CH 322

“I’ll be waiting for you at the back door of the theater.”

“I’m off too, so I’ll go with you. Just in case, I’m doing combat training at the academy, so I want to be with Milfy.”

“Please do. We’ll figure out the combination later.”

“No, no, Urka and Milfy are a set♪ Later.”

Helena winked at us in the doorway and followed Milfy who left first. It was snack time and she ate her pudding and left ……

After Milfy announced that she would accompany us on our quest tonight, Makina and the others woke up and are now with us. On the way back to the living room, Makina asks Urka.

“Is that okay, Urka? I thought ghosts wouldn’t come out in large groups.”

“I don’t think you should say that with a happy face, but whatever. If we divide the number of people as you suggested, we won’t have too many, so we’ll be fine. “

“I see. For now, Urka, please protect Milfy-chan, okay?”

“What? I wonder It seems like It’s decided that Milfy-san and I will be together?”

Urka tilts his head curiously, but Makina puts her hand on Urka’s shoulder, gives him a very gentle smile, and silently leaves for the living room. 

It’s not that Urka isn’t good with girls, but when he was in the academy, he only studied and trained with us to become an adventurer and master the [Spiritual Art], so I don’t think he had any love affairs. He’s got a gentle personality, so he got along with everyone, including the other classes.

“Well, then, Urka, you can relax for the night. I’m going to go out in the garden.”

“Oh, then I’m going to take a nap. I’m getting sleepy again since I’ve had my lunch ……”

“Yeah, I’ll wake you up before dinner.”

Urka laughed and walked to his room, while I held Ash and the little snow tiger at my feet and put Sephiro on my shoulder.

“Kuoon?”

“Nyaan.”

“Makina is going to train with Fath-san for a while, and you guys are going to train now.”

“What?”

When I said that, Sephiro makes a salute with the branch, and Ash and the others don’t quite understand, and they both rub their heads against me, as if they think I’m going to play with them as they head for the garden.

Well, it’s close, but I’m going to be a little spartan today, but I’m also going to reward them.

“All right, boys, line up over there.”

“Kuoon.”

“Nyaa.”

“All right. Hold it.”

I had trained them to wait when I fed them, so they could do it. Then I called out to Sephiro.

“Sephiro, from now on you will be the leader of these two and you will take care of them with me. I’m sure you understand most of what I say, since you’re in human form in the dream. When I’m not around, I need you to scold and stop these two.”

“……!!”

I lifted him up and told Sephiro, and he jumped to my chest, his head full of flowers and full of determination. Apparently, he would take care of it. Sephiro immediately jumped down and stood in front of Ash and the others.

“!!”

“Kuoon? …… Kuoon!”

“Nyan♪!”

“!?”

As soon as Sephiro stood up and made a flower, Ash and the others jumped on Sephiro and started to play around with him. Well, it’s going to be hard to do this all at once, so this is how it’s going to start. 

“Okay, have you accepted? Let’s start training right away–“

And just as I was about to get the three of them to line up, I was tapped on the shoulder from behind. I turned around and saw Radia standing there, carrying me as she walked away.

“What’s up, Radia? Do you want to train too?”

“Grrr.”

“…… The bath.”

Radia brought me to the bath we had made yesterday. Then Sarge, who was playing with Nora and Snow Tiger in the garden, came flying over and told me.

“I see. So you came to like baths now, huh?”

“Grrr.”

It seems so.

It all started with Aina’s smell, which was a good thing because there’s nothing better than being clean. I filled the bath with water and boil the water with the fire. The little snow tiger hid at my feet because he doesn’t like the heat. Soon the water was boiling, and Radia squealed with delight as she soaked in the tub.

“Grrrr♪!”

“You look so happy. I mean, you’re her mother, why you should give him more attention.”

“Kuoon.”

“Grrr.”

When I put Ash in front of Radia, she took it in his hand as if to say, “You’re right,” and went straight into the bath ……

“Grrr ……”

“Kuon ……”

“So this is what it came to. We’re just about to start training, though.”

However, I couldn’t help but notice that Radia was taking a bath with Ash in front of her, looking very satisfied. Just when I was wondering what to do, another guest arrived.

“Hello! I’m here to visit you, Sephiro! …… What? There are a lot of strangers here?”

Chelle walked cheerfully into the garden, quickly took Sephiro in her arms, and tilted her head when she saw brother and Nora. Good grief, I guess It’s not the time for a training session, I thought with a wry smile as I introduced my brother and the others, then Schneider and the horses came to join and we ended up playing.

“…… Well, there’s no need to hurry. I’ve been saving it as a reward, but I’ll have to prepare it separately. Sephiro, Ash, little snow tiger, come.”

“!”

“Kuoon!”

“Nyaan!”

The three of them that were playing with each other heard my words and gathered around me while I was lying in the hammock. They do what I say, so I guess I just need to teach them a little more patience? With that in mind, I picked them up one by one and wrapped a colored cloth around them that I had prepared as a reward.

It was similar to a bandana or scarf, and I wrapped a green-colored one around Sephiro’s arm like a branch. For Ash, I tied a yellow one around his neck like an apron, and for the little snow tiger, I wrapped a red one around his neck so that it would shine against his blue fur.

“With this, in the worst-case scenario, they will recognize that someone owns them. It’s not much, but it’s better than nothing.”

“♪”

“Kuoon♪ Kuoon♪”

“Nyaa!”

When I released them, they ran out to Nora and the others with great joy to show them immediately. There was a lot of praise from the other side.

“I’m glad I gave it to them …… Fuah …… I’m getting sleepy …… I’m sorry to Makina, but I think I’m going to sleep for a bit.”

When I closed my eyes, some force shook the hammock, and I opened my eyes to see what it was. What was that?

“Schneider and Snow tiger? What’s wrong?”

“Woof.”

“Garrrr.”

When I asked him, he looked at Sephiro and the others once, wagged his tail and made a single sound. So that’s what this is about ……

“Ahhh, I’m sorry. I just don’t have any on hand, so you guys will have to wait for another time.”

“Wan!? …… Hyun hyun ……”

“Garuu ……”

When I told them while scratching my head, they hung their head in the corner of the garden, looking disappointed. I’m sorry, but kids come first, right? While thinking about this with a wry smile, I went to sleep for a little while, and then went to the theater again.

Kittens and puppies are soothing ……

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“I’ve got more character’s now, so I need to sort them out …… I’m not going to kill any, though.”

Exactly!?

“Well, jokes aside, I hope this solves the problem?”

(T/N: The ghost that Milfy mentioned is not ghosts, that’s what I think.)