"Alfried! Let's do the entertainment!

"Oh! It's Master Alfried!

'You're going to do something interesting again!

'Yes! Good grief!'

　The villagers are excited to hear my words. Everyone's faces are slightly red, and it looks like it's already made. As if they were suspicious of the men who were raising their voices in vain and increasing the tension, Celia and Carla-san come out of the kitchen.

　It's good that they're making a lot of noise. Today is a harvest festival. No one can stop us. Let's get rid of all the resentment we've been building up every day here!

　I ask the villagers to give us some space.

'I'll get some dirt for you.

"Dirt? What is it? What are you doing?

I don't know. It's her.

　The villagers are buzzing with noise.

　I quickly make six blocks of dirt outside that will be used as a dice rollout diagram with soil magic.
　I make a box, so for now, as long as I can surround me, it's no problem. I'll be able to make the box about two meters long to make it look good and powerful.

　I maneuver the clay blocks and go into the dining room.

"Sorry for the wait!

What is this?

"A wall of dirt?

Made with earth magic?

"No way. I can only make two of those things.

　The villagers look at the blocks I have created with my earth magic and ask questions. I manipulate the blocks at will to make the villagers have doubts and expectations and show them to the villagers.

'Attention!'

　The villagers quieten their voices at my words.

　Great. I don't hate people who switch quickly. The men in the village of Colliat often do stupid things, but they switch quickly. I like the fact that they are neat and important. When you play, you play, and when you work, you work.

　That's good. When I play, I need to rest.

"Now I'm going to work my magic. "From now on, I'm going to make a box out of this wall made of earth magic. And I will escape from the box in ten seconds without destroying it!

"Magic? Not magic?

"Anyway, I'm going to get out of here without breaking the box, aren't I?

'How is that possible?'

　While everyone stinks, I join the blocks together as if they were made of dice to make a big box.

''Ohhhh.''

The box is ready!

'Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'll step into the box. When you're done in the box, start counting from ten seconds.

　Waving to the villagers, I enter the box and block the one side that I left open for the entrance.

　Inside the tightly connected box, there is no light coming in, only the faint counting voices of the villagers in the dark, narrow space.

　People who are claustrophobic or something like that would be quite scared.

''Seven........six.......five.''

　You can hear the villagers counting in unison.

　Each time the number gets smaller, the voices get louder and louder, seemingly expressing the villagers' expectations.

''Three........two.......''

　No matter what your expectations are, there's no seed or trick to it, real magic!

　At the same time as the voice shouting "I", I use spatial magic to transition to the kitchen in the back where no one is present.

　Then, as the villagers say the word 0, I release the box of earth magic and break it into pieces.

''It's collapsed!''

"Is Master Alfried all right?

"I don't want dirt in my dining room!

　The villagers saw the box that suddenly collapsed and turned to earth.
　A thud, approaching the soil.

　Roland and Westa say, touching the soil.

'He's not here,'

Where did they go?

　While everyone's eyes are drawn to the earth, I leisurely step out of the kitchen and activate my fire magic in front of me for a moment to give it a performance boost.

　The flames roar and disappear into the void.

''Whoa! Behind you!

Back?

Hmm?

"It's true! 'How did you get out of the box?'

　The villagers notice, and one by one they shout in amazement. Then someone starts clapping and, as if to propagate, the surprise gives way to admiration.

'Thank you very much.'

　I give a polite bow to disguise the embarrassment caused by my happiness.

　Then do it again, and how did you get out of it? I return to the table with Merna and Yulina, spluttering.

　It's a taboo to reveal a seed easily.

　Once a magic trick is revealed, it can never again impress or surprise a customer.

　Once the seed is revealed, it's like, 'Heh, I didn't know that was true!

　Magic is only 'wow' when you can completely fool the audience to the end! Why? It's something that creates a lot of excitement.

　What I did is something that I don't think is magic, but I hope you enjoyed it.

　'Do it again!' I nodded and waved my hand in response to the voice saying, "You know what?

　I feel like this alone is enough to earn me some pocket money. Alfried, the miracle escape king. How dare he.

　At the other table, the villagers are having a great time discussing how I made my escape.

'How on earth did you do it?'

I can't even begin to figure out how I got out of the box.

　Merna and Yulina growled as they crossed their arms.

'Yes, fruit water. It's on me.'

　Celia puts a cup of fruit water on the table with a don.

Thank you, Miss Celia.

You'd be more than happy to tell me how you got out of that box.

Hahaha, I won't tell you that.

Sorry.

　Celia withdrew more easily than I expected. When I take a sip of the fruit water, it's still cold now. Unless it's an ice magic tool, everywhere, food and drinks are room temperature.

　I wanted to drink the cold drink all at once, so I used ice magic to fill the cup with some tiny ice.

''This is another surprise. You can even use ice magic?''

'You're with the one they call the Ice Princess of King's Landing.

What's an ice princess?

　Who could it be? I think Rumba said the same thing to me. Since she is said to be an ice princess, is she a ruthless person who uses ice magic?

　A woman in a fancy dress, living in an ice castle. Her slender legs are visible even through her long skirt. She has shapely, ample breasts and lustrous black hair. Could be good. The Ice Princess. I'd like to meet her once.

'Hmm, well, that's what they say on the surface.

　The beautiful imagination in my head is ruptured by Merna's hard to say words. Maybe it's not so beautiful or something?

On the surface?

The one called the Ice Princess is the third princess of the Kingdom of Misfirith, so we people down there will just have to praise her by a better name.

So what do they call you behind the scenes?

"It's called 'The Ice Doll,'

　Merna frowned at Yulina's words.

'It's not so much a doll as a...'

How is that possible?

The third princess, Lady Leila, known as 'The Ice Doll,' was born lame. The family was dismayed at her condition. But as she grew up, people in the family and around her warmed to her once coldly when they realized that she could use ice magic. This was so blatantly dismissive that Lady Leila couldn't even trust her family and was disgusted by the human creature.

　What a story that reveals the full extent of human nature.

'But then again, aren't you too detailed, Urina? Is this story famous enough for a commoner to know the details?

Uh, I'm not a commoner, sir.

Me too.

What? If that's true, then why are you here?

'There's no need for a sudden change of attitude. You can stay the same.

　Looking at me, Yulina laughs, amusedly.

'I'm Count Merna and Yulina is the Viscount. I've been good friends with the Nord. Today I'm here like this to see the village of Coriat as it is. Didn't the Nord tell you that? When guests come in from the outside,

　Hearing Count Merna's last words, I remembered. Come to think of it, I think he said something. I had assumed that it was definitely not relevant, so I let it slide at random.

''Come to think of it, I think I said something.

　So, thanks to their presence, Bartolo and his maids have been busy from morning.

　I see. I understand, Alfried.

While we were performing interesting magic, I heard that you are the son of the Nord.

'Well no, yes, yes I am Alfried-Slowlett, my second son, in case you were wondering.

'You are indeed the son of Nord and Erna. You're very polite. I like you better when you're being an idiot, though, don't you?

　Count Merna laughs loudly and leaves the dining room.

''Well, shall we go now?''

Where are you going?

At your house. My wife is already there, and she will sulk if you keep her waiting too long.

　What a lovely wife she is.

　Yurina put four silver coins on the table as more money and stood up.