Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

--A soft winter morning sun that leaks out of the gap between curtains. I hear a snow carriage running through the street.

"...... nh......"

Waking up to morning signs, Shiori blurred her gaze while wrapped in a futon. It can be seen that the light over the curtains is bright and it is clear today.

Stridia's winter dawn is late, and the sunrise time at this time of the year is after 8: 30. The fact that the outside is so bright already means that I've overslept a lot.

The bed next to him was already set up and unattended. Louis wasn't supposed to have slept on the floor. I also heard a noise from the next room. They're both awake.

"I have to wake up...."

Though I think so, the body that remains indifferent doesn't listen to me anymore.

"I'm a little... lazy"

Theoli once again meditated slowly. I'm holding back my mind that I'm going to have a slight physical fatigue. But that carelessness is by no means offensive. Rather, it is.

----Remembering the various feelings of Takebone's hands crawling around places they would never have touched if they hadn't been friends, Theoli turned red.

"... you said it was just a taste."

It's almost like eating (...) it.

The day we first bathed together. Indeed, as proclaimed, it did not touch upon anything. But it was conditional on not doing it until the end. For Alec, "that" might just be a little fun between lovers. Until now, they had done things like snacks, so it was obvious that it wasn't going to happen on a naked day.

Cute and fallen in pieces in the bathtub, my consciousness flew away shortly after I got out of the bath that day. I woke up the next morning.

Even in the evening, he devoted a great deal of love to me, and the memories from there were vague.

"If it's just a taste, what happens when I finish..."

When I spoke to myself, the door of the bedroom opened quietly.

"... did it happen?"

You must have taken care not to wake me up. With a gentle peek at his face, Alec came close enough to realize that Cili was awake. Louis also shivered with his face.

"Ah... good morning. I'm sorry, I fell asleep again."

"I don't mind. I usually get up early, and even if I slow down a little, I won't get punished."

Alec laughed hard after only touching him instead of greeting him.

"--I meant to cut it a lot, but if this happens with just a little taste (...), will you cut it even more? I think we should stop before we get to work."

"Really, just a little? Is that it?

"Ah, if it's just the taste, and it's so cute and upsetting every time, then how much is the real thing?"

After pressing a pillow on his lover's face to say something terribly embarrassing from the morning, Theori quickly stepped out of the bed and began to change quickly behind the rush.

"... already"

Leaving Alec laughing while holding a pressed pillow, he headed to the bathroom. Her face in the mirror standing up to dress up is red. After washing her face with cold water and applying light makeup, Shiori finally calmed down and exhaled.

--I 've heard rumors of incest and lack of success, but that's probably true.

I saw a bathtub through the mirror, and then the lewd sight of last night ran over my brain and rushed it off.

As expected, I don't intend to "taste" it every day, but that play is too stimulating.

And for some reason, Louis, who is bathing with her, leaves the bath at "just the right time". Thanks to Alec, it's all he wants to do, but no matter what he thinks, he seems to know what he's doing. I thought you were smart, but that slime seems to know more than you think.

I feel complicated, but I still feel happy.

(I didn't hate it. It's beautiful... what you told me)

─ After all... you're beautiful.

She gently stroked both her arms with her fingertips, leaving a lot of ugly scars.

It's proof that you tried to live. Even if you don't mean it, don't be ashamed of it. Say it again and again. I kept fighting to live. You're beautiful. "

That's what he said. He held me tight.

Because of him, I thought I could dedicate my body and mind.

--Soon Alec, standing behind him, hugged Siori's body.

"... Shiori. I won't force you. Sometimes I don't feel like riding. When that happens, you have to tell me."

"... yeah. Thank you, Alec. I will."

Looking up, he bent his body to reach Shiori. Put your mouth on that lip.

"Oh, yeah. Of course, I don't mind if you ask me out."

"... already. Alec."

It was ruined because it was somehow surrounded by a good atmosphere.

I smiled bitterly and put it on my mouth again. After gently pecking each other, Alec pulled Siori's hand.

"Breakfast is served. It's like a portable soup and roasted intestinal meat."

"Ugh, you... yeah, thank you. You're so sweet, Alec."

I'm drowning in your kindness. That said, he smiled.

"If you drown me, I'd rather hope. I love you everyday."

"Uhh...."

I am ashamed of the loving words of my lover, and I am so happy that my chest aches.

After spending a fine but expensive morning surrounding the table and having a warm meal with their loved ones and loved friends, they finished cleaning up and changed into their work clothes.

I plan to visit Nils' pharmacy today before going to the guild.

It's been a little while, but I think it's time we were ready.

My client's hand rough ointment that I couldn't pick up because I had a night's work in between. This medicine is mainly used for the treatment of acne. For the time being, the dryness has been resolved by applying the ointment I bought from the store, but if I forget to apply it seasonally, my fingertips and joints will be cut and blood will seep. Still, it is only a recommended medicine, and I appreciated the clarity of the product as long as it is applied.

"Before, most of my fingers were cut and it hurt so much that it was very different. Thank you for buying."

"Ah, the pain is gone."

"Yeah."

While having such a conversation, Theori and the others headed to the pharmacy ahead of the guild opened the door to the store. When I visited at the beginning of the year, the shop was bustling as usual, even though customers were neglected. You can also see your colleagues glittering and greet each other lightly.

"- Hey, there you are."

"Yes, sorry I'm late."

"It's okay. It's work again, isn't it?

Well...

The two eyes were nailed onto the counter while the conversation was going on.

A counter that separates the sales floor from the owner's area, a place that doesn't get in the way of work. Allaune throws the top half of her body from the splendid planting pot placed there. I was holding a bottle of magic healing medicine with tentacle-like roots so I could drink it whenever I wanted.

It is never my fault that I feel that only this place in a cozy store illuminated by soft lights creates a strange atmosphere. In fact, the area around the bustling planting pots is not popular.

"... almost as expected."

"... yeah"

It was as if they were drinking in the hot spring in one hand in a liquor bottle, and the two erupted into the appearance of Allaune, and Louis trembled softly as she said something.

In contrast, Nils and Araune were satisfied.

Um...

Extremely easy. I don't know where the voice is coming from, but it sounded like it was saying it.

"... so, did you decide your name?

"Yeah."

Nils nodded with a smile to Alec, who distracted himself from the pharmacist's magic with an unspeakable expression.

"It's Yiel."

"... Yiel. Eyre, I see. That's a good name."

Alec explained that he was leaning his neck on a conversation that only the two of us could understand.

"In the name of God, who governs the medical treatment of Northern mythology. It seems to be the name of a pharmacist who was active in the old days."

It seemed like Yale or Ayle to be correct, but he adopted "Yale", which is nicknamed "Yale," because it is fearful to have the name of God remain intact.

"Wow. Nice name."

It's a fine name for the pharmacist's devil, the lord of the cave.

Allaune proudly shook his wasabi and leaves, named Yiel, to Shiori, who shook his voice of admiration. It's like, "Hello! But it seems to be saying.

"... well, it's the medicine you asked for, but it's ready."

Spooky and strange, Nils took out a small ointment can from under the counter after finishing showing off the name of some beloved wizard. The name and purpose of the cilantro is written in small letters on the lid label to avoid confusion.

The ointment inside was pale, translucent green and looked like a smooth gel-like cream. But if I take it with my fingertips a little, it is much more viscous and hard than I thought.

"I put in ingredients that are difficult to flow even at water work. Apply this to fill the affected area. It's okay, it's not irritating."

"Like this...?

Place the ointment in your hand on a small wound that is slightly cracked and lean. Nils nodded, "Yes, that's how it feels," when she stretched the coat to lightly suppress the wound.

"It's also painkiller and disinfectant, so it works very well for badly inflamed skin. I usually apply ointment in the meantime and try to apply it if it cracks."

When I heard that the painkiller was included, I felt that the pain in the affected area had subsided. Once I applied it and got used to the skin, it didn't seem to come off even if I rubbed it a little.

"Thank you very much. Good, now we can do the winter water work."

"Hmm, but I'd like you to be discreet if you could."

He smiles bitterly at that and pays Alec the amount offered for taking out his wallet. It's a good price just for specially made medicine made with luxury herbs. I felt sorry for Theori, but it was a cliché saying, "I'm the one who said it, let me pay."

"... thank you, Alec. Nils, too."

After holding the handed ointment can and smiling, Shiori carefully put it in the medicine pouch. Alec gently strokes the hand.

--This is the end of the short and intense "journey" that began with the request for formulating Shiori's hand roughness ointment.

"... it's only been a few days, but it's been kind of different."

The smell and Nils muttered.

"I was in a life-threatening crisis, but I got a lot of good medicinal herbs and valuable data, and I met a 'happy friend'. Somehow it was a good thing."

Nils said thank you for giving me the chance to travel like that. The Araune in the pot shakes the leaves.

"I was in a lot of pain, but I really looked back at myself, and..."

Alec, who was holding Siori's shoulder, looked down at her purple blue eyes gently.

"You've become more intimate (...) than ever. It wasn't a bad trip."

The chest of Shiori suddenly rang, feeling the meaning of intimacy included in the words that were deeply emphasized. However, Nils seemed to have taken the meaning intact.

"Haha, you seem to be getting closer. As a companion... I'm glad."

That said, Nils, who smiled softly, shook a warm hand, and the two of them and one of them were sent to the lazy voice of his servant, "Ah", and left the pharmacy behind.

"--I 'm really glad. They're going to make us happy."

Nils whispered with a smile engraved on the edge of his mouth as Siori and the others left and gazed at the door that was closed with the sound of the doorbell.

"That's not all. I feel like I'm heading in a good direction when they meet and start getting to know each other."

What do you mean, Yiel twisted his body so that he could tilt his little head. While laughing at the clever technique, Alec gently strokes the coin he left behind for payment.

"... the Siori case. I dropped a deep shadow on everyone's hearts. Everyone knew something was wrong, but nobody could help him. It's been on my mind for a long time. That guilt must have weighed heavily somewhere."

There has been a somewhat stagnant air in the Tris branch since the [Dawn] incident.

----I think that my reluctance and guilt towards Shiori, or my feelings of compassion, suppressed my feelings of trying to enjoy something from the bottom of my heart.

Maybe it was a posteriori impression, but it was the mood of those who had been involved with her at least once and who had cultivated feelings of companionship.

Whether it's Zack or Clement, it doesn't matter. Unfortunately, one of us is going to be together. "

Never had such a conversation among his peers once or twice. Everyone knew that the incident had consolidated Siori's determination to live alone. None of them had the will to pull her hand and save her from loneliness. If the two men closest to her had withdrawn, they would have excused themselves and driven her deeper into loneliness.

That loneliness cannot be solved by Theori herself. It's dark enough to crawl up unless someone pulls their hand. It was a tragic incident enough to inflict such a wound.

But I didn't want to hurt her any more, but I built a wall of reluctance with her. Some say that nobody had the answers to how to heal that deep wound.

"... but perhaps the feeling of wanting to heal was the cause of the defeat."

At the end of the summer, after finishing his long work outside and returning for the first time in a few years, Alec quickly narrowed his distance from Ciori. Alec jumped over the hedge of reluctance and walked towards her, and somehow he removed the wall.

Now that Alec knows he's in pain, it turns out that the relationship isn't just one-sided, it's shared support.

Perhaps such a reciprocal relationship was necessary for a serious and self-reliant Shiori.

After seeing Siori finally being freed from the incident, the mood of those involved with her is also about to change.

Zack, who was looking at Alec as he approached Theori with a somewhat complex face, recently turned his eyes towards the two.

Clemens, who seems to have fallen in love with someone (...), finally broke up with him recently. I began to see Nadia, who had been rumored for some time in the past, becoming more intimate than ever.

Linus and Ellen, who have been traveling with us the other day, also seem to be inspired by Siori and Alec to start looking for a lover.

I met you, too.

When I stroked Yale's white body and poured him with magic healing pills, his leaves twitched with joy.

"It may be that... the weight on my mind has been removed and my stagnant luck may have started to move."

Positive feelings attract good patrols.

This is the beginning of a good year.

I wonder if it will be bought out. Nils murmurs while welcoming Clement and Nadia who came to the store together.

--A new year. May it be a happy year for the pharmacist.