A Day With Lilia
It's been two days since we
became friends with the water dragon.
I've become completely
accustomed to my comfortable daily life. If there was something I wasn’t happy
with, it would be that the other people living here are noisy.
However, it wasn't very noisy
this morning.
If I had to say why, it would
be because I'm the only one in the house right now. To be more precise, I'm the
only one in this room in the house.
The others are in the area
outside in the front.
「...*Fununu*」 (Tear)
「*Kukeke~~*」 (Rigolo)
「*Ngu~~*」 (Uri)
「*Ngungu*」 (Reri)
「*Hawawa,* That's not it! It
needs to feel more, more like *furyarya*!」 (Fiere)
「Hey, are you doing it again
today?」 (Izayoi)
Opening the window, I spoke
to the four outside.
With eyes closed and bodies
shaking, Tear, Uri, Reri, and Rigolo held their tightly clenched fists in front
of them. They were lined up, following the lead of Fiere.
「*Hawawa,* Oniichan! We're
working on body strengthening, no butting in!」 (Fiere)
「Even if you train, I don't
think you'll suddenly be able to do it.」 (Izayoi)
Looking at her face dyed red
as she trembled, it seemed as if she was trying to endure something.
Has my thought process
changed since I've been defiled?
「...We need, power. Try hard
every day, become like Ichayoi.」 (Tear)
「What the heck are you aiming
for, Tear?」 (Izayoi)
「...Hero, sama.」 (Tear)
「Then don't try to become like
me. It's not wrong to say that I have the ability to fight... but I'm
different. I am, I have practically stopped being human. You can’t compare me
to normal people.」 (Izayoi)
When I was summoned, I was
but a normal boy, and was changed by the holy sword. My ability was different from the
average person's to begin with.
「If you're trying to get on my
level, it's impossible.」 (Izayoi)
「...But, have not seen,
Hero-sama.」 (Tear)
「In other words, because
you've not seen the hero fight, you don't know what it looks like when someone
strong fights. So now you're imitating me because I'm close by.」 (Izayoi)
「...Yes.」 (Tear)
No matter how hard you try,
there will be a place you cannot reach. Tear does not yet understand that.
Tear doesn't understand her
own strength very well either. And above all else, she doesn't have enough
experience. There is too much in this world she isn’t aware of.
There's no helping it, but
can anything be done about it? It would be good if she aimed at a target that
wasn't so far out of reach. Speaking of which, I don't know anyone like that. Even
though I say that, each of them has some kind of superhuman ability.
Uri and Reri nearby are good
at making strategies for assassination and concealment magic.
However that doesn't fit her
style.
If so, then is the most
suitable one the guildmaster?
「Don’t use how I fought
monsters as a reference. You just have to remember what I told you.」 (Izayoi)
「...But, Ichayoi no work,
resting.」 (Tear)
「...I know. So do what you
want. Don't push yourself too much.」 (Izayoi)
「...Yeah.」 (Tear)
If you want to do something,
then it’s okay to.
As Tear said, today is a rest
day. There's nothing in particular to do.
Now, what should I do.
...There's, nothing.
Thinking about it, there's
not a single thing to do. It's not bad to spend time lazing around, though I
have no idea why I don’t feel that way.
How do I put it, I can't calm
down unless I do something. What did I do before when I had free time?
I stared blankly out of the
window as Tear and the rest resumed their practice following Fiere's lead.
Even if I wanted to, there's
nowhere in particular to go. I don't know much about the town, and I've got no
interest in "entertainment" either.
When I think about wasting
time, I can't think of anything aside from doing work.
Work... work? There's work at
the guild. Speaking of which...
「Should I go mess with Lilia?」 (Izayoi)
「Hey, I was thinking of going
to the guild. Are the rest of you going to keep practicing?」 (Izayoi)
「...Practice.」 (Tear)
The others were in agreement.
「Is that so. I'm not sure when
I'll get back. Rigolo is in charge while I'm gone. Take care.」 (Izayoi)
「*Kuke!*」 (Rigolo)
Straightening his posture,
Rigolo saluted with a wing.
「And so, here I am Lilia.」 (Izayoi)
「Please don't come here when
the guild is at its busiest! I don't have free time to deal with you. Hey,
don't prepare your salty seasoning.」 (Lilia)
「Salty seasoning? That's not
it. How shallow, Lilia.」 (Izayoi)
「Not all people are shallow
you know?」 (Lilia)
「I don't use the same thing
twice.」 (Izayoi)
「But you're doing generally
the same thing.」 (Lilia)
「Then I'll prove it to you
now. This isn't salty seasoning, but—」 (Izayoi)
Taking out what I had in my
chest pocket, I showed it to Lilia.
「This is a knife covered in
salty seasoning. Its name is 【Lilia's Last Stand ~~
Slightly Salty Edition】.」 (Izayoi)
「Isn't that just a normal
weapon? And what's with that name? Slightly Salty? Didn't you say it was salt,
not salty flavoring? Didn't you say you brought salt? Aren't you being overly
precise?」 (Lilia)
「That is, rather than saying
salt, it felt better to call it salt flavored, though I didn’t think I’d drag
the joke on this far. Just saying salt is fine though.」 (Izayoi)
「Please stop thinking about
things like that! If you don't have any business in particular then please
leave! Look behind you. There's a line of people!」 (Lilia)
When I looked behind, there
were several people lined up.
「Everyone else has come here
to take quests! You're an adventurer aren't you?」 (Lilia)
「Ah, I was once upon a time.」 (Izayoi)
「Then you understand! The
guild is busy!」 (Lilia)
「I understand the reasoning,
but I went through the proper procedure to be here in front of you now. They
have no right to complain.」 (Izayoi)
「That's not it! Do you see me?
People have been standing in line in front of me for about 10 minutes, and then
you got in line, you know?」 (Lilia)
「Yep.」 (Izayoi)
「You don't get it! What is
that? Did you line up for 10 minutes just so say that!? Are you stupid? You're
an idiot!」 (Lilia)
「I just thought you were
lamentable since you were all by yourself, so I wanted to give you some time to
relax. And now you call me an idiot? You're the idiot, Lilia.」 (Izayoi)
「You are the idiot here!
What's that? I'm the bad one?」 (Lilia)
「Aren't you the wrong one
here?」 (Izayoi)
「Is that it? Then, what did
you come here for?」 (Lilia)
「What for, I came here to show
you the slightly salty edition.」 (Izayoi)
「Idiot. You're an idiot.」 (Lilia)
Lilia is BACK! ... The tsukkomi Emeperor rank
ReplyDeleteno, ichayoi is a genius.....
ReplyDeleteI Loled, poor Lilia,, what will she do when she discovers Izayoi true identity
ReplyDeleteShe'll eat 300 grams of salt aka eternally purify herself
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Shoot it down.
DeleteTHROW THE CHEEEEEEESE!!!
DeleteI think Lilia had it worse than Steph tho, with Rigolo and all that. ROFL
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter!
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