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Chapter 189 - Arerere?

After finishing our meal, Arc sent us back to the front of our rooms.

"I will call on you tomorrow morning when breakfast is ready. Will a morning call be necessary before that?"

Mia asked in front of the room.

"I’ll use my phone’s alarm, so I’m fine."

"I have one too."

The alarm should work even without a signal.

"Is that so. Well then, I will see you at breakfast."

Mia bowed to me and Yoshino-san.

"What about tomorrow? Should I just keep making potions for the time being?"

I asked Arc about the schedule for tomorrow.

"Yeah. His Majesty is checking the inventory of materials and gold, so just wait a bit. If anything comes up, you can just call for me."

"Got it. But in that case, I’ll be cooped up in this room tomorrow… The lack of windows is suffocating. Are you guys okay with it?"

"I’m used to it now."

What a horrible thing to get used to.

"Why don’t you build a tower and live there?"

That would probably prevent any attacks.

"No way. I’m scared of heights."

What a kid. …………No, he is a kid.

"How about installing windows with iron bars?"

Yoshino-san suggested. She doesn’t like the lack of windows either.

"Sorry. I’ll be honest. This place is underground."

Underground…

"Like the underground ruin in Kunaar Ruins?"

"Ah, there’s one there too. Something like that."

"Because you’re royalty?"

"Because we’re royalty."

Isn’t that being overly cautious?

"Are people trying to kill you that much?"

"It’s not really like that now. It’s a remnant of the old days."

So it was dangerous in the past…

"You guys have it tough."

"Well, yeah. But that’s what being royalty is all about."

I’m glad I wasn’t born into royalty.

"Actually, there’s a theory that I’m a princess from Frontier."

When I said that, Arc made an incredibly disgusted face.

"……What?"

"In that case, you’d become my older sister. No way."

Is it that bad?

"I wouldn’t want to be a mole princess either."

"A mole?"

"An animal that lives in the ground."

"Huh. So there are animals like that."

Like the Granza from the steak earlier, the ecosystem must be different because of the monsters.

"There are all sorts of weird animals."

"It really is a different world. Though the people aren’t that different."

Come to think of it, that’s true.

"Do you guys have any weird habits? Like, do you actually have tails?"

"We don’t. And I wouldn’t know what to say if you called us weird. I don’t know what’s weird and what’s not."

"True. Just to be sure, you don’t have a culture of eating people, do you? You’re not trying to fatten us up to eat us, are you?"

"We don’t. Even if we did, only a witch would do something like that…………Just so you know, I’m not tasty."

I wouldn’t eat you.

"Then it’s fine. Also, no night-crawling, okay?"

"Night-crawling?"

Arc tilted his head.

He doesn’t know what night-crawling is? Do they not have that word?

"When a man goes to a woman’s…………"

As I was about to say that, Mia, who was behind Arc, shook her head.

"No, it’s nothing. I’m going to start making potions."

"Huh? I’m curious now."

"I’ll tell you some other time."

Next time, I’ll bring him an erotic book.

"I’m curious. But I guess I can’t interrupt your potion making…………Well then, that’s all for today. Good night."

"Yes, good night. Sweet dreams."

I patted Arc’s head.

"Don’t act like my big sister…"

Arc said that, then disappeared along with Mia.

"I want teleportation magic too."

If I had teleportation magic, Eleanor-san’s movements would be much easier.

"You’d probably stop exercising."

That’s true…

"What are you going to do now?"

"It’s too early to sleep, so I’ll help with the potion making."

"Thanks."

Yoshino-san and I went into my room and resumed making potions.

"Want something to drink?"

I asked Yoshino-san as I took out a can of beer for myself while making potions.

"You’re drinking… Do you have any juice? I’m a lightweight."

Right.

"Is apple juice okay?"

"That would be great."

I took a plastic bottle of apple juice out of my bag and handed it to Yoshino-san.

"It’s warm…"

"It can’t be helped. Hmm, maybe I should start bringing a cooler bag next time? Warm beer tastes awful."

I took a sip, and warm beer is terrible. I should have brought sake that can be drunk at room temperature.

"Let me see that."

Yoshino-san held out her hand, so I gave her the can of beer. Then, Yoshino-san held the can and started staring at it intently.

"What are you doing?"

"Just wait."

Yoshino-san stopped me and remained still, holding the can. After a few tens of seconds, she handed the can back to me.

"Here."

"No, seriously, what was that…………Huh? It’s cold!"

The can of beer I received was as cold as if it had just come out of the fridge.

"Amazing, right? This is magic."

"Amazing. This is the first time I’ve seen a good side to you, Yoshino-san."

Speaking of her personality. Her looks are beautiful, and her breasts are big.

"You’re really awful."

"No, this is really amazing. The beer is delicious."

Beer really has to be cold.

"Well, I’m glad you’re happy."

"Ah, another one, please."

I took another can of beer from my bag.

"How much do you drink?"

"It’s fine. I won’t drink that much. Pleeease."

"Don’t look at me with those puppy-dog eyes. And don’t use that sweet voice."

I was trying to imitate Kaede-chan, but it seems it has no effect on Yoshino-san. If someone did that to me, I’d do whatever they said.

Oh, right. This woman is a masochist.

"Yoshino, just hurry up and chill it!"

"You’re really interesting…"

Yoshino-san started to chill the beer with a wry smile.

"By the way, can Nanaka-san do this too?"

"I think so. Nanapon is a pure mage, and this isn’t that difficult. Lin and the other girls can do it too."

Hmm, I’m jealous.

"That’s nice… So I’m retiring without ever learning magic."

I wanted to learn at least one spell.

"You have amazing sword skills, and you have a Magic Wand. More importantly, with Nanapon around, you probably didn’t need to learn magic. Lin and I had to work hard to learn it. We were both swordsmen, you see."

That must have been tough. I had Alchemy from the start and could make money. That allowed me to buy a ten million yen Magic Wand and use Air Hammer. But Yoshino-san’s perfect memory, while convenient, isn’t for combat, nor is it something that can make money.

"Yoshino-san, how long have you and Lin-san been doing this?"

"Since we were twenty. We started while we were in college…………It’s nostalgic. I wanted to be like Satsuki-nee-san."

Well, you’re just like her.

"Was Satsuki-san actually amazing? She’s an A-rank, right?"

Thinking about it now, isn’t it crazy that she’s an A-rank without a unique skill? That means she’s just naturally strong.

"Yeah. She was strong and had leadership skills. I couldn’t beat her at anything."

Don’t look! Don’t look at me! Hold it in!

"I know what you want to say…………I win in that department. Satsuki-nee-san was often jealous of me for it when we were kids."

It’s not like Satsuki-san is small, but this woman…

"I’m sorry. Even I, who knew nothing about adventurers, knew who you were."

"Ah, well, I’ve been on the covers of magazines and such. I did it to liven up the adventurer industry."

"…………The real reason?"

"The pay was good."

I thought so.

"Did you have other offers?"

"There was one to sing. I turned that down, of course. I’m not confident, and it’s embarrassing."

Well, even I would turn that down. I’m lucky if I get an 80 in karaoke.

"You’ve been through a lot."

"I guess so…………It was fun, one way or another."

"You’re not quitting, are you?"

"It’s as good as quitting. Well, I was prepared for it when Lin got married. Shall I be honest?"

What? A grudge against Lin-san?

"I don’t want to hear any negativity."

"It’s not negative. The reason I invited Okita-kun to join us was because I thought we could work together after Lin quit."

"It didn’t have to be Okita-kun, did it? There are other people."

Satsuki-san’s former members might quit, but there are other associate members. She could just work with them.

"You’re the same age, and I wanted to work with someone who practiced the same sword art. You might not believe it, but I love swordsmanship."

Oh really… I thought she only saw it as a way to make money.

"Huh, that’s surprising…………But are there no other members who practice swordsmanship?"

"They’re all women. They prefer magic over swords. If anything, maybe a spear."

Ah, well, I guess not many girls choose the sword.

"Hmm, I’m kind of sorry. I’d like to go along with it, but I’m still quitting."

"No, it’s fine. We’re the same age, so I know my limits. Besides, I’ve been an adventurer for six years. That’s enough. In the end, I found a big fat money-making opportunity…………a wonderful comrade."

Hey!

"You definitely don’t have any friends besides Lin-san, do you?"

"Do you have any friends?"

………………………….

"Huh?"

"Sorry…………"

Arerere?