Riot Grasper

"Are you all right? From what I've seen, it doesn't seem to burn so badly."

Having been a cook for many years, Mr. Gauss saw the burns on my arm saying he was used to burns and other injuries.

"I don't think you'll be concerned about it in a few days if you cool it down and treat it immediately."

That's what Mr. Gauss said, and Martha soaked the cloth towel in the cold water she'd been pumping in the well, squeezing it and then covering it on the burnt area.

Though it is pleasant to feel calm and possible to treat it with your own magic, on this occasion I decide to be generous and sweet.

"Rim was a beast man, wasn't he?"

"Excuse me. Hide it."

A rim with a peppered head down toward the old couple.

"No, no, that's okay. Because it would certainly be less troublesome in the Imperial capital to hide that you are an animal man. You don't have to worry about me or Gaussian."

Fortunately, this old couple doesn't seem to be keen followers of Crikeia. It is traumatic that a person who has become close suddenly becomes a leopard.

... right. I need to return the cooking skills I borrowed to Mr. Gauss.

Arrow tip trying to reach out in the guise of a natural...

"By the way, Mr. Sage doesn't usually seem to cook very well"

"Huh?"

Earlier, when Mr. Gauss said that he had cooked all that in front of him, he didn't think such words could be directed, and a voice followed up.

"You can tell by looking at your hands. The hand of someone who's been holding a knife for a long time is quick."

Mr. Gauss smiled bitterly and showed me his palm facing this way. By the way, there are burn marks, cuts, knives, dakos, hands in season.

"Excuse me, I didn't mean to surprise you. No...... I was actually a little shocked. Though I taught you, I didn't think it would be easy to reproduce my prized dishes."

Well, I borrowed your culinary skills over the years.

"Besides, you're not usually supposed to cook much. But... I was strangely convinced that some of them were."

"And say?

"I'm ashamed to say so myself, but Mr. Sage's movements in the kitchen were sophisticated. It's like... like the old me."

Mr. Gauss smiled with a wrinkled face as a kusha.

"Don't laugh, will you? At that time... a miracle happened and I felt like my experience as a cook had been poured on Mr. Sage. Then I convinced myself strangely."

...... J, it's an artificial miracle though.

I respond to Mr. Gaussian's words as I jump my heart rate.

"Ah, ha. But if Mr. Gaussian's experience was really poured on me, Mr. Gaussian, you'd be in trouble."

Even if you broke your body enough not to hold the knife, you might have a chance to cook in some fold.

"Ha. Thank you for accompanying such an old man's delusions. But I guess I won't be cooking anymore. When I closed the store, I decided to eat Martha's hand cooking and relax from now on. I've been whipping you as a cook for years, and I need to give you some rest."

Mr. Gauss wrapped my hand softly with a gritty palm.

"So… if so, I would like Sage to further refine my cooking experience. You can have a dream that your old skills will be handed down to younger generations."

"No, but..."

That said, hey?

As Martha wrapped a bandage around her chilled arm, I could see that Mr. Gauss was trying to move both hands wrapped around this one.

But the bitter palms remain more of a wrap than a grip.

"... you know what I mean? It hardly moves anymore."

"Ah..."

"Nice to meet you"

I quietly pulled in the hand I was stretching.

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He returned to the Civic District and returned to the Inn where he was staying.

"It's late! Where have you been bluffing all this time!?"

When you go into the room, they're back ahead. Ray's stuffing you.

"... oh! That arm! I told you not to make so much noise."

"No, this is-"

I saw this bandage-wrapped arm and squeezed it in so I could hold my head.

"So... what the hell did you do? Did you punch an angry nobleman and slaughter dozens or so of guards who rushed to the noise? Then let's leave the capital as soon as possible. You both pack your bags."

Hmmm, it really switches fast...... not!!

"Hey, wait a minute! Why would Ray treat me like a dangerous person right away!? Don't let dozens of dead people out on your own!

"'Cause you're about as strong or as passive as you get when you get hurt in the arm, right? Is there any other reason?

"I do! This arm is just a burn."

Thanks to the fast procedure, there is little burn pain anymore.

Take the bandage that was wrapped around it and keep the healing magic just in case.

"Huh. Well, I'll let you talk about it later."

Ray sat on the bed after not hesitating to let his jittery gaze bathe him, which he had not yet fully trusted.

"I've met with the informant on schedule and I've been doing a lot of research."

"Was there any useful information?

"I don't know if it's beneficial, but you had some information that bothered you. He said the emperor and the minister's son were getting engaged, and things went pretty forcefully. An official who expressed disagreement that it was premature was found dead at a later date... and it doesn't stink."

It is the perception in me that the emperor Mihasa, because of his assumption of the throne at an early age, has a minister named Gilbaran manipulating substantive politics behind him.

It is the so-called puppet regime.

I guess the minister wants to take more real power by tying his own son to the emperor.

"The emperor himself doesn't seem to want to talk about this engagement. Even so, you won't be able to disagree with the minister from the front, and yes, there won't be any problems... but you'd better not be particularly distracted at the ceremony venue."

Hmm. You mean there could be a case that would make the engagement ritual suspended?

We need to keep Tiamo out of it.

"And to your Lord's brother, who is your escort... er"

"Van Ludwar?"

"Yes, that one. According to the information received by the eagle, he's already arrived in the capital."

"Yeah, I know"

I guess we arrive in the Empire City one foot ahead of Tiamo, relaxing and even seeing the Empire City.

"I said I know... why?

"Well, the..."

"Don't shut up, 'cause I'm scared of something"

While giving Ray the information obtained here, he also reported on one incident that had occurred at Mr. Gauss's store.

The burn on his arm was caused by a pot thrown at him by Van.

"Totally... behave like a cook to someone, what are you doing? I mean, were you that good at cooking? You."

"It was going well along the way. He got angry when he found out I was an animal."

Unlike me, Ray responds to Rim's words by softening his tone.

"Well, you had me decide it wasn't about today, right? I'm glad it didn't matter."

I burned my arm, though.

"Right. I've actually had a chance to find out what Van is like, and Rim won't get sick."

"Yeah, thanks. Ray, Sage"

- Well, although there have been such happenings since the first day, they have since been peaceful, and Tiamo, who was the client, has also arrived safely in Gran Bern.

I'll make a report that Van Ludwar and I had one of these.

She looked a little sad,

"That's who he is."

and spoken.

Seems to have learned of the tyranny in his body early on in his arrival and made him feel dark. I feel really sorry for you.

but Tiamo quickly regained his mind and told him in a bright tone.

"By the way, there's a parade tomorrow afternoon. Why don't the Sages be seen, too?

The smaller the body, the more intelligent the eyeballs, stare at the glasses.

"But what about the escort?

"I will be ready to attend the party, so I will not go out especially during the day, and my soldiers will be enough to escort me."

The engagement ritual seems to be more grand than I thought, with the first day revealing to the people in a parade, after that revealing to the nobles at a party, and the formal engagement on the second day.

- The next day.

Like a parade of celebrations marching around the city, it was still like a festival.

Lots of stores lined up, and from brightly colored treats that look fun, a fragrant smell like burning sugar flows in the wind.

I was with Rim watching the parade with one hand with the treats I bought at the store.

Ray also invited me, "Why do I have to go all the way to a place with a lot of people? I told you I didn't want to come to Empire City if I could. You ba-"

Recap interrupted.

... and well, they turned me down like this, so now the two of us...

'Master, is that delicious? Can I just eat a little, too?

No, there's a lime on top of my head, so you two and one.

"Ngu...... mmm"

"What do you say? Delicious?"

'Yes, very. But I prefer the dessert your husband used to make before this.'

"You're thinking about saying that and getting it made again, aren't you?

Lime shuddered small and puffy at those words.

"Hey, hey, Sage, I wonder if that's the emperor"

"Hmm...?

Turn around, the center of the long queue was about to come this way.

I guess it's the emperor and his fiancée on the float at the center of the queue.

I can't get to the side because there are so many people, but the man is in a better mood and smiles.

The woman - perhaps the emperor - was a beautiful and elegant girl in the distance.

But his eyes as clear as those young grasses made him feel somewhere lonely.

"Maybe it's because I heard about Ray... you don't look very happy"

"Right, right. I'm laughing all the time... but I think I'm lonely."

Behind our impressions, the parade passed right in front of us, accompanied by a fun sound played by the music team.