Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

In the morning, a grey cloud is about to start snowing. The northern territorial capital, Tris, celebrated its second birthday after the festival, attracting tourists and finally restoring their usual calm.

The street decorations were removed, and many stalls that opened disappeared from the streets. Travellers are sparse, and most of the people walking in the streets are ordinary citizens.

The next time the city gets crowded is around the New Year's holidays at the cathedral.

"You've calmed down a lot. Aren't there a few requests for directions and escorts for a while?

"And hopefully there will be fewer crusade requests... well, is this difficult?"

Alec flickers at the knights patrolling the city.

They seemed to have no gaps in their tight movements, but their faces seemed tired of hiding. In addition to special guards, he was busy dealing with thefts aimed at tourists and drunken fights during the period.

A strange knight saluted and passed by with a bitter smile. Looking back with Louis, Siori exhaled a small sigh.

"The knights seem busy, too. You're dealing with more refugees, right?

Not too loud, but the dispatch of some of the knights across the Kingdom to the border has now made domestic policing difficult. Newspaper articles about the Imperial Civil Unrest also began to glimpse issues related to it, such as raising issues with the country and alerting readers.

--Some refugees are entering the territory near the border. Many of them seem to be looking for work, but not many fall prey to begging and banditry. Some of them seem to be buying people from all over the world, and many voices are worried about the deterioration of security. The Knights say they are struggling to cope.

The Adventurers' Association (Alliance) has instructed me to report any refugees to the Knights immediately. The same is true, of course, of suspicious individuals.

"Certainly some of you will depend on the Imperials who have settled in the country, so it will be difficult to control everything... but we'll have to leave it to the country and the Knights."

Alec said we'd do what we could as adventurers, but his side was full of sadness. Theori thought that there might be something to think of as a king nation and perhaps a former aristocrat.

"Be careful, Shiori. Immigrants are also easy to see. And there was a concert."

"Yeah, okay. Be careful. For the time being, I won't walk alone."

It may be a little inconvenient to buy out, but this is different from Japan. Tris is a city that is safe enough to walk at night, but the poor quality of the outlaws who are mistaken for the good people is quite different from Japan's.

Unpopular backstreets can be crowded and robbed. I've never been called by a feminine man on the street once or twice, and I've been dragged into a suspicious shop by men pretending to be lost tourists. To put it more simply - those who thought they were friends were going to die.

"... well, unless it's too much, I'm there, and so is Louis. You don't have to be extremely anxious."

Yeah, thanks.

I can count on my lover and friends who are holding their sides tight. Grabbing back the stretched tentacle, Alec looked up and smiled.

― ― Open the door of a completely familiar union (guild).

On the other side of the counter, my brother Zach and his staff seem to be busy with paperwork. In the conversation room, waiting colleagues spent time looking at the request form and summarizing the report in their own way.

Someone sends a greeting and lightly interprets it back.

Zach tapped the edge of the wrapped document on the desk and straightened it, turning his right shoulder around to deconstruct. Then I noticed this and smiled bitterly. Luli, who moved quickly, slipped into the gap on the shelf, somehow inviting him to try not to get into sight.

Good morning, brother.

Don't let the sperm come out in the morning.

"Oh, good morning. There were a lot of small requests. I still have a lot of reports and bills left. It's hardly a big deal, but there's a lot of epilepsy."

It seems that some absurd masters push the verdict with little confirmation, but Zach seemed to be looking through everything.

It seems that the previous Master Rambald was also quite well documented, but his own serious wrongdoing led to some changes in the way the Master was selected and in the content of his regular reports to the Union (Guild) headquarters in King's Landing.

(... I'm sure they took it that hard at HQ)

No one has been legally punished by the incident of which he was a victim. Runwald, who was the main culprit, was dismissed, and his former associates became uncomfortable and voluntarily moved to another branch.

However, it was a case that was temporarily treated as a Knights case, and investigators came from headquarters. As an organization large enough to have a branch in most of the continent's northwestern major states, it could not have been ignored.

"... it was the top story about the band."

"Really? I'd say it was quick... but I knew the singing princess's face was unnatural because I was an amateur."

"Someone must have thought something had happened and slowly returned it."

Siori, who remembered the blurry and dawn incident, quickly returned to me in their words.

Look into the Tris Times on the counter with Alec.

Felicia and Hildegardo were featured in a top article describing an injury that involved singing princesses Felicia Amrean and the Elvestam Symphony Orchestra, who were to meet at a concert during one of the birthday events. Fortunately, I didn't find any descriptions of the fake Shiori. I wonder if Connie and the Knights hid it.

"... Karina Swanholm and Runal Orstedt will be escorting you to King's Landing soon... and the cathedral and hall will soon have a meeting..."

The conspiracy against Elvestam Hall's singers, who also called themselves King Capital One, ended with the arrest of their respective trusted managers.

The cathedral side, which was about to ruin a concert made possible by the assistance of many leading nobles, seems to be seriously protesting against the hall to which the mastermind of the plot belonged. Ultimately, however, even if it ended in great success and the Archbishop and his greatest supporter, the Border Master's intention was that it would only be a claim for the expenses paid to settle the case without making a claim for compensation.

"... what a generous treatment."

With some irony, Alec immediately caught his eye on the next article.

"― ― The world from the perspective of the gods, the magician whose identity is unknown, is he a messenger of God...? It's a complete color article, this one."

He said he smiled bitterly. The awkward Shiori loosens and strays.

"It seems that I've learned from somewhere that you and I are really an adventurer. Some reporters have been wandering around since yesterday."

"There were so many people involved. Someone must have leaked it."

"Ugh... I'm sorry."

Alec slapped Shiori on the shoulder with an apology.

"Well, I'll make a proper fool of you, but if you need me, I'll flip your name off the border."

"... yeah"

Theori, who seems to have fallen under the "protection" of a noble nobleman for only a few trivial reasons, can only laugh ambiguously.

I heard the carriage parking outside. Outside the window, you can see a wagon lying in front of the guild.

"Oh, a parcel?... but the time seems different from usual."

Though Zack raised his hips to say that it might be a express delivery, Theoli and Alec shouted softly when they saw the face of the person who got off the wagon.

The coat I wore was like a courier, but I recognized silver hair and glasses peeking under my hat.

Connie.

I pushed my hat down a lot and looked at him through the window. Connie smiled and opened the union (guild) door with a wooden box.

"Chi-su. Fast delivery!

The appearance and voice were undoubtedly the Connie that just broke up the other day, but the tone is entirely young in the shipping industry. As he approached the two people who were stunned, he laughed hard.

"Luggage for Zach Siel. It's a little heavy, so I'll bring it to the room if you like."

Apparently, he wants to keep it a secret. Zach nodded, "Siori, Alec. Bad people help me sort," he pointed to the master room. Take Connie with you and enter the room as told.

Connie, who placed a wooden box on the instructed table, took off his hat and exhaled. Then I lowered my eyebrow buttocks and smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry about this. Newspaper reporters are wandering around... asking for the help of an incoming and outgoing vendor. It's okay, I'm a trusted person, so I'll never leak from him. The luggage was actually not addressed to Zack, but to Ciori and Alec, but I refrained from naming them on the spot just in case."

"No, I'm a little surprised... thank you for your concern."

"You're quite an actor. You can do it as an actor."

Stop saying what Alec says, he scratches his nose with a smelly smell and laughs.

It seems that there are many reporters targeting Elvistam Symphony Orchestra incidents and phantom magic users, making it difficult to go out easily. I had to dress up as a familiar courier.

"That's why I can't stay too long. I want to pay you back and talk a little bit later."

Connie, who signed the paperwork after paying the late fee, sipped Zach's cup of tea and wet his mouth.

"There's not much I can talk about even though I said... We've only heard so much about the incident as we've been told."

It appears that Felicia and the others were transferred to the Knights early yesterday morning. After the hearing, you will return to King's Landing, but perhaps you will start by doing some disguise work, such as disguising to avoid confusion.

He said, "You know, you know, like me, you know, you might turn into a knight and come out."

That's what Connie laughed at.

"... so this is about Shiori-san."

Looks like this is the real deal. Theoli hardened herself. Alec grabbed his shoulders and somehow Louis stroked his feet as he entered the room.

"After all, there were inquiries after that. We refused the interview without asking any questions, but some people were allowed to use the name of Uncle Border. That's why most of them retracted, but some of them may not have given up. You might try to get in touch in another way, so you should be on full alert for the time being."

"Really...? I feel kind of important... I'm sorry."

"No, don't worry about it. It was because of Shiori-san's efforts that there was such an echo. But that last phantom is what a lot of people care about....."

Although it may be my fault that those gentle eyes that lowered their eyebrows and buttocks and laughed seemed somehow like they were exploring.

I didn't pay much attention to it immediately after the concert. But newspaper articles and Connie's words made me realize that it was more troublesome than I thought.

--The phantom I casually showed you. Far higher than climbing the mountains, it reflected the view overlooking the stratosphere. That landscape, so shaped as to be the continent, is never seen in the technology of this world. Perhaps there are people who want to find out who they are.

Siori, who couldn't stand the sight of the three of them staring at us silently, squeezed his hand tightly on his lap.

"--Unfortunately, the east is a largely untapped area. It's a region that's finally opened in recent years, so it's no wonder we had a technology we didn't know about. The landscape that you reproduced as an Oriental must be of that kind. At least I... that's what I and the Archbishop interpret."

Connie, who looked straight at Theoli, said that there was no explanation other than to interpret it that way.

"The Archbishop will not hesitate to cooperate so that even if those who pursue some kind of 'meaning' about the phantom show up, there will be no trouble. Many of the cathedral's books depict the gods' world."

"... ah. I mean...?

"It's a landscape depicted in a secret book. It will smell a little sticky, but let's push it through. I also need to ask you what you mean. That's why I need to talk to you."

Connie pushed up his glasses and smiled.

"I've decided to hold a concert every year. And Tori is a chorus of" Stridia "by the participants and the audience. To do this, I would like to ask Theori for a phantom of the gods' perspectives."

"Hahaha...."

I see.

Alec and Zach roared.

By incorporating it into a routine event, the landscape was only reproduced at the request of the cathedral, and we intend to take it in the direction that Theori does not have any special characteristics.

Still, the neighborhood may be noisy for a while, but over time, and if the reasoning permeates, it will eventually become "true."

Theoli stroked her chest down relieved.

"I'm sorry, thank you for everything."

"No, please don't really care. I'm rather sorry that I got involved in all kinds of noise when I called you at our convenience. So..."

Please feel free to spend the rest of your day in peace. That said, he smiled.

"... yes. Thank you very much."

Instead, the indoor room, which was floating with disturbing air, finally became calm.

"Uncle Frontier is familiar to us too. I'm going to see you soon, so I'll talk to you."

"I appreciate that. I'll do it myself."

He stood up while saying so.

"Well, it's time for me to go back. I'm sorry I'm not busy... but thank you for your continued support."

Shake hands hard with each other and make a short goodbye.

"... oh, dear. I forgot this."

As he was about to leave, he pointed to the wooden box placed on the table.

"It's a gift from one of our investors, Uncle Enkvist. I'm very impressed. I should have enjoyed it with the participants, but it arrived this morning and I couldn't make it. But I got quite a bit of it... so I split it it between the two of you who worked so hard. They just got it yesterday, so it's fresh. But..."

So Connie had a long, meaningful bitter smile.

"... no, well, please try opening it right away. It is said to be the finest from Lake Morne, which boasts the second-largest catch in the country. Now you can still eat it raw. Bye."

Cover your eye-catching silver hair with a new hat.

Well, that bruised me!

Connie, who had left the room, disguised himself as a courier youth just as he did when he arrived.

(It seems like it really has the character of an actor....)

Shiori, who dropped it off in the middle of the day, shifts his gaze to the crate he left behind.

"What is it? It's like ingredients, but... what's wrong, Alec?"

Looking casually at him, his face looked strange as if he had eaten something odd.

"No... I heard it's from Lake Morne and I figured out what's in it."

He told me to open it without breaking his expression.

Open the lid of a wooden box that looks like a transport cooler. Fluffy is the scent of the waterfront like a seaweed. The ice and snow that protected the contents were removed by hand, and the black hard, large object that came out of it was dragged out - a plump, elongated milky white tentacle stuck to the hand and took a short breath.

"Wow, wow, what is this!

"Uh-oh!? It's dangerous!"

With no shame or audience, Siori shouted out loudly. With momentum, Siori took it down and stuck to Alec aggressively.

With a hard and heavy sound, Zach hurriedly presses it down on the table to prevent it from falling to the floor.

"Ko... eh, are you a shellfish? What is this, shellfish?

Alec laughed bitterly as he looked down at Shiori, whose conversation turned out to be too funny.

"Ah... I see, I've never seen it before. It's a shellfish." of rumors. "

"This is... wow..."

--It was a huge shellfish. A black-black shellfish with a hug. Do you have a body length of 30 to 40 centimeters? There were giant shellfish like shrimp shellfish in the other world, but I've never actually seen them before.

From the gap in the shell, seeing the contents like a milky white mollusc, Shiori shook his body.

Ruli reached out her tentacle with interest, and the contents shrunk slightly.

"When it comes to adult shellfish, it's about four or five metels. This makes me stiff, very unsuitable for eating, and extremely ferocious. The Union (Alliance) near the habitat is often asked to destroy him, as it can attack fishing boats during spawning season. But the juvenile shellfish is thick and delicious."

"Chi... baby shellfish? Is this a baby shellfish?

Besides, it handles magic beasts.

The shana shellfish moved with suspicion. For some reason, it felt as if the shellfish were staring at me, and Shiori, who trembled, gave Alec a strong hand to hold onto.

"Come on, it's disgusting... scary (kowa)..."

"It may look like it, but it's delicious. If it's not the finest product from Lake Morne, it's a substitute you can't eat unless you go to a fine restaurant. It's thick as a grilled cheese."

Zack glances at the shellfish with his eyes sparkling as he blues into his buttocks.

Theoli and Alec looked at each other and smiled at each other. Because I came here to find out the meaning of the look that Connie showed me when he left.

"... you know, brother. We'll just... refrain from eating together."

"Whoa, okay? It's the finest stuff... I see, maybe you guys"

Zach seems to have figured it out.

--The incident involving the two of them was caused by the Shana cold caused by this shellfish. As a result, it was caused not by a shana cold but by poison, but for the two of them who had just heard the symptoms in detail, there was something mentally harsh. I remember a lot and I don't feel like I can eat it deliciously.

"I think it might hit me somehow..."

"That's right...."

As for Ciori, it's so huge that I don't want to be a grotesque substitute.

I see. Well then, don't hesitate to ask. You can feed them raw. Others, well, even if it's heated up and you have to put up with it... I'm looking forward to lunch. "

Zach, who had reclaimed the harvested shellfish in a wooden box, instructed his staff to take it to the cafeteria.

The two who looked at him looked at him silently, and they could only smile with an unspeakable expression.