Chapter 354 (1/2)

12-03 Saki Eschenbach

The day after the welcome party, Reinhart’s brothers went back to their respective offices and workplaces.

He did not dare ask what those offices were. Apart from that, there was something else Jin was interested in.

That was to meet the ‘alchemist’ Toa Eschenbach.

After breakfast, he indirectly suggested the idea to Reinhart, who nodded as if to say ‘I understand’.

“The Eschenbach household is in the neighborhood, so don’t worry.”

Reinhart then began preparing a carriage.

“Are we going by carriage, Jin?”

To which Jin nodded after some consideration.

The steward drives the carriage as indicated by Reinhart. Jin faced Reinhart and began to apologize to him.

“… Reinhart, you’ve faced great troubles to return to your home and family, so it’s okay if you want to stop coming along with me. I mean, you’ve got Belche-san, and your mother…”

“Ha ha! Thanks for putting me to good use! … I appreciate your honesty. Accompanying you is the solemn duty Her Majesty has bestowed upon me.”

“Sorry.”

As soon as that conversation was done, they found themselves outside the Eschenbach residence. It took them five minutes to arrive by carriage, and even walking would have been about only ten minutes. It was literally next door.

The Eschenbach residence was a smallish-looking house built on a vast plot of land. At the garden, a great variety of trees an grass have grown– no, been planted.

“We even had enough time to talk for a bit in the carriage! How unusual of me, huh?”

As they were walking towards the house’s entranceway, Jin was wondering in excitement what sort of person is this Toa Eschenbach that Reinhart had spoken so much about.

“I wonder if it’s ok to go in?”

As those words escaped his mouth as if they were a whisper, Reinhart knocked on the door using the knocker that was attached to the entranceway.

“…”

After two minutes of waiting for a reply that didn’t come, they knocked once again. And then, yet once again.

After the third knock on the door, it finally opened.

“… How noisy! Even though I’m busy now… Huh? Who would have thought it was Reinhart? Well, if it’s you, it’s a different story.”

The blunt voice that came out probably belonged to a woman.

Perhaps since she was wearing a shirt and trousers, along with an overall-styled, gray-stained apron, it was difficult to understand her figure.

Moreover, she was wearing no makeup, and her hair seemed as if it hadn’t been taken care of in a while.

Her charcoal-colored hair was cut at shoulder-length. There were places where her hair was cut in a straight line and others where it was simply unkempt. As she didn’t seem to be using a brush or a comb on her hair, it bounced around loosely all over the place.

Her eyes were of beautiful purple-gray color, but it seemed as if her eyesight was poor, as she immediately frowned, which gave out a moody impression. However, the voice that came out was a woman’s voice.

She was merely a little shorter than Jin. Seemingly thin, her chest size is small enough for Reinhart not to take notice of it.

She also seems to be about the same age as Jin.

However, her most surprising feature was that both the right half of her face and her right arm were red, and looked swollen.

“Sa… Saki! Your face! Your arm! What happened to you!?”

Reinhart panicked. Thinking that it would be best to give her medical treatment before anything else, Jin pushed Reinhart aside and began preparing a spell.

“Cure.”

However, even after some of the redness had receded somewhat, she was not completely healed. Healing magic didn’t seem to work on her. So Jin looked at Reiko.

“Reiko, please.”

“Yes, Father. … Heilverfahren.”

It’s advanced medical magic. With it, the red-swollen skin regained its true color, and the inflammation receded completely.

“… I’m surprised! Wasn’t that an advance healing spell just now? And what’s more, it was chanted in the style of our country! Reiko-chan, when did you remember this spell?”

It’s the spell that Elsa used during the magical exhaustion fever uproar. Reiko also acquired this spell. She can even use the highest-ranked healing spell, ‘Genesung’.

Before Reiko could answer, the woman before their eyes– Saki, was it?– thanked Jin.

“Would you look at that? Thank you for healing me completely, dear guest. Reinhart, will you not introduce us?”

That threw Reinhart off somewhat. He stood there rearranging his thoughts before he spoke.

“Oh, this is my friend, Jin. He’s an honorary Magi Craftsman from Egrea Kingdom. He was accepted into the Magi Engineer’s Guild as an honorary member recently.”

“Hoho! My goodness! Pleased to meet you, Jin! I’m Saki. Saki Eschenbach. I’m Reinhart’s childhood friend. Please call me Saki.”

While reflecting on her tomboyish manner of speaking, Jin reintroduced himself.

“I’m Jin Nidou. Pleased to meet you.”

“So polite! Please, let’s talk in a more familiar way. I’m no good at formalities! You could say I hate them.”

“I see. Nice to meet you, Saki.”

As Jin corrected himself, Saki nodded happily.

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website