Chapter 330 – The New Year and the End of Childhood (6)
Judas sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, but I had no intention of selling my life for a fifteenth of that price.
More than that, I already have three owners. If King Solomon sees me, he’ll wonder if he should divide this kid into thirds. It means that it is too late to buy with two silver coins.
Anyway, while joking around like that, we had a fancy dinner at the restaurant we had reserved earlier.
“Eating alone in a secret room. You can see the sinister inside.”
“It’s sneaky and nabal, and now I’m very interested in this chicken breast, so there’s no room for my personal thoughts.”
“Am I going to be pushed by chicken breasts now?”
Kingchiman, this guy, chicken breast, but the meat is fucking chewy? You accurately shot the interests of Mr. Nord, who was encroached on by this masochism.
If this recipe didn’t have problems with carbohydrates and cost-effectiveness, the angels of the earth would get a job in the kitchen of this store asking for the recipe while pulling out their tears.
I felt like I was at someone else’s house wedding buffet. When I was married to Fran, I didn’t have time to eat, even if I had to dress up as large as possible.
Lalilura grumbled for a moment before dipping a chicken wing with a fork.
“Ugh. It’s definitely something easy to eat. There are no bones.”
“It’s a bit like coming out dressed up and tearing bones.”
“Ahang! I learned a lesson☆!”
Lari Lura, who was munching on sweet and sour chicken, gulped down the food in her mouth while reading the menu board of an upscale restaurant.
“Excuse me. Senior♡?”
“Yeah~ no~.”
“… Haven’t I said anything yet?”
Ralilura’s mouth pouted. Even that appearance is quite cute, to the point where I wondered if she was practicing how she would look to others while looking in her mirror.
No, it’s like an entertainer, so it wouldn’t be strange to practice that much.
“Anyway, if it doesn’t work, then no.”
“Do you know what I can say?”
“Why do not you know? Shall we guess?”
-Chang! I said while hitting the glass with a fork.
“It’s obvious. ‘Senior~. In a few hours, I’ll be an adult too, can I order you a drink?’
“Ugh… How do you know? It’s creepy. And that just wasn’t my vocal imitation, right? It was so bad that, to be honest, I was almost embarrassed.”
“Everything little kids think about is there. And it was exactly the same way you usually talk?”
“It’s not. Because it was completely different. Anyway, then, when should I be able to drink?”
“If you call at midnight tonight.”
Such is the law of Romania. Our juniors are legally graduating as minors in just a few hours.
Larry Lura turned red at those words and pointed to her menu board.
“So you have? I want to take this and drink it with my seniors and unnies. Can’t that be?”
“Yeah, if that’s enough.”
I nodded. It was hard to keep rejecting him because he begged with such expectant eyes.
Anyway, the fact that you can drink alcohol itself makes your eyes shine, as expected, you are still a small child. Haven’t you ever tried drinking without anyone knowing?
I didn’t say it in words, but maybe he read my thoughts roughly from my eyes. Lalilura said bluntly.
“What is it, those eyes? If you go through an infinite routine of orange juice and grape juice every day at every dinner party since you were 10 years old, you will understand how I feel.”
“Okay, okay. It’s better for her to drink in front of adults than to drink without being able to control her alcohol consumption and then get into trouble.”
“Hooray♡!”
Look at it It’s the same tone as the one I imitated.
Anyway, after we finished our meal, we bought a few bottles of alcohol and left.
“Just one bottle isn’t enough! Let’s go buy it!”
The riverside of Lalilura was the main reason.
I’m a bit worried. As is the case with all other world glass bottles, this one is also famous for its extremely high alcohol content. It was easy to pack and carry around.
“Senior, let’s go this way next!”
Glancing at the thought of her drinking, Lari Lura reached the point where she dragged her arm around her without hesitation. Anyone who sees it will think you’ve already had a drink.
The next place I was taken to was a high hill.
Like a big city, it must have paid attention to the aesthetics, so to speak, it was a place similar to a natural park. There was also a well-tended tree on the hill, giving a clear view of the city below.
If there is a camera in another world, I think it will soon become famous as a photo spot.
“How about it? Is the night view okay?”
Ralilura nimblely climbed a tree and asked. I also leaned against the tree holding the bottle and smiled.
“Yeah, nice.”
There are very few cities in the world with a bright night view.
The territory where I spent the most time in another world was Einhir, where Carmine University was located, but for a trading city there, it was quiet at night.
Why? Sailors in another world don’t drink until after midnight. Do you have anything to eat for the fish after you roll off the boat the next day? Not to mention village Sargadis.
In that sense, Lucregens was a city where the hustle and bustle did not go away all day long.
During the day, people who work soundly and believe in God walk around, and at this late hour, people who wake up at night and people who come out to play before bedtime mix.
An entertainment district where red lanterns twinkle bewitchingly, and a religious denomination where golden lights are lit late into the night.
It is the contrast between the two streets and the lives of completely different people living on the streets.
If that’s the case, it’s worth watching while enjoying the night breeze in this cold winter. As I thought so, I looked up at Lari Lura inadvertently, and my junior pulled out her tongue and pressed her skirt.
“Oh! Bad thoughts are forbidden. There’s no happy hour even if you stare at it from below♡?”
“Considering the time zone, it’s overtime, not happy hour. Doesn’t it feel like you’re getting a job at a kindergarten that takes care of Neg-senpai’s kids?”
“Kindergarden? Is it like an orphanage?”
“It’s completely different, but there is a common denominator in that they look after the child on behalf of their parents.”
“Hmm.”
Lalilura, who was sitting on a branch, twisted her head and swayed her legs as she adjusted the coat I gave her.
“It’s fine. In the past? I also thought about getting a job like that after I retire.”
The direction of the slightly moved gaze is toward the church.
Maybe there is an orphanage that doubles as a religious facility over there.
It’s not like Ralilura was from there, but there’s no way she didn’t know the location of the orphanage in this city.
“Retire. It’s too early to think at your age.”
“But you can’t work for a circus all your life. That’s why, like the bad clown lady who was beaten up by the senior, you could get hurt or the circus troupe could go bankrupt. I have seen it often.”
Raising her hand, Lalilura pretended to sit down.
Well, it’s such a rough world. There are probably more than one or two reasons why the circus is ruined. While wandering around the world, there are also problems with monsters and thieves.
“I can’t owe the captain her whole life… What, she’s not even her biological daughter, is she?”
“Uh. I heard a little bit about that.”
“It seemed so. No, honestly, I didn’t notice until recently. Because the seniors don’t show that kind of thing.”
Larry Lura spoke amusedly, bobbing her hair, creating her tune.
“Ran, Ran Rariru~. Lou, lou la lira♬ La, la lu lira~♪ La li ruri lou ♬”
Lari Lura, who sang her song, was, as Alexandra said, like a young bird. She even tweeted on and off as she pleased.
Rari Lura, who rocked her head and legs to her beat, clamped her mouth shut.
“Priscilla, Priscilla… Yes. She’s a name I don’t really like for her either.”
“I heard that too.”
“Yeah. It still sounds like a smug name to my ears. It’s needlessly classy, and it doesn’t suit a well-rounded kid like me——but it’s a name with a good meaning.”
After muttering that, Lari Lula takes off her disguise and stretches her body. My junior jumped off a tree branch and left me to approach the night view.
“When the captain took me from the orphanage, he followed the staff hiring process. He couldn’t meet the requirements for adopting a daughter.”
“Is that why you didn’t have a last name?”
“Yeah. I don’t even know the faces of my real parents anyway, so who knows their own names? Still, when I was younger than now, I added my name to the captain’s last name and flirted with it for no reason.”
“Do you do Priscilla Reps?”
“Yes. What an awkward combination, right? She wanted to write her name in letters, so she started learning to write, but she said she couldn’t take her stepdaughter unless she had a privately owned house. I think even if she had a house, she wouldn’t have adopted her as an adopted daughter.”
“I guess so. If you gave me your last name, you would never have left Alexandra’s side.”
As she spoke, recalling the story she had shared with her, Larry Lura widened her eyes at me.
“… Wow. She didn’t think so. Is it the intuition between equally sexless people?”
“Do I have a last name? You told me your real name.”
“The Buko River!”
“Your name is Sipal, a frog.”
“Puhuh, ahahahaha!”
The girl named Lari Lou must have found my complaint funny, so she grabbed her stomach and laughed. She is smiling a lot today.
As she was frowning because she felt like she was being teased for her name, Rari Lura approached her willingly. She then held out her fern-like hand and she laughed.
“Well, anyway, it was. She thinks that following her seniors will be more helpful in the future, and she wanted to say that she would like to take care of her in the future.”
“… Yes, I am asking you to take good care of me.”
I held the outstretched hand. I could even notice the smile on my face.
Fortunately, this guy still seemed to be chasing us.
