After having the light meal of herb-grilled mackerel and shrimp salad bread, Eric asked. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăIâm thinking of just lazing around in the mansionă
ăFo, for the whole day?ă
ăNnăŒ, I think Iâm going to have a little walk around though, basically, I want to just spend the day leisurely in the mansionă
ăâŠâŠfrom your side, even though youâve arrived at your destination, itâs quite a wasteful action. Sylvio-dono is on the boat, while miss Eleonora is going to practice with my aneue, you know?ă
That would be so if I donât have Teleport magic, but I donât think like that since I can come here anytime.
Or rather, even though youâre practicing every day, are you doing it again today? Just how much stamina do you have anyway? www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăEric is the one who doesnât understand. It is precisely because Iâm in my travel destination that is different than the usual place, so Iâm going to relax. Iâm spending my time calmly while relax-ing in a seaside mansion. Donât you think thatâs wonderful?ă
ăHm? Isnât it just boring to just relaxing inside the mansion? Just what are you thinking of doing?ă
ăLike lazing around on the bed, staring at the sea from the window, or just sitting on the sofa absent-mindedlyă
ăâŠâŠIâm completely clueless as to whatâs so fun in thată
Even when I explain it to him by giving some examples, Eric seems to still donât understand as he tilted his head.
ăWhat? You can always stare at the ever-changing sea from the window all the time, you know? If there is such a place, you can spend a good time for the whole day watching the waves, or listening to the sound of the sea breezeă
ăDonât be ridiculous. Spending your whole day doing that, thatâs already on the level of torture, isnât it?ă
Treating othersâ enjoyment as torture is harsh.
ăFuh, guess itâs still too early for Eric to understandă
ăIâm the same age as youă
ăHonestly, Alfried-samaâs sense feels like a grandpa in the countrysideă
Eric and Mina retorted when I brushed off my bangs when I tell him that with a huff.
âA grandpa in the countrysideâ, thatâs harsh. Iâm still not that old.
ăHumph, I was thinking of showing you around the village and getting something as souvenirs since itâs a rare chanceă
I wonder if this is Ericâs attempt at trying to invite me to go outside with him? Certainly, I feel that back at the royal capital, he also invited me in the same manner. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
But, come to think of it, I only went to the beach and I never went to the village even once. On our first day, we only passed through the village while our carriage was being surrounded by the escorts and Largo-san.
I felt like I want to shut myself inside the mansion today, but I got a little interested in looking outside now.
ăSo, souvenirs! Alfried-sama! I, I want to go to the village to buy souvenirs! Or rather, if I donât buy some souvenirs, then my family, Mel-san, and Sara will get angry at me!ă
Oh well, since Mina is a maid, she will have to constantly take care of me if I were to say inside all day so this is not good.
ăYouâre right. Then, shall we go to the villageă
ăYe, yes!ă
ăOkay then, Iâll make preparation immediateââă
ăNo, letâs rest for around two hours firstă
Just when Eric stands up and says that, about to make preparation, he sat down again with a complex expression on his face.
ăâŠâŠa guy like you, really, moving at your own paceă
Itâs great that he looks to gradually come to understand me.
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After having my light meal, and resting leisurely inside for two hours, I, Eric, and Mina decided to head toward the village.
ăFuhaaâŠâŠthanks to Alfried-sama going outside, I was finally released from my work!ă
As soon as Mina walks outside the mansion, she suddenly said that happily while stretching her body.
Her expression is very bright, looking like a salaryman who has been released from his work.
Honestly, I think that she wanted to be released from her work rather than looking for souvenirs or such, but I fully understand how she feels so I wonât pursue her real reason now.
I also hate my desk work in my previous life, so there were times when I ran outside to do the job outside of the office. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăAs expected from going outside, you can strongly smell the scent of seaă
ăYes, it gave me a slightly uncomfortable feeling at the start, but now Iâm gradually getting used to ită
Well, we were all Koryatt people, brought up in a place surrounded by mountains, fields, and rivers after all.
The smell of the sea is always drifting in the air so you would get this sense of discomfort with the air here.
ăThough the air is a little unusual, there are a lot of good things like the sound of waves at night or the cool sea breezeă
ăYouâre right. I think itâs maybe because I opened the window at night the calm sound of the waves can be heard and I can sleep soundly and the sea itself is niceă
ăWell then, letâs goă
As I and Mina have that kind of conversation, Eric started walking with a slightly happy expression on his face.
Heâs probably happy that the village was being praised.
Mina and I pleasantly smiles when we saw him like that as we follow behind Eric.
ăI canât calm down unless I head for the beach somehowă
ăI understand that feelingă
The road we are walking right now is the opposite road we were taking to the beach yesterday.
Despite the fact that we were only passing this road to the beach for three days makes my body felt like I canât calm down unless I head for the beachâs direction.
Is this the terrifying thing about the training every day.....
ăWell, itâs not I donât know that feeling since I also normally head there to do various tasksă
ăYou, you really have hardly any friends, huhă
ăI, itâs not because of that reason! Itâs just that my training schedule is packed!ă
Eric becomes strangely upset when I said that with pity in my voice.
Such an attitude from him allowed me to guess everything. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăI see I see. So weâre going to meet Tornell and Quinna, with whom we had become friends the other day, right?ă
Eric pushes aside my arm when I said that while putting my hand on his shoulder.
ăStop looking at me like youâre better than me with that attitude, itâs extremely irritatingă
Even though heâs telling me that, he looks to be a little happy judging from his side profile.
I want to continue to make fun of him, but if I do that then Eric will really sulk so I decide to not say anything anymore.
And so, we walked for some time while having a casual conversation between us, and we finally arrived at the village of Berun. (ăă«ăłăźæ)
Berun village is similar to the port city Esport, the houses are made of a white material that looks like concrete, and there are plenty of them lined up.
ăFuwaa, Iâve also been thinking about it since I saw this place from the carriage, but the houses are white, arenât theyă
ăItâs because this place is to the sea so the sea breeze is blowingă
I knew it, just as I thought, it looks like it was made with a material that was strong against the sea breeze.
ăHeeăŒ, so itâs like that, Ahh, the texture is pretty niceă
Hearing what she said, I became curious so I also gently traces the texture of the wall like Mina.
Indeed, it has a nice texture and there is slight powdery-like stuff on it.
It feels like when you touch a lime. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
ăYour skin will be itchy if you touch them with your bare hands too much, yâknowă
ăăUeeehhh!?ăă
Hearing what she said, Mina and I - who were freely touching the wall with our bare hands - become flustered.
So I thought to wipe it with my hands first, but that will just make the sticky stuff spread.
Realizing that, I cast Water magic to make a water ball and thrust my hands into the water ball to wash it with a splash.
ăAh, Alfried-sama! Please let me have some too! If we donât hurry, my hand will itch.....!ă
Immediately after creating the water ball, Mina yells in an impatient tone as she holds out her hands to me, so I also make a water ball for her.
Mina similarly thrust her hands into the water ball and removes the powder-like substance on her hands.
ăFuuh, it should be fine if we wash it like thisă
ăYeah!ă
ăKuukuukuukuuâŠâŠă
As I and Mina breathe a sigh of relief, I noticed Eric laughing out of the corner of my eyes.
Looking at Ericâs behavior, Mina and I understand everything.
ăYou, donât tell me.....ă
ăYeah, I lied. Even if you touch it, the white powder will just stick to your skin and wonât make it itchy at allă
This jerk, heâs tricking others for our lack of information.
Darn it, so annoying! But, if I were to be in his shoes, then I will definitely do the same.
ăYou, Iâm going to remember this the next time you visit Koryatt village, yâknow?ă
ăHmph, I will really look forward to ită
Even when I threaten him like that, Eric can still calmly smile for some reason.