026: A Gentle Sister

I’ve left Logan’s hut and I’m heading back in the direction of the village. I don’t have to walk, since I could use Spatial Magic to transfer, but it’s a beautiful day so I’ll walk to a picnic spot. It’s a bit lonely to go by myself, I wonder if I should go back and talk Logan into it. I don’t actually have an acquaintances or friends of the same age at the moment, it’d be nice to change that fact. Perhaps I can change that if I visit the village more. I could go and ask Silvio, he’d probably like to read a book in a scenic place.

When I passed the militia practice field, it had emptied out. Today’s practice must have wrapped up. I’ll pass through the square on the way to the mountains.

“Oh, Al is visiting. Hello” Villager A

“Hello” Al

“Al, where are you off to today?” Villager A

“I’m going to visit the mountains for a midday meal.” Al

“Be careful on the way.” Villager A

I’l proceed while exchanging greetings with some villagers.

“Oh, it’s one of the seven mysteries.” Calk

“Calk, it’s rude to point at people.” Villager B

“Yes, ma’am” Calk

Eh? What did they say? Also, isn’t there another issue to scold about there? What is the seven mysteries? Is this like a school’s ghost stories? I’d like to chat with someone about that, but that isn’t going to happen today…

“Oh, it’s Al. What are you doing today?” Eleanora

“Eh? Is this child Alfred, Eleanora’s youngest brother?” Emma

“Eh? For real? The one Eleanora talks about?” Sheila

Augh! I have run into Eleanora, in addition, she’s got two friends with her today.

“My name is Emma, it’s nice to meet you.” Emma

Emma is a short-haired girl with blue-ish hair and blue eyes. She’s beautiful with slender limbs and kind sister atmosphere, I’m sure she’ll want to dote on me.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Alfred, the second son of the Slowlette family. Thanks for being a friend to my sister.” Al

I greet Emma with my best impression of a childish smile. Greetings like this are standard in Japanese businesses. Some people say that a person’s first impression is made using the first 10 seconds of meeting and what the person’s greeting is. I should be overly polite to the kind-looking Emma, in hopes for future events.

“Wow, you’re very polite Eleanora’s younger brother.” Emma

“Is it natural for aristocrats to speak in this manner?” Sheila

“That’s not the case Sheila, Al is messing around.” Eleanora

Eleanora is not impressed by my politeness, is it one of those days for her?

“Really? Is it like that?” Sheila

The other girl, the one Eleanora called Sheila, has long curly brown hair. As she walks around her hair bounces around, along with her large chest assets. The size is amazing, I wonder how many boys and men dream of those assets, I should be careful to not stare too much. I looked over to Eleanora, yep, no worries there.

“Something tells me that Al insulted me” Eleanora

“Huh? What!” Al

“Somehow it came to me” Eleanora

It looks like Eleanora is still good at reading my thoughts, I’ve heard that women can be Espers, it seems Eleanora is one.

“So what is Alfred doing today?” Sheila

Ugh, Sheila saved me by changing the conversation topic, I wish she was my sister.

“Today, I’m going to visit the mountains.” Al

“Oh, mountains, the ones near the plain?” Sheila

“Yes, that’s right.” Al

“What are you going to do in that place? Make more strange stone houses? Or are you going to fish in the river?” Eleanora

Don’t call my houses strange! If I made fun of your home, you’d get angry too.

“Picnic, I’m going to eat lunch in a place with a nice view and abundant nature.” Al

“That sounds good. Portable food in a scenic place.” Sheila

Surprisingly, Sheila is agreeing with my plan.

“That’s right, the weather is nice today, why don’t we hike along too?” Emma

Emma is sounding like a mountain goat.

“Yeah, nothing is planned for this afternoon, why don’t we go along?” Eleanora

Eh? Are you coming along Eleanora?

“Ok, didn’t you already eat at Celia’s restaurant?” Al

“We’ve been training this morning, so we can eat again. After we hike up, we’ll be hungry again.” Eleanora

“Just a reminder, if you eat so often, it’s turn as thick as it is in winter?” Al

“Huh?” Eleanora

“…” Sheila

“…” Emma

“Suddenly you want some exercise, ahh…” Al

That was dangerous, I could have stepped on a land mine. I have a bad habit of saying more than I should. I have to be careful, Emma and Sheila looked worried.

“It looks like we’ll need to get food for all of us, I’ll ask Bartolo to make servings for four people right away.” Eleanora

“I’m glad, Bartolo knows how to make delicious food.” Sheila

“Wow…” Al

It’s amazing, Eleanora is being magnanimous, it must be the presence of her friends. Usually she would say something like “I’ll have Bartolo make it, or failing that, Al will make it.”

“Let’s go to the mansion” Eleanora

“Yes!” Emma & Sheila

From that, four people head for the mansion. In case you’re wondering where Rumba is, he likes to enjoy my Ice Magic cooled room like a resort.

Recently he challenged me to shogi, which I won, and the punishment was to “Jump around the courtyard like a rabbit.” He put his hands on on his cheeks and jumped around in an adorable manner. I almost hurt myself laughing, but apparently this was taught by the royal capital’s Adventurer Guild’s master, what kind of weirdo is that guy?

Rumba can be dense at times, but he helps out with the hard work in the village and new construction work. It’d be nice for him to stick around.

We return to the mansion and Bartolo makes up some lunch boxes for the four of us. He complained the whole time, but still made them with care, is he also a tsundere?

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