CH 504

“Wow, it’s our home after a long time!”

“Kuoon♪!”

As soon as we arrived at my house, I followed Aina and Ash as they fluttered into the house and said to Aina.

“Aina, go take a bath first. Ash is all black.”

“Come to think of it, Ash is still brown, isn’t he? I wonder when he will be like Radia.”

“It’s supposed to happen when he’s older.”

“Kuon?”

When she grabbed Aina and Ash, who was about to dive into the couch, and pulled them close, my brother looked at Ash in the face and muttered to no one in particular, and Nora answered. As expected of [Animal Protection], you know more than me.

“Come in with me, Aina-chan!”

“I’d rather to with Lars-niichan, but …… yeah, sure! Ash, too.”

“Of course!”

We’ve been to the hot springs on the dragons’ island, but I want to make sure we’re clean. When I returned to the living room after putting my jacket and gears back, my Mom came up to me.

“Well, it doesn’t look like you’re going to relax, but get some rest.”

“Thank you, Mom.”

“So, are you going to marry her when this battle is over?”

“Buh!?”

Mom suddenly said something unintelligible, and I burst out.

“It’s only been about six months since we started traveling, so no. And please don’t say that word later, It’s bad luck. “

“Hmm, Makina’s not quite ready yet, but I think it’s fine, though.”

“Even you, Fath-san …… It’s okay, because we have our own ideas.”

“Hahaha, you should leave it at that, Mom. Lars is free to do as he pleases, since Dedite is already married.”

“If you say so, then so be it. So Lars is still a child.”

Mom lowered her shoulder and stroked me with a furtive glance, while Dad continued. His expression’s serious, unlike before.

“…… Be careful, okay? You are strong, and Makina-chan and Ryuuze-kun are also capable. But there is always a chance that something will go wrong.”

“Yes. We’ve been training for this and I’m going to ask Sarge later to help me get the equipment. If possible, I would like brother to stay behind. We’ll take care of this, okay?”

“No, I think it’s better to have as much strength as possible. We can at least deal with the monsters around without having to fight them directly.”

“I wanted to go too, but my husband would have stopped me.”

“Of course ……”

Nora’s eyes narrowed and her mouth twitched as she told my brother that there was no way he would take his wife to a place where she would be in danger.

“I’ll be back as soon as we retake the town with transfer magic circle, so bear with me, Nora. It’s really not safe this time.”

“Yes, Nora, it’s the wife’s duty to wait too.”

“I’ll wait if that’s what mother-in-law says ……”

“Fufu, they really love you, don’t they, Nora.”

“Yes! What about your husband, Fath-san?”

When Nora asked, Fath-san’s face became unusually stern and she walked to the door to the garden.

“Hmph, I don’t know that heartless bastard! I’ll be at the cabin, so let me know if you need me. It’s good to have a family reunion once in a while.”

“Oh my, you’re Makina-chan’s Master, so you’re like family to us, you know? Come, sit here.”

“H-Hey, Marianne-dono ……”

My Dad also called out to Fath-san, who sat down, confused, as my Mom grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her back to the sofa.

“That’s right, you’ve been living in this house for a while now, so I think we’re the guests here.”

“M-Mmmm …… Well, now I know exactly what your family is like.”

“I’m not going to do that because the king is involved in the plan this time. But I’m going to act alone if necessary.”

“That’s right. I don’t know if I should say it’s fortunate, but we’re as powerful as the knights. There is no problem with that, because there are legs like Sarge. In a crowded battle, we often have to make decisions on our own.”

I nodded at Fath-san’s words and Dad asked me.

“I don’t know anything about fighting, so I’ll leave that to you. Lars, I heard you were asking His Majesty for some things?”

“Ohhhh, that’s right! I didn’t get a chance to ask about it at the meeting, but I wonder how it went.”

“I’ve been helping him, and it’s going pretty well. Let’s go to the castle tomorrow and check it out.”

“Okay! Thanks, Dad. I’ll cook today then, okay? I’m going to take a bath and then I’ll go buy the ingredients.”

“Are you sure?”

Mom nodded her head, but when I told her I wanted to cook something, her face lit up with excitement. Then my brother opens his mouth, too.

“Whoa, can we have fried chicken?”

“Fufufu, it seems like fried chicken, but maybe you’ll like it, brother?”

“I want a hamburger. The type that have cheese in it!”

Nora also raises her hand and makes a request, but this time I’m going to try a new dish. If the king is producing them, we might as well think about mass production.

As I was thinking about this, Sephiro, who was sitting quietly, started to speak.

“I’ll go shopping with you! I want to take a walk in the sun.”

“Oh, you want to go? I’m used to seeing you like this now ……”

“You’re so cute, aren’t you, Sephiro-chan? Why don’t you become one of our child?”

“Nn, I’m going to marry Lars-niichan, so I might as well!”

“What are you talking about.”

“Ehehe.”

Sephiro hugs me with a disheveled look on her face, and I laugh at the fact that she looks like Aina.

And as planned, I finished my bath and shopping and spent some time relaxing for the first time in a while.

The Chicken Nanban and Ginger Pork that I made without weighing myself down were well received by everyone, especially my brother who likes chicken, who was very pleased with the mayonnaise and tartar sauce that I made by using Purify to remove the bacteria.

It’s a magic that cleans, so I thought, “What if?” I appraised it and found that the germs had been removed.

(T/N: Shougayaki is the Ginger Pork in there.)

“This …… This is amazing. I think Lars could make a lot of money by opening a store? You know, you can hire someone with cooking skills and teach them.”

“Ahhhh, that could be interesting too? I’ll talk to Leor-san about it.”

“More tartar sauce for me please!”

“Aina too!”

“For me …… I like the ginger pork. It goes well with rice.”

“Okay. Hmm, it makes you go silent ……”

Now that I’ve cooked chicken, pork, and beef, I think I’ll rent the kitchen and let the king eat it again.

“Uwah!?”

“What’s wrong, Lars?　…… Hiiii!?”

“…… What the heck is she doing ……”

I heard a small tapping on the window, and when I looked at the door to the garden, I saw Basleigh-sensei sticking to the window like she had done the other day, looking at us with a resentment look. I invited her in, thinking that a small child would cry if they saw her at night.

“Please let me try that new dish!”

“Eh, don’t you have something to do?”

“No? I just smelled something delicious.”

She didn’t have any business, she was just there for the gathering …… It’s amazing that she could tell even though we’re three doors down ……

And after lunch, I decided to head down to Arjan-san’s place with Sarge.