The dinner with Mr. Krua lasted for the next hour or so.
　Mr. Krua. He's not a big drinker, but he drinks well.
　I had no choice but to drink along with him.

"God, Lelius. I haven't been drinking at all........

　I don't know what the fun is in saying that, but Krua-san laughs out loud.
　........yeah. It's troublesome, like when my father-in-law had too much to drink.
　I can remember my mother-in-law always caring for my father-in-law with a dumbfounded look on her face.

　........I wonder who would care for Krua-san?
　For example, does he live at home?　It's not good. I don't even know where Krua-san lives........
　Krua-san drank down the fruit wine as if it was the last drink.

　I mean, this is pretty easy to drink, not very booze-like. It's like a juice.
　I still don't like the particular taste of liquor, and I rarely drink it, but this one seems to have no problem.
　The bill........seems to have already been paid.

　I walked out of the shop while helping Krua-san with his shoulder.
　For now, I looked at Krua-san. He seems to be completely drunk. .........or is it better that he can still walk?

　I shoved half the price of the food I heard about earlier into Krua-san's pocket.
　He's probably too drunk to remember it anyway.
　Thank God for alcohol for that one....

Uh, Mr. Krua. Let me take you home. Can you tell me where it is?
Well, I'm with Relius.

　Sliding and hugging me. Oh, my tits are softly slapping my cheeks.
　How defenseless. I stop before the titty slap, but I quickly come to my senses.
　I shouldn't.

　She was drunk and complaining a lot about the other craftsmen, you know.
　I can't afford to be s*xually harassed.

"Lelius, Lelius...

　So please don't get too close to me.
　My throbbing heart jumps.
　It's such a shock to me that it destroys my reasoning, as I've never been with a woman before.

　But I ... I'm going to build a good merchant and craftsman's relationship with her!
　I walk through the city, awakening something like a craftsman's spirit.
　...........................What should I do?

　Where should I carry Krua-san to?
　The only thing I know about Mr. Krua's house is the warehouse.
　It's where my goods are stored, and if I can haul them there, I might be able to make it.

　Just think of what would happen if I carried Krua-san there now and there was nothing there.
　No, it would be great because every time I walked, my chest would hit my cheek, but there was no guarantee that Krua-san wouldn't get sick.
　As soon as possible, I'd like to get her laid down.

'Can't help it, huh?'

　It would be best to take them to our inn.
　........My parents might get suspicious, but let's just take it as it comes.
　I let out a small breath and then headed to the inn with Krua-san.


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　It was about twenty minutes after that when we arrived at the inn.
　It was because Krua-san had originally chosen that restaurant as a place close to my house.
　........That was a great help, but our inn is already closed for reception.

　It would be nice if there were extra rooms, but it's so popular now.
　In the past, it wouldn't have been hard to stay for a day or so, but now it would be difficult.
　.........You can stay in my room. I'll just rest in the waiting room, I guess.

　When I entered the shop with that feeling, I found Mea-san who was just cleaning up.

'Is that Lelius?　
'That was just fine, Miss Mair. If you could, would you mind helping me to care for her?　I'll be sure to thank you later...
What, she?
Yes, yes....

　Did he look like a man?
　As I'm tilting my head, Mea-san is staring at me.

".........or let me take care of her....... Jeez, why don't you just do it yourself?　It's her.
"...no, that's why I thought I'd have Mea do it.
What does this mean?　That's it!　You want to show me off!

　You want to show me how it's done?　What the hell is going on?
　I glance at Krua-san. ........She has a very selfish body for a woman.
　.........In contrast, what about Mea-san?　This one, of course, has larger breasts and such, but Krua's would be larger.

　Perhaps, as a woman, she might be concerned about those aspects.
　I don't mind.
　I'm not a tall person, so I still admire people who are bigger than me when I see them.

'No, I don't mean that. I thought it would be Mea-san....
Oh, that's right...
'I'm sorry I didn't think much of it. I should have considered Mair's feelings as well...

　I bow my head deeply, and Mea's eyes widen. Then he crammed in on us, his face bright red.
　Dust flew in the air. My mother-in-law would be mad if she saw me....

'Wow, you've noticed my feelings!
Um, well, you know, I'm sorry.

　...I shouldn't have said that much.
　I'm not a delinquent man. I remembered that Lynn had scolded me for it once.
　Mea was red up to her ears and was bobbing her dog's tail.

　She covered her face with her hands and bobbed her head.

'....Oh no. I didn't think they noticed....
"...Mr. Mare?
Hmm, baby?

　Aren't you a dog person?
　I check her ears and tail. I'm pretty sure it's Dog People.
　That's when it happened.

　Perhaps it was because of the noise, but my mother-in-law came down the stairs.

'What's going on, mare?
...er, uh, well!

　Mare looked at me in a panic.
My mother-in-law glances at the dust scattered about.
　Then she looks at the woman leaning towards me.

'Oh my, is that you, girlfriend?　You're already growing up. We'll have to get you one room!
No, stepmother. Don't you recognize this face?
'Oh, my God, I can't believe you're introducing her to me Lilina, Lugis, your son is an adult now.

　I'd appreciate it if you didn't introduce me to my parents.

After all she is, after all.............

　Mea's shoulders are slumped in a crumpled heap.
　At the same time, my mother-in-law winks at Mair, "Yes, that's right.

'Yes, that's right. It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with them. As I recall, she's a merchant, right?

　'If you remember,' he said, 'don't say anything else.

Yeah. I accidentally drank a bottle of alcohol and it went down. If you have an extra room, I'd like to rent it to you.
Oh, why don't you go to your room?
No, of course not.
All right, all right. I'll go get you some.
Please.
　My mother-in-law walked up the stairs in a hurry.
　Mea looked at me in surprise.

''Well you're not going out with them, are you?
Yes, although we're business partners.
...right. What a misunderstanding.
What is your mistake?
Hey, it's nothing. Don't worry about it.

　Mea shook her head happily.
　And that's when it happened. My mother-in-law glanced at the mare from the stairs.

"You're going to have to clean that up, aren't you?

　The smile was scary.