When do you feel happy as a parent?
Every parent has his or her own answer but for , it is when my son or daughter asks for help.
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Yesterday, I received a letter from Alfred who’s in the royal capital of the Demon King’s Kingdom.
He asked to co to his school in the capital because he would like to open a ran stall that would serve the sa ran in ran street of Village Five.
How unusual.
Alfred rarely asks for anything.
I would of course want to go but given my position as the village chief, I can’t leave the village just because I want to.
The spring harvest is coming and there are even expansion plans for Village Four.
Even if they say I can go right away because of the teleportation gates, I would have to bring a stall with which is a lot of work.
As a village chief, I just can’t go.
…….
Then, I’ll go as a father.
If my son, who rarely relies on , asks to go, I will.
Michael-san asked to encourage the auction caravan with a speech before.
But before I can go there, I would have to inform everyone in the village first.
It would be irresponsible to just go to Alfred without telling everyone.
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When I reported what I wanted to do during dinner, I found out that I’m not the only one who received a letter from Alfred.
There are three more who received his letters: Donovan, Youko, and Miyo.
Donovan for drinks.
Youko for sweets from Kuro and Yuki and Korin’s Sweet Temple.
Miyo was apparently asked for Marla’s curry.
What’s this?
Are they actually having a school festival?
Why does it sound like he’s outsourcing food?
No, he shouldn’t be.
It’s a school.
I know that my previous world’s common sense isn’t that useful here but there is no way they would be serving alcohol at school, right?
They wouldn’t, right?
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In any case, everyone agreed for to go.
Who will accompany is still in question, but Donovan already gained a slot.
Youko and Miyo will each send employees from those stores.
The problem now is how many we should send.
From the letter, I think it should be enough to send a few but it would be better to confirm.
We also need to finalize the schedule.
I asked him through a letter asking when we should go.
The letter of reply says, “Sorry. As many as possible and as soon as possible.”.
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Five days later, early in the morning.
I arrived at the Gullgald Noble Academy, where Alfred and the others are attending.
I wanted to move a little faster but we need to prepare.
Besides, if we are going to serve a large number of people, additional preparation is a must.
For example, the ones who’ll be making ran.
The number of people I can provide on ran-making is very limited.
Because of that, we have to ask for additional manpower.
I could always bring the oni maids for that if Ann, the leader of the oni maids, and Ramurias, the number two, are not pregnant and can’t work.
And even if they’re not, I would be hesitant to bring the oni maids who wish to spend their daily lives as they are.
I don’t want to force them to do anything.
Thus, I decided to borrow employees from Noodle Shop Britoa, a ran shop in Village Five.
The talk about borrowing employees ended quickly but I had to teach them my way of doing things.
We are not going to serve Noodle Shop Britoa’s ran after all.
This is the kind of preparation I needed to do.
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Now, my companions this ti were several dwarves led by Donovan.
So employees sent by Kuro and Yuki and Korin’s Sweet Temple. They joined us in Village Five.
So of the employees of Noodle Shop Britoa, who will be helping with my stall.
So employees of Marla. They joined us in Shashaato City.
And about 30 angels. They will be working as waitresses for the whole group and Malbit and Ruincia even ca.
I did not ask the angels to co with . For so reason, they volunteered.
They said it was part of their reconciliation approach with the demons of the Demon King’s Kingdom.
After the parade the other day, they are thinking that it might not be a good idea to leave things as they are.
There is also the matter with the Garret Kingdom.
By the way, we also have Gulf, Daga, and about ten high elves as bodyguards.
I think we’ll be fine since Malbit and the others are with us but Loo said that guards are necessary so there must be full ti guards.
I was honestly glad that she’s so concerned about , so I agreed.
By the way, it’s not because you don’t trust Malbit and the others…..right?
Right?
Hahaha.
Can you at least look in the eye when you reply?
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Yuri and the Ran Queen joined us in Village Five as unscheduled companions.
Both of them were apparently invited by Alfred.
I understand inviting Yuri since she’s the Demon King’s daughter but, why did he invite the Ran Queen?
Well, that’s not my concern so I did not ask anything.
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When we arrived at the school, I was greeted by Alfred and Tiselle, who showed to the place where the food stalls would be set up.
The location was on school grounds but……away from the school buildings and any other buildings.
It’s in the place where students who attend the school build their houses which is a vacant lot.
It’s quite wide.
And there were so tents and exhibits there.
Once again, I thought this certainly looks like a school festival……
The people there are all adults.
There is also a place where Glatts is commanding and there are people who are obviously from the military.
What are they doing?
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「Father, this place please.」
Tiselle, who was standing next to Alfred, showed us where to set up our stall.
This ti, we brought three stalls serving ran.
Two stalls serving alcohol.
One stall serving tea and cakes from Kuro and Yuki.
One stall serving manju and rice crackers from Korin’s Sweet Temple.
Two stalls serving curry from Marla.
We also brought a camping coach for logistic support.
It would be better to prepare our own toilets and other facilities for employee use.
We arranged them in consideration of the flow of custors and employees and started preparing for each.
Although I described the people we will be serving as custors, it was agreed that all the money for this event would be paid by the kingdom.
Alfred was the one who arranged it.
In short, no money exchange is involved.
And the people we’re going to serve are……
The guests are gradually gathering around us as we prepare for the party.
I guess most of them are adults.
We should serve them, right?
Tiselle, not Alfred, answered my question.
「Yes. Please take care of them.」
Understood.
By the way, there is sothing I really wanted to ask you about……
「What is it?」
What was that?
A little further away, a group of angels are dancing around an elderly man who is kneeling and holding his head with his hands.
It looks like maimu maimu* but……
No, I think the movent is more like kago kago*.
TN: Maimu maimu is a children’s folk dance while Kago Kago is a children’s ga. Check the video links to check what it looks like.
「Ehto, that’s a dance of hospitality.」
「Yeah, that person in the middle is the representative……yeah, representative of those who want to hire us this ti? Well, in any case, he’s so kind of representative and he seems to know the grannies. 」
I see, so that’s why they’re like that.
Alright.
However, is that really hospitality?
I can feel that old guy in the middle’s overflowing despair.
「He’s not crying yet so he’s fine. The grannies will also stop before he cries so don’t worry.」
……
Why would a hospitality dance make soone cry?
W-well, for so reason, the demon king and Beezel are standing in line at my stall and don’t even bother with them, so I guess it’s really okay.
Ah, the demon king’s wife is here too.
I guess I’ll have to say hello to her.
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