Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

The room is filled with slowly simmered half-baked rabbit stew and grilled skewers.

"Delicious... ah, if you want to taste rabbit meat, it's skewered! The scent of vanilla also highlights the unique beast odor."

"Grilled skewers are certainly delicious, but when it comes to rabbit meat, it's still a stewed dish. Unique richness is also well soaked in vegetables. You don't have to melt the fat in the broth."

"I thought the meat of a corner rabbit smelled more of a beast, but it was much easier to eat than I thought. The subtle smell of the beast in the elegant flavor is somehow a perfect balance. I don't like the smell of beasts, but this is going to be a bit nasty. I wonder if I can keep it in the beast house....."

"Annie...."

Tris rabbits, which are also served as wild rabbit dishes at city restaurants, have a strong smell, and many Stridians don't like it, but this corner rabbit has a unique smell that adds richness to the meat to make it tasty. Apparently it was also the glasses of the Anneliers.

Flor and Julia are also diluting their eyes as they slowly chew porridge as they fight for their opinions on the corner rabbit dish.

The two Empires were served a special menu with the care of Ciori. Inside the vessel is a porridge of a corner rabbit and root vegetables made from a separate pot. Softly simmered the ingredients to melt on their tongues, apparently in consideration of their physical condition. "If you haven't eaten properly for a long time, I think it's better to eat something good for digestion slowly than eating a lot suddenly."

She smiles at the bustling table as she bites the stew.

"I'm glad it fits my mouth. Rabbit cooking has been something I've learned since I came to this country, so to be honest, I'm still a little unconvinced."

Alec blinked at the unexpected dialogue. Rabbit dishes are not so rare. At a time when livestock production was not flourishing, it was positioned as a typical hunting meat alongside birds. Livestock is still often on the table today.

"Is it not customary in your country to eat rabbits?

When asked, Theori said with her neck tilted.

"Hmm... I think I used to eat when I wasn't very rich, but now I hardly hear about it. I think a lot of people are more resistant to eating because they are playful animals."

"... I see. There's a lot of food culture."

That said, Alec once again felt a slight discomfort in her words and stared at Shiori's side. There is nothing unusual about her and she keeps eating.

(Isn't it an exile....?

She said her homeland would never again be out of reach. There's nowhere to go. That's why I thought I was in exile.

But what about what she said earlier? It was not in the past. It is as if the lives of the people of the country are still going on today. And...

(--has it fallen into this country...)

I thought it was a strange expression. It wasn't just me who felt that way. Clement and Nadia also seemed to think about it.

What does that mean? It is as if it had descended from heaven.

Maybe you should ask. But I think it's just going to bother her there. Maybe you'll tell me someday - it doesn't seem like it's the right time yet.

--She didn't reveal anything until she came to this country, but lately, her smile has increased and she has spoken of the past from time to time. Maybe he's trying to sort things out a little by little.

That's why I wanted to avoid forcibly stepping inside it. I don't want to be a burden on her. Especially if you can tell that something about her hometown is torturing her.

--But....

"... what? What's the matter with you?

Siori, who noticed that she was still watching, stopped holding the key and leaned her neck. The cheeks were red and colored by the fire. Black-eyed eyes sparkle as they reflect the flame of fire.

"... no. Nothing. I just thought it was cute."

"Ugh, what is that...?"

She blushed her cheeks more and more red when she deceived herself with words that suited her purpose. Looking at him and laughing, Alec pushed his desire to know.

Half the night.

Alec, who served as the first watchman, incited a bottle of liquor across from Clement. A suspicious brand of liquor recommended by a friend (Clement) politely declines and contains his own distilled liquor. Enjoying the sensation of slipping down his throat with the aroma of fragrant fruit, one of the shadows lying on the fur spread on the floor moved in a tight motion.

"... Nadia"

The hair that is usually tied up is now washed back and tied together to sleep. Nadia walked towards us with her hair removed from her back and sat down by the fire.

"Were you still asleep?"

"Well, hey. I was worried too."

He waited until Shiori slept.

She whispered something she wanted to talk about.

"- How well do you know him?

Alec asked straightforward. But when they smiled bitterly, they shook their heads sideways.

"Honestly, I don't know anything."

"I don't know anything but what I've seen since she was picked up."

"I see....."

"What about you? Have you heard anything?

On the contrary, Alec had no choice but to laugh.

"I wonder what happened at dawn. And then - oh, there are seven different brothers, and this is what worries me."

"Hee... that's interesting. Somewhere in the world I've heard of it."

"Absolutely."

The three of us lurk our voices and laugh at each other, then we return to our true faces.

A period of silence fell.

"- You said it was good that you fell in this country. - He did."

What a meaningful word.

That's what I'm talking about.

Clement said while closing the lid of the bottle that had been drank and putting it back into her pocket.

"Zach said something strange."

"Strange thing?

"Ah, the situation when I protected her."

Tris said he was attacked by a strange sensation of space swaying at the end of a beast crusade in the woods nearby. Shortly afterwards, I felt the signs that had never existed before, and when I turned to the place, I found Theoli lying in the bushes.

Travelers wear less than one piece of luggage and only one pair of shoes. Such a woman suddenly appeared in the woods.

"Of course, I checked the perimeter for suspicions, but I didn't see any signs of people getting in or out."

"... what one?

"Oh, yeah. If it had fallen, it would have left a trail to the place. Despite that, there were no traces of human or horse footprints or carriage wheel tracks in the area of a dozen metres radius that he thought had broken into the area."

Zack said he was there as if it had suddenly descended from the sky.

"... I didn't know if there was such a stupid story, but even if he was a soldier with a second prince, he looked into it. There must be no mistake."

If I hadn't gone down to Ichii, the man who would have been in charge of the Knights Intelligence Department would have looked into it. Those drunken bullshit are different.

Alec roared.

"Take it there - 'It's falling', right?"

Theori's words corroborate Zach's testimony that it appears he came down from the sky.

"And hey... there's something that bothers me about the kid who was brought here."

Nadia glanced at Shiori as she slept in a blanket. I can see Louis lying asleep spreading out beside him.

"The clothes I was wearing were made of materials I've never seen before."

"Never seen it? Was it a material you didn't even know?

Nadia is from the former Lithuanian kingdom, where the textile industry thrives. She said she grew up in a house that ran several spinning and textile factories and was made of materials she didn't know well enough about the field.

"It looks like silk, but the gloss and the touch were very different... when I heard about it later, she said it was synthetic fiber, but I don't know the details because she's not an expert either."

After that, the clothes that were cherished by her hand passed into her hands during the dawn incident and were lost.

"Besides, her hands are rough and painful now, but when I first saw them, they were white and plump and my nails were cleaned up. I was in such a good condition that I didn't think it was the hand of a woman who grew up in Ichii, even though she wasn't a noble lady."

In addition, she wore a clear costume like a female tutor (Gavanes) made of silk fabric. It was therefore thought that he was a maid of a distant exotic aristocrat or a companion.

But Shiori himself denied it. In her native country, she said she was a professional woman who was involved in administrative work in Ichii. Moreover, I am surprised because the costume I was wearing was a common work dress in my home country.

Either way, the only thing I learned was that it came from a highly civilized country.

If there was a problem, where it was - something she couldn't explain herself. It doesn't exist anywhere on the map, and it's never out of reach again - yes, it's like...

"... it looks like you're really from heaven."

He turned his gaze to Shiori without anyone seeing him. The girl flips over with a faint breath. Sleeping face with glossy black hair turned towards me.

--Sleep calmly.

"- Why don't you ask? You might be able to tell me."

Even so, Clement's mouth smiled bitterly.

"I'll ask you the other way around, but can you?

Where they came from and who they are. Is that the question?

Neither he nor Nadia shook their heads quietly with a bitter smile.

"... I can't ask. If you don't want to, there are circumstances you can't say."

"I don't want to make you feel any harder by forcing you to ask me out...."

They both feel the same way about themselves.

I don't want to distort this calm face she's showing you right now into something sad.

When he stood up gently, he walked by her sleeping side. He knelt on the spot and touched his soft, warm cheeks.

Strong, gentle, supple, yet somehow mysterious, sweet woman.

However, I cannot help but hope that she will remain calm in the future.