Interested in the One-Eyed Female General So I Joined the White Wolf Knight Order, but It Turned into a Harem?! - Chapter 20

Chapter 20

The Crescent Eyeband 2

[Oh, Shin-chan welcome!]

A cheerful voice can be heard from the inside of shop .
A middle-aged woman shows a gentle smile when she saw Shingen .
The old woman noticed the black-haired girl behind Shingen’s back who’s interested in the carpet and the clothes in the shelf . .
She then asked with a curious face .

[Oh, and you are? Are you a girl from this village?]

Riru turns around to the old woman and shakes her head when the old woman asks her .

[No, I’m a traveler . He has guided me to show me around this village]
[I see, alright then . There’s nothing special on this village, but please enjoy yourself]

Riru raises her voice and gives the old woman a greeting .

[By the way obasan, are you still healthy?]
[Well lately, my back is hurting that it’s already become so embarrassing]

After that, I massage her back and waist twice . Her face shows a painful expression, but it slowly becomes more energetic than before .

However, she has already reached 70 years old, and yet she’s still actively working everyday . It has kinda made Shingen worried .

So, whenever he goes out to the village, he always stops by the clothes shop to check upon the situation of the old woman without hesitation .

Therefore, Shingen and the old woman has become familiar with each other similar to a grandchild and his grandmother .

[I’ve become too old already . How about you marry my son’s wife?]
[Oh, I still haven’t made a good foundation to support a family yet, so I’m not yet a good person for her . Good grief]

I can’t accept that proposal, so I’ve made a short objection .

Shingen, who’s thinking that he’s unable to stop the old woman from working, shrugs his shoulders and put his elbow at the counter of the shop .

[Well… Just don’t push yourself]
[I know]

The old woman sits down on the chair and returns to work with the carpet while replying to him with a light answer .

Although he’s not willing to ask the old woman for a new work, he still has told himself that it was a command from the Princess, so it can’t be helped .

[Actually, I want to request something from you . Is it okay?]
[What is it?]
[You see, I want you to make an eyepatch for the right eye]
[Does Shingen want to wear it?]
[No, it’s for my friend . The handmade clothes from grandma is good because it isn’t rough]

Riru leaks a small voice of admiration toward Shingen’s last words .

She’s watching behind him while muttering something in her mind .

(—— This man really pays attention to Princess Ortashia… What a guy he is)

[Then I’ll make it at once]

The old woman quickly stops her weaving hand and stands up from the chair . She goes to a nearby storage rack with overwhelming agility as if she’s not seventy years old and begins to look over a lot of fabrics .

She then asked a question while turning her back .

[What color do you want?]

Shingen folds his arm and thinks deeply after the old woman asks him a question .

To be honest, he can’t decided the color by himself .

One day has not passed yet, so they don’t have any straight conversation with each other .

He doesn’t know the favorite color of Ortashia . He sent a glance to Riru who’s standing behind him with a perplexed face .

[Or-I mean my lady, she likes white]

Shingen smiles wryly towards her answer .

[Why did you mention my lady’s name?]

Who Riru has obviously mentioned is Ortasha, and she just didn’t say her name .

She should’ve said the name of the princess properly because it looked unnatural if she don’t say so .

Apparently, Ruri seems unable to call the princess by her first name too .

Ruri then gives small whispers to Shingen’s ear after she has looked around .

[We don’t know who will be hearing her name . That’s why I want to hide it if possible]

Although what Ruri has said is persuasive for those people who seemed to carelessly talk about the name of Ortasha, but I didn’t care about details like that . As such, I’ve answered that she likes the color white to the old woman .

[White, huh? That’s a good color]

[Yeah it is]

Several hours later, Shingen and Riru have bought the white eyepatch and returned to the hut wherein Ortashia and Mina are waiting .

Mina instantly showed a reaction when the door of the hut had been opened .

With a beautiful voice, she then welcomes them home .

Shingen greets her back and shows Mina the white eyepatch from his important bag .

[Are~ This is nice]
[Right? The clothes shop there handles high quality stuff . Moreover I like the design above of all else]

A normal eyepatch usually has a black color . No one has decided what the standard color is, but everyone is wearing it . .

Therefore, seeing a white eyepatch is giving off an original feel for the first time .

Also, the shape for an eyepatch is usually rough and modeled after circles .

However, the item that Shingen has brought back home is shaped like a boomerang which is rather unique for an eyepatch .

Ortashia wakes up from the bed when Shingen is giving an explanation about the eyepatch to Mina and Ruri who has become interested in it .

She turns her gaze towards Shingen .

He notices her gaze, so he then raises the palm of his hand .

[I’m home]
[Ah, you’ve returned]

She glances at the white eyepatch that Shingen has brought and shows a happy face .

[… A white eyepatch? That color suits this Ortashia well]
[I’m glad you like it]

Ortashia beckons him to get closer with her hand .

Mina, who’s sitting beside the Ortashia, stands up and comes down from her sitting spot, letting Shingen to sit over there instead .

Ortashia streches out the palm of her hand, and Shingen quietly passes the white eyepatch to her .

She receives it, raises both of its ends, hangs it on the ceiling, and observes it from different angles using the light of the sun shining from the window .

[Umu . It’s indeed a good item . I want to wear it immediately…]

Ortashia slowly lowers her hand and shows a serious face .

Her mind is conflicted .

At the moment, the condition of her body is at its worst .

Her headache isn’t stopping . It’s like her head is repeatedly being hammered by an iron hammer . Every time she moves her body, pain runs through her right eye as if its being gouged with a sharp knife .

I want to put an end to this .

Though, it’s not her first time received serious injury like this .

It’s not her first time receiving a serious injury like this, but it’s now possible for her to endure her injury this time

However, her spirit is unstable .

She always recalls that moment whenever she closes her eyes .

In front of her is the blood sprouted spectacle of that time when he has fallen down from his horse after being shot with an arrow .

It still burns in her eyes .

(——— Maruto… . My Maruto… . )

She holds him in her arms, yet he isn’t answering .

As if realizing that his death is coming closer, he then feels like he has accomplished something and later dies with a satisfied face .

That’s not all of her frustration .

Ortashia is also irritated to herself too .