Chapter 218: The Tops Spins Around, The Rumors Passes Around
Chapter 218: The Tops Spins Around, The Rumors Passes Around
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The reason why Roomba’s top is hitting the wall is that he put too much strength in his shoulder when he threw the top and he wasn’t able to properly throw the top diagonally downward.
While the reason Gates’ top was sliding on the floor was because he didn’t hold the top horizontally when he was preparing to throw it and also because he pulled the string weakly.
After pointing out those reasons, making them throw their tops properly, and correcting their mistakes, Roomba and Gates were now able to make their tops completely spin.
「Goー! My top! Send Gates’ top flying!」
「Fuu, unfortunately for you there is a groove on the floor over there. Your top will just fall over there and spin around in vain」
Roomba’s top was hitting Gates’ top, but perhaps it’s because there are grooves on the floor of Torr’s house that his top got stuck in a groove and couldn’t move.
And guess it's due to the place it spins is bad, his top’s rotation becomes irregular and it slowed down.
「What the heck is this!? You should make the floor of your house more even, Torr!」
What the heck is this person saying after breaking the wall of others' house?
「Then, let’s make a stage so that the tops can clash with each other more easily. If we do that, it will make things more interesting」
「Ooh! Then make it quickly if there are such things!」
「Really」
「……err, I didn’t make it before since the two of you couldn’t even throw your tops decently」
I suggest it since they now have enough control to spin the top on top of the stage.
If it were the two of them before this, then they will probably be unable to do something like throwing their tops on the stage.
As I stare at Roomba and Gates, the window on the wall suddenly starts to open.
「Hey, I’ve been hearing some loud noises, what are you doing?」
The one who opened other people's houses' windows was Asmo, who lives next door.
And perhaps he opened the window from next door by using a stick since he’s holding a long stick in his hands right now.
As expected from the next-door neighbor, or so I would like to say, but as always there is really no privacy here.
But, he looks happy seeing that he was able to talk casually like this.
「So you’re back Asmo. We are playing with a new toy called spinning top right now, do you want to join us Asmo?」
「That looks interesting, let me in」
As I answer him while showing him the top, Asmo instantly nodded - guess he has free time now.
And so, he immediately came to Torr’s house after closing his window.
「Eh? Where’s Torr?」
As soon as he enters Asmo looks around and asks, so I tell him about the tragedy caused by Torr.
Then he mutter「What an idiot」 and looks like he decided not to worry about him.
I guess this is kinda daily occurrence for Torr to cause such an incident. And so I also decide not to worry about him.
After handing a top to Asmo, I cast an Earth magic on the floor of Torr’s house.
Then soil started to appear using my magic power as a medium.
I pictured a vivid image of a stage in my mind and hardened the soil as if to press them, and in the blink of an eye, a circular stage able to let spinning tops clash with each other is completed.
Of course, it’s also hollow so that the tops can properly go to the center.
「Heeー, so you throw and let them clash here!」
「……an excellent Earth magic as usual」
Roomba and Gates said - impressed by the stage - while looking at the stage to check on it.
「Now then, let’s throw them inside here right away!?」
「Un, sure. You too Asmo, come and see」
「Okay」
It’s faster to show him how to play it.
Asmo who was observing the top, started to obediently watch Roomba and Gates.
Roomba and Gates are glaring at each other with the stage in between them.
「Hehehe, Let’s start then?」
「You can’t mess up when you throw the top and hit me, okay? It’s not a laughing matter if you got hit by the top is since it’s hard and it’s going to hurt」
He glances at the depressed wall as he said that.
Well, even though he can control the top right now, Roomba had been hitting the wall until some time ago. Of course, I understand how he feels.
「Don’t worry about it. I’m already used to it now!」
「I’m gonna take your word for it, okay?」
Even while Gates is doubting him and becoming wary, Roomba and Gates still prepared themselves as they face each other and throw their tops on the stage.
Each of their tops flew after they pulled the strings as it smoothly spins in midair and landed on the stage.
「Hiii!?」
Perhaps Roomba is still slightly unsure about his own accuracy since his top was hitting the edge of the stage.
And maybe because Gates thought that it will hit his foot, he scream pathetically for a moment.
After that, he sighed in relief after seeing that Roomba’s top was not flying out off the stage.
While the top thrown by Gates is smoothly spinning in the middle of the stage, Roomba’s top that he threw violently - went around to the outer edge of the stage like crazy.
This might turn out to be slightly advantageous for Roomba since his top is accelerating while it's spinning around the outer edge of the stage.
Since the stage is gently sloping toward the center, Roomba’s top will gradually begin to move to the center.
And then, it will crash into Gates’ top which is spinning smoothly in the center.
Being hit by Roomba’s top - that had accumulated such momentum -, Gates’ top can’t help but greatly wobble.
「Ooh! I got a nice blow there! Gates’ top is unstable!」
「Gununu! Endure it!」
As Roomba happily shouts, Gates is watching his top with a desperate expression on his face.
However, Roomba’s top continue to spin and hit Gates’ top without caring about Gates’ wish――and after that - maybe the first blow before was effective -, the moment Gates’ top slowed down, it shot out from the stage after clashing with Roomba’s top.
「Aaaah!」
「Gahahaha! I win!」
「One more time! I will also gain momentum from the outer edge next time!」
Gates says after losing to the victorious Roomba.
Anyway, the most important thing is that Roomba and Gates seem to be having fun right now.
They are completely addicted to winding up the string right now.
「Well, you throw them like that and make them clash with each other」
「That looks interesting. I also want to try」
Asmo says as he nodded and grinned, so I teach him how to wind up the string and how to throw it, just like with Torr and the others.
And, Asmo remembered it all in one try.
I was a little impressed by him, after seeing Torr and the other’s poor skill before.
「Your fingers are quite dexterous despite your body size, huh Asmo」
「……that ‘despite your body size’ is unnecessary」
「Ou, since Asmo can already spin the top, let’s throw it all together and let them crash into each other! 」
When Asmo is pretty much done with his practice, Roomba look back in our direction and called out to us.
「It’s going to be interesting and heated when four tops are spinning and clashing with each other!」
「Ooh, that sounds good! Let’s do it quickly!」
Beckoned by Roomba, Asmo and I approaches the stage.
Playing tops one-on-one is good but when four tops are jumbled up and crashing with one another together, it will turn out to be an interesting fight.
After you throw them, the tops will crash into each other and suddenly be sent flying outside of the stage, you won’t know what’s going to happen.
As everyone is winding up the string while being excited, the front door suddenly opened.
「Darn it! They’re taking advantage of me and even unwilling to part with a few grains of rice!」
Torr enters the living room while squaring his shoulder.
He got something that looks like grains of rice in his hand, so it seems like he was able to get his hands on some rice.
He broke Ema-oneesama’s favorite cup after all.
If they knew that he was this desperate for some grains of rice to repair the cup the villagers will just take advantage of him and ask for unreasonable things from him to share some rice.
As expected from the villagers of Koryatt. Everyone has a 'nice' personality.
「Hey, Torr. Come here quickly. We’re going to make our tops smash into each other!」
「What the heck is that! That sounds interesting! I’m gonna repair this cup with the rice now, so let me join!」
When I called out to him and told him that, there is a sudden transformation on his face, from anger to a smile.
After that, Torr put some rice on his finger and slowly put it on the broken cup’s handle……
……this takes too long. I wonder how long will this take?
Perhaps the other three are also thinking the same thing that I’m thinking since we are all staring at Torr impatiently.
「Come to think of it, Torr still couldn’t throw a top properly didn’t he?」
「Yeah, so Torr can’t join in crashing our tops together」
Asmo follow up and added up on my small muttering.
Roomba and Gates also nodded, looking as though they agree with it.
After confirming everyone’s intent through eye contact, I took a deep breath and say,
「Yoーsh! Ready, set――go!」
「Hey wait! I still haven’t joined in yet!」
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「I’m backー」
「Kaasan, it looks like there are guests」
「Ara? These are Alfried-sama and Asmo’s shoes, and……whose shoes are these?」
We’ve been playing around with tops for some time now. And the bright sky has become dark right now.
Torr’s front door opened, and we can hear someone return.
「……so they finally came back already……」
Then, Torr - who is sensitive to those voices - stiffened.
……that reminds me, there was the possibility of our sisters knowing about our complaints after passing through those women.
It makes me depressed when I remember that.
We heard their footsteps approaching *tosutosu*, and Myula-san and Ema-oneesama entering the living room.
They really look similar when walking side-by-side like that.
As for the yankee beside me, I really want to thoroughly ask him for about one hour whether they are really of the same family or not.
「Please excuse my intrusion. Myula-san, Ema-san」
「Ara, good day Alfried-sama. I see you are coming to our house. It’s an unusual combination this time」
「Hello, Alfried-sama」
Myula-san and Ema-oneesama answer with soft smiles on their faces.
Aah, as expected, it’s really nice.
If only my sister is also as broad-minded and kind as Ema-oneesama, there’s no way I will ever complain about her.
「I’m Roomba. I’m sorry for the intrusion」
「My name is Gates. Forgive me for intruding in your house since daytime」
「So it’s Roomba and Gates! Thank you for always hunting the monsters outside of the village」
Myula-san was surprised to find Roomba and Gates in her house, but it seems that she knows about what the two of them were doing daily, so she started talking to them naturally.
Meanwhile, Ema-oneesama calls out to Torr.
「Torr, can you come here for a sec?」
「……what, what is it? You’re making that unpleasant voice. I’m still at the good part, you know」
He probably only has bad memories.
Torr answered with a stiff voice and appearance.
On the other hand, Ema-oneesama is smiling, but she looks scary.
「……finish it quickly」
「O, okaーy!」
Torr left the living room as he folded his arms behind his head even while his face turn pale due to the mysterious pressure from Ema-Yoneyama.
Then Ema-oneesama gently put her arms around Torr’s shoulder, but somehow, they look like the Death God’s sickle for a moment.
Aah, I knew it, that guy might be in trouble today……
As I sent him off while thinking about that kind of thing, Ema-oneesama showed her face as she return to the living room.
「Ah, Alfried-sama. Eleonora-sama was looking for you, so I think you should return soon?」
「……a, ahaha, thank you. Then, I think I will excuse myself now……」
Aah, looks like I’m also in trouble in the end.
The words I said became weaker in the end.
……I, I don’t want to go home today.
「Ah it’s about time for dinner! We will also return then!」
「Right. My wife is making a meal and waiting for me after all」
And that’s how me, Roomba, and Gates decide to go home from Torr’s house.
On the way home after separating from Roomba and Gates.
As the sun has gone down, I would always use Teleport to reach a place near the mansion at this time of the day, but it feels depressing to return to the mansion, so I walked with heavy steps to the mansion.
But, such resistance is useless. As long as I continue down the road from the Koryatt village, I will easily reach the mansion.
Looking up toward the gate of the mansion, I look up to the reddening sky in a daze.
It’s not too late right now. Should I escape using Teleport to my own room?
No, Eleonora-neesan still has that abnormal perception of hers, so I will immediately get captured. No matter what I do, I won’t be able to escape.
As I try to open the gate even while giving up, the gate starts to open by itself in front of me.
Did Bartolo or Sara - who was working in the garden - open the gate for me?
As I raise my face while thinking about it, the one who came out from the gate in front of me is someone with reddish-brown hair tied at the back of her head, my sister - Eleonora-neesan.
As she saw me, Eleonora-neesan grins and say,
「Al, welcome back」
「……I’m back」
Oh, could it be that my complaints about Eleonora-neesan hadn’t been spread around?
There was that girl’s gathering before, so I thought that it would naturally spread among them.
In any case, Eleonora-neesan is now smiling. Guessing from her expression, it looks like there’s nothing happened in particular.
I’m sure she was swinging her sword in the garden, and then she felt like opening the gate since I’m coming back, right? Since it’s Eleonora-neesan, I guess she can show some consideration for others, eh.
「――did you just think something along the lines of ‘I can show consideration for others’?」
The moment I heard the unexpected words she said along with that smile of hers, I started running away.
But sadly, Eleonora-neesan's slender arm grabbed my neck.
This is bad! I got caught by the Death God’s sickle!
『You have to be careful with what you’re saying to women, y’know? Those people will spread that information at such a tremendous speed, yeah?』
『That’s because chatting is like a stress reliever for a woman. I often heard rumors about Torr, Asmo, and Al, y’know?』
Roomba and Gates’ words crossed my mind and fades away.
「Hi, hiiiiii! Help! 」
「What are you so scared of? If you want to complain about something then I will listen to it, okay? But well, I’m not kind and sloppy as Al said, and also don’t care about others, right?」
……aah, I miss the time when I played the tops as they crashed into each other with everyone.
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