CH 6

[ Do you want to stay in the inn? ]

[Yes, is something the matter? ]

The answer from the proprietress stirred some anxiety.

[Nothing important, It’s just the time for housekeeping…]

[Oh! Something like that ? Is there a problem?]

Since it is an inn, I thought the place is cleaned and there is a change of the bed sheets and such but is there any problem?

[ Then can you promise not to go out of the room for an hour from eight to nine? I don’t recommend being inside the inn if you can’t make that promise…..]

The proprietress said whilst approaching with a somewhat terrific force.

Looking at her closely makes her doll-like features a little scary.

[It’s okay.]

I stuttered whilst replying…

Embarrassing……..

[Then, thanks in advance.]

The proprietress said whilst going back in order to clean the kitchen.

I went back into my room, opened the window I had closed and let the fresh morning air into the room.

In the room is a soft and fluffy bed, a thick desk with a simple chair. All of them are in good harmony and provide a clean atmosphere.

I took out a recently trending novel and began to read in order to kill time.

『I’m OP, but I began an Inn』, written by Lyys Kagura

It’s a book about a certain woman in a different world – I had trouble wrapping my head around the concept of a different world – who confronts various events which occur whilst managing an Inn. The actual situation and the management of the inn are written in a funny way whilst being a bit dramatized, there is the glee lacking in conventional novels.

The conventional novel is adapted from a hero who did many heroic deeds. In the end he defeats the demon king and then marries the princess and has a happily ever after ending. The deciding factor is how interesting the content is.

Another feature of the book is that the woman was a so-called ‘ fall-out ‘ adventurer who had neither magic nor power before she crossed worlds. After the crossing she adapted to a changed world and became the strongest existence in the new world.

If it would have been me I would have gone on a rampage to clear my pent-up anger but the woman started an inn to live peacefully.

It has gotten popular to have a good impression of the woman despite her getting criticized for not rampaging even though she is the strongest.

Reading a novel that breathed a fresh breeze into the world of novels in the morning breeze…

I think it might be strange but I thought “I don’t have the ability to write novels.”.

I saw the proprietress cleaning the front door outside window which I had opened whilst doing such a one man show. Even her figure of sweeping with a broom is attractive. Whilst watching the proprietress clean the front door I heard someone knocking on my door.

The proprietress is still cleaning the front door, who could it be?

[Yes, who is there?]

[Customer, I am here to replace the bed sheets. ]

The voice answering my question sounded like the proprietress?

I looked out of the window hastily but couldn’t see the figure of the proprietress any more.

[Eh? Weren’t you cleaning the front door just a minute ago?]

[Customer? Do you mind if I intrude your room? ]

[No, please.]

I invited the proprietress into the room at once.

[Thank you, then let me replace it. Oh? This book… May I ask if this is the book that got really popular recently?]

The proprietress who noticed the book took it and held it in her hand for a while.

I talked about the book’s popularity whilst trying to remind her of the bedsheets. She didn’t react much and put the book back onto the desk.

[Yes, it seems so. I couldn’t read because I had no time but ……]

[Is that so!? You should read it by all means.]

I somehow got really embarrassed when I saw the appearance of the proprietress stripping off the bed sheet.

[I would like to read it if I have a chance. Well then, I shall take my leave.]

The door closed and I was alone again.

When I looked out of the window by chance I saw the proprietress cleaning the front door?!?

I got puzzled when I heard a voice.

[Customer? I have the replacement sheet, may I come in? ]

[Didn’t you just leave a few moments ago?]

Not even ten seconds had passed since she left.

I was at a loss to the proprietress who had come back at that speed.

[Hello? I came to replace the bed sheet.]

[Yes! I’ll open the door.]

After I opened the door whilst being surprised the figure of the proprietress disappeared from the door. The proprietress exchanged the bed sheet without sparing the book a glance and a clean impression returned to the bed.

「？？？」

[Is something the matter? ]

[You’ve just left, right? ]

[Yes, I went out and came back? ]

[You were cleaning outside, right?]

[… I did.]

[I’m here now, right?]

[… You are there.]

[What’s going on… Huh? ]

It was very questionable.

As an answer to my confusion the proprietress put her index finger on her mouth and said

[It’s a secret ☆ ]

「…」

If the proprietress wouldn’t have been expressionless I might have completely fallen in love with her.

It was a appearance with such a destructive power.

[Well then, I shall take my leave.]

After I had stiffened the proprietress left the room.