Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

"Hmm... I knew winter expeditions were stiff."

In the morning, when I woke up at the time of the shift, Shiori stretched and rubbed her shoulders. You are carrying heavy luggage and unconsciously choking on your neck due to the cold, or your shoulders are stiff.

I'll ask for a massage when I get home.

"Oh, I recommend his massage. Shall I ask again?"

Nadia, who woke up, also said, rubbing her shoulders and neck.

Co-worker Mage - No, Nadia admired and was interested in what she thought the other day, seeing a man who suddenly turned into a militant and qualified as a masseu.

Rise from shoulder to neck, kneading and kneading with your hands, stretching again, then folding the blanket to prepare your body.

Louis, who was doing a familiar stretching exercise on the floor, gently extended her tentacles and greeted her.

Good morning, Lori.

When she shouted, Louis trembled and then mimicked the bun head shape. It was always Louis who lacked stretching exercises in the morning and evening, but I wonder if slime would make my body stiff. I doubt if it has a stiff muscle, but because it's about Louis, I'm sure it means something to me. Probably.

"For breakfast... would you like a noodle rabbit dumpling soup? Let's put some berry jam on the pancakes."

The parts with many small bones that are difficult to eat are carefully crushed by magic to make meat dumplings. The soup stewed with root vegetables warms your body and makes you feel good.

Flor and Julia would still like bread congee today. You can separate the meat dumplings and simmer them softly to make them easier to eat. The condition after dinner yesterday doesn't seem to have much problem with my stomach condition, so I may as well leave a little more response.

And as you simmer the soup, the good fragrance of the stock fills the room. I took a small amount into the vessel and tasted it.

"Nh... delicious"

It has a slight beast odor, but its distinctive flavor adds depth to the flavor.

"Tris, the rabbit meat wasn't good, but the corner rabbit is delicious... not Annelier, but it seems a bit habitual."

I narrowed my eyes satisfied with the soup.

"... well, what do we do now?"

Just make the soup, make the pancake dough and bake it, and you'll have time until everyone wakes up. Write down the knowledge gained from this trip in the portable beast atlas while watching with Nadia, or put together a notebook.

With that in mind, I develop exploratory magic just in case. Apart from feeling some signs of the Beast living in the Tower, it's the same as yesterday. There seems to be no abnormality.

Turning to the bed, the blanket fell off Alec's back shoulder. It will be cold there. As he approached and put the blanket back on, his hands wandered loosely through the sky, unconscious, and then touched Siori's hand. Grasp it gently as it is.

Do you know who it is when you are asleep? I was happy, but now I'm somehow embarrassed here, and I gently took Alec's hand off after I stroked it.

She stood up quietly, feeling her chest pounding and warm, and looked at Flor and Julia, who lay on the other side of the fire without any concern.

(... that?

The two sleeping faces looked painful, and Theori frowned. Is it because of my mind?

Walk in and peek into them as they sleep in blankets. Blue and white skin sweats and only its cheeks are unnaturally red. I feel like I'm having a hard time sleeping.

"No way...."

I touched their foreheads in fear.

"What's wrong?

I noticed Nadia calling out to me.

"Yoshi-san....."

She rushed in, didn't she? Nadia rushed into both cheeks as she peeked.

"This... has gotten me into trouble."

Nadia's willow eyebrows were frowned.

"... I'm getting a fever."

Was it because you soaked in cold water with your weak body after a long journey of indifference, or were you relieved? I had a bad fever.

What am I supposed to do, Sebastian?

"We need to see a doctor soon - this is not good."

If left as it is, it may get worse. If you have pneumonia, it will be fatal for both of you who are weak.

Did you notice anything strange? Alec and Clement woke up. After confirming their condition, they made their faces as steep as Nadia.

"That's not good. If you can walk on your own, it's really hard to hold two sick people while escorting your client."

If you carry it, Alec and Clement will take care of it. Nadia and herself are physically and physically impossible. I can't leave it to my client, Dennis or Balt.

But when that happens, the avant-garde positions will both be blocking their hands. Then I can't deal with it aggressively. Even if Nadia's magic were to buy time, it was not very realistic to leave two sick people who could not walk on their own to fight each time with a client who had no skill in fighting or auxiliary positions.

And we need to think about sharing Alec and Clement's luggage. In order to do so, we will have to throw away some luggage.

Either way, the risk of traveling is high.

"... will someone call the Knights first?

"It may be the most realistic, but then...."

Everyone's eyes focused on Alec. Given the likelihood of encountering snow bears and snow moons on the road (SNE MANIETEL), they must be capable of powerful physical attacks and still be magically strong. If so, the inevitable precedent would be Alec the Wizard Swordsman. Although Class A, Clement, who specializes in physical attacks, and Nadia, who specializes in magic attacks, are still slightly anxious.

That's why it's so hard to tell Alec if it's enough alone. After all, you go all day in the snow by yourself. Regardless of rank, you shouldn't walk alone in an area where difficult beasts emerge during the snow season, unless there's so much to do.

"But... even if Alec did..."

The three exhaled a deep sigh at the murmur that Shiori dropped.

--Two days on the way back and forth with the Knights, no matter how hurried, and another day to get back to the city. They probably don't have any health.

Whatever it takes, it's dangerous. Someone's in danger of losing their life.

"But it would be most realistic to let Alec go."

Nadia is right. As things stand, it's least dangerous to let Alec go first. Fortunately, there is not enough food. Rather than jeopardizing the lives of all his clients and allies, it is most realistic for him to be the strongest here, and for the rest to wait here.

As a result, even if two lives are lost in time for help - all responsibility for their deaths rests with them.

The client is the top priority. And the adventurer is at his own risk.

Especially since Flor and the others knew it would be a reckless journey and set foot in a dangerous zone with inadequate equipment. Either way, if Siori and the others hadn't come here, they would have been dead as of yesterday.

(But....)

Theoli chewed her lips.

Both myself and Alec wanted to help them.

But now that this is happening, Alec is in charge of the most dangerous job. On the contrary, even if you arrive safely and call for help from the Knights, it could be in vain.

I wanted to take on the same responsibility as him, but his rank and strength were higher than his, so it was decided that he would take on more specific gravity.

That's what I knew.

(If you push me like this, my teeth are itchy....)

Alec thought for a while and then turned his attention to Theori. All I can do is nod. All I had to do was pull his leg where I got there. Besides, we must keep this place warm and comfortable for our clients and sick people for two days.

"Anyway, I'll talk to Annelier."

There was a time before getting up, but you must make an early decision and get her consent. You're going to keep your client waiting in this place for two days.

The waking Annelier nodded as soon as she saw Flor and the others.

"Okay. If you can save lives, you should. You may leave at once. But are you okay alone? Shouldn't we just take one more?

"I want to do it in the mountains, but I don't know what's there. I will leave my strength here. I'm not going to die easily, but if you don't come back after a couple of days, I'm sorry, but make your decision."

--In case you don't come back.

The feeling of tightening her chest made Shiori moan small.

We were forced to act differently at our first job together, and on the contrary - we had to think about it in case.

- Don't leave me. Take me with you.

As she scolded herself for wanting to rely on him, and managed to suppress her feelings of overflowing, Flor moved with pain and exhaled.

"... leave me alone"

Say that with a scattered voice.

"Mr. Flor...."

"... you've been saved twice. I won't bother my benefactor any more..."

After that, he laughed under a bitter breath. To mock myself.

"The Lord to serve is dead. The Empire... it's only a matter of time before the rebels take control of it. I don't care what happens to the Empire anymore. If we're going to die anyway, we're going to use this tower as a tombstone, and we're going to be even cleaner here..."

"... don't joke."

A low and sharp voice blocked Flor's words.

"Dennis...."

Annelier's voice calls his lover's name.

While shaking red hair stained with fiery scarlet through the light of fire, Dennis stepped forward and reached out to Flor's chest. But before his hand grabbed his clothes, he was squeezed in. I was trying to grab my chest pocket - maybe I stayed with a sick man.

Instead, he knelt on the spot and stared at Flor.

Don't be ridiculous.

Don't forget, your grass-colored eyes are edged by burning red hair and vigorously wobble.

"I have not fulfilled my duties as a nobleman and only enjoyed the benefits - what is in my mind when I involve others in a foreign country and expose them to the danger of death? What's a tombstone? What's so clean? Running away? Are you going to make it easier for us to die without fulfilling our responsibilities? What made you beg for food when you sat down yesterday? You wanted to live. I suppose you wanted to survive sitting on your feet like an exotic. If that's how you feel, don't give up here now!

Flor took a breath and opened his eyes.

"Let them survive. Survive and live up to your responsibilities. Give back what you've spoiled and enjoyed so far with the intention of dying! That's the last thing you can do as an Empire nobleman."

After a breath, Dennis exhaled and looked at Flor again.

"... it's cowardly to die and run away. There's nothing I can do when I'm dead."

The last word I dropped seemed to tell myself somewhere.

--After a painful silence, Flor nodded small.

Look at that, Dennis nods again.

"It will take time for Alec to get ahead on his own. It's more likely they don't have it. Why don't you take turns with four men?

"I see. I'm sure Dennis is right. It will take at least three days for you to go back and bring it home again. Depending on the weather, rescue teams may not be available soon. If anything happens to Alec, I think that's the problem."

Alec looks to his people. It would bother my client's hand, but I appreciate it if I could help.

Theori gazed out the window with the lights on. In the snow that falls, you can see a coniferous forest covered in snow.

I wish I could cut a tree with magic and make a sleigh.

Put the two of them on the sleigh, and Alec and the others will be able to reduce their health consumption.

But I don't think I can do it all of a sudden without knowledge of woodworking. Even if the shape is quite good, I don't know if it slips well on the snow or if the tree is the material for the sled in the first place.

Even the moulding of camping equipment with earth magic has been tested and mistaken, and after practicing many times, it has finally been completed to a satisfactory state.

You won't have time to experiment in a situation where you can't afford time.

Oh, look at your feet. Did you notice that she was overlooking you? Louis trembled. Then, once again, I shake and shake like I'm saying something.

- I told you to count on me.

I felt like I was told that.

"Luli....."

Get on your knees and face Louis.

"Can I beg you...?

Louis trembled violently and softly.

"Can you help me carry them?

Of course, Louis shook her body plump.

"Thank you, Lori."

The stretched tentacle touched Shiori's hand. After a few rounds of stroking, it drifts away. I think you're telling me not to worry about it.

"Lori, you...."

"Will you carry it?"

Alec and the others nodded immediately after looking at each other for a moment.

"Okay, let's take turns with the five of us (...). Using the magic of muscle enhancement would be quite different. Master Dennis and Master Balt are not used to magic, so perhaps the recoil will make them very tired at a later date... but what should we do?"

"I don't mind. Please use it. I'll let you rest when I get back."

"That's right. Our mistress is a kind person, so I'm sure she'll take a nice week off."

"You guys...."

Annelier laughed.

Fine. Originally, I came here by pointing out my self. Get excited and get a special bonus. "

"Yes, that's Annie! Okay, good luck with that!

Balt raised his voice with a high spirited voice.

"If that's the case, let's finish eating and leave right away. Siori, give me some food."

Alec's big hand slapped Shiori on the shoulder. Louis also trembled vigorously and softly.

Theoli nodded in response to a narrow smile.

"Roger that!"