Back in the village.
Things had finally calmed down.
I’m not talking about what happened in the royal capital.
I’m talking about the feeling of having finished a job.
Alfred, Tiselle, Ursa, Torain, and the others stayed in the royal capital because they had to go to the academy but everyone else had returned.
Above all, I’m glad everyone’s alright.
After relaxing a little, we will have a “Thanks for your hard work” banquet tonight for tomorrow, everything will return to normal.
It seems that the angels and dwarves are already having a banquet ahead of us.....
Well, let’s let it slide.
They are having it in the corner of the courtyard where the banquet will be held so as not to disturb the preparations.
Guronde is taking care of the orthros Oru in the courtyard where the banquet is to be held though he is not going to participate in the banquet.
Oru was house sitting.
At first, we planned to have him join the parade but no matter how much we think of it, we can’t let him march with Guronde. The dragons aside, he can’t even join the kuros due to their size difference.
There was a suggestion to have him ride on Guronde’s back or my carriage but Oru refused.
So, Oru had no choice but to house sit and thought he didn’t mind......
But he’s currently still sulking.
He has not seen Guronde since the last few days after all.
Yeah, Oru has completely become Guronde’s family.
That aside, I think he should be a little nicer to Girar.
When Guronde and the others returned, he rushed to Guronde, not bothering to greet Girar, who’s in front.
Girar, you would welcome his greeting, right?
As for why I think so, it’s because you’ve been watching Guronde and Oru.
......
What should I do?
As for me, I’m welcomed by the kuros who were left house sitting. It will be difficult to not talk to them.
Ah, Dors, who didn’t notice me since I’m being surrounded by the kuros, came to invite Girar.
Great.
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As I see off Dors and Girar, I resume playing with the kuros, with a ball.
I had them house sit.
This is the least I could do.
Well, at least until the banquet tonight starts.
Throwing ball is not a problem for me.
I’m already used to it.
However, I find it hard to pet and praise the kuro who who brought the ball.
The kuros who stayed to house sit are the middle to lower rankers among the kuro pack.
They usually have few chances to get in contact with me.
Thus, they are full of energy.
They are so excited that I’m a little scared.
However, this probably shows how lonely they usually are.
As far as I’m concerned, I want to treat them equally, but I don’t want to break the pack order of the kuros.
This is quite a difficult problem.
I wonder if it would be better to create opportunities for them like this time.
Ah, I was thinking too hard that my petting hand wasn’t moving.
Sorry.
I’ll think about it later.
For now, let’s focus on the kuros.
Alright, here’s the next ball!
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I kept throwing the ball until my shoulder hurt.
Guraru looks troubled.
Think about it first before giving anyone anything.
Raimeiren, don’t protect the candy Hiichirou.
You’re not?
But you used magic to protect it, right?
Even I can see that.
Because of that, neither the Fairy Queen nor the children are approaching the candy Hiichirou.
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About those palm sized sake barrels that represent the dwarves.....do they have anything inside?
Nothing?
They had a dispute over which sake to put in and in the end, the dwarves drank them before putting it in.
I see.
So, they’re just decorations.
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Speaking of decorations, there are three ice sculptures in bird shape a short distance away from the long table.
They are Swan, Black Swan, and the phoenix chick Aegis.
At first, I thought they were made of candy like dragons but they were made of ice.
Swan and Black Swan look exactly alike because they are made of ice but the roughness of the carvings might have given a different atmosphere. I could tell this one is Swan and this one is Black Swan.
I asked who made them.
They told me it was the mountain elf who went to the academy with Torain.
She made them before they left for the parade outside the village and they had been magically preserved until today.
I see. I’ll send her a letter later with my impressions.
Eh?
There’s one more, right?
Aegis.
I know it’s ice but Aegis looks miscarved or something.....
When I was thinking about that, the ice sculpture Aegis suddenly fired up.
The surface of the Aegis ice sculpture was coated with a chemical that burns.
Heh.
This automatic ignition mechanism is something only the mountain elves would do.
By the way, won’t this flame melt the ice?
As expected, it’s melting.
However, why does it look like the flame is getting stronger as it melts?
Is this whole thing made of frozen flaming chemicals?
.......
Put the fire down now!
I’ll add a complaint to my feedback letter.
As I thought about that, I somewhat felt that I’m really back in the village.
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Angel: I’m dissatisfied with the fact that we were made of bell peppers.
Oni Maid: It has no other meaning.
Angel: Candy will do, candy
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AN: It’s been a while.
Sorry for the updates delay.
I went to the mid-august comiket (three days and two nights travel to Osaka from Tokyo and back by car) and I couldn’t get over the fatigue.
Is it summer fatigue or is this a sign of aging?
I managed to recover last Saturday but I had a lot of backlogs on other things too so I had to delay the update until today.
Sorry.
Once again, I’ll do my best.
My best regards.