Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

Summarized in fine furnishings and calmly shaded fabrics, Zach's room is beautiful and cozy for a man to live in, and often serves as a drinking spot for very close friends.

After suggesting a chair to Alec, who visited the street food as a souvenir, Zack took his favorite Ale from the shelf. When the ale was poured into the two glasses arranged on the table, the amber color that hit the glass released a distinctive aroma that blended the aroma of the grain with the freshness of the fruit.

"- Thank you very much. For now, it's just a paragraph."

"Yeah, you too."

Lifting glasses filled with ale, multiplying each other's words of effort.

--A few nights after Alec and the others returned from Rovnell's request. He invited me to talk to him personally, but it didn't suit me, and it ended up extending to today.

At the end of the year, especially before and after the birthday festival, there are many paperwork, rush requests, and meetings with various places, and it is not uncommon for the closing work to pass the working hours.

"I'm sorry to put it together. It must have been a long time ago."

"Never mind. I don't have anything in particular except to eat or read a book. You're more than welcome to drink."

When Alec was so cared for, he smiled bitterly at Alec. Spread out the dishes prepared by each other and arrange them appropriately.

"... you. It's a little different."

Zach murmured as he drank alcohol and stared at Alec without any reason.

As he narrowed his eyes as he chewed the dipping oil of the shellfish, he stopped moving and frowned.

"... has it changed? What's wrong with you?

"The atmosphere. It's a little softer."

"Really? I didn't mean to change that much....."

Alec smiled as he twisted his neck strangely while holding Yale's glass.

"Oh, that's it. That's the face. The expression started to move with a little something. How can I say that my expression has become rich?"

Alec has a clear sense of joy and sorrow. However, feelings such as anger and discomfort are particularly prominent, but otherwise, I think it was a mixture of hardness. Besides, I didn't show it to the public until it was very subtle. It may have seemed cold from the perspective of the unfamiliar.

How about now? If you're happy, soft and narrow your eyes, if you're having fun, laugh honestly, and if you're pathetic, lower your eyebrows and buttocks. I began to reveal the feelings I felt in the soft part of my heart.

"If that's the case... it's probably because of Shiori."

While saying that, he still laughs so softly.

--I wanted to get it, I wanted to protect it, and as I approached her, he was only healed. The warmth and tenderness of her sunny body must have melted the cold solidified deep inside her heart, which was holding back the expression of emotions.

--The wound in his heart. The phrase "you are worthless", which was thrown at him at the time of separation from his father and brother, followed by his lover, who was supposed to be a good comprehender, is still harsh on him.

I still remember the fierce anger I had when I first heard the story. The woman closest to him would have best known that he had managed to keep a broken heart - a miserable imitation that would have stabbed him to death.

If I had been there at that time - if I were a bloody person who was just a little over twenty years old - I might have slashed him immediately.

The wounds inflicted on him during his sensual juvenile years did not heal over time, and as he sinked deep into his heart, he was pus, sometimes causing his neck to become irritable.

Neither myself nor Clement, who had spent the same time as a friend as a comrade, could heal the wound.

--It may have been inevitable that he was attracted to Shiori.

And the wounds in each other's hearts - ischaemic. They are probably homogeneous. He was rejected and abandoned by each of his beings from what was supposed to have been a peaceful place - something that might have attracted him as someone with the same pain.

Alec and Cili were strong enough to live in pain. The relationship between the two is more than a mere affection. Share the same pain, heal each other, and fight each other - in other words.

To make up for what was missing and to live together with the falsehood of the determined mind - it seemed as though it was a fixed turn to meet.

After encountering the end of many difficulties, Zach stared with all his thoughts at the crack of his turn between the two hands.

"- It's good to see a nice woman. Alec"

He opened his eyes to the dropped words, then smiled and nodded.

"... oh, that's right. I can be with a very nice woman. I'm a happy person."

--The soft smile of a man who was a teacher, a colleague, a friend and another brother ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm glad it wasn't me that made you feel good.

After drinking the last bite from the glass, Zach also pulled the edge of his lips and laughed.

"... but if you're going to stay with me, there's still something you need to solve. What are you going to do about it?

Even though I abandoned my royal identity and went down to Ichii, it was a face-to-face treatment, so the expression is subtle, but in fact, I still have my royal registration.

It's just one self of his brother left in the castle.

"--At the very least, I want to keep proof that you and I are brothers..."

My two brothers and my mother were already dead, and once my father's life was over, my brother only talked to me once that someone I could call family would be gone except him.

--He remains royalty. It will be difficult to marry an unidentified woman in an ambiguous position.

"I still can't decide what to do. But I just turned my eyes and decided to face the past. Even if it takes some time, I will definitely digest it and come to a conclusion. And on top of that, I'm gonna ask him about his wife."

His gaze runs straight through Zack. Purple blue eyes with unwavering determination have no lost color.

"... I see. Then I won't say anything anymore."

Pour the ale back into each other's empty glasses, and raise it high with a wish.

― ― Good luck on that road.

For a while afterwards, I swallowed the wine while having an unparalleled chat.

"That's right. Speaking of royalty....."

Alec said as he remembered.

"I heard rumors that Olivier's guy used peach slime to demonize me, but you know something?"

"Bh... hah!?"

Zach hurriedly wiped his mouth with an unexpected word that had been in his mouth. Looking forward to this development, Alec quickly stared at Alec, who had placed a basin on the table to protect the dishes from the erupting ale.

"What is that? I don't know. Where did you hear that rumor?"

"I asked the Rovnells. It seems that the rumors originated from the Enqvist family...."

Speaking of the Enkvists, in autumn the young lord caused a disturbance. Nevertheless, I don't think the man in that house, who is also known for his hard family, will be interested in rumors that cannot be proven.

That said, it's a story that doesn't have much flashbacks. With that in mind, I remember a lot.

"... no, wait a minute. I totally forgot, but I got a letter for you."

"To me?

A letter to Alec that arrived at the Guild's address as soon as he left at the request of the Rovnells. Handing it over with care, he looked at the name of the sender written on the envelope and frowned.

From Olivier Dia. His younger brother, the King's new name.

"Unusual, at a time like this."

The edge of Alec's mouth, which was breaking the envelope and running his eyes into the contents, gradually became cramped. Eventually he exhaled a deep sigh and held his head.

"... hey, what's wrong?"

Fearful shouting, he sent the letter with his head in his arms. He said, "Look." Feel free to take it and read the text.

"Dear Alec,

The cold days continue, but how are you feeling? I heard that I got ill around autumn, but is it impossible? I thought of going to visit him during the inspection, but he seemed fine, so I just kept him from watching him from afar. But don't make it really impossible. It is my wish that you be well. [M] Please take care of yourself.

Yes, you asked me what I'd like for my next birthday present, but can I ask for it now? I would be delighted if you chose anything for me, but I will ask you this time. [M]

I need a back pack about the size of a slime. On my way back from the inspection, I signed a magic contract with Slime, who lives in the woods. I'd like to take you along with my lovely nostalgia, but if I were a blonde man with peach slime, I'd soon be discovered. [M] I need something I can hide from you. Can you do me a favor?

……

What happened?

Alec shouted sledgely to Zach, holding his head and roaring in the same way.

"... are you here?"

"... oh"

"... when"

"... the end of October... or the beginning of November"

"... why didn't you say anything?"

"Nooo... I don't know... I told you to be patient."

On the contrary, even if his mouth was ripped apart, he could not say that he had met Shiori, whom he loved so much.

"... why the slime..."

"... I don't know."

I'd like to ask that.

--No wonder the king of our country liked his cute sister's wizard as a brother of his disciples, but he had no choice but to know that he had signed a contract with the Slime and Horizon wizard who met him on the way home, and Zack and Alec had a cramped laugh.