While eating, we talked about various things. Their school life, my travels, what we did in the past one year, what others were doing right now.
Before we realized, we had eaten everything and then ordered dessert.
As expected, the amount she ordered didn’t satisfy her since Aya ate quite a lot of dessert instead. Well, I’m not insensitive enough to actually point that out loud though. It was mature of me to act like I didn’t see anything, I think. Souichi who did point that out loud had to fall flat on the table again.
“Really, the beard doesn’t suit you.”(yayoi)
[So Yayoi thinks like that, what about Aya?]
“Eh, um…….well, yes.”
“I think it looks manly though.”(souichi)
And for some reason, the topic shifted to my stubble.
Is my beard really worth becoming a topic of conversation? Also, seeing Ermenhilde happy to get more comrades against me is also irritating.
And it seems my stubble is unpopular with both Aya and yayoi-chan. And remaining Souichi, I wonder if he realises that saying it like that changes the meaning behind the sentence quite a lot.
“When I’m in this sloppy look, I look like a normal adventurer so it works in my favour.”(renji)
“Aa, I see. So it’s like a disguise.”
Not just that, it’s a pain to shave cleanly as well. This world doesn’t have things like shaving cream and shavers so you have to use a knife to do it. That’s very dangerous on its own. Many times I had ended up cutting my own cheek or neck instead.
When I started being cautious of that, shaving started feeling like it’s a pain and I ended up with this stubble instead. As a result I realized that I was started to be accepted as a normal adventurer.
[I think that he just finds shaving a pain though.]
It is correct. You really do know me well.
Well, I don’t intend to accept its true out loud though.
“Even I think of various things Ermenhilde.”(renji)
[I wonder how much of that is true…..or rather, it should be normal for a person to take care of his own personal appearance.]
“…….I can’t refute that.”
Aya and Yayoi didn’t like it after all, maybe I should shave properly from now on.
I still find it a pain but the feeling of not showing the children a sloppy me is greater. Since I have been living lazily for the past one year, maybe I should use this as a chance to better my own lifestyle or rather, at least my appearance. I started feeling like that while looking at the kids.
Is the effect of the energy of the youth? While taking to these 3, I also felt a bit more energetic.
“Well, I’ll try to be more proactive.”(renji)
“That’s a ‘will not do’ flag isn’t it?”
“Trust me a bit more, Aya.”
“I, I do…. tr, trust you.”
Was there something in this conversation to make her embarrassed?
As she averted her gaze and hid her face, I could only tilt my head in confusion. This time I really don’t understand. Looks Souichi was the same since he made a puzzled face when I looked at him.
Yayoi-chan alone was grinning happily though.
“Why don’t you try and grow a beard as well Souichi? You might look more manly.”(renji)
“Re, really?”
When I said that, the Brave-sama looked up at me happily. Will a beard even fit his androgynous face?……On imagining, nope not possible. I averted my gaze from him. There’s a limit to how much a beard can’t suit a man’s face.
If Souichi were to grow a beard, Utano-san won’t just stop with me getting buried.
While thinking such things, I became slightly scared. That person really goes all out when she does something. Utano Yuuko-san is that kind of a person. They say a person’s name often matches their nature but that’s definitely not true. (T/N: Yuuko basically means gentle child)
“It’ll definitely not suit brother at all.”(yayoi)
“Yup, definitely not.”(aya)
[Souichi has a pretty face after all.]
And once again he was completely rejected.
Since I who came up with the idea thinks the same as well, I couldn’t support him either. Sorry Souichi, also, Ermenhilde my partner, “pretty face” is not a compliment for a guy.