2-3. The Chant, the Soldier and the Noisy Afternoon (2/2)
”Hello, nimble onii-san.”
Turning my head, there, a girl wearing a plain yet elegant one piece tilts her body forward while looking at me with upturned eyes. With a slender body and long straight bob hair, she's a charmingly beautiful girl.
”Hello soldier-san, you're wearing a lovely dress today.”
>[Lip Service Skill Acquired]
Please don't interrupt my talk...
”Ehehe~, since we seldom have rest, there aren't many chances to wear this~”
”About yesterday, have your bone fractures healed?”
”Yes! I want to say that, but the place where it break still occasionally hurt so I thought of going to the temple.”
Just to make sure, she's the soldier I saved from a tree yesterday.
”Can you not heal yourself?”
”There is no healing method in wind magic you know.”
I see, each element has their own forte.
”Ah~ Zena is boy hunting~~!!”
”Oh, it's true, Putting aside the face, he's well dressed, furthermore, he's younger! You're good, Zena.”
”You girls, please don't make fun of her. Even though she's a late bloomer, that girl works hard, let's just watch over her warmly.”
I wonder if they're soldier-san's friend, some noisy girls are standing in front of a shop's entrance while whispering to each other closely. There's a subtle insult mixed in oi.
Soldier-san's name is Zena eh, it's a good nutritious sounding name.
Zena-san is opening and closing her mouth silently with a red face. This kind of reaction is cute~
”Y, you're mistaken. I'm just thanking him for saving me yesterday.”
The three girls harden a bit after hearing that.
”By saving you, don't tell me!!”
”That silver masked hero-sama?!”
”It can't be! He was brandishing a sledgehammer and a two-handed axe together you know? This delicate looking boy can't possibly do that.”
”No… that's not it.”
Zena-san's word doesn't reach the three girls.
”But isn't his height match?”
”Isn't the color of the hair different? That gentleman was blond.”
”And he's not using a mask.”
”Mou, please hear me!”
Zena-san shouts with her whole body!
The three girls finally pay her an attention.
”This man carried me who wasn't able to move due to injury to the relief station yesterday!”
”Ah, you mean that kind of [[helped me]].”
”But then, that's a golden opportunity in a way!”
”Don't liken her with you, Zena doesn't have such resourcefulness in her.”
Yep, it's noisy. This is for Zena-san to meddle with. The three of them feel like they're cheering for her with no malice or sarcasm, they probably cherish her.
I wonder if it's a good time to interrupt them.
”Pleased to meet you, I'm Satou, a peddler. I'm planning to stay in this city for a while, pleased to make your acquaintance.”
”Onii-san, you're really not Zena-cchi's boyfriend?”
”I just met her yesterday. Furthermore, I only knew her name after everyone here called her such.”
”But but, for Zena to wear a skirt and go on a date!”
”It is not a date.” (Zena)
”But you never wore a skirt, even on holidays before.”
Zena-san and the three girls who looks like the same age as her are lively exchanging words.
”I'd love for you to go on a date with Zena-san. This girl, even with her age, never takes a walk with an opposite sex, let alone a boyfriend.”
”Yep, even if she's a fallen noble with no gold or status, she's a good girl. She's flat-chested but she's an adept wind user with promising future as a soldier.”
The remaining two also recommend Zena-san.
I like her personality. In five years, after she becomes a bit well-rounded, I'd like to make an advance~
Zena-san stop her quarrel and goes back here.
”We're not fallen!! My little brother properly inherited the rank. Although it's true that we don't have gold or status in government...”
So Zena-san is a lower noble.
...She didn't object about the flat-chest.
”Let's stop playing around with Zena-san and go back to the castle. If we're late for the shift, the commander's special training awaits.”
”La~ter~ then, Zena-cchi. Let's hear about various things thoroughly later~”
”Zena, push through with sex appeal and defenselessness! Show your guts!”
The three girls reluctantly return to the castle.
Zena-san is relieved while looking a bit ashamed.
Hmm? One girl went back here in a trot and gave Zena-san something.
Zena-san initially has a blank look, but after she understand what the handed over thing is, her face turn bright red. Probably expecting this reaction, the girl is going back to her friends while saying ”Good luck~”.
Zena-san secretly puts the thing she got in her pocket, and I don't intend to pursue it.
Because I'm an adult, yep.