Chapter 49 (1/2)

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Chapter 49

“Kawazu-san…… you went overboard”

“Ghu…… are you talking talking about me?”

Right in front of me was a dehydrated Kawazu-san, with only about 30

left of his body moisture

He was against the pond of alcohol that I made, but when I tried to make

a bath where alcohol flows out endlessly…… he was reduced to this

That’s why I told him to stop

For hureed

In the first place, it was proble

know of those

“But……, wasn’t it a wonderful performance?”

While sing the water that contained a lot of ical power,

but nod as I looked away

“Ah, that’s right…… I think it turned out to be a nice bath?”

However, looking at it in its entirety, the results were unmistakably pretty

great

Wethe Naito-san’s and kuma Emon’s tastes, and

they gladly accepted those

For kurass in the tatami room, and I

don’t knothere

By the way, Naito-san’s room was in the first floor, and the second floor

was kuma Emon’s japanese-style room

The third floor is a warehouse

You can enter and exit the bath through that warehouse

The others had returned after they’ve seen that the bath was completed,

and are nowhere to be seen

I also found it was ti

went to Naito-san’s room in the first floor

At first, I thought that there was no one there but I felt someone’s

sitting on the railing and see out

Bathed in the colors of the sunset, Naito-san was gazing out with her silver

hair I sucked in a breath

This is what picturesque looks like

I can hardly believe that she’s made from the same stuff as I am

No, maybe she’s fundamentally different from me because she’s a fairy?

Then I s that the world had discarded

Naito-san see

I wanted to stare so that I can do when I’m

already discovered

Thinking that, I went out Naito-san turned impassively and I became

curious of shadowed smile that she had

“Ah, Tarou-sama Everyone had descended and left earlier Tonbo-dono

took kuma somewhere”

“It’s good if they get along…… let’s just hope that he doesn’t get toyed

with”

“That’s right, hahahah kuainst Tonbo-done”

Naito-san also laughed after she said that

Tonbo is quite aggressive ,so by now, the bear is probably being pulled

around by the dragonfly

“Is so the matter, Tarou-sama?”

After I was asked that, I brought forth Kawazu-san, who I was holding

“Me? Oh the bath is ot a little carried

away, so I thought I should take him home”

“…… zzz”

Kawazu-san was snoring in his sleep when I took him out

…… it’s unexpectedly disgusting

Even Naito-san’s calrimaced

“Um…… that would be for the best”

“Yeah”

I nodded for the ti, but nevermind Kawazu-san, Naito-san really

seemed dohen I tried to have a conversation

She didn’t show it explicitly, but I feel like there’s so off about her

voice

What could have happened?

What’s the reason for Naito-san’s melancholy……

Thinking that far, the problem is that there are many possible causes

Like how this day was too much……

I recalled the folly of just doing whatever I wanted, then I guiltily asked,

“U bad after all? If you really don’t like it, I

could make you a normal house”

After I said that, Naito-san hurriedly waved her arms to deny what I asked

“Ah no! I’rateful for it It’s a wonderful house…… I ondering

if its really alright for me to live in such a house ”

“So you orrying about that! There’s no problem at all! It’s not

anyone else’s, as this house belongs to you guys”

I told her that cheerfully, but Naito-san’s expression didn’t clear up

Rather than that, she looked more and more down, to my anxiety

“My house……?”

“That’s right, that’s right! …… do you not like it?”

“No…… I also wanted to try living in a house that’s on top of a tree Long

ago, there was a tiht about it”

It was surprising to hear Naito-san say so like that, and it showed

up on her face

As if noticing it herself, she became embarrased and shyly blushed, then

she scratched her head

“It’s a story from when I was a kid, this…… would really be wasted on me”

“I don’t think that’s true…… ”

At least, as I recall her illuminated by the sunset, I won’t be able to draw

such a picture with this frog as a model

I think that that h of a qualification to be the owner of this

house

“How can I express it? The days after you ca

was no certainty on ould happen next”

Naito-san hastily hts for the past few days Even for

me, I can’t really say that I don’t find the past few days strange

“Well, that was indeed a slapstick-filled trip”

Ree, there were too many stupid

events that makes me want to hold my head

It’s rare to exprience those drastic situational changes

Even I can’t keep up with such a dizzying pace, and being led around by

idiots, there’s no way that I won’t be confused

“I even did Sailor-dono wrong”

Between the serious discussions, an interesting topic came up, and I

unintentionally burst out laughing

“Sailor-dono, you say?”

“Eh? Is she not called Sailor? I only followed how Tarou-sama adressed

her”

“Hht, and it’s fine”

“Really?”

Hm, let’s have her called Sailor-dono for now

What, I’m happy if it becomes a one-time surprise

Naito-san had a strange look but she turned to face ain, and

suddenly said some words of thanks to me this time

“I really want to thank you so much for this…… actually, I wasn’t really

expecting that you’d accept us I thought of going on a journey otherwise”

“Oh, then perhaps I have done so that I shouldn’t have?”

If you had couess I would have

stopped there

Had I not accidentally narrowed down their wide range of choices?

I honestly thought that it was bad, but Naito-san quietly shook her head

“No, that’s not it We didn’t have anywhere to go It’s also true that we

Thanks to you, I was able to build rave I’m really

really grateful”

“No no, we have also troubled you Plus, aren’t we supposed to help if a

beauty is in trouble?”

I replied jokingly but Naito-san had a troubled expression after hearing my

words

“In the first place, saying soe……”

“Really? That’s strange?”

“Yes It’s strange to apply that to Dark Elves Whether or not our existence

itself is even acceptable…… anyway, it’s like that”

If you perceive thee to live with

yourself as a Dark Elf until now?

I can only iine, and it’s probably on the point that whatever I say

would only remain as spoken words and not reach her

“Haaah, what can I say, there are a lot of things in this world that cannot

be explained”

I just found some applicable words to summarize, since I naturally can’t

say anything nice Naito -san nodded lightly and smiled

“That ht But sometimes, I think the fact that people like you

exist, is also interesting”

“I got to be thought of as interesting……”

“Have you not been aware of it?”

Naito-san’s eyes hed with each other

“No no, I knew By the way, there’s so that I have to tell Naito-san

Serenade-san Even the reason why you stayed in that village…… ”

Since I will have to reveal it at soht that it would be

didn’t think much of it

“Ah, so you’ve heard that I don’t reallythat I

wished for”

“…… I see”

“Yes, that’s why there’s no need for you to worry about it”

She had said it just like that, but she’s undoubtably taking me into

consideration

With all those said, in the end, I still didn’t e to knohat caused

Naito-san to be low-spirited

I’ what I should do

In the first place, had I been such an attentive man, I wouldn’t have made

her look lacking in experience for her age

While it was so, I couldn’t leave Kawazu-san out cold

for er so I reluctantly wrapped up our conversation

“…… got it Then I should bring Kawazu-san away now Naito-san should

drop by so”

“No, Tarou-saize for It would be inappropriate of

me if I won’t even talk to the person who helped us out”

I’m a bit relieved after she said that However, there was so else

that I was bothered about so I added,

“…… by the way, can I ask for a favour?”

“What is it?”

“Can you stop addressing me with a ‘-sama'”

“…… I definitely cannot Anything but this”

“Is that so……”

Since I was flatly refused, I grumbled about futility and went out of the

room

But right then, a lighbulb lit on top of my head

That’s right, if I can’t cheer her up, then I could just call someone that

could

If anyone could see

I casted thethe door

s i d e Naito

Tarou-saain

Was it really alright to have followed here?

Putting the bear aside, I’m aware that I’m not used to this

“He even ed to

disturb him?”

I’m always like that

I’ll always cause so

This sos me back to when I was small

It’s an old memory when both my father and mother were still around

My father was a human while my mother was from a race called Elf Since

inferiority complex

Thinking about it now, my father knehat it means to follow a dark elf

when he was knighted by a hudom

He deligently prepared a place where we can live so my mother and I

could hide

My s

I would remember my father’s tenderness once in a while, as my mother

would smile more brilliantly

And ht father had always said this

I wasn’t born a knight, but since I am, I will continue to be strive to be one

I had always looked up to father when I was young

I always asked

My father was initially flustered about it, but he eventually taught me

properly when I had asked so enthusiastically

Of course, I’ht

Rather, I’m the opposite of that

That’s why I’ve coht of as one, now and

forever

But what aht now?

As I silently stared at the closed door, I furrowed hed

“Really…… what a?”

My father lost his life in battle, and my mother died of illness, so I left on a

journey

In her deathbed,

while she feverish

I didn’t know anything, and I couldn’t understand what she meant I

but on that journey, I learned just what kind of beings Dark Elves are

Re birth to me

And although everything ht forth by mere luck, my

iven

I have also received my freedom

With that being the case, I was supposed to return the favor when I

sought out my benefactor

On top of that, I’ve even troubled the bear by involving him as well, there’s

no going around that