During the night after I talked with the rchant, Malton.
I slept on a futon in the boys room which was spread on the floor with boys of the orphanage sleeping on either side.
tekun.
*yawn*SFX : Fugaa~
I heard a dim pechi pechi sound near my ear and felt being slapped on my cheeks.
What I felt was too realistic for a dream.
LuLute,nLute-kun.
nga!?
Shhh!!! Dont be loud. Everyone will wake up.
It was not a dream.
Snow looked into my face as i opened my eyes
Her hands were covered down on my mouth so that i wont let out a voice.
There are so rules in the orphanage.
The most serious cri among them is that a boy or a girl sneaks into each others room at night.
In case it is violated, one will get one day with no al.
And yet, the honour student Snow broke that rule and trespassed into the boys room!
I think about the reason why she trespassed into the boys room to et .
Could it be that Snow is night crawling!?
Im not an insensible ani character.
Im a live human being.
Ive felt for a certain ti that she had been fondly thinking of occasionally lately.
For example, she would be delighted if i gently stroke her head after we did work in the afternoon together.
Even though I was attracted to Snow, it was not towards the opposite sex.
It would be closer to the love given to a younger sister or daughter.
But if we grow up and still yearn for each other in the future, I believe becoming lovers or marriage partners might be possible.
However, night crawling was too early at the age of 5! Besides, a girl was attacking a boy!
To make a fait accompli at this ageSnow, what a fearful child!
Although my body is that of a 5 year old like her, my mind is that of a 32-year-oldyoung adult. It seems I ought to give her so lecturing.
Snow brings her face closer and whispers in my ear.
Everybody will wake up, be quiet please? Okay?
I nodded twice.
When i nodded, Snow slowly lifted her hands from my mouth.
Uhm, Snow, your feelings are
Shhhh!!! Not here or everybody will wake up Follow .
I sneaked out of the boys room according to Snows instructions.
There was no electricity in this world. The infrastructure for gas and water also did not exist.
As if the world was as dark as being blindfolded at night.
I continued walking while Snow led by the hand.
It turned out that she went towards the dining room.
Starlight ca from the window.
Seeking the light, we sat near the window of the dining room.
And I sat on the floor while grasping my knees.
It was warm during the day but chilly at night as expected.
Our shoulders ward each other by touching.
Though theres also the reason of making it easier for to listen to her whispers.
So, whats the reason why you broke the rule and brought here?
Un you see there is sothing that I really wanted to ask you.
If the voice was this small, the people who were sleeping in the rooms would not be disturbed.
However, it is said that girls are growing faster than boys, but she might be curious about my feelings at this age.
I understood the rush since there were other girls similar to my age at my side, but at least she could have waited until the sun ca up.
Its certainly true that popular guys have it hard.
I jokingly made an impression of flipping my bangs in my heart.
But Snow asked with a dark expression.
Um did Lute-kun ever think of eting with your mother or father?
Eh!?
Like I said, do you want to et the mother and father who abandoned you away?
Huh? This was not a confession or a bittersweetI want to know the feelings of Lute-kun that I loveevent?
Rather, it was a serious consultation.
After giving an apology in my heart for thinking badly of Snow, I switched my emotions and asked her.
Snow, why are you asking this?
Today, Lute-kun told senseiits not like I want to et with them after all this ti, right?
Casting her eyes down, Snow revealed her feelings bit by bit.
Snow wants to et mom and dad. When we et, Snow will ask them why they abandoned Snow away. And Snow wants to live with mom and dad Is Snow weird for thinking like this?
Snows circumstances were similar to mine.
On the sa day, we were left together at the orphanage.
Then I declared,After all this ti, I never thought of eting my parents.
She herself felt,I want to see themI want to live with them if I could, I guess she was worried whether it was wrong to have those feelings.
Snow was savoring sadness she would rather not experience.
The reason I didnt want to et my parents was because I was a reincarnated being who had drawn mories from my past life.
Wanting to know the reason for being cast away by parents, to make peace with them, and to live together is not a weird thing. Its normal. In fact, Im the one whos weirdI could not possibly explain it to her just like that. Conversely, it would only make her more worried.
In that case, I should explain with actions rather than with words.
I changed my position from sports sitting to sitting cross-legged.
Snow, co over here.
Why?
Just do it already.
Urging her a bit forcefully, I had her sit on my knees.
Snow felt a bit cramped given the closeness of our bodies, but I pressed her ears to my left chest.
Can you hear the sound of my heart?
Yes, I can hear. It goes dokun, dokun, dokun.
People get relieved hearing the sound of heartbeats. This is because, as babies, we are raised hearing our mothers heartbeats.
Oddly, Snow was now rolled up in a fetal position.
She closed her eyes and leaned her body against mine.
Wanting to et your parents is not weird. So, theres no reason to feel worried.
Really?
Uh-huh, its true. The reason why I never thought of eting my parents is because I have no way of looking for them.
Humans were the race with the most populous among the 5 races.
Just one clue: I have a star-shaped birthmark on the back of my right shoulder; I cant just show this to everyone I et and ask them. Besides, I have no talent as a magician; its hard to think that the parents who casted out would co back and pick up. So, its clear that I will never et with my parents again for as long as I live.
I hugged Snow close and continued talking while patting her head.
Making no signs of resistance, she listened carefully.
But Snow is different. Unlike , Snow has talent as a magician. Besides, the White Wolf race is a minority that lives in the snowy mountains of the North Continent. If you go north you might find so clues there. Even so, forgive for sayingafter all this ti I never thought of eting my parentsso insensitively, kay?
Throwing away children in silence was unusual.
In addition, it was a child that had talent for becoming a magicianseems like there was a good reason for it.
This might be an unpleasant way of putting it, but, if she beca a magician she could earn them lots of money.
Even if theyre poor, there was no reason to let go of the golden egg.
If they wanted money quickly at all cost, they should have sent her out to so childless rich and powerful people as an adopted daughter.
If for example there was one reason to send a child with talent as a magician away to an orphanage, it was cases like: both parents died, a scramble by the relatives happened, and as a result the childs heart beca traumatizedthey were given over to Elle-senseis place to rehabilitate.
There were also lots of other children with talent as magicians given over to the orphanage for various reasons.
Snow is also sorry. Snow asked such an insensitive question without thinking of Lute-kuns feelings.
Theres no reason for you to apologize. I was the one in the wrong, you see.
If thats the case, then Snow and Lute-kun are both in the wrong. So its a tie.
Thats right. Its a tie.
As an apology, Snow will tell Snows dream only to Lute-kun.
She slowly started reciting her own dream.
You see, when Snow is bigger, Snow will beco a magician. Then, Snow will go to the north continent to look for father and mother. Once Snow finds those two, Snow will ask why they abandoned Snow away. If we could make peace, then the three of us will live together in the sa house This is Snows dream.
Its a good dream. If its you, then it will absolutely co true.
I took a breath and continued.
But if you couldnt find them or you couldnt make peace with them, Snow still has , Elle-sensei and the kids at the orphanage. Dont forget that okay?
Un, thanks Lute-kun.
I hugged her closely in orderto transmit not just by words, but also by the warmthto let her know she was not alone in this world.
Is it okay to hear the sound of Lute-kuns chest a little bit more?
Uh-huh, you can listen all you like.
So as to hear my heartbeat so more, Snow nuzzled her ear against my chest.
It was surprisingly ticklish.
Bathed in starlight, Snow and I continued to bring together our bodies so more.
I wonder how much ti had passed.
I separated my body from Snow.
As I returned to my room with her, I asked.
Should we sleep together tonight, after all?
Lute-kun is ecchi~~.
Eeeh, didnt we sleep together in the sa futon just one year ago?
She then returned to the girls room without turning back.
As I thought, girls sure grow fast, huh?
The mutterings of a middle-aged man with a ntal age of over 30 disappeared down the dark hallway.
Lute, 5 years old.
The rchant Malton, who specializes in magic tools, opened a shop in the comrcial city Tver.
There were several routes going between Tver and the defence city, Tallcas (so nad for having tall walls and relics of the great war of old; it is the next most prosperous city after Tver in the region).
The most popular one was the central road which had a travel ti of up to 10 days.
A less popular route was the road that goes through Hoad town in the Aljio region where the orphanage was.
Despite being in the exact center point between comrcial city, Tver, and defence city, Tallcas, it could not be reached unless one takes a detour through the forests.
Furthermore, taking the detour to go to Hoad town ans spending an extra 10 days. In other words, going town to town through Hoad required 20 days of travel ti.
Because going by the central road takes half the ti, there are not many people who goes through the Hoad town on purpose.
Therefore the towns population is few, and is decreasing.
The day I t the rchant Malton, I hurriedly had him write up a contract and signed it.
That was because I wanted to have that magic liquid tal as soon as I can.
According to him, it would take 10 days from now to get back to shop.
Plus 1 day of preparation and 10 days to co here, makes 21 days.
Furthermore he asked for an additional 1 or 2 days in case so unexpected situation occurred.
This was not like the world in my previous life where an order you made would arrive the next day.
I apologized for hurrying him and said my thanks.
In the afternoon, 21 days after Malton and I parted ways.
His subordinates delivered the magic liquid tal to the orphanage.
It was transported inside a cask in the horse cart drawn by 2 horned horses (horses that seems to have a horn growing from their foreheads, because of its strength it could be used to pull carts and such).
Nevertheless, just one of those weighed about 250 kg.
I truly wanted all the magic liquid tal available, but I still did not really know whether I could make handguns out of it.
Because it was so expensive, I only got him to sell a barrels worth.
Nevertheless, it still seed to have cost 25 gold coins in total.
Among Elle-senseis classes there were also lessons about money.
Based on my life experiences here, if I were to put it in terms of modern currency it would be sothing like1 gold coin (100,000) = 10 silver coins = 100 large copper coins = 1,000 copper coins.
Intuitively, 1 copper coin is worth 100 Yen.
The price of wheat for 1 days needs is 2 copper coins (the amount of wheat for 1 person for 1 day is about 1 kg)
1 kg of wild boar pork is 3 silver coins (30,000 Yen).
About 1 liter of cheap wine is 1 large copper coin and 2 copper coins (1,200 Yen).
So by intuition, 25 gold coins is about 2,500,000 Yen. 1 liter is about 1 silver coin (10,000 Yen)
As expected, even though it was bad, it was still a magic tool.
However, because it was not a product that was in circulation much due to being unpopular, bad stock that had been stored for too long seed to be obtainable for a cheaper price with so negotiation. Being a rare item, the price varied depending on the situation at the ti of negotiation.
It was just that since what I put on offer was only knowledge, I would turn a blind eye to it.
The subordinate took the cask down from the cart and called .
Could you confirm that the contents isnt wrong, just to be sure?
The lid was gracefully opened.
The cask was filled with a silverish liquid.
The rcury-looking-liquid rippled when the cask was struck.
So this is magic liquid tal.
It really is liquid, huh.
No problem. Thank you for bringing this over.
No, no. This is work after all. Boss said,here you go.
Well then, please tell him, Thank you very much for listening to my selfish request.
Understood. Ill be taking my leave.
The subordinate took off his cap, bowed, and returned to the cart.
Done seeing him off, I raised my body strength using body strengthening arts and carried the cask to the boys room
I quickly finished afternoon work with Snow and started experinting on the long-awaited magic liquid tal.
I carried the cask out from the boys room out to the field.
The testing ground was a backyard that was vacant after the magicians basic lessons were finished.
First, I tried touching the magic liquid tal.
It was pleasantly cool to the touch.
As I scooped it out with my hands, it dripped out of my palms like water.
It felt heavier than water.
Perhaps touching rcury also felt like this.
Without delay, I experinted.
I put my hand inside the cask and called an image in my head.
It was a 10 cm flat tal board.
Keeping the image in my head, I moved magical power into my hands and released them.
A feeling was left in my palms.
Ooh, I can really do it.
Pulling out my hands, a tal board of about 10 cm was made.
But the degree of perfection was bad.
The surface was not flat and had holes in it; the thickness was also uneven.
It was also not in a rectangular shape but crooked.
I struck the board lightly with my fist.
It seed to be as strong as iron.
The handling is surely difficult: more vividly image for the texture, material properties, thickness, and strengthseems to be necessary to draw the tal board I wanted to make more clearly that way.
Rather than taking the ti training for a more definite ntal image to make weapons or protectors, buying them with money was faster and easier.
I understand why this stuff was unpopular.
However, I used to be a factory worker at a talworking plant for 7 years.
Rember the past. Regain the sensation.
I put the tal board aside.
I took a breath and exhaled, concentrated, and once again filled my hands with magic liquid tal.
In the previous life, I was able to detect even a 1m defect on a tal board just by the feeling on my fingertips.
Just by hearing the sound, I could distinguish which tal part was defective.
All of it was taught to by the workers working at the plant; techniques that I gained at their annoyance.
Even after I died and lost my body, the skill was etched onto my soul.
Once again, I imagined a tal board and poured my magic power.
I am not making a vague lump.
For a mont, I imagined constructing the shape, whittling, arranging, and smoothing the surface. Picturing it strongly, I poured magic power into the tal.
I felt tal being created in my hands.
I pulled it out from the magic liquid tal.
Yeah! Success!
A 10 cm tal board was made with a smooth surface, even thickness, and a neat rectangular shape.
With magic liquid tal, maybe I can really make handguns!
My chest felt the most delighted ever since I had been reincarnated into this world.
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