Published at 23rd of January 2021 11:47:38 AM
Chapter 384
Looking up at the winter sky, you can see Hiichirou in his dragon form flying around .
He’s currently practicing flying .
He’s better than before but he’s still unsteady .
Flying next to him are neither Hakuren nor Raimeiren but Tier .
When Hiichirou began flying in the sky, he suddenly became close to Tier .
Is she teaching him how to fly?
Hakuren is indeed carefree while Raimeiren is surprisingly strict when teaching .
And I thought she’ll be sweet when she’s teaching Hiichirou .
Why?
「That’s because she had a daughter who jumped out of the nest and only managed to come back two decades later before she can finally teach her . 」
Dors was the one who told me that .
So that’s how it is .
She’s so worried that she’s strict .
「By the way, who’s that daughter?」
「Hiichirou’s mother . 」
Hakuren huh .
I see .
「Because her first child suddenly jumped out and went missing, Raiemeiren went on a rampage . It was a big mess… . By the time the turmoil subsided, Hakuren suddenly came back as if nothing happened . What a trouble maker… . Hakuren giving birth to Hiichirou, that alone makes me think it’s a miracle . 」
Looking at Dors’ expression, it seems like he really finds her hard to deal with .
Hnn?
The flying Hiichirou… . made a big sneeze .
At the same time, a big fire flies out from his mouth .
The flames were quickly extinguished but it looks like Hiichirou burned his mouth .
She shows his mouth to Tier and asks her to cast healing magic .
Very sweet .
Raimeiren, who’s next to Dors, looks at Tier in a scary way .
Hakuren… . is at the mansion teaching Ursa and Alfred .
Actually, the angriest is the one in my arms, Tiselle .
She escaped from the mansion when she saw Hiichirou with Tier but she was caught by me .
Afterwards, she’s hugging me while being sulky .
I can’t seem to fix the mood .
I’ll ask Tier to please her when she returns .
The flying practice lasted for about an hour .
Though Hakuren looked for Tiselle in the middle of the practice, Tiselle’s mood is still bad so she can only keep trying… .
Tiselle returned to the mansion while being embraced by Hakuren .
… . .
This father is slightly lonely .
Hiichirou, on the other hand, transformed back to human form when he got down . Tier picked him up as if it was the most natural thing to do at that moment .
Tier passes Hiichirou to Raimeiren .
Did she notice her gaze?
After that, Tier did not come to me .
Yeah, she went to Tiselle .
Thank you for your hard work .
By the way, I even prepared a warm soup for Hiichirou but it’s cold now… .
The oni maids are already taking care of it .
They were instructed by Raimeiren .
……
Alright, let’s leave Hiichirou to Raimeiren and Dors and go back to a warm room .
When I arrived at my room, Kuro and Yuki were looking at me from the kotatsu .
They didn’t come out of the kotatsu .
The fairy queen silently offers me a cup of tea .
Only the phoenix chick Aegis had welcomed me .
Is it because he’s not in the kotatsu?
Probably .
Aegis gets on the kotatsu, the fairy queen gives me a cup of tea, and I pat Kuro and Yuki’s heads .
Inside the kotatsu… . there shouldn’t be kittens .
Don’t get mad, I’ll close it right away .
Yeah, it seems like I can’t use the kotatsu .
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Kuro sends me a glance as if asking if he should give up his place for me but he won’t move until I ask him to do so .
………
I gave up .
I’ll just help in cooking dinner .
The kitchen should be warm, right?
Is everyone thinking the same?
The kitchen was full of people .
Actually, the oni maids have been developing packed food since a while ago .
The origin is the jubako I made .
It’s big with four layers .
I packed it full of easy to pack foods something similar to osechi ryori .
When I served it, I told the oni maids about osechi ryori .
Unfortunately, I hardly know how to make osechi ryori .
Because of that, I can only tell them how it looks and how it tastes . They started reproducing it from that .
The only things I’m satisfied with are kuromame and kurikinton while everything else are strange dishes I don’t know… . the taste is not that bad though .
I want kazunoko but that’s herring egg .
Can something be used as a substitute?
There’s no place for me in the kitchen so I evacuated to the workshop . I’ll just make additional jubakos .
「Please leave the decoration to us . It’s lacquered, isn’t it?」
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I’m making it with the mountain elves .
「Don’t get stained by the lacquer . 」
「Don’t worry . I’ve been lacquering for about a hundred years . 」
Craftsmen from long-lived races are foul .
They are overwhelmingly good compared to me .
Well, I’m an amateur so I can’t compete with them .
「Okay, I’ll leave it to you . 」
「Affirmative . But, aren’t these enough to make ten pieces?」
「If we made more than enough, we can always sell them outside . 」
「I see . But, won’t that trouble Youko-san?」
「Ah… . . then, let’s not sell them and send them as gifts . 」
Youko is troubled by the trade gap between Big Tree Village and the outside world .
Crops, alcohol, and crafts made from Big Tree Village are sold in Village Five but on the other hand, Big Tree Village has too little to buy outside .
For the time being, we tried buying firewoods outside as fuels since a year ago but it doesn’t balance anything .
As a result, money keeps pouring into Big Tree Village .
I didn’t take the money and they are deposited in Village Five instead however, it has become a trouble now since there are too many warehouses .
A little while ago, Youko’s complaint was so exaggerated but when I went out to see, new warehouses really needed to be built .
Moreover, the only things in those warehouses are gold coins, silver coins, and jewelry .
As said by Michael-san before, it’s not good for cash to be stored in a warehouse instead of circulating .
Let’s think about how to use them in spring .