<Author’s Notes>
I was busy celebrating my birthday so I didn’t have the time to write, so today’s chapter is a short one.
As I was moving around the party venue greeting people I saw, I suddenly spotted a group with an unusual combination. The people I was looking at were a group made up of Shigenobu-san, Hannah-san, Rei-san and Fia-san…… those people making a group is not unusual. I had heard from Shigenobu-san and Sieg-san that Rei-san and Fia-san used to be Shigenobu-san’s old traveling companions, so there was no question why they were together.
What was unexpected was Chapel-san, the manager of the Monster Racetrack, being there with them. And since they seemed to be quite friendly with each other, I wonder if they might be acquaintances.
[Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming today.][Ahh, Miyama-kun. Thank you for the invitation.]
[Ou, making rounds must be rough, isn’t it?]
When I approached them, Rei-san and Shigenobbu-san were the first to respond, and the others greeted me in turn. Of course, Chapel-san was among them.
[Good gracious, even though we have only been acquainted through the purchase of the Behemoth, it’s an honor to have been invited to this event.]
[Since this is my first time hosting a party, I sent invitations to everyone I know who I could contact…… but this was a combination I hadn’t expected. I mean, is Chapel-san acquainted with Shigenobu-san and the others?]
[Hahaha, how should I say this…… We’ve got a bit of a rotten relationship.]
In response to my question, Chapel-san gave a wry smile and nodded. From this feeling, I think that Chapel-san might also have been a travel companion of Shigenobu-san.At first glance, it seems that there might be a considerable age difference between Shigenobu-san and Chapel-san, but in this world, there are many people whose appearance and age don’t match, so it’s hard to judge based on age.
[Well, Miyama-kun, as you probably figured out from our conversation just now, Chapel-kun is also one of our traveling companions.]
[If we were to exclude our children and grandchildren, he might be the youngest among us traveling companions.]
Hearing Fia-san and Hannah-san’s words, Chapel-san smiled with some embarrassment.
[Well, even so, for that vase maniac to now be the manager of the Monster Race, I never thought I’d see you again in a place like this!]
[Wait, Shigenobu-dono…… Please stop with that weird way of speaking. It might make Miyama-dono misunderstand some things…… To briefly explain to Miyama-dono, who is unaware of the circumstances, I was born into a family of traveling merchants. When I was young, I saw a beautiful vase at one of the trading destinations and couldn’t forget it, so I joined Shigenobu-dono and the others on their journey to find it.]
[Ahh, I see……]
[It took a considerable amount of time, but I eventually obtained the vase I was looking for. After that, I left the journey and returned to my homeland, the Archlesia Empire. Through various connections there, I was eventually appointed as the manager of the Monster Racetrack.]
This is a very unexpected turn of events. From the way he spoke earlier, I got the feeling that they had not met since he left their journey.
As was the case with Kaori-san, there are a certain number of people who don’t have a hummingbird, so contacting each other must have been difficult.
Well, whatever the case may be, I am very happy that they were able to meet again because of this party.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [Isn’t the period until reappearance longer than that of Seigi-san?]
