The Seirei Gensouki Spirit Chronicles
Chapter 5: Misunderstanding

Shortly before sunset, after Ursula left, Rio and Latifa allocated rooms and arranged their belongings when they heard the voice of a girl from the entrance. Maybe it's Sara and the girls. Ursula had mentioned earlier that they would be carrying groceries. Rio rushed to the entrance and opened the door, and of course, there stood Sara, Orphia, and Alma.

“Goodnight everyone.”

“S-Good night!” Rio greeted them kindly, which the girls returned with great nervousness. Orphia smiled, but was a bit tense. Alma had a cold and serious expression, nodding her head as a greeting.

“I've heard the details from Ursula. Thank you for everything you've done. Please login.” While he was feeling a little uncomfortable with their reaction, Rio invited them all in. Three girls thanked him and hesitated to enter.

“Latifa, Sara and the others are here.”

“Halo, Latifa.” After being introduced by Rio, the girls greeted Latifa who was sitting on the sofa in the living room.

“Oh, hello again.”

Latifa responded politely, watching them closely to assess their mood. At some point, he was already somewhat close to them. He might be a little open when Sara and Alma received him while Rio was talking to the elders.

“Umm, Rio-sama. I'm sorry for the disturbance, but is it okay if we petrified you with your things?” Sara asked, nervously jumping into business.

“Of course. Please do,” Rio agree.

“Thank you very much. Orphia, if you want. ”

“Good. Let's start by moving food into the kitchen. Our own goods can come afterwards.” Sara and Orphia exchanged words.

Rio thought he heard something that he should have commented on in their conversation just now, but decided it must be his imagination. The reason for that was the fact that the girls seemed to be too empty-handed to move things.

“Umm, you all seem to be empty handed ... Where are the items? I can help bring him. ”

“Oh, don't worry. We have them with us. Orphia, please. ” Sara giggled by Rio's question, then asked the location of the kitchen and headed there. Rio went with the girls, wanting to know what they would keep there. Latifa was coming next to Rio.

“Dissolvo .” As soon as they arrived at the storage room, which was stored at a low temperature with artifacts, Orphia reached out and shouted some sort of spell. The space in front of his hands began to warp, bend, and twist until various foods suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

“Hah?!” Rio and Latifa eyes widened in surprise.

“What Orphia used just now is a magic artifact ... Space-Time Storage (Time-Space Cache). It uses the user's essence to create an isolated dimension in time and space with magic embedded in it, then pulls an item from the dimension when the user chants a certain spell, the source said,” interrupted Alma with a rather proud explanation, after concluding their reason for shock.

“Thinking of such an artifact exists .. it is incredible. Can folk spirits use space-time magic as well?”

“Iya. However, we are limited by how much energy is consumed. The only ones who can use it are those who have a large amount of ode. That was why high-quality spirit stones were needed to create artifacts with embedded space-time magic. ”

“Spirit stone? Not an enchanted gem, or an essence crystal? ” While Sara and Orphia started arranging the items on the side, Rio could not help his curiosity when he questioned Alma.

“Iya. This was a different object from the magic gems and essence crystals made from it. You might think of it as a superior version, to make it more spacious.”

“So so.”

“What is this..?” After finding an item that she could not let go of, she turned to ask Alma to identify it.

“It is the granules of rice husk thresher. This is one of the products of threshing, and we eat it by boiling or frying it. ” The word he used was not the exact same pronunciation as the Japanese word for rice, but from the description of how it was prepared, there was nothing wrong.

“Although we have ingredients prepared in a similar way, this exact item is not available in Strahl.”

“Toh it was originally grown in Yagumo region. If I remember correctly, it was taken to the village during a long history journey and we started to cultivate it. ”

“I'm looking forward to cooking and eating it.”

So, they chatted while working until they kept most of the food in the kitchen and returned to the living room. Latifa had been talking to Sara and Orphia as they cleaned up,

leave it open and feel a little more relaxed compared to when they first started

arriving.

“So, umm .. Rio-sama. Which room are we going to sleep in? ” After the tea was prepared and everyone sat on the sofa to breathe, Sara raised the topic somewhat timidly.

“...Huh?” Rio gawked at Sara's words.

“Eh? Umm, the chief elder ... Elder Ursula didn't tell you anything? ”

“Eh, tell me what?” He had a premonition of what was going on, but still asked to calm his heart.

“We were told to stay with Rio-sama in this house and present to the two of you ..” Sure enough, Sara's words were exactly as Rio expected.

“...... What? you're all gonna stay with us here? ” Latifa responded in amazement after a few seconds to think.

“Iya. Will it be a problem?”

“A-Will?” Orphia asked, prompting Latifa to stare at Rio who was sitting next to her.

“No, that ..” Expression Rio conveyed a sense of disapproval. Although they were all boys and girls, it was one boy and four girls– just imagining it made him feel tired.

“Erm, what is too much inquiring?” Sara asked Rio with an anxious face.

“... Umm, is everyone here okay with that?” Rio asked.

 “I was a man – and a man at that time, you know? If you come here on orders, then please do not force yourself to do this. ” His thoughts are that Sara and the others may not want to live together with a stranger like him.

“We're really okay with that! Rio-sama is a savior. And we cannot apologize enough for our very poor treatment. So we want to repent for our actions through this!” Sara insisted with determination, with Orphia and Alma nodding by her side.

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