Life with a Tail

Autumn has also deepened considerably and it is getting cold in time.

The store is as busy as ever. I'm definitely busier than before.

Chill and Phil just went in and got an even better reputation, and it's normal to wait in order. Because they're both cute.

It's also a problem that Mr. Reasoner is subtly packing the table and increasing the number of tables. We're dealing with more customers after getting narrower, so that's hard.

But even in those busy days, Phil's got the best skin. Not since I bought the skirt...... Cain, isn't that a little too chocolate? We can't really talk about people either.

Only Chill is quiet. Yeah, healing's important.

"Natsuki, Ruti, it's a customer."

Mr. Reasoner called me when I was taking a small break in the back.

Customers with us? Not from the store? Who knows. It's like Cain and Mr. Trisha, but they're both at work today, and who is it?

"I'm with the Mages, and they're on official business, so they're waiting for me in the reception room."

Oh, what? I didn't hear that. You mean they call me on the slime extermination thing like Cain said before...?

"What do we do?

"There's nothing you can do. You have to meet him and listen to him."

I wish I could just be cautious. What if there's a fine or a penalty or something?

"" Excuse me. ""

Knock on the door and you two go in. When I go inside, the person who sat and waited gets up and bows his head.

"I'm sorry to visit all of a sudden, I'm a man named Nella who belongs to the Mages. Master Natsuki, is that Rutimo?

"Oh, yes, I'm Natsuki."

"I am Rutimo"

The woman who named her Nera seems to belong to the Mages. Is it not like the Knights?

Oh, this guy's got a tail like me growing. I don't have a horn... so I guess I'm not a dragon man, I'm a scaleman.

"Something?

I shouldn't, I just stared at it.

"Sorry, I've never seen you with a tail like mine before."

"Oh, because I'm a scalman. Though not as rare as you, the dragon man, overall, is less."

There weren't many scalpels. I see. I don't see it.

"So what can I do for you?

"Yes, I apologize for the sudden, but I'd like you to come with me to the headquarters of the Mages of the Royal Castle."

"Yeah, more in content...?

"I have more explanations than Dalg, the head of the Mage Corps, so from my mouth..."

Hey, Captain, are you all right? I don't feel like I'm going to be angry with you.

I'm afraid I'm still at work, so I'll get permission from the owner before I leave the room.

"I'm just saying, Mr. Reasoner, can I go?

"I mean, go. I'm here on official business, so I can't say no."

"Yes. Then it's over. Because if it's late, I'll be back in the store, regardless of time"

"Will you tell me as far as I can when I get back?

"Okay. Well, let's give Phil and Chill a shout before we go."

That's how I told Phil and Chill that I would be out once, and I hurried to get dressed and head to the royal castle with Mr. Nella.

Go down the road to the royal castle, which is shaken with catacotto and usually not allowed in. I thought you were walking away, and Mr. Nella had a little carriage for me. Speaking of which, I might be new to carriage riding.

"Oh, the aristocracy is beautiful."

The roads are better equipped than the general neighborhoods we live in, and there are many beautiful stone and brick buildings.

"But I don't have an outhouse or anything, and if I say I'm a little lonely, I miss you."

There are a few shops for nobility, but there is little like hustle and bustle because not all kinds of shops are hissing together. I guess that's why I feel lonely.

However, since it is quiet, I have a comfortable drowsiness that goes hand in hand with the swing of the carriage...... As I endured for a while biting down the stretch, I could see the castle and the moat.

"" Ooh. "

There's a castle right there that I've never seen before, even if I wanted to. The castle you see just around the corner is so intimidating. Naturally, but more disappointing than the families of the aristocratic city, and of course not the same size.

I wish I hadn't come here because this was a call...

"It's time to get there, so get ready to go down"

"" Okay. ""

They're finally getting there. Oh, my stomach's starting to crack.

Walking through the castle, Mr. Nella took me out to the garden, more of a square like a sports field. If you look closely, some knights train to run in, punch in, etc.

There is a building at the corner of such a square that looks like a detachment. Apparently that's HQ.

They will be taken straight to the front of a room at headquarters.

"Dear Natsuki and Rutimo, I have brought you both."

When Mr. Nella says so, from inside the room, a voice returns asking me to come in.

When I went inside, my uncle was sitting in the executive chair. Whether you're working out or from above your clothes. I can see it's mucky.

"Are you Natsuki and Rutimo? I am Dalg, who is the head of the Mages. Regards."

When we finished introducing ourselves, the couch was advised to stay seated.

Um, I'm a little relieved that it doesn't seem to have some kind of angry vibe, but then what's the business?