Hmm, it's still not like a stereoscopic image, is it?

　I twisted my head as I looked at the image on the screen. I'm not going to be able to get it to work.
　I've learned a new non-attribute magic, "Mirage". It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on it.
　It's a good idea to make amber as an experiment, but it's amber itself, no matter where you look at it from. It can be moved freely, but since it's an illusion, it can't touch things. If I made a phantom of a ghost, it would be quite scary. You would be surprised if it appeared out of the wall in a flash.
　I thought that if I enchanted this "mirage" into my smartphone's video playing app, it would become a 3-D image, but I tried it.

But it doesn't matter if you see it from the front.

　In the front of the room, there's a big screen of cartoons projected from my phone. But if you turn around and look at it from the side, it's a flimsy single picture. It only functions as a projector. Well, it's amazing just to be able to project it in the air.

"Hmmm...I guess we can't follow everything with data images. I guess I'll just have to use it as a projector after all.

　And just as I was thinking, I heard a knock on the door.

''Fuyao-brother, your lunch is...oh my God, what is this!

　Rene walked into the room and looked at the animation that was being projected in the air. Ember, who came in with her, was also surprised to see the image. Well, we don't have this kind of entertainment over here.

''Hey, hey, Fuyao-brother, what's this!
'Hmmm, a moving storyboard. It's a magical projection.
Huh.

　Glittering eyes kept Rene glued to the images. The animation is a very old-fashioned foreign animation of animals chasing each other. There's very little dialogue and the content is simple and easy to understand.
　Rene sits in his chair and watches it, engrossed. This is a body position that doesn't move anymore. It's a short story, and it's over in less than ten minutes, so it's okay. I notice that Amber is watching it too, absorbed in it. Weird tiger. But you don't mind that there are things like vacuum cleaners and refrigerators that people over here probably don't understand, but you're looking at them without a care in the world. Maybe they understand it in the "magic tool" category.
　Eventually, just as the end is about to come to an end, there's another knock on the door with a bang. Ah, bad premonition.

''Master~? Renee's over here... oh, my God, what is it? This!

　Cecil-san opens the door, sees the footage, and runs in. It's a bad flow, isn't it? Sure enough, Cecil-san also sat down next to Rene and started watching the anime.
　After one episode, "What's next? Not just the two of us, but even Amber gave me a look like that, so I had no choice but to put it on continuous playback and I left the room to get lunch. Even though I left my phone on the thing, it's "programmed" to come back to me whenever I call it up. It's a combination of "apports" and "gate. Just as a precaution against theft.
　Everyone on the terrace had already started eating. Today's lunch was a clubhouse sandwich, onion soup, vegetable salad and cheese.
　When I took my seat, I clasped my hands together to say "Itadakimasu" and then picked up a clubhouse sandwich and took a bite of it. Yes, it was delicious. I can't get enough of the juicy chicken and tomatoes.

'What's going on with Rene and Cecil?'

　While pouring the fruit juice into my glass, Lapis-san frowns at the two people who haven't come around. I'm afraid they'll get angry at me if I don't, so I'll have Lapidus-san become a part of the same hole.

I'm asking you to help me with my magic for a bit. Lapidus-san can go to my room, too, since it's fine here.
Huh...?

　Lapidus-san goes back indoors from the terrace with an incomprehensible look on her face. If you see that, you won't be able to move for a while.

What are you going to do in the afternoon on a winter's night?

　Else cuts me off while drinking tea after dinner.

''I'm going to go pick up Yashen's sword today because it will be ready. Speaking of which, when should I go say hello to Shigebei-san and Shichie-san? Oh, I have to go to Else and Linse's uncle's place too.
I don't mind our place later. My aunt and uncle would be devastated if they found out I was marrying a Belfast princess.

　Else and Linse came from here, in the Kingdom of Belfast's neighboring country to the west, the Imperial State of Lefries. They were raised by their uncle and his wife who ran a farm in Colette, a small town on the east side of that country, as close to Belfast as possible, by their uncle and his wife. Both of their parents died of illness when they were young....

But I still had to go see them. You have to report to their graves too, right?
"...Thank you, Fuyuuya-san.

　Linse, seated across from me, smiles happily.

''Well, shall I go check on the maids?''

　After the meal was over, I walked into my room with everyone else and, as expected, all three of us were engrossed in watching the anime. Ember was also on Rene's lap, looking at the images excitedly.
　Else and the others were also glued to the images, and when they all finished watching an episode together, they ended the app. No, there's no end in sight.
　I managed to break it up with everyone complaining and booing, promising to show it again after dinner.
　It seems that people in this world are as hungry for entertainment as ever. I wonder if they don't do much "playing" when they grow up.
　Well, in a world like this, they may have so many things to do to survive that they don't have the time for it.



　I take Yae and transition to Yisheng's sword smith who asked him to make it.

''Excuse me, I'm here to receive your sword!
Oh, here you are. You're doing exactly what you promised.

　The master appeared in front of the store holding two swords, one large and one small, housed in a vermillion-painted scabbard from the back of the store.
　Yae received the swords and slurriedly pulled them out on the spot to check their contents. The silver blade shines brightly and has a beautiful blade design.

It is light, that it is. As expected of Mithril.

　Hyundai swung it around a couple of times to check, and Yae delivered the sword. He inserted it along with the wakizashi at the waist, lowered his center of gravity and drew the sword again like an iai. It's fast.

"There is no problem. A good sword, that it is.
Thanks.

　The master chuckles at Yae's praise. Apparently, it was true about his skills.
　I open the "storage" and take out the reward mithril. It's twice as much mithril as I entrusted to you when I first made this sword. When I handed it over, the master looked at me in surprise.

''Hey, hey, isn't this a bit much to ask?''
I don't mind. I may ask you for more help in the future. I'll let you know.
I see. Well, I'll take it then.

　The master laughs as he holds a lump of mithril in his hand. This is like an upfront investment. I'm sure there are many things I could use help with in the future with such skill.
　We said goodbye to the master and left the blacksmith shop.



　When dinner was over, everyone rushed us to hurry up, and with the promise of just three hours to spare, we fired up our video replay app.
　A large screen appeared in the room with the lights turned off for easy viewing. It's the same animation as before, but this time it's a long film and is about an hour long. The content is not a contemporary drama, but a fantasy story, so it will be easier for people in this world to accept.
　In the room were Else, Linse, Yae and Yumina and the maids of Lapis-san, Cecil-san, Rene and Sheska, as well as Julio-san, Claire-san and her husband, and even Lime-san. There's also a trio of amber, coral and black summonses. It's a bit of a movie theater. I'm sorry that Huck is the only one left out of the group since he has to work as a gatekeeper.
　But everyone is watching it intently. I thought there wasn't much entertainment in this world, but maybe there aren't many sports like baseball or football either. Games, comics, plays and so on. Come to think of it, I have not seen a novel. I think that there was a biography or something.
　Huh? Considering that there aren't many sports, I wonder if there are any athletic events here. I'm sure there's at least "running around" because kids in town used to do it, but I wonder if there are any other sports. A cavalry race, a bread-eating race, an obstacle race, and so on. Oh, and relays, too. It would be interesting if the whole town got involved. Split into red and white.
　While I was thinking about this, I was watching everyone absorbed in the animation screen.