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Published at 27th of January 2020 08:43:27 AM


Chapter 21

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The blue sky is really beautiful.

Dahlia is fully savoring the happiness of being able to see the cityscape so clearly without her glasses.

Now, she can appreciate the subtle beauty of her new olive green long pants and white lily sweater.

Dahlia went to the temple early this morning in a carriage. She was there to check if her eyesight can be restored and whether she takes off her glasses.

The temple is located northeast of the royal capital, near the castle.

its appearance is similar to a church in my previous life but it is made of a white-crystal-like material. It is a beautiful building when being shine upon by sunlight.

The treatment itself was not done in the temple but in the building called the [Medical Hall]. In a white square building that reminds me of a hospital, the place that each person will be guided to will be different depending on the nature of their injury or illness.

About the donation, since I was told that it would need 1 gold coin for both eyes, I asked them to let me pay with silver coins instead.

I was quite nervous but the guide at the medical hall told me with a smile that it was easy to restore my vision so I no longer need to wear my glasses anymore.

In fact, I have to wait for two and a half hours for the treatment but the treatment itself only took five minutes for both of my eyes.

After the treatment, my vision is so clear like how it was when I was a child.

On the way back, I ditched the carriage and take my time walking through the central district while enjoying the scenery.

Today, in commemoration of the opening of her new company, Dahlia decided to eat out at a delicious restaurant.

Over the past few days, her engagement was broken, she met a knight soaked in blood, and started her own company, Dahlia felt like her peaceful life is crumbling down.

Today she planned to eat something delicious, buy a book about magic tools and some sweet red wine on her way back home. After taking a long bath, she will read the book and from tomorrow on, she will do her best to make new magic tools—–Dahlia had such a perfect plan.

she was at a loss about which place to enter but in the end, she chose a slightly stylish store on the main street that she had talked about with Gabriella yesterday.

Because it was my first time here, I was a little nervous.

The clerk greeted Dahlia with a bright smile and guided her to the terrace.

The seats outside the terrace have large hemp-colored parasols set next to the table.

It is a pleasant feeling seeing the light breeze blowing in the early summer from under the umbrella that shields you from the afternoon sun.

While looking at the menu that the waiter placed on the table and wondering which one to choose, I felt a strange feeling.

The line of sight of the people some tables away shifts toward the road. One after another, their sights are glued to that place.

Looking wonderingly, I turned my gaze to the road and met eyes with a tall young man who is walking toward me.

“…..Ah”

I wonder what is the probability of such a coincidence.

Dahlia expected that he would not notice her and immediately looked away from him to avoid being rude.

However, the black-haired young man kept walking straight toward her without any hesitation.

His face is as beautiful as always, and his silk taffeta shirt and black trousers really looked good on him.

“I am sorry to bother you but perhaps might you be related to Dahl-san……no….the actual person?”

“…….Yes.”

It’s Wolf who I met in the forest the other day.

His golden eyes narrowed as he happily looking at me.

“I’m glad I found you. That time my eyes were quite blurry and I can’t see your face very well.”

“I’m sorry, it was dangerous for a woman to be alone in the forest so I dressed that way.”

“No, I should be the one apologizing that you had to take care of me. Thank you very much for saving me that day.”

Wolf wasn’t offended that Dahlia was hiding her gender.

On the contrary, he politely bowed to her in gratitude.

“Um….were you already know since we were in the forest?”

“Not particularly. Your voice was completely that of a man at that time. But on our way back on the carriage I thought that your smell seemed like a woman’s that’s all.”

Smell—-does a body strengthening also enhance his sense of smell? I wanted to ask him that but I will bear it for now.

“I changed my voice with a magic device but you sure found me out right away.”

“It was unnatural when you immediately looked away after our eyes met, you see. I guess the same eye color and atmosphere did give you away too. Even if my eyes were blurry back then I can make out the jade color eyes and the similar air you gave off. And when I walked over thinking that it might be you, I can smell the same scent so I thought that perhaps you are actually him.”

“You sure have a great sense of smell………”

I don’t even wear perfume and I take a bath every day, still, do I smell that much?

Dahlia became incredibly anxious about that.

“But I must say that it is a good thing that Dahl-san is actually a woman.”

“Why is that?”

“Even with that appearance, I thought that you were cute you see. I thought that I was starting to swing that way.”

“What way?!”

Wolf smiled at Dahlia who retorted without thinking.

“It would be a waste to stand around while we are having such a lively conversation, do you mind if I share your table? If you are waiting for your lover then I can come back another day though.”

The eyes of the surrounding women are stabbing me.

It would be troublesome if someone I know sees this but at this point, it seems a little too late to worry about that.

“……I’m here alone so please go ahead.”

Dahlia gave up and give him a nod.

“Thank you. I was just about to head to the commerce guild so this is good timing.”

“Are you out shopping for the knight order?”

“No, I was actually looking for you Dahl-san.”

“Looking for me?”

“I was going to ask if there’s anyone that fits your description at the guild. I want to express my gratitude for the other day and I haven’t pay you back for the potion or return the coat you lent me either. The captain even wrote a letter of introduction for me.”

That was dangerous.

They might start scolding me on how I went to the forest alone or question me why I used an alias.

Most importantly, I might have gotten thoroughly interrogated by the women at the guild about Wolf as well.

“As my thanks for the other day, let me treat you today. And later, I want to compensate you for the potion too.”

“Umm…..”

“Ah, don’t worry, I’m not hitting on you or anything. [if you see me in the city, just holler. If you do, you can treat me]. You did promise me that didn’t you. I want to repay you and if possible I would be happy if we can continue our talk about magic swords and magic tools too.”

“…..I see I will not be reserved then.

“Yeah, please do.”

Perhaps, a knight is someone who possessed a strong sense of duty. With that in mind, Dahlia ordered a seafood spaghetti and tomato soup.

Wolf order a baked chicken with herbs, assorted ham and cheese, and a vichyssoise soup. Additionally, he also ordered white wine that is on a little expensive side and two glasses.

“Is white wine alright with you? If you don’t like it we can order red wine instead.”

“No, I also like white wine.”

Thankfully, the food culture in this royal capital is quite rich.

It is said that this city is being called the [City of Food] by the other countries, it is the place where many delicious things gathered in this world.

The main grain is wheat and the dishes are similar to western-style-meal in my past life. There is no Japanese food but there are some that are close to it. Additionally, because there are dishes that use monster meat, there are many dishes that Dahlia doesn’t know about.

When she was young, she enjoyed eating out with her father twice a month. They boldly challenged new menus and when they were defeated, there were times that they ate something else at home too.

Thinking about it, ever since her father died, she didn’t eat out that often anymore nor does she explore a new store for that matter.

Today might be a good opportunity to start again.

From now on, without being reserved for someone else, let’s look for a new place, eat delicious food, and drink delicious alcohol.

“I never thought you would be such a beautiful person when we met in the forest.”

“Thank you very much for the conversation starter. And my face that you saw in the forest was my real face, I am wearing makeup right now.”

Because my father was an honorary Baron, I often heard such pleasantry.

Aristocratic boys generally have to praise a woman on the first time they met before engaging in a full-scale conversation.

By the way, my father often hurt his stomach before and after such noble gatherings, he even has to take some stomach medicine for it.

“……Dahl-san, are you a noble?”

“No, I am just a commoner. My father was an honorary Baron so I’ve heard such social greeting before. It must be hard on you to praise every unfamiliar woman before you can start a conversation with them right.”

“Yes, whether I forgot to praise them or done it poorly, it is still meant a lot of trouble for me.”

I could somehow imagine Wolf stumble on his words.

He is that beautiful after all. He must have been involved with misunderstandings or misconceptions no less than ten or twenty times.

When I was about to change the subject, the white wine and the assorted ham and cheese arrived.

“First, let’s make a toast. After that, how about we share this dish.”

Wolf hands me the glass. Inside contained the pale golden-colored white wine.

“Then, to our reunion.”

“To our reunion.”

*Clink* we hit our glasses together

In my past life, the glasses weren’t hitting each other when we were toasting with wine. But here, there is something called [Exorcising] so when you have a drink you must always hit the glasses together. Whether you are drinking wine, ale, or any other kinds of alcohol.

In case you are drinking alone you have to hit your wine bottle with the glass.

I seriously considered that this might be some kind of sale tactic from the glass store but it seems even the farmers are also doing it with wooden cups while the nobles also do the same with their silver glasses.

“How is it?”

“It’s delicious.”

The white wine is a little hard to drink but it is not bitter and has a solid grape flavor to it. It was Dahlia’s favorite flavor.

“I’m glad. When we were drinking together in the forest, I thought that you prefer red wine more.”

“I usually drink red wine. I like sweet ones after all.”

“Then, next bottle I will order a sweet red wine for you.”

We just opened a bottle so early in the day and now we are already talking about opening the second one.

Despite thinking that it’s too early, I can feel the pleasant feeling of wine passing through my throat.

After that, the foods were brought in so we decided to have a chat during our meal.

“Your eyes, are they all better now?”

“Yes, thanks to you, I can clearly see now. Just in case, I have to take some days off though.”

“Um, is it because you have to write a report for that….?”

“No, it’s just a vacation day. Thankfully, I don’t have to submit my written report either.”

“Then, I’m glad.”

“With that said though, my unit has been searching for me for two days so I am thinking about buying them some alcohols when I return.”

“Then, shall we split the bill today?”

“About that, allow me to turn you down. The subjugation units have quite a reasonable salary you see, it will be fine.”

While we are chatting, I put the seafood spaghetti into my mouth. Small slices of seafood have a strong taste with salt and spices. It tastes really good in the sweaty season.

Since the royal capital is near the sea, there’s moderately a lot of seafood flow into it.

However, unlike my previous life, there are various sizes of them despite them being similar types. For example, there are a 2 meters squid, fist-sized shrimp, and scallops that are almost 30 cm in size so you have to be extremely careful when you are ordering something if you haven’t seen it before.

The tomato soup was sweeter than I expected. Still, I can taste the flavor of basil which provides a good refreshed feeling. This also taste great in summer.

Wolf chopped his baked chicken into beautifully bite-size pieces and brought it to his mouth while alternately sipping his wine. From the satisfied looks on his face, it must be delicious.

“Feel free to take a bite if you like”

“Thank you.”

He offered me the wine and a plate of assorted cheese and ham.

On the plate, there are two slices of cheese that are somewhat reddish. The cut surface is also red so it doesn’t look like it was coated with color. I have never seen such a red cheese even in my past life.

“This is the first time I see a cheese this red.”

“I think it is crimson cattle.”

“Crimson cattle?”

“Ah, it’s a domesticated cow monster in a neighboring country. It’s a cow with red and white speckles and it seems its milk is also has a pink color too. Apparently, it has become popular recently, you know.”

“I will have a bite then.”

When I try it, it is surprisingly hard. The taste is similar to Mimolette cheese but it has a sweeter and thicker taste.

Its taste should go better with red wine rather than the white one.

“If we order a second plate for this, we should order a red wine too huh….”

Since Wolf was thinking about the same thing, I unintentionally smiled.

“The coat you lent me, you didn’t get into any trouble with your father did you?”

“Don’t worry about it. My father has already passed away.”

“I’m sorry, I made you lent me a keepsake of your father.”

“It’s okay, nowadays I only use it to keep out the rain from time to time after all.”

“I will return it after I pick it up from the laundry. And I have to say that I never thought that the lining wasn’t from the sand lizard but from wyvern instead.”

“Please don’t worry about it, I can wash it at home after all. And the used Wyvern materials are only leftovers you know. Since my father often got it hooked, he just used it to patch his coat.”

“Using Wyvern material to patch his coat……”

Wolf looks at me with his mouth a little hung open.

Even if it is Wyvern material, it is simply a matter of shredding the waste material, mixing in a little blue slime powder and using a combination of chemical and magic to form an adhesive. Applying a large patch of Wyvern skin is too expensive after all.

“Yes, even if it’s Wyvern’s, the material mostly leftovers. The back of the elbow part was poorly fixed so it is a mess though.”

“Dahl-san, are you working in the field of clothing or some materials related job?”

“I’m sorry, I haven’t properly introduced myself have I. My name is Dahlia Rosetti. I am a novice magic tools craftsman.”

“A magic tools craftsman is it. No wonder why you are so familiar with magic tools. So I was going on and on about waterproof clothes with an expert huh……..that was embarrassing.”

The young man hides his face with one hand. I am impressed that even such gestures can become such a painting.

“I’m glad that I get to hear feedback from an actual user. I am the one who made the waterproof clothes, you see.”

“Dahlia-san, you are the one who created it?”

“Yes, since I heard your feedback so I am thinking of making it more breathable and lighter next time.”

“Thank you, that will make camping easier for us…..O God, please accept my sincere gratitude for allowing me to meet with Dahlia Rosetti.”

“Stop that.”

Wolf suddenly put his hand together, closed his eyes and began praying so I retorted him without thinking.

That’s the second time today.

In front of me is a young man who is laughing like a mischievous child at his successful prank. His looks and actions do not match at all.

When I’m with him I don’t know whether my pace was being derailed or was I just swept along with his.

I wonder if the why is getting to me.

“The wine is almost empty, I will get us another one.”

There’s no waiter around us, maybe it is because the store is crowded right now.

“I will be back in a minute.”

Wolf was standing up before Dahlia can reply.

Whether he is just used to the hierarchy by being a knight or he is just used to deal with women. I don’t dare to think about such a thing.

Delicious meal and alcohol. A partner who I can naturally chat with.

The blowing gentle breeze felt very comfortable.





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