“What did you eat, back in Latina’s hometown?”
“Hnn? Things like or, ”
“….Umm…. how did they taste?”
“Um, well… there wasn’t much taste. Since it was just that, I was surprised at Kenneth’s meals. There’s a lot, and it’s heaps good”
Not noticing that Rita had become speechless, Latina smiled happily.
“That’s why you know, Latina. Latina wants to be able to make yummy meals. Yummy meals is definitely happiness”
“Wearing a black longcoat in this season, every year I’ll think ‘seriously am I an idiot?’ ”
“That, try saying that in front of that heavy soldier with the full plate armour”
Coming back early to the 『Dancing Ocelot』, Kenneth let out an astonished voice as he ordinarily poured a glass of cold water to the completely exhausted Dale.
Dale’s coat is filled with magic power, and in addition to being lighted to normal armours, it surpassed them in defense. Wearing it together with the tunic which was knitted with a material that can’t be cut by blades, it was an excellent armour, enough to protect his body.
However, even then, it’s hot in the summertime. Hot things are hot.
“Dale, welcome back. Eat it, it’s cold”
“Yea. I’m back Latina. Thanks”
Effortlessly retracting his pouting expression just now, Dale looks on with a smile. Latina placed the ice onto the tray.
“….Recently, Latina, you’ve been making this a lot but, you’re not tired from over using your magic are you?”
Dale asks as he takes the bowl and Latina nods deeply.
“It’s alright. After doing it a few times, working only on the uncertain parts, I understood how to do it”
“…Is that so”
Kenneth was suspicious at him, who was looking at Latina different to normal, a serious look was on his face.
“Dale, what’s wrong?”
“No… I was just wondering about the 『Demon Race』, if they are all so excellent with their magic power control…. It’s as if Latina is already a master in scope specification.”
“…Is it something that amazing?”
“The kid hasn’t even studied theory you know? After she had practised it, with what she comprehended, she’s optimising it’s magic power and strength and squeezing out the effective range of the magic to its limits …It’s true that the of the 『things she can do』, the ‘things’ were taught by me but, there’s no way I taught her how to use it”
As Kenneth stared fixedly at Latina, she returned the look slightly confused with her large eyes.
“The spell formation as well, isn’t the simple formation I taught her but a cross made by adapting the healing magic spell formation she had originally known and a delicate technique. Originally, the control load should be bigger though”
“Since Dale taught me, Latina learnt it? Before it was like ‘Paaa~’ and lots of magic power comes out. Now, it’s like ‘Here’ and the magic power used will be just that much. It’s easier now”
“….See, see”
“True. She might have what it take to be a genius. In the first place, Latina could learn anything quickly anyway”
“Is that so?”
At Dale’s reaction, Kenneth made a face like ‘What now’.
“Cooking and cleaning, and now recently, sewing as well. After just being taught once, Latina’s understanding is extremely quick. Rather, the environment where a kid like this who can digest anything couldn’t do anything up until now is the strange thing”
“Eh?”
“I mean isn’t that right? Someone like Latina who can learn at this pace, why is it that until now, she has no traces of having learnt magic or household chores? Since it’s this kid where, 『It’s not strange if she can do it even if she wasn’t taught』.
No matter how different their race is, there probably wouldn’t be such a large difference in this”
“Well I guess…”
“Wha~at?”
Koten. Towards Latina who was tilting her head as always, the adults were piling on their assumptions.
“Well, it’s about whether you were in an environment where you weren’t taught anything, or whether you didn’t do anything and were in a good environment…”
“Hn? About Latina?”
“Yea. ….In the place where Latina was born, were you not taught anything like this?”
“Hnn…. Well Latina. Hadn’t decided. Back then”
Latina came back at them with a slightly vague answer, and this time it was the adults who were tilting their heads.
“What have you 『not decided』?”
“Latina doesn’t really know either. But you see… Unn. Latina doesn’t know anything.”
She presses both hands against her mouth and shook her head.
It seemed like she was about to say something but, since she ended up withholding her tongue, Kenneth and Dale met eyes, both knowing that Latina probably won’t say anymore than this.
This little kid, despite looking like this, she’s quite stubborn.
(Author’s note: Summer ends just like that, despite the fact that I’ve not having eaten any snow cones/shaved ice) (TL: or whatever you people call it)