Chapter 429 First Day of the ‘Grand Market’ (Part XIII)
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
I visited various shops and bought Martina a new pair of leather boots and Dorothy a light green dress to wear at home.
Both were made by a young tailor currently selling in the Royal Capital, with the boots being lighter yet sturdier than usual, and the dress having a beautiful color that seems to blend into the spring forest.
”The boots have a special tanning method, and the dress has a unique dye,”
said the young man proudly.
Since it seems he made them, I got his name to introduce him to Ms. Sasha.
* * *
There was quite a crowd in a section of the central square, so I went to take a look with Martina and Dorothy.
”Oh, it’s a dwarf band!”
”Wow! All the performers are dwarf women!”
”But one of the dancers is an elf. Look, she’s dancing among the dwarf dancers…”
Among the petite dwarf women, one tall elf stands out.
She performs a sexy dance in revealing attire alongside the curvy dwarf female dancers.
”Are dwarfs also talented in music?”
I voiced a sudden question that came to mind.
”Indeed, their dexterity makes them suited for playing instruments. However──”
”?”
”Well… dwarfs generally dislike being seen ‘sexually’ by males of other races, but this sexy choreography…”
As Dorothy said, it is quite an enticing dance.
The curvy dwarf women, appealing to men, and the beautiful elf woman twist their bodies and sway their hips, capturing the attention of the male audience.
Even though I’m listening to Dorothy, I can’t take my eyes off the dancers.
”Big Brother Hiroya… so naughty.”
Martina pulls my arm.
Yeah.
I shouldn’t be mesmerized when the two are here.
* * *
”Move aside, make way! Let us through!”
Parting the crowd surrounding the performers, a group of 5 or 6 dwarven guards appeared before the band.
”You there! For a dwarf woman to dance so immodestly in front of so many men of other races… Stop this at once!”
A stern-looking dwarf guard stepped forward towards the dancers.
”That emblem on their armor… It seems to be the symbol of the dwarf nation, Bash’s guards,”
Dorothy whispered in my ear.
The design of a ‘goldsmith’s anvil and hammer’ engraved on their chest plates seemed to confirm her words.
”We are performing here with the permission of the lord of Raetia,” one of the elves responded.
”Shut up! This has nothing to do with elves! This is a dwarf matter!”
The dwarf guard snapped at the defiant elf dancer.
He turned to the guards behind him, gestured with a nod, and they began to grab the dancers and musicians, attempting to restrain them.
I caught the eye of the elf dancer, who looked flustered as she watched the dwarf women trying to resist.
Her fearful expression seemed to plead for help.
Dorothy and Martina, standing nearby, gave me a subtle nod.
Alright, time to intervene.
”This isn’t the dwarf nation of Bash; it’s the Romuna Kingdom, under Baron O’Brian’s rule. Do you have the right to disrupt a performance he permitted?”
I pushed through the crowd and addressed the guard who had been arguing with the elf dancer.
”Who are you? This is none of the human race’s concern.”
”It is our concern. If you intend to stop something the lord has allowed, I believe you should first consult with him. And as it happens, I am his son.”
Hearing the words ‘the lord’s son,’ the guard hesitated for a moment but quickly regained his composure and retorted.
”We are acting under the orders of the Bash Council, with the authority to stop the performance and take the band members into custody…”
”…If that’s the case, I’ll order you guys as the same council member.”
Suddenly, a loud voice from a woman burst into the conversation.
Looking back, there was an elderly Dwarf woman.
”Any unlawful acts within the Alliance, especially in the territory of Baron O’Brian, a friendly noble of the Dwarf nation Bash, are unacceptable, regardless of the intention to maintain discipline in Bash. Release the performers immediately and leave at once!”
A voice filled with authority, hard to believe it belonged to an elderly woman, resonated through the area.
”Leona Freeberry, the Council Chair…?!”
The guards took a step back.
They released the performers and dancers they were about to restrain and gathered around the one who seemed to be their captain.
”I will take responsibility for their treatment.”
Hearing those words, the guards promptly left the scene.
* * *
”I’m sorry, young master Hiroya. We got you caught up in our dispute.”
At a nearby open-air café, Chair Leona bowed her head to me.
The dancers and performers at the adjacent table also stood up and bowed.
”No, I was just angry that the wonderful performance was interrupted… By the way, do you know me?”
As I asked this, Martina and Dorothy on either side of me looked puzzled.
”I’ve been close with Baron O’Brian for a long time. When it comes to his sons, it’s either Koichi or Hiroya. I know that much. And… the one with the enchanted katana ‘Yamikirimaru’ at his waist, accompanied by cute girls, is… the second son, Hiroya.”
Chair Leona winked as she spoke.
* * *
According to her, she apparently disliked the custom of restricting interracial relationships and marriages for Dwarf women, disregarding their dignity.
With overwhelming support from such women, she rose to become the Council Chair.
”That tradition of ‘a Dwarf woman must marry the first man she’s with’ was created by men who wanted to monopolize these charming Dwarf women. It’s disgusting.”
Chair Leona spat out the words with disdain.
”Could it be… are you Mr. Toldo’s…?”
Dorothy asked cautiously.
Yeah, I was wondering the same.
Dorothy asks timidly.
Yes, I was curious too.
”Yeah, his first wife. ──it looks like you have taking care of him. And… my grandchildren too.”
Chairwoman Leona smiles at me.
Ugh… I have to greet her properly.
”Y-yes. I’m turning 12 soon… by New Year… no…”
After saying that, I straighten up and correct myself.
”Right now, I have something important to do. Once that’s settled, I want to take Aluda, Eluda, and Meluda as my wives.”
”You’re the girls’ chosen man. There’s no mistake. If you can make them happy, I won’t have anything to say.”
Saying that, I firmly shook the offered right hand.
* * *
”You’re searching for various things for dwarf women, huh?”
After parting with Chairwoman Leona and the band members, Dorothy spoke to me on our way to the lingerie store.
”It’s terrible that we can’t love other races freely… isn’t it?”
Martina seems quite outraged too.
”It’s quite something to send women who dislike that custom to other countries, Leona-san really thought this through.”
”Yes. And the person who is the point of contact is the lord──Mr. Hiroya’s father.”
Dorothy nodded in admiration.
It seems that those band members and dancers were just applying for asylum with my dad.
”The elf woman… was really sexy, right?”
Martina peered at me and said that.
No, Martina and Dorothy are sexier, right?
”Those seductive dances are something elf women excel at.”
For some reason, Dorothy puffs out her chest.
She did say she was both a dancer and a choreographer.
”She said she’d come to the Clan house tonight… I’m looking forward to how Toldo will act in front of first wife Leona…”
”Right?♡” “Definitely♡”
I was led by the two of them… reluctantly heading to the lingerie store.
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