CH 314

“Kuon ……”

“I’m sorry, Ash. Aina’s not saying that because she doesn’t like your Mother or Mr. Dog.”

“Woof!?”

When Schneider was referred to as a dog, he was in double shock, along with the smell thing. But that’s okay. The question is, do these three smell that bad? I bent down and put my face close to Schneider’s.

“Sniff Sniff……”

“How is it?”

“It’s true that he smells a little like a beast, but I didn’t mind it because I think that’s just what monsters and animals are. Don’t you think so, brother?”

After answering Makina, I called my brother and he seemed to agree with me and told me what he thinks of what led Aina to think like that.

“Maybe it’s because unlike us, Aina has lived in a mansion since she was a little girl, so she doesn’t have many opportunities to interact with insects and animals. Sarge has auto-protection, so she doesn’t get too dirty. And …….”

“And?”

“…… When Lars was running away from Aina, he would fly through the air to muffle his footsteps and use the invisible to hide himself, so I think her sense of smell, which is difficult to hide, was naturally trained.”

“Oh, I don’t know if that’s possible–“

I agreed with Nora at brother’s unpredictable words. But then Fath-san opened her mouth with a hand on her chin.

“You can’t say that he’s really wrong. For example, swordplay and magic can be developed through hard work. I believe that you can train your sense of smell as well.”

“My [Spiritual Art] is like that. I think it’s similar to how you get better at using it unconsciously.”

Urca nodded his head and agrees. But Aina doesn’t care about that, she just holds Ash and the little snow tiger in her arms and screams. 

“These kids don’t smell, so why is that?”

“I think it’s because Makina and Basleigh-sensei give them baths and wash them.”

“Now get in the tub with me!”

“Kuoon♪”

“Nya ……”

Despite Ash’s cheerful response, the little snow tiger is reluctant and squealed. Well, he’s from a cold place, so it can’t be helped if he doesn’t like to take a bath. I usually just splash water on his body and wipe him with a towel. More than that–

“Schneider and the others are too big to do that. Now, it’s late now, so let’s go to our room. Thank you for welcoming us and the others.”

“Woof!”

“Garrr.”

“Gaw!”

“Hmm, Alright. I’ll get you cleaned up tomorrow!”

“I’ll go back then, I’ll see you at breakfast.”

As Aina went to the door, Fath-san went back to the cabin. Sarge seemed to like the hammock and said so while lying down.

I unlocked the front door and invited her in, thinking that I should prepare the room for now.

“It’s not as big as the mansion, but come in.”

“Welcome! We’ve had a lot of visitors lately, but we don’t get many overnight stays, so I’m glad.”

“No, I think it’s spacious enough ……”

Urka shrugged his shoulders as if he was amazed, while brother and Nora proceeded to the back, looking at the interior with interest. I was wondering where Basleigh-sensei was when I spotted her prostrate on the living room table, asleep.

“Oh, it’s Basleigh-sensei! …… Is she sleeping?”

“Shh, maybe she’s pretending to be asleep …… What do you think, Lars?”

You’re being very cautious …… It’s not impossible, though. But there was food on the table, and it seems that she was waiting for us to come back.

“…… Looks like she’s asleep, It’s unusual for her to cook when she was busy with work, maybe she was looking forward to seeing brother and the others. It would be a pity to wake her up, so let’s go to the back room. The room you and Nora will be using is quite large.”

“Right, then, Nora, help me.”

“Yeah.”

“Lars-niichan …… I’m sleepy ……”

“Ehhhhhhhh? You were so energetic a while ago. You’ve probably already brushed your teeth, so you can go to sleep. I’m going to talk to them for a while.”

“Yeah. Can I sleep with Ash and the others?”

“You can use my bed if you want. It’s that room.”

“……! Yay! Come on!”

Aina took the two of them and immediately went into my room. I breathed a sigh of relief that things would be a little quieter now, and I saw my brother smiling.

“Let’s see, Urka can have this room. Basleigh-sensei’s room is closer, but as long as you lock the door, you’ll probably be fine.”

“I’m just worried …… I’m going to drop off my stuff then.”

Even though he said that, Urka happily went to his room and I opened the door to the room that was reserved for them.

“Wow, It’s a large bedroom.”

“This place is on par with a mansion. Why aren’t you two spending time together?”

“Oh, no, we’re not ready for that kind of thing yet …… And besides, Basleigh-sensei and Fath-san are here, so we can’t flirt openly like you guys.”

“A-Are we flirting that much ……?”

“I think it’s normal, though?”

…… I don’t know what you’re talking about when you guys were even more attached to each other than Dad and Mom at the villa. I think it’s part of my personality, but it’s a secret that after they got married, I wanted to move out of the house as soon as possible. 

“W-Well, you’ll understand when you get married, Lars. Oh, I think Urka-kun’s here.”

“Ok, then let’s talk about what we’ll do tomorrow.”

But it was inevitable that we all laughed at each other as we mainly talked about what was going on, right? Also, Basleigh-sensei’s cooking was surprisingly delicious.

Kuaaah! I’ve been so busy that I finally got around to writing this ……

No Afterword Theater ……