Chapter 204: The Earth Fairy’s Rented Room and Inner Heart Exposure

"I would say thank you."

At least that is my honest feeling.

"...Earthlin-sama also said so apparently."

Birga filled a smile looking at me then looked around everyone.

When I also looked at my Dules everyone stared at me accumulating tears in their eyes.

"...Thank you, everyone."

I said thanks once more this time looking at everyone.

"「「「「「Master!」」」」」" "「Hiroyuki!」" "Hiroyuki-sama!" "Master!"

At the same time the Dules jumped at me as if bouncing.

I stood and received everyone.

Everyone hugged some part of my body and those who could not hug also cried while touching some part of my body.

I myself did not particularly think anything about this journey but the Dules seemed to consider it heavy as punishment.

While I soothed the Dules who do not stop crying the sound of the door closing was heard.

...

A-Dules and Ji-Dules all made sleeping breaths.

There was also crying fatigue I suppose and alcohol entered I suppose.

And there was more mental hardship than appearance I think.

I covered the sleeping Dules with blankets, gave goodnight kisses to To-Dules and Te-Dules then headed to my own room alone.

When leaving the room the awake Dules looked at me with eyes like abandoned puppies but my room is quite narrow.

Because it is a double bed one or two people can sleep together but it is too narrow to put all To-Dules and Te-Dules in the room.

That said I cannot bring one or two from among them and Muriel and Sophia in the original plan have fallen asleep.

Therefore I thought it better to sleep alone.

When Dules increase such consideration is also needed I suppose.

While attaching a reason to my own action I went up the stairs.

Arriving at the second floor when I tried to go up the stairs to the third floor I suddenly looked at the room Birga rented.

...I have to thank her.

I lowered the foot I placed on the first step and headed to Birga’s room.

I stopped in front of the door and knocked modestly.

"Yes. Who is it?"

Immediately a reply came from inside the room.

I thought she might be sleeping but apparently it was a needless fear.

"It’s me. Hiroyuki."

"A, yes! Please wait a little! ..."

Inside a running around sound dota dota and suddenly becoming silent after a little the door opened slightly.

"What business?"

From that gap only half of Birga’s face can be seen.

"No, I thought to thank you earlier."

"..."

I answered looking at Birga’s face but Birga said nothing while wandering her gaze.

"...Were you in the middle of something. Sorry."

She was in the middle of doing something perhaps or maybe bathing.

Thinking that I apologized then turned on my heel.

"...Please come in."

Birga said that and opened the door.

"Is it fine?"

"Yes. I am not doing anything guilty."

No, that is not what I am saying.

For now I am a man and Birga is a woman.

But Birga without caring about hesitating me left the door open and entered the back of the room.

"...Excuse me."

I cannot leave that either so I also entered the room then closed the door.

Then looking inside the room I was surprised.

"Birga, this..."

"Now I am maintaining weapons. Please wait a little more."

Birga attached the sail apron placed carelessly on the bed then sat on the floor in front of the bed and started cleaning something like a disassembled machine.

She took a long iron cylinder about from my elbow to wrist and put an even longer rod inside it.

Cloth is wound on the rod tip so she is polishing inside the cylinder with that I suppose.

After putting in and out several times the cloth on the pulled rod tip was dirty black.

"That is... a gun?"

In the room where gunpowder smell drifts I asked Birga while sitting on the floor facing Birga.

Birga seemed surprised, stopped her hands and looked at me with rounded eyes.

"You know this?"

"Aa. The thing that explodes gunpowder and flies a lead ball right? Because this is here a matchlock?"

I took the pan that piles the powder to light fire.

"Please don’t touch!"

Birga hurriedly took that and wiped with cloth showily.

"Wrong. I cannot use construction magic."

Saying that far Birga blew breath on the pan and polished with cloth, tilted the pan and stared.

Perhaps finding something she blew breath then polished with cloth again.

Each time she polishes the pan a kyu kyu sound.

Birga said nothing and I also said nothing so that sound sounds unusually large.

I seem quite disliked.

Did I do something that grated?

Here it is better to quietly withdraw.

I raised my knees and tried to stand.

"I use this to raise fire. I attached a metal fitting granted Ignition magic first. I press this against the powder in the pan."

Birga showed an S-shaped metal fitting and explained.

I see, instead of a hammer she uses magic.

"Matchlocks were used among dwarves in the past. Guns themselves are rare among humans yet you knew matchlocks well."

Birga looked at me from the front.

"I heard from someone. Well I have never seen the real thing though."

I am not lying... I think, probably.

Generally I do not remember where I heard either.

"..."

Birga looked at me fixedly for a while but eventually returned her gaze to her hands and started polishing the S-shaped metal fitting she holds with cloth.

"...What are you?"

Birga asked me that with no connection.

"What... well, what am I."

Coming from another world I try not to say.

Though I myself have no memory of that world.

"...Do you know Surmares order doctrine?"

"No, I don’t know."

Suddenly Birga changed the talk.

"I think it is quite famous... Well, fine. Surmares order doctrine mainly consists of two pillars."

Birga looked at me with cold eyes.

Then she sighed and showed me her right index finger and middle finger standing.

"One is ’Be a courageous warrior.’ The other is ’Serve a courageous warrior.’ I wanted to become a ’courageous warrior’ and entered the Surmares order."

With left thumb and index finger she pinched right index finger, middle finger, index finger in order.

"From becoming a priest I polished my own arm and trained to become a full-fledged warrior. Even when I first received Surmares-sama’s revelation I thought my actions were recognized by Surmares-sama and imposed even stricter training on myself. When I became deacon and received the priest role too. To someday become a ’courageous warrior.’ Yet..."

Birga who talked as if muttering lowering her gaze suddenly raised her face.

"Yet why now do I receive a revelation to serve you!"