Reincarnated Young Lady Aims to Be an Adventurer - Volume 7 Chapter 119

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“I, I’m home……”

“Huh, Nick, what’s up? Were you supposed to come back today?”

Tom came out of the workshop.

“Brother Tom, I’m back.”

“Tom-san! Long time no see.”

“Welcome back, Alma-chan! Eh, what? Serafiona-chan!? And also, a bear⁉ Master-!”

Master Duncan came from the back of the room while scratching his head. His beard becoming more and more shaggy.

“Shut up! Oh, daughter-in-law! How have you been? Eh, what’s this! Nick, did you have an affair? You even have a child? Moreover, the child is a bear????

Supaaann!!!

Nick smacked the back of his master’s head mercilessly with a paper fan.

Lu, who is visiting this place for the first time, was unusually surprised.

Master, it seems like you’re still the same……

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Master Duncan’s workshop is located in the downtown area of the royal capital, it managed to avoid the war. I was relieved that the craftsman’s district seemed to be mostly intact. When I stepped in, it was still cluttered with tools and materials, but it was very warm.

We sat down at the table with all of the scattered tools appropriately moved to the edge. Lu kept an eye on Maru and Shuu to make sure they didn’t touch any dangerous tools. Alma-chan made us a cup of tea as she was used to it.

“So, Serafiona-chan, you’re the bad woman who came to tear the two people apart, huh? It’s been a long time since I’ve shown my face and something unbelievable had happened!

Your delusions have leveled up. 

“Ohohoho, don’t get me wrong, okay? I’m here to say a few words about how Nicholas, the nerd, doesn’t deserve to be our Alma-tan, you know?

“What! You’re trying to give our Nick a hard time! I won’t forgive you just because you’re a woman! Get out of here!

“Ohohoho, as you wish!”

“Hey, Serafi! Stop stirring things up!”

“Haaa……I’m tired of having an idiot parent and an idiot friend……”

“Nick, don’t stop them, let’s see for a little longer what the two of them are going to say! It’s been a long time since I’ve been entertained! Hahaha!”

Tom-san is still the same good-natured older brother.

For now, I brought out a chestnut cake from Trundle Forest as a gift and everyone became quiet.

“Haaa-! It’s been a long time since I’ve had Serafi’s cake! It’s so delicious!”

“ “ “…………” ” ”

The three men silently ate it. No way? Master, are you crying?

“I wish I could have fed that guy this delicious cake……”

I glanced at Nick.

“He’s delusional.”

Your master is still a bachelor.

“So, what’s up with you bringing home two cute bears?”

Maru and Shuu are sitting on the warm floor by the south window, scrambling to eat their favorite chestnuts out of the cake. Of course, there’s a no-good mofu in the background, who is single-mindedly focusing on eating the cake.

“You see……even though I’m just a freeloader here, I’m sorry……I, am going to take care of these guys……”

Nick looked like he’s having a hard time saying it. Would it be better if I talk here?

“Um, master, Tom-san! Actually, I’m the Lord of Trundle!”

“Really?”

“Heee!”

“Huh? So, these bears do look like bears, but they’re actually spirits.”

“Yeah.”

“You’re right.”

“Huh?? R, right. So, as the Lord, I have ordered Nick and Alma-chan to take care of the bears so that they can progress even further.”

“Ho-!”

“Isn’t that good?”

“Huhhh??? So I wish that when Nick comes back home to this place from school, these kids can stay here as well, is that okay?”

“Hmm, understood, understood.”

“It’s dangerous so don’t get too close to the furnace, okay.”

“ “ “…………” ” ”

What is this lack of resistance? As I was feeling a bit disappointed, Nick tried to confirm it again.

“Master, these guys are spirits!”

“Well, you can know that just by looking at them.”

As if you can figure it out!

The master strangely looked back at Nick.

“You’ve never seen it before? Hmm. As a craftsman, you have to directly face the raw materials, after doing that for about 10 years, you’ll end up being able to see them.”

“Is that true? I thought that spirits only existed inside stories.”

Even though Alma-chan is surprised, she asked everyone if they want to drink some more tea.

“I can see the copper spirits rather clearly.”

As he said that, Tom-san stood up and gently took Shuu in his arms and wiped his cake-covered mouth. Shuu was alarmed for a moment but quickly rubbed his forehead against Tom-san’s.

“So minerals have spirits too……”

『……it should be extremely rare for a person to be able to see them. It’s probably because these two people treat the materials so seriously and with such care that the spirits showed themselves.』

Is that why the things that the master made is so good? Or do the spirits show up because the things that they create are so good? Well, it’s the same either way.

These two people are indifferent to anything other than glass. In a good way.

They are people who accept what is in front of them as it is. They are not interested in titles or common sense. They care about the cute existence in front of them just because they are cute.

Perhaps because their stomach is so full that it started to bulge, Maru and Shuu started to roll around and play.

『Maru and Shuu have gotten familiar with the situation. Seems like we don’t have to worry about them.』

The Holy Beast with the same bulging stomach said that.

“Hey! Come here, little ones!”

Maru walked with small steps towards the master and reached his feet. The master picked her up, then Maru looked at his beard curiously and pulled it. She didn’t hold back! Since she’s a kid!

“Ouch, it hurts, hey! But when Nick has a baby, it’ll always feel like this right……this is just practice! I should be able to endure this!”

Buu-!

Nick spurted out his tea.

“It’s dirty! Nick!”

“Meow meow!”

Nick, 17 years old, a hard-working man who rarely got scolded by Tom-san and Shuu.

“Nick……don’t mind!”

Serafiona Granzeus, finally, got the chance to say ‘don’t mind’. I went from being told that, to the one saying it! Yoyoyo…

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Alma-chan and I are standing in the kitchen as if it is a natural thing to do. Well, since they are going to take care of the mofumofu twins from now on, we can do something as simple as making dinner for them. 

Master and Tom-san are waiting for us with sparkling eyes.

“Oh, Alma-chan, you’re becoming skillful at this!”

“Un……sometimes when I come to visit you here, you always look at me like that, so……I had no other choice but to do it.”

It’s quite a feat to be able to slice an Umauma Chicken so thinly. Today’s dinner is Umauma Chicken, Ajiyoshi Mushrooms, and winter vegetables for shabu-shabu. Served with ponzu sauce made from Galle’s summer tangerines and Marshe’s soy sauce!

Alma-chan is joking around with Tom, who is holding Shuu while arranging the plates. She used to be uncomfortable around men, so it seems like she overcame it. She was also relaxed when talking with Matt-kun and the others in the guild.

The master, Tom-san, Nick, Alma-chan, and also the kids? It’s like they’re a family. The time that had flowed without me, I felt like I had a glimpse of that.  It’s a bit lonely……what extravagant trouble to be worried about. I’m just happy to see them again.

“Hey, hey Alma-chan, did you introduce Nick to your handsome papa?”

“The thing is, my dad always said that he’s too busy so he doesn’t have time to meet him.”

He must be having mixed feelings as a parent. Well, I guess if my precious daughter says that she’s going to bring her boyfriend, I would want to run away.

The preparations for the hot pot is ready on the table.

“It’s time for dinner!”

“ “ “Wow!” ” ”

They all sit around the pot. The three men are already on standby with their fork. I ignited the tabletop stove that looked like a small box.

Boom!!!

The fire was strongly lit!

When I was about to put the meat in, Maru and Shuu, who were playing ball in the corner, suddenly stood up……with killing intent from all over their body!

『Fire! No!』

『Fire, inside our house! Dangerous!』

“『Ehh』”

Maru’s right hand and Shuu’s left hand was lifted up towards the ceiling!

Water was vigorously shot out of their little paws heading towards the ceiling!

『Miyu’s! Water gun!!!』

Water was pouring down all over the house!!!

Basha-basha-buwasha–!!!

…………The fire was extinguished.

The whole room was flooded……and everyone became like wet rats.

“Waaa!”

Tom-san hurriedly ran toward the furnace in the workshop.

Hetchi!

Maru, whose fur got flattened and became small, sneezed cutely and clung to the soaked Alma-tan.

Stunned, Alma-chan picked Maru up in her arms.

Shuu, whose size also got diminished, was play-biting and crying out on Nick’s knee.

“He’s saying, ‘Nick……praise me, praise me’.”

“I see……great job, Shuu……water magic……as expected of……spirits……”

Nick stroked Shuu’s wet head with his wet hand.

“……It seems that they have been properly educated by Cocoa that fire is dangerous……kushun!”

『……Educating is, difficult.』

Lu shook his body and the water was sent flying.

“Well……it is a workshop that deals with fire……I was just about to buy a fire extinguisher……”

The master, whose beard got straightened because it was wet, was staring at the wreckage of the Umauma Chicken and……unusually said some normal words.