Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

Year 7440, Month 2, Day 15

It seems I was carried by Farne yesterday but since I had lost consciousness, I don"t have any memory after the Horned Bear started to retreat. When I look at my body

my equipment has been taken off and I"m in a more comfortable appearance. I can"t see any sort of problem with my right shoulder that was. .h.i.t or my left arm which

the bone should have been broken. A dull pain remains but I already knew that it wouldn"t be perfect for a while after using magic to heal the wounds, I wonder if

Farne used healing magic on me.

Just in case I look at my right abdomen but it was cleanly healed. I can see young smooth skin that you wouldn"t think I just did heavy surgery (in my mind at least)

yesterday. Even if I identify myself my condition is Good even though I suffered such heavy injures I don"t seen any particular problem.

I"m hungry so I get Sonia to feed me something to eat. When I enter the dining room of the main house no one was there. I see, it"s already long pa.s.sed the time for

breakfast, I"m sure they"re in the middle of their morning jobs. Sonia is probably doing laundry along the river.

Then it can"t be helped I"ll give up on food this morning and return to my work place and room, when I arranged my equipment and thought to go train my magic the

door to old kid"s room, which is currently my older brother couple"s bedroom opens and Sharl and Shani holding Zett and Becky in both hands came out.

Sharl notices me right away says something to Shani and takes the babies from Shani then says to me.

"Al, I see you"ve gained consciousness. Is there anywhere in your body that feels strange? If not then you"re meal is ready so eat it."

It seems my meal was prepared. I"m thankful.

I cheerfully return to the dining room and sit at my seat. Sharl follows me into the dining room and lowers Zett and Becky then goes into the kitchen and brings my

oatmeal and food cooked with chicken meat on a wooden plate.

Since I"m pretty hungry I quickly say thanks, put the spoon into the oatmeal on the wooden plate and start eating. Sharl picks up Zett and Becky that she just put

on the floor and sits at her seat. At that time Hegard, Farne, and Shani entered the dining room. I guess Shani went to call Hegard and Farne. After seeing me eating

food Farne made a relieved expression, Shani just saw me a moment ago so didn"t have any change in expression, and it seems Hegard was making a difficult expression

as they each sat at their decided seats.

What is it? I wonder if I"m going to be criticized? Or scolded? I continue eating nervously but I wasn"t told anything in particular as time pa.s.ses. Being looked at

as I"m eating I started to feel uneasy and increased my eating speed partway in order to finish eating already.

"Al, you don"t need to eat in such a hurry. Eat your food slowly."

Hegard says that but what"s with this atmosphere? It"s somehow a weird mood so it"s only obvious I"d hurry.

I slow down a bit but since I"ve already finish eating most of it I"ll be done soon. There"s only the noise of me eating and the babies voices in the dining room.

It"s contradictory but I slowly hurry as I finish up my meal. I"m sure he was waiting for me to finish eating, Hegard opens his mouth.

"Al, there"s nowhere in your body that feels abnormal right... then that"s fine. You, what do you remember about yesterday?"

"I remember losing my consciousness at the end after letting the Horned Bear get away. I almost remember up to there."

"I see, Farne came running and healed you... Then, Al. From here is the main point... Do you remember two years ago when were gone for the battlefield there were six

people who went to gather rubber and were killed?"

Eh? Did something like that happen...Ah, I remember now.

"Yes, it"s only obvious, I couldn"t forget something like that."

"I see, after that there"s been no direct damage but you know that there"s often sightings of that Horned Bear right? In the past there was a pair of Horned Bear in

this area but after you and Mill defeated them that was the first damage that could be called damage. After that even if the Horned Bear was seen there was no

conflict so I overlooked it but with the case this time I"ve decided on it. We"ll do a mountain hunt and finish off that Horned Bear. Did you manage to injure it

this time? If you did then tell me what level of injury it was."

What! A mountain hunt huh. And here I was worried for a moment there.

"Yes, I injured it. I hit it with one shot of "Lightning Bolt" and stabbed it twice with the spear. One of the stabs with my spear penetrated up to the base of the

blade."

Shani was surprised hearing that and said.

"Eh?!!? They defeated two Horned Bears with just children!? And putting aside the magic but stabbing a spear in up to the base!? Al, you"re amazing. The skin of

Horned Bear"s is extremely durable and can"t easily be wounded."

Hearing that Hegard said.

"Ah, Shani didn"t know huh? It wouldn"t be wrong to say that the blade of Al"s spear is the prototype for Farne"s ken with how high-quality it is. If it"s that spear

then it"s possible."

Wh...What about my skill...

"It"s because of that spear and Al"s skill at using the spear."

Oh, Older brother..Nice follow.

Shani says with admiration.

"I see now. It"s true that when Al uses that spear his strength isn"t normal. If you add that spear that"s like a sword then it can be done huh."

Shani continues to say that a pair of Horned Bear"s are strong enough monsters and big game that the Webdos Knight group occasionally takes subjugation jobs for

them. Several years prior Mill and I defeated two of those all at once and this time while I ended up falling unconscious in the end I managed to heavily injure it,

if it was the knight group then it would be a great achievement. It seems it"s a monster that they normally hunt using the entire knight group of 30 knights and 70

squires but this is also in part to keep the damage to the knight group to a minimum. Hegard tries to compete by saying he and Sharl killed a Horned Bear in the past

as well but Sharl slaps him and says that sort compet.i.tion doesn"t matter.

"In any case, we"ll do a mountain hunt. Us and all of the squires. Do you have any sort of opinion?"

Hegard entered a conclusion.

..Should I say it? No, I have no choice other than to say it.

"I understand on the mountain hunt. But, that many members isn"t needed. Father, mother, older brother, Beckwiz, Sean, and I, also while they aren"t squires the

hunters Zachary and Winry. The other squires and sister-in-law should please restrain from coming."

In reality I want to include Myun as well. But, as expected including Myun would be a bad idea. Myun"s foster father Dangle is level 9 and close to 10 as well so he

meets the qualifications but he"s over 60. After all bring an old person.. That Horned Bear"s level is 8. Anyone lower than level 8 will fall into a panic after

hearing that Roar once. Older brother"s level went up just the other day and is 8. He"s still 8 and under so there will be some effect from the panic but since he

has a lot of MP it"ll be at best the same as Mill and I in the past stiffening up for 1 second or so.

After hearing that Shani"s eyebrows reacted.

Hegard and Sharl exchanged glances before looking at me

Farne is staring at me.

"Father and Mother have only fought against a Horned Bear once right? That time did the Horned Bear raise a loud howl... I doubt it did. Yeah, I heard about it

before. This is something you"ll understand if you ask someone that has fought a Horned Bear in the past but if you hear that howling voice then you become unable

to freely move your body from the fear. I found out that if you have a lot of mana then you don"t take as much influence from it. This was proven the last time older

sister and fought the Horned Bears. But, there"s only one other method than mana amount to fight that roar. That is experience."

Everyone is paying attention to me.

"The experience of fighting a Horned Bear, is not what I"m talking about but gaining experience, growing your body and techniques but including growth the experience

of fighting a Horned Bear makes a difference."

I look at everyone before continuing my words.

"Sister-in-law"s body still hasn"t returned to full condition right? Wouldn"t you please leave things to us this time?"

I just lined up nothing but lies but it"s not like I can say the truth and it"s not completely a lie as well.

Year 7440, Month 4, Day 1

A month and a half has pa.s.sed since then. That Horned Bear won"t appear. That time I should have done a total of 70 HP in damage to it. If I think about the

explanation of HP that identify gives then it should take more than two months of rest to recover. Even if it wants to come out I"m sure it can"t come out. Right

about now I wonder if it"s secluded in it"s nest waiting patiently for it"s recovery?

I don"t know if the bears in Orth go into hibernation but if they still have somewhat the same disposition as Earth then they should be able to endure several months

without eating or drinking. However, it"s body should be worn-out, I"m sure it"s ability values have decreased considerably as well. Honestly speaking, I want to

find it soon, attack it and quickly finish it off while it"s weakened but we can"t so easily find it"s nest I"m sure.

Just like this our mountain hunting which took over a month ended up pointless.

Ah, that"s right, on this day Myun gave birth to a child. When the child was born thinking it would be of help to it later on I remade the throwing needles Myun gave

me and once again gave them to Myun as a present. I wondered if it was really okay to give a weapon as gift for giving birth to a child but I couldn"t think of

anything else suitable. Myun"s child is a boy and was named Ailad. Of all things the same as me, Al. He"s the same age as Zett and Becky with only a few months

difference. I"m sure they"ll be good childhood friends.

Year 7442, Month 1, Day 14

Today of the next month, I"ll turn 14 years old. My level will reach 10 in just a bit more. Most likely if I go hunting once more or spend several days giving it my

best training with the sword my level will go up. It"s only about 100 more experience points after all. Since then we haven"t seen the Horned Bear but very rarely we

discover the remains of half-eaten white hair deer and trees with new cuts in them so it"s certain that it"s still alive.

However, let alone taking any damage the workers gathering rubber and their guards haven"t even caught sight of the Horned Bear. Since that"s the case it"s being

thought that it was considerably injured by a human so whenever it smells them it runs away. I wonder if it"s that sort of thing?

For Shani"s birthday last year I gave her a sword that is the same as Farne, I gave Hegard a sword for his birthday as well. I gave Sharl a thin sword called a

rapier. They were all very delighted. Since sister-in-law encouraged me I made one with a fancy design to sell and left it in the care of Webdos Company and it sold

for way more than I imagined. When I identified it, it was 【Value: 9000000】 or so? After it sold the money we received for it was of all things 7,000,000 zeni. Since

I"ve identified a variety of things I knew that the amount of zeni is roughly 10 times the value that shows up when identified but I didn"t think that a sword would

sell for this much. I wonder exactly how much Webdos Company sold it for?

sword. I know it"s weird saying this but it"s pretty well made. My exclusive bayonet is made of ebonite and I finished it so the tip of the sword sticks out about 30

cm from the end of the gun. I made it so the handle of the sword and where it sticks out on the guard can be fixed to the bayonet. I made a gap like a rail on the

bayonet which the sword goes inside then you can cover the blade with a scabbard made of ebonite.

By putting rails in two spots with latches it"s somewhat clunky but there"s no hurting your hand from the blade of the sword inside and I"ve already confirmed that

it"s plenty useful. If you raise the two latches then the guard of the sword comes out from where the barrel of the gun usually is and it can easily be used as a

long sword, for me it"s a convenient design.

Furthermore, the management of Bakkudo village is going smoothly. The fields of rubber trees have increased, now with just the rubber fields we"re growing 1000

rubber trees, and among those we can gather latex sap from about 300 of them. We"ve increased the rubber exclusive squire family by one and now including the Ryouga

family there"s also the Donnerl family producing stuff. The serfs and fields that they were managing we"re fairly distributed between other squire families.

The water bed which we"ve entered limited production on is greatly popular and even though we"re only making three per month we"ve got reservations filled until

three years later. That"s even with a price of 7,000,000 zeni each which you can buy a horse for the same amount. According to rumors even the royal family of

Rombert is using them. It greatly bothers me exactly how much Webdos Company is selling them for but that can"t be helped since it"s the delicious part of selling

through an agent.

Among the other rubber products the suckling bottle I made for Zett and Becky is also popular. Since gla.s.s bottles already existed it didn"t take much rubber since I

could use hard rubber and something like the condom failures to make it. Since magic can be used by anyone as long as they have someone who can use fire and water

magic on their side they can make ice and use it to store milk for several days, it seems it was done by n.o.bles in the city. We started selling them bit by bit to

that layer and since we didn"t set a very high price on them from the start they"re now a topic product that we sell 500 a month.

Also, the female cow I selfishly asked them to buy stopped producing milk right away, after thinking about various things for the cause of it I realized that they

stop producing milk about a year of giving birth to calves and we purchased a male cow as well. In the middle of the night the cow went into labor because of that

one belief in this world or because of the culture no one helped out so I secretly sneaked in to the barn and helped pull out the calf from the mother cow. That calf

quickly got bigger and now there"s a second one in it"s stomach. It started producing lots of milk. Happily ever after.

Other than the cows I"ve been getting Farne and Shani to teach me to ride a horse. I still can"t do anything but get on and move with it but that should be plenty.

It seems there"s a knack to combat while riding that has to do with how you shift your weight and bracing your legs on the stirrup so I still can"t seem to do it. As

long as I don"t make it start running I can use magic though.

I"m still continuing my running. Recently I"ve gotten a good feel for it and there"s time I use magic by chance. I tried doing it while practicing with the sword but

even there I"ve occasionally had it go up until the magic is about to activate so if I keep at it then pretty soon I think I might be able to do it.

Next is about my niece and nephew, Becky and Zett have quickly been growing up and just as noisy. I guess it"s proof they"re growing up healthy. Since it"s still too

soon for their magic training (probably even if we explained it they wouldn"t understand. They most likely won"t even be able to understand the concept of magic

until the same age as Mill did 5 years old, so we haven"t done any training) they"re being left to play but right now is the period that they take the most effort to

care for, it"s also probably the time they"re the cutest.

It was at that time, when we were all eating dinner during the evening and. We heard the sound of the door opening. It"s weird for someone to have come in without

calling out, we thought, and we all exchanged looks but the maid Sonia left the dining room to deal with it. We soon heard Sonia"s voice.

"Oh my! Milhaia-sama!"

What was that?!

Everyone was surprised hearing Sonia"s voice and from there entered Mill. Including father no one could say a thing after seeing Mill with a full-face smile. It

can"t be, was she dismissed from the first knight group? And then Mill stands the sword including the scabbard up and puts her hand above the handle while holding

the scabbard with her right hand. Her hand is right around where her chest is. And then stands upright firmly and in a clear voice says.

"King of Rombert"s First Knight Group, rank 9 of the 5th squad, Knight Milhaia Greed has received invest.i.ture as a knight from the Kingdom of Rombert, his majesty the

22nd King Thomas Rombert the Third, and with permission from Kingdom First Knight Group Leader Lord Rodtery Logan has returned on a holiday."

I"m amazed she said that without choking. However, didn"t she say she received invest.i.ture as a knight just now!? Everyone is dumbfounded by what she suddenly said

including me. Only Zett and Becky are getting excited for some reason though.

I think we were unable to say anything for about 10 seconds but Sonia appeared right behind Mill and Mill says after realizing.

"Is the guest room open? I have two squires accompanying me as guards. I want to prepare rooms for them as well."

What was that? Squires as guards?

Somehow Farne returned to his senses and replied to that.

"Yeah, the guest room is open and there"s two beds... Should I show them in? And what should we do about their meals?"

"No, showing them in is fine. I"ll show them around. In regards to food if we can have some then I"d be happy."

Is it really Mill? Even if it"s some kind of mistake Mill wouldn"t use this kind of way of talking.

While thinking that the Mill-like person turned around and left the dining room.

Shani nervously says.

"Umm, just now that was Mill right?"

Yeah, I was just thinking that. Therefore,

"There"s the possibility it"s a different person that looks simil"Knight she said!?""

Hegard cut off my long-awaited joke with a loud voice. It doesn"t particularly matter though I guess.

"That"s what she said.."

Sharl continues Hegard"s words.

Farne who recovered right away says unable to believe it.

"It hasn"t even been three years yet, did she become a true knight of the first knight group in less than three years?"

Those were words that represented everyone"s opinion I"m sure.

The first time we see Mill in three years and while her hair hadn"t grown out she had grown up beautifully and completely become an adult. She should already be

close to 18. Her expression had tensed up and had a gallant feel to it.

"But, isn"t it rare for someone to receive invest.i.ture as a knight in the first knight group in their 10s? Older sister is amazing~"

When I said that the door to the dining room opened again. Including Mill two others entered. The dining room is close to full capacity. Mill stands next to them and

opens her mouth.

"I"ll introduce you. Squire Conrad Amzel and Squire Yuuri Glohortz."

The two men that were introduced both looked to be in their early to mid 20s. Since Hegard and Sharl stood up we stand up in a hurry as well and start introducing

ourselves. After finishing introductions Mill shows them to the guest room. We all remained standing up Mill returned.

After returning to the dining room Mill requests preparation of their meals and realizes she doesn"t have a seat so she looks over here.

Why is she looking at me?

Cheh...It can"t be helped.

"I"m sorry I didn"t realize, Older Sister, here then, please take a seat here."

I say while brushing the dust off of my seat and my head was whacked.

What is it now, really.

"Also, I want to fasten up our horses. It seems like there"s still empty s.p.a.ce in the barn but is it okay to put them into an open stall? Al, please take care of it

for me. They"re tied up to the fence right now."

Yes I hear you, I"ll go get to it.

I quickly go to put the horses into the stalls before I take anymore damage than this.

Author"s Note: Al"s sword data.

【Long Sword】

【Special Forged Steel】

【State:Good】

【Manufacture Date:30/12/7438】

【Value:1081000】

【Endurance:4810】

【Ability:134-204】

【Effect:None】