When I arrived at the Blue Ring Mansion in the royal capital, my magical power started to recover…
Magical power recovery? Surprised, I entered the mansion and sensed a strange presence coming from the second floor.
As if guided, I walked forward and felt an indescribable presence coming from a room that should have been empty.
I slowly opened the door, and inside, a mazoh stone floated, emitting a blue light.
“A domain…”
As I slowly approached, Ao jumped out.
“Aldo. Don’t overdo it. I’m using the mazoh stone as a substitute.”
“Ao. Did you create a domain?”
“Yeah, right after Elphas came back.”
“Where are El and the others?”
“They’re at Blue Ring. They said the royal capital alone would leave a trace when dealing with Earth Dragon materials. I didn’t really understand the meaning, though.”
“I see…”
“Who’s going to Blue Ring?”
“Hmm? It’s Grandpa Aldo, Dad, older sister, Elphas, Ashera, Marl, Clara, and Ashera’s mother. So eight people.”
“I see. Can I also be sent to Blue Ring?”
“Understood.”
Saying that, Ao sent me to Blue Ring.
When we arrived at Blue Ring, Ao spoke.
“I think I mentioned it in the labyrinth, but I’m going to see the Spirit King once. If anyone wants to go to the royal capital, I’ll send you off tomorrow morning. After that, I won’t be able to come out for about a week, so think carefully.”
“Got it. I’ll tell them.”
As usual, Ao disappeared just like that.
The time was evening. Now, where was everyone? When I moved to the living room, Clara was sitting alone, drinking tea, looking bored.
“Clara, what happened to everyone?”
When I called out, she turned toward me with a surprised look, then ran up smiling.
“Big Brother Al!”
I picked Clara up, spun around with her, and asked once more.
“Clara, do you know what happened to everyone?”
According to Clara, they had returned to the Blue Ring territory the morning before yesterday.
Ashera and Ms. Rushe met Harva after a long time and then went back home.
After that, Ashera stayed at her family home but came over around noon every day to check if I had come here.
Father, Mother, El, and Marl, well, Marl went back to the family home once. And regarding the engagement, it seemed Father had spoken to Tab and received formal approval. Yesterday, the Tab family was invited, and a simple dinner party was held.
Today, Mother, El, Marl’s mother, and Marl were supposedly in the guest room discussing the concrete details for a formal engagement.
Meanwhile, Grandfather, Father, and Tab were in the study, not talking about the engagement, but consulting about the business matter I brought up the other day.
It seemed all three of them thought I might exaggerate things beyond what I intended, so they agreed to maintain close communication so that they could respond as promptly as possible.
And, on this occasion, it was decided that Tab Trading Company would open a branch in the royal capital.
Of course, the Blue Ring family was backing them, so if anything happened, there probably wouldn’t be any complaints if I helped Tab.
Since there was no point in going to the guest room to hear about El’s marriage, I headed to the study where Grandfather, Father, and Tab were.
“This is Aldo. May I come in?”
I knocked on the door of the office and called out, and from inside came my grandfather’s voice.
“Come in.”
“Excuse me.”
When I entered the office, just as I expected, Grandfather, Father, Tab, and Roland were there.
“I’m back.”
“Well done on defeating the Earth Dragon. Take a good rest.”
“Thank you. Actually…”
I wanted to talk about what Ao had told me, but Tab and Roland were here.
I hesitated, wondering if it was okay to talk, when Grandfather started speaking.
“I’ve told these two everything, including the matter of the Apostle.”
“Understood. Actually……”
I talked about what Ao had said, that if I missed tomorrow morning, I wouldn’t be able to return to the royal capital for a while.
“I see, Elphas and Marl have a matter of engagement. Sorry, Aldo, but you’ll have to return to the royal capital.”
“Yes. Understood. Ashera…”
“…Do as you like.”
“Yes.”
Grandpa turned to Tab and my father.
“I intend to return to the royal capital.”
“I see. Because of the bath issue as well…”
“My lord. If you don’t mind, may I also go to the royal capital?”
“To the royal capital?”
“Yes. In addition to the issue of opening a branch in the royal capital the other day, and the bath we used yesterday. I heard its completed form is being made in the royal capital… I would very much like to see it.”
“…Very well.”
“Thank you very much.”
It seemed that Grandpa and Tab were going to the royal capital.
“Grandfather, I will take my leave now.”
“Understood. Step back.”
As I exited the office, I overheard Grandpa talking, saying, ‘It seems even a man from Blue Ring is dominated by an “Apostle.”‘
I had no objection at all, so I pretended not to hear and headed toward the Halva residence.
When facing goblins, I didn’t even have time to look around the town, and the townspeople weren’t leisurely conducting business either.
By now, it was already dark, but I walked through the town of Blue Ring, enjoying the scenery slowly for the first time in a long while.
Soon, I arrived at the Halva residence and knocked on the door. From inside, I could hear a responding voice.
“Yes!”
At the same time as the voice, the door opened and Ms. Rushe appeared.
“Oh my. Aldo-kun. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”
“Ms. Rushe. Long time no see.”
“It’s cold, isn’t it? Come in, come in.”
“Is that alright?”
“What’s the future son saying? Make yourself at home and relax.”
“Sorry… I’m intruding.”
When I entered the house, Halva was in the living room taking care of his sword, and Ashera was helping around the house in her loungewear.
Ashera’s loungewear… the image was like a holiday outfit of an office lady with her hair tied with a rubber band and wearing a tracksuit.
“I’m intruding…”
“Huh? Ah, ha… please, go ahead.”
I exchanged an indescribable conversation with Halva.
As for Ashera, it seemed completely unexpected that I had come. For a rare moment, she froze and opened her eyes wide.
“I-I’m home. I just returned from the labyrinth.”
Ashera, still frozen, for some reason activated an extra-large light magic and used Vernier to escape to her room.
“””My eyes!”””
Throughout the house, the screams of me, Halva, and Lushe-san echoed.
15 minutes later————-
Ashera changed into the town girl’s clothes she bought before, brushed her hair, and looked very cute.
“Mom. If Aldo came, you should have told me first!”
“It’s because you’re dressed sloppily, isn’t it? Hey, Aldo-kun.”
“Ah, well. Hahaha…”
Halva silently maintained his sword. How much do you handle that sword anyway? It hasn’t progressed at all since earlier…
In this indescribable atmosphere, I spoke to Ashera.
“It seems Ao is going to meet the Spirit King starting tomorrow, so he probably won’t be able to fly to the royal capital for a while.”
“What about you, Aldo?”
“I have various things to report to my grandfather, like the progress of the baths, so I’ll return to the royal capital. El is scheduled to stay at the Blue Ring.”
“Then I’ll go to the royal capital too.”
“I see. In about ten days the academy starts, so until then, I guess we can look around the royal capital.”
“Yeah. I want to go back to the clothing store we went to before.”
“Got it. If there’s something you like, I’ll get it for you as a gift.”
“……”
“What’s wrong?”
“……muttering quietly”
Seeing Ashera struggling, Ms. Loushe stepped into the conversation.
“This child keeps talking about how cute the underwear she saw at the clothing store was.”
“Un-underwear……?”
Ashera turned red in the face and looked up at me.
This was dangerous. The impact made me want to buy the entire shop.
“P-Please leave it to me… I’ll wait outside the shop…”
Brothers, laugh at pathetic me.
After talking for about 30 minutes, I took my leave.
“Come to the mansion tomorrow morning.”
“Got it.”
I greeted Lushe and Halva before returning to the mansion.
The next morning————–
Grandfather, Tab, I, Ashera, and Clara moved to the royal capital.
It seemed Clara was bored because no one played with her.
Since at the mansion in the royal capital she could play with Rosa’s daughter, Sara, we decided to go to the royal capital without hesitation.
It seemed that Father had accumulated work at Blue Ring and would be staying here.
He was enthusiastic about teaching El how to handle the work on this occasion.
Marl also seemed interested and would help Father with his duties together with El.
“Are you ready?”
Ao called out.
“Yeah, please.”
Triggered by my voice, we were sucked into the Mana Stream.
As always, after a period that I couldn’t tell whether it was a second or an hour, Ao disappeared in a light tone.
“I’m going to see the Spirit King, so I won’t be able to contact you for a while.”
“Got it.”
Even without Ao, it seemed the blessing remained, and my magic power was constantly full.
“Well then, Tab, let me introduce you to Célie of the mansion.”
“Yes.”
Saying that, Grandpa and Tab left the room.
Clara left the room without saying anything. She was probably going to meet Sara.
I tried asking if I should go buy the thing Ashera mentioned yesterday.
“Ah, Ashera, um, do you want to go shopping?”
Ashera’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she nodded while looking up at me. I wondered if Ashera-san understood.
I told Selie that I was going out and decided to take two knives with me just in case.
One of them was the mithril knife with which I defeated the Earth Dragon. With this, if an Earth Dragon appeared in the royal capital, I’d take it down myself.
By the way, the “glowing staff” that I was entrusted with during the previous dungeon exploration had been handed over to Rosa.
I told her I’d get it back in two or three days, so then I planned to take it to Ms. Naga.
When I arrived at the clothing store, the previous clerk was talking with a female clerk.
“Ashera, should I say it first?”
“Yes. Please…”
Ashera replied, blushing slightly.
I called the female shop assistant and asked her to help Ashera select her underwear.
“What is the nature of your relationship?”
“We’re engaged.”
“Oh my! Then I must also ask the future husband’s preferences, right?”
From there, I was made to reveal everything from the style, the material, and finally even my preferences about sheerness. Stop already, Aldo’s life force is zero!
For some reason, I felt extremely exhausted and was resting on a bench outside the shop.
As I absentmindedly watched the flow of people, a box carriage stopped right nearby.
Judging by the construction of the box carriage, it must have belonged to some nobles. Right then, I was dressed in commoner clothes.
I was about to enter the shop because I didn’t want any trouble, when someone spoke to me.
“Long time no see, Aldo.”
I instinctively turned toward the voice, and there stood Olivia, smiling.
“Olivia, long time no see. Have you returned from the Sandra domain?”
“Yes. I arrived in the royal capital yesterday evening.”
“I see, welcome back. Is that okay to say?”
“Yes, I’m home…”
Olivia was dressed as a noble lady, while I wore commoner clothes. Passersby looked at the mismatched pair of us with interest.
“Aldo, what are you doing in a place like this?”
“Ah, I came to buy clothes for Ashera.”
“Clothes for Ashera…? Why outside? It would have been better if I chose them with you.”
“Well, that’s…”
“??”
“…Actually, about the underwear… mumble mumble.”
Olivia seemed to understand everything and began speaking with a thoughtful expression.
“I’ll go talk with Ashera for a bit.”
“Ah, I leave it to you.”
Saying that, Olivia went into the clothing store.
I sat alone on the bench again, following the flow of people passing by, without really watching them.
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