CH 76

"Wow, it's still much more impressive than it is in the carriage."

"Master Rid, you' re dressed as a maid now, so I hope you won't be too conspicuous."

"Oh, sorry.'

I went to see Fara and asked her about visiting the castle town, and for some reason, I ended up dressing up in a maid's outfit.

I'm now in the castle town of Lenalute, dressed as a maid.

The view I saw from the window of the carriage on the way here.

When I look at it in the town, I am again impressed by the townscape that looks like it was built in the early Meiji period.

By the way, Deanna and I are dressed as maids, while Fara and Asuna are dressed in hakama and boots, a blend of Japanese and Western clothing.

Since we are a foursome of maids and hakama, I feel like we stand out quite a bit after all.

I tried not thinking too much about it anymore.

After all, there might be clues about my mom's medicinal herbs in the castle town of Renalute.

I couldn't be worrying about the details.

I was also thinking about the possibility of secretly scouting for Renalute engineers for the Bardia family in the future.

I thought that if we combined the technology of the empire and Renalute, we could do a lot of things.

Then Fara asked me a question.

"By the way, why did you want to come to the castle town, Master Rid?"

"..... Well, I will tell Princess Fara about it."

I told Fara and Asuna that my mother was ill and that I was looking for information on the medicinal herbs needed for the treatment of illness.

I then told them that I was looking for a engineer to come to the Bardia family for future development of the technologies.

Fara and Asuna looked a little surprised, but Fara soon got a worried look on her face and said.

'I see that ...... you have been in such a situation with your mother, Master ...... Rid. I understand. I will help you as much as I can."

As Fara replied to me, Asuna looked at me thoughtfully and then said with a slightly stern expression on her face.

"The fact that you are going to be able to get a new employee is going to be a problem. However, I know of one blacksmith who is not under our direct control, so it is unlikely to be a problem."

"What⁉ Really?　Then let's go there first."

I was bitten by Asuna's information. Asuna smiled and replied, "I understand," and Asuna led the way.

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Asuna showed me the way to the castle.

The place Asuna showed me was far outside of the castle town.

Worried about Fara's safety because of the long distance we would have to walk, I called out to her as we walked.

"Princess Fara, is it all right for you to walk such a long distance?"

'Yes, compared to my usual training, this is nothing at all.'

"Usual training?"

I wondered if Fara was also training physically in addition to her studies.　

I looked at her a little curiously, and she noticed it and said to me, .

"Well, even though I look like this, I do quite a bit of physical exercise," . So, I'll be fine. I'm more interested in ......."

"What?　What's more than that?　"

Fara said, looking at my face.

'...... I want you to stop using that wording, ....... At least please use less words when you are out like this. So, please call me ...... um, well, please call me just Fara......."

As Fara finished, her face gradually turned red.

But it was an interesting proposal from Fara.

Besides, if it's a private place, it would be good to have her permission.

I took a deep breath and answered.

"I understood. I can't do it in public. , but in an intimate place like this, I will call it so. May I? ...... Farah."

"......  yes, Master Rid."

An atmosphere of embarrassment flowed between me and Fara even as we walked.

But there was something in Fara's words that caught my attention, so I decided to make a request to Fara as well.

...... Fara, please use Rid for me, too. I don't need 'master"' either.

I don't need 'sir' for me either. I understand. ...... Rid."

Again we  both blushed.

And Farah's ears were moving up and down.

Fara is holding her cheeks with both hands, meditating shyly, and shaking her head a little to the side.

I think she was trying to calm down in her own way.

I took another deep breath to calm myself down.

I think Deanna and Asuna were smiling at me , as they laughed.

As I was walking along, Asuna pointed ahead and said,

'There it is. I see it."

I looked where Asuna pointed and sure enough, there was a small store.

But it didn't seem to be very active.'

Is it a hole-in-the-wall kind of store?　

I stood in front of the store and said to myself, "I'm sure this is the right place.

"Are you sure ...... is the right place?"

"I'm sure it's ......."

The store that Asuna brought me to had a sign that said "Blacksmith Gemini Dealer.'

But there was a small sign hanging on its doorway that said "Closed '".

And the whole place looks rundown.

Asuna muttered in annoyance.

'...... sorry. When I came here before, it wasn't like this, it was more like a hole-in-the-wall store that dealt in nice armory,....…"

"I see. ....... But Asuna says it's a good weapon, so let's go in anyway."

I was about to go in, but Deanna stopped me.

"Tia, this is not your parents' house. In a case like this, you should always enter the house with your attendant first.'

"Oh, I see. I'm sorry."

I left it to Deanna to enter first and took a step back.

When Deanna opened the door, a bell rang to announce our arrival.

Then I heard a woman's voice from the back.

"What?　You're kidding, a customer⁉".

At the same time as the voice, a flapping sound could be heard from the back of the store.

Then, a girl came to the store's counter.

When she saw the girl, Deanna looked a little surprised and muttered quietly,

"I see, Asuna recommended this store because it was run by dwarves."

I was surprised to hear Deanna's words.

I looked at the girl from behind Deanna.

I don't know if she is an adult Dwarf or not.

But she was relatively small and had slightly wheat-colored skin, though not as pale as a dark elf''s

Her hair was reddish-black, her ears stuck out a little pointed, and her eyes were dark and puffy.

When she saw us, her face brightened and she said cheerfully,

"Welcome to our Gemini store ,"

We?　I wondered, and then I heard a voice from the back of the store.

'What's wrong, sister?　No one is going to come to our store. They're probably just chillin' , right?""

"Hey, Alex, they are a customer. And there are four of them '.

...... is the truth.

Apparently, this is a store run by a Dwarf sibling.

I was so excited to be able to see the dwarves and their creations in this world that my eyes lit up.

"I had never seen a work made by dwarves before, so can I see everything in the store?"

But they looked doubtful at my words.

I wondered why?　Then I remembered my current attire.

Surely it was obviously unnatural for a child in a maid's outfit to want to see all the weapons made by the dwarves.

I then blushed with embarrassment.

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