When we returned to Gandalcia Island, it was already dawn. The morning sun is truly beautiful. Redas-san squinted his eyes and smiled at the scenery. Well, it’s been a long time since he has seen the sun.
“Redas-san, I’ll take care of a few errands first then I’ll show you around the island.”
First of all, I fiddled with the settings of the teleporter to block the Night Queen from coming. By now, she is probably screaming after she found out that Redas-san has escaped the Night Island.
“With this, the Night Queen can’t come to Gandalcia.”
When I told him that, Redas-san also looked relieved.
“Let’s go to the auberge first, we need to have breakfast and get some rest.”
We had been busy all night so both Redas-san and I were exhausted.
When we arrived at the Auberge, I used 2 points to make a pond before going inside. This pond is for releasing the koi that Argo gave me.
Hmm, I guess I’ll take this opportunity to decorate the pond with lotus flowers as well.
The koi swimming among the bright pink lotuses is truly beautiful. The guests who come to the auberge will be delighted for sure.
“You guys will live well here.”
When Redas-san said so, the koi poke their heads out of the water, opens and closes their mouths as if to reply.
“Do you understand what the koi are saying?”
“Koi don’t speak, but they can convey their feelings. They seem to like the new pond.”
As the one who built the pond, hearing that made me happy.
When we walked inside the restaurant, Char and Upa jumped up and hugged me.
“I’m sorry for worrying you guys. But look, I’m fine.”
I explained to them that happened in Night Island.
“Did Farh Jarg misbehave again? Char will pluck off his beard this time!”
“Calm down, calm down. But it’s indeed necessary to put a nail on Farh Jarg’s head. Anyways, let me introduce you guys to a new friend on the island. This is Redas-san. I’m going to have Redas-san take care of the family ranch.”
As Upa shook hands with Redas-san, he once again looked worried.
“But, is it really okay for such a kind person to do that work? Not to mention Lucio and the other animals, he’ll take care of Silver as well, right?”
“Uh-, that’s right……”
Silver is a difficult horse. When he gets too excited, he’ll nudge people on the back with his nose and even knows how to play pranks at times.
—But it turned out, our worries were completely unfounded. It’s because Silver immediately liked Redas-san.
It was so surprising that we were all dumbfounded. Even though Silver hates having people ride him, he’s very eager to let Redas-san ride him. Well, that’s to be expected I guess. Redas-san has a special power over animals.
The family ranch, where people could interact with animals, didn’t become all that popular. I thought it would be a hit with families. However, unlike Japan in my previous life, livestock are common to people in this world. There are a lot of goats and chickens around so people won’t bother to come all the way to Gandalcia just to see them.
However, I am grateful that Redas-san has come to take care of the animals. Thanks to this, I have more time for myself. And the animals are very lively. Silver and Lucio are better groomed, goats are milking more, and chickens are laying bigger eggs.
I’m pretty sure it’s all because of Redas-san. The animals love Redas-san. Even the island’s birds, rabbits, and squirrels flocked to the family ranch.
I went to the cave to complain to Farh Jarg.
I’m angry about what had happened. I had been tricked and I was almost involved in a kidnapping case.
“What do you mean by poor lady? The Night Queen is the kidnapper herself!”
“W-what are you talking about……?”
Still trying to quibble huh.
“You two tried to trick me.”
“No! I didn’t know the details either. She just told me to help her because she is in trouble.”
“Really?”
“Of course! I did it out of kindness. I didn’t get anything in return.”
“That’s a lie. There were lots of paintings lined up in the Night Queen’s mansion. And they were all fakes!”
“Uuh!”
Oh, now Farh Jarg is in a hurry.
Perhaps he sold the forgeries under false pretense of it being genuine.
“I wonder if I should tell the Night Queen……”
“W-wait! No, don’t do it, Baron!”
And there it is, Farh Jarg’s attitude has completely changed.
“It’s true that I didn’t know the details. I introduced her to Baron because she said that if you would cooperate, she would buy my paintings. This is the truth, I can swear. So please don’t tell the Night Queen that the painting is fake!”
“Then you swear you won’t bother me or Redas-san over this matter again. Can you swear?”
Farh Jarg put his hands on his chest and swore an oath.
“Farh Jarg will never be involved in the kidnapping of Redas again, and I will never cooperate with the Night Queen to embarrass Baron Dantès! I swear.”
Sprites can’t break their vows, so that’s a relief.
Farh Jarg bowed his head and removed a painting on the wall.
“Please bring this masterpiece. It’s my token of apology.”
Farh Jarg gave me a painting titled “The Milkman.”
“This is fake too! If it were real, there wouldn’t be so much milk.”
“Tch!”
“Don’t click your tongue!”
“Hii!”
Farh Jarg had sworn not to cause any trouble over this, but it didn’t seem like he was sorry.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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