The picturesque rice cakes are delicious today

7 Stories: Sweet Trap and Trap Breaking * 2

After a few breaks on the way, we headed to the King's Capital. It seems to take about half a day for the Red Dragon and Alicorn to fly slowly to the Wang capital. I don't want the Summoners to force me this time, so I'm going to fly at a slightly lax pace.

It seems that the Redgard realm is relatively close to the Wang capital, and if you use a carriage, you will reach it in two days.... On the contrary, would it have been a two-day journey without the Summoner? I'm glad you're here.

Thus, at snack time, we arrived in the King's Capital.

... a big town, not comparable to the towns of Redgard territory, was.

There's a gate, and the gatekeepers are watching the people going out. So if Faye exchanges something and then goes inside, the big street stretches straight out and there's a big shop standing on either side of it. And the number of people on the road is enormous.

"... wow"

"Don't you think? It's the king's capital!

Faye seemed to enjoy watching me react. Yeah, I guess the one I used to say, 'It's definitely fun to show people around town.'

"Okay! Now, let's go to the inn! Let's just take a look when we leave our bags! It's a corner!

"Yeah."

And me and Laocles were led to the inn that Faye was planning to stay at today.

The inn was a big building. It's just built on the boulevard of Wangdu, and apparently this is an inn for nobles.... a first-rate hotel, would it treat you like that? That makes me a little nervous.

"All right. It's over. Let's go."

Faye, on the other hand, had finished the process with dignity and brought what seemed to be the key to the room.

"... that? One room?"

But it looks like only one key Faye has. Well, it doesn't matter if you're in the same room.

"Ha. One room, but don't worry about it."

Faye laughed pointlessly when she said that, and then started walking with me and Laocles.... I wonder what it is.

Then I followed after Faye... so I checked the room number and opened the door in the place where it seemed to be our room.

Then.

"... eh"

"Surprised!? You surprised me! I was surprised the first time I saw it, too!

What was there was too much space. Uh, too wide. It's physically impossible. It's huge. No matter how you look at it, this is a lot bigger than the size of the room you should have.

"What's going on with this"

"Something tells me you're embedding ancient magic in your room, making a small space. Thanks to this, you can make sure that you can stay for more than one person the size you don't need!

When Faye says so and walks away, in a large, large room, there are several doors. Wow, it's not one room. There's a room in the room.

"The bedroom... yeah, there are 4. So you can choose your favorite room! One extra!

Well, even if there's one big book in the room, there's more room in it. That's why Faye says, "Don't worry."

"That's why. I took care of the keys to this room, but I'll make sure you guys can use them."

Plus Faye said so and told me to get my hands on it.

When I flattened my hand, I flipped my hand upside down and pressed the room key on the back of my hand, saying the opposite.

... In the meantime, my back of my hand got a little hot and it was back to normal as if nothing had happened at the next moment.

"And Laocles. Here."

Then Laocles is just as keyed to the back of his hand, and finally Faye does the same thing herself. After that, Faye put the keys in the room, somewhere like a key holder.

"Well, when you get into this room, just hit the metal plate at the door."

Apparently, now we can unlock the room. How does this work......

A little surprised to see the magical power of the other world, I quickly picked one room in the room and unloaded my stuff there.... That said, my baggage is not that much. Well, I'm planning on staying the night. I didn't bring many of those either because I heard most household items were in the inn.

... The point is, most of my luggage is like sketchbooks and paintings. And bamboo fruit and other nuts. The point is, the summoners' rice.

"... Is the Summoner's Gem like this room too?"

Looking up at the ceiling of the room, somehow, I wonder if this is the kind of summons that goes into the gem. There's gonna be a big summoner in the little gem, so maybe there's a big space in the gem, like this room.

Maybe 'high magic gem' or 'high magic bamboo barrel' means something like 'large room inside'.

Well, if you look inside the room, you get out of town fast.

It seems Faye has also been to the King's Capital several times, and he guided the King's Capital with pleasure.

Try entering a store that serves delicious snacks or take a peek at what looks like a weapons store. Ha ha, also try to get into the jewellery store.

Although there were also weapons stores, armor stores, jewellers, etc. in Redgard towns, those in the Wang capital are of different sizes. After all, the shops where there are a lot of people are big, and there are a lot of items.

... I was a little interested, so I observed the gems at the jewellery store.

It seems that the gems I give out are often liked by the Summoners, and Faye says, "Demonic Stone with High Magic." Then I wondered what a less magical demonic stone was like.

So observe the jewels lined up in the jewellery store along with the price tag... hey, okay, maybe.

Since I was able to control my magic, I wonder if, to some extent, I've learned about magic other than my own. After all, I feel somewhat like something magical about high gems, and cheap gems don't look very magical.

"Hey, Faye. If I train more, I'll see better magic in things."

"Hmm? Right. I can be!... I'm not very good at it either. But, you know, it's a lot more convenient."

I talked to Faye softly and she gave me that answer. If I train them, they'll see magic other than themselves. Speaking of which, Faye also looked at the bamboo barrel and said, "Magic caged bamboo barrel." I guess that's what this is about.

...... yeah. Let's do our best.

We had dinner at the inn, and we were supposed to sleep.

... Somehow, I feel like it's been a little while since I've slept alone in a decent bed. I often sleep in a hammock, and in that case, mostly, the horses stay close.

And most of the time, Laocles is with me when I'm staying at Faye's. Thinking about it, I don't know... I miss you a little bit.

The thing about a space that only shows signs of itself, well, you should be used to it, and I don't hate it. Rather, it was of a calmer nature to be alone. It's just that I haven't been alone much lately...

"... hmm"

Feeling somewhat restless, I wonder what to do...

"Okay. Good night."

I let out the phoenix and the pipe fox and decided to sleep with them. It feels good and calms down.

I fell asleep, listening to them squeal. [M]

The next day. When I left the room after I had summoned the beast, Laocles was already awake.

Then a little while later Faye woke up, so we all went out for breakfast.

After that... relax a little, I'll kill time while I photograph the landscape I see through the window... and after noon.

We started working on the party quickly.

"Three men make it easier."

Even if it's personal, it's not that big of a deal. My clothes are like a suit, so I can wear them alone enough.... However, it was medium difficult to do the bow tie in a balanced way at my neck, so I worked hard on that several times.

... I've heard that if this is a woman's dress, she can't get dressed alone. Yeah, I'm glad I'm a man.

When you get dressed, check your belongings at the end, then leave.

Aim is the royal castle. The most splendid building in this country, apparently.

There was a gatekeeper at the entrance to the royal castle, where Faye went through some formalities. The gatekeepers let us through.

Moving on, we went into the building... and there, we were amazed.

"Wow......!

Anyway, broad.

The luxurious stone building was rolling from the outside, but I could see its size again when I went inside.

The first great hall into the castle was lined with a number of layers. Turns out the ceiling is high and apparently has a blowout structure. However, the ceiling is high nonetheless. I kind of feel like I'm getting smaller.

And this castle wasn't just big.

There are shameless decorations in the name of the castle. The first thing that catches my eye is a mural painted all over the walls of this great hall. Is it a fresco painting? The brightly colored painting looks like something that depicts a story of some sort.

Given the total mobilization of my few knowledge of this world, I could deduce that this mural is a painting of The Story of the Brave Defeating the Demon King. Indeed, I also read books like that while studying letters.

Mural is not the only attraction. The moist columns are marble with slightly gentle grey stripes running. And there is an elaborate sculpture.

When I realized that each pillar had a different sculpture, I accidentally breathed. Each pillar appears to be sculpted with a different creature. Dragons, Phoenix. Alicorn is here too.... I wonder if there are any phoenix and tube foxes on the boulder.

The floor is dark grey marble. The red on the carpet laid is dazzling. The stairs you see in the back stretched with graceful curves… I could see the dressed people going up there, presumably a party visitor. That's another painting.

"What do you say? Thogo. It's good to be here."

"Yeah!"

I have to nod this already. This is amazing. Really good to be here!

"Um, Faye. Before I go to the party venue, can I see that mural, some more...?

"Whoa! That's good, that's good! Let's take a closer look! So, we're gonna kill time."

As for Faye, it seems critical to enter the party venue, and just fine. I quickly approached the wall to see the mural of the Great Hall.

As far as I could see, the mural was wonderful. I'm just not sure what kind of drawing it was!

At first, I thought it was a fresco painting. I put the pigment on the lacquered wall, and as the lacquer crystallizes over time, the color becomes deeper and brighter, he said.

It's just that the walls are a little transparent for lacquered walls, or do they look harder? Um, I knew this, too, I don't feel like fresco painting.

... Then the paint looked a little special.

"Hey, Faye. What is this paint?"

"Hmm?... Hmm, evil no. I don't know. I'm not familiar with the painting. Come on..."

I asked Faye, but I'm not sure. But as far as I can tell, I feel a little magic from the paint.

"But it looks magical. Does that mean you crushed the demon stone and painted it, or what? It's a luxury to have a royal castle."

Yeah, well. This is demon stone paint.

... is this painting, possibly a magically drawn painting, or is it? I'm concerned.

Then after they showed me the mural slowly, I looked at the column sculpture. Every single piece of dragon scales was carved, the softness of Phoenix feathers was expressed in hard marble, and the way the tail of the alicorn looked like a sculpture again, which I also learned. Wow. I'd love to do some sculpture someday.

Furthermore, when I went up the stairs, I fell in love with the elephant mezzanine of the railings, I was amazed at the chandelier that looked like a crystal mezzanine just as I went up and cut the stairs, and I was impressed by the pattern woven into the carpet that was laid... I was excited over and over again by the time I arrived in front of the room that looked like a party venue.

"I'm glad my eyes are still shining."

"You look different than usual..."

Both Faye and Laocles looked around while hanging out with me and having a lot of fun.

If you ask me what that is, Faye taught me a lot in her expository (apparently the metal that was embedded in the railing earlier was a demon mine), and Laocles kept me from getting obsessed with paintings and works of art and hitting people around me. I was pulled by him several times. Yeah, I'm sorry.

"Well. So it's time to go in... It's a good time. I didn't think I'd be able to kill this much time since I got into the castle. Well done."

After I was satisfied, Faye laughed.

"Thanks to Togo, we've had quite a bit of time. Thanks."

"I'm sorry I took so long, though"

"Whoa. It's okay. That's what it was all about. As far as I'm concerned, 'I was letting my holding painter study painting. Anyway, he's a guy who's never been up to the royal castle, and he's got a lot of excitement' to go through. That's a great excuse."

Yeah. If I can be Faye's excuse, that's more than anything.

"... so, Togo. Look, if I suck, you're not feeling well, okay?

Yeah.... yeah?

"I'm feeling a little naughty, 'cause you can just pull the hem off my clothes."

...... yeah.

"I'll try."

"Whoa. Please."

Well, if Faye's having trouble talking to weird people, let's get sick. That's about it.

As soon as we entered the party venue, music engulfed us.

String-like or whistle-like sounds overlap and become music. You can't hear one sound at a time, but on the contrary, I guess that's all the sound is melting into one music and becoming the air in this venue.

Some people dance to music. Some people are welcoming. All of them are dressed, especially women, in gorgeous dresses. As far as completion is concerned, this is certainly worth a look.

"Just get me a drink and I'll be a flower on the wall!

"Yeah."

I watched Fay stop the waiter while I laughed a little at Fay's positively backward words.

... that was then.

"I'm sorry. Can I have one, too?

There was a woman who spoke to the waiter from the side after Faye got her drink.

The woman saw Faye next door giving Laocles a drink, and then saw me next to Faye...

...... yeah. That's when my eyes met.

And the moment I looked into the person's eyes, I remembered the strange feeling. Fluffy, like I've been veiled.

The sound around me is far away, I can't see what's around me well... only one thing, I can't see it.

... the only person who can see the work of art in front of him. That was the feeling.

The woman's black dress had a bold shoulder design that made her body line appear even better.

But there are no nasty kanji.... It doesn't look vivid because it's so beautiful that it's unrealistic. It's like watching a sculpture or something, a piece of art, because it makes me feel that way. It's like an example of curved beauty. It's called the design of a dress, I feel the world of Art Nouveau.

Nice colors too. The bright golden hair stretches long to the waist and looks well on the black dress. And in the white, smooth face, the nostrils and little jaws that pass through are beautiful, but above all... their vibrant emerald eyes, impressive.

Cui's eyes are fringed by golden dark lashes and look like one piece of jewellery. And once I've seen it, I can't let it go out of my way. It's like, that kind of magic.

The woman looked at me and she blinked once. [M] Then I blinked my eyes a few times, and I looked to the side... and then I gently lifted the end of my lips like that thin red rose petal and smiled at me.

... artwork laughed.

When I was surprised, the woman graciously left after receiving a glass of drinks from the waiter.

"Hey, Togo. What's the matter with you? Here we go."

"Yeah......"

Faye called me, but I can't work my head off aggressively.

Faye looked at me like that, and then she followed my gaze... and...

"Oh...?

Ha, ha, I laughed.

"Oh? What's up, Togo? The guy from earlier, are you watching me? Are you in love at first sight?

I nodded, as Faye brought me on the move to ask me how happy I am.

"Yeah...... maybe so"

"Oh! My togo! Togo is in love at first sight! Well, you're into women, too! Nice! Nah!"

Faye says so with joy as she lurks her voice, looking at me and the woman just now who is already lost in the crowd at the end of my gaze.

"I've only been looking at you for a little while, but you look, remember? Then let's find it and speak up! It's a corner opportunity, it's a loss if you don't move!

For some reason I heard Shaggy Fay say more than I did, and I felt my heart was a little louder than usual, and I reviewed my feelings again... yes, I did.

"Yeah. I'm in love at first sight... with when I found Laocles"

"... dude. Wait. Did you just say something you shouldn't listen to?

Laocles looked at me in a strange hurry as I was feeling pompous.

"Togo. I think I heard something about not listening, too, right?

In addition, Faye was in a strange hurry and stared me straight in the eye.

"Hey. Hey, Togo. You, you... you fell in love with Laocles at first sight?

"... yeah. Maybe he was."

I never knew what love meant at first sight, but now I know.

This feeling is' love at first sight '.

"Me, that guy, I want to draw"

"Right! Love at first sight! That's what your love at first sight is all about! Cheng Cheng! Damn, I'm convinced!

"Am I comfortable with this? Or should I be worried..."

"I don't know! Thought Togo was getting interested in women, too! What a pleasure!? I was so excited because it's about you that I'm sure I'm going to have a smiling love affair!? Hey!"

"Yeah, I'm excited too."

"Oh man! You're excited! I mean, you're excited to want to draw that!?

"Yeah. I want to draw"

I'm excited, too. I'm so excited. I fell in love at first sight.

...... yeah. That guy, I really want to draw.