Year 7444, Month 5, Day 29
After seeing off Miduchi I returned to "Boil Manor" again to leave my bayonet, changed into my under-armor, and put my rubber protectors on. I went through that sort of thing. I do have the feeling that I can afford to rest from my training for today at least but I can't let my greatest asset my value get weak. I'm considerably mentally exhausted but if you were to ask if I'm physically exhausted that isn't the case. I walked countless Km inside of the dungeon but my body has already reached the point where something like that isn't much at this point.
Since it seems my training time was a bit later than usual Angela came to get me from "Shuni". Angela was waiting while looking tired in front of "Boil Manor".
"Morning, is the alcohol all out?"
"Yes, I'm alright."
After exchanging greetings in order to warm up a bit we slowly ran towards the outer crater. Once we entered the summit {training road} (the name I'm calling it) we raise our speed to the usual but for today I'll maintain this pace for a short while. I wanted to talk with Angela a bit.
"Hey~ Angela."
"Yes, what is it?"
"How, are you in regards to Giberuti?"
"..What do you mean by how?"
Her face is a bit red. Either she's embarrassed or it's simply from the running?
"No, when you tried to rescue me, you guys did it right?"
"Well, we're the same race after all, I wasn't against it. If that wasn't the case then even if it was me I wouldn't so easily.."
"Hm~n."
You say that but when you're out of mana you feel like anyone is fine as the partner. Anything that can be eaten, or anything that seems like it could be eaten you'll feel like trying to put into your mouth after all. Since she might have had a bit of reason remaining she probably avoided Zenom, Toris couldn't move from the pain of the bone fractures. Zulu was unconscious and couldn't move either. Since the only one remaining was Giberuti, I'm sure there wasn't any room for choosing.
Honestly speaking, I'm not such an ogre that I'd talk about the morals within the party when it comes to mana exhaustion. Even when it comes to me if the partner is a goat if it's biologically female when I'm out of mana I might feel they're fine to do it with. If there's someone who can unconditionally endure that I would respect them. However, you can properly remember the memories from that time and you can completely remember your actions and the things you felt at that time. What I'm worried about is whether or not you'll end up regretting doing it with a partner you didn't want to.
"Then I guess that's fine, sorry about asking something boring, forgive me...Let's go."
I said that and raised my speed.
We did one lap around the outer summit and then returned to Baldukk descending the road along the riverside. Roughly 25Km in just around two hours. Right now even if I'm fully equipped I can run mountain roads at this speed. Putting aside Zulu and though Angela isn't wearing any armor I'm amazed she can keep up with me. After we returned to "Boil Manor" I said to Angela,
"Wait just a minute."
and returned to my room before getting a rubber bag and returning.
"This is something that works as a substitute for a pig's bowels, there's 10 of them inside. You know about pig's bowels right?"
When I said that with a flat voice and no emotion and her face suddenly turned red,
"Eh? Ah..Ha.. I know but..that is...I, I haven't used them, very much."
She said it while quite embarrassed. What's with her, did she always have this sort of face?
"Nn? You don't know how to use it? Then hand it to your partner. Once you cut the seal use them all right away. The water inside is fine to lick but it rots easily. If it's during the season right now it would probably hold out about two days. Make sure you save the remaining ones. And throw them out. Also, the only one I'm providing these with is you. Don't tell the others about this."
"..Yes."
I handed Angela the rubber bag while her face was red and,
"Well, that is, how do I put it. I'm sure there are times when you want to let loose as well. Be careful not to get pregnant. It's not definitely safe with this but it's incomparable to not using them after all."
I said that and without properly listening to her response turned around and walked off. I'm sure it's my obligation as their owner to manage the slave's condition as well. But, I saw it, so you make that sort of face when embarrassed.
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That day after breakfast was over and everyone was relaxing and drinking some tea, I opened my mouth.