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Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai (Web Novel) - Chapter 336: A Little Break
Chapter 336: A Little Break
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「I did it! The doll stood up!」
After putting the dolls Viscount Dole gave me into the empty room and returning to my room, I heard Tickle shouting in joy.
When I look at Knight on the floor, he was standing upright over there due to Tickle’s Psychic.
While Mina was lying down on the floor wearily in the exact opposite of Knight.
「M, my waist feels strange now. This is because Tickle-san told me to stop my body position at the strangest timing」
Aah, so Tickle told Mina to hold certain postures in order to research the changes in the body’s center of gravity, huh
「Thank you for your hard work. But thanks to that, now Tickle can make the doll stand up」
「Ye, yes, it is all thanks to Mina-san’s help!」
「Then, it should be fine, but.......」
I guess she was weak to her junior’s pure smile, Mina answers while looking a little shy.
Huh? Her reaction is completely different when she thanked me. Oh well, Tickle is after all, so I guess it would be insensitive of me if I retort like that.
「Eh? Where is Viscount Dole?」
Tickle suddenly asks while she looks around the room, guess she realized that he was not here anymore.
「Viscount Dole is currently staying in the lounge to write a scenario for a puppet show. He said to leave him alone for a bit」
「A, a puppet show scenario!? Just what’s going on.....」
「It’s a play where you move the dolls using Psychic. And so, Tickle also has to do your best」
「Fueee? So something important like that happened while I was training?」
Viscount Dole must have been satisfied by seeing the dolls move in front of him at first. But after seeing the doll’s big parade and the puppet show from me, it seems like something ignited inside of him.
But, it looks like Tickle-san is also good with Psychic magic, so she should be able to meet Viscount Dole’s expectations.
「How is your magic power?」
「As to be expected, I’m a little tired now」
Come to think of it, have been using Psychic in my room for around one hour. You can’t compare her to Eleonora-neesan - who has no ability to concentrate that long - but, compared to Sylvio-niisan and Luna-san, it looks like she can keep on using magic for long enough.
Of course, compared to an ordinary person, she should have more magic power than them.
If that were true then she have continued to train once she got used to it, but as expected, I can’t say such demon-like lines after seeing Tickle-san’s tired figure.
She’s not a maid of our house, so there’s probably no need to rush her.
「Then, after the break, you can do a bit of practice in improving the doll’s posture and then we shall finish today’s practice」
「Eh.....……ah, yes」
It feels like Tickle’s true feelings came out just now, but I’ll just ignore it. As expected, you have to review what you learned at least once.
Although, Tickle looks relieved maybe because she could see the clear goal at the end.
If Viscount Dole were to supervise her, then the situation where his love of dolls might make him reckless and order her to continue moving the dolls even until her magic power is exhausted.
She doesn’t seem to have the kind of personality that can appear confidently in from of others, so she should also feel exhausted with standing by for her job. So I should give her mental care now.
「Mina, let’s go downstairs」
「Is it a break!?」
Perhaps she can guess from the few words I said that Mina - who was lying down on the floor languidly - stood up vigorously.
That’s right but, I wish you put that good use of that sense in your everyday work though.
「Yeah. Let’s have milk gelato for a change of pace」
「What should I do with the tea and sweets in the room?」
No one touched the tea and cookies Mina brought here.
「Let’s just bring them with us too. I’ll reheat the tea with magic」
「Understood」
After I said that, Mina quickly collects the tea set. Tickle - who can read the air - casually opens the door, and we continue to walk downstairs with me at the lead
When we went down the stairs, I heard someone sitting on a chair in the break room next to the kitchen. This slovenly manner of sitting should be Mel.
It would be strange if I intentionally avoid her after coming here, shall I head for the break room and let them have some interaction with fellow maids?
When I enter the break room, as expected, I saw Mel sitting on a chair in a relaxed position.
「Ara, Alfried-sama. Something the matter?」
「I’m going to take a bit of a break with Tickle here」
「Meaning, there are going to be delicious tea and snacks」
I nodded to Mel’s expectant words.
「That’s right. Please bring milk gelato for everyone here」
「Yosh, I will bring it. Come on, Mina. We will bring them here」
「Fue? But Mel-san was the one being asked to bring them here, didn’t you?」
Mina was surprised by Mel’s sudden gesture as she was putting the tea set on the table.
「Alfried-sama didn’t specifically call my name to take it though」
「That’s!」
Mina sadly yelled when I - knowing how to read the situation - nodded to Mel’s words.
It doesn’t matter which one of you brings the milk gelato here.
「U, umm, I will also help......」
「It’s not that kind of an exaggerated thing anyway, and you don’t know much about the kitchen, right? And you are a guest, so you can just sit there quietly」
The kind Tickle offers her help, but Mel cut her off shortly.
「Tickle’s magic power has decreased and now you’re tired anyway, so you can take it easy」
「Ye, yes」
After I told her that, Mina - who looked regretful - trudgingly went to the kitchen.
While Mina prepares the sweets, I use Psychic to bring the teacup to Mel and Tickle.
「Uwaa, that’s an amazing magic control……」
I was just doing something simple like that, but Tickle raises her voice in admiration.
Certainly, this also requires some skill.
No matter how much stuff you are trying to move, if the movement speed is too fast for you to make it stop, then it will be unable to land and will fall. As for this teacup, it could crash into the table, fall over, or break.
「To become better at using Psychic, you can use Psychic in your daily life even by using small things 」
「Bu, but, what if I made a mistake with a cup like this and then it break?」
「If you’re not confident, then you can first use stuff that will be fine even if it breaks, like stuff made with wooden materials, so even if it falls it will be fine for you. And once you are able to improve to some extent, you can start moving on to this kind of thing 」
「I, I see……」
Even I controlled a wooden dish when I first use Psychic, and wooden products will also be fine if I made a mistake when Teleporting them.
Or rather, if it’s Viscount Dole, he’s not going to be angry if you break anything other than dolls.
「Your own experience will help you in the sensation of using Telekinesis」
I made the teapot floats while saying that, then I use Fire magic to warm the tea.
When you do it like this, the excess heat will increase the temperature and odd tastes will appear, but it can’t be helped since the tea was cold already. It’s not like Elna-kaasan - who is fussy about the taste of tea - is here anyway.
After the teapot have warmed enough, I tilted the teapot and pour the tea into each of our cups with Psychic.
「I knew it, you need that much control in your magic control if you want to move the dolls skillfully, right?」
「It’s better if you have this much control but, for moving dolls, I guess you need the skill to move things at the same time. You have to move both their hands and feet, and it is important to maintain the posture at certain times」
You have to be able to move three or four mechanically.
「Aah, I lost my confidence somehow」
「I don’t really understand magic that much but, I’m pretty sure that Alfried-sama is the strange one so don’t mind it that much」
You think so? If you use Psychic often, you will get used to it soon. I don’t think it would be that difficult though.....
「Thank you for waiting. Here’s the milk gelato!」
While I was thinking strangely about that fact, Mina return with milk gelato for each of us.
She then serves the milk gelato in front of us.
Of course, these are the milk gelato Bartolo made in bulk. The milk gelatos I made the other day were already eaten in less than two days. That’s what happens if you made that kind of dessert in summer.
Rather than that, these have pretty jam and cookies as toppings on top. That Bartolo, I feel like he improves his skill as a pastry chef while saying that he doesn’t like it
「Milk Geraato……?」
Tickle said the name strangely while looking at the desserts she saw for the first time.
「It’s a cold dessert made of milk」
「Cold dessert! So there was something like this other than plain ice!」
「Hm? Does Ice got included as a dessert?」
Ice is just that, ice, to say that they are dessert is.....
「Ye, yes, it was a pleasure to eat ice in summer, made with the Ice magic tool in Viscount-sama’s residence and after adding a little bit of sugar to them」
Tickle talks about it while looking embarrassed.
Hearing that, I felt sorry for her for some reason.
In our place, I always use Ice magic to lower the temperature, putting ice in various places to maintain the right temperature, and consuming ice like it was nothing. Basically, anyone can have ice as much as they want.
It’s not as if Tickle’s situation in Viscount Dole’s residence is bad or anything, but I was reminded again of the special privilege of being able to use Ice magic.
