Chapter 3: 3
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Here, here, the little girl inside the painting is beckoning .
As if led by that gesture, my hand approaches .
The painting where she is in has a lone door drawn on a field, it's a mysterious oil painting . The girl opens that door and enters, then she beckons from beyond that door .
I stretch my hand toward the frame of that painting--
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"Morning~?""Nano desu!"
Something made a little impact on my stomach along with cheerful voices .
When I slightly open my eyes, there are Pochi and Tama who have dived beside my stomach . The impact on my stomach seem to be from their arms that have ridden on it .
What a strange dream .
Last night, since I've got myself a book that can help decipher the explanation on magic tools, I've sorted the magic tools until dawn, I wonder that's the reason I see that dream?
"Good Morning . "
I greet the two and pat their heads while messing with it a bit . Maybe it's a bit too rough, the two hold my palms with both their hands and feet, and escape . I pretend to feel painful since they're play-biting .
"Mwuu . "
Mia who's lying down rustles my head . Does she want to be cared, or is this a revenge for waking her up, it's a vague line .
Even though we're this noisy, Arisa is still sleeping beside me with anguished face . I wonder what kind of dream she's having .
Nana has come to tell us that the breakfast is ready, I wake Arisa up and go toward the dining room . It seems she's still sleepy, Arisa acts spoiled and says, "Carry me", so I take her on my shoulder to the dining room . Since Pochi and Tama are looking so enviously, I decide to carry the two on my shoulders after this .
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"Chevalier-sama, about the schedules for visiting the workshops--"
Yesterday, on the way to the duke's castle, I hear from Shelna-san that visiting workshops aren't something that can be done immediately, I have to make prior appointments beforehand . Therefore, Shelna-san has got the reservations for us .
Excluding the visit to the scroll workshop of viscount Shimen, Toruma's parent house, that'll be in 10 days, we can visit other workshops in 2-5 days time . The visit to the scroll workshop is so late because we have to wait for viscount Shimen to return from the royal capital first .
"Well then, is it alright for Chevalier-sama and Karina-sama to attend the dinner tonight?"
"Of course, it's alright desuwa . "
Lady Karina answered Shelna-san's question faster than me .
The dinner she's talking about is about the invitation from the previous earl Walgock couple . Moreover, I've also been invited to a party organized by the duke three days later . I feel like some kind of disturbances will happen, am I just being paranoid I wonder?
I'm fine with Nana as my partner for the dinner, but since she's less accustomed on the etiquette than lady Karina--there are also some pushes from lady Karina's maids--it's become lady Karina instead . I'm more comfortable with taking Lulu, but since Lulu doesn't look like she has resistance for those kind of things, I abandon the thought .
"Are you really not going to participate in the martial art tournament? If a noble appear in the second qualifier of the tournament, his social status will get considerably high . . . "
"I have no such intention . "
"I understand . The arena for the tournament is in the town, and we've reserved a private room for noble visitor that Chevalier-sama can use anytime during the second qualifier . However, unfortunately, we aren't able to secure the private room for the main match, so we've reserved the seats in the shared room for nobles . "
It seems it's fine to be be noisy in the private room, but it's NG to have the slaves and demi-humans make noise in the shared room . It'd be impossible for Pochi and Tama to not make noise when they see the tournament, so I'll go watch the main match alone in secret . Looks like the second qualifier will be held in five days .
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By borrowing two four-seater carriages, I go to the downtown together with everyone . Of course, I leave lady Karina behind .
We get off in the parking lot before the great wall, and walk from there .
"So many . "
"That's right, due to the opening of the big tournament, this has become the melting pot of races . "
"Melting pot~?"
"Is it delicious?"
"Ufufu, Pochi-chan is a glutton-san . "
There are also a lot of people in the main street of the noble district, but it's jam packed in the downtown . There's a strange heat like you normally see in the Southeast Asia marketplace . Seemingly stirred by that, everyone is in high spirit more than usual .
First, let's buy thin clothes in the second-hand clothes store . Everyone beside Lulu and me is wearing an overcoat, it looks to be hot just seeing them . Liza reaches for a full metal armor . I tell her that lighter equipment is better, but since she insists, "It's the full dress of a guard", so I buy it as it is .
"Nice smell nano desu . "
"Mumumu, this is! It's the smell of burnt soy sauce . This is, squid teriyaki, private Pochi, private Tama . Let's secure the urgent suspects at once~ . "
"Secure~ . "
"Aye, nano desu . "
It does smell nice . Arisa leads Tama and Pochi running to the stall . Mia is tempted to run with the three, but she probably wouldn't be able to eat it . Liza and Lulu follow the children behind them while walking .
"Master, it's a state of emergency . "
Nana murmurs so while taking my arm and leads me to the different direction than everyone's . I tell Lulu who has noticed us, "I'll come back soon" . I have the map so I could join them back immediately .
There are ratmen children at the place where Nana pressingly pulls me . No wait, it seems to be different, their skins are glossy and their necks inverts when they're walking . According to the AR indication, they're Sea Lion kin .
"I cannot calculate the movement of that young organism . Even though it's not efficient, I cannot take my eyes off them . "
It seems Nana has wanted to see these children . Certainly, one could say that their way of walking is cute . After she's admired them for some time, I'll take her back to everyone . My arm is happy, but it'll be bad if we leave everyone too long and make them worry .
The moment of happiness suddenly ends .
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The instant Nana sees a big tigerkin man kicks the sea lionkin child, her atmosphere changed . Nana releases my arm, and jumps over the crowd of people and cut between the children and the big man .
It seems she's used body strengthening nature magic, but her activation time has become quite a bit faster . Wonder if it's because of her training with Liza and the others every day .
"What? A human huh? Get away woman . "
"I refuse . I inform that excessive violence against young organism is dangerous, and is prohibited . "
The big tigerkin man flaunts his arm--
"You bastard, when did you appear?"
I catch and stop his arm before he could swing it .
The big man scowls with sharp glint on his eyes at me who's caught his arm from behind .
From what I saw, the sea lionkin child who didn't see where he was going hit the big tigerkin man, and the cause of this quarrel was because the man's trousers got stained .
Although, the man's trousers are already dirty enough you can't even tell if it has been stained further .
"You must not use violence . "
"Is that so . "
The big man kicks me while answering . I jump to avoid it and land before the man . Of course, I'm still holding his arm .
Making use of abduction skill, I pin the big man down .
Right at that time, someone's great sword is swinging toward me .
"Master, it's a reinforcement . "
Due to space grasp and crisis perception skills, I've noticed it even if I don't hear Nana's warning, so I ward off the great sword with the fairy sword on my waist while still pining the big man down .
"Hou? You've eluded the sword of this great me while pining Geri huh . "
A pure white tigerkin man appears from the darkness of the alley . However, swinging sword in the downtown like this, he's not sane huh . I've done it myself, but this is an act of self-defense, so please overlook it .
The spectators around us are clamoring . It seems this guy is a participant of the second qualifier .
"You'd be wasting your turn in the second qualifier if you cause bloodshed in the town you know?"
"Fuhn, you're showing composure after receiving surprise attack in the downtown . You're also a participant of the second qualifier huh . Come to the final, we'll settle it there . "
I feel like it'd be complicated if I answer, "I'm not" here . I'll reply it vaguely to lead him .
"I'm looking forward to it . Please do your best to win through it . "
"Fuhn, your show is only for now . "
I release the man that I've pinned down and step back once . I want them to leave while they're still misunderstanding . I don't want to attract more attention in this kind of place .
I show my composure while the white man takes the big man until they're gone .
The spectators seem to be dissatisfied for the non-fight, but I don't care .
"Master, master! The young organism is vomiting out fluid from his mouth . I appeal for the emergency treatment . "
Since Nana appeals monotonously behind, I take out a magic potion from my pocket and make the sea lionkin child drinks it . He seems to have recovered immediately, I'm relieved . Shouts of joy break out from the spectators somehow .
The sea lionkin is really popular huh . Nana must be attracted .
That popular person keeps licking the bottle even after it's been emptied . It's probably because I've put sweet flavor in the magic potion .
Nana holds the sea lion children up on her hands .
"Master, requesting to make these children become ours . "
"No . "
"Master, please reconsider . "
"Rejected . "
It's unusual for Nana to get depressed, but I can't compromise here .
When the sounds of some kind of bell is resounding, the children becomes flustered on Nana's arms, I instruct Nana to release them . She hesitates for a bit, but then she resigns herself and release them .
Somehow the children are going toward where Arisa and the others are, so we follow them along . It is not because Nana is leading me by hands, not at all . I'd like us to link arms if possible, but since Arisa and Mia would protest if they see it, it's fine like this .
There's an unexpected person at the destination of the children .
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