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An A-Ranked Adventurer’s “Slow-living” (Web Novel) - Chapter 54: Aisha and Aldo’s Intuition
Chapter 54: Aisha and Aldo’s Intuition
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After inviting Aisha and Toack into our house, I told Toack about the encounter between me and Flora.
「Ohh~ so Aldo and Flora first met here nine years ago, huh? And Flora, you fell in love with him when he saved you at that time?」
「…Y-yes」
Flora looked at Toack and answered while looking slightly embarrassed.
「No wonder you seemed like you were fond of him from the very start. I thought it was weird that the Flora who is a well known introvert was being so nice to Aldo when he had just arrived in this village-」
Toack said with some kind of beaming expression on his face.
If I take Flora’s personality into account, I can see why it would seem weird seeing a shy girl like her randomly getting along with an outsider.
On the other side, Flora’s face lit up red from what Toack said after she realized that she had been seen through from the very start that she liked me.
「…U-um, so Toack-san noticed it from the very beginning like I thought, huh?」
「Well, yeah. It was very clear from a bystander’s point of view」
When she heard it from a friend again, she became even more embarrassed as expected. She was red up to her ears.
「But it looked like Aldo didn’t notice Flora’s feelings at all on his end. He didn’t even figure out that Flora was the girl that he met nine years ago」
Was it Aisha’s role to tease me while Toack was in charge of teasing Flora? She spoke while staring at me as if she was scolding me.
「I couldn’t really link that little girl I met nine years ago to Flora, you know?」
Besides, I was an adventurer and I had traveled to many different villages. The way I dealt with people back then was quite different compared to how I am now.
「Ohhh, why is that?」
「How come, Aldo?」
Toack and Aisha both leaned their bodies out toward me in a chummy manner after they heard my response.
These guys…they ask me even though they know the answer already. How mean is that?
Even Flora was looking at me with a cute and curious look.
「…I-I didn’t think that girl had grown into someone this beautiful」
Flora shuddered immediately when I replied while hesitating to meet her eyes. Her face was completely flushed while both Toack and Aisha laughed out loud in their seemingly satisfied voices.
How could I link a young girl from nine years ago to such a beautiful woman? Not only was her height different, but the way she talked as well. I don’t even think Flora would recognize her younger self.
「Well, there was nothing more frustrating than that for me, since I already knew about it」
Aisha sweetened her tea with honey as she looked at our embarrassed faces.
Precisely because Aisha was Flora’s childhood friend, it seems that she had always known about the encounter between me and Flora and how she felt about me.
「So that’s why you look especially surprised when I told you that I came here nine years ago」
「Well, yeah, I already heard of your characteristics from Flora, so when you got here I was already like, “Can it be?”」
When I first met Aisha, it felt like she was muttering something important at the time. I was wondering what it was, but now I see.
「…Tell me earlier if you already knew about it」
「No, you have no self control. You would have been a busybody and tell Aldo about it if you found out」
「It’s true, Toack has surprisingly little of that after all. Even back when we went fishing, he was really annoyed」
「Shaddap」
Toack made a sour expression on his face when I sneaked in that comment.
Aisha and Flora both giggled as they thought back on the time we all went fishing.
「Even though you were a pain in the ass yourself after Flora saw you naked…」
「Wha-?!」
「Uehh?!」
Perhaps it was because we hit him in a sore spot, Toack suddenly started to retaliate.
Both Flora and I instinctively let out a voice of disarray.
It’s cowardice of him to bring up something like that.
Then, Aisha stopped drinking the tea with a grin on her face and said,
「Ahh, that. I have something to say about that too. It was hard for me as well, you know? Flora was like “Ahh, I accidently saw Aldo-san naked…I don’t know what kind of face I should make when I see him next time…”」
「Ahh! Aisha! Please say no more!」
Flora leaned over and stretched her arms out to try to stop Aisha from talking. However, since they were sitting across from each other, she could not reach her and her arms were only dangling around in the air.
Since Aisha was imitating the way Flora was speaking timidly at that time, I could easily imagine what it was like.
But I gotta say…She’s really good at imitating Flora.
「”I feel awkward and can’t meet her as well, I’ll give you some food so please, I’m begging you”」
「Oi, be quiet, Toack」
Like that, me and Flora continued to get teased by him and Aisha.
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It was already lunchtime before I realized it as our fun conversations went on in the living room.
「Speaking of which, do you two have time still, Toack and Aisha? If so, want to have lunch together?」
「I don’t have anything planned in particular. I can wait until the evening to do my work」
「Same here」
Aisha said that with certainty, but I’m rather worried if she’s telling the truth.
Isn’t she just slacking again?
「Is it really alright, Aisha? Or will your sister Ena come get you because you’re slacking off again?」
「She’s not going to. I really have a break until this evening. Can’t you see from how I did my hair?」
Aisha replied in dissatisfaction as she pointed at her own hair when I asked her just to make sure.
Her hair?
When I took a look at her long hair, Toack spoke with a convinced expression,
「Ohh, you did your hair and you’re dressed in proper clothes today. That’s because Ena allowed you to come out, right?」
「Well, more or less」
For some reason, Aisha pushed her chest out proudly after hearing Toack say that.
「Aisha is beautiful yet she doesn’t really care to make herself look pretty」
「It’s fine. Who cares about something like that? It’s a hassle to do this every day, you know? Rather than talking about something like this, let’s eat. I’m looking forward to Flora’s cooking today」
Aisha changed the topic to having lunch probably because the conversation was steering towards a direction she’s not good at dealing with.
「Mouu, Aisha」
Flora said as she smiled bitterly at Aisha.
The way she was looking at Aisha like a mother who doesn’t know what to do with her kid.
If we’re talking about Aisha, her hair color is pretty and her style is also great. I think if she cared about how she looks more, she would be quite popular with the other sex. However, it seems like she’s not really interested in that stuff at all.
Well, I know how she feels since I was told similar things by the others during my adventurer days.
「What’s for lunch today, I wonder?」
「I think I’ll make something with the radishes from our field」
This is because it’s the season for harvesting radishes. There’s so many that we can’t finish eating them with just the two of us.
An ordinary person would have trouble thinking up new dishes to make with them every time, but for Flora who is an excellent cook, you’ll get your stomach filled without ever getting tired of what she makes.
「When you say the field, you mean this one that Aldo cultivated?」
「Yeah, and?」
「Oioi, is that alright? Have you been raising the crops properly?」
「Don’t worry, they are really delicious! I’ll harvest some right now, give me a bit!」
Alright, I’m giving Toack a spicy one as a souvenir.
With that decision in mind, I went from the living room to the front door.
Then, Aisha came with trotting steps.
「I’m coming as well. It’s not like I can help with the cooking anyway」
「O-oh okay」
When she admits it out loud like that, it’s rather admirable.
Flora and Toack are preparing the food in the kitchen while Aisha and I headed for the field after changing from our slippers to outdoor shoes.
「Ohhh, you have been raising them properly, haven’t ya?」
Aisha inspected the field as she let out an impressed voice.
「It’s because Flora helped me a ton though」
「Even so, it’s still a really good job considering it’s your first time. This is all because you took great care of them, no? I can see how much patience and effort the person growing them has put in, so it’s not only thanks to Flora. I think you can be proud about this」
「…Thank you」
I wonder if it’s because Aisha came from a farming family background that she knows the hardships well. Even though I was surprised by her uncharacteristically serious speech, I was still really happy to hear another person’s compliment on the hard work that I put in.
「These carrots, string beans and shails, they all look good」
「Un. It’s still going to take some time before they can be harvested but they’re looking good indeed」
Only the radishes are ready for harvest right now, but if they keep growing well like this, the other vegetables will all be ready soon as well. It’ll be a great joy at that time.
「However, since these are your crops…somehow, I feel like I could be missing something. I wonder if there’s something that was overlooked?」
Is Aisha worried about the situation of the vegetables? She squatted down and carefully checked the back of the leaves.
There shouldn’t be any problems since Flora and I checked on them this morning, but for some reason…my heart was strangely thumping.
「…There’s no problem. Now then, let’s harvest the radishes」
After getting a pass from Aisha and feeling assured, I headed to where the radishes are as well.
「Un, on top of them not breaking apart, they look healthy as well. If it’s like this, they should be delicious」
Aisha muttered as she checked the bright red bulbs that had green leaves growing out of it.
「…Do you know which ones are spicy? I want to give them to Toack」
「Hmm, that sounds fun but I can’t tell. There’s no way to know which ones will be spicy from the way they look」
Aisha replied with a grin on her face after she heard my plan.
Now this feels like Aisha.
「Yeah, it feels like most of the time they are sweet and there are only very few spicy ones」
「We can’t nibble on them, so it will be up to our intuition and judgement」
「I have confidence in my intuition」
I’ve always had good intuition and I made use of that fact plenty of times in hunting and battles. I should be able to guess which radishes are the spicy ones.
「Heh, me too. I’ve been watching grapes all my life as I grew them, so I hope you don’t make light of my observation power and intuition either」
Aisha and I looked at each other with a smile, then we started to pull the radishes out as we carefully examined them.
