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Chapter 9 – Which erotic game is that?

When we got home, Elizabeth was napping in the living room. We let her sleep like that and start preparing lunch just the two of us. Even though our stamina was somewhat recovered from the Heal, it’s still tough. We quickly finish the preparations by cutting corners, then we wake up Elizabeth and have lunch.

During lunch, I tell Elizabeth about the training. Saying ‘hnn’, she doesn’t look like she has any interest in swords and bows.

“How were things on your end?”

“Complete bust. It’s like they can’t even look each other in the eye from being too conscious of each other.”

Narnia-san……

“So I motivated Orba with some harsh words. He must be pus.h.i.+ng down Narnia like a beast by now.”

‘Fufufu’, Elizabeth laughs. Oiiii, what did you do! Is that really alright!?

“It’s alright. I gave permission. Narnia is already at a dicey age, the sooner the better.”

She tells me that Narnia-san is already 24 years old. Here, where the marrying age is much lower compared to j.a.pan, that is already considered being late to marry.

Maybe it’s fine if there are such circ.u.mstances behind it and it’s really mutual love.

“Narnia too. She is always by my side. That really helps me out a lot, but it should be about time she started thinking about her own life……”

‘If it’s...o...b.., then I can entrust Narnia to him.’, she said while letting out a lonely laugh.

“Then you will be lonely if it happens, right?”

“We are in the same party, so nothing will change.”

“I guess that’s also true.”

“……Masaru, won’t you join our party? We would welcome you if Masaru wants to.”

The Axe of Twilight, huh…..No matter how I think about it I would be risking my life. I would also be separated from Angela-chan. Traveling around with Elizabeth does sound fun. Also, Sati can’t handle combat yet.

“I would still be fine, but Sati, you see.”

“That’s true. It would be too dangerous for Sati.”

Well, I don’t really like to be in danger either.

Angela came over after lunch, bringing a few children with her. I first treat them to some fried meat covered with tartar sauce that we stocked up on. I’ve put those in the Item Box, so they’re still hot of course. The children ate them all up in no time while saying ‘It’s delicious, it’s delicious!’

“Well then, ladies and gentlemen, what I would like you to make is this seasoning called mayonnaise. It’s also used in the tartar sauce you ate just now.”

I show the children the finished product, then I explain how it’s made while showing it on a one egg portion.

“And with this, it’s done.”

I have them taste the completed mayonnaise with a stick of vegetable. The mayonnaise was eaten in a blink of an eye.

“We will mix the ingredients for the seasoning, so I would like you to be in charge of the adding of oil and whipping part.”

Yes! The children answer full of spirit. They cheered when I said that I would give them some of it as a souvenir if they do their job well. They won’t be this cheerful soon enough….

We bought the tools and ingredients before we went to the guild in the morning. First, we have Angela and the children who are good at cooking help us break the eggs and separate the yolks. While they are mixing five big bowls worth of yolks, the two us with Sati add the flavoring. We finally reached the step where it’s time to add the oil, so we leave the work of whipping to the children.

The two of us with Sati guide and advance the work. It seems the children realized the harshness of this work in just a few minutes. Their faces twist from the whipping work that doesn’t seem to end at all no matter how long they mix it. I told them to take breaks frequently, then left the supervision to Sati and Angela and retreated to the living room.

I sit down next to Elizabeth on the sofa. Elizabeth was once again dozing off, but when I came she woke up.

“That reminds me. They said that tomorrow morning will be the dragon auction.”

“Hnn. Maybe I should go and take a look if I have the time.”

I completely forgot. I wonder how much our reward will turn out to be. I now look forward to it.

Apparently the auction will be held at the Trade Guild.

I used quite a bit of gold for the living expenses, but with the reward for the dragon, I would perhaps be able to buy another slave. Well, it’s not like I will. To tell the truth, until I can calm down regarding the current situation I can’t really think about adding another one. Well, I wouldn’t be able to buy that number 4 girl anyway….., but Angela wouldn’t lose to her in terms of figure either and Sati and Elizabeth is also cute. Ah, Tilika-chan is cute too.

“What will you do with the reward when you get it, Elizabeth?”

I imagine Elizabeth would waste all the money in no time. Then Narnia would get angry at her.

“I’ll be sending it home. We are a bit tight financially you see.”

That’s somehow unexpected. I thought she was rich. Maybe she is rich, just her family is on the decline.

She sounded like she didn’t want to speak about her home anymore, so I decided to not pry further into it.

“What about Masaru, what’s going on with your home?”

“Our family is just a normal family. My parents are living fine, so I don’t have to worry about them. Also, it’s so far away even letters don’t get there.”

If everything goes well I can go back in 20 years, and if I die they will get my will and the money. I wonder if mom is doing fine……

“I see, even Masaru has his share of hards.h.i.+ps.”

The fact that we share the same circ.u.mstance of being away from our homes as adventurers may have tugged on her heartstrings, so her expression became amiable.

“Living here is full of ups and downs so it’s fun. Also, Elizabeth is here with me nowadays, so I’m not lonely.”

“I-Idiot! I-I’m your Master, so being near you is a matter of course!”

Nn, it’s fun because she has these kinds of reactions. Elizabeth is very easy to handle. I got a little downhearted from remembering my home, but my mood is much better now.

When I went to see how the mayonnaise making goes, the children were silently mixing the mayonnaise with eyes like that of a dead fish’s. It’s about two thirds done. Let’s have a break.

“There there, it’s break time~”

I take the pudding out of the refrigerator. Pudding has an extremely fast consumption rate, so I normally have Sati make more, so we don’t run out of stock. I also call over Elizabeth and we all take a break while eating pudding. The children are ecstatic from the flavor they haven’t experienced so far. Unlike vegetables and meat, the eggs, sugar, and horse milk are all expensive. Making this in the orphanage would probably be difficult financially.

After eating some sweet food the children regained their spirits and started working once again. There was a child among those children that one day will start trading in mayonnaise and rise to become a great merchant, but that’s another story.

Anyway. Finally, five bowls’ worth of large amount of mayonnaise was finished. The children are limp from exhaustion. There is no energy even in their hands that receive their payment with a bit of extra added in. Even though I’m thinking of calling them again sometime to make more, I wonder if they will come……

Angela said that she will come again when it’s time for dinner, then she went back with the children, bringing an entire bowl of mayonnaise with her as a souvenir.

Afternoon is Sati’s study time.

We put sand on a plate and she is practicing writing with a stick. First I teach her the letters, then I open the picture book and teach her the words bit by bit. Elizabeth also came to see how we are doing, then she found the story of the hero on the table and started reading that. She is reading the seventh volume.

While watching Sati practicing transcription, I mention to Elizabeth that the writing style is old, so it’s hard to read.

“I guess so. This books was written quite a long time ago, but there are revised versions that are in a modern style. But I like this one more. It has a certain elegance to it, doesn’t it?”

Is that how it is?