at dinner that day.

"Curse said he was playing in the pool with Chiara? Sounds cool.

"It's also a game, but I thought I'd teach Chiara how to swim in case it happens. You want me to be able to swim with my clothes on.

"That's a good idea. The knight swims with his armor on, but is it similar? Chiara, what do you say? Is water fun?

"Uh-huh. Interesting. The magic of being in the car is amazing. I want to be enchanted too. Yeah, tell me.

"Oh, Chiara. You want to use magic. Magic is tough, but can you work hard?

"Yeah! Good luck -!

He has the same interaction with me when I was two years old. You're supposed to get the Meridian Body Circulation of Hell because you accidentally said you'd work hard.

He's older than I was then, but is it something that can stand Chiara?

I'm worried...

Well, I don't mind teaching you how to swim.

That night I was indulging in a spacious open-air bath, lavishly turning the pool into whole hot water.

"Ugh, the stars are beautiful.

I tried to whine wanting to soak up the atmosphere.

Then Brother Oddy came home there.

"Brother Odie, welcome back. You're coming home at odd times.

"I'm home. Curse is the weird thing to do, isn't he? I rubbed it in my guild a little bit. I was supposed to make it to dinner.

"That was a disaster. Then don't take a bath here out of your mind. A bath this big could be royal, right?

"I don't know what 'then' is, but let's go in. It's definitely big, isn't it?

All right, so Brother Odie's finally coming this way, too?

Let me lower the hurdle for you a little.

"It seems manners not to wear any clothes, cloths, or underwear in an open-air bath, but in Brother Odie's case, he's already cleaned his whole body, right? So I think you can wear pants.

"Really? - Then I guess I'll just wear my pants.

That's what I said, take off your clothes and come in.

There's only starlight, so I can't see Brother Odie naked or anything. Safe.

"Phew, that feels good. Maybe it's not like a bath in the house. The stars are beautiful.

Oh, you know.

An open-air bath is great, isn't it?

All right, I'll give Brother Odie a taste when I can have an air bath sometime.

"By the way, what happened in the guild?

"Oh, there's a guy to give Beren a little bit of a go. Belen was in danger of a duel.

Our party, the seniors adore it, but they hate it a lot in the sync.

"Do they hate you? What a surprise. Then why again?

"In guild tradition, newcomers who just signed up are supposed to say hello to seniors passing by at the guild's entrance. Of course I'm free to do it or not.

We did it right, and then the seniors would be nice.

Looks like the other synchronists didn't do that.

Ha ha, we're only getting in so well! Something like that.

"Where such synchronization has involved Mr. Berengaria?

"That's right. The Daquitaine family left Kutanutsu, didn't they? I think that's why I've been involved without any worries.

"Wow, you're a trinket. With that said, Mother used to tell you not to deal with small things, round them with your mouth.

"That's right. I did something. [M] It was a hassle. Belen is worthy of relying on you as a leader - it's hard because you're going to get mucky soon at a time like this.

"Heh - that's tough. By the way, it's not bad to talk to each other under the starry sky, is it?

"Hehe, you're right. I reviewed Curse a little bit. This is too luxurious for pre-shipment slavery, isn't it?

Hehe, Brother Odie is totally on this side.

Who shall I feed on next?

By the way, when I got out of the bath, Brother Oddy let me dry. I don't need a bath towel.

I think my arms have gone up a bit after my experience in action. I can't lose, either.