Chapter 203: Chaotic Dinner and a Famous Story

"May I eat together too?"

When I turned around there was Birga.

Rarely not in armor appearance.

On top she wore an ivory short tunic and below a madder-red dyed waist skirt to below the knees.

Looking like this she looks thinner than in armor appearance.

And I can tell her breasts are large.

"...Where are you looking!?"

Birga hid her breasts with both hands while glaring at me.

Oto, I was found.

"No, aa, I thought the breasts are large."

If I normally deceive I seem to be looked at with white eyes so I tried saying honestly.

"Wh-why can you say such a thing with a serious face."

Birga retorted to me with a bewildered expression but while reddening her face.

Beside me Muriel frequently nodded while touching her own breasts looking satisfied.

"No, I’ve only seen armor appearance right? So, you know. And I thought that kind of clothing also suits you."

The coloring is plain but a girl-like appearance unexpectedly suits.

"...A-anyway, may I also eat dinner together?"

Birga further reddened her face and asked me while turning away.

She seemed to change the topic to hide embarrassment.

"Aa, I don’t mind. Muriel also fine right?"

My side was no problem so I tried asking Muriel for now.

"Eh? A, yes. Of course."

Muriel who for some reason looked at my face enraptured hurriedly answered.

Did she listen properly?

...Well, fine.

"Then please."

I opened the large room door rented for the Dules.

...

"What do you think? Just wanting to use the unused kitchen they say pay one silver coin."

"Cathy! You, don’t cling to Master! You drank too much!"

"Nee~, Muriel~, this~, delicious~. Kyahahaha..."

"Mother! No more alcohol!"

"Sheenaa, it’s fine, separately. Rosina-sama also has painful things. I too, uu, Master, mou, I won’t go against your orders anymore so please forgive meee..."

"..."

Dinner heated up due to the alcohol Birga brought.

No, rather it was chaotic.

Cathy clung to me, Rosina clung to Muriel who admonished that, further Sara clung to Sheena who admonished that, further further clung to me...

"...Humans are weak."

"If weak they should refrain accordingly..."

"...This time only I agree with you."

Dwarf Birga and dark elf Yanica, elf Sophia criticized humans while drinking alcohol with each other.

We sat on the floor with a large cloth spread in the large room and ate.

A-Dules and Ji-Dules sipped alcohol while eating.

To-Dules in front of me sitting on the floor dog-ate the meals piled on plates as usual while flinching at the large voices rising at times.

And Te-Dules do not drink alcohol if they do not take meals.

Therefore they sat by the wall and watched our meal situation while drooling.

"Gejia too, come here."

Even though clinging to me I myself also drank alcohol becoming pleasantly drunk so I quite enjoy it.

So I minded Gejia drinking alcohol alone lonely in the room corner and tried calling.

"But if I am there the alcohol will become bad tasting?"

While floating a slightly lonely expression she returned that to me.

"I see."

When I nodded Gejia smiled lonely but when I stood and walked to Gejia that face floated a surprised expression and opened her eyes wide.

Then when I sat in front of Gejia Gejia’s expression changed to bewildered.

"A, Master, is it fine? The others..."

Gejia started saying something but looking around she seemed surprised again.

Without even following Gejia’s gaze I can tell everyone sat around us, that is Gejia holding cups with alcohol.

"I-is it fine? I am a monster? The very person who put crime on Master?"

Gejia looked around everyone’s faces.

"What, you were depressed over such a thing."

From when I was released, no, according to Muriel from when she heard I was captured.

"Then I too~. If I did not go to the examination place in Dule appearance it would not have become like this..."

Rosina also at first said brightly joking but toward the end she became a dark expression rare for Rosina.

"I-I too that’s right! If I kept Master’s order it would not have become this terrible..."

Following Rosina Cathy also clouded her expression and said that and Sara, Tiria, Yanica nodded heavily at that.

"I... could do nothing... nothing..."

Even Muriel spat words painfully as if groaning and Sophia, Rina hung their heads.

Perhaps swept by that atmosphere the Te-Dules’ expressions also darkened.

Ilma and Helma and such shed tears.

Yuki hugged Ilma and Helma’s heads and stroked their heads.

Perhaps because alcohol entered everyone exposed what they probably stored in their hearts and uniformly clouded their expressions.

The brightness on the carriage until coming here was forcing it perhaps.

"Everyone thinks of you and worries. Enviable..."

Birga muttered potsuri toward me.

Enviable?

Me, perhaps?

Birga took a breath then stood.

"...Everyone, do you know the story of the Prince of the Sun?"

Suddenly spoken to everyone directed their gazes at Birga.

"Earthlin-sama’s story? Together with 12 servants defeated the demon god..."

"A famous story~. It is also taught in this order~."

Muriel confirmed with Birga and Rosina entered the talk.

The other Dules also uniformly nod so they seem to know but I have never heard.

Besides me Yuki also tilted her head.

"Do elves know too?"

"Yes. I have heard the story that the elder lent him power."

At Birga’s question Sophia answered flatly.

"Certainly several thousand years ago..."

"That’s right. It was said to be a recent story."

"..."

When Cathy uttered a question Sophia answered flatly again.

That elder certainly Sophia said lives from the beginning of this world.

Then it is not mysterious.

But having a living witness involved in a fairy tale also feels strange.

"A-anyway. The 12 servants respected Earthlin-sama apparently. Same as you now. And only once the servants thinking of Earthlin-sama too much put Earthlin-sama in crisis. Of course Earthlin-sama escaped the crisis but at that time there is a famous word he said to the servants."

Birga returned the talk and told the Prince of the Sun story.

"A, I know! That is..."

"Hiroyuki-dono. You do not know this story."

Cutting Cathy’s words Birga asked me.

"Aa, I don’t know."

Of course I who have never even heard nodded honestly.

"Then at that time what would you say to the servants?"

...I see.

Settle this place, that kind of thing.

Of course without being told by Birga I intended to do so.

So I immediately answered.

"I would say thank you."