episode_0555

The village chief’s house, which they arrived at after receiving guidance from Liria, who had parked the carriage, was a three-story house, just as Lizzy had said before.

It wasn’t even just a three-story building, it was a fairly large house. When looking from the outside, you couldn’t even tell at a glance how many rooms there were.

“Master!!! We’re here!!!”

“Father!!! I’m going in!!!”

… My eardrums are about to burst. Why are you suddenly yelling without warning?

She was the original Barbarian girl who raised her voice as if she would not give in to Karaham, who was becoming more and more Barbarian, even though she was not a Barbarian.

“… … .”

“… doesn’t go in?”

“It is polite to wait until the master opens it for you.”

“If you don’t come out after waiting for about 10 minutes, I will open it and go in, Senior Release.”

… Now that I think about it, it seems like the tribe of Lyria had such a rule.

Was it a custom that if there were people inside, you had to welcome people coming in from outside? I remember it being like that.

In the original, you could only see the hut and decide whether to wait or just go in if there was anyone inside, but when that rule was applied to houses, it felt a bit awkward.

“I’ll just call you. You have guests today, so it would be rude to keep you waiting.”

“Yes?”

Lizzy suddenly walked towards Liria and Karaham and took a deep breath.

And then he shouted again into the mansion in a voice I had never heard before.

“Father~!! I’m here~~~!!!”

Lizzy shouts out that she has arrived at the village chief’s house in a voice that is not befitting of a noble lady.

Her voice rang out, and not long after, a faint commotion was heard from inside the door, and the door, which had been firmly shut, was hurriedly opened outside in less than ten seconds.

-Bam!

“Oh my, you came to our village!”

“Are you tired of walking far? Come on in, come on in! ”

“Yes. Excuse me, Father~. Oh, and there are guests here too. Is it okay if we come in together~?”

“Our daughter is a guest, so you can come in! Oh, son-in-law, come in quickly! Lilian, you came with your new sister-in-law, so why didn’t you bring her in quickly? What did you do? ”

“Come in, Senior Release!”

“Ah, yes… .”

… No, really, what the hell is going on, really.

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“Oh my, you’ve had a hard time. Was it hard coming this far?”

“No way~. I’m coming to see my father and mother, so what could be difficult~.”

“Yeah, yeah. Our Lizzy speaks very nicely. Lily, go to the kitchen and bring out some drinks and snacks. ”

“Yes, Father!”

“I’ll help you too, Lilya.”

“… … .”

Even though I saw it with my own two eyes, I honestly couldn’t believe it. I wondered what the family structure was like in this house.

This is why I don’t know who is the daughter of this house and who is the daughter-in-law. No, strictly speaking, she is not the daughter-in-law either. She is just the older sister of the daughter’s husband, so they are almost like strangers.

‘I clearly remember that in the original work, the village chief of Barbaracus did not have this kind of personality.’

I remember him as a muscular middle-aged man with deep and serious eyes, always thinking from the perspective of the entire tribe and making careful judgments.

It’s not like she’s walking around with a warm smile on her face. It’s like her life has become more comfortable, and compared to the original, her face seems to have gained quite a bit of flesh.

“Ta-da, Father~! Here’s a present! You said you needed a beard comb last time, right? ”

“Oh my, what the hell did you bring me! You could have just come~!”

“I stopped by the southeastern part of the empire for work, and there they were selling beard combs made of ivory. I couldn’t pass it up because it reminded me of my father~!”

“Anyway, how can you have such a pretty heart~! It’s like having another daughter, I’m so happy, I’m so happy~!”

“Father, I brought you some drinks and snacks.”

“Oh, okay, okay. Lilian, you go in with your son-in-law and rest.”

… Even though he says he has another daughter, it seems like he is treating his original daughter poorly.

Well, she’s not the type of person who takes care of things like Liria Gariji. In the original work, Liria was a pretty special character by the standards of the Barbaracus tribe.

Most Bavarian women quickly admit that they lack physical strength and stamina compared to men, and tend to focus on childcare, housework, or crafts, but Liria overcame her physical limitations and was able to handle a spear so well that she could hunt better than most men, which led her to being admitted to Luminor Academy.

Since a few years ago, I had a daughter who was acting more affectionately than I had ever felt before, so I could understand to some extent why the village chief’s personality was changing.

‘In the first place, we met in the Witch’s Forest and made a deal. It’s not that strange to be close with the Barbarian village chief.’

But even so, as someone who knows the world line where there is no ridge, I couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed.

Well, I guess I should be glad that I don’t have to sleep in the shack right now because of Lizzy. If it weren’t for her, I might have had to go to the bathroom with Ethan on guard and do my business.

“Senior Release and Senior Edan, please use this room while you are staying!”

“… It seems quite spacious for a guest room. Is that okay?”

“It doesn’t matter! Since my new sister-in-law built a new house, there’s only one empty room left in our house! Oh, and if you don’t like this room, there’s another room too… .”

“Oh, no. This is enough. Right, Ethan? ”

“Okay. Anyway, thanks for your concern.”

… If the facilities are this good, I don’t think there’s any need to go back in a hurry.

In fact, one of the biggest reasons I didn’t want to come to the northeastern plains was the lack of properly developed housing.

I thought that taking Iris with me and living in a shack for several days would mean shivering from the cold every night, and spending a long time in such a poor and unsanitary environment wouldn’t be good either.

The new house remodeled by Buteriji’s hands was equipped with heating and cooling facilities as well as running water. Even the bed was not a mat made of woven tree trunks, but a proper one made of a mixture of fur and cotton from the Berwur. The wooden frame was bulky and difficult to move, so it seemed to have been made directly through local procurement.

Besides, the residence of the Barbaracus tribe is not too far from the Blackwood domain. If you go down south from here for about a day, you will reach the Blackwood domain. If you include the newly annexed Barony of Thames as your domain, it will be even closer.

“Oh, would you like to go see the Red Canyon I mentioned earlier tomorrow? It’s the pride of our prairie! The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow, so if you’re here, go see it. You won’t regret it!”

“Hmm, well… What are you going to do, Ethan?”

“… I don’t think it would be a problem if the schedule was extended by a day or two. I’m fine with either, so do whatever Lilith wants. Anyway, the Blackwood Estate is close here, so if there’s something urgent that needs to be done, we can leave whenever we want. ”

“Then… . Excuse me, could you please guide me tomorrow, Lilia?”

“Yes, Senior Release!”

Since it is a place that is difficult to come by after getting married and staying in the estate, it would not be a bad idea to take this opportunity to fully tour the place and then go back.

It wouldn’t have been such a bad idea to show the young Iris various aspects of nature and then go back.

“Ah, the room was just turned on with the heater on, so please wait a moment. The floor will soon be warm. ”

“… Is the heat rising from the floor? Is there a fire under the house? ”

“According to my new sister, it is a structure that circulates hot air to heat the inside! She said that this type of heating is suitable for a residential style like ours where we don’t wear shoes indoors!”

“Ah, yes. I know what that is. Miss Lizzy has spread good culture again.”

Ondol was supposed to be a custom from an eastern country beyond the empire. I never thought I would be able to experience it in a Bavarian village.

Not long after Lilia took out her bag, a warm heat began to rise from the floor, and my body began to shiver as I felt the warm floor heating for the first time in a long time.

“… Even though she’s a duchess after a few years, wouldn’t it be okay for her to lie down on the floor like that? ”

“This is the original oriental custom, Ethan. How about lying down once, as if you were being fooled?”

“… Certainly, it is warm.”

“It’s warm, so nice… .”

After returning to Blackwood Estate, I’ll be busy with work for a while.

I guess it’s okay to spend time feeling this kind of momentary freedom.

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… And so, a week passed.