Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 79: Mr. Henry’s frown
A few days had passed since I had sent the message spell to Grandma.
I don’t know if my message reached her. “Did you get a response?” Mr. Glidden asked me, but as a beginner, I had no idea what the response would be.
“I used all my strength, but I don’t know how it went. To tell you the truth, when I released the spell, Henry, who was standing next to me, said he felt like his insides were being grabbed. He was in a cold sweat. I apologize for that.”
“I’m sorry to hear that. You must have used all your strength. I bet your loud voice reached them.”
Mr. Glidden said with a wry smile, “you still can’t seem to handle the amount of magic power you have.”
Without knowing the results of the message magic, May arrived. According to Romi at the bar, this is the most beautiful season in the royal capital. Blooming potted plants are displayed in the windows of the houses in the royal capital, delighting the eyes of passersby.
It’s been almost a year since I came to this world. I am now completely accustomed to life here.
The meatballs and rolls that were brought to the Countess Scholes’ house were so well received that a new order has come in. This time it is a tea party with the teenage sons and daughters surrounding Miss Patricia.
In that case, I proposed a dish that was suitable for a standing reception but still satisfying. The request was to use a lot of eggs. Eggs are quite a luxury ingredient. I guess it’s a way to show off their wealth.
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Looking ahead to the future of the two young people who have been helping me with “The Hideaway” since this month, a variety of small burgers were also put on the menu for advertising purposes.
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The roll cake is wrapped around strawberries and decorated with strawberries on top. I think it turned out very stylish.
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The new menu was apparently well received. The Howlers received several orders from other aristocrats asking for the same dish. I don’t take credit for the recipe, it was the work of many chefs in the other world, but I’m glad they enjoyed it.
Lady Constance said, “Thanks to you, Mai, the Howler family’s cooking has become a hot topic. Thank you.”
My restaurant is also doing well. The to-go hamburgers and hot dogs are getting a steady stream of orders. I want to teach Albert and Sandor all the dishes I know one day. And If they want, I’d like to support them even to the point where they can set up their own restaurant.
Albert is very familiar with the geography of the royal capital, so he never gets lost when searching for a delivery destination. By asking Albert, I was able to create a detailed map. Thanks to this, I’ve been able to efficiently search for people with high magical powers.
On the other hand, Mr. Sandor, the former leader of the group, seems to enjoy cooking.
“I’m really looking forward to eating the food here for lunch. It also feels good to see the customers happy with my food. I cook the dishes I’ve been taught to cook when I get back home, and my family loves the take-out meat lunches. Up until now, I’ve only ever worked in construction or cleaning high places, but I love cooking.”
I noticed that Sandor’s prickly expression had disappeared and he had become a friendly good-natured older brother.
“Do you even clean up after yourself at home?”
“Of course I do. Mai told me, “Cooking isn’t cooking until the kitchen is clean,” and I realized that my mother had been doing that all by herself all this time. When I told my mom, ‘Thank you for always cooking and cleaning up after me. From now on, I’ll clean up after myself,’ she was so happy that she started crying. I was so surprised.”
The Ridrick Company, which had been working them so hard, was forced to suspend business. Ridrick is currently serving his sentence. It seems he won’t be leaving prison any time soon. The Ridrick Company changed its name and was taken over by someone else, and it started anew. The new company has taken over the old customers, and it seems that there will be almost no impact on the lives of the remaining employees.
“Mr. Harrison from the legal department worked harder than I expected. You may be nicer than I thought.”
“I told you so many times that I’m not a bad person.”
“Oh, did you?”
“There’s no way you could’ve forgotten with your memory, Henry.”
Henry pretends to be clueless and blurted out something like, “I wonder if I did.”
That night, Mr. Glidden arrived with Sarah-san.
“I received a letter from Liyol.”
“What!?”
The letter that was handed to me smelled of rose geranium, my grandmother’s favorite. The scent stimulated my tear ducts, causing the tears to fall with a pattering sound.
“I just wanted to say thank you to Sensei and Ms. Sarah…”
“We have already read it. Mai just calm down and read it.”
“Yes, yes.”
I read the letter while sobbing, but my eyes stopped at the part where it said, “It is because of you, Glidden-sama and Sarah, that I was able to survive and not let my heart wither.”
(What does that mean?)
“Sir, what is this?” I read that part out loud. Both the teacher and Sarah looked away at the same time.
“Mr. Glidden, I have never wanted to ask this, but can you tell me what happened to my grandmother? I assume she knows I will want to know, since she wrote to me.”
“I promised Henry that I would not talk about it.”
“So Mr. Henry knows about it? ‘Then I will check with him.”
I released the message spell via ear cuff. Henry, who was at work, replied, “You will be distressed if you hear that. If you are still okay with that, then it is up to you, Mai.”
It’s okay if it hurts me. Grandma must have decided that it was okay for me to know now and wrote it.
“Sir, please tell me about my grandmother. Please.”
“It will be painful to hear.”
“It’s okay.”
The cruelty of what Mr. Glidden told me was far beyond my imagination. For the first time in my life, I wanted to get back at someone.
Mr. Glidden looked at me with concern. That’s right, dark magic requires hatred and will eventually consume the wizard.
“Thank you, Sensei, for helping my dear grandmother.”
“I am in no position to be thanked.”
“No, sir. Thank you so much. I understand now that you were looking for someone with high magical powers from a poor family because of what happened to my grandmother.”
They comforted me and left, leaving me alone. I’m lost in thought. I was shocked that it had hijacked the radio waves, but I was also concerned that Mr. Glidden hadn’t said the name of the person who had mistreated my grandmother. It’s not that he didn’t say it, but more like that he couldn’t. Maybe the family probably still holds a lot of power over here.
The person who kept grandma for making potions is probably no longer alive. Now it is grandma who is surviving and living happily. That’s fine. The hatred welling up from the bottom of my stomach hasn’t disappeared, but I won’t let it control me. Grandma is not the kind of person who wants revenge.
There is a knock at the door. I could see a tall silhouette on the other side of the front door. I opened the door and hugged Henry. Henry hugged me tightly.
“Are you okay? I’ve been worried about you ever since I got your call.”
“I just felt lonely being alone.”
“It’s all right now. I’m here.”
I stayed still for a while inside the door, burying my face in Mr. Henry’s chest.
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How much this man has comforted and encouraged me in the past? I should express my gratitude in words when I feel like it. My life might end while I’m thinking I’ll get back to it someday.
“Henry, there is something I didn’t tell you about the last time I spoke with Lady Constance.”
“I wonder what it is. Are you going to tell me now?”
“Lady Constance asked me to take good care of you, so I replied that, I will cherish you with all my heart. I added the words ‘for the rest of my life’ in my mind at that time. That’s all right, isn’t it?”
“Huh?”
Huh? Why are you surprised? We’re a couple, aren’t we? Was I the only one who thought we’d spend our lives together?
Mr. Henry looks at me with an angry expression on his face, with his mouth in a grimace. Huh? Huh?
“perhaps I was mistaken? If so… then I’m terribly sorry!”
I instinctively tried to move away from Henry, but his arms wouldn’t budge.
“You’re not mistaken. It’s just, but that’s what I wanted to say. I was planning to tell you in a nice place and atmosphere, while giving you a gift. But to just stand here in the doorway and blurt it out as we were talking… that’s just not right.”
“I-I see. I thought you were a realist, Henry… I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
Although I apologized sincerely, Henry still looked resentful.
“Hmm. There’s nothing I can do about what’s been said. I told you before. I have no intention of letting go of you, and of course I meant that I would never let you go.”
“I am fully …… aware of that.”
“And one more thing. From the tips of my ears to the tip of my tail, I am all yours, Mai-san. Please accept me properly.”
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Only at times like this does he speak to me as a cat!
“Henry, that was not fair.”
“Hehe. If a black cat said that to you, you wouldn’t be able to say no, would you?”
With that, Henry pressed his lips to mine.
======End of volume 2======
Thank you for reading this far.
In Volume 3, Mai will show further growth as a wizard. I plan to write about Henry-san and Sophia-chan’s activities, their interactions with the beastmen, and the conclusion of some unresolved issues.
This time I’ll be taking a break for a while (months).
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Illustration by Mitemin
Here’s Sophia, tired from digging a hole.
TL Note:
Mai refers to Mr. Glidden as Sensei or Glidden-sensei but for the sake for ease he is addressed as Sir or Mr, so the sentence
“Sir, please tell me about my grandmother. Please.”
Is really,
“Sensei, please tell me about my grandmother. Please.”