Chapter: 945

After the owner left, Astelle took a bath with the water heated by the maid and changed into the pajamas brought by the owner. It’s his wife’s plain white tunic.

After changing, she sent out the maid who served her.

“You must be tired too, go to your room and rest.”

After a while, Kaizen opened the door and came inside.

“Theor?”

“He’s in the next room. He’s completely asleep.”

Beneath Theor’s bed lay Blynn on a blanket. They were both exhausted, only the sound of calm breathing could be heard.

The maid who had gone outside knocked on the door again.

“It’s a mulled wine and meat pie.”

The maid put down a steaming glass of wine and delicious pies in a rough wooden bowl on the table beside them.

“Tell the owner I thank you.”

I didn’t even eat dinner properly, but I wasn’t really hungry.

Is it because I ate all the leftover sandwiches from lunch?

Kaizen took a drink instead of food. Astelle also brought the glass to her lips. The mulled wine melted the cold.

Kaizen smiled as he looked at her. “Having this kind of experience makes me feel like I’ve really been on a trip.”

“I trouble ordinary farmers for no reason.”

Kaizen will of course compensate them enough.

Still, nuisance is a nuisance.

The dark night sky was visible through the small window. It was still snowing outside steadily.

The side road along which the party ran was obscured by the snow and could not be seen.

“I will have to say thank you to the owner tomorrow. If we had gone on, we would have really gotten stuck in the snow and stayed up all night on the road.”

Astelle listened to Kaizen and tilted her glass.

Kaizen’s eyes went to the window then to the pies on the table, and then back to Astelle.

“Was it like this every year?”

“If you mean snow, yes. Next year will also be like this.”