Free Life ~Record of the Struggle of a Different World General Merchant~

I'm thinking of taking a break next time.

Huh? Since when?

“How long are you resting?”

I see... about ten days from the end of the month.

The moment I told them so, my living room was bursting with cheers.

A nasty parfait jumps and delights.Noel and Eliza are looking at us with a smile.Fouca and Krull are still smiling, and Finnis and Alicia are watching it with a guardian-like face.

With so many family members, it would take time to see the reaction.While stroking the child's head, I tell Umiel who is sitting across the street what to do.

I've already adjusted it, so I think we'll just have to take the rest of the day off.

"... I see. In the meantime, do you work around the city?"

"Yeah, I'll give you something light to do."

"Recently, Taka Hiro-kun was just on a business trip ~?"

"I've heard the king and the minister say something stupid..."

I think we should rest here for once.

"Yeah, yeah. It's important that you have a good night's rest."

At the same table were Melissa and Francois.Of course, Artie and Walnut were present, and Eru stood in a rocking chair in front of the fireplace, Kaoru beside the children, and Routoux clung to my neck.

In short, all my wives and children are here.A large group of children gathered several times a month, and the mothers were also gathered in free life in the form of accompanying them.

(Thanks to you, it feels so tight...)

Seventeen people, including me, I think there are a few more to fit in the living room and upstairs.Even though it was originally a large merchant house, there was still room, but it would have been pretty tough if there had been a few more family members...

While thinking about such a large and small house, I continued to talk about the holidays with my wife and children.

"Father, is my father scheduled for a holiday?"

"Hmm? Oh, well, I was thinking of spending some time with you guys."

"" You guys? ""

"So you're going out on a date with me!?"

Chi-chi, this time I'm spending my time with my kids.

Once again, the cheers rose. Some parents were dissatisfied, but they were convinced that it would happen on another occasion.

"Look, I've been wasting my parents' and children's time lately."

»» »Yeah» »

"Ugh...! That's why I thought I'd spend my next vacation with my children."

All of a sudden, my heart was almost broken by the affirmation of my parents and children.Reflecting on the fact that I deserved it, I still conveyed my thoughts on the plan for the holidays.

"There are ten plenty of days, so there's enough for one day alone." What do you say? "

Of course, we can all go together...

Apparently, it's better to spend the day alone.The children laughed and nodded at each other, and gradually set themselves up in front of me.

“What about the order? Do you want to do it in small order this time?"

“No, I think it's good for seniority here.”

I'm sorry it's always a priority.

Oh, I see.

"Where are you going!? Where are you going!?"

"No, it's just a holiday."It's not like it's an excursion. "

"It's also good to go for a waterfall walk in the mountains."It's hard to go hunting monsters in the woods. "

Ah, um...?

"I love the ocean." "I was fishing for fish in the ocean."

”Uu, uuuu... I hate daylight... I want to pull in...”

"Wah? Wahhh, hmmhmm"

"Ahhh......"

When Krull rolled my cheeks, I felt like I didn't care anymore.

Well, this is the only time I can be like this.I decided that it was wild, and in this case, it was best to let the children do what they wanted.

(Does that mean seniority... from Komiel?)

The top sister, Komiel, is a clump of autonomy and self-reliance.She was a girl who had developed leadership at a young age, and she decided things herself rather than being decided by someone.

(I said, "I want to do it," and I started a helper shop for anything.)

After all, it's better to let him do what he likes than I decide.

Thinking about my vitality eldest daughter, I gazed into the living room,

What? Where did you find that Komiel thing?

I don't see any distinctive light blue hair.Her mother, Umiel, was in front of her, but her child, Komiel, had disappeared from her room.

"Are you back in your room?"

In that case, there was no sign of climbing the stairs.Then I looked around again to see where you were.

"... fufu"

From the small ascent, I heard a hilarious laugh.Looking at you, Komiel, who has somehow spread the magazine, is shaking his head.

What, were you there?

Laughing and speaking up are not responding.Strangely, Komiel still had an unstoppable smile on his face when he approached.

(Did you read another strange book?)

No, I may be reading it in its current form.The cover of a slightly grown-up girl magazine says, "Get ahead of the times!"But" graduated child! But the exciting wording was dramatic.

"Totally... my father is still a long way off, too."

"What? What do you mean?"

"Don't you get it? I told you I got a day off."

Yes.

That's why I'm not a child anymore.

Huh, with a small, long breath, Komiel closed the magazine.

As it was, the girl looked out the window with distant eyes.What kind of mood is it? The attitude seems somewhat satisfying.

Is it a little early puberty?Well, that doesn't matter.

"You mean you don't need your own time?"

Yeah, that's right.

"You don't want to go anywhere else?"

Yeah.

"I see... well, then, I guess I can't help it."

"Fufufu"

Noisette's strawberry fair is going to be done by her father alone.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!?"

The moment I returned the spit, I heard the sound of the kotatsu futon jumping up behind me.I looked back and saw Komiel, who was bleeding out of his eyes, rushing towards me in a hurry.

"Strawberry fair? Strawberry fair? That strawberry fair?"

"Yes, it is."

"Strawberry treats festival? Noisette's?"

Yeah.

"An ancient confectionery and strawberry dream contest.An enchanting encounter between chocolate and strawberries.The specialty is a warm pie with plenty of strawberries and ice cream...? "

It's the strawberry festival.

Moments later, he said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! The odd sound echoed in the living room.Komiel was numb and hardened like a thunderbolt, but his body was shaking and his eyes were wide open.

Even though my face looks just like that of Emiel, my expression has changed so much.When I feel close to admiration...

"Oh, Odo-san"

Hmm?

"Do we want to eat sweets too?"

The other daughters gathered while I was sleepy.The mother also looks at me with anticipation.

Taka Hiro-kun?

"I know you do, but..."

"Why don't you buy me something for everyone?" I know. "

I was shaking my head sideways as the cheers groaned.

Well, I was expecting this to happen.Talking about delicious treats in front of the family is synonymous with having enough for the family.

This development has been experienced many times.While "remembering" and smiling, I called out in a light tone to Komiel, who was still trembling.

So, what are you going to do?

It was a very small thing that came back, but...

In Jesus' embarrassing words, I laughed and stroked my daughter's head.

Nowazette is a coffee shop selling delicious tea and sweets.

The shopkeeper was a gentleman named Vitamel, and more than a decade after opening, several apprentices had recently entered the kitchen to assist with cooking.

As far as I can tell, it seems to be quite thriving.Word-of-mouth and guidebooks seem to have spread a lot of customer layers, and sometimes upper class nobility people are also divided into ordinary people.

Nowazet has become a "famous store that is not hidden".There were coffee shops that could be queued up many times a month, but there were also time slots such as the one at Tsubaki.

"Delicious ~ ~ ~♪"

Comiel's bright voice echoed in Nowazet's shop after 2: 00 p.m.

There are only about three groups of customers in the store, including us.I wiped Komiel's mouth with the cream while I was bowing to a group of old men and old women.

It's a little too jumpy.

Yes.

I nodded, but it still looked like I was getting cold and excited.My eldest daughter is a big fan of sweets, especially fruits, and she would skip meals several times if she wanted to eat them deliciously.

I only ate the amount of sturgeon bait in the morning and noon today.Thanks to that, my stomach rattled and I've been sober ever since I came to the store.

Well, I suppose it would be nice to be able to endure that much.

You're blind to my plate, aren't you?Half dazed, I split the cake with my daughter.

"Come on, eat as you please."

Huh? Is that okay?

"I don't know what's good about it... but I guess you're still upset about it."

The strawberry Zachtorte was snuck away by my daughter.Komiel was already chewing on the cake with his mouth full, and he was showing a really happy face as he gouged it out.

This will happen if you don't get angry when you get angry.I decided to place an additional order with the clerk as I grabbed a small amount of confectionery.

"Excuse me!" With tea substitutes and jam cookies. ”

Give me this cardinal too!

He turned to the counter and said, "Yes, yes!"My sweet monster raised his hand.I sighed and nodded to the clerk who smiled bitterly at the momentum.

"I don't want to... you can eat so much, right?"

"I usually do sesshu."You have to eat a lot at a time like this! "

I don't know if you're strong or weak.

In the first place, moderation is not something children use.Where the hell do you remember that, Komiel sometimes had a hard time using difficult words.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting."First of all, please help yourself to the sweets. "

"Oh, Vitamail-san, I'm sorry."

"The store manager bothered to serve me..."

Sorry?

"Yes! I'm kyoshoku!"

And the adult Komiel. Such a ten-year-old laughed fuzzily in the spare time of an adult, and Mr. Vitamail smartly left the kitchen.

Komiel sees off such a manager with glittering eyes.I wonder what touched the wire, and my daughter snorted about Vitamel's goodness with a smug look on her face.

”Haa... Mr. Store Manager, it's cool after all, isn't it?”

"Well, I don't have any objection... was Comy a hobby of Uncle Ike?"

"No! No, no, no, no, no!"

Carry the new cake into your mouth by cutting it open.Then, after narrowing her eyes happily, Komiel returned to her stern face in a panic.

"I like fine adults!"Do you want me to get along with you, or do you want me to grow up sooner? "

While saying it, I ate the cake again and my face was shining.As my expression changed like a hundred faces, I laughed and carried the cup into my mouth.

"I want to grow up, hey. It's not that good, grown-ups."

"It's not like that." Being an adult is a good thing, isn't it? "

Well, there's going to be a lot more we can do... but there's going to be a lot more work to do.

"What to do? What to do?"

“Right. First of all, you pay taxes, right?Besides, the responsibility to society comes out. "

"Social Responsibility?"

"Komi won't know yet."But you're starting to understand naturally. "

Is that so?

"Oh, my dad has experience too, but grown-ups who don't work at a good age can't do it even though they're not good humans, but they start saying things all the time..."

"Ehhh...?"

"Basically, it is evaluated by the deduction method.If you don't do the right thing, the neighbors' eyes will gradually get tougher...? "

"Yeah, yeah...!?"

I was so surprised that I couldn't believe Komiel's face.

Well, I said it a little exaggerated, but it's generally true.It's a free life that has gained trust now, but when I started the store, I thought it was really a good and appropriate store.

Actually, the problem is that I wasn't motivated to do my job.Even though it was the time of my life, at that time I was really a bad person at the level of becoming a black historian...

"In the first place, when I was a kid, I didn't want to be a grown-up."

Huh? Why?

"No matter what I'm told... I never had the idea of becoming an adult."Even in my mid-teens, I was only thinking about playing with my friends. "

"Ehhhhhh!?"

Komiel was surprised to hear me say the bomb.While keeping it quiet, I continued to speak to my daughter as I received a tea change.

"My father was born in a country where he was twenty years old and finally recognized as an adult."Even as an adult, there were many people who went to school, and in that sense, they were all equally childish. "

"What country is that?" It's weird. "

"Well... maybe it was weird."I also did a suitability test by the AI. "

Erm, do you want me to do it by Aiki?

"Oh, to put it simply, there's a god named AI."

Yeah, yeah.

This god will investigate and tell you what kind of profession you're in.

"Ehhhh!? Why? Why would you do that!?"

"That's more efficient."For example, a man without a magical talent could be a wizard in vain, right?I told them beforehand, and the gods were telling the people what they were looking for instead. "

"Huh? But why would anyone want to be a wizard...?"

"Some of you have worked hard... but, well, you haven't been much rewarded."

"Ehhhh...!?"

If the same amount of effort was made, people with high suitability values were evaluated by the public.In the original world, the results of aptitude tests had an impact on further education and employment, and it was thought that it was not common for people to deviate from that.

(Ran-chan and the others are on the same path as the inspection.....)

The witch in the dimension I've met many times... it wasn't a magical girl, Magical Lotus... it wasn't a childhood friendly lotus, and I regularly hear about the aftermath of the original world.

It seems that Yusuke Kamishima, who had a nerdy temperament, went to college in engineering.As far as I can tell, it has produced remarkable results as soon as possible, and it seems that the aptitude test is very correct,

(But hey....)

I don't have very good memories myself, do I?No, because of the unusual results, in a way, I was also noticed.

"Hey, Dad."

"What? What?"

"What happened to your father?"

"Ugh...!?"

I wonder what they said it was for?

"Uuuu...!"

You're here after all...! I feel nervous about the questions I was expecting.

No, no, it's okay. I'm sure you'll be all right!I believe in my daughter!No matter what she tells you, she won't be disappointed!

While chanting to myself, I opened my heavy mouth... for the first time in about a dozen years.

"Um... I guess. Its evaluation is evaluated on five levels, from A to E,"

Yeah.

"That evaluation... is... all of it for each profession."

Yeah. So?

”My rating is...... all C......”

“How's it going?

"It was all an average... C rating!"

Having said this, I thought I'd catch fire from my face.It must have been deeper than I expected, I'm sure.Komiel's mouth remained open to the "super-average rating" that was spoiled by his classmates at the time.

"Um... is that amazing?"

"I-I don't think it's that bad."It wasn't unusual, though.

”C means... everything can be in there?”

"Maybe... I could do anything for sure, but..."

I was only more convinced that I wouldn't be first-class.Dexterity is precisely what I was at the time, and if there were a person with assessment B and assessment A, I would only be in danger of being replaced immediately.

(I was told that everybody has their own strengths.)

A is still B, and it was a natural evaluation."How many Bs" is the standard for ordinary people, and "how many Cs", which most people do not even count.

In such a world, the occupational suitability value is all C.It was only natural that I became the most unmotivated person, but it seemed that I had grown so far.

But when I heard the same story, my daughter thought of something different--

When Komiel's face looked nothing, he began to say these things in a very natural tone.

"But, Dad, you're working hard right now, right?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah."

Shit, you're the best shop in town, aren't you?

Is that... going to happen?

Yeah, that's why I think.

Komiel paused there for a moment... and released his last words.

Isn't that god really a pimp?

(That's it!?)

Oh, my God, towards the crystals of science and civilization!If you say it to AI believers, it will be a problem statement. However, Komiel does not hesitate to say it one after another.

"Most people don't know what their talents will look like in the future."

"Some people wake up to art when they're old, and on the contrary, the prodigal child doesn't feel puffy sometimes, right?"

"I think life depends more on motivation than talent."

"There are examples like your father, and I don't think you can trust the prodigy that much."

Comiel's words flow out like water.Every one of them feels like it's a straight thing, and I accidentally let out an exclamation of "oh".

(I heard that children grow up fast.)

"At some point, you became a fine child..."

Well, it's all written in [Gran Ferien Anne].

You're selling magazines!!

I'm a little impressed, and I'm in a bad mood!Unexpectedly, Komiel continues to talk to me without being particularly upset.

"Anyway, magazines, I'm trying to be who I want to be."

Do you want to be yourself? Do you have any goals?

"Yes! I will become a fine adult!"There is also a position of the eldest daughter of the Sayama family, and I think that it is unacceptable! "

“Become a fine adult. I see... so?"

Huh?

“What are you going to do when you grow up?”

"That's... look! I'm going to make my free life bigger!"

"It's so fluffy."

Is this the limit of a ten-year-old? It seems that Komiel does not yet have a concrete future image.

(Anyway, you just want to grow up.)

I watched my daughter with a smile as I felt the story was coming back.

Well, good luck with that.

"What's with those eyes...! It's strangely warm and raw!"

"Good luck..."

"Do your best...?"

"Wow!? Well, people around me are watching us!?"

Grandpas who are regular customers and acquaintances.And even the clerk was watching Comiel with warm eyes.

The child who is said to have stretched his back is a child.Ten-year-old children should still be protected by society.

And it was a sign of the child's disobedience that he felt it; but Comiel, who could not stop it, cried out again, so that he might wave his eyes round about.

"I will definitely grow up!"

"Yes, yes."

"Mhhhh! I'll help Rosetta grow up!"

"Are you sure you want to stop that?"

Yveta lives in the neighborhood.That girl, Rosetta, was the source of that magazine for girls...

Strangely convinced, I desperately try to stop Comiel.Even so, my eldest daughter, who continued to run rampant, was still watching with smiling eyes.

Born and raised with love between me and Umiel, Komiel...

Apparently, she was a different kind of girl from me, a kind of center of the commotion.