Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 569

Gideon waiting outside

"See you, Al."

"Good night, Ra-chan."

　Once dinner is finished, the dinner party ends.

　After I gave a quick greeting to Ra-chan, I left the dining room and headed to my room.

　However, before that, I suddenly had to go to the bathroom, so I skipped my room and headed straight to the bathroom at the end of the hallway.

　When I left the bathroom, I found Gideon leaning his back against the wall in the hallway.

　It was a gesture that would not have looked good on a child like me, but when Gideon, with his slender build, performed it, it looked quite good.

　...But still, why am I here?

　The rooms in which the Slowlett family, our guests, live and the Missfeed family live should be on different floors. This one is clearly waiting for me.

　Could it be about the chantless incantation that came out of Ra-chan's mouth during dinner?　

　It would be a hassle to get involved with him. He seemed to have something to discuss, but I pretended not to notice and bowed deeply as I passed in front of Gideon.

"...Wait."

"…………"

　Sure enough, Gideon called out to me.

　Still ignoring him, I continued walking, until Gideon came running around me.

"I told you to wait, so you'll wait!"

"What may I do for a living, Master Gideon?"

　My stomach is full and I'm feeling quite sleepy right now. Will it be tomorrow?

　How much happier the world would be if I could say something like that. While thinking this, I asked about the matter.

"At the dinner earlier, Lana said that she learned how to cancel chants from you. Is that true?"

　He wanted to say it was a lie and make an excuse, but if he did that, Ra-chan would be labeled as a liar. He wanted to avoid trouble, but he couldn't run away by insulting the young Ra-chan.

"Well, I suppose so."

"When was that?"

　Why doesn't he know about his own sister? If he's so curious, he should have just gone and asked Ra-chan first. While thinking this, I opened my mouth.

"When Lady Lana visited our territory, we were training together and I taught her some of my own tricks, which were a success."

"...I see."

　After I roughly explained the situation, Gideon looked surprised but nodded.

　Then he folded his arms and fell silent, as if deep in thought.

　I've given you the information Gideon wanted, so you don't need me anymore, right?

"Well, I'll be off now."

"Wait!"

　Just as I was about to leave, Gideon got around me again.

　Alfried can't escape. What kind of monster is this?

"What is it this time?"

"...Teach me the trick to canceling chants."

　I asked, trying to resist the urge to sigh. Gideon pushed up his glasses and said in a small voice.

　He is the eldest son of the Misfeed family, said to be a magical aristocrat.

　He was attending a magic academy, so there was no way he couldn't use one or two spell cancellation techniques.

"??? Maybe it's because Master Gideon can't cancel or chant at all?"

"Can you do it?"

"What? You can't do that?"

"Are you teasing me?"

"No, I don't have the slightest intention of doing that... but is it really impossible?"

"In the first place, magic is the power that is activated by refining magical power and weaving spells, which is a magical language. It is impossible to make a phenomenon occur by skipping the command form of a spell. The only people who can do that are those who have accumulated a lot of knowledge.

Eh, only a few geniuses have mastered magical techniques. It's strange that children like you and Rana could do that!」

"Doesn't that mean that Ra-chan and I were just some of those geniuses?"

"I'm a genius too. It's strange that a genius like me can't do it, and I can't stand the fact that there are things I can't do."

　What's with this guy? He has an unnecessarily high ego. He's having trouble with something other than Eric, which is annoying.

"So tell me."

"Eh, there's no benefit to me though..."

　It would be fine if I was teaching the cute Ra-chan, but I don't want to teach it to someone who barges in front of someone's bedroom in the middle of the night and talks down to me.

"You can become friends with me."

"No, we have already established friendship with the Duke's family."

　I've become acquainted with some bigwigs like Ra-chan, Schugel, and Alecia, who are too precious to be a Viscount. My connections are too much for a relaxed, slow life in the countryside. I don't want to get any closer to the Dukes.

"You are a capable magic user. You too will eventually enter a magic academy and become a royal court magician, right? As long as you get along with me, the next head of the Misfeed family, you can squeeze yourself into most positions."

　The way he was able to negotiate this smoothly suggested that this man called Gideon wasn't just a research-nut who was interested in magic.

"No, I'm not going to enroll in a magic academy, and I have no intention of working anyway..."

"You can use chantless incantations, yet you don't attend school and have no intention of serving at the palace?! Are you an idiot?!"

　No, even if you say that, I just want to live a slow life in the countryside.

　I don't want to waste my life going to school again, and I don't have any intention of working seriously anyway, so the benefits that Gideon presented were not appealing to me at all.

　Besides, I'm only seven years old, you know? Who knows how useful a guarantee of employment in such a distant future will be?

"So what do you want?"

　The word money comes out of my mouth reflexively, but in this life I am not that short of money. Because the Slowlet family's pockets are always full thanks to the development of products like Reversi and spaghetti.

Because.

　If we think about things other than money, they are hard to obtain in our household.

"Hmm, I want a magic tool."

　At a recent water show, Schugel was playing a magical instrument called a vaschel.

　As the eldest son of the Misfeed family, he might have some rare magical items that I can't get my hands on.

"Unfortunately, I have no interest in magical tools. However, Father owns many magical tools. Let's see if I can get some of them from him."

"Oh, thank you very much!"

　Apparently, Schugel is a collector of magical items. If he could give me some of them, it would be okay to give him a quick lecture on canceling incantations and chanting without using them.

"The deal is done. Now tell me right now."

"No, maybe we should do it tomorrow? We need to talk to Schugel-sama about it, and it's getting late."

　Although the negotiations between us have been concluded, I haven't received permission from Schugel to give him the magical items. It would be troublesome if, when I actually get the magical items, he complains that he didn't get permission from Father.

"Tch, there's no other way. I'll go and talk to my father now. Make sure you have tomorrow free."

　Gideon said, and before I could reply he ran up the stairs.

　What if I have some plans that I absolutely cannot miss?

　Ra-chan's brother is a troublesome person.

　Still, maybe tomorrow I'll get my hands on one of the Misfeed family's treasured magical items.

　I'm really looking forward to it.

　Do you have a magical item like a futon that will let you sleep soundly, or an automatic magical item that will prevent you from being woken up by Elinora-neesan even if you're asleep in bed?　

　I slept in the luxurious bed, letting my imagination run wild wondering if such fascinating magical tools existed.