The next morning after Rumba stayed at the mansion, sword practice started early.

　I was going to let Roomba take care of Elinora's sister, but I was caught by my Nordic father.

Let's practice with Dad, too. The stories you told me about the past made me want to swing my sword.

　I think it wasn't his usual fresh smile, but some kind of black smile. You know what I mean, right? We're going to practice with wooden swords, aren't we?

　So, we're in the middle of a discussion. I'm at a disadvantage, of course. I don't even snatch at my Nordic father's body.

　He defends himself, flips me off, and occasionally pulls me down to the ground with his feet.

"Hey, Nord-Dad! Don't you think it's going to be tough today, like putting a foot on it or something!

No it's not. Come on, come on, come on.

　Yuck. Well, that was yesterday, wasn't it? You're angry about yesterday, aren't you?

　I extrapolate in my mind the reason for the rigors of today's training to be yesterday.

　I can't tell you how many times I've had to kiss the ground hot just to have a meeting with Father Nord!

　It's not very mature, Nord.

"Come on, baby, come on! Come on, Al, get up!

　Mother Erna calls out to me from her perch in the mansion. Isn't it funny? Isn't that the wrong word to say?

　After that, I confronted him over and over again, and each time he carefully hit me on the head with a knocking wooden sword.

　How many of my precious brain cells had died just today?

'Come on, this is the last time. Hang in there.

Yes!

　Yes! This finally frees me up. Sister Elinora is busy hitting the rumba hard. I can take it easy today!

Try it on me. Or I'll get another shot at your head?

　Nord's dad laughs and challenges me to blow off some steam.

　Well then, I'm on board.

"Father Nord, no matter how hard you hammer it into my head, you'll never forget the Dragonslayer, will you?

....

　Huh? Oops. I thought this was a provocation battle? I can't get anything back.

　As I was watching him, he seemed to be in a haze. And then I realized that my vision had wobbled and I could see the blue sky.

　There was no pain.

"...he's an idiot...

　Roomba says something, but I can't quite hear it. Isn't that funny?

　Ah, the sky is blue again today.

　My consciousness sank into darkness as I held the clear blue sky in my sights




　Oooooooooooh!

Oh, Al's awake!

　When I woke up, I found Elinora sister in my room with a worried look on her face.

　Huh? Where am I? I am.
　My name is Alfried. My original name was Yuuji Inaka you remember exactly.

"Hey, little girl, don't rock the boat, or you'll have to slow it down today.

Okay.

Well, I win the right to take him around tomorrow.

'Kye! Disgusting! Why can't you take one!

　Lumumba leaves the room laughing vigorously with a hahaha.

Al, I'll leave some rice and water here for you. If you can't eat it, I'll make sure you eat it.

I can eat it myself.

Tsk.

What?

　Huh? Did you just click your tongue? It's not exactly a girl's thing to do, is it?

'Mmmm, nothing! If you can't eat alone or if you need anything else, call me!

　Sister Elinora's puffy, flowery smile and she can't eat alone! And then he says, with great emphasis.

　Ah, you don't have to do that. Because once you allow it, sister Elinora, she'll try to do it every time.

'Yeah, it's not that serious. She said it's just a concussion.

Yeah? I don't know what you said, but I'm going to piss off my dad Nord!

　By the way, now, "Nothing! in the Woman's Japanese Dictionary.

"It's nothing! = "No, I'm actually complaining, but not now.

　The Women's Japanese Dictionary says otherwise. The Women's Japanese Translation Dictionary also says

'Yes, maybe' = 'No, of course not'.

"Which do you think is better, this one or this one? = "You know the answer, right? Sure? I'm wearing this dress, right? Oh?

'That's fine' = 'I'm not convinced, though.'

Do you like me? = "Can I buy something for you?

"Just a minute, okay? = "I'm telling you, maidens take time. It still takes time, okay?

　I recommend everyone to use this Japanese translation dictionary as a guide to interacting with or going out with women with good preparation.

　In my experience, the most dangerous thing I've ever heard was 'It's okay! It was. Then he said, 'Yeah? 'Okay,'
　The next day he was complaining about me a lot.

　They say that modesty is a Japanese virtue, but this was a bit. No, this was just an outburst of anger after the fact. It's not humility.

'Well, I'd better get going.

Yes, thank you, Sister Elinora.

　Sister Elinora waves me out of the room as I fall asleep.

"Weak Al is cute too! Uh-oh, I wish I had let you.

　


　I spent that day slowly rumbling around.



　Woohoo!



　The next day, in the morning, Roomba came to me and said, 'You're all right now! Let's go out!
　And then he forced me out into the village.

　He wanted to see the village and wanted me to show him around. Well, that's fine. Let me show you how good Coriat Village is!

　We walked from the mansion through the usual streets.

There really is a lot of wheat around here. This green barley will be golden in the autumn.

'Oh yes, these wheaties welcome every person who enters this village and see them off when they leave.

You look like your mother.

Maybe.

　When I thought about it, the barley seemed even bigger and kinder. There are a lot of mothers in this village.

　By the way, there was no old man (Roland) in the wheat field today either.

　My brother, grandfather and grandmother seemed to be working in the wheat field.

Then, let's go to the square. There are a lot of people there.

Oh, yeah. Toriela said there's a lot of bartering and stuff going on in the square here.


　The huts are getting denser and denser as we head towards the plaza. In this village, the rule for newcomers is to build their huts and houses away from the center of the village. Sometimes they leave the center of the village for some kind of shop or business reasons, and sometimes they suddenly build in the center.

　That's why most of the houses in the center of these places are either the oldest people, or they have a diner like Celia-san (I never said Celia-san is the oldest person), or they have some kind of job like Erman-san.

'Heh, it's quite a gathering. If this was closer to the royal capital, there might have been more people gathered.

　I often ask him what he's looking for when I see his furniture and the vegetables and wildflowers that can only be found here.

　The rumba seems to be bold and rough, but I often pay attention to the details, and new things are carefully investigated. Such a place makes me think that he is an adventurer.

　The reason why he got so exhausted during the trip is because he was sharing his food with a starving child.

　Is there a place that poor in the place before coming to this village?


'Al! I'm hungry! Let's make dinner!

'Well, let's go to Miss Celia's dining room. Do you have any money?

I'm on it! I've got one gold coin for you today!

　Rumba proudly showed off the glittering, golden gold coins between two fingers.

The only thing that matters is that they don't use gold coins very often here. You might not even be bothered to use them, right? Do you eat that much?

What!

'No, well, I think Celia's diner will be fine. I hear they've been making a lot of money lately.

"...why is the village cafeteria profitable?

You'll know that when you get in.

　The dining room labeled 'Celia Diner' comes into view.

'Looks pretty spacious,'

All the other restaurants in the village were small and cozy.

I grew up for a reason.

　Then I open the door with a bitter smile.

'Ah!' Aaaaaaaaahhhh! I lost again! My egg roll!

　The one who let out a loud scream was the old man. He was here.

　He was probably playing a game of reversi or chess for a side dish anyway. He really doesn't learn his lesson.
　I've never seen him, but I can see what Natalie's struggles are.

　But still, I like this guy even though he's weak. So does Logan. That's the kind of move that makes me want to play the game over and over again. You're in over your head.

"...what's this?

I think he's playing reversi or chess. I think they're playing reversi or chess. It's made us cramped, so we all made it bigger.

Reversi? Shogi? You're the one that Toriela had the other day.

　I've been giving Triella the rights to sell Reversi for the last year. A percentage of those sales have always gone to our Slowlet family.

　Surprisingly, they have a patent on this world. I've heard that if you don't do that, the mage craftsmen won't be rewarded. The world of craftsmen seems to be a tough place to live.

'Huh? Haven't you ever seen your face? How about a little reversi?

How do we do this?

　The old man noticed the Roomba and got up and took the Roomba to his seat.

'I see, I could do this!

　Roomba was motivated by the old man's explanation.

'How about a single egg roll as a bet?'

　Wow, old man, you're trying to take the musiri from a newbie.

"What's an egg roll? You're going to cook the eggs straight from the chicken?

That's it.

　To Rumba's question, the old man shows him one of the egg rolls on the table.

Here, try it.

'Ah! That's mine!

　That's your old man's egg roll," one of the guys complained.

"Come on, a piece of it.

Okay, here we go.

Ah!

Oh, I ate them all.

　Come to think of it, Rumba also ate spaghetti with a big mouth full of spaghetti.

"You said a piece!

　Maybe they thought a piece was all of this. I've got a big mouth.

Good!

'Of course! I'm going to feed you a special Roland Special egg roll!

　Oh, they made me eat one the other day. It's an egg roll with some mushrooms and wildflowers and all sorts of things mixed in. It's pretty good, but it doesn't look good.

I want another!

No, we'll deal with that later. I want to see Reversi first! If you want to eat it, you'll have to beat me before I'll recognize you!

Al, can I take a swing at this guy?

Take it down to Reversi.

　The old man was a little intimidated by Roomba's words, but when he heard what I said, he was relieved and started to lay out the stones.

　At first, Roomba was annoyed because he couldn't eat the egg rolls, but gradually he understood the fun of it and started to get more and more into it and bend forward.

'Whoa! I can't put it anywhere!

Well I guess I'll pass.

　What's the poof, old man?

As usual, Roland is here every day.

　The man who came beside me is the owner of the diner here. Celia.

'When it's this busy in the daytime, it looks even more awesome at night.

'It's true. It's even better at night because there's a lot of drinking going on. We get into fights all the time. When it comes to fights, I'm too weak to handle it.

What?

What? What's that?

　Huh? What is she talking about? He's a stronger habit than her husband, the captain of the vigilante.

'No, I just thought that fights happen too. "Ha-ha, ha-ha.

　He'll be relieved to hear me say it. That I'll be relieved of my personal intimidation. What kind of pirate king would have that kind of intimidation?

Well, that's what my husband does for me.

　He shoots a straight right at the gutted part as if he were shadowboxing.

　That's soooo sharp. Even a heavyweight professional boxer is blue.

"And then Celia-san gutted your husband like that! Right?

　I do the same thing, imitating the same thing and firing a straight right hand. No, I can't go after the world with my right hand.

Yeah, I guess so. If you make any kind of eyes at a girl, or skip out on helping her, you're going to get punched. So, Mr. Alfried? Why don't you come over here for a minute?

　After nodding twice with a smile, Celia-san takes my hand and leads me zealously to the kitchen.

　Huh? Any bumps?

　Men are looking at me with pitying eyes. Stop it! Don't look at me like that.

　Then pop your head in with a ladle. I was beaten to the punch and made to wash the dishes.

　As I was washing the dishes, I was stung by the pitying look of Carla, Celia's daughter, who was cooking next to me, saying, "You never learn your lesson, do you?

You don't learn your lesson, either," she said.


　ーーー



Hey, Roland. Every time I think about it, is he an idiot? He did the same thing yesterday at the mansion, and his father was clamping down on him.

''Oh, that's what everyone thinks. This egg roll, the special frying pan for baking, reversi and chess, he thought of everything...''

Well, they say there's a fine line between an idiot and a genius.

'Well, it's one of the seven wonders of this village.

That guy? Heh, that's interesting. What other wonders do you have in store for me?

There's a gorgeous stone house built without the villagers' knowledge. Everyone in the village said that the spirits were built by the spirits.'

What? He said that was built by Al's bastard?

Then that's the guy from the Seven Wonders!

What else is out there?

"Oh, well, Roomba. Let's have a drink first, shall we?

Yeah.

'Hey, more drinks!'