Chapter 62
After the unexpected passionate slime jelly talk――
「Oh yeah, Takumi-san . Please stay at our mansion while you are in Bailey」
「Eh?」
Cedric-san suddenly proposed to us .
「No, to be taken care of that much…… besides, we are already staying in an inn」
「There wouldn’t be problem canceling the inn, right?」
I thought of reservedly declining, but Cedric-san wasn’t giving up .
Well~ I don’t have a problem canceling the inn, but…… however, because I don’t know how long we will be staying in Bailey, I would feel awkward being taken care of for a long time .
However, when Cedric-san said he would like playmates for his children once in a while, I immediately surrendered . I mean, there’s not many opportunities for Allen and Elena to come in contact with children of their age . While in Bailey, I’m sincerely thankful for the opportunity of them interacting with Theodore-kun and Latis-kun .
That being the case, I have decided to stay in the Risner House’s care during our stay in Bailey .
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The next morning during our stay in the Risner mansion, I have woken up with the sunrise because of going to sleep earlier than usual .
Allen and Elena are already up .
「Good morning」
「「Morning~」」
「Did you sleep well?」
「「Un」」
This being the mansion of nobles, the futon in the guest room are soft and comfortable to sleep on, but our sleeping hours didn’t increase .
Because it’s still too early to be waking up, I thought of passing the time by rolling around the bed, but as I’m completely awake, I started dressing up .
Then, because at least one of the servants would be awake, we left the room seeking the permission to go to the garden .
Sure enough, we immediately found Servant-san, who told me that Cedric-san is already awake, so he guided us to him .
「Good morning」
「Takumi-san, good morning . Allen-kun and Elena-san, good morning to you too」
「「Morning~」」
Cedric-san in a dressing gown, sitting on a sofa and reading a letter .
「The sun has just come out, was the bed not to your liking?」
「No, I have rested properly . Both the children and I don’t sleep for too long, so」
「Is that so?」
「Yeah」
It seems that Cedric-san is worried that we didn’t sleep much because we woke up so early in the morning .
「Say, Allen, Elena . You have slept a lot, didn’t you?」
「「Un」」
「Soft~」
「Comfortable~」
Cedric-san didn’t seem convinced by my explanation, so I asked Allen and Elena . Thereupon, the two turned towards Cedric-san with smiles on their faces and answered .
「Is that so?」
A gentle smile floated on Cedric-san’s face after hearing that .
I don’t know whether it’s because Cedric-san looks like Isaac-san, but Allen and Elena quickly warmed up to him . There weren’t any problems even with conversations such as this .
N~…… nevertheless, it appears that Allen and Elena liked the soft bed very much . The inn we were staying at wasn’t a cheap inn, but as expected, the quality is entirely different . If it’s like this, I should get a good futon in the near future .
「Cedric-san is early as well, aren’t you?」
「Yes, a reply came from Isaac to the letter I sent him yesterday」
Eh? A reply to a letter that was sent yesterday?!
I asked because I was curious and was told something unexpected .
「Isn’t that too fast? Doesn’t one-way letter delivery usually take about one month?」
「Y, yeah……」
…… Rural village . Which reminds me, there was such setting . I have completely forgotten .
「In that case, it’s no wonder you are not aware of the existence of the transfer magic tool」
「Transfer magic tool, is it? Those in dungeons?」
「The principle is the same . It’s just that these can’t transfer people like those in the dungeons」
Transfer magic tool, as the name suggest, is a magic tool that allows sending items over a long distance . Unlike the transfer device in the dungeons, it’s a magic tool large enough to be held in both hands which apparently can’t transfer people .
On top of being able to transfer only to a place with the same magic tool, it can only send letters and small items like accessories .
But, in this world where conversations are the mainstream exchange, this magic tool is convenient .
Also, it appears that the transfer magic tool can’t be produced by people’s hands and there’s no other way than to acquire it in dungeons . Even though researchers have been studying the magic tool for many years, it appears that it’s impossible to reproduce .
It seems that a magic tool that transfers people like the ones in the dungeons is like a dream within a dream .
「Does that mean you can deliver items anywhere as long as that place has the same magic tool?」
Isn’t that dangerous in a sense?
It would be possible to deliver explosives to the destination and destroy it .
「No . These magic tools have something akin to an individual recognition code . It’s possible to send only to magical tools that have registered that code」
It seems that transfer magic tools (simplified) have individual codes which are registered with the first transfer .
It appears that one-way transfer is possible depending on the code is registered .
Naturally, the registrations in the castle and other important places are limited, and the exchanges between countries are apparently dealt firmly in establishments in separate places .
Besides, it appears that the magic tools owned by the country are nearly all currently located in Adventurer’s Guilds .
Because they can be obtained only in dungeons, most of them are acquired by adventurers, so it’s only inevitable that the Adventurer’s Guilds will purchase them .
Thus, the transfer magic tools in the Adventurer’s Guilds are used to send and deliver letters .
The fee is higher than delivery by carriage or fast horse, but the fee is apparently set to a price that even common folk would be able to use it .
The biggest advantage is the fast delivery .
「So Adventurer’s Guild also had such use, I see . I didn’t know . Then, since it’s possible to deliver between the branches of Adventurer’s Guilds, is it possible to send letters even to the foreign countries?」
「Yeah, that’s right . Adventurer’s Guilds all over the world are branches of one establishment, so they have the codes registered . This letter also went through the Adventurer’s Guild and was delivered just a little while ago . It was delivered as an urgent case before the sunrise」
「Urgent? Did anything happen?」
「No . Isaac just deliberately send it like that」
「Hee?」
「It appears he was frustrated by my boasting . Well, in other words, he’s harassing me」
「Boasting? Harassment?」
「Yeah, I was boasting in the letter I sent yesterday how good the slime jelly tasted . Of course, I even told him that you would teach me the way of making Cream bread」
「Eh!?」
Does that mean that Cedric-san wrote Isaac-san a letter in which he boasted about the slime jelly and Isaac-san who read that letter sent a reply letter urgently to be delivered before the sunrise in order to harass Cedric-san!?
These siblings, what are they doing~!?