“I’m sorry.”
The next day, we hear the beast king is conscious, so we go visit him.
He’s lying on a bed, but he looks well. There are a lot of documents on the bedside table.
Mia apologizes the moment she comes in, but…
“No, it was my fault. I underestimated you.”
He apologizes for being careless, and if anything, he seems frustrated that it ended like that.
“I can’t do it now, but once I’m all better, fight me again!”
“Yes, and I’ll try to control it better.”
The beast king tilts his head, but Mia explains that she can’t control her strength very well yet.
By the way, the beast king is under the impression that Mia can turn into a beast person because of a skill she learned from a scroll.
“You did that, even though you still don’t have full command of it?”
The beast king’s face twitches, but Mia is apologizing to Nene.
“I’m going to take it easy for a while. I’ve been working a lot lately, so it’s actually good.”
The beast king is in a good mood. Is he the type to let work pile up?
Then we tell him we’re planning to leave in a few days.
“I see… I’m gonna miss you. What about Argo, Siphon, and the others?”
“We said we’re going to Majolica, and they said they’re coming with us.”
Then we leave to go buy things here in the Beast Kingdom.
Mostly food at stalls, stuff like flavorings that are hard to get anywhere else… It’s mostly food related, with a lot of it being spices.
None of this will go bad in the Item Box, so we just buy various things.
Then it’s time to leave. The beast king and the others see us off, and we set out from the castle’s training area.
Actually, we’re using Transfer.
No one’s here but us, the beast king, his party that challenged the dungeon with him, and Ryuryu.
“Bye. Make sure to enter the next tournament.”
He says after catching Argo’s and Siphon’s parties. And Shun.
“Watch yourselves out there.”
“See ya next time.”
We all say goodbye, and Mia looks a little troubled when the people who were sleeping thank her.
“Well then!”
I say and cast Transfer, and the scenery in front of me changes from the training area to the house in Majolica.
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We’ve been away for a long time, but there’s no dust anywhere.
I’m sure the people who moved from the faraway town have been looking after it.
“Let’s let some fresh air in.”
Elsa and Alto run around opening windows, and once they’re done with that, they go check the kitchen.”
“Can we have some ingredients?”
“Are you making something? I was thinking of buying something here today.”
“Can’t we?”
I guess you can… Here you go.
Shizune is glaring at me behind Elsa.
“Elsa, are you cooking?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’m roasting this too.”
Hikari takes meat out of her gourd.
“Master, go out. Leave the cooking to us.”
Hikari throws me out as I watch them.
I decide I might as well go tell Hiriluk and the other’s were back, and find Taliyah along the way.
“Ah, Sora, you’re back.”
“We just got back.”
Taliyah is a servant in Leila’s house, and the one who taught Elsa and Alto how to do housework.
“I see. If you have time, how about visiting my master’s home?”
What for?
It’s a little sudden, but I can’t say no after all they’ve done for me.
I work out my plans in my mind. I need to take Stia to Eliana’s place, but I can’t leave Will the feudal lord waiting.
“We just got back, so how about I go in three days?”
I propose that after thinking about it. That way, I can take Stia first.
I ask Taliyah to tell them that, and she goes back. Seriously, what do they want?
I tell Hiriluk and the others we’re back, and tell everyone about Taliyah when I go back home.
“Isn’t it just going to be trouble?”
Asks Rurika, but… I can’t say I don’t agree.
They’re calling me out there, and I think Taliyah was on her way to see if we were here.
Oh well, there’s no point thinking about it.
“Dinner’s ready.”
Hikari and the others bring the food while we talk.
Different things are lined up, but one stands out.
It just looks like regular meat, but my eyes are drawn to it. It’s the smell. It’s really appetizing.
It’s not just me either, everyone feels it.
Hikari nods proudly as she looks at us, and says it’s only one for each person.
I guess between our party, Naoto’s, Siphon’s, and Argo’s, we have a lot of people here.
But there are only two plates with that meat.
We do as Hikari says, and start eating.
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Elsa and Alto run around opening windows, and once they’re done with that, they go check the kitchen.” -> Elsa and Alto run around opening windows, and once they’re done with that, they go check the kitchen.
Thanks for the treat.