Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools Volume 4 by Hisaya Amagishi

Author:Hisaya Amagishi [AMAGISHI, HISAYA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

The sun began to set while Volf was changing in his personal room at the barracks. Just as he had finished and was about to step out, a knock summoned him to the door. Randolph, with Dorino behind him, now stood before Volf.

“We’re going out for food and drinks. Care to join, Volf?” asked the shieldsman.

“I’m more than happy to.”

“Shall I ask Kirk?”

“No, he’s gone back to his parents’ today since he has tomorrow off.”

Any other day, it would’ve been Dorino at the door, but now he was standing silently behind Randolph. “Something bothering you, Dorino?”

“No,” he said, but there obviously was. He was kicking his heels into the ground, something he only did when upset.

“All right. Hold on, let me grab my glasses and wallet.” He left his door open as he went to the back of his room. On the wall was the black coat made of sand lizard and wyvern skin—the very one he’d borrowed from Dahlia when a shower had come down all of a sudden.

Dorino saw the coat hanging there and narrowed his blue eyes. “You still have that coat. Hmph. It was a merchant who helped you after the wyvern incident, right? I remember you making a big fuss at the beginning, but you never mentioned it again.”

Volf looked away sheepishly as he stepped out into the corridor. He hadn’t told the rest of the squad who Dali really was. It would be hard to bring it up now, and he really didn’t want to have to explain himself. “Um, so the thing is, Dahlia is actually Dali, the one who saved me in the forest that day.”

“Bullshit. You said the merchant was a man. Chairwoman Rossetti don’t look like no man to me,” Dorino said, raising his voice just a touch.

“Well, think about it. She was in the middle of the forest when a man popped up out of nowhere, so of course she’d be on guard. Part of it is also so that I wouldn’t worry either, I’m sure. Anyway, afterward, I looked everywhere, hoping to get the chance to thank her, and that’s how we hit it off.”

“She gave an unknown man a ride in her carriage, offered you a potion and food, lent you the coat, pretended to be a man so you’d be more comfortable, and then left without telling you how to reach her again? Oh! How manly!”

“Randolph, ‘manly’ isn’t really a good choice here. You use it to describe—y’know—men,” responded Volf.

Because Randolph’s mother was originally from a neighboring nation and because he had studied in his homeland for many years, he was likely more familiar with that language. This was evident in his odd choice of words and expressions from time to time.

“I see. ‘How womanly,’ then?”

“No, that doesn’t really work either. ‘Cool,’ maybe? Hmm. What’s the opposite of ‘mannish’—‘womanish’? That doesn’t quite mean the same thing either... What is the right word here?”

Volf and Randolph racked their brains to no avail; in this case, two heads didn’t seem much better than one.

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