CH 222.5

While Lars was on his way to the royal capital, Sarge also returned safely thanks to Aina’s [Summon], and the days of peace had returned.

“Sarge, where are you?”

It was almost noon, and Aina was walking around the mansion looking for Sarge, who had left a note the other day and gone for a walk, but she couldn’t find him again. She runs into Nora coming out of her room.

“What’s wrong, Aina-chan?”

“Oh, Nora-chan. Have you seen Sarge?”

“What? I haven’t seen him, but he’s not here again?”

“No. He refuses [Summon], so I’d better look for him on feet …… Oh, there he is! See you later, Nora-chan!”

“See you later!”

Aina spotted Sarge flying across the hallway, Aina gave Nora a high five and ran off.

“What are you talking about?”

When Sarge said that, Aina grabbed Sarge and pulled him to her chest, making her mouth pout. 

“Because I thought you disappeared again …… Hey, you went for a walk a few days, but where did you go? …… I could smell my Lars-niichan, you went there, didn’t you?”

“Hmmm ……”

Aina was not convinced, but she stopped thinking about it because she had Sarge by her side now.

“Well, whatever. Ah-ah, I miss Lars-niichan. Makina-chan is no fair.”

“I’m studying with Tilia-chan, so I’m fine! Because Tilia-chan’s mom and dad are teachers.”

It’s not an understatement to say that the two of them are at the top of their level, Sarge added, smiling as he looked forward to Aina’s future.

“Then I’m going to go to Tilia’s after lunch. You’re coming too, right?”

“Yay!”

Aina didn’t let go of Sarge and went straight to the dining room, where her mother Marianne was preparing lunch with the maids.

“Mama, I’m going to Tilia-chan’s place today.”

“Oh my, really? Sarge is coming with you?”

“Well, I guess I don’t have to go. Aina, can you take some medicine to Verna-sense and some of Nora’s baked goods?”

“Yeah, sure! I’ll run an errand!”

“Yes, good girl. Then, let’s eat lunch first, Papa and Dedite-niisan will be home from work in the evening.”

Marianne smiled and called Nora into the dining room before they all had lunch.

She put on her usual hat, took her wooden sword, put medicine and sweets in her bag, and left the house.

“No! If I let you out of my sight, you’ll go away somewhere again.”

Aina looks at Sarge with her mouth agape, Sarge puts his hand on his chin and exhales a sigh. Well, I’ve been worrying her for a while, so it’s okay, and he’s being carried quietly, and we’re arriving at an old house Aina doesn’t know. 

She found Nina in the garden, hanging out the laundry, and with a smile, she ran out to greet her.

“Hello!”

“Oh, Aina-chan! What’s up? Did you come here to see Trim?”

“I’m going to Tilia-chan’s today! Oh, that’s right ……”

Aina rummaged through her bag and handed Nina a bag of sweets that Nora had made.

“It’s sweets that Nora-chan made! Eat it with everyone.”

“Thank you♪ – You’re so good at errand running, Aina-chan …… You should learn from her, Trim?”

“……!”

When Nina looked behind her, Aina noticed Trim looking at her from behind the door of the house, waving and laughing.

“Hello, Trim-kun!”

“Y-Yeah …… what will we play today?”

“I’m sorry, I’m going to Tilia-chan’s today, so let’s play some other time! See you later, Aunt Nina!”

“Eh ……!”

Trim was surprised by the unexpected reply, and Aina waved her hand as she ran toward the mountain. Nina send her off while smiling behind her, let out a sigh, took Trim in her arms and opened her mouth.

“…… Trim, if you like Aina, you have to properly tell her, okay?”

“I-I don’t like her, though!”

Trim hugged Nina’s neck and acted tough. Nina smiled and patted him on the back.

“Let’s eat the sweets you gave us. I hope she comes again.”

Trim nodded silently and walked into the house.

Meanwhile, Aina walked lightly up the mountain path and soon arrived at the house where Tilia lived. When she noticed Tigre and Tilia in the garden, Tilia charged at Aina.

“It’s Aina-chan!”

“Tilia-chan, I’m here to play!”

“Oh, you’re not here alone …… so Sarge with you.”

“Well, I guess so. Otherwise, her mother would have come.”

“Mama said I could go because Sarge is with me. Here, Tilia-chan’s dad!”

“Hmm? It’s a snack, looks good. Let’s eat some snack.”

“Yeah, I want some now ……”

“You just had lunch, didn’t you? You should play for a bit, and then I’ll ask Mom to get us some juice.”

Tigre smiled and patted his daughter’s head. Tilia puffed up her cheeks and said to Tigre.

“Make mine orange juice too!”

“Oh, scary, scary. I’ll tell your mother that. Keep playing.”

” “Yes.” “

When they answered, he gave Sarge a look and walked into the house. I looked over to see Verna waving from the doorway.

“Take care of my daughter♪ I’ll be joining you soon.”

After that, Aina and Tilia practiced sword fighting and Verna’s magic training, and Aina went home with a satisfied look on her face.

“Really? I’m glad if that’s the case. I’m not very good at magic, but ……”

“Yep. I’m going to try my best! …… Huh? What’s that uncle doing?”

When Aina noticed something and pointed her finger, she saw a man with shaggy hair looking at the house with resentment in his eyes. When Sarge looked beyond his eyes, he saw Nora and Dedite.

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As Sarge muttered in his heart, Aina walked up to the mansion. At that moment–

“…… That Nord …… Marrying someone without my permission …… The orphanage people is also irritating that they didn’t inform me about my son ……”

He was mumbling something in anger, but it didn’t reach the ears of Sarge and Aina, and when he met Aina’s eyes as she was about to enter the house, he looked away and quickly left the place. 

“…… I wonder what’s with that uncle ……”

— When he told Roen and the others about it at dinner, they agreed to increase their vigilante group and patrols for a while, which they did the next day.

The person who had been watching the house. It was Nora’s father. He had been sent to a distant town, but had come back to this town. When he found out that Nora was married, he was angry with her for not telling her father.

“…… Damn …… but marrying the son of a lord …… it’s hard to approach with that ……”

He was drinking and talking to himself in a corner of the town because his face was known to everyone–

“You, what’s the matter?”

“Ahhn? It’s nothing …… Get the fuck away from me!”

A man with a soft smile was talking to him. Nora’s father threw a bottle of liquor at him to scare him away, but the man approached without fear.

“You seem to be in some kind of trouble? Why don’t you tell me, Erechim, an apostle of “The Gospel’s Descent”? I might be able to help you ……?”

“Ahhn ……?”

The two of them disappeared into the darkness of the night.

It’s only a matter of time before this encounter puts Gust territory in danger–

Now, the rest of the intermission will come much later, but please understand that I wanted to write about Sarge’s return ……

By the way, this story can be quite problematic.

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“I wonder when that will be ……”

I’m afraid it’s going to be at about 500th chapter ……

“Well, there are still things I want to do. I’m sure that’s the end of Basleigh’s turn.”

‘Did you call me ……’

“Something appeared!?”

‘You’re saying whatever you want when I remained quiet and just listened, aren’t you, you useless goddess!’

“You’re the one who appeared a lot, even though you’re not very funny!”

‘You’re the one who’s not funny!’

…… Both of them are interesting characters ……