Chapter 65 – Gifts

After a quick breakfast, I went outside to see the city properly.
In fact, the biggest desire was to get rid of this awkward atmosphere quickly by leaving everything else behind.

If the atmosphere is awkward, wouldn’t it be the best way to go out together?

“…”

The only problem was that I still had sore muscles that made it difficult to walk.

I was going to tell Cecilia to fix it, but when I tried to say it, I was too shy to say it.

Most of all, even though she saw that I was so sick that I couldn’t walk, Cecilia didn’t seem to have any intention of performing a miracle on me.

When the warrior asked if he could fix me, it was a waste to use a miracle even with muscle pain.

Well, it’s not that I’m seriously hurt, it’s just that I’ve got muscle pain from working all night, so asking for a miracle…

Even the hero apologized to Cecilia saying he was sorry, as if he had noticed what a stupid favor he had made.

However, it is true that I still have muscle pain that makes it difficult to walk.

“…”

I’m embarrassed.

I’m so ashamed.

I couldn’t believe it, but I thought you would openly walk around with me on your back on the street..

The warrior was rather confidently stepping forward, as if he was not ashamed.

Get spoiled

I would be so ashamed, but the person holding me is walking around as if nothing happened.

Looking down at such a hero, I came up with a good idea to feed him.

I tapped the right shoulder as if calling a hero.

I touched the right shoulder, so of course the hero would turn his head to the right and look at me.

I aimed at it, sharpening his finger in the direction the hero would probably turn.

Sure enough, the hero turned his head in the direction I was touching and was about to look at me.

Now!

My sharpened finger pricked the warrior’s cheek.

Fuuk, the hero’s cheek dug deep.

“Puff..”

Cecilia, who was watching her, turned her head away, unable to contain her laughter.

Oh I was watching this

The hero made a puzzled expression, then opened his eyes wide as if he recognized his finger piercing his cheek.

Of course, it wasn’t really penetrating.

“There are a lot of jokes today.”

The warrior laughed and said.

It was because the hero’s reaction when he joked was funny.

– Was I a little harsh?

“It’s not like that.. If it’s severe, I’m worse..”

Forgiveness said that and shook his head.

Well, if it’s severe, the warrior’s side was worse.

It wasn’t that I was in a bad mood, but there was a difference between me being an ordinary joke and the hero being a shady joke.

“What joke were you playing?”

Cecilia asked, tilting her head.

Except for the hero, he didn’t send anything telepathic, but judging from the fact that he was asking, he seemed to have roughly grasped what the hero was saying.

“Uh.. Umm..”

Of course, I couldn’t say that I touched that place to get rid of my prank, so the warrior just laughed awkwardly and avoided answering.

It used to be awkward, but it seems to have gotten more awkward.

First of all, it seems that it is not because of me.

I giggled inwardly.

Ah.

Want to go home.

Actually, I’m tired, so I’m forcing myself to go to sleep right now.

That’s right, since I’ve been working all night, it’s no longer that I’m tired.

Anyway, I think I want to rest all day…

Walking down the street while having a conversation, the awkward atmosphere seems to have eased up a bit, and I wonder if I can go back soon.

I didn’t know, so I asked the warrior.

– Can’t we just go back to the inn?

In response to my question, the warrior asked if I was sleepy.

It would be a lie if I said no, but the reason I came out was to ease the awkward atmosphere, so I can’t say I’m tired and want to go back to the inn again.

Of course, from my point of view, the awkwardness seems to have eased up a lot, but that’s just my opinion… More than anything, it’s kind of silly to say that you want to go back to the inn through telepathy in a situation where everyone seems to be having fun.

Well, I knew in advance that it wouldn’t happen.

I sighed inwardly.

Sleeping at an inn is the best thing… But if it doesn’t work out, it might not be bad to just sleep here.

“What’s the matter?”

Ruril saw me and the hero talking and asked.

“I think Rumia is very tired.”

“Is it Lumia?”

Ruril turned to me.

He nodded his head as if he understood only when he saw me repeatedly closing and opening my eyes as if I was about to fall asleep.

“Then wouldn’t it be better to rest? There is no need to follow me all the way here…”

“They said they came out to play together to ease the awkward atmosphere, but they said they couldn’t miss it.”

“Ah..”

Ruril looked at me with an apologetic expression.

…

In fact, it was my fault for such an awkward atmosphere…

I did this in the hope that Cecilia and Ruril’s pursuit of the hero would disappear if I inadvertently showed the hero me and the hero in our sleep…

Now that I think about it, it was absurd.

No, it was just crazy.

What kind of colleague would think of showing the traces of an affair intact?

It was clear I was crazy.

That’s why even if I want to fall into it, I can’t fall into the thought that I was wrong.

“Rumia. You may be tired, but I have a place to go, so can you bear with it a little longer?”

“Where to go?”

“Huh. The blacksmith I went to last time.”

Smithy?

Why is the blacksmith all of a sudden?

Not only me, but the other party members also tilted their heads, as if they were confused as well.

“It seems that what I commissioned is gradually completed.”

The warrior grinned when he said that.

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“Oh, you’re here just in time.”

As soon as we entered the smithy, the man we met when we came to make a request a while ago was welcoming us.

“Are you finished?”

“Of course. I was surprised to be asked to make something like this all of a sudden, but it was more fun than I thought.”

Saying that, the old man handed us something that looked like a plate.

I wondered what this was, so I tried to stick my head out while riding on the warrior’s back, but before I could, the warrior handed it to me.

“It is a gift.”

“..?”

It’s a gift, what is it?

I took a closer look at the plate.

No wait…

“Did you finish the other one?”

“Yes, I gave you plenty of time, so I have to finish it. Now, take this too.”

What the uncle gave me was something that looked like something I should put in my ear.

I hope that…

Is it a hearing aid..?

“How extreme are the wizards here at the Mage Tower… Why do they hate working with me so much?”

The uncle lamented as he handed us something that looked like a hearing aid.

“But, as the older brother said, it is a magic tool that directly sends sound information heard around you to your head.”

Telepathy and all, the magicians said that there was a very complex magic formula, so they boasted that it would probably work well.

No, but I can hear everything..?

“Come on Rumia. It was because I was sad that I couldn’t make it before.. I wanted to let you hear the sound of the world.”

The warrior said so and put the hearing aid on my ear.

“But will you be okay? I heard that it consumes quite a lot of mana.”

“That will be fine. He is a competent wizard.”

“You can’t even hear it, but you’ve become a wizard? I don’t know much about magic, but I do know how hard it is… What a wonderful wife.”

The old man stuck out his tongue and looked in my direction.

Do I have to act like I can hear it now..?

“Rumia? Can’t you hear me?”

“…”

Wait for a sec..

It’s definitely working.

If until now I had heard it through my ears, now it felt like it was ringing directly in my head.

I opened my eyes wide.

Even if it was consumed, thanks to my overwhelming natural resilience and magical power, only the level of magic power that did not even go to the liver was consumed, and the overall sound was better heard.

“Looking at the reaction, it seems that I can hear it well.”

The uncle said with a proud expression.

“Miss! Imagine what you want to write on the board you just handed over and let your magic flow.”

Magic attribute?

Recalling the answer that I could hear the uncle’s words reflexively, I let go of my mana.

Then letters rose from the board.

“Well, it works just fine!”

Wow what is this

Is it possible to have a conversation in everyday life without using telepathy now?

I looked down at the hero with a blank expression.

Just in time, the warrior turned his head and looked up at me with a grin.

…

…

Really.. Cool this guy..

Wow.. How can this… No…

…

I was too shy to say that I was cool, so I hung my head down while writing thank you letters on the board.

I can’t make eye contact…