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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!
Chapter 89… Kinda late… Should have been released few days ago…
But you know…
As always,
DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that my translation is 100%correct. Please correct me if I was wrong.
Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor, Proofreader:
TheDefend
Chapter 89: The Doable Thing, The Undoable Thing
Zirconia returned to her own room and then closed thedoor behind her, before slowly crouching down on the spot.
「……u……uh……gu……」(Zirconia)
She was trying to forcefully suppress the leaking out sobswhile hugging her slightly shaking body with both hands.
How could she improve Kazura’s impression of her? Zirconiahad observed Kazura for quite some time ago.
After seeing how Lieze successfully curried up favorwith Kazura, Zirconia mimicked Lieze’s action.
Perhaps because it was effective, she felt that Kazurahad perceived her friendlier than before.
However, she never thought that he would make a nightcall for her this fast.
When she decided to take action to obtain Kazura’s favor,she should have resolved herself that one day she might be called for a nightcompanionship.
She thought that she will do anything if it was toobtain power.
If it’s possible, even afterward, she would seduce Kazura,even if she only ended at his favorite night partner.
However, when that time came now, she had a frighteningflashback scene of the past, something unbearably scary and dreadful.
Even though she was just offering her own body, her headwas helplessly filled with fear.
It was different than that time.
It won’t dirtied herself like that time.
It won’t be the scene that she saw at that time.
Even when she had persuaded herself with those words,her shaking body didn’t stop.
「How…… pathetic……」(Zirconia)
While her tears fell down, she began to curse her owndisappointing self.
The regret of having completely lost the opportunitythat came unexpectedly before her very own nose started to swirl around hermind.
“I didn’t call you for a night companionship”. Herselfwho felt relieved when those words came out was pathetic.
She should have mustered some courage somehow andproposed for another night companionship, but she had excused herself from hisroom without thinking about this.
Perhaps, she might not even be called for a nightcompanionship anymore.
From now on, she only could pray that Lieze or Eirawould be successful and Kazura would take an interest in them.
She didn’t know if she could obtain powerful blessingor additional aids, but she couldn’t help but pray that it will be successful.
「Father…… Mother…… Everyone…… Sorry……」(Zirconia)
While speaking out words of repentance, Zirconiacontinued to cry for awhile.
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Morning, the next day.
Kazura, who was sleeping while putting his hand on theanalog clock that was placed on the small table beside the bed, was awakened bythe knocking sounds from the door.
Actually, he had awakened when the alarm clock rung itsmetallic sound earlier.
However, since he was so tired, he stopped the alarmand slept for the second time.
While rubbing his sleepy eyes, he got up from the bedand called out to the door, 「Come in」.
The door soon opened and Marie entered the room.
Different from Kazura who was still groggy from wakingup, Marie had a neat appearance and already in her working mode.
Marie was holding a basket and inside the basket wasclothes that had been ironed (the ironing used roasted hot charcoal inside a flatbronze pan).
The clothes inside the basket were a collared shirt andtrousers from fine fabric.
Usually, the clothes that Kazura wore in Nelson’sresidence were mostly in this fashion.
The clothes that he used as sleepwear, were plain andloose shirt and trouser.
「Good morning, Kazura-sama. Please treat me well too for today too.」(M)
「Yes, good morning. I will be depending on you again today. Can you comehere for a second?」(Kazura)
Marie bowed her head and Kazura replied with smiled.Then, he went down from the bed and headed towards the refrigerator that was closeto the wall.
While still carrying the basket, she followed Kazurawith quick steps.
「Umm, let’s see, this is a tool that is called refrigerator. I will explain howto use it, so please remember it. From now on, you will take the ingredients fromthis place.」(Kazura)
Marie arrived at his side, so Kazura showed how toopen the refrigerator door to her.
Inside, there were many ingredients filled the refrigerationspace; salmon flakes, jar of pasta sauce, tube butter, retort vegetable soupand many others.
「The inside of this tool always maintain a cool condition, so theingredients placed inside it could last longer…… Umm, are you alright?」(Kazura)
「Y-yes!」(M)
Marie was petrified and wide-eyed when she first observedthe scene of the opened refrigerator.
Until now, she had received canned food or frozenvegetable or frozen meat from Kazura and ordered, 「Please use this for today」, but this was the first time shelooked at the contents of the refrigerator.
She had wondered how chilled ingredients could appearin this midsummer, but she never thought to shed the doubt she had by askingKazura about it.
The reason for this was because Marie had been orderedbeforehand by Havel to absolutely never investigate the secret around Kazura.
Moreover, Marie had been educated by her mother to onlysincerely concentrate on the work that had been given to her.
She also had been trained daily to not do such indecentconduct like untactful meddling or participate in gossip.
The people in the Leveson House too, excluding Havelwho cares about her for some reason and his brother Alrond who usually hit her hardand indiscriminately, they didn’t meddle in any particular matter about Marie.
Hence, so that she wouldn’t be stood out as much aspossible, Marie made “concentrate only at the work” as her motto.
Even when she came to Kazura’s room, she never touchedany of the mysterious tools that were placed inside the room.
Then this time, not only she received an explanationof the tools, but she was also ordered to remember how to use it.
At this sudden development, Marie already began totremble.
「So, this lower shelf is called ice-bin, ice will be created inside it.」(Kazura)
Kazura didn’t mind the trembling Marie and pulled outthe refrigerator’s ice bin/
Inside, there were several blocks of ice.
「You can use these ice freely, so if you want to drink a chilled drink then youcould use it as you wish. When you want to create a chilled dishes too, I won’tmind if you use it.」(Kazura)
「Yes!」(M)
Marie frantically and repeatedly nodded while giving astrong reply like a sports club member.
「Then, below this there is a freezer, inside it, there are a lot of frozenfoods. The large box beside it is also a freezer.」(Kazura)
「Yes!」(M)
「I want you to freely use the contents to create dishes, but since I thinkyou wouldn’t be able to imagine their taste until you familiar with them, forawhile, we will choose the ingredients together. If you like to, then I won’tmind cooking together with you in the kitchen.」(Kazura)
「Yes!」(M)
「Then, let’s choose the ingredients to be used for breakfast…… or rather, itwill be strange to use frozen food for breakfast, so let’s use this retortsoup. For the bread, let’s use the canned one.」(Kazura)
「Yes!」(M)
Together with Marie, who repeated the same reply likea bot, Kazura began to choose the ingredients for breakfast.
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1 hour later.
After preparing the breakfast with Marie in thekitchen, accompanied with Marie, Kazura headed to the room he always used toeat.
When Kazura and Marie arrived at the room, Lieze andNelson already took a seat inside.
「Good morning.」(Nelson)
Both of them gave a warm smile at Kazura who justarrived and then greeted him.
「Kazura-sama, you must be tired from that long journey. How do you feel thismorning?」(Lieze)
「Good morning. I had taken a restful sleep, so I feel completely well…… Umm, where is Zirconia-san?」(Kazura)
While answering Lieze’s question, Kazura sent a glanceat Zirconia’s usual seat.
There was no food prepared at that seat.
「About that, it seems she doesn’t feel well this morning from overworking. Justto be on the safe side, she told me that she will rest in her room for today.」(Nelson)
「I…… see.」(Kazura)
Kazura’s expression darkened, so Nelson’s tilted hishead in confusion.
However, heimmediately realized that Kazura might be worried about Zirconia and then heprompted Kazura to take a seat.
「During Kazura-dono absence, Zill was always working hard…… She is too eagerthat the accumulated fatigue might have come to surface all at once. It mightbe better for her to take a rest for several days.」(Nelson)
「I see…… Please tell her to do so.」(Kazura)
As he took his seat, Kazura remembered the event lastnight and replied with an uneasy mental state.
He didn’t realize how far Zirconia was frantically workingwhen he was away from Isteria,
However, he couldn’t think of any reason for herabsence in this place other than his last night’s fault.
He might need to do a follow up to patch things oneway or another after this.
「I will assume responsibility for Zill share of work today, so please do notbe worried. If there is anything else, then tell me by all means.」(Nelson)
「No, I’m fine with it. Thank you very much. 」(Kazura)
Based on Nelson’s behavior, it seems that Zirconiadidn’t tell Nelson about last night event.
If she had told him, then surely the current situationin this room would become like a mourning vigil.
「Kazura-sama, from now on, I will help you as much as I can. Since everywaterwheel installation had been finished, from this day onwards, I could helpyou in other jobs as well.」(Lieze)
As if she noticed Kazura’s gloomy face, Lieze intrudedin the conversation.
「Eh? Everything? You mean that the waterwheels in the eastern and southernside had been entirely installed?」(Kazura)
Kazura asked with a surprised expression. Lieze smiledand answered.
「Yes, since everyone did their best, the work finished earlier than we hadexpected. I predicted that the precision of the waterwheel too will increase innear future.」(Lieze)
「That’s amazing…… but, the precision will increase in the future? How do youachieve it? I believed that we should have a lack of labor so it is notpossible to do so.」(Kazura)
「I asked the disabled soldier from previous military service to take some ofthe work that came to the carpenters’ workplace. I thought that since they haveexperience of encampment construction and equipment maintenance from their longservice in the front line, they have acquired working skill to some degree.」(Lieze)
「Yes, at the next day after Kazura-dono departed, Lieze went to visit the citizens’house, door to door accompanied by the carpenters. They selected people whominjury wouldn’t interfere in work, then found a new job for them and at thesame time decreased the work burden for the carpenters. Because of Lieze skillfulnegotiation, the new worker’s wage will be paid by the carpenters, so it didn’thurt our coffer either.」(Nelson)
Nelson added an explanation and Kazura spontaneouslyopened his eyes wide in surprise.
To think that during his absence, Lieze was able tothink that far herself, was something that never crossed his mind.
She was not only just all talk and no action, but ableto think how to do things better and take initiative to do it. Even if she wasstill young, she was this talented.
Of course, since she had been extremely friendly ininteracting with the commoners until now, it proceeded this smoothly.
It wasn’t a feat that anyone could do.
「Since I ordered them to perform not only woodworking and sawing works, but routinechores like purchasing errands or cooking too, the work burden of thecarpenters should be reduced to a great extent. If we assigned several peopleto one workshop, then they would be able to take turns in working and not overworkedthemselves.」(Lieze)
「I see, without needing to do routine chores, the craftsmen couldconcentrate on working…… Furthermore, a proper shift system, huh?」(Kazura)
Until now, the craftsmen would perform every work bythemselves from buying and delivering the goods, in addition to washing andcooking.
If they don’t need to do the majority of that trivial workin addition to routine chores, then the time that could be assigned forcraftwork will increase.
The disabled soldiers who couldn’t take a proper worktoo, at least could obtain an employment, even if the wages weren’t that high.
In addition, since Lieze positioned herself as their guarantor,the disabled soldiers could work at ease.
To match both party’s interest, it could be said as awonderful plan.
「If the craftsmen had additional time, then their work precision naturally oughtto increase. Also, there is something I want to consult with Kazura-sama……Perhaps, if that is alright with you, can you spare me a bit of your time afterthe meal?」(Lieze)
「I understand. Is it about the carpenters?」(Kazura)
「Yes, since the craftsmen have modified the waterwheel blueprint, I wantKazura-sama to take a look at it…… Since the blueprint is in the referenceroom, let’s go there together after the meal. Father, may I?」(Lieze)
「Yes, if it’s Kazura-dono then you can enter any room.」(Nelson)
Nelson nodded and so Lieze showed a relief.
The reference room that Lieze wanted to take Kazurainto was a place where a large number of important documents related to Isteriaprovince being stored for safekeeping.
Actually, even if Nelson disapproved, Lieze could justtake the documents out from the reference room, but this will trouble Lieze.
There will be no meaning if she can’t be alone withKazura in the reference room.
In that room, no hindrance will come.
「Reference room? Now that you say it, I never went there.」(Kazura)
Kazura muttered those words and Lieze smiled as lovelyas always.
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Next chapter!
Hetare Kazura is Hetare!
Lieze’s Jailbait in Action! (please remember,Lieze is still 14.)
In case you wondering, the iron that Marie uselooks like this:
Yes… They use pans, like old Chinese civs. Youcan do it too, there even Lifehack ironing using by using modern pans.
Oh looky here… No footnotes…