Chapter 12: Let’s Get Ready to Head Out
Translator: ShiroiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
It’s been one week since we escaped from the basent!
The cottage is back to normal… is sothing I wouldn’t say, but it is mostly restored.
With my Master’s [clay walls] and my [telekinesis], we effectively restored the outer walls in no ti.
The repair itself was done in two days, and incidentally my room was moved to the first floor. It’s an addition to the building.
This way I can omit the effort of going up and down the ladder.
Also, I can sneak snacks this way. This body doesn’t get fat, so I can even eat all the midnight snacks I want!
This is the only ti I want to say, “Good job, God.”
I can eat all the midnight snacks I want now, but… unfortunately, there aren’t many days where I can carry out such an operation.
The reason being, in addition to my social phobia, I seem to have developed a dependence on my Master. If I can’t see him at night ti, then I end up unable to calm down.
When I sneaked into my Master’s room at night, and tried staring at him from the corner, he gave an appalled look back.
After this mysterious battle continued for three days, my Master broke, and I got permission to dive into the bed. Victory!
This brings to mind childhood mories of my father letting sleep with him, and it’s sohow enjoyable. Sleeping while clinging to him is warm, too.
A bit of a digression, but ever since then I have had absolutely no problems touching my Master.
In fact, I’m the one who can’t keep my hands off of him. I wonder if this is what’s called a rebound?
For that reason, the plan to sneak into the basent’s food storage is sothing I actually ended up becoming unable to do.
I also beca unable to take my glasses off at night, but since they’re preventing “Golden Ratio” from making my hair and face irresistible, it is absolutely no problem.
Like this my spirits have been very stable lately… but opposite of that, my Master seems to be lacking sleep lately. I wonder why?
Might it be exhaustion? I’m thinking of giving him a gentle massage later.
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We’re settled into the new house, and when we were finally at the point where we could resu training, Mr. Gusta of the village’s tool store ca to visit.
“Hey Mr. Haster, Yuuri. How’ve ya been lately?”
“Hello Mr. Gusta. Co to think of it, it seems a disturbing nickna for has spread through the village.”
Being called a at slave is sothing I won’t forget, you know?
By the way, I’ve finally gotten to the point where I can at least have a conversation with Mr. Gusta. Though it took three years.
“What’s this about? Didn’t I sell you so rings just the other day?”
My Master made so tea for our guest. Well done, Master.
What, ? I had the very important job of sampling the sandwich I made myself.
“Why is Mr. Haster making tea, while Yuuri is holding a sandwich?”
“Because it’s breakfast ti?”
“No, that’s not what I an…”
“For Yuuri, housework is a little… too dangerous I guess? What would I do if she spills the kettle or sothing?”
“Master, I’d like to have a word with you later.”
“Is that so? So would I. Specifically, I have a sermon about the attitude of my apprentice.”
“I suddenly don’t have anything to talk about.”
Pardon for what I brought on myself. Sitting seiza1 for that long is rough.
“In any case, I’ve business with Mr. Haster today you see.”
“I suppose you wouldn’t have business with Yuuri after all.”
“If she weren’t so scared, then I’d wanna co by to look at her face every day.”
“If you are ever reborn as a cute girl, then please co on by.”
“Not a boy?”
“I’m not really into little boys.”
“Well then, what’s your business?”
The conversation quickly got derailed, but my Master got us back on track. It’s easy to have small talk with Mr. Gusta so I just…
“Ah, right. You know the river south of the mountain? The bridge that’s over there has gone and collapsed. Mr. Haster, could you help us out?”
“That place, huh?…. That’s the road that leads to Comb City, right?”
“That’s the one. It’s about ti that the traveling rchants are supposed to arrive in Mareba, but since the bridge collapsed, they can’t co from that direction.”
This cottage is on the east side of the mountain, and Mareba village is at the foot of the south-eastern part of the mountain.
To get to Comb from Mareba village, you have to go around the south side of the mountain, and then continue west for about three days. It’s a pretty big city.
This mountain isn’t all that large, so it doesn’t have any particular na. But lots of magical beasts live here, so in the nearby cities and villages it’s famously referred to as “that mountain” when they pass through.
At the very least, my Master has a “monster repelling barrier” placed on the cottage and the mountain road to protect us though.
“If the bridge stays like that, then the distribution of goods in the village is certain to stagnate… Guess we’ll have to. Yuuri, you too.”
“No, thanks.”
I quickly submit my refusal.
“A lot of people will co to repair the bridge, right?”
“Certainly there’ll be a lot of people, but… if we have your [telekinesis], then the engineering work will be a lot easier.”
“I understand that, but…”
For the cottage repairs, I was doing the heavy lifting of the rocks and trees, my Master used his [clay walls] to fix things in place, and it was fixed up in the blink of an eye.
Particularly when putting scaffolding in a raging river, the strength of my [telekinesis] would probably be very convenient.
“That’s… I really still can’t deal with strangers…”
“I don’t want to force you, but I think at this point it’s necessary that you practice getting used to people.”
“Mr. Haster, you’re making it sound like she’s a wild animal.”
Mr. Gusta is sowhat disgusted.
“But if Yuuri cos along, I’m sure all the strong guys will be giving it their all, you see?”
“Gusta, that’s the opposite of what she needs to hear.”
When he ntions guys, my body stiffens in reaction.
I certainly don’t feel good about this, but… Even though I rely on my Master to buy things in the village, I do want to overco my inability to socialize.
“Geez… If you insist, Master… Then, I guess, I’ll just have to go with you!”
“Oh, so you will co along! There’s a big difference between only bringing along a suspicious old man to help, and bringing along a cute girl after all.”
“What, so I’m not welco? Guess I’ll watch the house then.”
“If Master isn’t coming along, then neither am I!”
“Oh, If I must…”
You know there’s no way I could go out in public alone, don’t you?
“Gusta, do you have a horse outside? What about tools and such?”
“Yeah, it’s tied up out front. The guys from the village should be preparing the tools and materials.”
“Then we just need to prepare so water and lunch. Could you let Yuuri ride the horse? Otherwise she’ll collapse on the way there.”
“I am not that weak…”
I’m actually not confident of that… Since descending from the mountain takes four hours.
“Well then, let’s get ready to head out. Yuuri, go get changed.”
“Yes, Master.”
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“Go get changed…”
“What’s wrong with this?”
The outfit I prepared is an ankle-length black robe, with a scarf around my mouth.
The hood is also shrouding my features. Even I know that this is an explosion of suspiciousness.
I complete the outfit with gloves and boots, along with wearing my glasses, so there’s hardly any skin showing at all.
“Well… It is winter, so maybe thick clothes won’t be a problem?”
“No no no, Mr. Haster. Won’t this be a complete disappointnt for the workers?”
“This is convenient for in various ways too. There’s the gifts to worry about after all, so I guess this is fine.”
I have “Eternal Youth,” so if the villagers rember my appearance, it’s possible that I won’t be able to stay here for very long. Since children are supposed to grow quickly—
My Master was probably also thinking along those lines.
“Even though I took the ti to pick out such cute clothes…”
“You an those strange and unwieldy clothes?”
So those clothes my Master bought for were based on Gusta’s interests?!
“While walking around carrying those clothes, weren’t the villagers giving rather strange looks?”
“That’s because I wrapped them in a way to purposely make the contents visible.”
The appearance of my Master walking around the village while carrying frilly robes and dresses… A sha play, huh? Not bad Gusta!
I instinctively send a thumbs up toward Gusta.
Though there’s no point in a sha play if the person himself doesn’t get it.
“Ah right, Yuuri, take this for self defense.”
While saying so, my Master hands a short sword.
At this size, I get the feeling it’ll be a little heavy for but… oh? When I try holding it, isn’t it surprisingly light?
“This is quite light… isn’t it?”
“It’s [enchanted] with [weight reduction] and [toughness]. [sharpness] was intentionally left unfinished and it can be filled with magic power, so you can fill it yourself later.”
“Oooh, is this the finished form of the refillable magic tool from before?!”
“Nope, it’s a prototype.”
“Is this… a new product? When you start production, would you sell them to ?”
Mr. Gusta tries to snap it up imdiately. I understand his feelings.
When a “completed” magic tool runs out of magic power, it’ll break on its own.
After “completing” it, magic power can’t be added to it, and there wouldn’t be a point if it wasn’t activated, so the [enchantnt] endlessly consus magic power, and eventually breaks.
[Weight reduction], without fail, will exhaust its magic power and violently break, so magic tools couldn’t always be called the better choice.
This blade’s ability was purposely left [unfinished], and could be mistaken as a [work in progress]. It has that trick crafted in so that magic power can be charged into it afterward.
For those who can refill the magic power themselves, it can significantly reduce the weight of weapons.
Swinging a huge sword around in the future has beco a possibility even for !
A little girl with a huge weapon! The romance! I could use a spear, or a scythe, or even a musket!
“Since I purposely left it “unfinished,” its strength dropped significantly from what it was before. I tried to supplent it by [enchanting] it with [toughness] afterward, but…”
“Hrmm... in other words the [toughness] [enchantnt] is an essential part of it. Since there’s a limit to how many enchantnt entries can be put onto an item, isn’t that a huge derit?”
“On top of that, an unfinished entry has to be added to it. For a single [enchantnt], three entries have to be added, so it’s sothing to think about a bit.”
“For the lightness is an important part of it though—“
“Ummm… If we don’t leave soon, it’ll be afternoon by the ti we arrive won’t it?
We, who had suddenly launched into a magic tool discussion, were interrupted by Mr. Gusta.
Grrr, interrupting my conversation with my Master… It’s kinda irritating, you know?
“Aah, you’re right. Well then, shall we head out?”
And that’s how my first “expedition to et people” started.
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