“Ehm…… Come, inside”

　We were invited in…… I was so desperate to escape from the heat that I completely forgot that this is a witch’s house.

　……Is it really alright to go inside now?

“Excuse us~!”

“Please excuse us”

“Pardon our intrusion”

Even though Erin knows the matter of the witch, she entered without hesitation…… No, she just forgot it, didn’t she? I can’t tell this matter to the others like this.

　…… Alright, looks like nothing happened even after everyone entered, Now that the security is confirmed I can enter without a problem.

　――Hmpf, the inside seems like any ordinary house…… Mu?

“Hey, aren’t there any other people?”

“My parents, ehm…… had an accident…… so I live alone…… in this house”

“Hmpf, is that so?”

…………………………Ah.

“Dale……”
“Dale-dono……”

“Sir Hero……”

　Don’t look at me with such cold eyes! Even I understood that I said something wrong!

　I’m reluctant to lower my head to a human but it can’t be helped. That’s what these eyes looking at me also indicate……

“Ah~ Ehm~……I didn’t know……I’ve been careless, I’m sorry”

“Ah…… No…… I don’t mind…… Well then…… This way”

“Ah, yes……”

　……What’s with you?! Didn’t I apologize?! Why is the atmosphere still so heavy?!

“”””……””””

This silence is painful…… Too painful…… I didn’t know it was like that, so it’s not like it could have been helped, right?!

“Ehm……I am sorry, but……there’s only this room…… with only straw on the floor…… where you can sleep in……”

　It’s really only a room with straw on the floor.

　Though you can’t call this luxurious…… No, I’m not in any place right now to say that.

“No, don’t worry about it as long as we have a place to spend the night we are happy. We are thankful to have a bed, right, everyone?”

“Eh? Ah~ that’s right!”

“Ah, yeah! I love straw beds~!”

“U, umu. Isn’t it fine enough?”

　Those guys don’t want to change the topic at all, do they?…… I’m getting impatient, you know?

“Is that so?……Ehm, I’ll go prepare the meal…… so if there’s anything, please call.”

“Ye, yeah. Sorry for that”

　She’s gone.

　A meal, huh. Will something like a snake or a frog appear?…… Hm?

“””Staaaare~~~”””

　These guys, they are still staring at me with those eyes!!

“You ********! Don’t look at me with those eyes! Why aren’t you happy?! Why didn’t you say anything after me in the first place?!”

“Dale-dono, as you were the one to say it you should do something about it on your own.”

“That’s right, that’s right”

“Right~ right~”

　Theeeese guuuuys!!

“That’s why I apologized though reluctant! Was that wrong?!”

“You were reluctant to apologize in that situation?! What are you saying?! Please think about Felicia-dono’s feelings!!”

　I mean, a human’s feelings are a mystery to me, how could I possibly say that to them?

“No, but, you see–”

“Hey~ Hey~ just leave that idiotic guy, there’s something I’ve been thinking about”

　The mood and this conversation were completely overthrown. This spirit really is too free-spirited……

　Rather, idiotic guy? Me?! You mean me?!

“……That’s right. Bertra, let’s leave this talk for later.”

“Haah…… Understood. So Erin, what were you thinking about?”

　Somehow it seems like I’m the only bad guy here…….

　What’s this? This unsatisfied feeling?

“So yeah, if Felicia is living alone here, I was wondered if she’s the witch”

　Oh, that, huh?

“……If she lives alone that might be the case–”

“Witch, you say!?”

“What’s with this?! I haven’t heard about that!?”

　Oh yeah, those two didn’t know about this.

　Explaining this is a pain, but…… It can’t be helped.

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“I see, so the gatekeepers said something like that.”

“It’s certainly suspicious for her to cover herself with that robe like that, but a witch?……”

“Did she put some traps inside the house?”

“It’s puzzling that she refused us at first though. Wouldn’t you use the trap right from the start?”

“That’s right, huh~?”

“”””Hmmm……””””

　We don’t have much information so we don’t know anything at all.

“Ehm…… The meal is finished”

“”””!?””””

　When did she come here! I didn’t notice her coming in at all!?

“S-sorry to bother you, having to come over just to call us”

　As expected of the old man, an immediate reaction.

　How shameful…… My heart nearly jumped out of my mouth.

“Don’t be…… Ehm, what’s wrong with that person?”

　What’s wrong with who? What is she saying?……Wha?! That Erin, she was trembling with only her head inside the straw!! As I expected she’s overreacting!

“Eehm, this is~ you see~…… Right! There’s a tradition in her tribe where they aren’t allowed to let others see their tears! She was so happy about having a place to sleep and getting to eat a meal that she cried and she is now trying to hide her face because of that! Don’t worry about it!”

　I was desperate. Although it was me who said it, but who the hell would believe this?

“My, for there to be such a thing…… Then, after she has calmed down….. Please come over.”

　Eh? She believed that? She didn’t seem particularly different than before though.

　For her to believe something like that, what a strange girl.

“Dale-dono…… It seems like…… I haven’t heard about that before though?”

“…… I hope so. Hey, Erin, get your head out, she’s already gone”

“Moga,moga……Puha!”

　The only thing great about that fellow is that her ears are great.

“Hey~ hey~ Dale”

“Hm? What?”

“Do spirits really have such a tradition?”

　You are more stupid than I thought.

“…… It was a lie to deceive her, isn’t that obvious? Why did you even think about asking me about the traditions you have in the first place?”

“Right~? I thought it was strange.”

　Good grief, this lass…….

“Haah…… Let’s be more cautious for the time being”

“Right”

“Indeed”

“Got it~”

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“Yaaaaaaaay!! Food! Food!”

“This looks delicious!”

“Ooh! What an appetizing meal!”

“This is!!”

　Before my eyes was a proper meal, something I wasn’t able to taste in the past week!! Is that what one calls happiness?!

　Eh, wait, wait! What would happen if I suddenly let my guard down?! I’ve lost control over myself after seeing this feast before me, how dangerous…… Looks like the others have also pulled themselves together.

“Hm~! Delishiiiiiiiish!!”」

　—-Except for this idiotic Spirit……

“Nom, nom! You all should eat too! Nom, nom! It’s really delicious!”

　……Looks like there’s nothing abnormal about the meal.
Alright! Now that I know that it’s safe to eat, thanks for the meal!

“Let’s see, let’s see……Hamu, ooh! Delicious!”