Published at 30th of January 2021 03:30:48 PM
Chapter 92
There Is No Rice!
「There’s no more rice!」
I fell flat on the table of My Home .
There’s no more rice . None .
It’s been about a year since I got the rice that Tori bought from somewhere . If I were to eat it alone, it would have lasted for a year but because the rice was being consumed regularly, I’m no longer surprised it happened .
「Fhers no aice!?」
「Swallow it! Swallow your food first then talk!」
One of those people who ate my rice - Roomba - talked while his mouth was full of rice with raw egg . 1
Because of that, rice was scattered around and landed all over the table, making it dirty .
After chewing, Roomba swallowed the food inside his mouth and he opened his mouth again .
「There’s no more rice!?」 www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
「Yeah . We will run out of rice . 」
「That’s a problem! Especially that donburi, it’s my favorite! . . . . . . . mom, give me another big portion of rice . And the raw egg too . 」
「Okay . Here, eat a lot . . . . . . . . huh, why are you ordering me around!?」
He gave me his rice bowl so confidently that I casually received it against my better judgment .
Am I this guy’s mother or what!
「But you were always like that in the mansion . Even though there are maids in the mansion, you were ordered around by Eleonora . Like yesterday, why did you prepare a towel for Eleonora? 」
「Uh no, that’s because using a cold towel after exercise felt good you see . . . . . 」
For some reason, I put a large serving of rice and a raw egg on the table while having a bitter look on my face .
And I noticed that there’s no more water in Roomba’s cup, so I use water magic to fill it, and add ice in it using ice magic . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
「 . . . . . . . . . Al is so convenient . I also want one for my house . 」
「I don’t want you to call people like you did a handy magic tool」
I feel like I pick these kinds of small details up naturally when I was dealing with Eleonorneesan .
How to make the other party be in a good mood, and avoid the worst-case scenario .
Grasping what the other party wanted, always doing my best .
In that situation, Eleonorneesan will spend her time comfortably, and sometimes forget to practice .
Even if the me right now don’t have a job in the future, I feel like I can become something like a butler .
I was also taught about how to make delicious tea . After that would be learning etiquette, I guess .
Only in etiquette did I receive a passing mark, but Elnkaasan told me that I didn’t have a dignified appearance at all . . . . . . . . . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
Oh well, I don’t care about something like that . Rather than that, the problem now is rice .
「If it stays like this, then we will run out of rice in a month . 」
I’ve stored a few kilos of rice using space magic for emergencies but, that’s not counted . That’s for emergencies .
「Certainly, there’s no rice in this village, isn’t it?」
Cracking the thick egg that was the product of Koryatt village, Roomba asked while mixing the egg using a spoon, making a rattling sound .
「That’s right . Tori bought it from somewhere . 」
「Then, just make Tori buy them again . He seems to be making a lot of money these days, it should be easy right?」
Tori’s firm has certainly grown rapidly over the past year .
It has reached the point that a lot of nobles and even royalties have become their regular customer, he will be able to purchase a lot more rice in comparison to last year . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
However, if I can go to the place with rice, I want to just go and buy them directly . And if I went to that place even once, I can just Teleport there myself with space magic in one go .
Because of that, I would really like to leave for that place .
「I’ve more or less wrote him a letter but, I wonder if the person himself will come 」
I wrote that I will sell the shogi to the Lazareth company if he doesn't come immediately . . . . . . . . . will he come I wonder .
My heart was palpitating because of the decrease in rice . Has there ever been a time when I wait for someone to this extent?
「Mm? I saw his wagons came to the village before coming here, Tori is coming to the mansion, isn’t he?」
「Tell me that sooner, you idiot!」
I said that directly while giving a backward glance to Roomba who said such important things and started running from My Home toward the mansion . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
As soon as I entered the entranceway, Tori greeted me .
「Alfried-sama, I’ve been waiting for you, man! Huh? Eleonorsama went to My Home a short while ago, did you pass each other, man?」2
He seems to be searching for Eleonorneesan, turning his neck around to look for her .
As for me, I was running from My Home but then I decided to use Teleport since I thought that time was precious .
Because of that, it's unavoidable that we pass each other .
「Uh, I didn’t tell anyone that I will go to My Home today, though?」
I went to My Home to organize the foodstuff stored in my Space magic, I haven’t told anyone where I am going today . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
Roomba just came back suddenly before noon .
「Noー, I was also troubled since I can not find you, but then Eleonorsama said something like 『I feel like he’s in My Home, I will go and bring him back』 . . . . . . . . . 」
Tori answered with a wry smile on his face .
As usual, Eleonorneesan’s intuition is strange .
I might play with Torr and Asmo . Or take a nap on the plains . Celisan’s restaurant . Logan’s house, river, forest, there should be a lot more other places like that .
So how did she come to the conclusion that I was at My Home, I wonder . . . . . . .
Oh well, whatever . I’ll leave Eleonorneesan for later, right now it’s about rice .
「Hmm, if it’s Eleonorneesan, she will come back soon . Let’s talk in the usual guest room . 」
Saying that, I led Tori toward the guest room . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
「I know this is abrupt Tori . But, I wonder if you’ve read the letter?」
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Picking the snacks and tea that Sara made, I ask him after I have calmed myself down .
「Ahhー, I was really surprised man, Alfried-sama . I heard that it will be another before the rice runs out . 」
……hmm, what is it I wonder . Beating around the bush like this . He’s talking as if trying to find out the other party’s true intention .
Somehow, it feels the same as when I met with the nobles at the party in the royal capital .
「The people in my family ate more rice than I expected . I don’t have any more rice . 」
「That is, you want to make an unusual dish like spaghetti again?」
He said those just like the usual, but his eyes narrowed .
「 . . . . . . . . . . hey, it’s troublesome having this noble-like exchange between us . 」
「Ahaha, Alfried-sama is still Alfried-sama, man! You don’t change even after going to the party in the royal capital . 」
When I cut him off and said that it was troublesome, it’s as if strength left Tori’s shoulder and he laughed .
Ah, it’s the usual foolish Tori . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
「I’ve been doing a lot of business with nobles as the other party recently . Sorry, man . 」
Uh, does a cheeky person like this who says 「man」 when the other party is those nobles have a hard time?
Still, you don’t use that kind of inflection when the other party is royalties, right?
「Rather than that, I heard about it man, Alfried-sama?」
「What is?」
Tori leaned forward while having a smile on his face .
I have a bad feeling about this . His smile looks a little similar to Torr’s unpleasant smile .
「Having a sword dance with the second son of the Sylford family, and there is a rumor that Alfried-sama is engaged with the second daughter of the Misfid family . . . . . . . . Rannsama is four years old, right? Alfried-sama is quick!」3
「That’s not true! They’re both false! It was something like a mischievous fight for a bit of meat . And the matter with Rannchan is a misunderstanding . 」
This is obviously a setup to make me have a bad reputation . I have to deny it decisively .
「I seems that it was quite a serious fight for a children’s quarrel man, even when you went to the royal capital, Alfried-sama doesn’t change a bit, man . 」
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If you want to say such cheeky things, then I want you to just plainly say it .
「Then, who are you engaged to?」
「Of course it’s also a misunderstanding . All the nobles who participate at that time should have known about it . 」
「That’s right isn’t it, man? There is no way that Alfried-sama would get engaged or having something like that happen to him . Actuallyー, I was flustered when I first heard about that rumor, man . 」
. . . . . . . . I wonder what this is . This is awkward, but this response makes me angry .
I feel that those words are ambiguous, it’s like they include Sylvio and Eleonora somehow or other . Was it just me being paranoid? www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
「Rather than that, let’s talk about rice! About rice, man!」
Looking at Tori laughing happily, I hit the table *bam* while saying that .
If he were to keep exploiting my story in the royal capital any more than this, then I would likely be at a disadvantage so I cut him short .
「Ah, that’s right, man . That’s because Alfried-sama’s actions are too interesting man, so I unintentionally . . 」
「As I mentioned in the letter, I don’t have any more rice so I would like to go and purchase them」
「Not just purchase it, but you want to go and purchase the rice, man?」
Tori guessed my intention and returned my words .
Yes, I don’t want to purchase rice from Toriela Firm, but I wanted to go to the actual place where they sell the rice and buy them myself .
I would be happy if I could go and buy it together, if that was possible .
「That’s right . I want to go to the place where they have the rice . 」
「Will Nord-sama and Elnsama permit that, man?」
Tori had this delicate expression on his face when I answered him frankly .
Eh? I thought that it was not located in this area, but is it that far? Also, it looks as if Nord-tousan will not allow me to go there . www . ihavesinnedtranslation . com
「Is it that far? Rather, I forgot to ask about it, where is the place where they sell rice?」
Just how far is this place I wonder? Could it be that it’s as far as the royal capital?
When I asked him while feeling anxious, Tori slowly opened his mouth .
「 . . . . . . you can find rice on the eastern continent, where a country called Kagura is located across the sea . 」