Half-asleep Iris is cute, isnât she? She reminds me of my grandchild.
Absentminded Iris is yet to wake up.
It looks like she was really tired.
ăSaa, eat. We are departingă
ăKoyu-sama!! AhâŚâŚ ă
ăYou were tired, werenât you? It canât be helped. Rather than that, please finish your breakfastă
ăIâm sorryâŚâŚă
Iris becomes bright red then she immediately becomes pale blue. How busy she is.
Maa, even I would be ashamed of oversleeping. Much less Iris who I bothered the whole day yesterday. Fufu. But, teasing her is not good, right? Letâs let it pass. Un.
Iris immediately gulped down her breakfast. But, when eating tomato soup, she was staring at me with wonder. Ara, did it perhaps not suit her tastes? Even though she ate miso so deliciously yesterday. I wonder if Iris prefers Japanese? When I presented her the sweet brown sugar water, she drank it with delight. Did it ease her fatigue a little?
We clear the camp and prepare for the departure. Of course, we wash the empty pot clean.
Iris made it clean with magic. She said itâs the life magic. Isnât it convenient?
Today, she will teach me magic in the carriage. I might be able to become a magician, you know? Fufu.
After we finish tidying up, we start the second day.
ăKoyu-sama. I apologize for this morningă
ăAra, you donât have to mind it. You must have been tired, right?ă
ăYou have even prepared me a breakfastă
ăMou. I told you that you donât have to worry about it? You must have had it hard after your head was hit. You have tried to keep it in all this time, right? I can make something like a meal as wellă
ăNo, Koyu-sama is our employer. In truth, you should be enjoying the travel in the carriageâŚâŚă
ăMou!! Iris is too stubborn. I had fun making the breakfast, isnât that alright? Well, I somehow understand that I lack common sense from around here, but. Please endure it because Iâm enjoying myselfă
ăLeave it at that~ You twoă
ăA, araă
ăIâm sorryă
ăWhat Baasan said is true, but please try to understand Irisâs standpoint. You make her quite concerned about youă
ăConcerned?ă
ăWell, yeah. You are unreasonably dangerous? Eccentric? You posses quite a lot of money. You got me really exhausted on the shopping dayă
ăAraâŚâŚ I have no excuseâŚâŚă
ăTherefore, you see. Wouldnât it be alright to speak to each other a little bit more?ă
ăIndeed. Iris, Iâm sorry. You were worried about me, werenât you?ă
ăIt is I who should be saying that. Iâm terribly sorryă
ăTherefore! Be a little bit less formal. Talk normally. I also want to do what I can do, you know? But, there are many more things that I am not able to do, you know? Please, help me thereă
ăWhat Koyu-sama canât doâŚâŚă
ăFirst, the so-called common sense about this country. What I can and canât do. Also, magic. I donât understand at all how magic is supposed to be used, after allă
ăUmmâŚâŚ Yes. AwfullyâŚâŚ How should I say itâŚâŚă
ăJust say it. I think that Baasan will listen carefully now?ă
ăMaa, Iâm properly listeningă
ăI think that Baasan might just pretend to be listening, thoughă
Muu.
ăUmmâŚâŚ Is it really all right to speakâŚâŚ taking offenseâŚâŚă
ăItâs all right. We will be together for some quite time. If I donât listen to what I have to fix, Iris may collapse next time. If that happens, I will be the one who is troubled, right? Un, I prepared for ită
I would hate to keep causing Iris trouble. But, I wonder how much am I dangerous? I mean, I did not do much besides shopping and making meals. Ah, I apparently blew away some bad people, but thatâs about all?
Iris corrects her posture and with some kind of determination looks straight into my eyes. I properly return her gaze. I have to properly listen to her opinion, donât I?
ăThe first time I begin thinking that Koyu-sama is dangerous was when we went shopping. It was when you bought a great deal of food and when you bought the robe. You have casually taken out gold coins, didnât you? You have stored the change into the bag without counting. Itâs natural not to hand over your wallet to me who you just met, but you wonât generally use gold coins at the market. Itâs up to large silver coins. Besides, you have not confirmed the cost, right? Moreover, you took out a white gold coin when buying the robe, didnât you? No matter what noble shop it is, robes go for one large gold coin at most. You put the change casually back into the bag again, right? Do you understand that there were strangers on the sides? Shien who was your guard was holding too much baggage. Do you understand that you were targeted from all around? When buying a meal at the street stall, you have selfishly disappeared and bought grilled meat, didnât you? You had disappeared in the little moment when Shien went to buy fruit water, while I was looking for a place to sit. Even though I told you to sit down with me, you went together with Shien because you wanted to shop at the stall. Then, when I told you not to separate from Shien, you told me that you understand. How many times have you got lost? I even heard that you had to hold hands so you wouldnât get lostă
Umm, Irisâs words are like surging waves. Yes, yes, while noddingâŚâŚ I can tell my face became hot.
Irisâs words of surging waves continued.
ăDo you know how many people Shien kept away? It was really dangerous, you know? I caught countless pickpockets and accused many unjustly. We also exercised Coercion, and several people were knocked out. How many times have I cautioned you? Moreover, yesterday, even though you werenât used to the shaking of the carriage yet, you have taken out scissors. It was so close that time that you had almost stabbed your hand, right? Was it knitting tools after the scissors? You understand that long sticks are also dangerous, right? When the carriage shook, and you almost stabbed yourself, I shudderedă
Umm, is it still continuing? Yes, itâs the things I have done. Just from hearing her, I can tell how dangerous that person is. Even though sheâs talking about meâŚâŚ
ăKoyu-sama, that bagâŚâŚ Itâs not a magic bag, is it? The amount it can take is ridiculous. Where did you put the large amount of items you have bought? Right now, itâs not anywhere, right? I was watching you prepare the meal, but there was a lof of things you havenât bought, werenât there? I know a little bit about cooking as well. On top of that, what is with that magical power? Iâm told that mine is large, but isnât yours far exceeding that? Even though you are saying that you have never used magic beforeă
After taking a breath, Irisâs voice became gradually louderâŚâŚ Iâm really sorryâŚâŚ
ăIn addition, I must teach such person how to use magic, you know? Even though people with too much magical power have trouble with control. I have been desperately learning how to control my magical power since I was a child. So I accidentally donât dischargeâŚâŚ I have been thinking all this time about what should I do. And yet when I woke up, you have nonchalantly let me eat something I have not eaten beforeâŚâŚ Just what am I supposed to do!!ă
She ended up bursting into tearsâŚâŚ What should I doâŚâŚ
If this place were my room, I would offer her tea to calm down. Do I have something in my bag? Ara, a water pouch. Which reminds me, the fruit water from the stall was delicious, so I brought some home.
ăIâm sorry, Iris. Drink this and calm down, okay?ă
I give Iris the water pouch and suggest her to drink. After she calmed down, we have talked about various things. Haa, I have caused trouble, didnât I? To Iris and Shien as well. I reflect a little.