Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 62: The Night We Bought the Ear Cuffs
I wanted to use the message magic only with Mr. Henry, so I asked him what his favorite item was when he came over for lunch.
“I can make it in any shape. It could be a writing utensil or a trinket.”
“I like ear cuffs. I’ll wear them every day, so you can talk to me anytime.”
“In that case, I guess I’ll keep the enchanted ear cuffs on too. Would you mind if we matched?”
“I’d like that. Let’s go buy some tonight.”
Then Mr. Henry suddenly looked anxious.
“Can we both only wear an ear cuff on just one ear?”
“Why only one ear?”
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“A single earring or ear cuff means you have a definite partner. ……”
“Is that what it meant? Oh well, if you had told me earlier I would have put it on. Why didn’t you tell me before?”
“I was afraid you might feel constrained. ……”
You’ve already left teeth marks on the nape of my neck, and now you suddenly become fainthearted at a time like this.
“That’s what’s so cute about you, Henry.”
“there’s no way I’m cute?”
“You’re always so cute.”
Henry, who was not convinced, asked me repeatedly, “What exactly do you mean? I’ll be careful not to be called cute,” but I smiled and did not answer him because I wanted to continue admiring the cute Mr. Henry. With an unconvinced look on his face, Mr. Henry left.
After closing for the night, Henry came to pick me up on his horse.
“I hope the store is still open.”
“I called the store on my way home from lunch. They are open.”
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As I had expected from him. He is absolutely thorough in these matters.
The Edmond Jewelry Store, which I was taken to, is probably the largest and most luxurious jewelry store in the royal capital. There were always wealthy looking customers shopping there.
There was a sign on the door saying the store was closed, but when Henry opened it, an elegantly dressed woman and man were waiting for him.
“Mr. Howler, we have been expecting you.”
“I’m sorry it’s so late.”
The store is gorgeous and Henry is in full aristocratic mode. I’m glad I wore my best one-piece dress.
“Here are the ear cuffs.”
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The gold and silver ear cuffs are all simple, just hook onto the ear. I was relieved to see that they were my taste. Henry picked up two ear cuffs, one gold and one silver, and held them to my ears to look at them.
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“Gold looks good on you Mai.”
“Very nice, Howler-sama. The gold looks Flattering against the lady’s skin.”
Next I did the same for Mr. Henry. The ear cuffs, shaped like rounded silver plates about six millimeters wide, suited the black-haired Henry-san perfectly.
“I’d like a silver one, as it suits you, Henry. If you’re going to wear It at the castle, silver might be better.”
“Then I’ll go with silver.”
“Since we’re going to match, I’ll have silver, too.”
“Yes, sir. Would you like me to put it in a box?”
“I want to put it on now. What about you, Mai?”
“I want to put it on now, too. I’ll take the box home as a souvenir.”
The shopkeeper looked at us with a smiley face, which made me feel a little embarrassed. Henry on the other hand looked perfectly at ease and was a perfect aristocrat’s son. He was wearing a cape on one shoulder over his usual civil servant uniform, so he looked about 30% more manly than usual.
“I haven’t bought you any gifts yet, Mai-san, so I’m really happy right now. Let’s go out for dinner tonight.”
“Um, can I just say something before I get on Iris?”
I want to put my magic into Henry’s ear cuff. That’s why I put on the brooch. After we went outside in the dark, I took off the brooch and poked my finger with the needle. “Huh?” said Henry in surprise, and I dropped a tiny amount of blood on each other’s ear cuffs, put magic into them, and wiped the blood off.
What? Henry looks stunned. I wonder if he’s put off by it.
“Did you think it was filthy? I’ll order some spirits at the restaurant and wipe up all the blood.”
“No, it’s not that I mean to say it’s unclean or anything like that…”
“it’s okay, it’s okay. It doesn’t hurt my finger. Don’t worry about it.”
Mr. Henry started laughing as he put the ear cuffs on his ears.
“I love it. Mai always amazes me.”
Henry, laughing, asked me what I wanted to eat. I answered right away, “I want to eat meat,” to which he replied, “That’s good, you are so clear,” and laughed happily again. I wonder what women in this world would say in such a situation.
We entered a restaurant two doors down from Edmond Jewelry Store. I ordered sautéed pork, and a thick piece of meat was brought to me.
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Tender. The meat tastes good. I had always assumed that meat dishes in this country were tough, but I guess that was only at restaurants for the common masses.
“When I want to eat meat, I come to this restaurant.”
“As one would expect from a gourmand. Excuse me for asking, but what do women generally say when asked what they want to eat?”
“I think most of them say, “I’ll leave it to you.” But I like Mai-san, who answers immediately and clearly, “Meat.”
“You have had quite a few meals with women, haven’t you?”
“When I’m introduced by someone I can’t say no.”
“I see. I thought you had never gone out with a woman before.”
He looked happy when I said that while munching on some pork.
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“Is that perhaps jealousy?”
“No. I just found it surprising.”
“What is it?”
This beautiful guy seems to want me to be jealous.*
So I invoked the message spell via the ear cuff. I hid my mouth with a handkerchief and tried whispering.
“I don’t like men who make me jealous.”
Henry must have been surprised to hear my voice so close to his ear, as he covered his ear and let out a small “Wow” in his voice.
“This is… If someone suddenly whispers to me while I’m at work, I won’t be able to work.”
Then he consciously tightened his face and made it look expressionless and icy, but his ears remained red.
“It’s okay. I can only see you, Mai.”
“Fuhaha.”
When I laughed, Henry laughed too. We finished dinner and left the restaurant, chatting happily afterward.
When I was about to get on Iris, she was looking up and seemed restless. I look up and but couldn’t see anything. The surrounding stores are already closed, there are no streetlights, and there is no moon. It is very dark on the roof.
Henry, who was standing close to me, spoke in a voice that exuded tension.
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“Mai, did you see that?”
“I didn’t see anything. But Iris is worried about the situation up there.”
“Four figures ran across the rooftops.”
“On a five-story building? On that steep roof?”
“That’s true, but I can’t see them anywhere now.”
We stopped talking there and got on Iris, who took us back to the Hideaway . I had completely forgotten all about that conversation after that, until the morning after the next day, when I spoke to Dion.
“What’s wrong? You seem to be in a very low spirits.”
“There was an incident at my workplace and I’m having a really hard time.”
According to Dion, someone had broken into the building where he was responsible for repainting the walls and vandalized the entire house, including the floor on which he was working. Fortunately, they didn’t have any valuables in the house, but the furniture was broken and paint was splashed on the walls. The client was angry, thinking that the break-in was because Dion forgot to lock the door.
“I’m the one who had the key. …… I definitely locked the front door leading to the living area when I left. I also checked the second floor windows. But I didn’t check the third and fourth floor windows, which I didn’t enter, so I’m responsible for that. But I wonder if it’s possible to get in through the windows on the third and fourth floors, which don’t even have balconies. Anyway, I just apologized and went about tidying up and cleaning.”
“Is the place far?”*
“No, it’s a building on Main Street. There’s a men’s clothing store on the first floor and the owner’s residence above.”
I saw Mr. Dion off and played with Sophia-chan and her stuffed animals again today. All the while, something was bothering me. Next to Edmond Jewelry Store was a men’s clothing store. The roof that Iris was concerned about. The figure running on the roof that Mr. Henry said he saw.
“Oh, I’m sure Mr. Henry wasn’t mistaken.”
“Huh? Who’s Henry?”
Sophia, who was playing with her stuffed rabbit, was looking at me.
“Yeah, kinda.”
I don’t want to regret leaving the questions in my mind unanswered. I’m angry at myself for not casting a detection spell on the spot right then and there.
When lunchtime came and Karin-san came to pick up Sophia-chan, I took the plunge and asked her.
“Karin-san, there is something I need you to tell me. If it’s something you don’t want to talk about, feel free to say no. There’s something that’s been bothering me ever since I heard what Dion said.”
“Are you talking about Dion? What is it? You can ask me anything you want. Isn’t that a relationship between you and me?”
“Do you have horizontal ties across races in your society, the Beastmen society? I want to confirm something about other races. Are there any primate-type beastmen in this royal city?”