Trails with Cuddle-Cuddle Osbon
Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Helen
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Chapter 30 – Fufufu, son. It’s the May Field Study③ [B]
That night, Rean and his friends returned to the bar in Ordis. He placed the exhausted Gaius in bed and wrote a report with the rest of the group.
The group had decided to help Gaius, who had worked the hardest that day, during the incident at the casino. He looked out the window in the direction of the Juno Naval Fortress, ignoring Emma who was taking notes for Gaius.
“What’s wrong, Rean?”
“No, I thought I was going to fight Aurelia-san, so it was a bit of a bummer for it to have ended just like that.”
“No, no. It’s best not to get hurt.”
“I agree. But Aurelia-san seems to have also wanted to do it at first, so I wonder why.”
After the match between Wallace and Gaius, in response to Aurelia, who emitted a frightening aura as if she was going to fight next, Rean entrusted the flag to Emma and drew his tachi.
The soldiers of the Territorial Army were surprised to see that Aurelia was being serious, and Group A was also surprised to see Rean acting so seriously.
Just when it seemed like actual combat, in the name of practice, was about to start, Aurelia received a message from the servant girl, Musse. Upon hearing her message, Aurelia reluctantly concluded the training with the Territorial Army task to Group A, and that their day’s tasks ended there.
It would be a lie if they said that they weren’t curious about what made the Aurelia stop.
But just like the incident at the casino, there was nothing Rean and others could do at that moment, so they had no choice but to spend their time contemplating about it.
“I’m sorry, I’m going to go practice outside for a bit. I need to vent my motivation out. I’m also going to ask Musse to return Celine whom we entrusted to her, as well.”
“If you’re going out, make sure to take ARCUS with you, okay? Well, there’s no guarantee we will be picking the call, though……”
“Roger. I’ll be back in about an hour. Elliot, go ahead and take a bath first.”
“Okay. Then I’ll call for Rean when I’m done with my bath.”
“Please do. I guess it’s okay to wait until I get out of the bath to wake Gaius up.”
“Well then, Emma, let’s go take a bath too.”
“You’re right. Well then, Rean-san, we’ll be taking a bath first.”
“Okay, have a nice bath.”
Rean saw the three leaving for their baths and headed out with his tachi and ARCUS.
But before he could ask the owner of the bar if he could borrow the back of the bar, he heard a voice calling for him.
“Rean-san, so you are here.”
“Hm?”
The one who called Rean was Musse, who was holding Celine.
She had already taken off her maid uniform and changed into casual‐looking clothes.
The frills at her chest on her white blouse gave off a sense of cleanliness, the purple corset skirt highlighted her delicate waist, and the high socks wrapped around her slender white legs were also made of high-quality fabric.
Perhaps because she was wearing light make-up, the girl, who Rean had thought of to be younger than Elise, now looked like a girl of a similar age and overflowed with sensuality.
For some reason, Celine seemed exhausted but sleeping comfortably, so Rean was thinking of returning to the room first, but before he could, Musse had entrusted Celine to the owner of the bar.
Then, when she returned to Rean, just as he thought she seemed to go much closer to him than during the day, she suddenly held Rean’s right hand with both her hands.
She lifted her hands to his chest and looked up at Rean with moist eyes, showing an expression that would captivate anyone who looked at her.
[“Fufufu, son. To think that a young maid would be interested in you. Really, you deserve a respect as a man.”]
{“Even though you already have Elise.”}
Valimar, you……
But Rean was unfazed.
He did feel agitated when he held the hand of a person of the opposite sex (Beryl), but he wouldn’t hold such feelings toward a girl who was younger than Elise.
“Musse, what do you mean by this?”
“Ufufu, I’m interested in Rean-san. I have heard that men like things like this…… or do you prefer something like this instead?”
Saying that, she tried to take his left arm, but Rean quickly pulled back to avoid Musse’s embrace.
“You’re stingy……”
“If you really have to do it, then do it on my right arm instead.”
“You won’t reject it?”
“My left arm is already reserved for life.”
“Oh my……”
Musse smiled meaningfully as if she sensed something.
The real reason was that Rean predicted that if his left arm was really embraced like this, Osbon would end up in Musse’s face.
Rean couldn’t let a young girl do an irreversible act of kissing a middle-aged man doll.
Even if it wasn’t actually something that could be touched, there were many things he felt wrong just imagining it happening.
[“Fufufu, son.”]
Please be quiet.
Rean didn’t let Osbon say anything further, for the sake of Musse’s honor, and various other things.
While keeping Osbon’s mouth shut, Rean looked at the face of the girl who had guided them that morning.
Musse looked embarrassed and shy, but Rean couldn’t help but feel suspicious at her sudden change of attitude.
Perhaps she sensed the emotions on Rean’s eyes?
Musse made a proposal with a gentle smile.
“Would you like to walk around the town with me a little?”
“While you hold my arm?”
“Yes♪”
“…………Well, I guess it’s okay.”
I guess the practice swing will be postponed, thought Rean. As he watched Musse hold his right arm, the two set out into the town of Ordis.
It was already past dusk, and the orbal lamps illuminated the darkness of the night.
Musse’s appearance was eye-catching, and the number of stares, directed at the girl, increased as time passed.
Rean had already become a celebrity of the town, in various ways during the day, so it was unavoidable that the scene that seemed to be a student of a military academy having a date with a young girl would gather attention.
Did Musse do it on purpose or was it her true nature?
Although Rean had no idea which it was, he continued to play along in order to learn about the girl named Musse.
“Do you always do things like this?”
“What do you mean by always?”
“I’m thinking about how you may approach men that have approached Aurelia-san, to figure out their true intentions.”
“No way, am I that kind of cheap woman, you know? This is my private time, by the way.”
“It doesn’t feel like that at all, though……”
“Fufu, I’m just quite aggressive towards the people I’m interested in. Besides, if it’s countess-sama, she will make her moves personally instead of having someone else hook up in such a manner.”
“It certainly feels that way.”
I guess I can’t win against her verbally, was the conclusion Rean came to, in a short amount of time.
[“Fufufu, son. Leaving aside whether she actually likes you or not, what are you going to do?”]
For the time being, I’ll just keep walking and go to places with fewer people if I don’t think I could work things out.
{“Rean, could it be-”}
It’s definitely not what Valimar is thinking. Rather, you have been influenced too much…… It’s for me to make sure not to miss the moment. It will be troublesome if she got lost in the crowd after all. On the other hand, Musse might make her moves as well.
[“Fufufu, son. I think it’s better to proceed with your conversation, instead of worrying about such things.”]
No, since she’s still Aurelia-san’s servant, I’m sure she’ll attempt forceful methods if the moment called for it.
While Rean was thinking about that, Musse whispered in a sweet voice.
“Is something wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing. Is there somewhere Musse wants to go?”
”No, I’ll leave our destination to Rean-san.”
“Are you sure? I might suddenly take you to a dark place, you know?”
“Oh my, that sounds scary.”
The lines Rean said jokingly were let slide and Musse obediently followed him.
Rean ran a marathon in Ordis during the day, so he knew the places with less people.
Therefore, he headed there without hesitation.
Rean was wondering what to do with Musse, who didn’t show any sign of panic even as they headed towards places with less orbal lamps, when Rean suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye. He immediately let go of Musse from his right arm.
“Rean-san?”
Without having the leisure to look back at Musse, Rean ran as fast as he could.
His destination —— was a black-haired woman who sat down on the ground and was about to collapse, when Rean immediately supported her.
“Are you okay?!”
“………………uh………………”
[“She’s quite weak. It’s not a wound, but extreme exhaustion, so Arts would be of no help, and a hospital IV drip is likely pointless as well. It’s better to call Miss Emma and have her use recovery magic.”]
That’s quite far from here! Damn it, can I make it in time?
Rean operated ARCUS and contacted Emma.
However, she didn’t seem to answer the call at all, so Rean tried to contact Elliot and Alisa instead, but they also didn’t answer his calls.
Rean then recalled that Emma and others were taking their bath, and women tend to take long baths, and Elliot was probably chilling outside, so it might just be a matter of bath timings.
Musse also noticed the woman who had fallen and approached her.
She gasped at the woman’s appearance.
“Rean-san!”
“Musse, sorry!”
“Eh…… Kyaa!”
While holding the woman in his right hand and Musse with his left hand, Rean manifested power of ogre.
At the same time, he combined it with the Power of Ashen and summoned Loa Valimar’s upper body on the spot.
“T-this is……”
“Valimar, throw us to the bar!”
{“Understood.”}
“Eh.”
Ignoring Musse’s stunned voice, Rean’s body, while holding the two, floated from the ground.
It was held by the giant arm of Loa Valimar.
“R-Rean-sa——”
“Do it!”
{“Oh!”}
“K-kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa————”
Musse screamed as they were thrown towards the bar like arrows released from a drawn bow.
The armor of ashen blocked the air pressure that should have struck them, so it didn’t put any burden on the woman, let alone Rean and Musse.
But Musse, who was conscious, experienced a rapid change of night scenery and felt how it was to fly in the sky without the use of an airship—— however, it was more of an experience of a bird being blown by a storm.
“Again!”
{“Oh!!’}
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—————”
Since a single throw wasn’t enough, Rean summoned Loa Valimar again, waiting for the right timing upon falling from the parabola. Rean and others were once again thrown by Loa Valimar with all its might.
“One more time!”
{“Oh!!!”}
“AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—————”
By repeating this three times, Rean and others arrived at the bar in a significantly shorter amount of time.
Rean completely killed the landing impact using his power of ogre and physical technique, arriving at the bar while carrying the woman without smearing any stain on her. However, he hadn’t paid attention to the terrible mental damage Musse suffered.
Naturally, the guests around were surprised to see Rean and the others falling like a meteor, but Rean ignored that and headed to his room.
“Musse, are you okay?”
“Ah, ah, ah, ah……”
“Musse!”
“Y-yes!”
“Call Emma! She’s probably in the bathroom! It’s an emergency where a life is at stake!”
“I-I understand!”
In the meantime, as Rean was laying the woman on the bed and preparing ice packs and other tools, Musse rushed in, leading Emma, who was wearing a bathing suit but no glasses, by the hand.
“Rean-san, what’s wro——”
“Emma, please use recovery magic!”
“Eeh, but Musse-chan——this is!”
“Hurry!”
“I understand!”
When Emma turned her hand towards the woman, a healing light, from her witch power, which was different from Arts, enveloped the woman.
Musse was confused by the turns of events that had happened in succession and turned her head towards Rean and Emma in confusion, but the two didn’t have the leisure to respond to her.
Eventually, Emma’s magical light disappeared.
Even though she was breathing heavily, Emma smiled at Rean.
“I did it, somehow…… She’s now, stable. But we shouldn’t, let our guard down. If only there’s some potions, from the witch’s village……”
“Okay, I will handle that somehow. Thanks, Emma, it really helps.”
“Somehow, you say…………… I, under, stand……‥‥”
Perhaps she used too much power, Emma began to sleep quietly.
“Musse, I’ll be right back. Take care of Emma and the rest.”
“Eh, eh, eh?”
Rean put Emma in her bed and covered her with a blanket, then headed to Celine to get the witch’s potion.
After that, Rean explained the circumstances to Celine and asked her for her cooperation, and with the help of Osbon, Rean headed to the witch’s village, but because it was late at night with the lack of ingredients, he ended up looking for it all night.
As a result, Musse was questioned by Alisa, due to her suddenly bringing Emma away, and Elliot, due to her being the companion of the flag-bearing student Rean on his dynamic return. However, in a situation where nobody could give proper answer, Musse was cornered until Rean returned the following morning, experiencing immeasurable horror.
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“Truly, thank you very much……!”
The next morning, the woman (who was apparently a mother)’s daughter called Maya, a girl with black hair, like her mother, came to visit.
When Maya learnt that her mother was safe, she bowed to Rean and thanked him with tears in her eyes.
Apparently, she was worried about her mother, who didn’t come home last night, so she was looking for her alone.
It seemed she was only 14 years old, but Rean was impressed by her actions.
Since last night, Rean had been forced to spend all night searching for ingredients, so he was sleep deprived and had dark circles under his eyes, but Maya mistook them as effects Rean had put in to nurse her mother, so she was even more grateful to Rean.
“I just carried her to the lodging. If you want to thank someone, just thank Emma.”
“No, honestly, I think it would have been more dangerous if Rean-san hadn’t brought her here quickly.”
“U~hn, I was wondering what happened, so you were trying to save someone.”
“In that case, well, I guess it can’t be helped. Since it was an emergency, I guess you have no leisure to choose the means of transportation.”
“I feel sorry to be the only one who slept soundly.”
Group A did have some opinions about Rean’s action, but once they learnt the reason for it was to save someone, their anger quickly dissipated.
Musse, who could be said to be the worst victim, deluded herself into thinking that Rean’s actions last night were only a little surprising, when she saw Maya cry tears of joy.
“This is her medicine. Please have your mother take it once a day, make sure she gets enough nutrition and rest properly. Otherwise, things like this might repeat.”
“Yes…… But……”
“Are you worried about something?”
“My family isn’t very wealthy.”
“U~hn, so it’s a household circumstance. I’ll pay for her meals until she recovers. Since she is saved by me, it will make me feel bad if she gets sick again.”
“N-no! Even though we already owe a lot to Rean-san…… I will do something about it.”
“No, considering Maya’s age, is there even a job with a good pay you can…… Musse, can’t you do something about it?”
“Eh, let’s see…… then I can provide you with money as a loan. Then, how about working to pay it back?”
“Is there work I can do?”
“Yes, I will have to ask you a lot of questions about what you can do, but you can work for the Egret Family——”
Not only did Rean not hide anything, he even did things to save the life of a woman that even Musse thought couldn’t be saved.
Emma seemed to have some sort of mysterious powers different from Arts, and she seemed to be keeping it a secret from everyone except Rean.
The medicine that was said to be brought by Rean from somewhere also seemed to have some sort of special circumstances surrounding them.
I see, it certainly seems to be a strange connection.
Perhaps if it’s this person……
A glimmer of hope was born in Musse’s heart, who was about to give up.
It was a trick play to pry open the jammed board from the outside of the board.
She wondered if Rean Schwarzer had that.
Perhaps it was just a matter of fact that she couldn’t predict the situation last night.
But Musse decided to include a certain task today.
No one knows what will happen because of that.
But if possible…… As Musse wished, she was thinking of a way to save the girl who was now thinking of her mother.
Author Note:
Apparently, there was a certain student who never stayed in the inn, every night.
Maya was my favorite student in the Thors Branch Campus, so I brought her in early.
During the marathon in the branch campus, I found the sleepy eyes she showed in her room so cute.
In addition, it was said that her mother died two years prior to Trails of Cold Steel III, so thinking that it was possible to save her, I edited the plot into which one that her mother survived.
This was actually one of the reasons why I chose Ordis as one of the locations in the field studies.
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