The next day, I woke up much earlier than I normally would (though it's 6:00 am ....... ......) from the neatness of not having to get up early in the morning and crossed over from the mirror to the other side of the world with no more than a New Year's greeting to my parents.
Both Deanna and Marina are already up in the mansion, and Marina is in a good mood and is getting water from the well and transferring it to the turtle in the kitchen, so she's quite a hard worker in the morning.
She gave me her best smile when she noticed me and said good morning to me. It's going to be a great new year .......
It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to have to worry about it.
...... Oh, no! I knew this guy was a princess!
'Good morning, Deanna. Did you sleep well last night?
When I called out to him, he didn't seem to notice my presence and shook his body and turned around. Maybe he was still a bit sleep-deprived. Well, it's not that I didn't knock before entering the room.
Deanna blushed lightly (though it's hard to tell because of the tattoo) and said, "Oh, , master.
'Oh ......, Master. Good morning. ...... Wow, I just woke up just now.
'So you slept well. Did you end up sleeping with Marina?
'Yes. I had a little trouble calming Marina down as she tried to sleep on the floor.
I told him to sleep with me, but I knew he wasn't going to sleep with me right away.
If he doesn't get used to sleeping with me as soon as possible, it will interfere with the "master mixing in with the two of us sleeping together as usual" super play. ...... No, I came up with this last night. It's nice to deal with each of them individually, but what an injustice? I wondered if there was a "good" one.
If you're a man, you should aim for an elf bowl, right?
I also asked him how he managed to appease Marina.
Probably he said something like "The wallowers are also slaves, that they are. You don't need to be shy about it," or something like that, I thought.
At first I told her that they are the same slave, so she didn't need to be shy, but Marina was too stubborn to listen to me. So I changed my tune a bit and said, 'Well then, this bed will be reserved for me and my master from now on. I told her that she would have a separate room for herself, but she said, 'Well, I've changed my mind. She suddenly became very obedient. When the master said he was going to sleep with me at the inn, I was so nervous that I gave him a lot of trouble.
'I was nervous too, though, ....... I'd rather you were just too assertive ......", I thought, but I didn't say that.
Well, anyway, you two get along? It looks like you've gone to bed, and I'll let you get to know each other that way for a while.
Deanna was combing her long, platinum-blond hair, which reaches to her waist, jiggling it while she was talking like this.
In the old days ...... or even now, in some areas, women's hair was a selling point. It's not so much that it doesn't ring a bell in Japan, where black hair is the only choice, but if you look at Deanna's long and beautiful hair, it's no wonder that this is certainly in demand. Even without a wig or extensions or anything else, this is worth it.
I think Marina's purple hair is beautiful, but I have to say that it's indeed no match for this waist-length platinum blonde of Deanna's.
It's delicate as silk and shines pale in the light shining through the window, yet it's moist and wet and shiny. Depending on the amount of light, it shifts from flaxen to golden to ivory with a supple gradation.
To be honest, I hadn't seen much blonde hair or anything like that in person, and even if I did, it was only vulgarly dyed or bleached and sore hair, so there was something kind of overwhelming about this Deanna's artistic head of hair.
If they sold it in this world, it would probably fetch a very good price. If we sold them as dolls in Japan, though, they might fetch a good price.
I've been thinking about this as I watched Jituri and Deanna do her hair, and Deanna, who was glancing at me, said apologetically, "I'm sorry.
''Oh ...... that master, it's ...... embarrassing if he sees you sleeping and waking up too much,'' she said. I'm not even sure I have the right to say this in the capacity of a slave. ......
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't get a chance to stare at you.
When I said that frankly, Deanna was surprised to see me say, "What?
But I didn't expect to feel embarrassed to get out of bed, like a normal girl. I wondered if you are always relatively peaceful and self-assured. ......
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This may seem out of the blue, but when my mother cooks something, she always cooks more.
Once she makes curry, it's not unusual for it to stay on for the third day, let alone two, and it's not unusual for the morning miso soup to be served at night. Neither my brother nor sister nor I are overweight, but we eat rather a lot of food, so maybe it's just natural.
So naturally, there is a large amount of New Year's Day casseroles prepared in the kitchen, and it was an easy job to bring them into the other world with a little bit of sloppiness. Deanna and Marina are probably both mochi beginners, so we prepared two mochi per person. I baked them in the toaster oven beforehand and then threw them into the miscellaneous stew I transferred to the gyohei pot.
We ate last night's buckwheat noodles almost without any discomfort, but I wondered how they would react to the mochi.
It's called 'mochi' and it's made out of rice. I don't think it's available on this side of the world ....... Well, you should try it anyway!
With that, they proceeded to serve them (an unknown food for them) zoni. At first, they were a bit intimidated by the mysterious object (it's mochi) that stretched out like a gnat, but then they decided to bite into it.
It was the same as the last time we ate a Christmas cake, but at times like this, Deanna would casually make Marina eat it first so that she could have a look or taste it, which was quite unfair. Well, maybe she didn't mean any offense and it was just something peculiar to the princess, I don't really care.
''Haha! Haha! It has an unusual texture. It's so sticky and sticky and delicious!
Ha, ha. Don't eat too fast or you'll choke on it.
Deanna brings the mochi to her mouth in horror as Marina happily eats it.
'Oh, it's ...... similar to moukf. But it's delicious ...... without the crispiness like mukhufu.
Apparently, Deanna liked it too.
It was good that our soup stock (based on light soy sauce) was also good for her taste. Apparently there's a food similar to mochi, which is called muck-fu, and this world is really well-developed in terms of food culture.
Well, we can eat a lot of good food, and I welcome it.
I don't really want to make money selling food.
......, and by the way, when you're hungry, today is actually the New Year's Day in my world, the day the year begins.
Oh, it was such an important day, wasn't it? Marina, I was just sitting there in my noggin. I'm not a slave. ......
The two of them care about it more than I thought they would. Is New Year's an important event in this world? Well, for me, it's just a matter of eating ozoni (boiled omelet) and then it's over, or if I'm not busy, I might go for a New Year's visit, so it's not a problem.
I don't know. It's a little different from what we have in this world. My New Year's Day is just a day of rest and relaxation. That's why we don't do anything special, so we don't have to worry about anything. When the New Year's is over here, we'll do it our way: ...... You can't keep on talking about this world and that world. What's the name of this world?
Well, I didn't know the name. I don't know if there is a concept of a star, but there must be a name for this world somehow.
'What is Sekai, sir? This is in the territory of the Hanok Empire, sir.
Marina, that's just where the country that currently owns this land is located: ......
Marina answers the name of the country and Deanna plugs in for me.
'Huh, does Deanna know?'
'Emesparet. That's the name of this world, Master.
Deanna responds with a clear answer. She's lightly smug.
I'll poke around a bit and ask her.
"Is Emespalette the name of this planet?
"? Are you a waxer?
No, it's nothing.
There didn't seem to be any concept of planets. Maybe he thinks the end of the world is a waterfall, or that the earth is supported by a giant turtle.
Well, in any case, you won't have to say anything about this one or that one.
Good. Well, from now on, I'm going to refer to this world as "Emespalette" and the other world as "Japan". I'll call you Emespalette and Japan for the other side. ...... marina, got it?
Yes, sir! ...... What is Sekai, by the way?
I ended up explaining to them from the beginning.
After that, I told them both about my plans for the future.
I told them that I was planning to hire a maid in the village to manage the house. It would be impossible for her to do this all by herself (even if she hires a maid), so of course I'm going to ask Marina and Deanna to do it as well. I'm sure they're not so good at it, so we'll be experimenting with different things.
The fact that Deanna and Marina are going to be my guards and help me with my business. Come to think of it, Marina's weapon (halberd) was a bit shoddy. If I was walking around town carrying that thing, I'd be pulled over lightly.
The horse fair is going to be held in a few days, so I'm going to ask Hetty to buy some horses for me then. We've agreed to buy three horses before, and it's a dream come true to actually be a horse owner (in a more practical sense). I haven't practiced riding yet, and I haven't done it yet, so I have to practice so it won't be a waste of money.
The basic business model for Emespalette is to sell the items you buy in Japan and then sell them in Emespalette.
I'm still trying to figure out how to sell my products over here.
Selling at the flea market would be great, but that's not something they do every day. Then it would be more practical to open a shop in a market that is open every day.
Or you could open a small store, or you could quit the retail business and start a wholesaler business. Well, wholesaling seems to be easy, but if the scale of the business gets strangely large, we'll likely have more enemies, and we'd like to make it a business that's basically complete on its own.
The fact that they will continue to train in combat and plan to learn from Shero-san and others when they have time. I haven't had enough riding practice yet, so I'll have to work on that as well.
---- But well, it's New Year's today anyway, so let's go out on the town and play! I suggested that we head into town.
I'm empty-handed with just my bag. I've bought a sword and wanted to walk around with it hanging around my waist, but I hadn't made the scabbard yet. As expected, you can't carry it around unannounced: ......
It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the market.
I'm not going to be able to get it right.
'Here, here's your New Year's gift.'
They scowled at each other, not knowing what they were talking about.
We even prepared a potty bag and put a silver coin (which is worth more than 10,000 yen) in each one.
In Japanese New Year's, it is customary for superiors to give 'New Year's gifts' to the ones below them. You can go and play with it today as you like. It's going to be busy again from tomorrow, so you have to stretch your wings once in a while.
When I said that (I've been thinking about giving them both a New Year's gift for a few days now), they looked at each other.
...... Huh? Another not-so-great response. I thought they'd be pleased.
Deanna seems to simply be surprised that I didn't expect it, but Marina doesn't seem to be.
It seems that she finally understood what I said when she took out the contents of the potty bag without thinking and found a silver coin inside.
He then said with tears in his eyes, "Oh, Lord. It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you can do to help your family and friends. It's a good thing that you're on the Lord's side and that your job is to protect the Lord. ...... If you can do whatever you want, Marina wants to be on the ...... Lord's side.
Marina, who suddenly bursts out with a confession. What's the matter with her? I can't help but blush.
'Yeah, right, ......? So why don't you come around with me, Marina?
Are you sure it's okay? I'm glad to see you at ............
Marina smiles faintly and stains her cheeks.
Maybe she's simply saying it as a kind of loyalty, but any man would be mistaken if she said it like this. Marina ...... horrible child .......
Deanna watched that kind of exchange between me and Marina with zit eyes, but then she said, "For today only, I'm going to lend Marina my master. It's ...... a special day," she just said and went poof.
A special day? I guess that means it's New Year's Day. I'm not sure what Deanna is thinking.