Seirei Gensouki Konna Sekai De Deaeta Kimi Ni
Back to the Village

Back to the Village

Part 1

Rio met in secret with the royal couple, once again, the next day after the match with Gouki.

「I heard the story. You beat Gouki, yeah. Nothing I can say except, amazing 」

The first sentence that came from Homura was praise and admiration towards Rio.

Before the secret meeting, Homura had already heard about the outcome of their match from Gouki.

Gouki, who was a famous swordsman in the kingdom, was beaten up by a young man who was only 14 years old.

Although he thought it was a joke at first, Homura was the one who knew the most that Gouki was not the type of person who would tell such a joke.

Although she needed a little time before she decided to accept that reality, just like that, she calmed down during the time before the secret meeting with Rio.

「Excellent, Rio. To the extent that you can beat Gouki it's 」

Shizuku praised Rio with a sincere smile, without any ill intentions behind it.

Different from Homura, whose praise was mixed with confusion, Shizuku was really happy for Rio's victory.

"Thank you very much"

Rio nodded his head awkwardly as he felt strange, due to Shizuku's heartfelt praise.

「Although I'm planning to get you to practice under Gouki, it seems you don't need to ……. . 」

Homura said that with somehow a lonely smile.

Since Homura's intention was for Rio to study under Gouki, in that case, it was important for him to stay in the royal capital, and with that, he was secretly planning to increase their secret meeting with Rio.

Since they were unable to reveal Rio's origins, for various reasons, and the excessive contact with Rio had to be held back, even so, there was still a feeling of wanting to meet Rio.

Although it was regrettable, it was probably for the best, so Homura forcefully suppressed his own feelings.

「That's not true, I also gained valuable experience. Because I never had a chance to fight someone like Gouki-dono. I'm really grateful for your consideration 」

Perhaps because he was aware of Homura's sentiments, Rio thanked him and lowered his head to Homura.

Although those words could be mistaken for sarcasm in some cases, deep gratitude could be felt from his tone.

「It ......

As it groaned, Homura agreed to one part of Rio's words.

Although in one part he was blessing the match with someone at Gouki level, there was a kind of indescribable feeling hiding in Homura's words.

There was no samurai stronger than Gouki in the kingdom.

And perhaps not even one if he searched in the neighboring kingdom.

Despite that Rio, was said to be stronger than that Gouki.

Although without that much ability, he would otherwise probably not be able to travel from the Strahl region to the Yagumo region alone, so it was inevitable that Homura felt awe at Rio, so, who prepared herself with a skill level at her age .

Maybe it just showed how talented he was, or how much bloody slaughter he had experienced, to be that powerful.

Although if there were no such complicated circumstances around Rio, it would not be strange if he thought of letting Rio take over the kingdom.

Realizing that he had accidentally made the king's face, Homura could only smile wryly.

「By the way Rio, how long do you plan to stay in this kingdom?」

To stop his train of thought as a king, thinking a little unnatural, Homura suddenly changed the subject.

Although she had already heard Rio's state yesterday, due to various circumstances, the atmosphere prevented her from asking and their time was limited.

Although he wanted to change his thinking, the topic he asked about did not change.

「I think I will stay in this kingdom until about autumn next year」

Rio answered smoothly to Homura's question.

The agricultural reforms he proposed and was in development were not yet over.

Rio was thinking of staying in the village until the next harvest, to confirm the result.

「Ho ~ h. Your stay is longer than my prediction 」

"Yes nih . Because I need help around the village 」

「Fu, I understand ………. . You are correct … . . 」

The complicated expression instantly disappeared from Homura's face when he imagined the figure of Rio working alongside the commoners.

It was a fact that Rio was an unofficial royalty, even if the current Rio had never been treated as royalty in public and perhaps in the future as well, it was natural that Rio lived without understanding the common sense of royalty.

Rio and Homura were living in different worlds.

Even Homura naturally understood that fact.

But, until she heard Rio's lifestyle for herself, Homura got the impression that Rio was living in the same world as her, deep in his mind.

Although she heard Rio's cruel past, she never thought that Rio's life wasn't lively until then.

It then became Homura's secret hope for Rio; it was his shallow mind.

Homura showed a bitter expression, as if embarrassed by his shallow thoughts.

「Sometimes it's okay. Just like this, won't you come to the royal palace and chat with us? 」

He understood that they would be a nuisance to Rio's daily life by calling him that.

Although they were unable to suppress the feeling they wanted to meet Rio again like that.

He wanted to have a conversation with Rio like that, even a little more, before he left the kingdom.

Even if it was for his own selfishness.

「It ..... good . If you're okay with me being in this place. 」

Rio replied calmly, without even realizing Homura's inner feelings.

'Even if I can't give you a guarantee for that promise', most of him thinks like that.

"I saw . Thank you very much"

Although it was an unofficial place, and even more so, forgetting his status as a king, Homura lowered his head to Rio.

Shizuku, who was sitting next to him, also lowered her head to Rio.

「Please lift your head」

Seeing them like that, Rio quickly asked them to raise their heads.

A noble should not easily bow their heads, just like that.

Although there were some exceptions, Rio believed that this was not the time for it.

「Nothing, because it will not change the fact that we took your time just to meet us, for the sake of our own selfishness. We'll probably just bring more trouble to you

"That's not true"

Rio clearly denied Homura, who spoke in an apologetic tone.

「If I really don't want to meet with you two, I will clearly refuse to come to this place」

Naturally, it was difficult to resist Gouki and the other atmosphere, who had come to call him to this place.

But, he really never thought of refusing to come to that place from the very beginning.

Rio came to that place of his own accord.

「Despite that I can barely feel anything, because the feeling of meeting my family feels a little strange to me, I still come to this place」

Section 2

Rio continued to speak, even though he felt a little embarrassed.

「Although I will soon leave this kingdom, I also feel a warm intimate feeling as a family member, even after this」

There was no doubt that she loved her grandparents, whether it was Yuba, Shizuku, or Homura.

They are the ones who have a good relationship with him.

And then, he wanted to ask for a story about his parents, which was unknown to him.

Such thinking is not strange, right.

「Rio ……. 」

Shizuku called out Rio's name, as if being overwhelmed by his emotions.

「Let's deepen our intimacy even if it's just a little ……. 」

Even Homura said that with a wide smile on his face.

A deadly silence descended into the room.

They could not even find a way to break that unpleasant silence.

Opening the conversation bit by bit, somehow created a pleasant atmosphere between them and before long they could chat normally.

The subject of the conversation centers around the happy episodes of Zen and Ayame and their common points to each other.

In that place and back then, it forbade abusive topics like revenge.

They simply did not want to talk about such a gloomy topic.

Just like that, the three of them continued their conversation with their hearts content.

「Although not much time left, can I ask about something?」

That warm time could not last forever; in the blink of an eye, the time for their secret meeting had ended.

After that conversation, Rio planned to stay one more night at Gouki house and return to the village the next day.

Later, although they exchange appointments to meet again later, a concrete date has not been decided, it will only be decided when Gouki comes to the village as a messenger.

Without knowing if they could meet again later, they had to say something they wanted to say back then at that place.

「Currently I live with a girl who is my uncle's daughter in the village. Can I still tell him about my identity? 」

Rio asked permission to tell Ruri about his identity.

Although increasing the number of people who knew about Rio's identity was not a desirable choice, she wanted to tell Ruri about her relationship with Ruri.

Although she knew she had a kinship with Ruri, Ruri was unaware of that fact.

Even so, Ruri still treated him as if he was her own family.

He felt guilty for deceiving the woman by always hiding the truth.

Although it was difficult to control how much information he could tell her, as it would only trigger more of her curiosity by saying the information was half-baked, as it was, in that case it would be better to tell him the whole truth.

Of course, there was a slight risk that would arise when he told her such information, it would not be a problem as long as Ruri remained silent with that information.

「Fumu. Cousin, yes. It's fine as long as he can keep it a secret. I put my trust in your assessment 」

Despite showing an attitude of pondering over it for a while, Homura easily gave his permission.

It showed how much she trusted Rio.

"Thank you very much"

The next day, after accompanying Komomo with his training, and a simple match with Hayate, Rio departed from Gouki's house and was seen leaving by the Saga family.

Even if that distance usually took half a day under normal circumstances, in Rio's case, he arrived at the village with just less than an hour's run.

「Welcome back, Rio」

As she entered the house she was used to, Yuba, who was sitting on a mat in the hallway, greeted her with a bright smile.

「Yes, I've returned」

Even Rio unintentionally showed a happy smile, upon seeing his smile, which was no different from before he went to the royal capital.

「It looks like you already know the whole story」

"Yes, that"

「Should I change my tone when it's just the two of us?」

「Anything except that,」

Rio refused with a bitter smile when Yuba told such a joke.

The Yuba laughed dryly.

「Even if Rio is a noble family, you and I are grandchildren and grandmother. That's what I always believed. You can maintain this relationship as long as you want 」

"…… Thank you very much"

After he nodded with a gentle smile, he sat down in front of Yuba.

「I received permission to tell my identity to Ruri-san. Is it okay to tell her that story？ 」

As they were conversing in lieu of their greetings, Rio suddenly raised the topic while looking at Yuba with a serious expression.

Yuba sighed deeply upon hearing the topic, while taking a glimpse of Rio's sincerity in his eyes.

「She's your relative. Seeing that you live under the same roof as this, he has a right to know. I'll support your decision 」

Yuba replied calmly after stopping for a few seconds.

Both of them looked into the other eye.

「Where is Ruri-san now?」

「She may drink tea with other village girls. He might be back soon if he hears news of your return from the villagers of 」

It was after the harvest time was over, the villagers found that they had too much free time.

Basically there was almost nothing to do, other than work in the village, there was nothing to do, except gossip among fellow villagers, when they lost that job.

Ruri, who had no job in the past few days, chatted among fellow village girls, in the same age group, as time increased.

「I'm Home ～！ Welcome to Rio! 」

Speaking of demons, it was quite true that Ruri returned shortly.

When she directly confirmed that Rio had returned, she greeted Rio with a smile like a blooming flower.

It's a bit funny that he welcomed Rio while he was the one who came back, so Rio laughed when he heard that.

"Yes nih . I'm back, Ruri-san 」

「Uhm! I'm just surprised to see how you suddenly went to the royal capital. Obaachan won't tell me even when I ask him 」

Section 3

Ruri shrugged, as if feeling dissatisfied with the fact that she remained in the darkness.

Although he did not directly ask what happened, it still made him feel worried.

「Actually, I just want to tell you about it. But, I have to ask you to keep the content of my story as a secret and never divulge it to anyone 」

Rio told her about his terms while showing a little apologetic face.

「U ~ hn, why?」

Ruri asked while tilting her neck, puzzled by that vague explanation.

「Subject I will tell you about is the main reason why I live in this house. And I can't tell you any further without a promise from you to protect this secret 」

Since he was unable to tell her about the recent events, he had no choice but to speak in a profound way *.

He had to confirm Ruri's answer. Rio looked at her face.

「. I promise"

Ruri gave her answer in a calm and deep tone.

After capturing that sincere look, Rio decided to tell the truth.

Rio recounted the circumstances that led to all the sequential events, one by one.

「E? EH? Rio is my cousin, but his mother is a noble ....... . , EH, EEEE ~~~ H! ？ 」

When she told him the fact that her mother was a noble, Ruri's face was exactly like a pigeon that had been shot with a rifleman. [TL: dumbfounded with her eyelids open very wide]

「E ~ hm, it's just a joke or what, right?」

As if to be sure of that, Ruri asked in a timid voice.

"That's the truth . Father Rio ........ your uncle is bound by marriage with this royal princess 」

Yuba gave a testimony about the truth of Rio's story with a sincere expression.

He could judge from Yuba's expression that he wasn't lying.

Then looked back and forth from Rio to Yuba's face many times.

「E-Eh ~ m, Ri-Rio ....... Same, Sorry TOO ME！ SORRY FOR MY MANY OPPORTUNITIES, NOW! 」

Ruri kowtowed before Rio as if bewildered by the sudden changes in various events.

She thought back to how she was too familiar in her actions towards Rio; when she thought about that, she was very rude to him.

「Please stop that. Please interact with me as usual! 」

Rio said that in a confused tone, as if trying to stop Ruri who was acting like that.

「T-But ………. . Rio-sama is a noble, right？ 」

Circumstances My circumstances cannot be known to the public. Something like royalty is nothing more than an unofficial fact, I never even considered myself a 」 noble

Rio said that while smiling wryly to Ruri, who was acting timidly in front of Rio.

「Because of that, please. Please treat me as usual 」

Rio face, reflected in his eyes, smiled wryly, as if feeling very uncomfortable. When Ruri says her true feelings to Rio, it is decided from the way she relates to him until then *. [TLC *:. , , ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ]

Correct .

Rio was someone who could handle everything perfectly, but he never acted haughty because of his talent.

Even if now he suddenly said that he was a noble, Ruri knew very well that he was not the type of person whose smell would change just because of that.

「Dpt Understood ………. . 」

With that, Ruri gave her consent.

His voice is still tense.

In the depths of his mind, he was still nervous.

「Your voice is stiff, you know?」

Rio pointed at that fact, as if making fun of him.

「AH, HA, .........

Although he almost inadvertently replied in a stiff tone, he somehow gave up and nodded his head while showing an awkward smile.

「Although it caused a big change when I suddenly became your cousin, please treat me well, from now on」

Rio lowered his head as if wanting to renew their relationship as a cousin.

But, his face was smiling widely.

「AH, U ~ hn. So ........ Me and Rio are cousins 」

Ruri lowered her head and blinked her eyes in confusion as soon as she raised her head.

The very shocking truth, about the fact that Rio was a noble family all along, made Ruri completely forget about the fact that she was her cousin.

First of all, Rio just wanted to convey his circumstances to tell him the fact that he was actually his cousin.

Even though he had expected it, Ruri's reaction to the truth was completely reversed. [TL: He should be surprised by the fact that he is his cousin first, then surprised by the fact that he is a noble. In this case, this is a retreat]

「So, a family other than Obaachan .......... AH, because I am older, then I am onee-chan, right ……. . 」

After she gradually understood what that fact meant, Ruri smiled happily as if being pleased.

「AH, sorry！ Uh ~ m, in this case I have to say please treat me well too! 」

Maybe because she thought too many things at once, she showed a slight loose smile, Ruri noticed the cute look coming from Rio.

When she regained her composure, Ruri bowed to Rio in panic with a slightly bewildered voice.

「……. Ah, even so, I want Rio to call me "Onee-chan" just once. Is that okay? 」

Maybe because something hit his head, when he raised his head, he looked at Rio with an earnest expression.

"Yes nih . If you're okay with that? 」

Rio also looked at Ruri with a serious expression.

Looking at that line of sight and for some reason making a slight theater-like cough, then he opened his mouth as if making up his mind.

「I'm not happy with that tone. Although I was cautious when I first met, there was no need to speak in the polite tone you used until now. Although I want you to be more intimate, because we are cousins 」

With a tone that was somehow dissatisfied, Ruri said that to him while pouting slightly.

「Ehm, it was already my habit, even before I came here. For once, there is no great reason to use such behavior when talking to someone, or speaking as such is .....** [TLC 、 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 、、 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ .].

Section 4

Rio explained his reason with a bitter smile, as if being humiliated by her.

Although that doesn't mean that he is a bad speaker, the way he speaks using polite language is already Rio's habit.

As long as the other party wasn't an arrogant person or child, Rio would have a hard time if he spoke to them in an overly familiar manner.

Although if he spoke informally, he would often stumble with his words, in any case he would only feel an unstoppable awkwardness. He kept remembering that it would be difficult to gain momentum by doing that.

「Isn't that a bigger reason for us, I mean, you're a younger male cousin?」

Ruri stared with a scornful look at Rio, as she could not agree with Rio's reasoning.

The time he passed and the kindness received from Rio was not small, he even received a lot of help.

Besides, isn't she also her younger male cousin.

However, Ruri felt lonely, as Rio spoke in a stiff tone.

When she saw Ruri's pouting look, Rio instantly felt embarrassed, looking at her expression as if he had become a little senile.

「……. . Sorry you are right . I will speak without a formal tone for Ruri from now on. Is it okay like that? 」

Rio said that while blushing shyly.

Although she somehow felt itchy talking like that, Ruri was happy with that.

「Uhm! 」

Ruri looked pleased while nodding excitedly.