17 – I brought in a small potted plant (7)
Soft feeling.
I don’t think anything in the world could be softer and more pliable than this.
If you make a pudding with this kind of texture, you’ll probably end up sitting on a money cushion after rumors spread throughout the continent.
It would be nice to decorate it with a cherry that is as small as you can hold on your finger.
But what kind of cherry is this, so it’s so chewy?
“Master… Are you awake?”
When I opened my eyes at the voice, Ael was looking down.
I was sitting next to him lying down, my face flushed as if it were about to explode.
I wondered why his face was like that, but now I see Einor’s hand under Ael’s shirt.
The pudding and cherry I met in my dream then….
“Oh, sorry.”
You hurriedly removed his hand while apologizing.
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“hehehe, it’s okay…”
But why is Ael here?
You must have been at home at dawn?
No, wait a minute. Where is here?
Einer looked around.
Einer saw the familiar ceiling and walls and realized that this was the security unit’s infirmary.
A dispensary? Ael and I at the infirmary?
Is this also a dream?
Let’s refresh our memories.
This morning, you and your crew boarded the unlit galley of the De Zere Empire.
There I found the fainting slaves and sailors, and then I heard a woman’s voice.
It was the song Cantovera sang from the galley hold.
When I hear that song, I fall into a sleep I can never wake from.
And the only way to wake up is to move to a place where you can’t hear the song.
But since they are already asleep, they cannot move, so it is a fatal song of death in which they die while sleeping.
Since you experienced it once during the war with the demon king’s army, he immediately asked Malia, who was waiting outside, to bring Ael.
Because Ael….
“But I’m glad it’s not a big deal, master.”
Ael smiled at her eyes.
“Yes. If it hadn’t been for you, that galley would have been my grave.”
Asmodians do not fall asleep even when they hear Cantovera’s song.
No one knows why.
Maybe they don’t obey the laws of this world because they are beings from another world who accidentally passed through an open dimensional gate a long time ago.
So, during the war, the Demon King’s Army had a lot of fun with the disturbance operation using Cantovera.
But the Cantobera was so rare in the first place, and so abused that way, it’s now almost dried up.
“What about the other members?”
“I’m next to you.”
When I turned my head, I saw the members of the medical team lying on the camp beds like Einer.
Ryan was sitting on the bed, rubbing his forehead as if trying to come to his senses, and Marco was snoring loudly.
For some reason, it looked like he was taking a nap even though he could have woken up earlier.
Toby strangely fell over to Kira’s bed right next to her and hugged her while she was talking about something in her sleep.
“Rosellina… Rosalina….”
Roselina is a bank clerk that Toby likes alone.
She seems to have confused Kira with that woman in her sleep.
With blonde hair and a cheeky smile, she does look alike Kira and her.
At that time, the door to the infirmary opened and the security chief, Hadun, the dwarf, entered.
Ael got up from his seat nervously at the appearance of the security chief.
“Are you awake?”
“Yes, sir. You almost lost a good man.”
“Don’t be a jerk! It’s a shame!
Even though he said that, he must have been worried about Einer and the crew.
Hadun put his hand on the iron club around his waist and looked up at Ael, who was restless next to Inner.
“You said you bought this demon as a slave?”
“I never said that.”
“Malia from the management agency told me, you bastard! You said you were the demon we went to catch after you ran away from the Paling Merchant the other day?”
“Hick!”
Ael was surprised and shrugged her shoulders.
Anyway, it was because the security forces had suffered so much that they were afraid that the dwarves would be scolded.
Especially, Ael was even more frightened because the heavy iron club hanging from his waist looked like it would break his bones at the slightest touch.
“Don’t scare the kids. I bought it through an official transaction with the branch manager Daham.”
“What the hell did you do to buy slaves from those merchants who say that dogs won’t eat sh*t when they poop?”
“There’s something like that. You’re not here to interfere with that, are you?”
“Of course not, son! I don’t care if you buy a slave or sell yourself into a slave!”
Hadoon pointed at you with her thick finger and cleared her throat while looking at Ael.
“Thank you, demon. If it wasn’t for you, I would have been in great trouble.”
“Yes…? Ah, yes! No! I will be living here from now on, so if I can help, I should help…! No, I’m not helping with slavery… Eh, so…”
Hadoon, who was watching Ael who was talking to herself with her words twisted, looked at you again and said.
“Thanks to your slaves, Cantovera was scrapped and the Dezers were safely anchored. I would never have thought that I would receive help from the demons in my life.”
“It’s useful in many ways. I’m good at cooking.”
“Cooking? Yes? That’s good, son.”
It was Hadun, so he beat up each member of his team, passed out after only one weeding, and nagged at him, saying that even if he lost his spirit, he was too exhausted, and left the medical unit.
Actually, it was intended to make sure everyone was safe.
“Toby? What are you doing? Do you like this sister so much?”
“Wow?! What! It wasn’t Rosalina!”
Everyone burst into laughter as Toby, who was hugging Kira, rolled off the bed in a fit of rage.
Seeing that, Ael also covered her mouth with her hand and giggled.
“By the way, is that person the chief’s slave? Hmm.”
Kira woke up from her bed and narrowed her eyes as she saw Ael giggling.
At Kira’s gaze, Ael immediately stopped laughing and shook her head with an apologetic expression.
I don’t know what I’m sorry for, but I’m sure anyone who’s seen Kira’s eyes will look back to see if they’ve done something wrong.
Kira’s impression of her and her eyes….
If you meet her in a dark alley, she looks like a scary older sister who burns cigarettes and steals all her money.
“Chief. I thought you weren’t interested in women, but I’m surprised.”
Seeing Ael’s curvy body that even her perm clothes couldn’t hide, Kira let out a laugh.
“It’s not like that, you bastard. Anyway, say hello everyone. This is Ael.”
You introduced Ael, putting her hand around Ael’s shoulder and moving her forward a little.
“If it wasn’t for him, we’d probably be on the galley right now. It doesn’t work against a demon called Cantobe.”
“You’re a demon, but you don’t have horns?”
“She cut it with her chainsaw as she ran away.”
“You mean he cut off his horn? You’re quite a strong man. I’m Marco. Thank you for saving me.”
As the large Marco strode forward, he held out his hand, and Ael awkwardly lowered his head and shook his hand.
Toby also came over and shook hands, pointing at Kira with the other hand.
“I’m Toby. That blonde bully with sleazy eyes is tall.”
“Would you take a look at what he said to his senior? The subject of hugging and bobbing?”
“Wow.”
Ael, who had laughed involuntarily at Toby and Kira’s bickering, hurriedly straightened up after meeting Ryan’s eyes.
Ryan, a cold-blooded man, ended his chant by simply saying his name.
“When she comes to my house in the future, Ael will cook something delicious. She cooks amazingly well.”
“hehehe… No… Not that much…”
At your praise, Ael wiggled her hands and twisted her body.
“Then you go back. It’s still work time.”
“Yes, Master!”
“Hey, it’s the owner.”
Kira laughed as she poked Toby’s side with her elbow.
* * * * *
Twilight, work time.
Ainer, coming out of the front gate of the security guard, stopped in surprise when he saw Ael waiting in front of the gate.
“What are you doing here?”
“I waited for the owner to leave.”
“Me? Why?”
“You collapsed like that in the morning. I was worried if you could make it home.”
“hahahaha. Thank you.”
Einer and Ael walked along the golden pier as the setting sun went down.
Ael, who was sweaty after being outside for a long time, walked a few steps behind Einer in case he smelled sweat.
Even if you asked her to come next to her, she refused to do so.
I don’t want to give the master a dirty impression.
The long shadows of the two were cast in the setting sun behind them.
Giant ships from all over the world swayed arrogantly with the waves, their masts upright, as if they had no interest in the two passing in front of them.
A mountain of rope sacks and fishing gear giving off a fishy smell.
A cat steals a fish and runs away while keeping an eye on the huge cargo and people who don’t know what it is in.
The coquettish prostitutes who seduce the sailors just getting off the ship, the sailors’ harsh language, and laughter.
The golden dancing sea that illuminates everything.
“It’s beautiful.”
Ael said while looking at the orange and purple sky.
“Sure.”
“I’m so lucky to live here.”
“I think so too.”
Einer and Ael walked across the central market and bought food for dinner tonight.
There, the two of them had to go through a lot of trouble getting rid of the merchant offering scented candles.
If you put it in the bedroom of a married couple, it will overflow with lust and make it easier to have children.
“I-I’m a slave, not a wife, sorry…!”
“Aha, were you a slave? Then I recommend this scented candle to your master. It has an aphrodisiac…”
“Master, you’re not that kind of person?! I’m really dumbfounded! Why are you making my master a dirty horse!”
Ael, who thought Ainor had been insulted, began to get angry.
So Einer had to forcefully drag Ael, who was about to open her body, and leave the market.
“Whew. I finally got home. As expected, the central market is too complicated.”
Ael, who climbed the hill and arrived in front of the house, smiled and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“Why are you sweating so much?”
“I’m sweating a lot because I’ve gained weight. You smell like sweat? I’m sorry. I’ll wash right away…”
As Ael pulled her collar and sniffed her nose, Einer waved her hand.
“I don’t smell. I haven’t gained weight. So don’t belittle yourself too much.”
“hehehehe…”
Ael opened the door with a smile and went inside.
Following her into her house, you suddenly noticed something new on the window of her living room.
“Why is that thing here!?”
Einer cried out like a scream when he saw Canto Vera blooming in a small pot.