Life in Another World as a Maid Mage
04 New Days and New Companions
The next morning it was like a hateful sky, but it was the Stridian kingdom that drove the snowcarriage, even when it snowed.Snowproofing forests and snowproofing fences have been established along the main streets connecting the Wang Dynasty to the respective territorial capitals, and depending on the location, road width indicators and snow-melting machines using magic stones of fire have been installed.Evacuation huts were also arranged at regular intervals in case of evacuation.It is designed to allow for urban mobility without too much rough weather, so as not to get stuck in transit.
Apart from the fact that the number of flights was reduced for that reason, there was no major problem, and Paul Holeva left for King's Landing as originally planned.But due to the weather, there seems to be a lot of room in the seat.
Clement, who was on his way out, had his brother have handmade souvenirs such as wine, smoked meat, and gastrointestinal medicine formulated by his coworker, Nils.
"Thank you, Brother Clem. Thank you very much."
"Oh, I'll tell him. You're magnificent, too.Give my regards to your father and your brothers. "
"Yeah, I got it. I'll be back.I'm glad your brother comes back from time to time. "
Last time I came home was about three years ago.This should have been a lot more frequent than before, but it might not be enough for a good brother.When visiting Tris on an inspection or business trip, Paul always comes to see him no matter how busy he is.
"... in time."
However, Clement's vague response seemed to leave him with no choice but to smile.
Your departure is signaled.With a smile of abandonment, he got into the snow carriage leaving a short greeting: "Bye, again."
The royal man whipped me, and with the hissing of the horse a fine four-headed long-distance carriage ran slowly.Paul waved across the window.Looking back, Clement drops off the carriage until it's invisible to the snow.
"... should I still go home once a year?"
A lot of time has passed since then.That event must have completely weathered from people's memories.
Besides, my life as an adventurer had dramatically changed Clement's appearance.The thin body has muscles and thickness, and the neutral appearance that was said to attract inferiority is tough.Even if I met someone I knew when I was a boy, few people recognize me as the second son of the Holeva family.
My parents are old enough.I don't know how many more times I'll see you.Then you should show your face while you're well.
Now reminded that she had spent so many years, Clement smiled bitterly at the edge of her mouth.
--As a close friend (...) Siori and Alec, who were worried, started walking together through the past.And he was about to face Nadia again.Zack keeps an eye on their fate.
Now that the feelings of those who cared about each other but were intricately intertwined have been resolved, there will be even more sorrow in the past that we left a long time ago.
A one-time life given to everyone equally.
"It would be a loss to live positively and with pleasure."
Fu, turning from a bitter smile, Clement, with a fascinating smile that looked back at even the man, walked out with her heel turned.Go to the Adventurers Association (Alliance) where many friends are waiting.
Clemens, who made a noise and opened the door of the familiar Tris branch, waved his hand to Louis, who was performing a mysterious dance called PoyonPoyonbi on the counter today.However, I noticed a slight discomfort at the tip of the arrow and stopped my feet.
Stay still and look at Louis in front of you.Lori stretched out her tentacles and greeted her as usual.There is nothing unusual about it. That should be it.
But what is this discomfort?It seems that the indoor air is unnaturally twitching without heart.
(--What the hell...?)
He looks around the room subtly, but without alarm.It varied with people looking for bills for bulletin boards, people interested in chatting with colleagues, and people looking at items acquired during adventures, but at first glance it seemed as usual.
But is it because of my mind?I felt like I could hear a sneering smile in the indoor room where I was groaning at chats and meetings.But it's not like ridicule. I feel like I can smile somewhere.
Clement raised her eyebrows when she noticed Nadia crouching and pushing herself down at a table in the corner of the conversation room she looked around again.Its shoulders are trembling slightly.
(No way... are you crying?)
Fearing that she might still be laughing at her, Clemens tried to slip through the side of the counter where Louis kept dancing while standing and greeting her.But I remember the discomfort again and look back.
Behind my gaze was Louis dancing happily, but when I looked closely, the color of the lighting or body was slightly different from usual.Normally, the body, which was supposed to have a deep rugged color, became a vivid light color reminiscent of the early summer sky.
(... is this the identity of the discomfort...?)
What makes you think the indoor atmosphere itself is strange?
Outside the window, tilting her neck, Clement caught sight of a familiar triangle hat woman, a chestnut-haired man, and a rugged slime bouncing at her feet.Unexpectedly look back at the counter, look out the window again, and repeat the same behavior twice more.
I looked past it twice and saw it three times.
--Two slimes anyway.There was one more slime I didn't know.The colours should look different.It is another individual in the first place.
"Nh, eh... hah!?"
In front of the wolf Clement, the two returned and one smiled bitterly as if they had perceived the approximate situation.Of course, Louis couldn't laugh without a face, but the air and manners seemed to make her smile bitterly.
"... I'm sorry, I seem surprised."
Theori explained to me that she had a little trouble lowering her eyebrow buttocks.
"Someone wanted to use the slime to demonize me... so Lori called some of my friends."
Some beasts have a superior telepathic capability to communicate information to and from another individual.According to Siori, it seems that Louis and the others also possess this ability.While in Tris, he seems to be interacting with his fellow countrymen in the Blue Forest.
Alec continued her words.
"I just took one of them to the orphanage.If you want to help babysit and try animated therapy, then priest Jesus will be the devil. "
Clement couldn't decide whether the slime should be called an animal, but the priests and children were delighted by the cute, sweet young grass slime.
Incidentally, there were two people who initially wanted the Slime Master.It seems that there were also two slimes who visited Tris in response to Louis' call, but one of them suddenly called the other one because he was completely reunited with the knight of the West Gate Guard while waiting on the outer wall.
Nah, I see.
Clement smiled with convulsions.When I came here, I suddenly had four delightful slimes.I'm trying to cramp my face too.To be precise, even if the sewage slime is released into the sewer, there are already a dozen in the city, but this should be omitted.
"... whose servant is this last one?"
Pointing to the empty slime that kept dancing, Zach showed up from the doorway.I thought maybe it was in the shopping area when I was holding the paper bag, but it seems that it was a shopping with a hasty letter.
"Oops, sorry to keep you waiting just now... what, you guys are back too?"
Waving his hand, Zach quickly walked to the counter and gave the Enandel Chamber of Commerce mechanical magic baked confectionery taken out of the paper bag to the empty slime.Surprised by the very natural behavior, Clement noticed a brand-new bandage wrapped around her fingertips.
Fingertip injury. Blood. A magic contract...
"Ah, no way... Zack, you"
Ah?
Zach, who also gave Louis baked sweets, somehow smiled spontaneously.
"... well, whatever. Me, too, so I thought I'd keep one of the wizards."
Even though I left the line, I didn't have to wonder why the S-Class Adventurer contracted me to be the Slime, but Clement also knew that the real reason was somewhere else.Rather, everyone here would have understood it.
--That's why it was such a strange atmosphere.
The sneering smiles that intermingled occasionally became even bigger.When you put it on, you will hear a tall laugh.Nadia, who had been lying on the table just now, slowly woke up.His face was distorted by an unbearable laugh, and there was too much laughter and even tears floating around his eyes.He wasn't crying and trembling, he was apparently just laughing.
"... haha, Zack, you're really..."
"... what are you still laughing at?"
Zack was awkward and half stunned to her laughing angrily.
"Because you... even imagine, if I cut out 'I'm going to use magic contracts too' seriously, I wonder what the hell is going on...!"
As an S-Class holder, it was usual for a magical beast that welcomed him as a magician to become a frozen face, such as rare species such as fairies and small dragons, or ice beasts above A rank.That's why this man says "my new partner" beside an empty slime that performs a mysterious dance "PoyonPoyonbi", so it must be laughing as well.
A strawberry blonde witch who wiped her tears with her smooth fingertips stroked her new partner, saying, "You've often accepted a contract to control pests."On the other hand, the slime said, "I love bugging!The tentacles were raised like that.The colours are different, the manners are like Louis himself.
"I heard a lot from Lori, and it seems that these gesture conversations are popular with the slime of the pale forest."
Clement, who imagined the situation in Siori's words, felt difficult to say, but she managed not to express herself in front of her, a leading slime user.
Regardless, this Tris branch, which welcomed new people, was also likely to be bustling.If you were to become an Alliance Master Magus, you would reside in this place.A sign slime without a sign girl greets the visiting adventurers and welcomes them with a cheerful dance.If you are a caring compatriot of Louis, you may be able to heal tired adventurers.
Of course, they will also take the lead in pest control within the Union (Alliance).
(--Anyway, it's good to be busy)
Clement, smiling at the edge of her mouth, asked Zach while the room was bustling.
So, did you decide your name?
"I wouldn't call it Himmel or Blow because it's empty."
Zack shook his shoulders tightly as Alec entered from the side.
Louis is rugged, so the words of his homeland are written in Louis (...). And recently rumored in the alley, our emperor's magic slime is peach (persica), so it's peru (...).It may be that simple and easy to understand, but I don't think so.
Then I realized that there was a common denominator in the name of the two slimes that should not be related, and twisted my neck.
(I don't think so... but I don't think your Majesty has any information about Theoli and Lori.)
There is a good chance that Alec, who may be the king's brother, or Zach, is giving some information to his brother, the king.And it was true, but Clement had no reason to know that it was a complete coincidence, at least with regard to the naming of the slime.
Aside from that, Zach, who had wandered his gaze by surprise, eventually opened his mouth as he scratched his red-haired head.
"I've been thinking a lot... I thought it would be best if it were easier to understand.I named it Blu.It's in the name of the Azure Forest. "
Do you like it? The empty slime on the counter raised the two tentacles straight up like "wow."I started dancing again and again. It seems more cheerful than Louis, but the innocent look is smiling.
Luli and the other wizards joined the dance, and the laughter around them turned even bigger.
--The day Clement renewed his thoughts, new friends were welcomed into the city.