The clownia-stamped shipping crate in our couple's bedroom closet, its lid, was opened for the first time in about two years.

What came out of it was a box of official cigarettes.

Laura, who opened the opening, slapped the bottom with her palm and grabbed the floating cigarette.

I grabbed the momentum and grabbed three of them, sucked them all into my mouth, and set them on fire with magic.

It was early to think that the tip of the three lit cigarettes had turned to ash.

She quickly turned all three of them to root ash with an astonishing breath and exhaled smoke with a seldom seen smile.

She smiled satisfactorily with three serials of cigarettes between her fingers, as if she were a college student in a compact, but if she was satisfied, that's fine with me.

Yes, this day... Laura's cessation of smoking, which had been going on since the beginning of her pregnancy, was finally resolved by her twins' weaning.

"It was a difficult experience to quit smoking, but it was better to have more fun in life."

"How long has Laura been smoking?

"Since you joined the army, maybe 10 years ago? I don't remember how it started because most of the people around me smoked it."

Laura, who continued to smoke another cigarette, nostalgically says such a thing.

I can't imagine Laura when she was fourteen.

Was this guy wearing a uniform like me and going to school yawning?

"How was Laura when she was a student?

"I don't know if it was a student, but at the time, I kept the children of an aristocrat at my parents' castle. I was educated at home with them."

Wow, you look like a princess.

No, this guy was a real northern princess.

"I didn't expect to go to school as a researcher, even though it's a decoration."

She smiled bitterly as she said so, spitting out the smoke.

The dry wind sucks the smoke out of the window and blows it out somewhere.

The sunlight that comes in through the window increases dazzling day by day, sweat flows to the rising temperatures, and twins cry.

It was also a hot summer this year in Torkhiba.

One of the apartments standing on Schenker Street had its paddy fields on its rooftop.

This is a small field that has just been planted, raising seedlings from seedlings.

Today, the person in charge here, Iska of the Tiger Cat tribe, guided me with sweat on the sleeves of my clothes.

"How have you been lately?

"I'm doing exactly what Lina told me to do... keep the water from running out, pick up the bugs, and ask the farmers to take care of them every day."

Well, it's getting hot lately, so be careful.

"Everyone's licking salt candy, that was made by your husband...?

Ah, old times.

As you speak, regenerative magic and fortification magic flows to rice, water, and soil.

About three-quarters of the seedlings planted in the fields are super seedlings that I've grown from hand to hand with enhanced magic since the time I was growing them. I think they are also strong against diseases and insects, but I don't know.

I somehow knew how to make seedlings because I had done it in classes at elementary school in the previous life, but I asked Lina Lina, my older brother's wife, who came from this rice.

Perhaps rice cultivation in Japan is completely different, but the stack of rice cultivation that has been going on for more than 2,000 years is quite different, so it is natural that it is inferior.

I'm not trying to succeed in one go, this is my hobby, so just do it.

"Um... how do you eat this crop?

"Oh, no, you've never eaten Iska. It's like losing moisture and eating it like wheat congee."

"Wheat porridge without moisture...?

"Well, it tastes a little different than wheat. I'll give it to you when I can harvest it."

"Um, I'm looking forward to it...."

Behind the blue sky on the rooftop with nothing blocking it, Iska's long tail is swaying.

After going out there with her, I realized that was her mood.

"Iska, have you been using people lately?

"Huh? Well... I'll be a little careful."

That said, she dropped her gaze to her feet.

Iska has abilities, but they are so rare in our society.

But if you're going to be a manager, you shouldn't have to stay shy.

"Listen, Iska, buy your men dinner. Senpai's worth will change completely if you buy me dinner."

"Is it rice...?"

Iska wrapped her tail around her feet so that she could shrink her big body.

"Don't you like inviting people to dinner?

"A little....."

I know how it feels, but it seems that Iska's stranger is a bit rooted.

That's right, let me invite my men to dinner because it's a business order.

Iska's acquaintance may also improve, and Iska's men are happy to eat. I won't say it's Winwin, but it won't hurt to let them try.

Humans don't forget to thank you for your meal.

I don't have any good memories of my previous life's company, but I still have memories of senpai who bought me dinner at a time when I didn't have any money.

I searched the pockets of my pants and removed a piece of gold from my wallet.

Iska.

"Yes... wow!

Her tiger striped tail, catching the gold coin thrown from me, was pointing pin and sky.

"What is it? This"

"Order, keep eating your men until you run out of gold. Of course you'll eat with me."

"Eh, one piece of gold...?

"Yes, in order to buy dinner, you must know your men well. It's the most important part of using people."

A snack with a poor dinner and a poor singer.....

The night my boss forced me to raise the bar and split the bill without drinking.....

Ugh, my head....

"Listen, I'll take you to the store your men like! Don't go to your favorite snack!!

"Don't...? No... what if you refuse...?

"Go as many times as you want! Become a boss who feels good to your men and I'll take care of you as much as the money."

"I see...."

It's cheap if people grow up around the cost of food.

When people grow up, I get easier, and when I get easier, Noah and Lux, who may sit later, get easier.

You and Iska, grow up for me.

I put my hands on the field and sent reinforcement magic to the green seedlings that hurt my eyes.

The water surface of the paddy with its stems stretched out was lit by the sun shining on the tail of Iska, which was heading to the right and left.

What is summer?

Watermelon, summer vacation, beetle, pool.

Of course, it was fun, but speaking of my generation's summer fun, it was Koshien.

It feels strange to watch boys chasing white balls and crying and laughing every day now.

Such a summer Koshien... not only in Torkhiba, but also across the world line, was happening right now.

"Batter, number two, Snow House Minister Harris Linter."

"Haria-soo! Hit it! Snow's pride!!

The private band of the Snow family, the current lord of Turkiba, plays a support song, and their children and wives cheer as loudly as they can.

Yes, now at Schenker Stadium, there was a league match for the Noble Baseball League that had just been launched.

Me and Laura just happened to come to watch the game, but I couldn't sit in the VIP seat even though they were the owners of the stadium due to the large number of spectators.

"But that's a great support."

"Well, the Snow family is the lord, because it has meaning. I'm gathering athletes with the intention of winning, whether yes or no."

"Player? Isn't it just the House of Ministers?

"I picked up a good baseball player as a servant and put him on the team, and he's playing other teams."

"Whoa, really?

In fact, the nobility league team with the most townspeople was Laura's White Beams.

By the way, my Schenker Scorpions aren't in the Nobility League.

The reason is simple, because I'm too busy as Laura's catcher to join you.

My owner, I worked hard in the Nobility League, and the team itself worked hard in the Civilian League.

"What do you expect? I can see that! What do you expect? Don't you see?

"You look good, don't you want to play baseball? The Higashimachi Farmers Federation of the Civilian League. Practice? I wouldn't do that. Easy? You can do it. I can also have a field experience."

But I'm not saying that outdoor seating is a lawless zone, but it's very noisy.

Laura seems to be having fun with her fresh face, but I'm getting a little bit more beaten up.

"But Snow's butter is so grainy, I'm looking forward to it now."

Laura, wearing a bright red Schenker Scorpion hat, whispered out a cigarette and drank a sip of ale.

"Is it better than the others?

Average age is good, just like the Knights, he's a good spear worker.

"Oh, there are a lot of old people in the Magic School Fireballs. I have a thick layer of pitchers."

The Snow White Knights and the Zarkud Stream baseball team had seven back-to-back matches, four to four for Snow's attack, which was a pretty good match.

When a Zarkud-style pitcher swings over and throws the ball, the ball disappears at hand, and when it does, it fits into the catcher's mitt.

A real vanishing demon ball.

When I first saw it, I was really impressed, but this pitcher itself is awesome, and I often play foreball with no-con... because the ball speed is slow, so I get hit normally...

This time, we already had three runners out, and we were already at full base.

"How would you hit that ball?

"I'll bang while watching the catcher's mitt."

"Did you get that hand?"

"I mean, you don't have to shake it to get to the base, and sometimes you don't see the catcher, so you drop the ball."

While I was talking, a fourball came out, and the Snow family got one.

It's hard to call a demon ball after all.

"The simplest thing is that some of the pitchers turned the wizard into a ball and got kicked out."

"Fu, what were you going to do if you were struck..."

"If you think about that, you don't have to be a magician."

On the mount, the director drinks a pointy Zarkud-style pitcher.

Ah, poor thing.

Notice of pitcher change, please change to Remio Leath. Pitcher, Reimi Zarqud. "

"Wow...."

The lady with the nostalgic deep window came alternately from the bench.

She had maroon hair in her helmet just like that day, and she was knocking a catcher mitt with an incredible ball power straight.

"You always look like you don't like her coming out."

"Once upon a time, there were many things."

"You said you got your foot kicked, didn't you try the game?

"No, no, that's not what I'm doing. I was just delivering a poem."

"Phew... poetry..."

There was a cold sweat on my back, which was supposed to be illuminated by the summer sun.

Turning to the next door, Laura looks at the mount with her usual smiling face.

What is this pressure...?

I realized that the people next to me and Laura ran away just like that.

"Um, Laura. What's the matter with you?

"No...."

Laura stared at the back of the lady in the deep window and smiled with an unbelievable face.

"When she hits the next game, I'm going to make her a home run."

Huh?

At that moment, the lady in the deep window standing on the mount turned around and looked at us.

The disturbing air flowed between the two, who were hundreds of meters apart, while the civilians fled.

It's hot in summer.

Summers are hot, but sometimes cold sweats don't stop.

It was me who still lacked experience to understand the complexity of strange women's minds.