Chapter 148: Time of Leisure
Good day, another day full of training in the Reiju territory with Jilbagias. The training menu consisted of light sparring after waking up at sunset, followed by a meal and some light exercise to aid digestion. After that, I did marching and combat training in the forest, filled my stomach with barbecue, took a bath, and then studied tactics…
Days passed by while doing that.
「Yes, that's enough for today!」
――Just when I thought so, today of all days, it ended with a light run through the forest. It’s only been about an hour.
「Is something the matter, big sis Gori?」
I'm not as naive as to shout 「Yay, the training finished early.」 to celebrate it.
「Ah, that's because starting tomorrow, we're heading out for an overnight training session in an abandoned city.」
Gorillacia replied to my question while tapping the shaft of her spear on her shoulder.
「We'll be conducting urban warfare exercises. It's going to be pretty tough, so make sure to rest up and recharge today.」
「Geh」, I accidentally let out a groan. When Gorillacia said 「My bad」Even the usually composed Kvirta and co were wearing grim expressions on their faces, and as for the three idiots, they’re just sitting there with dumbfounded looks, with a huge "?" on their face. Ah, I can see the despair slowly creeping onto their faces.
「Alright, dismissed! We'll camp outdoor for three days starting tomorrow, so make sure to prepare a change of clothes and everything else you'll need!」
Gorillacia left while waving her hands.
「Uwaa~, it's definitely going to be another tough training!」
「Just when I thought that I was starting to get used to the training…」
The Night sibling were at their wit's end.
「There's no barbeque today huh…」
Alvar Auril combed his slicked hair with his hand with a depressed look on his face before he muttered 「Can't be helped, maybe I'll have to hunt by myself…」, just how much does he love meat?
Thus, I returned to the Wald family's mansion, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.
『Aren't you normally celebrating like there's no tomorrow when you get a day off?』
Ante spoke nonchalantly as if that was somebody else's problem.
This didn't feel like a day off at all knowing that hellish training was waiting upon us starting from tomorrow.
Moreover, my heart never gets enough rest ever since coming to Reiju territory.
And the reason for that was――
「HIIIIIII!」
I stumbled upon a demon girl who became frightened as soon as she saw me in the hallway.
――Rumifia.
Her face stiffened, eyes opened wide as if she said 「Why is he in this place at this kind of time?」. That was a normal reaction since I normally returned after lunch(supper)…
After a brief moment of stiffness, Rumiafia almost reflexively knelt down in submission.
「I-It's good to see you in good health and spirit, Y-Your Highness…」
I responded with a simple "Yeah" to her who greeting me while trembling like a newborn fawn, and quickly retreated to my room. There was no point in talking for too long—it wouldn't do either of us any good.
Even though it was the patriarch's mansion, the living quarters were limited in size, so it was not uncommon to run into someone like this.
『HAHAHAHAHAHA, SERVES YOU RIGHT, CHEEKY GIRL!』
Ante laughs cheerfully every time something like this happens, but honestly I feel very uncomfortable, as if I'm the bad guy.
Rather, it was a straight up unpleasant situation.
The other day, when I heard Rumifia say 『Big brother, no! Stoop…!』 from an empty room, with Eijewald telling her 『Stay still! Don't struggle!』, and when I muttered 『What in the hell are those siblings doing』 while opening the door of the room upon hearing Rumifia screaming 『Nooo, save meee!』――
I saw Eijewald point the tip of a spear at Rumifia who was being tied up on a chair.
『――Seriously, what are you doing!?』
『Y-You're mistaken! There's a deep reason for this!』
『"Foaming"…』
The shocked me, the flustered Eijewald, and Rumifia who had already fainted while blowing bubbles from her mouth.
It was truly a chaotic situation――
Later on, I heard from Platy that Rumiafia might have developed a fear toward sharp objects or a fear of the tips of things after the duel with me, that had left her teetering between life and death.
It’s unthinkable for the daughter of a clan's patriarch to be afraid of knives and unable to hold a spear, so it seems that lately, her family has been trying their best to help her overcome her trauma.
However… no matter how I look at it, it seems to be having the opposite effect, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that Rumiafia's condition was weakening day by day…
Well, I simply ignored her since it had nothing to do with me.
Even if I was the one who traumatized her.
『――There's no need for you to feel responsible for this.』
By the way, Platy told me so with a cold, piercing voice.
『It's her fault for being so timid at heart, yet daring to step on a dragon's tail. Rather, they should thank us since this weakness of hers isn't revealed during a normal duel. And since this isn't a normal duel, you managed to stop right before killing her for real, but she will die for sure if this is the battlefield. Your uncle is complaining about this, but in reality, he should be grateful to you.』
Platy pouted, unfolding her folding fan to cover her smirk.
Platy, being strong herself, really shows no mercy to the weak. Well, this whole situation was the result of Rumiafia's own actions, so even though I feel awkward about it, I didn't feel sorry for her. I just hope she did her best to recover.
――I retreated to my room after that, but there was nothing to do.
At this point, the only thing I could do out of habit was petting Liliana.
「…What will you do?」
Lyla, who looked just as bored as me, was asking while cocking her head in confusion. She was supposed to have something to do if we're in the demon king castle. Now she also ended up having nothing to do once she got too much free time.
「U~hm… Oh right, how about we fly in the sky?」
「Ah, nice idea.」
Lyla, who had been doing flying training almost every day in the Demon King Castle, hadn't done so since coming to the Reiju Territory. It seems she was refraining from doing that, as revealing her White Dragon form carelessly might cause some trouble with the residents.
「Shall we go after lunch(supper) then?」
If she flies in the outskirts, there would be fewer people around, and even if someone happened to see her flying in the sky, they probably wouldn’t complain if it was under my supervision.
「Since the moon is beautiful tonight, I'm sure that you'll enjoy the night sky too.」
Her silver scales would reflect the starry sky.
「… Yes.」
Lyla nodded delightfully.
Oh right, maybe I should take a stroll around the city while departing.
I'd only been going back and forth between the mansion and the training grounds, so there might be something new to discover.
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