140-Landlady and Sannosuke





 My consciousness was brought to the surface by the sunlight streaming in through the window.

Squinting my eyes, feeling the glare of the sun's rays, I slowly raised myself up.

 Compared to my usual time of day, I feel like it's somehow earlier, but sometimes waking up early isn't a bad thing.

''Huh........''

 On impulse, do some absent stretches to bring the fresh morning air into your body.

 Then, while sitting, I stretch to rub the muscles of my body.

 I've been playing quite a bit of ping-pong last night.

 As I was explaining ping-pong to Tory, the men of the Chamber of Commerce came out as well, all of whom were interested in ping-pong.

 Naturally, one table tennis machine is not enough for more than 20 men to play, so I increased the production of the table tennis set to meet everyone's expectations.

 Five additional table tennis sets were produced in a garden full of Kagura's emotional atmosphere.

 The additional tables meant we needed corks for the balls, so we were able to open five more precious wine bottles in the Chamber of Commerce.

 Drinking red wine and happily beating the cork balls was a game for the nobility.

 Even Tory laughed at this, but he considered it an investment in his new business and forgave him for it.

 The first bottle of red wine that Irvine and Malt had given him was a bottle of Olga wine, which Tory had been saving for a long time.

 It was interesting to see how obviously depressed Torrie, who was always aloof, was.

 The ping-pong game across the court didn't cause any of the noisy and vulgar disturbances of last night, and everyone enjoyed themselves and ended the night safely.

 The only thing I would add is that a few of the incandescent players, including me, got sweaty and had to take a bath again.

 I'd better do some morning stretching so I don't have any more fatigue from last night.

 I don't think that level of exercise would have any effect on my body, but just to be sure.

 It is because the human body suddenly gets old after the age of 20. In my past life, I think my body was very exhausted for my age because of lifestyle diseases and lack of exercise.

 In this life, in order to have a rich slow life, I have to avoid making my body unhealthy like my previous life. It's best for people to live a healthy life.

 With this in mind, I stand up and start to do radio exercises.

 When I'm sure that my body is in good shape after the exercise is over, I open the window in my room wide.

 The view from the second floor of the inn is wide, and today, there are Kagura people working early in the morning on the main street.

 While I was feeling the unique hustle and bustle and the soft breeze blowing in, I heard a rhythmic bouncing sound from below.

'Oh, this is surprisingly interesting!

'I like the simplicity of just hitting back into my opponent's coat. It doesn't move too hard, so you can enjoy it while wearing a kagura outfit!

'That's right. It's hard to take it easy and exercise in our women's kagura clothes. This ping-pong? And that's a good thing, because they're taking that into consideration when playing with me!

 When I looked down, I saw the female employees of the inn happily conversing with each other while playing ping-pong.

 Table tennis is a game that can be easily enjoyed even by people dressed in fiercely immobile clothes like a yukata. Even Kagura people who are dressed like a kimono can enjoy it with ease.

 As far as the employee's words are concerned, this seems to be well received by Kagura people.

 Speaking of Ryokan (Japanese inn), we play table tennis. It will be interesting if it will become the image like that of Japanese Ryokan, where people play table tennis.

It would be a nice break for us to have fun like this. Can you keep this table tennis here for a long time, hostess?

'Hmmm, I'm afraid the gardener won't allow it. Our ryokan also sell their gardens and other things as scenery...

 As we were having such a leisurely conversation, the landlady and Sanosuke came out of the doorway into the garden.

'How long are you guys going to be taking a break? It's about time for our guests to get up. Get back to work.

'Ha, yes! I'm home!

 A female employee, warned by the landlady, hurriedly returns to work. The landlady may have told her to hurry, but her neat and clean appearance is the result of her training. I want my sister somewhere to follow my example.

 When I was impressed, the landlady, who had seen the female employee off, began to approach the ping-pong table.

 Then the landlady started to touch the table tennis table as if she was checking it.

 Is the ping-pong table made of earth magic that mysterious? It's a nondescript platform.

 The landlady grabbed the racket on the table and gestured as if she were imitating us from last night.

 It may be because I had watched it last night. The gesture was strangely impressive.

 The landlady held the racket in her hand and hit the cork ball against the wall of the net.

 When the landlady saw the situation, Sanosuke, who may have sensed that the landlady wanted to play a rally, approached her silently and began to hold the racket face to face.

 When the landlady saw this, she smiled shyly and hit a serve with her racket.

 It seems that she has learned the basic rules of the game because she was watching. I let him one-bang it properly in his own court.

 The cork ball that bounced with a bang was carefully returned by Sanosuke.

'Ei!'

 The landlady hit back a high-bouncing cork ball with a cute call.

 In spite of her voice, the loose ball flew into Sannosuke's court.

 And Sanosuke hit it back gently.

 The expression on his face is the usual bumbling one, but his expression is vaguely soft.

''Huh, so it's just the two of us, it's like that...''

What--?

 I muttered in an impressed manner and the landlady in the garden heard me, and she looked up as if she was impatient.

 If you look at her expression, which is tinged with surprise, you'll say, "I saw that! I guess that's what it's all about?

 Maybe it's because the landlady looked up at us, but the cork ball that was never returned rolled on the ground in the void.

 It's not like the two of them were kissing and flirting, but I'm exaggerating.

'Good morning,'

"...Good morning, Mr. Alfried.

 At first, when I greeted them in the morning, the landlady and Sanosuke put their rackets on the table and broke their waists with a polite motion. Looking at their dignified expressions and appearances, it was as if the fact that they had been playing ping-pong peacefully a while ago was a lie.



Well no, I have breakfast to prepare.

 Was he innocently playing ping-pong in the garden when breakfast was being prepared? Earlier, you were watching out for an employee.
But...........

..........

 Perhaps sensing my gaze like that, the landlady looks a little awkward.

''........Sorry, I had fun playing table tennis. I can enjoy it even if I'm wearing a kagura outfit, so I might become popular in kagura.''

 The landlady said, then gave a clean bow and returned to the doorway. Sanosuke also bowed to follow and followed the proprietress' back.

 It was a moment of ping-pong just to play rally, but it was a moment where you could see what seemed to be a married couple, Sanosuke and the landlady. It was good that I woke up early.