18-8 Part 1
Touring the Imperial Capital and a
Promise of a Journey 1/2
Translator : PolterGlast
In the morning,
someone knocked on my room door. Opening my eyes slightly, it was still early
morning before the sun had fully risen. I don't know who it is, but leave it
for later... Yielding to the temptation of sleepiness, I closed my eyes again,
seeking the continuation of my dream.
「Good
morning deshu, Ashley-sama. I came because I have a message from Atomina-oneesama,
deshu.」
However, it's
chilly. Fumbling around wondering where the blanket was, there was something
warm, so I pulled it toward me.
「Hyoeeeeh,
A-Ashley-sama?! What are you doing deshu ka, ah, no, don't,
pyeeeeeh!?」
I remember this
sensation. This is a large hot water bottle. Hugging it to my chest, I wrapped
both my legs around it. Ah, it's warm...
「Stop,
stop, stop, Ashley-sama?! Hiii, something is hitting me deshu,
something that shouldn't hit me, ah, fu, fueee...」
Noisy. I wonder if
the town's children sneaked onto the premises. The hot water bottle thrashed
about. It is a common occurrence for hot water bottles to thrash about...
「I'm
seriously going to get angry deshu yo!? Please let me go already, Durin,
Durin has Atomina-oneesama deshuuuu!!」
「Yeah,
for the kids... just give them some yams and send them home...」
「Stop
half-sleeping and wake up deshu! Carral-chan has returned deshu
yo!!」
Carral... did she say Carral...?
「Why
didn't you say that first! Has she finally returned!」
I woke up. For some
reason Durin was in my chest, so when I released her, the small animal
jumped off the bed and fled to the edge of the room.
「Because
I didn't think it would turn out like this deshu! I won't wake Ashley-sama
up anymore deshu! I'm going to tell on you to Atomina-oneesama deshu!」
Unbeknownst to me,
things have turned into a disaster... However, having her tell on me to Atomina-aneue
would be troubling. Aneue thinks of this child as her own real little sister,
after all.
「That
would be troubling, please keep quiet. I thought you were a hot water bottle...」
「There's
no way a hot water bottle would come to wake you up in the morning deshu
yooo!? Jeez, Ashley-sama is always, always... please think a little more
about the trouble you cause others deshu!」
She seems quite
enraged. Still sitting on the bed, I was left pondering how to soothe Durin,
who had somehow become like a little sister.
「Oh my,
you still aren't ready? Hurry up and get ready to go welcome Carral-chan,
this is an order from your big sister!」
Then Atomina-aneue
came in.
「Just
in case, make sure to brush your teeth properly before going, okay?」
「Understood.
And Durin, my bad, so please keep quiet about what happened earlier.」
「Haa...
Jeez, it can't be helped deshu ne... If you do it next time, Durin
will use force and punish you, deshu yo?」
What are you talking
about, Aneue turned her eyes towards us. It's Durin we're talking about;
if Aneue asks her strongly, she'll probably spill it...
「Carral-chan
is waiting deshu yo?」
「That's
right. Next, I have to get her to take me to the Coastal Provinces.」
「If Georg
finds out about that, he'll lead the army and come to stop you, you know...」
「Perhaps.
I can easily picture it.」
I left the Lord's
mansion, ran down from that high ground toward the town at a non-restrained
speed, and dashed all the way to Erin Port.
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I had heard that a
town was being born, but this was my first time actually stopping by directly.
Now that I've come and seen it, I was impressed by the resilience of the
people, seeing that it had turned into something incredible in the short time I
had taken my eyes off it. A town is being born on land covered in hard bedrock
where not even people used to settle.
Looking down at Erin
Port from the top of the cliff, three wooden piers had been built by the hands
of the people. Small fishing boats, trade ships, and even galleys that excel in
inland seas were anchored there. A bazaar street was born on top of the cliff,
and surrounding it were hastily-built inns and shacks of folks who had settled
there without permission. Down by the port, loading and unloading work was
bustling, and looking closely, the Hez Company's galleon ship was also
among them.
If Carral is
here, is she over there? I ran down the descending path crowded with people and
cargo, and visited the Hez Company's ship.
「Big
Sis, Big Sis, it's terrible!!」
「I told
you not to call me Big Sis! Call me Captain!」
「No,
this is no time for that, it's Shinza! Shinza has come to welcome
you, Big Sis!」
「N-No
way...!?」
I was immediately
discovered by a familiar sailor, and it was reported to Carral. Loud
footsteps echoed, and Carral's face popped out from the galleon ship.
「Shinza,
you came already!?」
「Yeah,
I was rudely awakened by Atomina-aneue saying Carral had returned.」
「Ah, so
that's it... That makes sense...」
「More
importantly, I'm glad you're safe. Is it alright if I go over there?」
「Ah,
yeah! Shinza bought this ship for me anyway, so you're always welcome!」
It's been about a month, huh. We met face-to-face for the first time in a while, and she's a bright and pleasant girl as always. I jumped over the sailors at the boarding area relying on my leaping power, and boarded the galleon's deck.
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