「Roast-oneesan, you said master came……? Thanks for your hard……work? Madam!?」
「Eh! How can you go to this disgusting place! Please have seat please!」
「What’s disgusting with my store!?」
From the owner’s hand, a dish towel flew and hit the drunk girl’s face, who instantly became nervous as soon as she saw Laura-san standing behind me.
What an exciting restaurant.
「From what I heard, you’re drinking on tab?」
「Ehehehe. It’s easier to pay that way. They only need to bring the amount to Chicken and she only needs to deduct it from my pay check.」
「That’s one way of thinking……」
「So, do you want to eat something? The sake here is diluted with water but the stew is awesome.」
「I didn’t dilute them! B*tch!」
Along with those words, a wooden cup flew from behind the counter and hit Roast’s head with a thud.
Correction, this is a rough place.
「We’re not here to drink. We came here to give you this.」
「Eh? What’s this?」
「Tickets to the theater the day after tomorrow.」
「Ah, I see, sorry for troubling you to come all the way here.」
Roast said something like that as she tucked the ticket firmly into the inside pocket of her coat.
「You are not allowed to drink on that day.」
「Understood」
I’ve said all I have to say so I tried to turn around to leave but Laura-san pulled the hem of my jacket.
「Yeah?」
「You’re pretty forgetful, aren’t you?」
Ah, right.
I have to ask her where Pickles or Vongo is.
「Roast, do you know where Pickles or Vongo is?」
「I think both of them are off today so they should be anywhere. Vongo seems to be cooking on her day off so she should be at home.」
「Where is Vongo’s dormitory?」
「Blue Spear Dormitory, three streets north.」
「Blue Spear…..thanks, we’ll take our leave.」
「Sorry for bothering you.」
「Take care～」
「Take care！」
「Take care～!」
「Please come again!」
We left the bar, as Roast and the others walked us out the door and waved while holding sake bottles.
-0-
The entrance to the dormitory where Vongo lives was in an intricate alley.
It was strange to find a two story, recently built dormitory in the middle of the street, where many small, old buildings were densely packed together.
「Why did you bother build a dormitory in such a small place?」
「Even though it’s a small place, it’s a good location since it’s near the headquarters.」
As we looked up at the dormitory while talking, someone came out of the dormitory.
It’s a catkin who’s holding a handbag. She stopped moving for a few seconds as soon as she saw me and Laura-san and then bowed.
「………ah, master, madam, hello!」
「Yeah, hello.」
「Yeah」
「Is Vongo there?」
「She is! Vongo〜! Master and madam are here?!!」
The girl dashed into the dormitory and shouted loudly.
Don’t fall down.
「……he…..llo」
「Yeah, hello」
「You understand what she’s saying?」
「I vaguely do.」
Vongo, who’s wearing an apron, comes out of the dormitory as she tilted her head a little to our conversation.
In the past, I thought it was very difficult to understand her. However, after several years of being together, Vongo has become a little more expressive.
「What were you doing today?」
「…….co…..ok」
「Ah, you’re cooking.」
「………ne……zu」
「Rat? What do you mean? 」
Well, if you don’t get it, you don’t get it.
I took the ticket out of my pocket and handed it over to Vongo.
「Here’s your ticket for the day after tomorrow.」
「…….th…..is」
Vongo stared at the back side of the ticket and tucked it directly into the big pocket of her apron.
「Do you know where Pickles is?」
「………」
Vongo made a silent gesture with both hands as if she’s drawing a bow and arrow.
「Bow practice?」
「………」
When I said that, Vongo nodded.
Maybe Vongo would be better at talking if she’s a mute.
I thanked her, patted her head, and left the dormitory.
-0-
Speaking of the training grounds, training used to be held at the site where the theater was to be built but now that the theater has been built, the location was moved.
The site where the theater was built was in central city, the middle of the city, which was a super location. The new location is on the edge of the city, just by the wall.
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