Let This Grieving Soul Retire: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 13] by Tsukikage

Author:Tsukikage
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Led by Sitri, we spent about half an hour walking down back roads until we arrived at a cozy little house.

It wasn’t anything fancy, but it was far from shabby. There was no name plaque and it was the sort of unremarkable building you’d forget the moment you looked the other way. Walls lined the perimeter and the metal gate was shut tightly.

Sitri pulled out a jingling bundle of dozens of similar-looking keys and didn’t hesitate to select one before sliding it into the keyhole.

“I prepared this place because I was certain it would be useful to you one day,” she said.

“Look at you, stooping to lying just to earn points,” Liz said. “Don’t you have any pride?”

“Oh hush, Lizzy, it’s not like you’re being of any use!”

The key turned with a click.

“It’s a base for emergencies,” Sitri explained while opening the gate. “Nobody but me knows of its existence. If there’s any place better for you to hide then, hmmm, I can’t imagine it.”

“A base? Or a vacation house? And you bought this, Sitri?” I asked.

“Indeed. You never know what might happen in this day and age.”

Just what in the world did you have in mind?

This was far more than I would have expected. It was a small, sturdy house. There was even a garden. It didn’t seem like she was renting it, which meant she must have put a fair amount of money into this. Even I had been considering changing our base of operations once we all retired, but Sitri was operating on an entirely different level.

“You see, no matter how hard you try to avoid it, staying at a lodge will leave some form of trail,” Sitri said.

I wondered just what sort of pursuers she was anticipating. I had my doubts, but they just faded away when I saw Sitri’s effulgent smile. I was fine, I just needed to not do anything bad that might cause someone to come after me.

“If you’d like, I can prepare a new family register,” she said. “I already have multiple on hand.”

“No, it’s fine.”

“If you say so...”

Sitri seemed a bit let down, but I wasn’t going to change my family register all in the name of playing hooky. I wasn’t even sure if that was legal.

Liz pursed her lips and tugged on my sleeve.

“Hey, Krai Baby, does preparing a hideaway count as violence? If it doesn’t then this is way in Sitri’s favor.”

“It doesn’t count as violence. Nor is it creating trouble for anyone.”

“But it creates trouble for me? Does it count as training?”

“It doesn’t.”

It was then that I realized something: I didn’t have much money. I didn’t know how long this vacation might go on, so I needed to cut costs where I could.

The house must have been long unused because it had that particular scent of an abandoned building. The rain gently tapped against the roof. My eyes wandered about the room. There was an entrance hall and a living room. A kitchen, bathroom, and two bedrooms, each with two beds.

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