　It's important to take care of your body and mind by lingering at home and giving your body a break.

'Oi!　Aloo!

　As I was mulling over my thoughts, I heard a familiar voice from outside the window. It's definitely Thor.

　Reflexively, I think about opening the window to check, but then I come to my senses and stop moving.

　If I open the window now, the cold air will come in from outside.

　As a person in a warm and comfortable environment, I am hesitant to do so.

　Because if I open the window, it will be cold for sure.

　If the air is getting worse, you can open it as a replacement for ventilation, but I just did it a while ago.

　The air hasn't gotten that bad either.

　Therefore, maintaining a comfortable environment took precedence over worshiping Thor's face and having a conversation.

'Hey, come on out!　I know you're in the room because Miss Sarla told me, okay?

　I ignored him for a while, using my answering machine, but he didn't give up.

　It seems that Sarla has been polite enough to tell me where I am.

　If it turns out that's the case, those guys won't give up, and there's a chance that Sarra will lead them in. In that case, it's better for me to go to them.

　I have no choice but to get up and open the window.

　Then I see Thor, Asmo, and Saara in the courtyard, looking up at me.

　It's cold as the cold air enters my room without restraint.

　It's warm inside, but it's so cold outside that if I breathe, I can't help but let out a white breath.

'What are you doing here?'

You know what it means.

I came to ask you out.

　Unlike Thor, Asmo conveys his business in a straightforward manner.

'Are you going to play outside on a cold day like this?　Can't we wait until it's a little warmer?

You can't keep playing this game if you keep talking like that!

At all, do you really want to play with me that badly?

"I'm tired of being with this guy all the time,

　Thor and Asmo say that while pointing at each other.

　Well, they're neighbors and they're good friends. It's inevitable that the two of them will always be involved when I'm not around. When I think about it, I feel a little sorry for them.

"Huh, it can't be helped. I'm going outside.

　Soberly, I hadn't played with Thor and Asmo properly since the harvest festival was over.

　I'd been wanting to teach Maya to sandboard and then ski and snowboard, which wasn't a bad idea for us to play together.

　I said, closing the window and eating the leftover pancakes and pouring down the royal feed.

　I changed out of my normal clothes into warm clothes and went down to the front door and Saara came in the wrong way.

'Take care of yourself, Alfried-sama, have a good day.

Yeah, I'm off.

　As I was putting on my shoes, Saara smiled at me and called out to me.

　I wondered if it was something good. Saara had a strange, nice smile on her face.

　Being seen off by a maid in a good mood makes me happy too.

　I open the front door and head into the courtyard where Thor and Asmo are waiting.

　Then, I was welcomed by a storm of snowballs.

　I couldn't avoid the multiple snowballs that suddenly jumped into the air and hit me in the face and body with a bushel.

'Geehahahaha!　Al's got it hooked, man!

Baboon, you hit it clean.

　Thor and Asmo look at me, covered in snow, and laugh happily.

　d*mn!　d*mn you, Serra!　You knew this and you smiled to be careful and say goodbye. You must have overheard Thor and Asmo's plan and knew there would be this kind of meet and greet.

　If you're going to teach me anyway, you should have said it plainly.

''I invited you and you didn't treat me like this all of a sudden?

For flippin' out our invitations, you deserve it!

I'm gonna teach Al a lesson here.

　Saying that, Thor and Asmo quickly throw snowballs at me.

　Apparently, it wasn't fun that they kept refusing to play after the harvest festival was over.

　I want to go back inside the mansion and take refuge, but I know that I'll get beaten up by the sack while opening the door, so I give up and take refuge.

''Hey, don't let Al come back to the mansion!

Okay!

　The two of them continue to throw snowballs to block the retreat so that I can't enter the mansion.

　They usually have a habit of fighting each other for no good reason, but they have a shining example of cooperation when they do something they don't like to do to people.

''Isn't two and one not fair?''

So what's the problem?

As long as we can take him down for sure, we're good.

　A bad friend who doesn't listen to the slightest bit of my protests. He's still a piece of shit.

'Then I have an idea, too.

You're going to use your magic like you always do anyway!

　I was going to engage him with magic, but it's annoying when you say it like that.

''No, no. I don't need to use magic this time.

What?

　Fortunately, it's on the grounds of the mansion now. I have the art of fighting back without using magic.

　I don't know if it's because they don't know what I'm going to do, or if it's because Thor and Asmo are on alert.

　That choice to do nothing is a mistake.

　I take a deep breath and throw my voice towards the kitchen.

'Oi, Bartolo!　Let's have a snowball fight!

"Oh, a snowball fight!　Great!

　Perhaps upon hearing of the snowball fight, Bartolo immediately came out the back door of the kitchen.

''Since we don't have enough people, Bartolo is on my team, right?

Okay!

　Just because he's from the snow country, Bartolo loves snowball fights. I knew that if I asked him to join us, he would join us right away.

　In the name of the cause of getting the right number of people together, I successfully managed to get Bartolo to join my side without hesitation.

''Heh heh, my arms are going to ring.

　Bartolo uses his strong arms and large hands to create snowballs like cannonballs.

　That's probably several times harder than the snowballs we've made.

"Hey, calling Bartolo is not fair!

'I don't think so, since we're the same number of people, but even if we were cowardly, what would you say is wrong with us?'

　I gave Thor, who was denouncing me, the exact same line I gave him.

　Then Thor let out a frustrated groan. It's best to fight scum with scummy means.

　Last year, Bartolo fought him as an enemy, but he's so much more reliable when he's on your side.

'd*mn it!　I'll sink Al alone!

It's getting to be a disaster!

　A burned out Thor and Asmo rush in, which is a bad move.

'Bartolo, go for it,'

Oh.

　They sank in dismay at the snowball Bartolo threw at them.