It Seems That I've Slipped Into a Different World. Also, My Gender Has Changed. Chapter 53: The Difficult Debut

Chapter 53: The Difficult Debut

Translator: LynneSuzuran

After that point, well, things turned to be quite difficult.

No, after all, the people attending this banquet today had indeed co to see , right? Then, I had to greet them in turns.

It’s good that the thod of greeting by putting our glasses in a toast is the sa as the other world’s, but that’s not the problem for now. Since my mother who entered together with is now busy with greeting other people, and despite Yuzuruha-san is unexpectedly paying so much attention to , in the end, I have to greet the people by myself.

Example number one. The uncle who’s standing out as a plump and fat rchant. I wonder why this person is wearing so many rings at once? I wonder if it’s because they can be converted into money whenever sothing happened? However, he seems to be a good person, uhm…

“It’s a pleasure to et you, Seiren-sama. I’m governing a territory that’s located at a western side from here, my na is Kushima.”

“Kushima-san, is it? Pleased to et you.”

“Yeah. The dress that Seiren-sama is wearing right now seems to be made using the silk from our territory, huh?”

“Ah, is that so? I’m sorry for my lack of knowledge. However, it feels comfortable to wear and I like it.”

“Ooh, it seems to have won your favor already, Ojou-sama.”

I see, the silk, huh? Since there was enough demand from good houses, it seed to be quite profitable. Actually, this dress can be used to move smoothly without any disturbances. Its texture is also good.

Example number two, the uncle with his tough short hair. Uhm well, at a glance, I feel like he seems to be welcoming custors at the riverside fish market, or so I thought.

“It’s a pleasure to et you, Seiren-sama. I’m Kadzuki who’s working for the feudal lord at the east port city.”

“Kadzuki-san, is it? Pleased to et you. Since it’s a port city, are the people over there able to catch a lot of good fishes?”

“Yes, and we’re also making money of it even in this town. To be frank, I was forrly a fisherman.”

“Hee, I see. Since the fishes are delicious, then it’s reasonable.”

My hunch was right. No matter in which world it is, the feeling that fishern gives off is quite the sa.

But well, thank you for the delicious fishes. The territory of Shiiya isn’t close to the sea, so perhaps it’s thanks to Kadzuki-san and the people over there that we can eat sea fishes, huh?

Example number 3, a normal uncle. Yes, he seems to be wearing good outfits with his utmost effort, but he looks like a normal uncle.

I clapped my hands together as I thought that it was sohow easy to see through, and well, that seems to be quite reasonable.

“I’m Kariba, the head of a town who’s in the territory of the Shiiya family. I should have greeted Ojou-sama earlier, but…”

“Kariba-san, is it? No, it’s also my fault for having a lot of things to do. I had a lot of fun at the Spring Festival.”

“Ooh, then I’m glad. There were talks about how the delinquents acted violently at that ti, so I was afraid that sothing might happen to Ojou-sama…”

“I went there with the servants, so everything was fine. Leaving that aside, please take care of the townspeople.”

“Such a considerate words… This Kariba will definitely do his best for the sake of the city, and I’ll be wagering my life for it.”

To put it simply, he is a town mayor.

Oh, thank you for your hard work. That was my bad for adding more pressure, really, it was my fault. It might be late to say it now, but sorry.

Oh well, there were more patterns like this afterward. Incidentally, there seed to be bachelors all over the place, but the oldest one seed to have exceeded 30 years in age, while the gap to the youngest one was quite wide, as the youngest one seed to be around the age of 1X-ish, and he seed even younger than Saryuu. What the hell is going on with this? So I thought, but in the anti… according to Yuzuruha-san’s information, the n of the marriageable age were mostly already married or were going to the army. I see.

Nevertheless, I feel tired.

As expected from my first eting with them, although there was no one who said anything about being their son’s bride, it was still sohow quite obvious, well. Or should I say that I can tell from their gazes?

Well, I admit that I’m not unaffected at all by those n in that kind of a way. After all, I was a man up until last spring. But well-, it’s tough because I understand how they’d want to evaluate .

If a conversation was prolonged to a certain extent, there would be so servants or maids who held a tray and approached while asking, “Would you like so drinks?”, so using that chance, I’d leave after saying, “Then, if you’d excuse ”. Even so, their gazes were still running after . Or rather, despite having lots of foods being lined up, I really don’t have any ti to eat them, huh? It’s a right decision to have a light al earlier.

anwhile, the guests whose first eting with were done sowhere else finally approached .

“Seiren-sama.”

“Aah, our turn finally cos. It’s been quite difficult, isn’t it, Seiren-sama?”

“Ah, Touya-san. And Taiga-san, too.”

Ugh.

I’m glad that Taiga-san ca, but the person next to him is Touya-san, after all. Nah, if I were to look at him without any prejudice, then I’d think that they were a wonderful pair of father and son.

Even when I look at him again, he really resembles the orphanage director. Though I don’t understand what kind of face I’m making right now, for the ti being, let’s smile. He ca here as one of the guests today, after all.

“Thank you for going through the trouble to co here today.”

“No, no. If it’s for Maya-dono’s daughter’s debut party, then there’s no way that this Shikino Touya won’t be rushing to co here.”

“Well, well.”

Since it’s Kaa-san’s daughter’s debut party, huh?

I wonder if this person’s still pretty much in love with my mother? And sohow, I seem to take after my mother a lot.

This person, could he have sothing towards who’s my mother’s daughter?

I sighed a little bit, and Taiga-san caught a glimpse of my sigh.

“Even so, Seiren-sama. You’ve worked hard today, but are you all right?”

“Eeh, well… this is my first ti being in this place. In addition, since there are so many people coming here, I can’t seem to rember them that well.”

Since Taiga-san has been familiar with more or less, it should be easy for him to understand that my face is having a cramp.

It’s hard to match their faces with their nas and rember them. Though it’s not so bad when it cos to discerning which are servants and employees, which are fishern, and which are town mayors. My first eting with Taiga-san is impactful in a sense, and Touya-san has a familiar face, so there’s no way I’d forget them.

So, when I began to feel slightly troubled, Taiga-san told , “Everything’s going to be all right.”

Touya-san took two glasses from Kaya-san who passed by exactly at that ti, and handed one while saying, “Here you go.” Taiga-san had already been holding a glass, so we made a toast as our glasses made a small sound. Because I’ve made sure that it contained only soft drink, it should be fine.

“Shiiya family’s butler should have known all people who’ve co here. Though it’s natural as they all had to show their written invitations.”

“Yuzuruha-san?”

“Yeah. That’s why, it’s better for you to ask him later on. Perhaps he also has portraits containing their data.”

“Understood. Thank you very much.”

I see, I’m saved, then. By portraits, which ans their pictures, right? This world has no photos, so the portraits are the substitutes.

Once I was relieved, I drank up my drink in one gulp. The cider that contained Cheria fruits was very refreshing and delicious.

Suddenly, the music began to play.

As I looked towards the curtains in front of , the red curtain was being pulled from both sides, and there was a stage over there. So, in no ti, the orchestra that was called here—or I wonder if it’s alright for to address them like that—anyway, those people began their musical performance.

The form of the musical instrunts were fundantally similar to those of the other world’s, like how one instrunt was similar to a violin with their cylindrical container, and the wind instrunt was slightly undulated.

“Oh?”

Taiga-san who noticed the music playing just like , smiled cheerfully while looking at . Then, he brought his hand closer to his chest as if he was being all formal. Ah, this is…

“Seiren-sama, would you mind dancing with ?”

As I expected-. Well, this is my first ti to be actually dancing, so it might as well be with the person I know. Taiga-san seed to have practiced dancing just for this day, too. …How amazing, trying to appeal via our correspondence.

“I’m not good at it, but if you’re fine with .”

“I will take the lead, so please be relieved.”

“…Then, sure. Please take care of .”

That’s why I obediently took his stretched hand. Ah-, I felt relieved. Because I t him in sumr, I felt sohow that it was fine being with Taiga-san like this.

…Yup. I seed to be pleased with Taiga-san. Though I’m not even so sure in what kind of aning.

“Then, see you later, Father.”

“Yeah. Go on, Taiga.”

When Taiga-san lightly bowed his head, Touya-san bent his glass slightly while nodding.

Touya-san seed to have a happy face, but in my eyes, he didn’t seem to be smiling.

I wonder to what extent he saw as [my mother’s daughter]?

It’s a bit scary.

“Are you all right, Seiren-sama?”

Suddenly, I couldn’t see Touya-san’s face anymore. Apparently, Taiga-san seed to have used his own body to hide Touya-san’s face quite well. Really, I’m indebted quite a lot to this person.

“Aah-, well, sohow.”

Since I felt relieved with just that, I nodded honestly. Then, Taiga-san nodded and whispered to while we continued to dance.

“…My father seems to be thinking of Maya-dono even now. His relationship with my mother was rely for the sake of producing a successor for the Shikino family.”

“I-is that so?”

Even so, I wonder how it will be? The feudal lord’s family, I wonder if it’s sothing like that?

…As I nodded, I noticed one thing. Why did he use a past tense for his last sentence?

“Uhm, about Taiga-san’s mother…”

“Roughly around 5 years ago, due to her illness…”

Whoa, I heard sothing unexpected. I-in any case, let’s continue to do my best in dancing, since it will be bad if I were to step on Taiga-san’s feet, so I have to match his rhythm properly.

“…I’m sorry.”

“No problem.”

Though my voice as I said my apology was quite low, Taiga-san managed to hear it well.

I wonder why this person likes . There should have been a better person for him.

After all, I was still a man until roughly 3 months ago, you know?

“By the way, Seiren-sama.”

“Eh, ah, what is it?”

“You’re quite skillful at dancing.”

“T-thank you, very much.”

No, well, there’s no need to praise that far. The fact that I’m quite poor at it was hidden because I could sohow match my rhythm with Taiga-san.

…I’m happy, though.