Chapter 374 Jan’s Training
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
””””I’m back!””””
Before lunch, Sandra and Suu-Noo-Uu came back.
”Hiroya! Please help us practice today!”
After school, Jan and the others also came.
AliAli also followed them.
”Well, let’s eat lunch first.”
Saying that, Jan, Lantz, Gazura, and Mash ran into the dining room with smiles.
Alisa bowed her head and walked to the kitchen with the wolf maids.
”Alisa wants to learn to cook. I wonder if there’s someone she wants to feed?”
Sandra grinned and went up the stairs.
* * *
”Hmm. The arrow itself is normal. It’s just big.”
Toldo, who had come back to the mansion for lunch, was checking the big arrow given by Gunilla.
”Could ya make the same sort?”
”It’s just big, so there’s no problem.”
Aluda, who was looking at the arrow from Toldo, replied to Gunilla.
”Shall we make about 50 for now?”
”But we also need to finish the Black Bow arrows before the next Great Labyrinth exploration… and also for Dorothy’s longbow and Liz’s composite bow…”
Eluda and Meluda seem busy too.
Especially for us, we use a lot of arrows.
”W-waitin’ on that’s alright. I still got plenty arrows in the quiver…”
”That will be enough for the next exploration. While you all are exploring, I will make them.”
Toldo stood up to take a smoke after his meal.
”Thanks, grandpa…”
”No problem, no problem. But…”
Just as Toldo turned around to say something, 3 paper fans hit his head from who knows where.
──swoosh!
”I-I haven’t said anything yet.”
”You will, right?”
”Yeah. You will say something like ‘let me hold you’…”
”You and I were in a relationship for a night, grandpa?”
”You guys is so… sharp…”
Rubbing his head, Toldo went out to the backyard.
”How much I gotta pay fer that…?”
”Since it’s for Famière, Gunilla doesn’t have to pay.”
Aluda sat down while putting away the paper fan at her waist.
”It’s okay because I’ll bill it with the other arrows.”
”Right. It’s part of my job as a contract blacksmith.”
Eluda and Meluda also sat down and sipped their tea after lunch.
”Mr. Hiroya, please have some.”
”Oh, thank you.”
AliAli served me tea.
”I made it, so… how does it taste?”
I took a sip…
”Yeah. It’s good. The flavor of the Elf’s tea leaves is really coming out.”
But it can’t compare to what Kazumi or Ms. Hanna makes.
”♪”
Holding the tray to her chest, AliAli happily skipped back to the kitchen.
”Hey! Hiroya! Can you teach me soon?”
Jan called me from the backyard, so I thought I would practice with him after finishing my tea.
* * *
”Are you teaching the kids too?”
While watching Jan and the others practice, Violet stood next to me and watched too.
”They are my classmates. But, I can’t go to school.”
”Exploring the Great Labyrinth is more important, after all. Well, it can’t be helped.”
At the edge of the backyard, Liz was teaching Gunilla how to stand properly.
She needs to stay steady because of the shock from the big crossbow.
Maybe inspired, Romy was repeatedly winding and loading the small Black Bow.
She is good with her hands, so she is pretty fast.
Even though she is a porter, she is now an important support in battle.
I rely on her.
”H-Hiroya… we finished a thousand swings…”
Jan and the others collapsed, out of breath.
”Then let’s take a break. When you catch your breath, we’ll practice hitting in pairs.”
”Hey Hiroya, when will you teach me that ‘Obu Muso Style’ thing?”
Lantz asked while breathing heavily.
”Not yet. First, you need to learn the basics of sword fighting.”
They wanted to practice because I showed them ‘log cutting’ when they visited the Clan house before.
Since then, they seem to be interested in sword fighting that isn’t taught in school.
”Ah, I want to become an adventurer soon…”
”Yeah. And gather pretty girls to form a party like Hiroya…”
”Exactly. We will gather beautiful girls for our party.”
”…You guys are just like Hiroya…”
Jan, Gazura, and Mash’s reasons are so silly that even Violet is surprised.
I mean, what does ‘just like’ even mean?
”Aren’t you also a bit silly? You are dealing with 3 dwarf girls──”
”Whoa, whoa, whoa!”
I hurriedly cover Violet’s mouth.
”What is it, Hiroya! You can’t be…”
”You already lost your virginity!”
”About those dwarf girls… didn’t you get engaged to Kazumi?”
”No way! What are you talking about, Violet!”
I desperately deny as Lantz, Gazura, and Mash crowd around me.
Jan winks at me and gives a thumbs up.
(Jan probably knows my rumors from the guild, so maybe this is boy’s friendship…)
I nod to Jan to thank him and gave the others instructions for practice.
* * *
”Mr. Hiroya!”
When Jan and the others finished their practice, members of ‘Rose Hip’ Laura’s team appeared in the backyard.
Everyone was wearing ‘part armor’ from Freeberry Workshop.
”Tomorrow morning, Captain Helena’s team will return from the Great Labyrinth, so we will start from the 13th floor. Our new armor arrived this morning, so we will do our best in the Great Labyrinth──”
”Silke and I can’t join the practice tomorrow morning…”
”So, we thought we would meet Hiroya today♡”
Laura, who seemed to have run, was interrupted by Annabelle and Silke as they announced their absence from practice, breathing heavily.
”The 13th floor, huh? Well, with your skills, it seems like you will be fine.”
”Is that so?”
”It makes me feel confident when Hiroya says that♡”
Nele and Nina smile shyly.
”So, who is that over there?”
Eugenia looked at Violet, who was standing next to me.
”She is a new member of Famière.”
”That’s right. I’m really skilled!”
”Oh, really? I’m Laura from the ‘Rose Hip’ clan. But you guys are too close to Mr. Hiroya!”
Laura bowed her head to Violet and pulled Silke and Annabelle away from my arms.
”Yay♡”
”It’s okay to be a little close♡”
”I mean, there are cute boys here today♡”
”That’s true♡ Are they Hiroya’s classmates?”
Silke and Annabelle looked at me sadly after being pulled away, while Nele and Nina started flirting with Jan and the others.
”But… I still like Hiroya the best♡”
”Yeah. I would be okay with Hiroya even when he grows up♡”
Huh?
Weren’t you only okay with younger boys?
”But he will definitely be a handsome man♡”
”And he can become an adult, right? I want to see that next time♡”
Nele and Nina took my arms instead of Silke and Annabelle.
Jan and Violet looked at me with a glare.
”…I thought I understood that you were shameless, but… hmm. It seems you are not the only one to blame…”
Violet murmured with a hint of sympathy in her voice.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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