Chapter 254


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Speaking of getting in touch, I receive fairly regular contact from the Tesoro brothers, Chloe and Chloa. Though I don’t actually remember registering their Contact Pearl, it might be tactless to bring that up now.

As they mentioned when we last spoke, after appointing and training reliable successors, they immediately withdrew from Vienetta.

They set off northward, saying they were going to see the ocean. Under this pretext, they’re taking their time avoiding dragon travel as much as possible, savoring all sorts of experiences and sights they couldn’t before. Until now, they had to restrict many of their activities due to the younger brother Chloe’s poor condition. There must have been so many things they wanted to do. Now the two of them are enjoying their journey as if making up for lost time.

However, since the Arcana Kingdom itself is landlocked, they’ll need to cross national borders to reach the ocean, which will probably take considerable time.
Besides, they might find areas they really like and decide to settle down there without coming back. Even if they do return, it would likely be after years have passed.

Still—
At least getting messages through the Contact Pearl provides some peace of mind.


I think it was about a week ago when I heard from them.
The two brothers—cool, handsome older brother Chloe and androgynous young Chloa—said they could finally sense the ocean nearby, and they seemed more energetic than I’d ever seen them before.

『Ichiro, how are you doing?』

「Hey, how are you two?」

『We’re doing great! Ichiro, listen, listen! We had an amazing experience!』

「What’s up?」

『We finally ate fish!』

『Though it was dried fish…』

「Oh nice, I love that stuff!」

『L-l-love… you do?!』

「Chloe, what? You mean sea bass? Yeah, that’s really delicious in season. Though I’ve never had dried sea bass.」

『Take a deep breath, calm down…』

『But he just said he loves—』

「What’s up with you two? Are you tired?」

『Oh, um, sorry Ichiro, Chloe seems a bit tired! We’ll contact you again later! We bought lots of dried foods, so we’ll share some with you when we get back!』

「Sure! Take care!」

『Talk to you later!』

『Ichiro, wait, I still need to—』

That’s how our conversation went.
I think I’ll contact them tomorrow to ask if they have things like kelp in this world.



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「You can eat all the pizza, pie, sweets, and meat you want later, so for now, keep it to about eight-tenths… no, half full.」

「Mmphokay!」

「You can’t even say ‘okay’ properly with your cheeks stuffed so full! This girl, I swear!!」

Like a hamster with its cheeks packed full, Sena has crammed her mouth with food and gives me a token gesture of agreement.
But even that about her is absolutely adorable.
Yay! Sena is so cute!!
Huh!? What am I… (coming back to my senses)

「Ah, good thing I prepared extra.」

The reason I woke up late was because I’d been up late doing food prep. It was truly a case of being prepared in advance.
As I continue preparing while lost in thought, a small white fish-like hand reaches out.

「Sena, I told you not to eat that.」

Sena, who has already tossed one, two, three, four cookies that were cooling into her mouth, grabs another one and dashes outside in response to my scolding.



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