Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 8 - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: 22

8-22 . The Hero and Satou

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"Hou? 『Tempura』 huh . "

That's the first word from the hero who comes to the banquet while taking along a lot of beautiful women . Looks like he deliberately used Japanese language for the tempura part .

"No, this is a dish called tempura . It's a secret specialties of the people in the know from the northern part of the dukedom . "

"Hey, Sato . "

"It is an honor to have my name remembered by hero-sama, but my name extends on the end, so please call me Satou . "

"That so, sorry then . Satou . "

"No, no, please do not mind it . "

I don't mind if the hero finds out that I'm a Japanese when I'm as Satou, but it'll be troubling if it gets exposed with all observing eyes here .

The hero receives the tempura that Lulu presents on the plate .

"This is, I'm surprised . I've gotten used with beautiful women around me, but this is the first time I've seen a girl as beautiful as you . Wish I met her five years earlier . "

As expected, even the hero was tactful enough not to say the "Five years earlier" part out loud . I didn't think that I got to read it with lip-reading skill .

Lulu's face is turning pale as if she's been insulted with an indirect sarcasm in public . It seems the hero gets secretly scolded by lady Ringrande . The two people beside the hero are smiling, but their eyes aren't .

I pat Lulu's head lightly, and ask her go to the kitchen to get some ingredients .

I'll follow up properly later .

The hero hardens when he sees Arisa who comes as the substitute .

"My honey!"

"Oh my, hero Hayato-sama, it has been a while . "

Arisa who understands TPO talks in prim and proper manner . Still, honey he said .

Lady Ringrande, and the imperial princess Maryest confirm with each other that they don't know Arisa in low voices . The other hero's party members don't seem like they're interested with the hero's love life, they're busy eating the tempura and the aspic jellies . Aren't they the hero's harem?

"I'm really happy that you're alive, princess Arisa . "

Noises like, "Princess?", or "Who is that maid talking with hero-sama?", are coming from the outfield .

"I thought you had died after getting rolled up in the political strife--"

The hero approaches Arisa while looking very happy, but then his expression freezes .

Ah, I have a bad feeling about this .

We move for a bit, and now there's a table between me and the hero .

"Oy, Satou! Have you forgotten the spirit of YES lolita, NO touch!"

So he really saw Arisa's title, [Satou's Slave] . Even so, I'm not interested in the young ones enough to be needing such spirit .

"Hero-sama, what exactly are you talking about?"

"That's right, Satou-sama was the one who saved me from predicaments . The reason why I'm a slave is because I've been put on Geass magic during the Yowok kingdom invasion . "

She whispered the matter about being a slave to the hero so only he could hear it .

The hero confirmed something to the imperial princess Maryest, and the priestess Loreiya-san, but both of them waved their heads . Even the hero's party cannot remove the Geass huh . Just how strong it is . Come to think of it, I also asked head miko-san about it through Sera, but she couldn't do it too after all .

In the end, I proved them that I hadn't touch Arisa to he extent of getting myself checked with Loreiya-san's Truth Judgment magic . From my standpoint, there was no need for me to be subjected with Truth Judgment magic, but since I didn't want to be misunderstood of being a lolicon, I accepted it .

"Is that so, you didn't touch her! Well well, I really want to drink some nice liquor with you . "

"I'm afraid I cannot . "

It seems like he'll talk about little girls all night long until I vomit .

There were some things we needed to talk about, but since I couldn't keep monopolizing the hero, we promised to meet again later, but there was no opportunity to talk with the hero again today .

The women who followed the prince back then were trying to butter the hero up, but lady Ringrande, and imperial princess Maryest overwhelmingly rejected them .

Girls of 12-13 years old were also talking to the hero, but he acted normally with them, maybe they were out of his strike zone .

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It was hard consoling Lulu the evening of that day . The fight with the demon lord might have been easier even .

"Lulu being cute is really the truth, the hero, Arisa, and me see Lulu as a beautiful girl . "

"Thank you very much, I'm happy even if it's a lie master . "

Even after I whispered sweet lines close to Lulu's ear, she only perceived it as consolation words .

When I told her that she could request her favorite dishes, she told me every kind of sweets that I had made until now . I'm very happy that she's reached the point where she can say something selfish .

Since it'll take too much time to make them, I take out the finished sweets I've put in the storage on the kitchen, and bring them to the dining room where Lulu is waiting .

I knew that Mia, Pochi, and Tama are waiting beside Lulu, so I had prepared the shares for four people . Of course, there's nothing for Arisa and me . Arisa has been taking excess calories lately, so she's presently forbidden from sweets . I don't need to do the diet, but I'm abstaining from indulgence food to accompany Arisa .

Today I've made a new cake to surprise Lulu . It's a custard pie made from a type of fruit which has the same name as Lulu .

This lulu fruit looks really unappetizing when it's unpeeled, it's a fruit of misfortune . In addition, when eaten raw, it's so sour, not something that should be eaten . However, when it's heated, it strangely turns into a peach-like fruit . From what I've heard from the person who's given me this fruit, they process it by pickling them, not heating .

"My new creation today is Lulu custard pie . "

Lulu hesitated when she heard the name, but as if giving up, she cut a mouthful and put it into her mouth .

"It's delicious . "

Large drops of tears are falling on Lulu's cheeks . Huh~? I didn't expect this development .

"That sour fruit becomes this delicious . "

"Moreover, the color looks beautiful right?"

"Yes, thank you very much . I understand what master is trying to say somehow . "

That is good above all .

Lulu continues eating the pie on the large platter while crying .

I wipe the mouth of Mia who's watching that intensely with a handkerchief . I take out the prepared pie from the Storage from under the table, and cut it for three people's shares .

"Delicious . "

"Sweet~"

"One hundred points nanodesu!"

"Uuu, I have to keep dieting . . . . It's alright with just a mouthful, a mouthful . . . "

Arisa is saying that like a bad loser, no good . She's absolutely going to say 'just another one' .

That day, I slept together with Lulu, and whispered "Lulu, you're cute . " until she went asleep . Since Pochi and the others played janken, I had a feeling that it had been decided there would be a daily special of whispering from tonight on .

Please drop that expectation, by all means .

>[Soothing Skill Acquired]

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The next day, I'm going to accompany lady Sera to the orphanage in the morning, and visit the barrier pillar workshop in the afternoon .

Although there's a missionary purpose for doing the consolation visit to the orphanage, it's still called consolation visit, so the main objective is healing the children who are sicks with healing magic .

Our little girls are very popular here . Pochi and Arisa are particularly popular, strange plays, and learning cards are being spread around . I've warned Arisa to take care with the culture hazard for once, but it's all up to her for the self-restraint .

I'm not bringing Lulu and Nana today .

Since children don't hesitate to speak what they think, they will most likely say hurtful things to Lulu in barrage, so I leave her behind . The reason why I don't bring Nana is because she wants to take the young orga--children back home .

"Oh no! H, hero-sama is coming for consolation visit . "

"Eeh! What should I do, maybe I should use some make-up . "

The nursery workers, or rather, the onee-san staffs are getting excited . Wait, aren't you all married .

When the hero Hayato comes, the boys and the onee-san staffs follow him around . Putting aside the children, I'm envious of him being pampered by not only the beautiful women, but also the soothing staff members . Furthermore, before I knew it, the director's daughter who's unusually unapproachable has followed him too .

Dang you good-looking guy, go explode .

"Chevalier-sama, chevalier-sama, look at this~"

"Uina has made one too, look at this . "

I'm being surround by groups of 5-6 years old little girls . They've made shell accessories I've taught before . Although they're rough, each of them has characteristics of their own, interesting .

Even though the hero is surrounded by beautiful women, I'm stuck babysitting the children, I can feel the gap in society .

Since my eyes met with hero's, I greeted him . I couldn't get away from the little girls, so we were slightly apart . For some reason, he looked awfully envious, I wonder why . It can't be, even if he's a lolicon, are these such young girls included on his targets?　It can't be indeed .

About the trouble from lady Ringrande who saw me getting along with lady Sera during the consolation visit, since it's redundant, I'm omitting it .

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The visit to the barrier pillar workshop are only with my own companions that hasn't happened for awhile . The tour continues while I'm joining hands with Pochi and Tama . Barrier pillar seems to be a magic tool that's mainly for preventing monsters from invading villages . Its effect can reach 100 meters wide in radius with just one standing . However, since it's not a physical barrier, rampaging monsters, and monsters that are being chased by human can still pass over it, it seems .

The barrier pillar can function by absorbing mana from the earth vein, but since that'll wither the land, local spell-users supply the mana every few days instead .

The pillar is made of many magic cores, so there's some concern of thievery, but after it's erected on a land, it's casted with fixture magic, so it won't be easy to steal the pillar . Looks like even thieves who have attacked a village don't bother with the barrier pillar . It seems that the lord of the region will deploy their army for certain if anyone put their hands on the barrier pillar .

I wonder if the story is too difficult, Pochi and Tama have fallen asleep while holding both my hands, so I carry the two in corpse poses on both my arms, and continue the workshop tour . Liza offered to change for me, so I left the two to her along the way . They're cute when they're awake, but there are cuteness that are different than the usual when they're sleeping .

Peace is the best after all .