Chapter 43

I moved.

The place is a city with a labyrinth, apparently the territory of Mr. Stoll's family.

It is also one of the retired king's retreats.

Of course, there is a mansion there, but I haven't been there yet.

The wind-type labyrinth is said to be very rare, with only this one existing in the country.

For six months.

Lord Arjitt and the others set up a base near the labyrinth to train to fight the curse, to obtain a cutting-type labyrinth weapon, to find a high-level wind spirit, or to find adventurers who have the blessing of a high-level wind spirit and get their cooperation.

Two days after the evening party, I bid farewell to everyone at Lord Rodan's house, where I was blessed with marriage and set off on my journey.

I burst into tears at the thought of parting with the people I had become close to in this life.

I haven't cried this much in a long time.

The last time I cried so much was when, after being reborn, I remembered the friends from my previous life and the job I had left behind, and couldn't help but cry a lot.

Yes. The parting with the tutor who taught me common sense and various things was the day I was isolated as a useless person. According to what I heard, the tutor couldn't stand my treatment and was fired after protesting.

At that time, it was so sudden that I couldn't really grasp the reality, and I almost immediately fell into a life like a slave, so I missed the chance to be sad. Rather, I was relieved that I was cut off from that house!

Now, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't been able to say goodbye to the tutor and felt sad and lonely, which made my tears flow even more.

"Yui, are you okay?"

Lord Arjitt, who came to pick me up, picked me up and smiled wryly.

"I'm sorry, I'm taking you away from a place you're close to."

"It's okay, we'll meet again, right?"

"Yeah."

Emotionally, I was sad, but the journey was incomparably easy.

The land around the Nier family hadn't been well maintained, and I was overworked and sleep-deprived, and I was hungry. It was my first time in a carriage, but the road was so bad that I think I fainted. I don't remember how many days it took.

The new base took about three days by Lord Arjitt's carriage.

Lord Rodan's mansion was in early summer weather, but after about two days, it became a bit chilly, and the trees outside turned red.

Did I skip summer?

Unlike when I was moved from the Nier family to Lord Rodan's mansion, we stayed at an inn every night.

To avoid showing my appearance, I wore a wide-brimmed hat with lace.

When I went to buy cloth in the city before, my appearance was still affected by my growth period, and I was a scrawny child, so I could go shopping normally... but now, it's forbidden.

Yes. It's a magnet for perverts.

The inn's food was delicious! Stewed offal! Udon? Houtou? Something like that! And egg on rice!

In conversations with my friends from my previous life, the topic of egg on rice came up... I hadn't eaten it before, so I tried it secretly when I got home, and it was so... I was moved to tears by the deliciousness of the meal, which I hadn't had with my parents.

I tasted many new flavors.

I don't know what kind of meat it was, but it was like braised meat that melted in my mouth and braised potatoes!

Later, I found out that the meat was fish, which surprised me!

Until now, the meals in this life had been mostly Western-style, so it was like Japanese food or izakaya menu... like the warm mother's taste that my friend's mother made for dinner.

No, the meals with my parents in my previous life were basically painful, so I don't really remember the taste...

Anyway, I understood why Aria wanted to cook and savor the flavors.

After receiving Aria's cake therapy, I realized that I had a mild taste disorder. The meals at the mansion were delicious, but they were several times more delicious than I had felt.

The meals at the Nier family's house were so difficult that I was in a mental state. Even with the intentional infusion of power by the spirits, I was on the verge of exhaustion, as diagnosed by the doctor.

Because of this, the main focus of the journey was to find delicious things. We might have made some detours.

There were quite a few fruits and vegetables that could only be harvested in this area.

It was interesting.

"Wow!"

The house was prepared in the city center.

The exterior was cylindrical.

Climbing plants in red and yellow colors were rooted on most of the stone bricks.

The building, which was rugged and gray, was softened by this.

...If someone said, "This looks like a tower of a castle that was cut off a few decades ago," I would believe it.

While Lord Arjitt and the others are training and exploring, I will basically be staying at home.

I have to make the wedding dress for six months later and the costumes for the members who will fight the cursed monster.

The fighting members are Lord Arjitt, Mr. Stoll, Miss Mimachi, King Amunart, and Lady Hania, who have high-level spirit guardians and the ability to purify fire, so they are dangerous but indispensable.

Therefore, I have to sew protective stitches on more defensive equipment.

No matter how fast I am, my experience with protective stitching is still limited, so I plan to do a lot of it. I also plan to mass-produce the purification gloves of the national fabric spirit.

The national fabric spirit is a spirit that guards the country, so her being cursed affects the country.

The reason it hasn't become a problem yet is thanks to Lord Arjitt's small guardian spirits.

"These children have used most of their power to prevent the effects of the curse," Lord Arjitt explained, looking at his small guardian spirits.

These children were originally mid-level spirits from high-level spirits.

I was impressed that they were so well-liked by Lord Arjitt to use so much of their power to become almost newborns.

The other members include the magician Miss Mishuto Toluamia, who prevented Aria's labyrinth from expanding.

She was a friend of Lord Rodan and Mr. Stoll. She will join after finishing the temporary handover of her work.

And the head maid, Endelia, from Lord Rodan's house. Indeed, she had a very powerful guardian spirit!

I was surprised to be introduced as a combat member when I arrived at the base.

Especially, there were about three maid sisters I was close to, and I felt like I was returning their tears.

I was even more sad because I couldn't say goodbye due to work...

The work was preparing the new house... I was happy but a bit puffed up when I heard that they would be managing the base for the next six months.

The head maid, who is a combat member, has a high-level dark spirit guardian. I knew this by her aura, but I realized she had merged with her shadow. Thinking about it, my purple prince's guardian spirit was also mostly hidden in the shadows.

Hmm? By the way... didn't the purple prince decompose the protective stitching with a sword?

Can he decompose curses too?

The purple prince made an X with both hands.

He can, but he can't... that's the feeling I got.

Oh, will the national fabric spirit be decomposed too?

He nodded.

What is that? Scary.

Hmm?

The purple prince, in terms of size, is about three heads tall, and his aura is that of a lower-level spirit close to a mid-level spirit...

But, can he decompose things?

A male spirit is rare, but I've only seen the purple prince, so I should have asked Aria before she went to bed... Could this child be a special spirit?

Anyway, Endelia used to work as a guard maid at the royal palace, so she is apparently very strong.

While noticing a bit of a mystery, the members currently decided are these.

Lord Arjitt.

Mr. Stoll and Miss Mimachi.

King Amunart and Lady Hania.

The captain of the knights and the old butler.

The members from that time and Endelia. Lady Hania's brother, who is apparently very strong.

Considering the size of the combat area, we can add a few more people.

Each will train while preparing for the six months ahead.

At the same time, we will search for owners of cutting-attribute magic swords and those with guardian spirits.

Of course, it's not just us; the country is also searching...

However, those with wind-attribute guardian spirits or magic swords cannot be bound by status or honor.

They rather run away.

Therefore, the reward will apparently be the protective-stitched equipment I prepare.