CH 499
“Makina……?”
“Zzz …….”
I stopped to say hello and check on Makina, who was sleeping in the house where we were staying. From what I’ve heard from Verna-sensei, it’s almost the same lack of magic when I shot the Dragonic Blaze before.
She was not very good at using magic power, but I thought it was because of the low total amount. But it seems that Makina wasn’t really able to ‘release’ her magic in the first place, wasn’t it?
“Haha, I really can’t take my eyes off her.”
I wipe off my sweat and chuckle.
Makina’s appearance is similar to that of a Japanese, and even after looking at her again, I still think she’s cute and wonder if I could be her boyfriend.
To be honest, if she hadn’t been with me, she wouldn’t have had to go through all this trouble.
“…… Sorry Makina.”
When I whispered this, Makina’s eyelids opened and she looked at me and opened her mouth.
“Nn …… I ……? A dream? Why is Lars apologizing?”
“‘Good, you’re awake. It wasn’t a dream, I’m back.”
I smile at her, and she flips the covers off her head and blushes.
“Ah, eh? I-It’s real!? It’s not a dream ……”
“Hahaha, calm down.”
“Y-Yeah …… Suuu …… Welcome back!”
She takes a deep breath, smiles at me, and I pat Makina on the head. Then Makina gives me a strange look.
“But why were you apologizing to me?”
“When I heard that Makina had collapsed, I wondered if this would have happened if you hadn’t been working with me.”
“Ehhhh? Ahaha, you’re thinking too much! I’m with Lars because I like you and I really enjoy going around. I get to meet my Master and make friends with Sephiro, the dragons, and the monsters, which is something that would never happen in a normal life, you know?”
“You’ve also been in a lot of danger ……”
“The demon riot in the town of Gust is not Lars’ fault, in fact, it’s thanks to you that I’m able to train here? If Lars wasn’t my boyfriend, I might have died in the first attack.”
“I-Is that so ……?”
Now that you mention it, it also gives me that kind of feeling. I just happened to ruin the plan of Gospel’s Descent, after all. But I think I have a part to play in the Aiatubus and Sandiola cases ……
I’m still confused, but Makina sits down on the bed, puts her hands on my cheeks, and looks me in the eye.
“…… It’s the opposite, okay?”
“The opposite?”
“Yes. If it weren’t for Lars, it would have been too late for all of them. The Oriola territory might have changed lords, and Lux and her sister would have died. I think Radia and Ash would have been separated. Sandiola would have been occupied by the demons …… the Gospel’s Descent by now, wouldn’t it?”
“Ah.”
I see, I thought and open my eyes wide.
It’s a difference in perspective, if you will? I feel that “it’s my fault”, but everyone else feels that “I solved it”.
“Right? I don’t want Lars to feel like it’s your fault that this happened, I want you to feel that you’re the one who solved it.”
“…… Okay.”
“Yeah …….”
When I nodded, Makina shut her eyes and we kissed.
“Ehehe …… I kissed you after a long time.”
“Well, I wasn’t talking about that earlier, but everyone’s busy right now, after all.”
“Yeah! Well, what about the others?”
We were both blushing when Makina got off the bed, stretched and asked me.
“We’re training, of course. Are you feeling okay?”
“Hmm …… Yep, no problem. But I collapsed in the middle of dinner, so I might be hungry ……”
“Oh, I heard you collapsed around lunchtime yesterday, so I guess so.”
“…… Yesterday!?”
“Yeah. Well, let’s get something to eat first. I’ll make …… it!?”
“Oh ……!?”
Just as I was about to pull Makina’s startled hand out, I noticed a figure at the door watching us.
“I envy you, Makina-chan.”
“Right.”
“Luciel and Kudelica ……!? H-How long have you guys been there ……”
“What? Since the beginning!”
Grinning and laughing, feeling mean to those two people, I cleared my throat and asked.
“Nnnnn ……. W-Well, whatever. Rather than that, since you’re here means you have some business with me or Makina, right?”
“Yes! I’m going to go back to the royal capital now, but before I do, I brought a lot of other things with me when I was mining, and I had Yogus-kun [Appraisal] them. I have no idea what to do with it, but he said that Lars might have some idea.”
“Heh, what kind of things do you have? I’m looking forward to it. Then, I’ll look at it after I prepare Makina’s food.”
“Okay!”
“Let’s go, Makina-chan!”
“W-Wait! Geez, fufu.”
After Makina smiles as she is pulled along by Kudelica, Luciel and I also leave the room and start cooking over the fire.
…… But she just woke up, and considering that she hadn’t eaten anything for a whole day, we thought something like meat might upset her stomachs, so we made Makina a bowl of boiled eggs and let her eat it slowly.
“Mm, delicious~♪ Is it seasoned only with salt?”
“Yes. It’s not bad with green onions.”
“I’ll have some too!”
“Can I have some too?”
“Of course.”
I had just served them both some egg rice and was about to eat some myself when I saw Yogus, who is observing the Raptor dragon nearby, coming towards me.
“Hello, Makina, it looks you’re awake now.”
“Oh, Yogus! It’s been a while. You look good.”
“That’s my line …… Now, since you’re with Luciel means that you’ve about it, right?”
“Yeah, I only heard there was something unusual.”
When I say this and take a mouthful of porridge, Yogus takes them out of the basket and lays them out. It seems that everything has been appraised, but Yogus puts his hand on his chin and says to me.
“I’ve never really seen anything like it around here, and even if I appraise it, its use is too subtle.”
“Hmm? …… This is …….”
One of the things he took out was a branch of a rubber tree, and I picked it up while using [Appraisal] myself, and asked Luciel.
“Do you remember where this tree grew, Luciel?”
“What? Yes, I remember! It was in the mountains, but it grew in a hotter place than the others. But when I cut it, a strange juice came out, so I just took the branches.”
A strange juice …… it seems like it’s a rubber tree after all.
I feel like I have to use some chemicals to use it, but maybe I’ll be able to do various things?
“Zzz …….”
I stopped to say hello and check on Makina, who was sleeping in the house where we were staying. From what I’ve heard from Verna-sensei, it’s almost the same lack of magic when I shot the Dragonic Blaze before.
She was not very good at using magic power, but I thought it was because of the low total amount. But it seems that Makina wasn’t really able to ‘release’ her magic in the first place, wasn’t it?
“Haha, I really can’t take my eyes off her.”
I wipe off my sweat and chuckle.
Makina’s appearance is similar to that of a Japanese, and even after looking at her again, I still think she’s cute and wonder if I could be her boyfriend.
To be honest, if she hadn’t been with me, she wouldn’t have had to go through all this trouble.
“…… Sorry Makina.”
When I whispered this, Makina’s eyelids opened and she looked at me and opened her mouth.
“Nn …… I ……? A dream? Why is Lars apologizing?”
“‘Good, you’re awake. It wasn’t a dream, I’m back.”
I smile at her, and she flips the covers off her head and blushes.
“Ah, eh? I-It’s real!? It’s not a dream ……”
“Hahaha, calm down.”
“Y-Yeah …… Suuu …… Welcome back!”
She takes a deep breath, smiles at me, and I pat Makina on the head. Then Makina gives me a strange look.
“But why were you apologizing to me?”
“When I heard that Makina had collapsed, I wondered if this would have happened if you hadn’t been working with me.”
“Ehhhh? Ahaha, you’re thinking too much! I’m with Lars because I like you and I really enjoy going around. I get to meet my Master and make friends with Sephiro, the dragons, and the monsters, which is something that would never happen in a normal life, you know?”
“You’ve also been in a lot of danger ……”
“The demon riot in the town of Gust is not Lars’ fault, in fact, it’s thanks to you that I’m able to train here? If Lars wasn’t my boyfriend, I might have died in the first attack.”
“I-Is that so ……?”
Now that you mention it, it also gives me that kind of feeling. I just happened to ruin the plan of Gospel’s Descent, after all. But I think I have a part to play in the Aiatubus and Sandiola cases ……
I’m still confused, but Makina sits down on the bed, puts her hands on my cheeks, and looks me in the eye.
“…… It’s the opposite, okay?”
“The opposite?”
“Yes. If it weren’t for Lars, it would have been too late for all of them. The Oriola territory might have changed lords, and Lux and her sister would have died. I think Radia and Ash would have been separated. Sandiola would have been occupied by the demons …… the Gospel’s Descent by now, wouldn’t it?”
“Ah.”
I see, I thought and open my eyes wide.
It’s a difference in perspective, if you will? I feel that “it’s my fault”, but everyone else feels that “I solved it”.
“Right? I don’t want Lars to feel like it’s your fault that this happened, I want you to feel that you’re the one who solved it.”
“…… Okay.”
“Yeah …….”
When I nodded, Makina shut her eyes and we kissed.
“Ehehe …… I kissed you after a long time.”
“Well, I wasn’t talking about that earlier, but everyone’s busy right now, after all.”
“Yeah! Well, what about the others?”
We were both blushing when Makina got off the bed, stretched and asked me.
“We’re training, of course. Are you feeling okay?”
“Hmm …… Yep, no problem. But I collapsed in the middle of dinner, so I might be hungry ……”
“Oh, I heard you collapsed around lunchtime yesterday, so I guess so.”
“…… Yesterday!?”
“Yeah. Well, let’s get something to eat first. I’ll make …… it!?”
“Oh ……!?”
Just as I was about to pull Makina’s startled hand out, I noticed a figure at the door watching us.
“I envy you, Makina-chan.”
“Right.”
“Luciel and Kudelica ……!? H-How long have you guys been there ……”
“What? Since the beginning!”
Grinning and laughing, feeling mean to those two people, I cleared my throat and asked.
“Nnnnn ……. W-Well, whatever. Rather than that, since you’re here means you have some business with me or Makina, right?”
“Yes! I’m going to go back to the royal capital now, but before I do, I brought a lot of other things with me when I was mining, and I had Yogus-kun [Appraisal] them. I have no idea what to do with it, but he said that Lars might have some idea.”
“Heh, what kind of things do you have? I’m looking forward to it. Then, I’ll look at it after I prepare Makina’s food.”
“Okay!”
“Let’s go, Makina-chan!”
“W-Wait! Geez, fufu.”
After Makina smiles as she is pulled along by Kudelica, Luciel and I also leave the room and start cooking over the fire.
…… But she just woke up, and considering that she hadn’t eaten anything for a whole day, we thought something like meat might upset her stomachs, so we made Makina a bowl of boiled eggs and let her eat it slowly.
“Mm, delicious~♪ Is it seasoned only with salt?”
“Yes. It’s not bad with green onions.”
“I’ll have some too!”
“Can I have some too?”
“Of course.”
I had just served them both some egg rice and was about to eat some myself when I saw Yogus, who is observing the Raptor dragon nearby, coming towards me.
“Hello, Makina, it looks you’re awake now.”
“Oh, Yogus! It’s been a while. You look good.”
“That’s my line …… Now, since you’re with Luciel means that you’ve about it, right?”
“Yeah, I only heard there was something unusual.”
When I say this and take a mouthful of porridge, Yogus takes them out of the basket and lays them out. It seems that everything has been appraised, but Yogus puts his hand on his chin and says to me.
“I’ve never really seen anything like it around here, and even if I appraise it, its use is too subtle.”
“Hmm? …… This is …….”
One of the things he took out was a branch of a rubber tree, and I picked it up while using [Appraisal] myself, and asked Luciel.
“Do you remember where this tree grew, Luciel?”
“What? Yes, I remember! It was in the mountains, but it grew in a hotter place than the others. But when I cut it, a strange juice came out, so I just took the branches.”
A strange juice …… it seems like it’s a rubber tree after all.
I feel like I have to use some chemicals to use it, but maybe I’ll be able to do various things?