12-4 Part 2
Prince Ashley and Adventurer Kachua
- Please Do It Outside -
Translator : PolterGlast
「Ah... Shinza...」
「So you were here. Sorry, I'm a man
lacking in consideration... I didn't mean to hurt you, forgive me.」
When I went down to the tavern, there was a girl despondently
sipping orange juice, so I sat down in the seat across from her. Even so, I
intended to apologize with my own level of sincerity.
「I'm fine, seeing your face calmed me
down a little, Shinza...」
「I see. Then let's eat; when you're
feeling down, you eat.」
I picked up the menu and opened the main dish page. As
expected, meat is best when you're depressed, right? Grilled spring chicken, or
roasted black pork...
「Isn't that just stress-eating...」
「But being hungry will only make you
gloomier.」
「Uuun... You don't look like an
important person at all, Shinza...」
「I'm not actually important. I've
completely dumped the territory onto a man named Puis, and I haven't
done a single job befitting a lord. I have no intention to, either.」
I didn't intend to get a laugh, but Kachua lightly
burst into giggles. Thank goodness. Right now, as long as she smiles, anything
is fine.
「When we get back, I want to go
visit. Your territory, Shinza.」
「I don't mind, but there's nothing
particularly worth seeing. Rather, walking around and eating at Naglfar
Port further ahead is fun. Shall we go together later?」
「The sea...?」
「That's right, the sea. There's a lot
of food with strong quirks, but I'm sure you'll like it. The seafood paella is
especially delicious.」
Then, for some reason, Kachua smiled wryly at me.
「Ahaha... You really only ever talk
about food, don't you, Shinza.」
「I won't deny it. Besides, walking
around eating makes me feel truly alive.」
Right then, a waitress happened to pass by. So I picked something
randomly from the menu and placed an order to the waitress. After that, I ended
up having a lively chat about our favorite dishes with Kachua, who had
regained her energy.
Especially as a potato lover, I absolutely couldn't leave
out talking about the potato dishes eaten as a staple food in this region.
After continuing to chat for a short while, the food we ordered was finally
lined up on the table. First, we halved the grilled spring chicken, and for a
while, we devoured the filling meat.
「Ah, by the way. It looks like you
threw away your shovel, but what are you going to do for a weapon from now on?」
「Right. I'll be swinging the Scoop
around for a while. I can't use a blunt shovel at this point.」
「Hmm...」
「Also, I'll say this just in case.
Eventually, I intend to abandon my succession rights, my territory, everything.」
「Heeh... Heh...?!」
「So please, treat me the same as
always. I don't really understand the reason, but I'm sorry for making you sad.
I am Shinza. I don't desire a life as Ashley.」
This is the true feeling I want to convey right now. If me
being a Prince is inconvenient for Kachua, I just need to tell her that
I intend to throw it away from the start. Alright, this resolves it. ...I feel
like I'm being looked at with extremely suspicious eyes, but it's resolved,
right?
「Eeeeh... No, abandon, that's, eeh...」
『I will not let you do that; I will
have you become Emperor.』
The usual sleep-talking has arrived. Zirant, no
matter how many dark clouds loom over the Empire, the seventh succession right
is too far from the throne. It's impossible.
「Umu, this pie-crust stew is quite
delicious, is it not.」
「Eh... eh, eh, Zirant-sama?!」
「Zirant, don't tell me you appeared just to eat?」
Isn't that a waste of magic power? Though there's no doubt
that a night with three people will be livelier and more fun than with two.
「It's not enough for three people.
Oi, waitress over there. I'll order everything from here to here.」
「Eh?! E-Everything?!」
「Just how much do you plan to eat...」
This is my first time seeing someone order so dynamically
with someone else's money. If Zirant is going to keep showing up at the
dining table from now on, I'll need to earn more...
「You are the only one I do not want
to hear complain about gluttony from.」
「Ah, that might be true... Um,
well... Please take care of me tonight, Zirant-sama...」
「Zirant is fine. Wagahai looks upon you with favor, you see,
kukuku...」
「N-No way... Or rather, wait... Could
it be, everything up until now...」
「I was watching. Ever since that day
this guy appeared in Corin Village, all of it.」
「N-No way... Does that mean,
possibly, everything up to today was completely exposed...~~?!」
Kachua is also
in her growing phase now. Since we had gone through the trouble of earning a
fortune, we enjoyed ourselves that night, prioritizing quantity over quality,
eating heartily until stomach acid reached our throats.
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『U, urp... ge, gehu...』
Stop it, Zirant... Don't endlessly make sounds like
you're going to throw up inside someone's head...
『Ngu... Sorry. It seems I ate too
much... ubu?!』
Please, if you're going to throw up, do it outside. Don't
throw up inside me...!
『U, umu... I too, have no
intention... ngupu... of exposing such a shameful... state... Haa haa...
ngu?!』
It's no good, I can't sleep... There's no way I can sleep...
I'm begging you, Zirant, if you're going to throw up, do it outside...
Don't scatter things that shouldn't come out of a maiden's mouth inside my
mind...
☆ ★ ☆ ★ ☆
【Book of the Evil Dragon】
- Adventure -
【Complete
a job worth over 10,000 Crowns at the Adventurer's Guild】
- Reward: EXP 600 / [Imperial Bond LV +1]
- Exploration -
【Walk
500 km around the Empire】 337 / 500 km completed
- Reward: Movement Speed LV 1 (All movement speeds +50%)
- 『Not just running speed. All
movement speeds. This includes carriages and ships too.』
- Development
- 【Freely Develop Erin】
- Development
Points: 1250 → 1500 / 50000
- Reward: EXP 1000 / Strongest Artificial Weapon
- 『It seems Erin has
accepted immigrants who fled from the manors. Though it seems it was
almost entirely at Princess Atomina's discretion.』
- Business -
【Grow
the Hezu Company】
- Reward: DEX +100
- Purge -
【Bury
7 Villains】
3 Remaining
- Reward: EXP 1100 / Shovel LV +1
- Purge -
【Steal
1,000,000 Crowns of Dirty Money】 262,000 / 1,000,000
- Reward: Spatial Detection LV +1
- Investment -
【Spend
a total of 10,000 Crowns】 6,360 → 6,416 / 10,000
- Reward: EXP 1000 / Premonition of an Encounter
- 『I almost threw up inside you...
I had to use magic power again, but I somehow managed to avoid a
disaster...』
- Table of Contents –
【Name】 Ashley
【Lv】 39 → 41
【Exp】 7350 → 7890
【STR】 100 → 103
【VIT】 275 → 281
【DEX】 150 → 155
【AGI】 230 → 235
【Skill】 Shovel LV 5 Scoop LV 1 Imperial Bond LV 1 Direction
Sense LV 1 Digging 30x (Active)
『The boundary of death made you grow rapidly. But if you repeat things like this, Wagahai's heart won't be able to take it! Good grief, you fool, how much do you have to worry people until you are satisfied!』
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