Chapter 20 (1/2)
Blacksmith Volume 1 Chapter 20
“Nee-san?! Why are you here?!”
Meeting again after such a long period of time, Lasa’s face turned into an expression of astonishment, as he cried out in a loud voice
“Why? Isn’t it natural to for me to come home every once in awhile? Even if it is the imperial capital’s royal castle, no?”
“…but both Nii-san and Aniki left 2-3 weeks ago Why is Maria-neesan home when school starts so soon?”
Both Nii-san and Aniki? I ale one yourself?’ in response, but I held myself back
I wonder if people see me as a weird person as well
“I aiting to receive an item I ordered from a merchant, and because it finally arrived today, I can now return to school”
“An item ordered from a merchant?”
As an answer to my brother’s question, I took it out for him to see
“Here it is”
“A pendent? It doesn’t even have any jewelry in it, its all stone” he tilted his head in confusion
I sem, but this stone has a certain history to it that i’m interested in”
“Maria-neesan, again?! You’ve dabbled with suspicious iteotten yourself another one?!”
“Hey, I never involved myself with stuff like that!”
“Nee-san, youafter a few lessons, but you’re unbelievably gullible, you know that?”
“That’s not true!”
My brother’s eyes narrowed as he looked at me
“Then what kind of effect does it give off?”
It’s only ti
“I was told that just by holding this stone, I’ll be able to encounter uided by fate”
Lasa’s face grew a couple degrees colder
“Strange? Don’t you erous?”
“Don’t worry about it, I’est person I know” I replied proudly
“Heh? So you’re going to fall behind in school for so like this? Can’t you act more like Aniki, Nee-san?”
“H?”
“What do you mean?”
“There are still three days until the entrance ceremony, I can still make it with if I rush”
“It takes a nore a week to cover the distance, aren’t you being a bit too reckless?”
“Don’t worry about it, I’ll use the horses trained directly by the head butler, they won’t tire easily”
“It’s not the horses I’m worried about Nee-san”
“Oh?”
I patted Lasa’s head and gave him a wink
“I’ will happen”
“Haa~, you shouldn’t talk like you can see the future Nee-san, you’re already gifted enough Along with the fact that our cynical brother is going to be the next king, noone’s going to remember a coward like me”
“Oh, is thatabout?”
(TN: again, I had trouble with this line, can any of my TL readers help?
Lasa’s cheeks were stretched to the sides
It was supposed to only be a joke, but my cute little brother seems to have taken it as an actual threat
“Well, I guess it’s about tioodbye to mother for me”
“Understood, now just give me a sec to call the servants… Wait?! Nee-san?! Where are you going?!”
Before Lasa could say anything else I was already out the door
I don’t want to be attached by the hip to some servant
They’re only going to slow me down
Quickly down the road, the galloping of my favorite horse shi+ro-chan echoed out
I only kept the
Last tiet to school in three days
This tiet there in two and a half!
Thethe sa… no traffic!
Yes, these are great conditions for a high-speed ride!
I’ht now
“Good job shi+ro-chan!”
shi+ro-chan hasn’t been able to run for a long time so she’s happy too
“Excuse me, that person on horseback! Can you stop for a moment?!”
After riding for a while, a voice suddenly called out to hway
As I ca out was actually a 7-8 year-old boy
“Do you need so? I’m in a little bit of a rush here”
“S-sorry for suddenly calling you out”
The boy looked like he was about to cry
“I’m on a journey, but I can’t complete it without a horse, could you by chance lend me yours?”
“That’s an unreasonable proposition, why should I?”
“I don’t have a lot ofelse in replacement of payment?”
Hmm… what to do…
“I don’t knohat’s your story?”
“My grand to die soon, so in the end I wanted her to at least be able to eat her favorite sugar cake one e in order to buy some, but because I was in a rush on randma in time like this… hic”
The boy couldn’t hold back his tears any longer, and started crying
Those certainly were rough circue
Though once I hand over the horse, I won’t be able to change my mind, and I’ll definitely be late for the ceremony
“I can’t just give you the horse, it’s too unreasonable a request”
“Really? So it’s no good afterall I’m thankful that you just stopped when I called out to you, I wish you a safe trip on your journey”
“I won’t be able to give you the horse, but I don’t mind if you ride on the back”
The boy’s face instantly turned bright
Of course I wouldn’t just leave him behind
Well, I e it again another time
“I bought it grandar cake!”
“Oh thank you Jaro, it h trip to make”
“It was nothing grand for you”
“I-i’ood life”
gusu yeah, I was a bit skeptical at the beginning, but I’lad I helped
She has a good grandson, so I’ he’s back
“Apparently, you took care of my son, and because of that ere able to eat my mother’s favorite cake with her in her last ive anything more expensive”
From the boy’s ratitude
It was a bracelet lass beads
To me it wasn’t much, but it should be worth a decent amount for a commoner
There was no way I could refuse it though
“Well, now I need to hurry off to my own destination”
“Okay, have a safe trip, on’t forget this anytime soon”
“Let’s get going shi+ro-chan!”
Just barely enough
That detour took quite a bit of time
But there’s still enough, since I’ve gotten better at horse riding since last year
“Excuse me! The person on horseback over there!”
For the second tihway