Chapter 23 (1/2)

Translator: Kurehashi+ Aiko

Dragon-san Becoatekeeper on duty for today was a young fellow, soned to the job

Usually, to compensate for the newbie's lack of experience, they would be paired with older guards who already got the hang of the job, but today his partner was yet to arrive and so the young gatekeeper was fulfilling his duty all alone

Just like that, a few hours of loneliness passed for hiate

This was the only gate through which people could go in and go out, and to make matters even worse there was hardly any traffic here

The ratherhis task any easier,him lose focus and yawn all the ti closer froatekeeper nervously turned around, confir the checkpoint

It was none other than Kyle Slaggart, the Head Magician and the leader of the reforo, accoician

「At ease, soldier We just want to pass」

「Yes, sir!」

Although the gatekeeper was stunned by the sight of two great heroes, Kyle gave hiht fist to the soldier's chest with vigor

However, since Kyle put way too ed to knock the soldier out of breath, to which the uptight face of the ician softened a bit

「Easy there, soldier And thank you for all of your hard work」

「Yes, sir! Thank you, sir!」

The gatekeeper's cheeks flushed red as he let the two one he suddenly reirl who passed through here a little while ago with the perart's family Was she still inside or has she already went hoatekeeper wanted to ask his partner, but when he turned around, he just reht she ht still be inside, but his heart was sies of the two heroes to care any longer

「Alright, Lava, the coast is clear」

I heard Nectar's voice co cart, and then I pushed away the lid that was hanging overin one of the boxes that was loaded onto the cart I breathed in the fresh outside air

「Ah, hope I'll never have to hide again inside the royal castle like that」

「Should you ever need a place to hide, you can always come to my laboratory You are alelcome there」

「Sure, if I'll ever feel the need」

While I was having this exchange with Nectar as pulling the cart, Kyle alking right beside us,to himself

「He knee were, but still … he didn't inspect our cart We need to review and tighten the security around the castle」

「Then again, this loose approach to responsibilities et out」

「True, but that's not the case here We don't knohen the spies ht infiltrate the castle Our division takes care of a lot of confidential tasks and projects, so so must be done about it Sooner rather than later」

「Well, you can always register individual ical wave patterns and imbued them into permits, just like the one Kyle has I kno to do it and I can teach you that technique, and then we can also create a tool especially for reading those patterns All the while we can search for a more suitable solution」

「Then let us first create a prototype of the device in the Magic Tools Division, and then ill take it to the field tests and research tower WE can get the founding from the national defense couessed, in a blink of an eye I was asked to help with the developy

Wait a ain, it should be fine

「As long as it helps to solve the problem, I'm happy to help Hey, Kyle, can you at least try to predict how long will it take inal size?」

I suddenly ask Kyle, but his ansas so you lots of ical power the bracelet absorbed was not so great to begin with If you refrain froic, the bracelet's effect should wear off after a few days I think」

Thinking about it noas really glad I ca all of the leylines in the neighborhood

Anyway, thanks to doing my work ahead of schedule, I was saved some trouble in advance

「In any case, we need so I hate to ask him to do this, but we'll send Nectar tofor you」

「Okay! Lava, please wait here, I will definitely choose so the cart and sood just happened, to which I just nod

「Oh, uuess?」

Then Nectar passed the cart to Kyle along with all the stuff ere carrying, and disappeared into the city When he was gone, Kyle let out a sigh of relief

Originally, I didn't really wanted to trouble Nectar to get clothes for me

Oh well, but looks like Nectar is really happy to help, so that's okay

I pushed up the lid of the box I was in to have a look around, only to gaze upon Kyle who, noticing that I was staring at hih uneasily and turned away Oh well, that kind of behavior couldn't really be helped in this situation

However, I do get a little bit worried if Nectar will get accused of being a pervert for wanting to borrow girl's clothing

Aside froed (I was still inside of the box on top of the cart) and ere on our way to Kyle's house, where Nectar already explained the situation to Belga and aiting for us with a mountain-load of children clothes

「I couldn't really decide on one, so I brought theood-natured s heard the whole story from Nectar, had her eyes shi+ne with expectations, but she truly lost it the irl fora cried out 'I can't believe it!', snatched some dress from Nectar's hands and ledone dress after another, each fundamentally different fro some of her enthusiasm onto me in the process

「I'm sorry, I wish I can offer yousorry like that, I just shook my head

Just like Kyle, she was forced into servitude by the 'Curse of Slavery' at an early age, and was doing nothing but gruel training and going on dangerousstrange that she would admire colorful clothes and cute accessories, just like any other norirl

Many of them were orphans or came from poor families, so it was almost ironic that despite their harsh circue slower than ordinary people, and so they were bound to outlive their faet left behind

I don't have a clue about her past or her circuize to ht now is all on ht now she looked nostalgic for some reason, even a little bit sad

And so I told this to Belga, as struggling with choosing between a light-blue skirt and a brown dress for the moment:

「Which one would you like me to wear?」

Like that, she can help a looked surprised, with a slight tinge of sadness in her eyes, but it alratitude

「Well then, you can try to ht-blue blouse with this lattice-patterned beret They are perfect for each other!」

…… Although I ht have read a little bit toohow ht about now