Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 438: Doing Embroidery
Since then, my days continued with teaching Leon about magical potions, going to the training grounds, and visiting the salon to check on the three of them doing embroidery.
It seemed that the flood of monsters in the frontier had been dealt with, as there had been no major damage since the source was eliminated.
“Julius-sama, have you finished your morning training?”
“Yeah, it’s done. Recently, Leon-sama has been holed up in the alchemy room, so I thought it might be good for him to get some exercise every now and then.”
When I arrived at the salon, Fabienne asked with a smile. In her hands, she was holding a round frame with cloth stretched for embroidery. On her lap, it seemed that Mira was peacefully taking a nap. Even though it was still morning, it was quite a carefree scene.
“Oh, that might be a bit difficult. Leon is not very good at physical exercise. If he swung a sword, he’d probably lose his balance and fall.”
“I don’t think it would go that far…”
I couldn’t help but smile wryly at Miss Hilda’s words. But it seemed like she wasn’t joking, as she kept shaking her head. When I looked at Carol, she was also shaking her head. It seemed like they shared the same thought. In that case, maybe I should just have him go for a light jog. That should be fine.
Once I sat down, Nero quickly brought over tea. As expected, very considerate.
“It seems like things are progressing smoothly.”
“I feel like it’s taking shape, but… it’s not going very well.”
Fabienne’s expression dropped, and she looked somewhat dejected. It seems the embroidery isn’t as easy as magical potions. Embroidery requires delicate finger movements, after all. If you’re clumsy, you’ll end up pricking your fingers with the needle many times.
I glanced at Fabienne’s fingers. Hmm, it looks like she’s not injured. It seems she’s not clumsy, so I was relieved.
“Julius-sama, would you like to try? You’re good at making stuffed animals, so maybe…?”
“Me? Hmm, I don’t know if this is really the kind of hobby a gentleman should have…”
“Oh, it’s fine. There are many men who work as tailors, you know?”
“You’d probably make something amazing, Julius.”
Miss Hilda and Carol seemed to want to involve me too, providing backup for Fabienne. The atmosphere was starting to make it hard for me to refuse. I have the “Sewing” skill, so embroidery should be a piece of cake for me. But what should I do?
While I was thinking about it, Fabienne diligently prepared the embroidery frame.
She definitely wants me to do it. I wonder if she’s been feeling lonely without me? Well, I can’t help it. For my cute fiancée, I’ll do it just a little bit.
At that moment, I thought to myself for just a moment.
“That’s amazing, Julius-sama! This is Mira-chan, isn’t it? It’s small and cute.”
“Kyu, kyu!”
“It hurts, Mira, stop headbutting me!”
Excited Mira was headbutting my stomach as if asking for more. How did it come to this? No, was it because I skillfully used the two hundred shades of white to create a stunning gradient embroidery that resembled Mira? Maybe that was the problem.
“I didn’t know Julius had such a talent…”
“As expected of a stuffed animal maker.”
Who’s a stuffed animal maker, Miss Hilda? I only made them back then due to various circumstances. I’m not a stuffed animal maker. I only got carried away and embroidered because Fabienne was happy. I regret it now.
“It’s a bit noisy, isn’t it? What’s going on?”
“Mother! Please look at this!”
Carol, called out to the Marchionness, who had happened to come to the salon. When she saw me sewing, she looked somewhat apologetic, but when she saw my work, her expression changed. She kept comparing the embroidery to me. I had a bad feeling about this.
“This, Julius-kun embroidered this, right?”
“Yeah, well, I guess?”
“It’s amazing, isn’t it? Julius did this embroidery in no time. Doesn’t it look just like Mira-chan?”
“Kyu!”
“Yes, yes, that’s right. It’s a wonderful embroidery. It’s rare to see such exquisite embroidery.”
Everyone’s gaze gathered at the Marchionness’s words. This is bad. Now I’m going to be made into an embroidery artisan. Feeling a sense of danger, I tried to slip away, saying that I had to train with Leon, but it didn’t work.
“Julius-kun, what do you plan to do with this embroidery?”
“I made it for practice… If you’d like, I can give it to you, madam?”
“Is it okay? I’d love to have it.”
“Ah! Mother, that’s unfair. I was aiming for it too!”
“Eh, wait, I was aiming for it as well!”
The women of the Mulan Marquis family began to chatter excitedly. This is troublesome. As I smiled wryly and looked at Fabienne, I saw that she was staring at the embroidery hoop with a longing expression. …It seems I have no choice but to make one for everyone.
I asked each of them what kind of pose they’d like Mira to have and finished the embroidery while having Mira pose for me. I had Mira cooperate by giving her some additional dried fruits to eat.
Thus, I completed the embroidery for everyone, modeled after Mira. Everyone was very pleased. I’ll consider this a success. I’ve made them promise not to mention that I was the one who did the embroidery. The idea of an avalanche of embroidery requests is a nightmare.
“Master, why didn’t you come to see us in the morning?”
“Well, there were a few things going on… I’ll make sure to watch properly in the afternoon, so please forgive me for now.”
“Forgive you? Well, Master, you look a bit tired, don’t you?”
During lunch, Leon cornered me, but after using up all my energy dealing with the powerful women, I was too exhausted to think about anything else.