Chapter 5 – Saria’s Feelings.
I leave the girl and the middle-aged man, and run through the forest.
「It took a bit longer than expected」
Still I have no regrets.
I do not know their situation or identity, but they don’t seem to be bad people.
Moreover, I love their attitude of not abandoning their companions.
While I was running through the forest in a good mood, I realize that soone is chasing .
How am I being chased even though I erased my presence?
I carefully look at the surroundings to see the person who is chasing .
「Pigi!」
It is a beautiful blue sli.
Its size is about 0.2 ters in diater and is a relatively small sli.
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The sli is chasing while crying out with all its might.
Though I am not running at full speed, I am still quite fast; not the speed an average sli can catch up to.
I am curious, so I stopped running.
「You, what happened?」
「PigiPigi!」
The sli is jumping around as if it has sothing to say.
A behaviour unbefitting a sli. Normally, sli is a weak monster with low intelligence.
「Hmm」
As I watch the sli, it starts acting ek.
I feel as though it is trying to say「I am not a bad sli」.
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「Do you want to co with ?」
Sohow I feel like I can understand the sli’s intention, although I do not know exactly why.
「Pigi! Pigi!」
The sli looks at like it wants to befriend …,
「Well alright, co along with !」
「Pigi!」
The sli jumps around happily and leaps onto my shoulder.
My instinct tells it’s not a bad sli.
If it is a bad sli, I’ll take responsibility and exterminate it.
「You can co with , but don’t leave my side for the ti being」
It will be troubleso if you do bad things while I’m not looking.
「Pigi!」, sounds like the sli is saying 「Of course!」
I run towards the Royal Capital with the sli on my shoulder.
Before jumping over the walls of the Royal Capital, I inform the smile.
「Hide in my clothes so you won’t be seen by people」
「Pigi!」
The sli answers with a single cry and goes inside my clothes. Quite the obedient sli.
It is not illegal to bring monsters into the city, as so adventurers have monsters as their familiars.
However, it is a different story if it is an eight year old child. The guards will surely make a fuss.
I decided to hide the sli from even the retainers after returning to the mansion.
That night, we grilled and ate the bird at from the birds I caught. It was very delicious.
And after eating, I tried to sleep with a blanket in the stable as usual.
The sli is jiggling like a jelly beside my pillow.
And I call out to RunRun.
「RunRun, let’s go to bed」
「Woof」
Usually, RunRun sits near the entrance of the stable facing outside.
By the way, RunRun noticed the sli imdiately because of his sharp sense of sll.
But I was not on alert. After returning to the stable, he sniffed the sli to his heart’s content.
「What is it, RunRun?」
「Woof!」
RunRun runs out of the room with a silent bark, and returns soon after.
Saria is on his back.
「Saria, what happened?」
Saria is still young, so I entrusted her to the retainer who was a forr wet nurse.
I sleep in the stable because I was instructed to by the scions. It’s cold in winter, but I can manage it because RunRun is together with and the retainers offered a good blanket behind the scions’ back.
「I want to sleep together with Anicha and RunRun」
「…This is a stable, you know」
「I want to sleep together…… No?」
「It’s not that you can’t… … Well, tell if it’s cold」
「Un」
Saria happily crawls into the blanket with RunRun.
「Ah, it’s jiggling! Kawaii」
「Pigi」
「This is a living thing called sli. Don’t tell anyone about the sli」
「Ok! Fluffy is secret!」
Saria covers her mouth with both hands. So cute.
For a while, Saria keeps happily rubbing the smooth skin of the sli.
「Saria, what happened? Were you scolded by the nanny?」 I ask.
Nanny is the forr wet nurse.
「I was not scolded. Saria is good girl」
When I heard the story, it seems she told the nanny she wanted to sleep together with today and asked the nanny to send her to the stable.
And the nanny seems to have carried Saria near the stable.
The nanny must have dropped her on RunRun’s back when he ran out of the stable a while ago.
I have bothered the nanny retainer unnecessarily.
As the older brother, I have to thank the nanny properly tomorrow.
I pat Saria’s head gently.
「I see. Saria is a very good girl」 「Funfun」 「Pigi」
RunRun worrisoly sniffs Saria’s scent. The sli keeps jiggling.
I wonder if sothing else happened, if she wanted to sleep with even though she wasn’t scolded.
If the scions made her cry, I won’t forgive them.
Saria hugs while I was thinking about that.
「Anicha… are you going to leave sowhere to study?」
「Woof!」
While we were talking about the Academy of Heroes, Saria was on my lap. So naturally, she was listening.
Even though she is only three years old, she seems to have understood our conversation to a certain degree.
She must have been sad because she thought I was going to leave her.
RunRun is also uneasy after listening to Saria.
He might have also thought that I was leaving and he starts to lick my face. RunRun might be telling not to leave in his own way.
「It’s alright. Your big brother is not going to leave you」
「Saria is not a baby, but… Saria will be fine alone」
Saria says so and sheds tears.
She must have thought I was leaving to Academy of Heroes without sparing a single thought about her.
She is already very smart and kind for a three year old. And I take it for granted.
It should be alright for a three year old child to act more selfishly.
「Don’t worry; when I leave for the Academy of Heroes, Saria is going together with 」
「Really?」
「Really. Well, there is the possibility of failing the exam」
「If it is Anicha, you can surely do it!」
Saria seems relieved.
However, RunRun is still anxious and has his ears drooped.
「Woof…」
「RunRun is also coming along so rest assured」
「Woof!」
RunRun is also relieved and wags his tail.
The blanket starts shifting away. I gently hold down RunRun’s tail with my hand.
Then Saria tells everything that happened today.
「And you know… today, Saria…」Saria starts.
「I see, I see」
「Woof Woof」
My younger sister is so adorable. She spares no detail in her stories when I am listening.
RunRun is also seriously listening to Saria’s story with .
After a while, Saria falls asleep after getting tired of talking.
「RunRun, thank you for your hard work too」
「Woof」
「Don’t lick, don’t lick」
RunRun licks my face while wagging his tail.
The blanket moves sloppily thanks to RunRun’s tail.
It would be a pity if that wakes up Saria.
I gently hold down RunRun’s tail and pat his head.
Then, RunRun shows his belly as if requesting to pat there.
As I was petting RunRun’s belly,
「Fushu–, fushi」
(He fell asleep I’m guessing)
Three days later. As ordered by the scions, I am cleaning the toilet with my bare hands.
It is the toilet for servants. The Wolms house has many servants who do housework that is different from the retainers.
There are a total of seven private rooms for both n and won, so it is a little hard to clean them all by myself.
While I was cleaning with maximum effort, the entrance of the mansion abruptly beca noisy.
Due to the sound, the sli in my clothes starts moving in an uneasy way.
Sothing must have happened.
But it concerns not. I just focus on cleaning and training.
After the mories of my previous life returned, I always devise a way to train both my body and magic while cleaning.
Circulate magic in the body while doing chores.
At the sa ti when moving the body, apply weight in the opposite direction with magic.
Do it with your bare hands! As ordered by the scion it’s now a part of my training nu; enveloping my hands with a mbrane of magic so as not to touch the filth directly.
It requires delicate handling of magic. This is good training exactly because it is difficult.
「That is too selfish!」
I hear the panicking voice of the eldest scion.
「That’s right! Even if you are from the Salvation Organization, this is the Wolms House!」
I also hear the loud voice of the second scion.
「If you have any problems, please ask the Lord of this house to send a formal complaint to the Council of Sages」
The voice of a calm woman… no, a girl echoes. It’s a quiet voice but resounds strongly.
「As I have been saying! While the Lord is absent, I am in charge of the Wolms House! So selfish…」
「Don’t get wrong. I am not asking for permission from you or the Lord of Wolms」
「—!」
The voice is getting closer and closer.
As I continue cleaning while thinking it is about to get troubleso, the toilet door flies open.
「You are Will Wolms, right?」
It is an extrely beautiful girl with a serious expression on her face, who dons tal armour and a sword.
「Yes I am…, but what is it for?」
「Will Wolms, I have co to escort you」
Saying so, the girl, with a stiff expression, extends her hand to .
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