Day 2 of vacation.
“Ah, I found it.”
Rania stopped in front of a store.
She opened the booklet in her hand, compared it with the store’s sign, and nodded. She said it seems like she came to the right place.
The name of the store is Benetit.
The name of the booklet held in Rania’s hand is [Top 10 Dessert Shops You Must Visit in the Royal Capital!].
Rania hummed and walked inside the store. Her brochure said that she couldn’t visit the store without a reservation, but that wasn’t very important information to her.
“Ah, hero. If you are planning to stop by a famous store when you visit the royal capital, this is…”
A medal given by Knight Tefran, who is in charge of procuring newspapers and desserts for Rania, before moving to the royal capital.
“If you show this medal to the owner, you will be able to enter any store straight away without waiting. And that while hiding the hero’s identity.”
I don’t know what this medal is, but it must be because Tefran said so. With such light thoughts, Rania hooked her finger on the doorknob of her store.
“Hmm.”
Just before opening the door to the store, she saw her face reflected in the window. Her hair, reflected in the window, was dark black. The eye color hasn’t changed… but it’s not easy to recognize him even if he changes his hair color.
The camouflage spell is also properly cast.
After checking, Rania opened the door to the store.
* * *
Benetit, a dessert shop located near the square.
Benetit is a restaurant that won first place by an overwhelming margin in a recent ‘must-visit shop’ poll conducted among noble daughters, and there is even a joke that people should not discuss desserts with anyone who has not tried Benetit’s pancakes. It’s a store.
With such a reputation, it is very difficult to reserve a table at Benetit, and even trying the desserts is not easy.
‘I’m sure that’s the case…’
The man who owned Benetit glanced at a corner of the store with narrowed eyes. A window seat with a clear view of the square street. There was a woman sitting in the most popular seat at Benetit.
“I heard the pancakes here are so famous.”
“Is there any room left?”
“If it’s okay, I’d like to do some packaging.”
Benetit’s rule is not to accept guests without reservations, but there are exceptions to that rule. A medal given to me by a woman who visited the store. The moment she encountered the medal, the owner of Benetit immediately guided the woman to her window seat. Because she had to.
A medal shown by a woman.
He had heard of that medal through rumors. Through information shared between famous dessert shops and cafe owners.
『I heard Benetit was also included in the booklet this time.』
『Then you will come visit me soon?』
Special customers who come when the store becomes famous.
『At first glance, he looks like a knight on the battlefield. That person comes and gives you a medal, but also shows you documents for procurement of supplies?』
『From what I heard, the hero himself ordered it. Chloe, the hero of the castle, or the great…』
Could it be him?
“okay! Legendary barista Allen also said this. Rania, I heard you’ve loved desserts ever since your days as Professor Aplia.』
『Anyway, if you see that medal, you should treat it as well as possible. If you contact the knights later, they will give you a lot of extra money, and it is also an honor…』
This is a medal that I only heard about through rumors.
The moment she saw the medal, the owner of Benetit felt proud and showed the utmost courtesy and guided the visiting woman to a seat by the window.
‘Now that I think about it, didn’t you say the driver was visiting?’
He glanced at the woman sitting by the window.
No matter how you look at it, he is far from a knight on the battlefield. Black hair flowing down to the waist and pure white skin shining in the sunlight. She was a woman with a mysterious feeling.
‘Plus, it looks like he came to enjoy the store rather than to procure supplies…’
···Is this by any chance a preliminary field trip?
That certainly made sense.
Later, before the hero visits in person, you could send a subordinate to test it…
Indeed, it is a reasonable guess.
If so, you will need to pay even more attention. At least in preparation for the day when the warrior visits in the future. He walked towards his kitchen with his shoulders relaxed.
2.
Desserts sparkle in the sunlight.
Rania began to enjoy the dessert with a faint smile on her face. Although she often indulges in sweets at the request of Tefran, nothing compares to freshly made treats.
‘It’s a royal road I’ve been waiting for, so I’m going to enjoy it.’
Casting the camouflage spell was not an easy task, but Rania hummed, saying it was worth the effort. That was the moment when Rania, who had been sipping her coffee while nibbling on a golden pancake, slammed down her coffee cup.
“Do you need more?”
As soon as the coffee cup was beamed, an employee came like a ghost. Rania briefly admired the sight of her nodding her head and quickly replacing the coffee cup with a new one.
‘It definitely deserves to be popular.’
Aren’t the employees’ movements unique?
While Rania was enjoying a satisfying meal, the door to the store opened softly. Rania felt her guests’ eyes, which were originally directed at her, shift towards the door. Rania tilted her head and she glanced toward the door.
···The main users of Benetit are the daughters of noble families and the so-called young ladies. There was a young man standing where they were looking with dreamy eyes.
White hair, golden eyes.
A beautiful appearance that attracts attention.
A young man wearing a robe like the symbol of a wizard looked around and made eye contact with Rania. The young man’s golden eyes immediately saw Rania’s camouflage spell, and Rania also saw the young man’s camouflage spell.
Cardi van Armiel.
Cardi was there, not having transformed her body as usual, but only hiding her ears, the symbol of an elf. Cardi, who made eye contact with Rania, smiled and walked towards her.
The sound of shoe heels clicking again.
Every time he took a step, his gaze towards Cardi also moved slightly. Cardi sat down across from Rania, drawing attention, and let out a short breath.
“I came here because I had something to do.”
“How do you know you’re here?”
“I was following a sign.”
“When you say that, it gives me goosebumps. “Are you a stalker?”
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
Rania joked as she cut the pancake into bite-size pieces, and Cardi used a natural movement to pick up an extra fork left on the table.
“Well, it’s not wrong to express it that way in some cases….”
slap.
Rania hit the back of Cardi’s hand while holding a fork.
“Put down the fork.”
“······.”
The voice was so eerie that Cardi gently put down her fork. The back of his hand stung a little. ‘You’re being so rude.’ Cardi mumbled and crossed his arms.
“I was thinking of waiting for you to come visit me again, but I guess it wouldn’t be a bad idea for me to come visit you at least once.”
“okay?”
“okay. So I came to give you the answer.”
The answer was short and concise.
“would. “According to your plan.”
“…You won’t regret it?”
“I think the one who doesn’t do it will regret it more. And, because this will be the last opportunity given to me.”
“The choice is quick. “I was thinking of waiting a few more days.”
“Well, not fast.”
Cardi said with a bitter smile.
So loud that only Rania can hear it.
“Because it’s the first time in hundreds of years that you can choose.”
He let out a long breath.
“This is an opportunity that has come about by coincidence for the first time in hundreds of years. It’s like a miracle. “I thought that if I missed this, there would be no next time for me.”
“Is that so?”
“It’s like that.”
A moment of silence.
Afterwards, Cardi spoke up.
“thanks. “For giving me a chance.”
It wasn’t something worth saying in a store like this, but Cardi continued talking.
“This is my answer to the choice you gave me.”
He pointed to the robe he was wearing.
Even today, no one recognizes the pattern engraved on the robe. However, only Rania knows that pattern.
A pattern symbolizing the first warrior and his companions.
At the same time, it symbolizes the first gray magic tower lord.
Robe of Great Sage Cardi Van Armiel.
It was also a robe that Raniel had once ‘borrowed’. Cardi, who returned to his original appearance wearing a robe, was not much different from the great sage Rania had seen in the past in the Northern Tower.
It’s not just because Cardi is an ageless elf.
The atmosphere between the usual Cardi and the current Cardi was different. If the usual Cardi had retired from the battlefield and felt like an old man in the back room who had stepped away from the front lines…
‘Now it’s the opposite.’
Someone who is about to stand on the battlefield again.
This person is determined. I could feel the unique look and determination of this person who chose to move forward. Rania smiled as she glanced at Cardi. Wearing that robe also meant that I had made up my mind.
Determination to head forward again.
“Good.”
The time of an elf that has stood still for hundreds of years is about to pass. Rania laughed at the fact that her old friend and distant senior had stood up again.
“Then when do you want to join? “I spoke to Resty, but do whatever is convenient for you…”
“Right Now.”
“···I’m on vacation?”
“Then we can go up together as soon as your vacation is over. “It’s okay if I go up first.”
Rania let out a laugh.
“What is it, Cardi? Why do you look in such a hurry?”
“Didn’t you see it in the Northern Tower?”
Cardi crossed her arms and blurted out.
“I am naturally like this.”
A strict, nervous, and impatient wizard.
That is why he is a great sage who has reached the level of great wizard.
“A magic tower lord by nature has to be strict and impatient. “If something is visible, shouldn’t we get it done first?”
“That’s the virtue of a wizard.”
“I remember it well. “That’s what I said when I built the Gray Magic Tower.”
“It must be awkward.”
Sage and Great Sage.
The first gray wizard and the later gray wizard.
The two looked at each other and laughed.
2.
The day of returning after a three-day vacation.
“Go back.”
“Yes, Master.”
Rania exchanged a brief greeting with Roselle and then walked away. When she came, she came through the transition door, but when she left, she had no intention of using the transition door. Because there was a place she had to stop by before arriving at the battlefield.
If you walk to the outskirts of the castle walls, a carriage will be waiting there.
“Are you here?”
When you open the carriage door, Cardi is waiting inside. Rania nodded briefly at him and sat down in the carriage.
“I have a place to stop first.”
“Did you say it was a place you had to stop by with me?”
“Because it’s more comfortable that way.”
Rania operated the carriage and entered the destination.
“I have to see your face once. “I’m sure he’s still sleeping, but… well.”
Destination entered by Rania.
Cardi checked the place and smiled.
“I’m sure it’ll be easier if you come with me.”
The destination entered is Surim (樹林).
A huge forest formed around the World Tree.
Yggdrasil, the sacred place of the elves.
“Let’s go.”
The carriage moved towards that place.
fantasy,
