The Cheat Plant Mage Hides to Live a Slow Life!! ～ I’ve Been Banished from the Court and Want to Raise a World Tree but my Territory is too Strong～

TN: I guess I overlooked this chapter when I was scheduling it(I usually schedule up to ten chapters in one go).
My apologies for that.

「…..understood」

Adel nodded.

She really seemed to have given it a lot of thought over the past few days.

「If you want to, you can always come to Togen Village anytime.
Frau and the others seem to respect you a lot too.」

「I-Is that so?」

「Yes, they do.
Also, this chicken dish….can you make it for me again? I mean this chicken soup.」

「Eh!!」

Adel turned bright red.

Tremble, trembletremble….she’s trembling.

「Ano, that is, you see, commoners want soup every day so, that, that….」

「Ah」

Darn.

Riito shuddered.

It’s not like I’m asking her to make miso soup for me every morning or some other cheesy lines.
No way! Though I must admit, it has been more than a decade since I reincarnated but the same phrases were used in other worlds too.

「I’m sorry, Adel! Forgive my sekhara-like behavior!」

TN: Sexual harassment

「Hara…..? I don’t know that but, well, I can’t give you an answer immediately.」

「That’s not what I’m asking! I don’t want to be court-martialed for disrespecting her imperial highness!」

「Are you asking about an illicit affair desu ne….!」

Adel, completely transformed into a girl in love while Riito became so impatient.
Navi was just staring at them while Frau had an obvious question mark over her head.

Navi made a human-like sigh which was so unlike of an artificial spirit.

「Good grief.
Master is really something desu ne.」

An artificial spirit actually commented like that but no one heard Navi’s words.
It was regrettable that the perceptive catkins had already returned to the Guild Autonomous Region first thing in the morning.

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Adel had finally calmed down and was drinking her after-dinner tea.

「It’s really a nice place.」

She muttered.

「To my regret, I have to return to the imperial capital soon.」

「Adel-san, you’re going home?」

「Yeah.
An imperial can only stay in the Guild Autonomous Region for 10 days at most unless they renounce their imperial citizenship.」

「What about Riito-san?」

「I have renounced my citizenship so there’s no problem.」

「Such a shame but….well, this is a good place for Riito-sama.」

Adel frowned.

After a quick sip of tea, Adel took a short pause before talking again.

「I’ll leave here tomorrow.」

「I see….will you come back?」

「Yess.
I’ll return to convince Riito-sama again.」

「You still haven’t given up.」

「Of course not.
No matter what anyone says, the absence of a brave is a loss to the empire!」

「Well….I think you’re overreacting.」

「Frau will wait for Adel-san to come and play with us again!」

Adel smiles at Frau’s innocent words.

During her stay here for the past few days, they seem to have gotten to know each other very well.

Adel, who always had a tense expression on her face during the warring era, was smiling as she spoke calmly with the young girl.

「Yes, I’m looking forward to seeing you again—let’s play at the same place again that time, Frau.」

「That same place?」

There was nothing but wilderness and mountains, so, is there a place where they can play?

「Yeah, it was hidden by a fallen tree.
It looks like a small pond.」

「Pond! A pond with water!?」

「Is there a pond without water?」

「Amazing.
Now we don’t have to rely on groundwater to supply our agricultural needs—」

For some reason, it almost never rains in this place.
Even if it rains, the land is too drained to retain water.

「Unfortunately, it’s a really small pond.….it’s like a hand basin you can find in Romancia Castle.
It is better to call it a puddle.」

「I-is that so….that is….」

「Right, I found something strange.」

「Hnn?」

「Some kind of emblem.」

「Yes, it is neither the emblem of the flowerkins nor a flowerkin character!」

「An emblem that neither you nor Frau has ever seen before.
I’ll go and have a look next time.」

「Yeah, maybe Riito-sama can find out what it is.」

「You’re overrating me.」

However, new discoveries about the land are always appreciated.

Next time, he’ll go with Frau though if possible, he wants to go there with Adel.

「By the way, Adel.」

「Yes…..?」

Riito proposed something to Adel.

She might return to Togen Village soon so Riito wanted to get some benefit from it.

「I have a favor to ask you.」