Volume 6 - Chapter 9 – The Legend (1/2)

06-09 The Legend

“Ah, this too is exceptional.”

After the girls got out, Jin and Reinhardt took a bath.

“Jin, you’re really mysterious.”

Reinhardt chatted while stretching in the bath.

“It’s almost as if you weren’t born in this world.”

When Reinhardt said so, Jin’s heartbeat was set racing.

“No, it’s not a figure of speech.”

Reinhardt continued while looking at the steam-covered ceiling.

“You may not know of it, but there’s a legend in my country.”

“A legend?”

Jin began to listen attentively after hearing that word.

“…It’s said that beyond the sun in the sky there is an another world.”

“What did you say?”

Jin asked again to confirm if he had heard correctly.

“It might sound unbelievable and you might ask how a world could exist in a place like that, but, well, it’s a legend after all.”

Reinhardt waved a hand in front of his face as if to say he doesn’t believe in it himself, and continued,

“It’s said that our ancestors came from that world.”

“Came from?”

“Mh-hm. Whether it was to pioneer a new world or to run away from the old one, the legend doesn’t say.”

Since Jin wasn’t familiar with such a legend, he was a little interested.

So he said that it’s an interesting legend, and Reinhard replied,

“That’s unexpected. Are you interested? If so, there should be a storyteller who can tell you about it in Celuroa Kingdom which I’m planning to pass through after this.”

After saying so, his attitude suddenly changed.

“By the way Jin, on a different topic, what do you think about Miss Beana and Elsa?”

“Huh?”

Jin couldn’t keep up with the sudden 180 degree turn in the conversation and was befuddled.

“I mean, even as her cousin I think Elsa doesn’t look so bad, and that Miss Beana is also not just a little cute, don’t you think?”

After clarification Jin finally wrapped his head around it, and thought about the two.

“I suppose so, Beana is kind of like… a troublesome younger sister?”

“And Elsa?”

“She’s… Well, like a slightly unreliable younger sister.”

After the reply, Reinhardt wore a smile that looked worried, happy, and also bitter.

“I see, so the girls are like little sisters for Jin.”,

He mumbled.

It’s a bit of a digression, but Soleil and Luna heard what Jin had said, and when they told Reiko about it afterwards she had the finest smile of relief and joy on her face.

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The evening menu was a stew with vegetables and chicken, fried fish, plain omelette, salad, and baked Applele for dessert.

“Oh, this is good. Fried, you say?”

“Yes. The fish is covered with wheat flour, dipped in beaten eggs, coated with bread crumbs and fried in oil.”

“Huh, so there’s such a way of cooking too.”

It seemed like it was Reinhardt’s and needless to say Beana’s first time having the ever-popular fried food.

Elsa looked to be enjoying the baked Appleles, and casually asked Reiko for another serving.