Kyuuketsu Hime wa Barairo no Yume o Miru

Lesson Eight: The Century of Loss

"Lost coins"?

From the terrace of this hotel, the Oriana Palace Hotel, which was originally a nobleman's mansion, while watching the city sink into the darkness of the night (most visible to the eyes of the blood-sucking princess (I) as it is during the day), I rolled the words I had just heard from the Collard Guild chief in my mouth.

After that, somehow I manipulated the memory of the guild chief who turned it into a chaotic place - the guild chief who didn't come home suddenly self-defeated and the deputy guild chief who was pulling on his shell with a face like a father who knew his daughter's infidelity, the two guards who were rooted in so much perseverance and cried over the content of the question I stuck with: "I think there's a man who's both currently dating" - to calm them down, and eventually manipulated their memories just before using them until the Devil's Eye (Evil Eye) to somehow undo the place.

So, I asked the head of the guild, who returned to sanity, what bothered me.

I think you know something about the in-game coins I had because I saw something. When I said that, the answer came back.

As a legacy of the commonly known as the Lost Century, which is not on record for anything, it is very occasionally discovered, especially when it comes to rainbow coins made of Orihalcon (like this), because the way Orihalcon itself is manufactured is unknown in the first place, it hardly ever comes out, and there are no five in the world, even if it is confirmed, in the condition of one in the treasure trove of this kingdom and one in the banks of this empire.

... Well, I have about 500 rainbow coins, and the castle has the finest refinery that Gilmen alchemists have in their hobbies, so I can do as many orihalcons as I want, and it's actually mountainous and wild loaded.

"... I don't know, it doesn't look like it's a world without the influence of" E. H. O "or" Eternal Horizon Online "at all."

"Come on, Princess. The upper levels of this city's guild are already the same with the Princess's Eye of the Devil (Evil Eye). Why don't you come back to the castle instead of spending the night in such a crude barn?

The lifetime of the human form (Tengai), which has solved the fit of the submissive demon (pet), advances so in his usual tuxedo appearance.

... No, I didn't use the Demon Eye (Evil Eye) there to manipulate and doll Collard Guild Leader or Galte Deputy Guild Leader, and I'm not going to take it in or anything.

I mean, it was for the opposite purpose, but even so, I guess I'll bend it anyway - not to mention, "Azumaya," which seems to be the highest rank in the city of Ara that royalty would ever accommodate this hotel - whoa, I remember it in royalty. Then let's talk about it appropriately here.

"It is true that the original purpose could be said to have been fulfilled. But I'm really curious about the Loss Century."

"Are you left-handed? I don't think it's enough to take a legend."

"But if there is actually a rainbow coin, is there any connection? Or someone from my hometown who arrived in the land just like us."

"Well, that's likely to be the biggest obstacle for us."

They don't have the idea of warming up old relationships.

"Nevertheless, they only fragment the description of the" Century of Loss "in royalties and temples everywhere. Again, as planned, do we try to make contact with the royal family next"

"... okay, just do as the princess says. - By the way, the meal at the inn earlier still didn't seem to be in your mouth. I've taken the Guild Commander's word for it, and I'd like you to procure the princess's request tonight."

Uh, the sauce is definitely hard, and the way the ingredients are put through the fire is not good enough for the spices to work too well, and you couldn't eat half of the meal here. Normally I would have liked to have some tungkotsu ramen.

"Right. Then ask for it by tomorrow morning - but add or subtract it so that it doesn't overdo it."

Honestly, I have a slight hesitation in mouthing the arr, but I can't fit my physiological desire for any of it, so I decided to fold it by getting it sourced and drunk in heaven rather than sticking it directly to my neck muscle.

"- Regardless, I understand."

With the words, the figure of heaven disappeared from the spot.

"Well. Speaking of which, how's Joey doing?

During this time of year, when the Bloodsucking Princess was at the helm, Fu and I remembered Joey's crying face at breakup.

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Joey was walking up the stairs to return to his room on the second floor of the inn, holding a used tree tray with both hands for a crude dinner and sighing.

What I recall is what happened in this evening's guild.

Think about the girl who annoyed you because of her own public ignorance, and sigh again.

"I would have been despised..."

I know it's over, but when I remember, I want to beat myself up about myself.

With a sigh of uncertainty as to how many times it would take, he opened the door of the room with his feet, barely unlocked, and entered the room.

"Hey, welcome back, Joey."

Even if he was greeted that way by Scarlet Snow, who sat the bed instead of a chair, Joey didn't think that was real at first.

Is it a phantom that the moonlight shows, a fairy prank, or has it finally gone crazy on its own?

"It's early in the morning I promised, but I was curious, so I let you go up on your own."

Joey finally understood that this was reality in the scandalous snow voice smiling at him, placing the tray for dinner on the bed next to Scarlet Snow in a big hurry (no desk whatsoever), closing the door to the room and chatting.

"Oh you, how did you get here?!"

Although asked in an upward voice, Scarlet Snow (really) looked more intrigued by Joey's dinner.

"Oh, the window was open, so I came in on my own."

The beginning and end of answering in the sky above looking at the contents of the dishes.

"The windows are upstairs, right? Mostly your outfit..."

Looks like a room outfit, Joey, who can't hide his confusion in a scarlet snow outfit that just weaves an ivory nightgown over an off-black, candle-length dress, but he indicated one of the dinners with a breeze that blows where.

"Hey, what's this?

"What, it would be oatmeal.... you don't know?

Joey replied sighingly, realizing it was useless to ask any more.

"Heh, this is what it is. I've heard the name before, but I've never seen it before. Can I have a bite?

"I don't mind that, but you must have gotten me an inn at the guild, right? Didn't you have dinner over there?

"Hmm? Yeah, I'm staying in a VIP room at a place called The Oriana Palace Hotel once, but, hey, the meal wasn't very tasty and I barely ate it."

Quickly as I say, Scarlet Snow cheeks oatmeal with a spoon.

"- Hey, wait a minute, I hear if I say 'Oriana Palace Hotel', I'll just stay the night, but I'll be about the monthly salary of a citizen!? I can't believe the meal in that VIP room sucks..."

You're hearing me or not, Scarlet Snow, who was solidifying with a subtle look with his spoon in his mouth, chewed oatmeal in his mouth and swallowed it like he had decided to.

"... no, I'm just saying it's not tasty compared to the meals I eat at the castle, it's nothing. Compared to that, this one's a hell of a mess, to be honest."

"Well, they don't have the money like us, but they want to eat a full belly because their bodies are capital."

I rinse the oatmeal I get back from Scarlet Snow as I explain, butter the bread, and eat it with potatoes with bacon just about sorry.

"I see, you're brilliantly full of carbohydrates. Sometimes it's bad for you if you don't eat vegetables."

"That's okay, if you get a full stomach of rice!

Scarlet Snow opened his eyes for a moment to the words he told him to slap him somewhat irritated, followed by an apology.

"... well, mine's just selfish."

"Oh, no, it's not your fault..."

Even to the appearance of Scarlet Snow, who was even making her little body even smaller, Joey rushed to look for words of comfort when she interrupted her meal.

"- I'm sorry. It's eight hits right now, I feel like there's a really big wall between me and you, and I regret it."

Scarlet snow twisting its neck properly on the words.

"There's no other wall. If you want to touch me like this, you touch me."

That's what I said. I put a limp, cold hand on Joey's cheek, and immediately let him go.

Joey's chest beating and reflexively listening back to such an unexpected girl's behavior.

"... then can I touch it?

"- Uh-huh."

Joey reached for Scarlet Snow, who looked lit and still nodded at me, and, uh, hesitated to feel like it was going to break anywhere he touched it, but he was ready and somehow gripped around his arms.

"You... why are you so soft when you're so thin?! Are you sure you have bones in you this?

"- You're the one who doesn't have the mood to make it."

I was told with a frightened face and tone,

"No, 'cause every woman in the village, every adventurer woman, even women are so hard."

I desperately excuse him, but he looked more and more frightened, and Joey got embarrassed and let go of his hand.

"That's the arm of women working in farming and labor, which is honorable, but normal women are more or less like this. Next time you ask Meer to touch you, you'll find out."

"... Mr. Meer? He feels like he's fooling around about me."

"That's a mistake, there's not a lot of women who could have done that. I know it feels like I'm saying something tough or nagging, but it's all for them, too. If you're going to be a lover or a mate, you should choose a woman like that. Especially since you're missing somewhere."

"Extra help! More or less, there's no way that older people would deal with a kid like me."

"I don't think so, isn't that your hard work there? - I don't know about this, but she probably broke up with her lover some years ago, or maybe she broke up dead after a while. I feel like I'm seeing something in you that can heal those heartbreaks."

"What the hell is that, Onna's investigation?

"Uh-huh, right. Let's just say that. - Oh, your meal is totally cold. It's time to spare you."

Scarlet snow saying that while looking out the window.

"Your free time is not really through the window..."

For a moment, I felt Scarlet Snow's eyes glow brilliantly, and Joey's consciousness suddenly blurred...

"Good night, Joey, I'll see you tomorrow"

When I felt like I heard such a greeting and looked up, there was no scarlet snow anywhere in the room, and the keys were closed from the inside.

"... I wonder if it was a dream"

Half-hearted himself, Joey flattened a completely cold dinner.

Still, the depressed mood I had just had was completely clear, and I slept well that night without dreaming.