Chapter 188: Eleonoras Detection
Chapter 188: Eleonora's Detection
「Thank you very muchー!」
I left the shop while hearing the sound of the bell and the employee-san’s farewell.
The food that uses grapes was really good.
The compatibility between the chicken meat and white grape was excellent. You can cleanly eat the meat without feeling greasy. That was a taste that would make even women feel like they’re going to be able to eat a lot of meat.
Furthermore, the sweet and sour grape sauce was amazing, and the cheese and salad went well together.
The only drawback is that you have to check first whether there are female customers in the shop or not, but there was no problem with the shop’s atmosphere and the deliciousness of the dishes.
Incidentally, the man whom I helped is still relaxing inside the shop drinking tea.
Seeing that there are a man and a kid sitting inside and eating normally by the window, some men who were passing by in front of the shop also entered as though taking the chance to enter.
With this, he wouldn’t be alone anymore even if I were no longer inside.
I thought while turning my back toward the shop and as I walk slowly down the main street, my sixth sense was ringing.
………I wonder why. Well, I don’t know why does it rings like this, but for now, I have to immediately leave this place.
Following the ringing of my mysterious sense of danger, I dashed from the main street to the side of the road and hide in the shadow of a building.
I hold my breath for now. Then I heard an extremely familiar voice coming from the main street.
「Eleonora-sama! Where are you going!?」
「I feel like Al is here somehow!」
It was the voice of Mel and Eleonora-neesan.
I was almost found out due to me being shaken seeing Eleonora-neesan, but I desperately bring my emotion under control and hold my breath.
Immediately after, I saw a girl’s reddish-brown ponytail between the buildings running through the main street.
That familiar hair and dignified facial features, there’s no doubt it's Eleonora-neesan.
N, no way!? Eleonora-neesan!? Wasn’t she on the way back home from the royal capital!
Certainly, she said that she will be back in the summer, so it won’t be strange even if she’s now on the way home. There is a route that goes the long way around to Kikka on the way from the royal capital to the Koryatt village, but to think that I would end up encountering Eleonora-neesan in Kikka.
Did that sister of mine have the kind of personality to buy souvenirs, go on sightseeing, or take a detour I wonder?
「Haa, haa, Alfried-sama……was here?」
Just when I’m wondering and thinking about that sort of thing, I heard Mel’s -that was chasing after Eleonora-neesan - voice.
――Found him.
It would be terrible if she were to say that. It is indeed possible that I was also here since I’m on my way back from Kagura, but it’s evident that there are no people from Toriela’s company who accompanied me.
Then, the question of why am I being here alone will be revealed.
This is bad. The fact that I’m able to use Teleport of the Space magic is an absolute secret. If such convenient magic were to be leaked out, then it’s natural that they exploit it.
Only that must be kept in mind, in order for me to have a laid-back, slowlife.
I wait for Eleonora-neesan’s reaction while praying that somehow, I won’t be found out.
It seems to be a very long time until Eleonora-neesan opens her mouth. It should have been only a few seconds but, it seems like it’s been an hour for me.
And finally, I can hear her speak.
「……that’s weird. I did feel Al’s presence here, but I can’t find him」
I’d like to retort about what she means by my ‘presence’ but, I can understand about this presence you speak of to some extent since I also have this strange ability to sense danger. I guess Eleonora-neesan has something similar.
「It wouldn’t be strange for Alfried-sama to be in Kikka on the way back from Kagura, though I don’t see Toriela’s company who accompanied Alfried-sama so he shouldn’t be here 」
「……true but, I feel like he’s here somehow」
Eleonora-neesan said and sounds like she’s unconvinced.
「Was it your usual intuition?」
「That’s right! He’s definitely around here! My intuition said so!」
Hiii, that was your imagination, so just quietly go sightsee the city or something. That Alfried is not in this city.
「He’s not here, you know. Mou, you started running suddenly after arriving at Kikka. We got a lot of things to do like replenishing our food, and finding inn for us to stay. Let’s head back」
「Ehhー」
That’s right, that’s right Mel. You tell her that some more.
「It’s also a waste of time even if you search for someone who is not here. We won’t have enough time to buy souvenirs if we dawdle here, you know? And if that happens, then I will also get scolded by Elna-sama」
「Ahー, Elna-kaasan likes souvenirs. I wanted to go home soon……」
I see, in the end, she forgot to buy souvenirs back at the royal capital, so they probably drop by Kikka in haste to buy souvenirs. You should properly buy the souvenirs at the royal capital.
Just when I’m speaking ill of her inside my mind, I suddenly felt the presence of Eleonora-neesan approaching me.
Wha, what is this!? Why are you coming this way with the current flow of conversation!?
I have no other choice other than trying to run away to the back in haste.
However, even I did that she will be able to see my back, so I will just end up getting chased down, caught, and interrogated.
There’s no choice but to use Teleport here.
At that moment, I look at a distant building in the other direction.
Since I can’t see up to the roof of the building, I burn the space above the building into my mind.
Then, I instantly cast a Teleport while staring at that space.
The dim scenery of my surroundings then changes into something where I’m having an overhead view of the building.
Maybe it was because of the vague image I had, I Teleported to somewhere higher than I expected.
Even while feeling upset by the strong floating feeling in the air, I cast the Space magic Shield below me.
I deeply sigh in relief after lightly landing on it.
And when I look down, I can see Eleonora-neesan’s figure peering into the place where I was hiding until now.
「What’s the matter Eleonora-sama? Looking into that side of the road」
「……it’s nothing」
Hearing Mel’s words, Eleonora-neesan curly answers and start walking to the center of the city.
Looking at her expression and the tone of her voice, she seems to be quite displeased.
She’s probably feeling irritated at her senses since her intuition told her that I should be there but now it was gone. Seems like she’s quite confident in her intuition.
I stare at the back figure of Eleonora-neesan from the air while having such a thought.
Eleonora-neesan continue walking into the distance without looking back and eventually disappeared from view.
As Eleonora-neesan disappeared from my sight, I finally can feel that the crisis had passed.
「Haaa…」
I sighed deeply and stroked my chest.
The presence of Eleonora-neesan who was approaching me the moment I speak ill of her in my mind. Perhaps my stealth technique was still inadequate that my presence leaked out, or maybe Eleonora-neesan’s senses are sharpened when she trained at the royal capital? I don’t know.
I don’t understand about it, but it’s been a while since I’ve felt this nervous.
The feeling was as if the air was prickling my skin. It was the feeling of tension that I had forgotten since Eleonora-neesan was not close to me.
Does this mean that Eleonora-neesan is nearby that I felt like this?
This might be because I’ve been letting down my guard recently. If I don’t train my stealth technique more, I will be going to have a hard time from then on.
Besides, it was hard to Teleport to an empty space.
Unlike places where there are any landmarks like my own room, plains, or a road, I can’t visualize any vivid image at all.
I ended up with a minor margin of error in Teleporting this time, but it would be dangerous if I can’t use magic.
I want to avoid using aerial Teleport but, the sky - which is a blind spot for people - is extremely useful for this kind of emergency evasion.
Let’s remember that even the sky itself is one possible target to Teleport to, to some extent.
Right, I made up my mind.