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Lazy Dungeon Master - Chapter 248




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Chapter 248

An Outing With Mai O’Doll



 

I addressed the letter to Rokuko and wrote that I would be a little slow in returning, as well as that I might not be able to refuse them if things went bad, but also that I would try my best .
… The messenger guy was also told to say that I may, juuuust may be two or three days late .

I told him to get a response as well, so… yeah . Time to sleep .
I decided that I would sleep with Meat as my hug pillow .
… The guest room’s bedding accommodation was a futon . One of the ones from our dungeon . For it to even be incorporated into the lord’s residence…

 

*

 

The following day arrived . A letter from Rokuko arrived, let’s see, what’s it say?

[O ko . ] [1]

 

Just two letters . It’s in Japanese . Rokuko’s getting a handle of her [Japanese] skill quick .
But still, the heck’s [o ko] supposed to mean? [Oko (Mad)]? … I get the feeling she said that she wouldn’t be angry even if I took another wife, but is it [Oko (Mad)] after all?
No, wait, let me think about this . There’s a chance that this [o ko] could be a shortened [o ko k], something that’d read as [OK OK], meaning [Understood, go for it]…

“She seemed to be pouting a lot for some reason . ”
“Ah, yeah…”

Even Rokuko’s a girl . The kanji for ‘a woman’s heart’ (女心) is inside the kanji for ‘angry’ (怒), and thinking about the fact that there’s the character for ‘again/still’ (又) in it also, she could be angry that I’m making a move on another woman .
And she didn’t say that she wouldn’t be angry, just that she would pout…

“So what should I do today? Maybe I could sleep through it all . Let’s go back to sleep . ”



With that, there was a knock at my door .
Yeah, I know . It’s breakfast time .

 

 

Arriving at the table after being lead there by Maid-san, only Mai O’Doll and Von O’Doll were there . There was freshly baked bread, fried eggs, boar bacon, and salad for breakfast . It’s simple, but it really did feel like breakfast . The salad’s tomatoes were delicious .

“Now then, what do you plan on doing today, Mai?”
“I was thinking about visiting the orphanage with Kehma . ”
“I see, it might be a good thing for Kehma-dono to personally understand the work that us nobles do . As for your escort… hmm, seeing as Kehma-dono will be going with you, perhaps you don’t need one?”

Looks like I just got nominated to do something troublesome . At the very least, I’d like to refrain from doing work for free . Even if I can’t get any money from it, I can’t let him make this a [Free of charge] thing . Therefore, I’ll blow the price up to get out of it .

“… It’ll only be for half a day, but I will undertake it if it’s a one day long escort commission for my party . ”
“I don’t mind, I’ll even do it at the market price . I’ll do it as a designated commission . ”

He went for it even though I said to pay me a day’s wages for half a day’s work . Maybe I should’ve asked for more… no, he’s a noble and a lord, so he should have the money…

“Let’s hurry up and go, Kehma-sama!”

Like that, Meat and I headed for the orphanage, dragged along by Mai O’Doll .

 

*

 

The orphanage was an annex on a church . From the looks of it, we’d be visiting the church first, followed by the orphanage afterwards .
Seeing as how the priest greeted us personally, it also looks like he’d been told in advance that Mai O’Doll would be coming .
Come to think of it, what religion is this church? It’s not following that dungeon busting Light God’s Decree, right?
Just as I started to think about that, Mai O’Doll explained it to me .



“This church worships the Raverio Empire’s founding adventurer’s god, the White Goddess . Come, let’s pray . ”


It’s obviously Haku-san . Yaaaay, give me your blessings~ (Not) .

“So this White Goddess, she even has her own churches… is it alright for a real existing person to be a god?”
“? Gods are all existing people though? Are there any gods that don’t exist?”

Aaah, right . In this world, gods are things that bring about miracles and divine blessings .
So then it’s not a problem at all even if a living person became a god . So long as they could bring about the miracle stuff .
Well, there were even great people worshiped as gods and religion-founders treated like deities back on Earth, so I guess it’s like that .

Listening to our conversation, the priest chimed in .

“… Could it be that you are not a follower of the White Goddess Faith?”
“I follow the Futon Religion . Our teachings follow the White Goddess Faith quite well, we worship the god that defends the night’s tranquility . ”
“I’ve never heard of that religion, but… the night’s tranquility? Does that mean it’s a religious faction of the Dark God? If so, it truly must have an amiable relation with the White Goddess Faith . ”
“Yeah, well, it’s something like that . ”

Let’s go with what the priest says, he sounds informed .
I don’t really know how they go about praying, so I used Mai O’Doll as a reference and went to my knees with my hands in front of my chest . Please let me unshackle myself from these troublesome things and head back home as soon as possible . Amen .
… She wouldn’t give blessings at all . Ever . Of that, I am sure .

 

 

With our prayers complete, we headed for the orphanage .
When we entered the premises, I heard the noisy sounds of many children . Lot’s of high-pitched ‘yaaay’s and ‘wooo’s . They should follow our Meat as an example… ah, Meat might be a bit too hard for them .

“Ah, it’s Mai Ojou-sama!”
“It’s really her, Mai Ojou-sama! Ojou-sama~!”

A lot of kids around the same height as Meat and Mai O’Doll or perhaps a bit smaller came over with smiles all over their faces .
Beastkin, humans, elves, and even some that I think are dwarves… there’s a lot of races .
It’s a bit weird to say, but they look unexpectedly tidy . There’s magic like [Cleanup] in this world, so maybe it’s because of that?

“Who’s that Nii-chan…?”
“Ah, he is—”
“I am Mai-sama’s escort, an adventurer . Same with this small girl here . ”
“She’s a guard? But she’s so tiny! How could she guard anything?”

Idiot . Meat’s even stronger than me . I didn’t say anything about it since her appearance manages to make her opponents drop their guard though .

“Even so, she’s a D-Rank adventurer . Well, it’s not like the public order here’s bad, so I’m enough to guard her . ”
“Oooh~”
“And since we’re escorts, we have to stay by her side . ”
“Kaay~”

Still though, I’m not good at handling children, are they making fun of me… . ? No, it’s not like their intelligence is… uuh .
Well, let’s set that aside . Mai O’Doll seems to be popular among the children . Even though she’s a noble, she remembers all of their names . I wonder if she comes here a lot?

“Kehma-sama, are you going to play too?”
“No, I’m fine . I’ll be taking it easy in the shade over there . ”
“Hey, hey, Mai Ojoooou-sama! C’mon, let’s play mino!”
“Coming! Ah, I’m off then, Kehma-sama . ”

Turning around in excitement, she ran off . It looks like they’re playing something similar to tag . From the looks of it, you lose if they touch your back with a stick . I’m guessing mino stands for minotaur, so it’s like losing from being killed by its weapon…? Yep, definitely too troublesome for me .
Glancing next to me, it looked like Meat… didn’t go to play with them .
Meat really is different from normal children…

“You sure you don’t want to join in?”
“… If I did, that much would end instantly . Not fun . ”

I see, so their level is just too different?
However, a child that heard Meat’s mutter challenged her .

“We’ll also be adventurers in the future!”
“I won’t lose so easily! I can even keep an adult busy for five minutes!”
“…”

Suddenly standing up, Meat grabbed the boy’s hand .

“Wh-what are… uwaaah!?”
“Yeah, done . ”

Meat threw the child against the ground softly and clapped his back .

“S-surprise attacks are dirty…”
“But would a real minotaur care?”

Meat caused the boy to grow silent… He probably hasn’t even seen a real minotaur before . I wonder if he understands the difference between them now?
However, it turned into a disaster for Meat after that . Meat, having shown off a portion of the her skill, was surrounded by a great number of children .

“Wooah!”
“So cool!”
“How’d you do that? Teach me!”

… Yeah, don’t try and look at me with those eyes . Figure it out yourself .
Being able to interact with other kids her age will be a good experience for her .

 

Footnotes:
This part doesn’t work if I translate it, so I’ll do my best at explaining it alongside Kehma’s explanation to follow . As ever, I’m open to recommendations .  





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