If one were to define their waking with a single word, that word would be awkward.
A knocking on the door from the outside jolted rc awake, who had been sleeping against the room’s wall. And Astard, who was sleeping in the sa room, was also woken up by it.
Astard, who had been laying on the table facing rc, glanced up nearly identically with rc, and the two locked gazes for a few beats.
They both recalled the events of the previous night while they did so. The two, intellectually old, adults had talked about love and whatnot until they had fallen asleep.
I’m gonna die of embarrassnt!
rc was overco with embarrassnt, and Astard, who sat in front of her, was also overco, turning away from rc as if in a panic.
“G-Good morning… rc.”
“M-Morning, Astard…”
After reciprocating Astard’s greeting, rc stood up and stretched lightly to shake off the uneasy mood. Astard, perhaps even more than rc, was embarrassed by yesterday night’s events. He appeared to be adamant about bringing up the subject again.
“Aaaahh!”
It had been a long ti since rc had slept in such an unusual position, and her body felt stiff. Several of her joints cracked with only a light stretch, and she let out a soft moan.
“D-Don’t make weird sounds! It’s revolting!”
“Everyone does that when stretching. What’s gotten over you?”
“That’s true but…”
As rc tilted her head and glanced at Astard, he replied in a bizarre manner and put the hood, that had slid off, back on. He had apparently finally realized it had fallen off.
“Now, as for our plans…”
Astard then began conversing to hide his prior reactions, but when he heard a loud pounding on the door, he panicked and spun around. They just now rembered that they had both been jolted awake by the sa knocking.
“I-I’m coming!”
Because of the soundproofing spell, Astard imdiately recognized that saying so was aningless, but he nevertheless uttered it as he opened the door. When he opened the door, he noticed Kena standing there with a grim expression on her face. However, Kena smiled sweetly as soon as she noticed Astard’s face.
“Good morning, Great Sage. Miss rc. Breakfast is waiting for you in the living room.”
“Is that so? rc, let’s go.”
“What? You’ve even prepared so for ?”
“Yes. Having said that, I had no idea what your tastes were, Miss rc, so I’m not sure if you’ll be content…”
“No worries. I’m not picky. Thank you.”
As long as there isn’t poison in it, I’ll be fine I guess…
rc thought to herself as Kena led them into the living room.
However, given that Kena hadn’t poisoned the Goza yet, such a thing seed unlikely. Kena could have easily hard rc when they were sleeping if she had wanted to. Kena’s plan, based on the fact that she hadn’t done so yet, didn’t appear to be harming rc directly.
Nevertheless, rc thought Kena was clearly suspicious.
The stare she gave rc, her words and actions that seed to have hidden purposes, and most importantly, the fact that Astard, who was skeptical of everyone save those he trusted, seed to entirely trust her all added to this strange feeling that rc felt towards her.
However, because Astard trusted her, rc was hesitant to confirm her fears.
“rc, why are you staring at Kena like that?”
Astard asked of rc, who was completely oblivious that she was staring at Kena.
“Oh… I just thought that she had a huge rack…”
“You never change do you…”
Astard, perhaps persuaded by this remark, quickly lost interest. rc was sowhat disappointed that Astard had been persuaded only by that, but she was also relieved.
If Astard learned rc was skeptical of soone he trusted, he would most certainly be upset. rc had no option but to leave Kena alone in the current situation, no matter how suspicious she was.
rc tried not to think about it too much and instead opted to humbly accept the breakfast Kena had prepared for her.
“Now then, let’s discuss our plans.”
“Huh? Sure…”
Astard gave rc a shocked look as she rubbed her belly, which was now full of wonderful food in a satisfied manner. He seed to have sothing to say to rc.
Don’t judge … Kena’s food was just too good…
rc shivered at his stare and mumbled sothing to herself, then straightened herself up and settled in a listening position.
“So? What are our plans?”
“We’ll get ready and go et Tetem.”
“Tetem? Oh, yea! Tetem!”
For a brief mont, rc was perplexed as to who Astard was referring to, but then she rembered that Tetem was Doctor Glodel’s granddaughter. She quickly realized why Astard had used that na.
“What?! Great Sage, you’re going to et Tetem?”
Kena, after all, was present with them. Astard had most likely chosen Tetem’s na to keep Kena from realizing he was talking about Doctor Glodel. Using Tetem’s na wasn’t an issue because Kena was already familiar with it from the letters.
“That’s right. I apologize for going out again just after coming back. Could I ask you to look after the house?”
“Yes. Naturally. But it’s just way too fast… Should you rest a bit m…”
Astard shook his head, not allowing Kena to finish her sentence.
“I don’t need you to worry about . We don’t have the ti to relax.”
“I-I understand… I apologize for speaking out…”
Kena dropped her head, her face tensed, likely intimidated by Astard’s unexpected rejection. rc gave Astard a reproachful look when he saw her.
“Aren’t you being too an? She’s simply worried about you.”
“And I told her that such worry is unnecessary. With both of us together, what’s there to worry about? Nothing can possibly endanger us unless it’s a Falgaro.”
“You’re the sa as always…”
Kena doesn’t know anything about , she can’t know that…
rc gave up on Astard after his unsatisfactory response and turned her focus to Kena, gently nodding.
“His words may co out as harsh, but he ans no harm. Please forgive him.”
“No, it’s fine… You seem to know the Great Sage quite well, Miss rc.”
“Huh? I guess you could say that.”
“Fufu. You remind so much of him…”
“What was that?”
Kena shook her head slowly as rc abruptly broke short of Kena’s speech.
“Please excuse . I was going to say sothing impolite to such a lovely lady as yourself.”
“What was it? Were you about to say that I sound like a crude old man?”
“I… could not…”
Kena looked bewildered as rc cocked her head toward her.
Based on Kena’s response, it appeared that rc’s assumption was correct. After all, given that rc’s prior life had been that of a man, no matter how much she didn’t look like one, it was natural for her to act like one. It was no surprise that Kena was uneasy.
As if to interrupt rc and Kena’s chat, Astard abruptly stood up and looked at rc, as if scowling at her.
“That’s enough talking. We don’t have ti. rc please go and get ready as soon as possible.”
“Roger!”
Even though rc was taken aback by Astard’s unusually urgent tone, she recognized that Astard had a valid point. rc did as she was told and began preparing for their trip.
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