Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

The snow carriage, which was slowly running through the streets where many people and carriages intersected, eventually stopped in front of the union (guild) as the magic light that celebrated the birthday of the night fell down.

With Alec's help, he stepped out of the snow carriage and landed on the ground behind him, making sure Louis bounced. After seeing the snowcarriage run out again, Siori exhaled a lot. Then he noticed that Alec was staring down and pressed his mouth tightly.

"Ah, I'm sorry..."

"No, I don't mind. It was quite a force."

When he came back, he felt unconscious, just as I was tired, so he slapped Shiori's back.

The union (guild) had already passed its closing hours, but the windows were sparkling. I can see a lot of colleagues still in the window.

"I knew you were busy. Looks like nobody's home yet."

I see. It's going to be a busy day for a while. "

Before and after the birthday festival, there are many tourist guides and escort requests to nearby villages, and unions (guilds) open late. Since the new job offer for the day is supposed to be closed at the end of the day, it may be someone who has just finished and returned, or someone who is waiting for a colleague to accompany them to the city after that.

When they opened the door and entered, some close people turned around and waved their hands lightly. Then we return to the circle of conversation. At the heart of the story seems to be the Orov and other scavengers.

"Hey, that concert was amazing."

"I don't know. I wasn't really interested in singing, but I was moved and I cried accidentally."

"I didn't know how to get pulled into the venue while I was on the road. The rumored Felicia sang well, but that phantom magic... right? That was amazing."

Apparently, he appeared at the concert at the request, but the conversation reached the magic of phantom, and Shiori caught on to it.

It's been about a year since I started using magic magic in earnest. That's why there aren't so many colleagues who know Siori is the user of it yet. Especially the Orovs, whose activity lasted only during the winter.

Zach, who was listening without any reason, glanced at the depth of meaning. After showing him how to think for a while, he eventually snorts and laughs bitterly as he scratches his red-haired head. I was worried about my brother and thought that my sister might have used a lot of magic again.

Alec and I looked at each other and smiled bitterly before walking to the counter where Zach was waiting.

"I'm tired... what are you doing, fixing your hair?"

"Hmm? Oh, this?"

Theoli lowered her tied hair and returned to a bundle behind the street, but Alec remained in place in the cathedral. Hair styles that are popular in the social world, with hair conditioning that loosely flushes the front hair.

"I was asked to dress up. It's troublesome to fix it, so I came back like this."

"You guys in costumes... said something about phantom magic, but didn't you come to the concert?

Zach has a rather caring, questionable look on his face. At first, I was worried that the Oriental Shiori had been brought to a prominent place, but perhaps it was because of Alec's concern.

- He seems to be hiding his identity.

"I came out to leave, but I was hiding in the sleeves of the stage, so I'm fine."

"I just helped escort the participants and set the stage. It's just...."

Events related to the request include matters that cannot be publicly disclosed, such as the case. Alec gazed at the fact that many of his colleagues would be willing to report in this place, and Zack nodded one before pointing to the master's room with his jaw. It seems that they will hear the report in a private room.

Two and one of them were prompted by him to step into the master room, which had not been used much since Zach's age.

"... I see. I didn't think you were involved in a case like that."

Having finished listening to the story, Zach exhaled a long sigh while rubbing between his eyebrows. When I heard that I had captured the bad guys in the way of investigation, I just sat down and told them that the siege of the Knights was perfect and that there was no danger.

"This time, I thought it was the best way to get caught, and there were a lot of people to protect me, so I just ran. Don't worry, I'll never let an amateur stick my neck when nothing happens."

That said, it seems that my overprotective brother was reluctant to convince me. I was deeply concerned about Theoli - no, Zach was more afraid of danger than anything, but I was faintly aware that he wanted to protect himself.

--Maybe it comes from the guilt that you couldn't protect yourself from the incident.

Four years ago, when I was just protected, I often showed a faint vigilance. But after a year, his attitude softened and he started treating me like a brother.

Only by thanking him for relieving me of the thoughtfulness of being the only person in the other world, did my brother in this world become more concerned about Shiori than ever before, even though there was no trace of resentment.

- But...

Siori squeezed her hand on her lap.

"... you know, brother. There have been a lot of unpleasant things until now, and I honestly thought it was painful many times. But I'm pretty happy right now... yeah, I'm so happy. I've got a lot of people watching me like my brothers, I've got cute friends, and... I've got people around me all the time."

The thoughts I told her to pick the words.

Zack took a small breath and Alec next door gently stroked his back. Louis, who was happily taking in the baked goods given to Zach, trembled and clapped his feet.

"I didn't have anything four years ago, but now I've got so much important stuff. I lost a lot of things and had my heart filled with emptiness. Then I could afford to look at myself again. I feel like I can get myself back in a little bit. Besides, I have someone I can rely on to protect me. That's why."

Don't worry too much.

He opened his eyes to Siori's words and nodded bitterly after a while of silence.

"- Oh, I see. Sorry about that. I should have trusted you more."

"Yeah, I think I've had a lot to worry about, too. I'm sorry."

"No, it's definitely not just your fault. So don't worry about it. If you can be like you, I'm... happy as a brother."

As a brother. When I said that with a strange emphasis on that part, I felt that Zach's empty eyes were shaking slightly. Sway your eyes in the blue sky like a summer fade, and smile in the shape of a loose arc.

Zach, who raised his hips, slapped Theoli and Alec on the shoulders one at a time and made a cold tea again.

"Still...."

Having a sip of hot tea, he exhales a short breath.

"Some of you were jealous and poisoned your colleagues, and some of you were scared."

A sin committed by being caught in the gap of one's heart, after one's jealousy had subsided. Carina played a big role in the incident, although she wasn't the main culprit. I don't know what the country's penal code is, but it will be punished.

(... I hope you get out soon)

I want to believe the last tears she shed, and the words she said, "I'm sorry."

Many people will say they can't forgive her for involving a lot of unrelated people.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry. If that lovely man who has abandoned Shiori despite saying that many times in his mouth appeared in front of his eyes, he would still think he can't forgive himself.

But there is still someone (Felicia) to wait for when she becomes a sinner.

If you are given the opportunity to atone for your sins and you are willing to accept them, one day you will.

"... that's why I'm talking about the Border Master."

Alec reconnected the interrupted conversation. Siori returns to me to correct his residence.

"Oh, magical phantom."

"Yeah, it sounded a lot more echoing than I thought... it made me interested in a lot of people."

I cut out the story with some awkward thoughts.

"I've seen it several times, too. That would certainly be a lot of entertainment. Even so, Kri... was it such an amazing phantom that the Border Master had to come out?

"... well, if you say so in one word, it's amazing. Probably the phantom from the last chorus, that's the decision."

I was a little distracted by something else, and I didn't feel too distracted at that time, but Alec continued after that.

"--The world from the perspective of God"

"It's God's point of view!?"

Zach opened his eyes to his words and opened his mouth softly. I said something and stuck my mouth. Then I put my hand on the tip of my chin and thought about it.

Siori laid her head on the side of a lover who looked down on herself with an expression that could not be said to be such a brother.

(I didn't have to worry about it then....)

After careful consideration, it was reckless as much as it could.

From the viewpoint of the sky, such a scenery cannot be seen without riding a dragon. However, I hear that there is no technology to ride the flying beast and no magic to fly in the sky. At best, I can float my body a little with the application of wind magic. Some of them are trying to make a big magic trick for flying, but they still don't seem to be out of the luxury zone.

Sometimes the stimulus is too strong, such as showing aerial footage at such a technical level.

"It seems that some nobles have already contacted us. And the Archbishop was quite impressed. Whether it's a heavy load or a foreign adventurer, Master Frontier himself is his favorite adventurer, so he's going to take it in the direction of no use."

Alec continued to roar and remain silent.

"... I'll thank Uncle Frontier. I haven't seen you in a while, so I'll ask you if you're in the mood to say hello."

"Sorry. It's kind of my fault to take care of it."

Lowering his eyebrows and buttocks as Louis stuck him, Alec and Zack laughed bitterly after a lag.

"No, don't worry about it. Because you did your best to do your job. You can be proud of that. You can think of more trouble as my job as a master."

"... yeah. Thank you, brother. And Alec."

The two guardians (...) smiled together and then looked real.

"But for the time being, there may be people sniffing around. Eventually, the case will be public, and not everyone will try to get in touch with you. Don't go out alone for a while."

"Take the job with Alec as much as you can... but it might be even worse now. And don't ask Lori."

Louis at her feet trembled forcefully without telling her to take care of it. He's a reliable friend.

"Okay. I'll be careful."

Nodding with a mysterious face, Zach nodded back with a serious face, and the next moment, he smiled as cheerfully as usual.

"Well, then, is that all you have to report?

"Yeah."

"Oh, okay. That's the reward this time. Again, I'm tired."

Later payment of the request fee is to be made in aggregate at a later date. At that time, we may be able to talk about the aftermath, but as for the two of us, the request is now complete. After receiving their rewards and greeting Zach on their way home, they slipped through the side of their colleagues who were still excited about music festivals and birthday festivals and left the union (guild) behind.

"... it's finally over."

I see.

Alec nods as he walks holding Shiori's shoulders as soon as he is alert to something. Though his attitude appealing to such intimacy in public was a little restless, Theori walked silently.

Birthday night, you can see a lot of lovers. Even if you walk close, no one cares.

--So, just a little.

Theoli gently slips her cheeks towards his chest.

Alec seemed a little surprised at the seldom seen sweet manners. However, it immediately relaxes and strengthens the holding force. After they looked at each other and smiled at each other, they smiled again as they saw Louis looking around the stall.

"How about dinner?

Hmm, maybe I'd like to eat a little more.

I'm not that hungry because I had some mouth at the dinner stand, but I'd like to put a little more in my stomach. Lori seemed to have been fed by Hildegardo and other participants, but we still haven't eaten enough.

At a stall open around the apartments, they pickled venison pie and tris salmon with liqueur of snow strawberries, repaired some skewers of a corner rabbit for Louis, and finally bought hot wine for two in a small wooden cup.

Alec, who was paying for the hot wine, smiled little by the side of Ciori, who was leaning his neck to the point where it was so high.

"You can take this cup home like this. Because it is expensive to pay for the cup. It will be a birthday commemoration."

"Ah, that's right. I thought it was a festive price."

The Virgin's symbol is carved into a cup that is cut out of wood. Cute wispy leaves and birds, little crescent moon. It's a design that young women seem to like.

"The design is different every year. Metal and pottery are also available in the first and second blocks. Some people buy and collect all kinds every year."

"Yeah... the whole house's gonna be full of cups."

Open the door to the apartments with such a loving conversation. The janitor, Larsch, appears to have fallen back into his room and is not popular, and there is a ring bell at the counter.

I went up the stairs and unlocked my room. Alec follows me as a matter of course. Theoli smiled secretly. I was glad that it was becoming everyday for me to walk with him and come home with him.

"... that's why you're taking a bath?

His boarding house is a shared bath, and I have rented a bath several times to ask the maid for help on my way home from work. On several occasions, I hosted him after eating and falling asleep in a bench.

"Why don't you stay? You must be tired.

Alec nodded after thinking about it for a moment.

He was reluctant in the early days, but lately he has become less hesitant. It's also one of the pleasures.

--- Distance to shrink.

(... ah, but... it's kind of like inviting (...))

It was a fact that there was no difference in moving forward with the relationship now that I had it through my heart, but I was just a little unprepared for it. I still resist showing a few scars on my hands and feet. I also know that he is thinking about it, so it is sweet to follow.

However, when I put my feelings together, I felt ashamed to invite myself, and Shiori buried her face in the paper bag.

"Are you okay? You must be tired."

"Ah, yeah. I'm tired, but I'm fine."

"... hmm?

This is a strange answer, and Alec is leaning his neck.

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I wonder if she was hungry, but Louis tapped the paper bag on the table to hurry it up.

"Nh, I'm sorry. Let's eat."

That said, Louis trembled with joy, and Alec laughed at it.

I quickly set the table with a funny laugh and enjoyed birthday street food with two people.

--After eating and bathing, Louis fell asleep early after a simple stretching exercise.

Speaking of Shiori, I was still a little sleepy because I took a bath.

(... happiness...)

Speak to Alec while drinking light fruit liquor before going to bed, and peck in between.

A warm and calm time that I thought I'd never get again after being flown to a strange world.

(If I were with Alec... this would be everyday.)

Together, family.

Ah, the sight in the corner of my head passed. Parents watching their brother and self play with laughter in a bright garden in the warm sun. Suddenly, he turned into himself and Alec's.

Theoli

Called by a low and gentle voice, Theori returns to me.

"You looked so happy. What were you thinking?

"Ah... uh"

I realized that I had been seen with a happy delusion, and I blushed and answered various questions.

"I remember my family. When I was a kid, Mom and Dad saw me and my brother playing....."

I had a delicate but warm memory with my family.

"... family, huh?"

Alec stares at Shiori with his narrow eyes, and after a while he looks away from the window. The curtains were pulled to block the view from the outside, but still the noise outside and the light of the magic lamp leaked, and I heard that people were enjoying their birthday night.

"--The Last Singing 'Stridia'"

Yeah?

He suddenly began to talk.

"In that song. My name was hidden."

"Eh...?

What does that mean?

Alec takes a sip of the glass of fruit liquor he has, and starts talking.

"I have a middle name. It's a name I only used when I was at my parents' house, but my father told me when I left the house. It's the name given to me by my dead mother."

"... your mother?

"Ah, it's like being a parent. They say the first name is the father, and the middle name is the mother."

Shake the glass gently while saying so. The pale red fruit liquor gave off a sweet and gentle scent.

"As I said before, I'm not that interested in music. I was told it was the second national anthem so I should remember it, but I never really heard of it. That's why, for the first time today, I took it seriously. Maybe my mother... named me after this song."

"... I see."

That's why Theori was convinced by herself.

At the end of the symphony, he suddenly began to whisper. I may have noticed the origin of the middle name and could no longer hold back my overflowing thoughts. Even after the song is over, I remember his moist breath on my neck when I didn't hold myself tight enough to let go.

Alec was smiling at the glimpse, but he still had to hang up somewhere.

Maybe he remembers the days he spent with his deceased mother.

"... hey. That middle name. Can I ask you something?

Ah.

He laughed that he had originally told this story with that intention in mind.

"Frenvali, in the old words of the kingdom, means' gentle earth '."

"... Frenvali. A gentle earth....."

The word Frenvali came out many times in that song. The phrase was repeated many times in songs that celebrated the liberation and renewal of the motherland and prayed for abundant fruit and prosperity.

--Be gentle and strong like this country. And may you live a rich life.

Feeling as if she had felt her mother's prayers and wishes in her first gift to my beloved child, Theori smiled and put her cheeks on his chest. He turns his tall arm.

"That's a lovely name."

Ah.

"Gentle, strong and warm... perfect name for Alec."

"... ahh. Thank you."

Once firmly hugged, he quietly released his body and gently raised Shiori's jaw with his fingertips. A straight face approached and my lips touched it. A deep and intense mouthfeel that is different from what you peck each other like you were playing with earlier. The hot tip of the tongue is entangled, and the sweet fragrance of the fruit melts and mixes.

When she blurred to the core of her head with an intense mouth that would take her breath away, Shiori finally let go of her lips and exhaled softly.

"... hey, Shiori"

Alec whispered in his ear, keeping Shiori trapped in his arms.

"Now will you sing for me? That song with my name hidden away."

"Eh... me?

"I want you to call my name with your voice."

"Yeah... but... I still don't remember that song properly.

Only the melody has burned into my ears, but the lyrics are still unclear. But he eats down.

"I'll teach you. I just remembered the end. Just let me know."

For a moment, Shiori nodded confused and bound to the heat of her purple blue eyes.

"... the bud opens, the flowers smell, the earth fruits in gold."

As he sings, he tries to follow him and sighs.

― ― The bud opens, the flowers smell, the earth fruits in gold

And the normal winter that comes around is sleep and healing.

Innocent nights pass in peace.

The birds will sing, and the morning will be full of light.

Fruit, prosperity, happiness

Stridia, my homeland, gentle earth (Frenvali)

"Stridia, my homeland, gentle earth (Frenvali)"

The phrase, which is repeated many times, bears the name of a strong and gentle lover.

"Good luck, Stridia. My homeland - the gentle earth (Frenvali)."

The melody, which is easy to remember and familiar to the ears, will eventually become a solo without Alec's help.

"My homeland, the gentle earth (Frenvali)."

Theori spinned a song. Spinning a lover's name with a soft voice over and over again.

Eventually he began to slip asleep, and Siori fell down into the bench with him, leaving him in custody. I gently stroked the chestnut hair of my loved one and kept singing until I could hear her breathing.

Shiori

I felt like I heard my brother's, mother's, father's, calling out his name.

Shiori. People who spin poetry. The name is given to someone with a rich heart who can weave gentle, warm poetry that doesn't have to be fine.

(I don't know if I can be who I am.)

Siori smiles as she sings.

(I want to spin gentle and warm memories with this person)

Whether the thoughts were conveyed, Alec, who should have slept, smiled slightly at the edge of his mouth. And murmuring.

- With my singing princess.