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After Washing The Wall, Your Heart Will Also Become Clean
After having lunch, I lie languidly on the sofa in the living room.
And then, I hug the slime pillow that has recently been placed on the sofa.
Aah, the feeling of hugging the slime through the cloth is the best.
It has the proper amount of elasticity that repels you when you squeeze it while still being springy.
Aah, I wonder how could a slim be born with this kind of fascinating body structure. Really, what a sinful creature. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’ve decided. Let’s sleep while hugging the slime like this today」
Usually, I put a pillow under my head and then went to sleep, but let’s sleep while hugging the slime like this today.
I’m hugging such a fascinating body. Surely, I would be able to have a good dream.
I slowly close my eyelids while hugging the slime pillow with both of my arms.
Then as my consciousness was about to sink deep and I fell asleep, Elna-kaasan came at bad timing.
「Al, can I talk to you for a second?」
「……suー, suー」
For some reason, I had a troublesome premonition about it, so I pretend to sleep and made a sleeper’s breathing.
Fufufu, her own child is sleeping comfortably in front of you. She should stop asking for help and not disturb me.....
「The dirt on the wall of the mansion has started to stand out so I have been cleaning them, but I’m having quite a trouble getting rid of them. The dirt will not come off even after washing them with Water magic. And I was having trouble with that so Roomba―」
This person, I wonder why is she addressing her sleeping son like this? You know that the other party is sleeping, right? And yet, I think it’s pretty dangerous to start talking.
「I, it’s going to be possible with that right?」
「……suー, suー」
I was thinking about such things that I barely listened to what she was talking about. It looks troublesome anyway, so let’s keep on pretending to sleep like this.
If she realizes that I won’t wake up, then Elna-kaasan should go somewhere else......
「Enough already, stop pretending to sleep clumsily like that. I have been talking to Al knowing that Al is awake, you know?」
「Ow ow ow! Okay, okay. I’m getting up already, stop pulling my cheek!」
Elna-kaasan ended up pulling my cheek without going anywhere else. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I raise my upper body for now and the force in her fingers loosened, but she still did not let go of my cheek. I guess it's something like the bond between parents and children.
「Mou, even though I was sleeping comfortably......」
「That’s a lie. You just close your eyes and have not slept yet, did you not?」
「That’s not true. To begin with, how do you know that?」
「It’s obviously because I’m Al’s parents after all , isn’t it?」
Elna-kaasan answers full of confidence while throwing out her chest.
Though there is no basis to it, her answers seem strangely convincing enough.
「I mean, if I was taking a nap, don’t you think it’s better to just leave me alone?」
Her cute son is trying to sleep on the sofa after all. As an adult, shouldn’t she be able to judge and taking the choice of watching over her son?
「In Al’s case, Al is always taking a nap so nothing can be done if I was hesitant just because Al was trying to sleep」
Elna-kaasan answers while being somewhat amazed.
Even I - as the concerned party - was unintentionally convinced by her answer.
「Just like what I said before, what do you think about the dirt on the wall?」
「I’m sorry, I only heard the part where the dirt on the mansion’s wall can’t be removed even with Water magic」
「Mou, can’t be helped then」
After letting out a small sigh, Elna-kaasan continues what she said earlier.
To summarize it simply, it seems like the dirt on the mansion’s wall can be removed with the pressure water magic I used in Kagura.
It looks like Roomba - who saw me cleaning the dirt on the stone back then - suggest it to her.
「Well, I think it’s probably possible」
「Ah, is that so. Then, can I ask you to remove the dirt on the walls with that magic?」
「Okay, fine, so stop slowly putting faint strength in your fingers」
And when I told her that I will accept the task from her, Elna-kaasan started to release her fingers with a satisfied expression on her face. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
The battle is already over even before it starts.
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As I open the front door and went outside, Elna-kaasan - who had changed into outer shoes followed me from behind.
「Eh? Elna-kaasan will also come to see?」
「I’m curious about what kind of Water magic Al will use to remove the dirt from the walls」
I see, so you’re interested in magic, huh?
Even Elna-kaasan - who usually finds things troublesome - becomes active magic is involved.
「Alfried-sama, over here」
「Ou, over here」
Looking to the left side after leaving the house from the front door, I saw Sara and Bartolo standing there with a washcloth in their hand.
They probably tried to see if they could remove the dirt on the walls with their own strength
As to be expected, it’s dangerous for a woman to clean them alone, so Bartolo is probably also there to help her.
And when I follow Sara and Bartolo to the side of the mansion, I saw the wall over there have blackened - probably due to the long years - and something like algae was sticking to the wall.
Maybe it’s because the mansion and the walls are painted white that the dirt and stain look more conspicuous than usual.
「Ahー, I thought it was dirty, but when I went closer and look closely at it, it was dirtier than I thought」
「Yes, it became to the point that I was worried about it even when I look at it from a distance」
So you mean the dirty part can be seen to some degree, even from a distance?
If it were the house of a normal family then there’s nothing to be worried about, but we are the nobles who govern the territory. Even just to show our dignity as a noble, it will be unsightly if we live in such a dirty mansion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Since the place where our mansion was built is in a high place, this place can even be seen from the village depending on the location.
「I tried to use a ladder to wipe it with a cloth, but the dirt is quite stubborn. But, I heard Roomba say ‘It will be simple if the kid uses his magic to remove the dirt and stain’」
「Maybe, I can clean it」
「Ooh, as expected from you boy! It looks like you can thoroughly clean it with your magic」
I feel like Torr and Asmo also said the same lines as him.
「I’m sorry for bothering you, please help us clean the walls」
「I got it」
Approaching the wall at Sara’s request, I look up to the wall to check on the dirt and stain.
It doesn’t look like the kind of dirt that has been left as they are for dozens, hundreds of years, I think I’m going to be able to clean the dirt using Water magic with enough time to spare.
The problem will be to make sure that I won’t break it just like when I did with the rock in Kagura.
It was an ordinary rock last time, so there’s no problem if I were to break it, but this time is our mansion’s wall. If I made a crack in the wall, a *tehepero* won’t be enough to excuse it. If that were to happen then of course it will have to be fixed, but wind and rain may also enter the mansion. I have to do it cautiously.
(Tehepero)
Let’s practice the magic first for now.
I put a distance from the mansion and cast Earth magic, preparing a thick earth wall for the practice.
「Oh? I heard from Roomba that you’re going to use Water magic though?」
「I have to practice it first before that, don’t worry」
Even when I tell him that, Bartolo and everyone else look dubious. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
But, there’s no helping it. If I don’t remember the sensation of adjusting the power of the magic, I might accidentally make a crack in the wall.
Despite being subjected to their suspicious gazes, I shoot water using Water magic at the earth wall I created.
Looking at the water gushing out from my fingertip, I put more magic power into the magic and increase the water pressure.
Immediately after that, the water pressure that was sprayed increased, and the sounds of water changed into that something like *shaa* as if the water cuts through the air.
The strongly sprayed water hit the earth wall and burst.
The thickness of this earth wall and the mansion’s wall shouldn’t be the same, but I now remembered the general feeling of using this magic.
If the spray is too weak, then I just have to gradually increase the pressure, it should be fine.
I aimed the water that had been hitting the earth wall into the mansion’s wall.
The water burst with a whooshing sound.
I slowly increase the output while looking at the wall’s appearance. Then in the blink of an eye, the dirt that sticks to the wall starts to fall off.
「「Oooohhー!」」
Bartolo and the others - who were watching from behind - cheer.
To sum up, the spectacle of the water forcefully shooting out and blowing away the dirt in one word, it is exhilarating.
When I send forth the water, a clean wall is exposed, looking as though it was a new building.
「I see, you weakened the power of a Water Blade, and by continuously spouting the water on the wall, it cleans the dirt sticking on the wall」
Elna-kaasan stares at my magic while putting her hand on her chin.
I’m sure she’s probably seeing through how I use my magic power.
Incidentally, a Water Blade is a dangerous magic that specialized in cutting similar to Wind Blade, where you compress water to the absolute limit and shoot it to your target.
Compared to such dangerous magic, I think that the way to utilize magic like this has much more use.
I continue to slowly pour out the water from the top part of the wall to the bottom part.
Then, water was poured out from the side.
Looking beside me, Elna-kaasan is shooting water from her finger.
「The wall will break if you make a mistake in the magic adjustment, you know?」
「I will not make that kind of mistake. By the way, if it’s the strength of our wall, it will be fine even if the water is more powerful than this」
I warn her, but Elna-kaasan told me that full of confidence instead and increases the pressure of the water to recreate the same magic as what I use. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Oh well, if it’s this level of magic, I’m sure Elna-kaasan can recreate it in one try.
「How do you know how strong the wall is?」
「That is because we experimented with how much attack magic it could withstand before we built the mansion. You can sometimes understand how much attack magic you need by destroying walls like this once」
I see, that’s certainly true. Until now, I’ve experimented with the strength of barrier magic by putting in more magic power before, but I never destroyed existing materials before.
It may be a good idea to understand the strength of the materials in order to destroy things such as scrap materials or houses that are about to be demolished. As expected from Elna-kaasan, it was a bit unsettling but good advice nonetheless.
Cleaning the wall from the left to the right. When I was spraying water toward the bottom while doing it from the right to the left side of the wall, the water sprayed by Elna-kaasan came next to mine, as if it wanted to join with the spray side-by-side. Before long, the water joins together and we clean up the dirt sticking to the wall.
「……it was such an indescribably exhilarating feeling, isn’t it」
「Right?」
「Even watching from behind makes me feel good」
Indeed, the sight of seeing dirt continues to be removed from the wall before your eyes feel good to see.
I think the real pleasure of cleaning is the sense of accomplishment when ie becomes clean, but this is a wonderful magic where you can get the sense of accomplishment without having the trouble of cleaning them yourself.
「Ah, there is a rainbow」
「Hahaha, you’re right. It’s pretty」
Casually looking at the place where Sara pointed to, there was a small rainbow that appeared around the place where we ejected the water.
A seven-colored rainbow appeared around the wall of the mansion that had become clean.
Our hearts also became as clear as the clear blue sky today.