Chapter 250: A Short Break On The Beach
We turn around and return to the beach since Mina and Sylvio-niisan suffer terrible seasickness.
It looks to also be difficult to let Mina and Sylvio-niisan return to Eric’s mansion using a carriage, so we decided to let them rest in a nearby resting area on the beach.
They would probably recover soon if they rest in a shaded place where it doesn’t sway.
「Now then, what are we going to do now?」
Once everything calms down, Eric begins to talk.
If we follow our original plan, we were going to spend this afternoon entirely doing some cruising on the fishing boat, but it turned out that we returned earlier to land due to Mina and Sylvio-niisan’s terrible seasickness.
「Even so, it would be pitiful to leave those two here and return to the mansion」
「Though we can call our house’s maid to take care of them……oh well, that’s true I guess」
As expected, it’d be too miserable for the two of them and for just us to return, but let the maids look after them.
Though if you want me to tell you the truth, I want to quickly return to the mansion and lay around lazily in my room.
「Then, let’s kill some time here until those two recover 」
「Yeah」
Well, even though it’s for recovering their condition, it probably won’t take an hour. And if they get better, we would be able to return using a carriage after all.
Time will pass in the blink of an eye if I just stare at the sea while sitting on the beach, or just play with sand for about an hour.
「Though, I don’t want to gather more shells, all right? I have enough already」
Eleonora-neesan says as she crosses her arms while looking fed up.
Even though this kind of laid-back time is quite precious. Eleonora-neesan just doesn’t understand.
「Ah! I came up with something good! 」
As I’m being amazed at her in my mind, Eleonora-neesan suddenly started saying something in a good mood.
’A good thing’ for Eleonora-neesan……I only have a bad feeling about it.
「What’s ‘something good’?」
I can roughly guess about it, but I still purposely ask so as to not take the initiative.
「Luna and I bring our wooden swords with us, so let’s have a sparring practice here!」
「Rejected!」
「Why!」
「Today is a day off and the practice is tomorrow! Nord-tousan also said so, right!」
Why do I have to train despite this being a day off? I wonder if Eleonora-neesan doesn’t understand the purpose of a day off?
It’s an important time to rest your body and mind. You can’t waste that time on other things you know.
「Hmm, I also don’t bring my training equipment today so it’s kinda impossible for me……」
「What are you saying? Do you think that a swordsman has to be able to always fight in their most ideal state?」
「O, ohh」
Hearing Eleonora-neesan’s remark, Eric's eyes opened wide, and an astonished expression on his face.
Oi idiot. What are you astonished by? Can’t you resist more firmly against her?
「If you are a swordsman, then should train repeatedly so that you can show your ability no matter what situation or place you are in」
What is that combat-ready-like way of thinking?
Sure there are monsters in this world and there is no war in this peaceful kingdom, but I don’t think you need to have such a way of thinking though……
However, it’s strangely intimidating when Eleonora-neesan said it, or perhaps I should say convincingly. Is this perhaps what being charismatic is all about?
「Ununu! Ce, certainly it’s as you said. I wonder if I should also train like that regularly?」
「You should」
And thus, there is a man who got hit by that charisma.
Eric is not like Eleonora-neesan, but if I had to say then he’s in the military faction. People who belong to the same category may probably feel something there.
「And besides, the ground here is soft so it looks like it’s going to be great for training taijutsu」
「Yeah, the basics of our house taijutsu’s training are mainly being done here」
……the flow of the conversation right now is extremely bad. There will be nothing I can do if everyone were to agree to train together.
「It’s fine for Luna to also train, right?」
「Not fine!」
「I don’t ask you, okay」
Eleonora-neesan pressed down on my head and flatly say that when I strongly insisted.
Don’t tell me, Luna-san would also agree to train? If possible, I want her to also refuse just like me.
And as I stare at her with a look as though she was my sliver of hope, Luna-san says……
「……mmー, today is a rest day anyway so I don’t feel like it」
「Ehh!? Why is that? Even though you’re usually in high spirits when we’re practicing!?」
Perhaps it was surprising that Luna-san didn’t want to train with her, Eleonora-neesan cries out in surprise.
O, oohh, so God was here!
When they were talking about the training method on a beach, I thought that Luna-san was also a muscle-brain like Eleonora-neesan, but it looks like she’s not.
「……I’ve practiced with Eleonora but never played with you. And so, I want to have fun playing with Eleonora today rather than training now」
「I, I see. Since Luna said so then let’s not train today. Well, we can seriously train tomorrow」
So Eleonora-neesan says while looking embarrassed, I guess she’s weak when someone said that kind of thing straight out.
I see. So she’s weak when someone said something to her straight out. I’ll try to copy her the next time I want to skip voluntary practice.
「……then, Eleonora. Let’s go harpooning. There is a shallows place close from here, and we can even hit the fish without diving underwater on the rocky area over there」
「Sounds nice!」
Eleonora-neesan nodded as she smiles, maybe she liked Luna-san’s suggestion.
Just say you wanted to do it.
「……okay then, let’s go and get the harpoons in the hut」
「Yeah!」
After Luna-san and Eleonora-neesan said so, they left to get the harpoons.
And thus, the ones remaining here are me and Eric, the two of us.
「What are we going to do now? Should we also go there and do some harpooning?」
Eric looks back and suggested, but I shake my head.
「……no, I want to spend my time leisurely on the beach」
It’s not like I’m not interested in harpooning, but I don’t want to disturb Elenora-neesan and Luna-san, who seem to be on good terms. And besides, it would be better to have someone look after Sylvio-niisan and Mina here.
「Hmm, I see. Guess it’s fine to spend the time leisurely once in a while」
Eric exhaled「Fuuh」, then he sat down. Then he remove his socks and shoes and stretched both of his legs to relax.
「Oh, that looks nice」
Thinking so, I also sit down on the sand and took off my socks and shoes.
Being freed from the socks and shoes, the sea breeze removes and swept away the heat from my feet. That refreshing feeling is irresistible and the feeling of my feet stepping on the soft sand was so pleasant.
Moving my feet around to enjoy the feeling of the sand, I turn my gaze forward.
The vast ocean and sky that stretches endlessly in front of me, they are mixing and fuse together in the distance.
The sounds of waves of various sizes - large and small - reverberate from the distance, and the smell of seawater is tickling my nostril.
I feel the sea literally with my whole body.
And above all, it’s nice to be able to blankly stare at the sea mindlessly like this.
The endless blue sky and blue ocean let me forget about the fatigue I feel right now and even tomorrow’s tough practice I will be having.
「…………」
「……oi」
「…………」
「Oi! Pull yourself together!」
「Wawaa!? ……what the heck Eric? Suddenly shouting so loudly like that」
What’s going on, to make Eric suddenly shout out loud like that?
When I ask him while frowning, with a serious expression Eric says,
「What do you mean ‘what the heck’, you have the same look as the filleted Crowana before, so I called out since I’m worried. Don’t tell me, you feel sick like those two?」
「You picking a fight or what? I’m very normal」
「I, is that so? In that case, I think it’s bad……」
As I answer while being indignant about it, Eric says that with a mysterious expression on his face.
Leave my eyes out of this.
「There are quite a lot of fish even in the rocky area」
「……if anything, it’s more correct to say that it is because it’s a rocky area where there are a lot of fish. Since there are a lot of fishes that prefer to be near rocky areas」
As I throw in an appropriate response to show that I pay attention and to let the conversation continue, a wind blows and the voices of Eleonora-neesan and Luna-san can be heard.
When I looked toward the source of the voices, Eleonora-neesan and Luna-san were already at the nearby rocky area.
It looks like they have gotten the harpoons from the hut nearby while I was spacing out.
They probably planned on going to stab the fish using a harpoon from the rocky area or something. The two of them appear to be waiting and observing the water while crouching down.
Blankly watching the scenery like this is nice, but it’ll just be annoying if Eric said that my eyes look dead again.
We’ve come to the long-awaited beach after all, so I guess I’ll play in the sand or something.
I reach out to touch the sand around me. It’s warm due to the sunlight and soft to the touch. Even when I try to put them in the palm of my hand, they immediately slip through my fingers and fall.
「Buwaa!? Won’t you stop that! The sand entered my eyes!」
Just as I was enjoying the smooth sensation of the sand flowing through my fingers, Eric yells while covering his face with his arm.
「Ahh, sorry sorry」
Apparently, the sand got blown by the sea breeze toward Eric’s direction when I was playing with it.
Was he lucky or not? Or the wind might probably love him?
「Your voice has no sincerity in them at all, y’know」
When I apologize to him while unintentionally half smiling, Eric wiped his face despite looking unhappy.
And even while that was happening, I grabbed the sand in my hand to play with it.
I wonder how many years has it been since I’ve played with sand on a beach like this?
「What are you? You want to play with sand despite already being seven years old?」
As I was playing with the sand while feeling deeply emotional, Eric says that to me as though he looked down on my action.
Judging from the way he puts it, those who play sand on the beach are probably only small children.
「That’s right. Even if I have seen the sea before, this is the first time I’ve played around with sand」
I’ve played around with sand in my previous life but never did it in this life.
And I’m still a kid in appearance. So it won’t be embarrassing for me even if I play with them.
「……I see. It’s fine to freely play around with sand by yourself, but don’t send the sand flying like before, yeah?」
Eric snorts 「Fuhn」 looking bored, perhaps he thought that my confident response was uninteresting.
「Then let’s play sand together if you’re free」
「It’s gonna make my hands and clothes dirty though. To begin with, it won’t be fun even if I play with sand. At most, you can make a hole or a mountain of sand out of them」
「It won’t be interesting if you just make those kinds small of things」
「Hou? Then, what kinds of things will you make?」
Eric asks with a determined expression on his face, I guess he’s triggered by my sigh and my veiled remarks.
「If you’re a guy then you have to make a huge castle, right」
「……you can make that kind of thing using the sand on a beach?」
「We have this much sand and seawater to harden it after all. So I think it’s not impossible」
When I say so, Eric crosses his arms to think about it.
I wonder if he’s currently thinking about something like making a castle inside his mind?
「……well, I’m free anyway so shall I help you play sand then. It’s a match to make a castle to see which one makes them better」
「Okay」
Even though he said that he has free time, he said it is a match in high spirits.
However, if I retort like that then there’s the possibility of Eric sulking so let’s let it pass now.
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