Chapter 398: Touring again, spring festival 4
After the dance, the crossbow corps departed with the dressed-up women seeing them off as a runway.
“Please come again next year”
The Baron stroked his beard and said so. The two 100-man commanders leading the crossbowmen showed their fists powerfully.
“Of course I will come. And bring your wives and children”
“That’s right……hey Isaac, you can’t be serious. You’re not going to let a newborn kid go on that snow march, are you?”
“What, they say wolf beasts are good in the cold, so they should be fine”
“Is that the problem?”
Williams worried. To me, he’s a jealous man, but sometimes he shows a common sense side like this, so it’s hard to hate him.
“Many people come to Polka with children who have been sick as babies. I think it would be best if you introduced your wife to a stagecoach”
“I, Is that so. I don’t necessarily have to accompany her”
Williams patted his chest.
“What are you going to do when you’re in a hurry?”
“Even if you say something like that, it’s not a joke that people died during marching training, it’s a bad taste”
“If it looks like it’s going to be impossible, I’ll make the right call. You think me and Rinne are idiots, don’t you?”
“No, I don’t, but”
Was it kindness that he didn’t mention Mikagami´s younger sister? You look a little silly.
“Ho. If you want, I’ll bring her to you. If all goes well, Dianne’s mission will be over by next winter”
“That’s very kind of you”
Isaacs smiled bitterly at Laila’s offer. Irina looks at Laila with a sideways glance and smiles a little meanly.
“Is it okay for you to say such selfishness by yourself? Even if you have a master”
“Ho. He’s a friend of Owner, isn’t he? When the mission is over, it would be nice to have a little life in the countryside, wouldn’t it?”
The water is facing me, so let me mix it too.
“Well, yes. Isaac and Mikagami are always welcome”
“But I can’t stay at your place. Leaving Rinne and Kate aside, I’m stuck at the entrance”
“You have that barracks, don’t you?”
“Hey, hey, aren’t you going to invite me to your house? I don’t know what you’re talking about when you say welcome to a guy who just lives nearby”
“Hahaha, I’ll build you a cow shed sometime soon”
“A cow shed!?”
The place is filled with laughter.
“10-man captain Anzeros……please come back soon”
“I fell in love with you again after seeing you in your dress today”
“A, Ahaha……but you see, I’m already married, even if you say that”
『Married!?』
“N, No I’m a female slave?”
“What! What the fuck is wrong with you!”
“Even if it’s just once, I want a girl to say things like, 『I’m already a female slave』, with a smile!”
“……Ah……I don’t know if I can say this, but I think that ambition is a little too outrageous to be shouted in the street”
The faces of the escort unit members were wanted by Anzeros who came in a dress.
“Finna-chan! I, I, I´ll come again! So wait!”
“……What do you want me to wait for?”
“Th, That, I want to be a man good enough to propose to you……”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have that kind of thing with people of different races……”
“Uoon!!”
There was a guy who made a ridiculous confession to a northern elf girl and get crushed.
“It’s nice 10-man captain Smithson. I’ve only seen him surrounded by beautiful women since he was transferred”
“I mean, what’s with that? Why are you in such an outrageous state? You grew up in the countryside and you’re 10-man captain of the crossbow corps”
“You’re new here, right?”
“I’ve seen you at Basson a few times, but……the more I look at the treatment here, the more it doesn’t make sense”
“Don’t worry, we old-timers don’t have a clue either”
I was told that plainly in front of me. The crossbowmen start marching down the road to the south with all kinds of commotion.
“They’re lively and good-natured people. They are friendly and active……and have adapted well to this particular Polka of humans, elves and sometimes dragons”
“Well, they’ve had their own special experiences with those guys”
The old soldiers, who have been reduced to about 1/3 of the squad to be exact, are the ones I’m talking about. The new recruits have also inherited the air well.
“They have built such a splendid barracks and I hope they will continue to come without fail……”
“If they don’t come, it would be a waste of the quaint barracks and the new bar”
“Huhu. Well, it’s a good thing there’s so much land. I’d be happy to take advantage of them if they can bring some life to the town with their kind of fun men. It is a Polka to heal the sick, but it would be a bit of a bitter business if all the customers came for that purpose”
“Well, yes”
Doctors and miraculous springs are useless for healthy people, to put it in an extreme way. So, it is good that many people get well here, but they rarely bring vitality to this town by visiting. That’s why those guys are so valuable. They come to this remote area in good spirits, make a lot of noise and return home saying, 「I had a good time」. No matter how comfortable they may feel with the healing power of the miraculous spring, it is impossible for ordinary people to visit this place again and again, unless they are training for something like that. Everyone is working. Whether they are farmers or merchants, this place is too far away for them to leave their homes and come here on a whim.
“It’s starting to become an interesting enough town even now, but……this makes me greedy. If possible, I would like to see more hawkish people like them settle here and make this town more enjoyable”
The Baron’s eyes were like those of a father who loves this town that has finally begun to develop.
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Once the festival is over, each family will be served the first wildflower dishes of spring. I was in Celesta until last night, so I can’t deny that I feel like I’ve jumped in to enjoy these dishes again. And I’m not very good at cooking with wild plants. So this time, I decided to forgo such an obligation and discuss my next move……but my mother was preparing a meal for me.
“It’s been a long time since we welcomed spring here and now I have a daughter-in-law and a grandchild, so let’s do our best”
“N, No, but it’s not like Mom can take care of all the preparations on her own”
“Nothing like that”
After walking along the road where the snow had melted, I was taken to my mother’s house. The dressed-up female slaves were also coming in droves.
“Come on in, everyone. I made a big table for you, so feel free to come over from now on. I’m not a very good cook, but I can always teach you the taste of 『Mother’s cooking』, the same cooking that brought Andy up”
“Huaa……really, it’s huge”
“Anzeros, I’ll pull a chair for Selenium. I have Peter, so I can’t let go
“Ah, yes”
“Mother-in-law, can I help you?”
“No, thank you. Oregano-san is so beautifully dressed”
“At times like that, the maids are here! Or rather, I secretly got some one-horned horse meat, why don’t you use it?”
“Emm, I also have some wildflowers left over……”
“Savory-san and Fennel-san……thank you. I’ll cook some more”
The main group of people followed Savory and the others as my mother went into the kitchen. The larger dining table is apparently intended for a dinner with all of us together. In addition to the large table for daily use, there are three tables for several people near the window and if you use all of them, it is not impossible to feed all twenty or so people at the same time. This is possible because the room is originally spacious, but thanks to the fact that it is a one-person house, there is not much space needed for everyday living. After everyone is seated, the standard wild plant dishes such as stews, salads and spicy snacks made with plenty of wild plants are served.
“I made it with all my might, so I was wondering what I would do if they refused”
“Wow……”
“It’s an interesting color”
“……Are these wildflowers too?”
“Ho. It’s a kneaded dumpling. Pheasant meat? ……No, shouldn’t you, the cat, be more aware of that, Luna?”
The Maple sisters have been prepared by old man Digo and although Marone and Cute have returned to the cat beast house to eat the recipe Barbara was taught by the Lyndon family, most of the other members of the group are very interested in my mother’s wildflower dishes. I, however, still think of it as a bit bitter and mucky, so I laugh.
“I wonder if I can eat it……”
“Wild grasses from the white clan territory with little bitterness. You should be satisfied with it”
After receiving Irina’s stamp of approval, I timidly said it. ……Ah.
“It’s quite good……”
“I guess so”
“Irina, you don’t have to be so proud of yourself. Besides, it’s your mother-in-law’s skill that makes it so delicious”
“Hmm. But when Christie called mother-in-law, Marie-dono suddenly said something……it hurts!?”
“Irina? What were you going to say?”
“Let go of my ear……let go……l, let go”
“Christie-chan, don’t talk while you’re eating☆”
“Don’t tease Irina out of habit either”
It’s noisy. However, my mother is watching it with a smile.
“……N. It’s delicious”
“Yes”
The fact that Maia and Laurier are eating silently is enough to make them float a little.
“Even so……I don’t feel bad about being called a daughter-in-law, but is it really okay for a female slave and her master’s mother to be a mother-in-law?”
“Don’t be so difficult, Aurora……I’ve wondered that myself”
Yes. I was wondering about that too. But in the first place, I don’t think there’s any way to give a name to an indirect relationship involving a 「Female slave」.