An A-Ranked Adventurer's 'Slow-living'-Chapter 72: An Ordinary Day With A Wizard

「Sorry for intruding~ Ehhhh?! This home isn’t empty even though it’s Aldo’s?!」

Kurune raised her voice rudely when she entered my house.

「That’s rude. It’s my new home, you know? Of course I would have some furniture」

I spoke with a proud expression to Kurune who was stunned as she surveyed the house.

It’s different from the lifestyle where we used to hop from inn to inn. Once I had decided to live here, no matter how uncaring I can be about furniture, I would still want to have some. It’s obvious that even I would want to live a little more comfortably.

「Ohh, you have your rugs and carpets in soft colors to go with the color of your walls and furniture…」

Hmm?

「It’s nice that the wooden house gives off a peaceful feeling, but if all the colors matched with the wooden furniture, it could easily make the home feel dark. You had paid special attention to your rugs and carpets, didn’t you?」

Is-is that so?

「The flowered picture frame also gives the house a nice accent. You have it right where people could see it when they first enter. If you had hung it on the left wall from where we entered, then only the people sitting down would be able to see it」

Errr, that left wall was where I initially wanted to hang it. Flora had nicely convinced me to change it to where it is now.

There is a small hole in the left wall that showed the remnants of my idea.

「This is awesome, Aldo!」

「……」

Kurune looked back and complimented me, but no matter how I looked at it, her eyes looked like she was making fun of me.

Damn you Kurune, you’re saying this while you know, right? You’re praising exactly everything that was set up by Flora.

While I was making a frustrated face, Flora went “Ahaha” as she made a dry laugh.

「Well, all of those things were brought over by Flora though」

Aisha purposely joined in on the attack after she understood what Kurune was getting at.

「Shut up you two. Aisha, you’re done being Kurune’s guide, right? Hurry up and go back to work」

When I retaliated out of desperation, Kurune walked towards the chairs in the living room as she giggled. Even Flora who was guiding her was laughing a little. So mean.

「No worries. If I use showing a guest around as the reason, Ena would willingly cover the work for me」

That big of a vineyard seems like there would be a lot to take care of. I feel sorry for Ena who has to cover for her older sister who has a habit of slacking off.

「Go back after you have some tea and take a break, okay?」

「Sure, then I’ll head back after we snack on some pico seeds and kuku berries as we hangout. That’s how I’ll take my break」

In other words, she’s not going to go back for a while.

I sighed at the way Aisha always acts as I walked towards the kitchen. 𝐟𝐫𝗲𝙚ｗ𝚎𝐛𝙣𝐨𝙫𝘦𝗹.c૦m

Since she said it, I’m going to bring out some pico seeds and kuku berries as well to go with the tea.

While I was putting the fruits and nuts on a plate, Flora was taking out the tea leaves that she usually uses to make the tea along with some tableware.

Kurune was sitting down and looking around the living room with deep curiosity as she dangled her feet. Next to her, Aisha was lying on the desk.

What a bunch of carefree women.

However, I gotta say that hanging out with Kurune like this feels really refreshing.

It really reminded me of the times we hung out in the inns back when we were adventurers. Kiel would sit in that ill-mannered way like Aisha too.

「What?」

Perhaps it was because she noticed me smiling, Kurune looked at me with a weird expression.

「Ahh, I was just reminded of the old days a little. Kiel also sat like that in the inns, didn’t he? 」

When I said that as I pointed at Aisha, Kurune understood what I meant and chuckled.

「Wait. Kiel is a guy, right? I don’t know why but being compared to him rubs me the wrong way」

Well, he’s an old dude that looks like a monkey. Aisha sensed that something’s off even though I didn’t say that to her. She’s sharp.

When I smiled bitterly, Kurune suddenly went “Ahahaha!” as she burst out laughing.

「……What? Why are you laughing like that?」

「Ahahaha! Sorry! I just pictured you and Kiel’s faces overlapping, don’t mind me! Ahahaha!」

Kurune laughed loudly after she looked at Aisha’s unamused expression.

Aisha was confused since she didn’t know Kiel, but she seems to realize that she was being made fun of.

She sulked after Kurune started laughing and then she turned to look at me.

「Pffffpfff」

Although she and Kiel don’t look alike at all, I feel like the way she raises her eyebrows at me is just like Kiel.

Oh no I can’t. If I think like that I’m going to see their faces overlap too. I wouldn’t be able to stop laughing if that happens.

「…This is kind of unpleasant. Hurry up and bring the snacks here」

Aisha waved her hand at me to tell me to hurry up after she saw me laughing too.

Since she looked like she’d really get upset if I laughed any more than that, I started off by getting Aisha’s portion out to appease her first.

Kurune probably wouldn’t mind since she was busy having a laugh still.

「Ahh, Aldo-san. Can you please go draw some water because we don’t have enough for the tea」

While Aisha began snacking on the pico seeds and kuku berries with an unpleasant face, I heard Flora’s voice.

Apparently, there wasn’t enough water in the water jar.

Ahh, I didn’t think Aisha or Kurune would come today, so I didn’t draw enough water. Aisha normally drinks three cups of tea since she likes the tea Flora makes, and Kurune will probably drink around the same amount since she likes tea too.

「Alright, I’ll go draw some right away so just serve them some water for now」

「Ah, okay. I got it」

Since she thought that it would be quicker for me to go draw the water, she handed me a bucket and asked me to do it while looking a little apologetic. There’s no need for her to worry about it though because drawing water should be my job as a guy.

「Okay, I’m going now」

「What happened?」

Right when I was heading out to the entrance with a bucket in my hand, Kurune asked me in a curious tone.

「I’m going to draw some water because we don’t have enough 」

「I can just take care of that with my magic. You don’t have to go to the well when I can just make some, no?」

Ah, I forgot about that.

「…Aldo, did you forget that I could use magic?」

「Ah I’m sorry. I got used to living without magic」

Kurune looked slightly unhappy when she saw me come to a realization.

I completely depended on the magic tools for the baths, but other than that, I haven’t used any magic tools at all in our everyday lives.

Even though Kurune could use magic, I naturally forgot that asking her was an option like it was in the past.

The way a human thinks will change depending on their lifestyle after all.

「Alright, Kurune. Can I ask you for this favor?」

「Leave it to me!」

I put the bucket back into the kitchen and came back with the big water jar. After I placed the jug on the table, Kurune happily went and grabbed her staff that was leaning against the wall.

「Ohh what’s this? Kurune is going to create some water with magic?」

「Kurune-san can create water with magic?」

Aisha and Flora looked at her in anticipation after noticing what she was going to do from our conversation just now.

Magic was a rare sight in a rural village like this. Of course they would be curious about what it’s like.

Kurune started to walk closer to the water jar while all of our eyes were on her.

Normally she would have finished doing it in an instant, but she’s probably thinking of giving a cool show since there’s an audience right now.

After she walked up to the jug, she pointed her staff at the jug with a dignified look on her face.

From there, she held her position and paused for some time.

Then she closed her eyes, and slowly opened her delicate lips.

「『 Oh pure water, converge on my staff. Water』」

Her beautiful and clear voice echoed in the living room. Then, the tip of her staff started shooting out water.

Normally she would have just said 『Water』and water would come shooting out though. f𝘳𝚎𝑒𝚠𝑒𝚋𝘯o𝘃eƖ.co𝓂

The water that fired from her staff filled the jar up.

「……Water really came out. It came out of nowhere from the tip」

「…O-ohh…」

Aisha said in an impressed tone while Flora was not making herself quite clear.

Flora reacted that way because it was the same magic as the magic tools that I’ve been using to make the bath every day after all. She might have expected it to be something more flashy when she heard the word magic.

Kurune, who doesn’t know about that, looked satisfied as she saw their surprised expressions from her water magic.

「Thank you」

「No problem at all」

Kurune answered me happily after I thanked her.

「……Can we really drink this?」

「Yeah」

After Kurune answered Aisha, Aisha scooped up some water with her cup.

Then, after she tried smelling the clear water, she gulped it down.

「Unlike spring water or water from the well, there’s no taste or scent at all. It’s just plain and delicious」

「Ah, you’re right. It’s a bit different from the usual taste of water」

「That’s because spring water and well water contains various components in them」

Kurune proudly explained it to them after Flora drank the water and gave her thoughts as well.

Yeah, water that’s created from magic does not contain any extra components.

Some people prefer it, while others prefer natural water. Well, even though the question of which one is tastier is up for debate, adventurers all over the world need to secure water, so having someone who can use water magic is a blessing.

「Thank you. I’ll use this water to brew the tea then!」

「Yes please!」