Satou's here. There was a time when the word Missing Link was popular. At that time I mistook the 'link' part with 'ring', once I lost my face when I talked about it with a friend.
It seems to point out the lack of continuity with the phenomenon, but I don't think I'll ever come across it as long as I live normally.
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"To the right~, a little bit to the right~?"
Tama is giving an instruction to us using flags in the open space near the city hall.
She was just here a while ago, fast little thing.
Following her instructions, the brownie in flight uniform landed the airship in the open space.
Dwarves in work clothes are peeking through the windows curiously from the city hall.
Since there were a lot of plump ones, it made me remember a flock of sparrows standing in row on a pole cable.
"It's been awhile, Sir Pendragon."
"Please excuse me for my long silence."
I exchanged handshakes with Driar-shi the mayor who came to greet us.
Driar-shi's secretary and daughter, Jojori-san, is also with him.
"Oh? Isn't it Galhar! Why are you here?"
"Hey Jojori, your surprised face is wonderful too. I'd like to have a date in the sky together with you."
"Mou, oh Galhar."
Jojori-san reacted while not wholly blushing to Galhar-shi who naturally said some playboy's line.
When they met in the magic shop back then, Jojori-san acted like an older sister to Galhar-shi, but it seems there was some kind of change during the half year.
According to Arisa, Jojori-san seems to be the type of "A firm career woman who's drawn to a no-good man."
"Master, where should we carry the souvenirs to?"
"Master, requesting instructions."
Liza and Nana came with the carts where I put the wine barrels, so I confirm Driar-shi for the place to put them.
I held back my laughter when Arisa said, "Bar~rel", with an unusually cute voice in front of the wine barrel, it was strange but since it was just Arisa being eccentric like usual, I ignored it.
"Ah Pochi! That box is different."
"Different nodesu?"
I stopped Pochi who was going to carry a wooden box with a set of sake cups inside.
"Galhar-san, this wooden box is a souvenir for Galhar-san, could I bring it to your shop?"
"Much appreciated! Even though I still have the liquor you gave me, thanks for that."
"Mou Galhar! You haven't said your thank about the scroll workshop right?"
Huh, what is it about?
"Right! I wanted to write a letter but then a day had passed. You spoke about me to Viscount Shimen right? Thanks to that, I was able to regularly stock the popular 『Firework』 scrolls. The deserted Galhar shop has now become a big business enough that I could hire a clerk."
I don't remember ever especially talked about him, but I feel that I've spoken the topic about Galhar in the duchy capital's scroll workshop.
The workshop manager, Jung-shi probably worked about it.
"It's really thanks to Satou-san. Galhar's shop can now continue without worrying when it's going to bankrupt."
"That's awful Jojori. The goddess of fortune, that is you, is watching over my shop, so it won't go bankrupt you know."
When I was watching over the two's married couple-like conversation with warm eyes, Mayor Driar-shi came to call me.
Looks like my request to meet Elder Dohar has passed.