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

The greenery of the mountains is shining.

I know that your father is more and more satisfied with the refreshing weather of the rain.

Well, thank you very much for this invitation. It was something I couldn't wish for, so I wanted to do it, and now I want to do it, so I'm going to raise my chest. "

Would you like me to pick you up in the carriage on the day? Or do we meet up somewhere and go to the city? ”

I'm looking forward to it anyway. I can't wait for that day to come. ”

Please let our housekeeper know when you have the details.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

"From your daughter Elizabeth."

"To our father Sayamatakahiro."

This letter was sent by my six women just before the holidays. An expensive toilet paper with a scent of roses, lined with round, cute letters dancing like a waltz.

The text is in the correct format, but I think there is no mistake that it was written by the child Elizabeth herself. I could have had the accomplished butler write it, but he was trying to write all the letters with his own hands as much as possible.

I've already received nearly a hundred letters from my daughter myself. Other families also received them seasonally, sometimes accompanied by exquisite gifts.

If it were just a pose, I would have been caught in the opposite direction...

I think he has a good personality. The compassion for the opponent was conveyed from the mere text, so Elizabeth's letter became like a magical item that everyone was pleased with.

Of course, it is not only the letter that is delightful, but it is also popular enough for everyone in the scene to smile when they show their faces. All in all, my six women, Elizabeth de Ferdinand, are exactly the kind of girl who can be called an angel.

Unfortunately, she was the only one to have any faults.

Is it more aesthetic than a drawback? What's the matter with that gentle girl? What can I say?

Surprisingly Villainous Lady Face

It was a shame.

I noticed it the day she turned five.

When I was invited to a birthday party, I saw my daughter smiling softly,

(Huh? Is this the face of a bad guy?)

And, I was surprised.

Of course, my face is in order. Unlike his mother, François, he also had a sense of blue blood and noble bloodlines.

However, somehow, my eyes resemble mine...

When I smiled, my blue eyes narrowed, and it looked like a sadistic smile.

(It's got a good personality, though.)

Because of the face of the bad guy, it is thought to be a disguise as well.

Of course, my family doesn't think so, but it seems that people with shallow relationships simply trust their impressions. Thanks to this, our six women were called "devils in angel masks", and they tasted a lot of hard work at the end of their daily routine.

”Um... don't make it difficult for you, too”

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

"No, look... about the rumors."

“Rumor, what is it?”

A poor girl who said that and leaned her head. This girl, who looked great in a pink dress with a blonde longitudinal roll, was our six women, Elizabeth.

"I don't have any particular thoughts on wandering...?"

My daughter put her hand on her cheek like she was in trouble. Whether you really don't know or pretend not to know, it was hard to tell.

I couldn't pass up the opportunity, and I was afraid to ask questions about the case.

I see. Eliza's in her second year this spring, isn't she?

"Yes, yes, I have advanced to Blizzard."

"So, look, I heard there was a class reassignment."

Yes.

"So, I heard that you've become the same class as the meanest kid who is hostile to the Ferdinands..."

Well!

Elizabeth shouted in amazement.

Cover your mouth with both hands and your eyes are wide open as never before.

When I thought of it, I got angry and my daughter started to protest against me.

"That's ridiculous!" There were certainly some mistakes, but we are now completely friendly. ”

“How's it going?

"Your father should have seen it too." You should have paired up with me during physical education. "

Is that what it is!?

Yeah.

"Wow...!"

Remember the beginning of April with a voice of amazement. There was a girl in Elizabeth's best form, and she often said, "We're your best friends! I was saying something like that."

(Was that the rumor that you were the villainous daughter of a bitch?!)

No matter how I looked at it, it only looked like my best friend. Or it was like a fan who was drunk on Eliza, and there were no malice or contemptuous emotions in it.

In a few days of my advanced career, I guess we all got to know each other. I don't know how, but my daughter has turned her enemies into allies again. Elizabeth was a kind of human being who could do it naturally, and when I said it, it was "a person", and that was another characteristic of the six women.

(No, my grandfather, Oduron-san, was being boned.)

It's like a grandson idiot, isn't it? In any case, Elizabeth, who receives some kind of misunderstanding due to her expression, has become a popular person due to her good personality.

Well, well, if you seem to be having fun, that's fine.

Yes.

The daughter smiling like a flower looked as bad as ever.

There seemed to be no shade there, and as a parent, I felt relieved.

Young lady, it's time to arrive at your destination.

Yeah.

Be careful, it's going to shake a little.

I got it.

Shortly after the brief exchange, the seats shook gently. Now, Eliza and I are riding down the intermediate section of the street in a carriage.

My daughter picked me up, as in the letter. It's a little late in the morning at 10: 00 in the morning, and we were talking like we were wasting our time.

You could have let me go home.

The procedures for visiting Wanggui Ward were troublesome. In order to avoid such cumbersomeness, Elizabeth came here in a perfect pattern.

"No, where are you going today?"

I don't have to ask. Since the arrival of the carriage, I have put the most important plans for today behind me, including greetings, recent events, and family stories.

(Well, it wouldn't be weird.)

Elizabeth the Comunist was also a master of care and hospitality. And I said, "What do you want?" Before you ask, you often already have a schedule. It's too easy for me to rely too much on, but I'm careful not to rely too much on it.

Please leave it to me today, right?

When I was told with joy, I had no choice but to follow it today.

“Ufufu, I'll show you a great place.”

"Amazing place? Is that what happened?"

"I'm looking forward to arriving. Please wait a little longer."

This neighborhood is a bit busy with work, though.

"Oh, oh, no. Don't look outside too much.”

Elizabeth waves her hands and tries to block my sight. When she smiled bitterly, Eliza swelled her cheeks a little, but she immediately flapped her face.

It will stop soon.

You will receive your report through the voice tube. Soon after that, the shaking subsided, and there were signs that people would gather from the carriages before and after.

Servitors of the guard and caretaker must have rushed in. Gladly opened doors were lined with butlers, maids, deacons, etc.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, miss."

“We arrived at our destination on time.”

"Yes, thank you, you guys."

"Now, please take my hand."

"No, no, no, no, no. This is my hand."

"Watch your step... slowly!"

All of a sudden, the opening was like a fan gathering. Most of the more female-servanted legions cheeked up.

It is also loved as a trail for the nobility, but it is also like a piece of human history. The group who seemed to be writing on their faces, "We only know the virtues of the Lady," unexpectedly returned to their carriages.

"Come on, Father." Shall we continue? "

Ah, ahh

My daughter pulled me out of my dumb spot and went out to the street. It was a familiar intermediate section, and there was a big market nearby.

(... nh? But what?)

Did you come all the way out here to see it in a carriage? Eliza had a very pleasant expression on her face towards me.

"Fufu, don't you understand? Father?"

"I don't know... nnh?"

“The tip is a weekly event.”

"Monday, the market... oh! Could it be that?"

I think so.

Flea market!

Eliza nodded happily as she clapped her hands at me. Apparently, the answer was right, and as if to prove it, there was a cluttered view in front of us.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!"

"There's something to dig up. It came out of the labyrinth."

It's a small item made by a skilled craftsman, put it away!

How about a sketch?

At the end of the curve, there was an alley, a square, and a halfway house. The outlook is bad, wasted and complicated, with stalls and stalls lining the streets with messy objects.

Still, it is because there are crowds. The weekly flea market, the so-called Flea Market, attracted many citizens.

No, it was here, too, wasn't it?

"Your father is familiar with another market, isn't he?"

I think it's closer that way.

There are many neighborhood markets where shopkeepers are assigned to work. Sometimes it was driven out at the New Year's Festival, but it was also the opposite port and the opposite pole.

"Hmm. There's a lot of crafts here, isn't there?"

Gaze around and move on to the market. When it came to the flea market, it was accompanied by food and drink, but it didn't seem to sell much here.

Instead, there are accessories, knives, watches, and magic tools. There was a moderate mix of paintings and utensils, and the area was like a grocery store.

Eliza seems to like this kind of thing, right?

"Yes, that's right. It's fun to just watch."

"I know what it feels like."

Elizabeth and I smiled at each other. At a good start, we walked lightly through the flea market.

"Oh, Father." How about that one? "

"Huh? Is this it?" Jeweled accessories »

Sounds pretty good to me?

"Well, maybe it's a pretty good product." It could be an excavation of the ruins. "

Ahh, there's something over there that gets my attention

"That's a recent product." I think it belongs to the artisans who are selling it. "

"Hmm, but it's still hard to throw away here..."

"It's a rare thing!" What the hell is that!? "

The bear swallowed by the slime was screaming like a doomsday demon. While putting a tsukumi in such a figurine, I chased after my daughter, who had started blindfolding again.

"Father, Father." What about this teapot? ”

"Maybe it's true, but... eh?" Are you sure you want to buy it? "

"I want to do that...?"

"I think it's a bit expensive...?"

Is there a problem?

"Guu...!?"

There was an unexpected groan.

I don't think so. Have you been tested for your love as a parent? Or is the sense of money broken and is this just a trivial purchase?

I wonder if there was room for my pocket money.

Elizabeth stared at me with a strange expression as she checked the contents of her crying purse.

"Ah, ahhh! No! No!"

"No? What do you mean, no?"

"This is what I was going to buy, and I hadn't even thought about buying it from my father...!"

Unusually, Elizabeth gave an explanation. It seems that this seven-year-old is going to buy goods with his own pocket money.

No, but did I get that much pocket money?

Huh?

"I think François is pretty harsh in that way..."

The Ferdinands have enormous fortunes, but that doesn't seem like a good idea to allow children to be scattered. When I put my arms together and thought deeply, the image doesn't overlap with the event in front of me,

Gashan!

Hmm?

There was a noise of someone dropping heavy luggage nearby. Looking back, you see a man standing in the middle of the aisle with a blue face.

"What is it? What's wrong?"

When I asked, I didn't get any answers. Instead, he shook his mouth, perhaps pointing to Elizabeth, a man who thought he was a painter.

"Ah, the devil...! The golden devil...!"

Huh?

Suddenly, my anger came to my face as well. I immediately tried to confront the other person, but it seemed that I hadn't even put my sight into what was going on.

The man stares at Eliza with all his heart. Gradually, your breathing becomes rough, your blue face becomes red and white repeatedly, and then,

"It's the devil! The devil has appeared!"

"Ah, hey!"

In the end, I left the frames I dropped. Without knowing everything, I stood there dumbfounded.

"... no, what?"

Seriously, what was that? Does Elizabeth, who was called the Devil, know anything about it? I tried to ask my daughter who was beside me, but before that, the whole flea market spread wildly.

What now?!

Nearly half of the shopkeepers look at us with fear or expectation. The word "demon" or "angel" came from their mouths, and the two extremes of the word were inviting me to the extreme of confusion.

"Eliza, are you...?"

My daughter smiles at me with a cool face. The look on his face that looked like a mischievous person somewhere still felt as if he had some kind of secret.

"Eheh, heh, heh... miss"

"Thank you. I'm in a good mood."

"Ah!?"

At some point, some painters or ancient art dealers were approaching. Old men of age, however, have a fond smile on their hands like a seven-year-old girl.

It's quick, but how about this one?

I think that's a good thing, right?

While saying that, the shopkeepers offer paintings and pots. Elizabeth took a close look at it and pointed two fingers at it in a calm tone.

"I think this and this are good."

”Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!!!!”

But I think the rest of it is made of crocodiles or popularized products.

"UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Heaven and hell are just such sights. The rest crawled to the ground and shouted wildly against the two who thrust their hands up.

"I-Is this ring a fake...?"

“Unfortunately, it's an antique counterfeit.”

"Ah, ah, ahhhhhh...!"

Some men are snagging their hips. The shopkeepers, who had all created a strange scene, were surprised by the customers around them and passed by to avoid them.

Of course, I don't know why, but I'm still sticking out. Just keep your mouth shut and keep an eye on what's going on.

"Let me explain."

"Sebas, Sebas."

A woman in butler's clothes appeared from nowhere. An intelligent woman who had just turned twenty, she was like an elizabethan.

In fact, recently, the Lady has woken up to rare qualities.

Haha

"The result of the combination of the [appraisal eye] inherited from your father and the knowledge of sensibility, history and beauty that the Ferdinand family boasts"

"Hmm, hmm."

"My dear lady, just by looking at it, you can tell if something is good or bad!"

"What, what!?"

I was surprised by the unexpectedly sticky reaction. No, no, but I didn't know Elizabeth had that power.

“You also earned the money to purchase the product.”

”Is that... selling things like that?”

“Yes, it could be in the form of an honorarium, to be exact. Your Ladyship has spared no effort to find the excavation and give it to those who need it.”

"Ahh... so they thanked me with gratitude."

“Yes, it's often much more than the purchase price.”

"Oh......"

In other words, Eliza is doing something like an ancient art dealer. They imitate things that no one realizes are valuable, and they send them to those who know their value.

From the reactions around, it seems that the aesthetic eye has earned a reputation as soon as possible. The shopkeepers came all the way here to nod, and they wanted something like Eliza's endorsement, or just to prove the value of the product.

Perhaps some of them were meant to be sold as is. I didn't see them this time, but I felt like some of them were missing their souls.

Your wife wants you to focus on studying magic.

"This is all about quality, isn't it?" I hear you're good at magic, but I think you'd be better off being an ancient art dealer. "

However, if you are the daughter of the Ferdinand family...

"Can't you throw out all kinds of things and run to your hobbies?"

In front of me, who sighed heavily, more products were lined up under Elizabeth.

"I'm... very satisfied♪"

That evening, I was visiting Eliza's parents' house. In other words, the grand mansion of the Grand Duke's house exudes the same kind of majesty and prestige.

The aristocrat's nobility must be a testament to the naturalness of his time in it. Exactly like the eggs of an aristocrat, Elizabeth was a slice of the Ferdinand family, and it was decided that she would eventually become a fine lady.

"I'm really glad your father was with me."

Isn't that right? Wasn't it rather a matter of hands and legs?

"That's ridiculous!" I am the only one who understands' the good and the bad '. I have no knowledge of anything other than art. "

And what?

"I'm just happy to be with my father." I really enjoyed my time today. ”

I-I see.

I scratch my head back like a shadow. Eliza, sitting next to the sofa, smiles softly at her father.

“I'd like to be with you all the time, if possible.”

"It's hard to keep up with that." We're in a difficult position. "

“That's right, I said a little selfish.”

Laughing in distress, Eliza clutched her arms. I took it quietly, and stroked my daughter's head slowly and gently,

"Speaking of which..."

Yes?

"There's still time to spare."

Yes.

“Is there anything else you want to do?”

I told him as if I were paying a little heavy air.

Although it's evening now, it's still far away at night. I could still play if I wanted to, and I had enough time to do it if I wanted to.

(Maybe you should watch the play with the video crystals.)

No, I may be tired of watching a play. If I'm trying to build a plan like that,

What do you want to do?

(Whoa?)

Unexpectedly, Eliza ate quite well. I put my hand around my mouth, and somehow, with a serious expression, I was dumbfounded.

“Is that okay with anything?”

"Oh, wow, that's good. If there's anything I can do."

I'm a little scared when I'm approached by a beautiful bad guy's face. Whether or not she noticed me being depressed, Eliza still started to googly herself,

"If that's the case...♪"

And a few minutes later, I got my daughter to do what she wanted.

"Fufufu, okay. Good boy, good boy."

"Daily work, even helpfulness"

"Please let me heal you with my knees for now."

"Why would I sing a lullaby...?"

"No, no, that's fine."

I couldn't keep up with the fury. I'm lying defenseless on a luxurious sofa in the reception room of a nobleman's mansion with my daughter on my knees.

Is this part of some kind of meanness or something? Or is my daughter having a sadistic preference and having fun embarrassing me?

Neither of them seemed possible, but how do I explain the situation? I don't understand. I asked the person directly and decided to question the truth.

"Ah, um..."

Yes, what is it?

”What is this...?”

Whatever you say, it's as you can see.

"As you can see... you'll be spoiled."

"Yes, yes, I spoil your father."

"Ehhh...?"

To confuse me, Elizabeth smiled like a villainous lady.

"Actually, I seem to like the nature of taking care of you"

Yes.

"I've been wanting to heal my father for a long time."

Yes.

"I didn't really get the chance to do that..."

And Eliza divided her words, and said,

Today was the occasion, wasn't it?♪

"Uuu...!"

I thought you were a good caregiver, but I didn't know you were a person of that nature. No, I think that such a child also exists normally, but as a father, it's embarrassing, or if someone sees it, it's hard.

Oh, my gosh.

"Ngh!!"

François arrived at the meeting room at the perfect time. A former student who has grown from a vertical roll to a beautiful woman, without paying attention to my insanity,

"Fufu. Please continue."

Say that and sit across the street from us.

"That's good, Elizabeth." I was spoiled by my father. "

“Yes, we had a very nice day, including♪this one.♪”

The mother and child continue their conversation in a gentle manner, but...

No, this is weird after all!? You'll die of embarrassment!

"Oh, no, Father."

"Taka Hiro-san, please stay put."

The woken body is gently returned to the starting position. And when the snapping resumes, I'm just spoiled by my daughter like a baby.

Shall I do it next time?

Just a little bit, right? Today it belongs to my father. "

"Well, heh, yeah, that's right."

A conversation that takes place in a peaceful manner. Is this also what family reunions look like?

I don't know. I don't know everything. In such a strange space, my grandfather, Oduron, eventually showed up.