Heavenly Castle - Chapter 11

Morning, hearing the sound of the familiar alarm clock, I turn over while dozing off.

While I’m breathing comfortably, my mind also gradually wakes up.

I slept well. Recently I have been sleeping early since I was alone all along and I have a habit of falling asleep quite quickly.

Well, except for last night I had a conversation with someone after a long time so my tension has rose and it took quite a bit of time to fall asleep.

「Yosh, Let’s have breakfast.」

I raised my body up as I said that and crawled out of bed.

It’s not particularly because I will meet the girl, but today for some reason, I took a shower and shave my beard carefully. Black denim pants with light jacket for going out. My shoes is a bright brown leather shoes.

It’s not particularly because I will meet the girl, but I still have to wear a presentable outfit when meeting a person.

I walk softly and descend on the spiral stairway as if sliding, entering the elevator, I press the second floor.

「Ah, I wonder if she hasn’t woken up yet?」

It is now 6:30 in the morning. I may have been a little early.

「Well, is it okay if I wait and make a breakfast in the kitchen until she gets up?」

And, while I’m considering such thing, I arrived at the second floor and headed to the dining hall. Then, I notice the light is already turned on.

When I walked inside thinking that I forgot to turn it off, I found A1 in the kitchen. When I looked properly, it seems that Ayla is also there next to A1.

「Good morning. What are you doing?」

When I draw near and greet her, Ayla with a troubled expression raise her face as if startled.

「Ah, u, umm, good morning ……」

While I tilted my head to Ayla’s dispirited mood for some reason, I secretly look into her hand.

It seems like she’s washing. I guess it was yesterday’s dishes.

「I, I’m sorry…… It didn’t become very clean……」

When I look at her, there are traces of grime on her fingers. The sponge is still dry as it is and I guess she tried hard scrubbing with her bare hands.

「It’s okay, it’s okay. Please lend it to me.」

Receiving the dishes, I applied the detergent on the sponge and washed it with ‘sassaa’. The stain became hard to remove because I left it lying around yesterday, but it could not win against the detergent.

「I see, I should have done it like that, huh….」

I smiled awkwardly to Ayla who mutter that in a small voice and put the dishes I just washed into the dishwasher near the sink. Turned on the switch and turn around.

「Alright, it ends with this. Well then, shall we have a breakfast?」

「Tha, thank you」

Smiling at Ayla who lowers her head honestly, I headed towards the refrigerator while taking out another tableware.

Today is a toast that is simply smeared with strawberry jam. I don’t know if she can drink a coffee, I made some black tea. Just in case, there are also salads that only served vegetables that I prepare by hands, but the dressing is only a japanese style onion dressing.

「It’s just simple so I’m sorry」

When I sit on the chair and said that, Ayla shook her head to the left and right in a state of being ashamed.

「N, no, it should be me, I am sorry that I can’t cook…..」

「Areh? You can’t? You’ve cooked something before, haven’t you?」

「Ah, no, I just had to eat the meal that is usually already made so…」

I wonder if a village girl nowadays have never even cook a meal? It seems like they can do almost enough to be my cooking assistant in my impression, but…

「Well, let’s eat.」

I said that and decided not to worry, I begin to eat the toast. Sweet and sour flavor spreads inside my mouth.

「Ah, delicious……! This taste…Do you add sugar!?」

「Hmm? Was it valuable?」

「Ye, Yes. Now you can obtain it in a big city, but in the olden days it was only available in the Royal capital.」

While answering, Ayla is eating the toast in a trance.

Royal capital. I wonder if it is a country’s capital city of the monarchy?

Although she’s a village girl, I wonder if maybe Ayla is a young lady of a family that lives fairly near the Royal capital?

No, if she’s a young lady(ojousama), will she eat a bread with ‘gabugabu’ in this way?

Eating everything completely, Ayla brought the dishes to the big sink with determination. Her expression is flowing with fighting spirit.

I’m eating while watching Ayla to wash the dishes desperately, and then she approached to take my empty plate.

「Thanks.」

When I hand over the dishes and said that, Ayla nodded holding the dishes somewhat delightfully.

Washing the dishes thoroughly with ‘jabujabu’, Ayla looks at the dishwasher.

「There’s also one more on the opposite side.」

Because it is a big kitchen, there are two dishwashers. When I say while pointing at it, Ayla hurriedly put in the dishes in there and pushed the button.

After finishing the meal, the two of us head towards the elevator. A1 also follows as usual.

I wonder if it will move autonomously until I say ‘stop’ once he is activated? It sure is strange.

When I entered inside the elevator and tried to push the button, Ayla was observing me from the side.

「I was wondering whether I should show you around the outside.」

「Ah, please treat me well.」

「You’re too formal.」

While laughing, I pressed the first floor.

We arrive in the first floor and advance through the entrance laid out with carpet. More robots like A1 are waiting in front of the gate.

「Open.」

When I said that, the two robots turned around to the gate at the same time and slowly opened the gate.

「Three golems simultaneously……」

「Did you say something?」

「Ah, no, nothing!」

When I turned my face to her, Ayla stood up straight. She looks like she is in an army.

「Now then, where shall I take you?」

When we came out and I said that, Ayla came skipping with shining eyes.

「I want to see the white houses.」

「The houses? No one’s living there, you know?」

「But it was very pretty.」

「I see? Well, if you want to see it, shall we go?」

I said that and started walking, but Ayla who looked back casually was surprised seeing the castle.

「Uwaa, amazing……!! It is a castle with complex appearance!」

「Is it a different shape with the castle that Ayla knows?」

「Yes. It’s more square, the roof is also not very big. The window is also small」

「I see. I would like to see it.」

I muttered that and stared into the distance. Currently, I lower the flying speed and we are cruising towards the mountain. The forest below is spreading endlessly.

Glancing at Ayla, I wonder if she will teach me some things about the cities? I would like to see the townscape of this world no matter what.

Walking towards the east while I’m thinking such things, I moved up to the edge and gazed at the roof of every white houses.

「It’s right over there.」

Pointing at the bottom as I said that, Ayla’s eyes brightened up.

「Amazing. It’s a pure white townscape…..! Beautiful!」

I point out the way to go down to Ayla who is being deeply moved.

「You can go down from there, you know.」

「Is it okay to go there?」

When I pointed at the stairs, her reply came in a flash. When I nodded, she proceed to go down the stairs delightedly.

「Uwa, pretty……!」

Walking through the city while gazing at the pure white houses, she peeked the inside of the houses from the window and emitted a voice of admiration.

「I wonder if girls actually adores white houses?」

I try asking A1, but as usual A1 simply walks down the stairs calmly.

Moments later, I heard Ayla’s panicked voice from the front.

「It, it’s a wyvern! Taiki-sama! A wyvern came!」

When Ayla told me to look up, certainly a large wyvern is approaching. Circling in the sky as if a raptor aiming at its prey, it is rising up higher than the flying island.

「That is the biggest one I’ve seen so far.」

When I express such impression, Ayla points to the sky.

「It’s big! It was approaching closely to Reelabras Mountain Range, so I wonder if that’s one of the parents…..!」

「Aah, there was a flock of young wyverns last time. Then, that may be the mom or dad, right?」

Although I feel sorry for getting rid of them, I wonder if it will be okay if a wyvern that size collides with the barrier?

While I’m standing carefreely, Ayla looked at me feeling restless.

「Tha, that wyvern, if it came attacking, this beautiful townscape will…….」

Ayla says such a thing and seems really worried.

「Eh? That one? Is a wyvern scary or something?」

「Eh, ah, if one was a magician like Taiki-sama, perhaps you will beat it flawlessly and I will have nothing to worry about……」

She’s convinced, ‘Indeed’, by what I said.

「By the way, how much threat is a wyvern usually?」

「Eh? I guess, if, if they are the Captain of Knight Order or the Royal Court Magician of the Kingdom, they can probably fight evenly in one-on-one battle……」

「Hmm.」

She didn’t declare that they can win, just that they can fight evenly. And yet, she thought that I will be able to beat it flawlessly?

Apparently, she seems to be misunderstanding something and making large assumptions here.

「…. but, there’s no way I can explain it.」I muttered softly to myself.

「Tha, tha, tha, that! Taiki-sama!? Front, front! Look out—-!?」

I sighed calmly while looking at the wyvern losing consciousness as it collides into the barrier.