Chapter 196: Similar Parent and Child
The day after I made the sli cushion. I woke up while experiencing a strange, uncomfortable feeling.
I wonder what happen? Is there sothing moving around under my head?
It bothers so I raise my upper body, and there was just the sli pillow.
Without knowing why, I stare at the sli pillow, and then it moves by itself.
「My pillow moved! Not, so sli inside just started moving to search for food, huff…」
I was surprised. I got a fright, thinking that an insect or sothing may have co out from my pillow.
I untie the cord tying the sli pillow while breathing a sigh of relief.
And when I peer inside, I saw the sli wriggling restlessly.
I threw in wood chips and grass that I had prepared for sli food inside.
Then, the sli gobbles it all up, stopped moving, and turns quiet in order to digest them.
……hmm, do they change their digesting ti depending on the food I provide them?
Once I understand the ti they start to look for food, then the sli pillow is going to be able to play the role of an alarm clock.
Like, for example, I can just give the sli so food that can be digested for an exact three hours if I want to sleep for three hours.
As long as you bear in mind the cycle of your daily life, then it’s not a problem for a person to live even without having an alarm clock but, it is difficult for us to manage our short afternoon nap or a power nap.
It would be great if we have an alarm clock or a cellphone alarm, but there are no such things in this world.
That’s why, when it’s around thirty minutes or an hour, you will sleep for more than that by mistake.
Looks like the sli pillow is going to be an alarm clock so that I can have a short power nap.
Let’s try to record the digestion ti the next ti I’m free.
………sohow, it makes excited since it’s like I’m going to make a growth record.
As I tied the string of the sli pillow while feeling excited by the new hobby I found, I got off the bed and opened the window.
Along with the opened window, the cooled and nice air - the result of my Ice magic - went outside of the room. As if to replace that, the sultry air entered the room.
The temperature of the midsumr morning is much better than during the day, but it is still hot.
Even when you just doing nothing at all, you’re going to slowly sweat.
I quickly change into my everyday clothes after bathing moderately in the sunlight that had already felt hot since morning.
Then I leave my own room while carrying the sli cushion to have breakfast.
And at the sa timing, Sylvio-niisan ca out from the room in the back.
He’s also holding a sli in his hand, he probably plans to use it today too.
「Al, good morning. You’re early today」
Sylvio-niisan greets with a refreshing smile on his face after noticing .
Even on a midsumr morning, Sylvio-niisan’s smile still looks refreshing. As for , I would still look groggy even in the cool morning air.
「I was awakened by the sli today」
「Aah, mine also started to move when I was changing clothes」
I was awakened by the sli but, it looks like Sylvio-niisan woke up by himself around this ti in the morning. Even though it’s still not the ti for breakfast yet, what an admirable person.
If it was , I will still be indulging in my sleep and will wake only at the last mont for breakfast.
「The sight of the pillow moving by itself sohow looks amusing, isn’t it. And, I fed the sli for the first ti」
Sylvio-niisan said while hugging the sli cushion to his chest.
「Though you said that it was impossible for you to use sli as a pillow yesterday morning」
「Ahaha, we can sleep soundly even in the middle of sumr with this after all. And slis seem to be harmless, so I think I want to keep using them as long as nothing happens」
Being able to express his honest feeling is probably Sylvio-niisan’s good side.
If it were soone like Eleonora-neesan, she will imdiately take back what she said.
Though I rember Eleonora-neesan, it will still be around two days until Eleonora-neesan returns.
Now is probably the ti when we can spend such a quiet ti like this.
「……what’s wrong Al? Your eyes look so distant you know?」
Just when I’m thinking about sothing moving, Sylvio-niisan waves his hand in front of my eyes, looking worried.
「……it’s nothing. Sylvio-niisan. Let’s spend this day peacefully okay」
「U, un?」
When I say that to him, Sylvio-niisan nodded with a puzzled look on his face.
There is little ti left. And because we have little ti left, it will be our loss if we don’t enjoy our ti to the fullest now.
I tell myself that, and headed for the dining room.
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「Oh? It’s unusual for Al to wake up at this hour」
When I entered the dining room with Sylvio-niisan, Nord-tousan - who was sitting on a chair and drinking tea - said that looking surprised.
「Even I have tis when I occasionally wake up early you know」
「No, I’m surprised because that ti was almost nonexistent though……」
So rude. I tried to say that I woke up early imdiately after I return from Kagura and help Bartolo to make Kagura’s dishes――though that was because Elna-kaasan told to do it.
That doesn’t an that I never wake up early on my own initiative.
I tried to recall if I have ever woke up early at another ti but, I really couldn’t rember any occasion where I did that, so I just sat down silently with the sli cushion on my chair.
Looking at like that, Sylvio-niisan also places his cushion on his chair even while smiling wryly.
Perhaps he’s curious that we two brothers did the sa thing since Nord-tousan looks toward us seemingly looking interested.
「The two of you are laying down a cushion on your chairs?」
「That’s right. But, it’s not an ordinary cusshion」
Sylvio-niisan answered with a smile after hearing Nord-tousan’s remark.
He probably said that to let Nord-tousan try to guess the content of this peculiar cushion.
Nord-tousan - who understands his intent - looks at the cushion again.
「……judging by how it seems to use a monster leather, is the content sothing special?」
As expected from a forr adventurer. It appears he understands that it's monster leather just by looking at it for a bit.
「That’s right」
「Hmmーm, is it the feathers of a bird-type monster?」
Those so-called bird-type monsters are used to describe monsters with feathers like Harpies or Slash Hawk.
Since Nord-tousan saw that it was a cushion with leather from a monster, he also thought that the inside should be things from a monster.
「Hmーm, it’s close but still a miss」
「Then, what is it?」
When I answered like that, Nord-tousan tilted his head and give up.
「You’ll understand if you try to poke the cushion」
After I say that, Nord-tousan stands up from his seat and approaches us, then he pokes the sli cushion with his finger.
「……this is, could it be a sli?」
「Good guessー. I put a sli inside the leather and made it into a cushion」
Nord-tousan looks shocked when I explained it in detail.
It’s the expression as if saying that I did sothing strange again. But well, I’m the one who made it after all.
「Al, is this really all right?」
「It’s fine, it’s fine. I’ve given it so food so it won’t move around, and I have also properly tied the leather with a string, see. It won’t co out from there」
Nord-tousan has this complex expression on his face when I try to explain the safety of the sli cushion.
「You can also try to use it, Nord-tousan. I think it won’t make your lower back or bottom hurt if you do your official duty while wearing this」
「Really?」
Sohow Nord-tousan looks relieved after Sylvio-niisan said that.
Even though I’ve already theoretically explained the safety of the cushion to him, I wonder what is this difference between mine and Sylvio-niisan’s explanation?
Oh well, whatever. Once Nord-tousan uses it once, he will probably realize the greatness of the sli cushion.
I watch Nord-tousan sit on top of Sylvio-niisan’s sli cushion while grinning.
「……ah, this is much more comfortable than I expected」
「Right?」
Hearing Nord-tousan raising his voice in surprise, Sylvio-niisan answered sowhat pridefully.
It’s a scene exactly like yesterday’s and Sylvio-niisan.
Nord-tousan corrected his sitting posture to enjoy the feeling of the sli cushion, then he lifted it up and pressed on it.
Apparently, he took a liking to it. You’ll want to recomnd great stuff to other people after all. I’m also glad that Nord-tousan liked the sli cushion.
「Good morning」
Just when I’m looking at the smiling Nord-tousan, Elna-kaasan entered the dining room.
「「「Good morning」」」
「Ara? Could I have overslept? I arrive later than Al」
As soon as we greeted her back, Elna-kaasan said in surprise.
It appears that she misunderstood that she overslept since I - who is always late - was already sitting in my seat.
「There are tis when I got up early you know」
「Is that so? It’s really confusing」
When Elna-kaasan mutters like that, then she proceeds to gracefully walk toward her seat and sat down.
「Sara, make a tea please」
「 tooー」
「I also」
「Certainly」
Sylvio-niisan and I also took the opportunity to ask for tea when Elna-kaasan quickly stop Sara as she entered the dining room.
「Eh? Everyone is already here!?」
And as soon as Mina enters after Sara, she raises her voice in surprise.
「That’s right, so we should speed up more」
「I understand!」
Being told that by Sara - who is preparing the tea -, Mina quickly left the room in a hurry.
All the people in the family have unusually get up early after all. So they have to quickly prepare the breakfast. Mina is probably going to the kitchen to report that.
「I feel that I’ve beco a bother by waking up early. I knew it, I shouldn’t have woke up so early」
「Nevertheless, it’s not a good idea to be late. It’s best to wake up on ti everyday」
That’s true, but there are tis when people still don’t have enough sleep.
As expected, I don’t want to let go of my blissful, second sleep in the morning. So it’s impossible to wake up on ti every day.
「By the way, I was curious about it but, what is that cushion that Nord and Al sit on?」
When I was thinking of such things, Elna-kaasan - who is sharp-sighted - noticed the cushion and asks.
「This is the sli cushion that Al made. There is a sli inside it, why don’t you try it, it’s quite comfortable」
Saying that, Nord-tousan presented the cushion to Elna-kaasan, and she received and use it imdiately without feeling scared.
「Ara, I like this. Al, please make more of this. I want to put a lot of them in a room so they can be used anyti」
As expected from Elna-kaasan, she adapted to it without having any feeling of aversion unlike Sylvio-niisan and Nord-tousan, and on top of that, she made a new suggestion.
Looking at Elna-kaasan’s attitude in pursuit of searching for a comfortable environnt, makes realize once more that she’s my mother.
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