Chapter 450: Summer Girl +… (2/2)

“Kufufu, it isn’t hard being a landlord, huh?”

“Certainly. But then there’s the exception.”

Both of them turned towards the river saying that, glancing at Jin, who was riding on the rubber boat at the moment.

“Seriously, there’s no getting bored being with Jin.”

“‘Rubber boat’, was it? It’s quite an interesting boat.”

“Yes, to think such a boat exists.”

Even in Shouro Empire, where ship technology had advanced quite a bit, rubber boats were still not invented. Rubber itself was known yet discovered so it isn’t really a surprise.

“I suppose we should get to swimming ourselves too now. We’ve warmed up quite a bit.”

“Right.”

The two stood up. Saki is slender and 158 centimeters tall. She was wearing an orange-colored one piece swimsuit. Berthie has an outstanding sense of style and is 150 centimeters tall. She was wearing a white one piece swimsuit. The both of them were contrastive.

“I was a bit reluctant on wearing this swimsuit at first but it seems quite nice now that I’ve gotten used to it.”

“Yup, it makes it easier to swim and also feels nice to wear. Apparently, Jin designed these and they were first introduced in Potlock, in the Elias Kingdom.”

“Yes, I’ve also heard about that from Reinhardt. These types of swimsuits will probably be trendy going forward.”

The swimsuits were made with knitting goods weaved with the grand spider’s threads. As Magi Silk was also used in its lining, it felt excellent to the touch as well.

Just to put it out there, normal consumer swimsuits like these would never be made with the grand spider’s threads.

“Ah, Ms. Berthie, and sister Saki.”

“Sis~!”

Elsa, who was wearing a bright green one piece swimsuit, waved at them. Hanna also waved at them.

“Ufufu, Hanna is so cute.”

“Yeah. This village… it’s somewhat healing.”

“A very strange village for sure.”

The two went into the water saying that.

“It’s so nice and cold.”

“Berthie, how ‘bout we race to the shore on the other side?”

“Fine with me.”

The two rushed on.

“…Looks fun.”

A girl watched them compete, feeling a bit jealous. It was the village chief’s niece, Barbara. She was a hopeless swimmer. As such, she was holding onto the swim ring and was floating about. The yellow swimsuit looked great on her.

Her boyfriend Eric is a merchant and so was in his shop at the time. And so she was feeling a little lonely. However,

“…It does feel envious seeing people swim so well, doesn’t it?”

There was another person, holding on to the swim ring just like her. It was Lithia Farheight, wearing a blue swimsuit. The new noble who became Toka village’s landlord just the other day.

She had come to Kaina Village today to consult with Jin but as it was the hottest hour of the day, they all decided to come to Herme river to cool off.

Lithia too, is a hopeless swimmer, and so was borrowing a swim ring from Jin to float in the river.

“I so want to be able to swim…”

Such a mutter leaked out from both of them at the same time.

And the last two were the butler and maid apprentice at Nidou castle, Barrow and Belle. As the two were from Shouro Empire, they were excellent at swimming without exception.

“Sis, bro, you guys are so good at swimming! Can you catch me?”

“Alright, I’ll catch you real quick!”

“I won’t lose!”

“Get over here-”

They were having fun with the children today playing tag on water.

An early afternoon at the Kaina Village.

The sun shone brightly in the cloudless sky, welcoming in the height of summer.