I Was Reincarnated as a Commoner. I Can’t Stand Living Like This, so I’ll Become an Aristocrat! C100

100, Ronnie's house

We finished registering, got on the carriage, and have now arrived in front of the main gate of the Royal School after dropping off Mr. Longo.

“Mr. Longo, thank you very much for joining us in the registration today.”

"No, it's fine. I'm glad you were able to register without any problems."

"Yes! I look forward to seeing you again at school."

"Oh, see you at school."

After sending Mr. Longo off, I returned to the mansion. Registration ended faster than I expected.

My appointment with Ronnie is after 12 o'clock, so maybe we should have lunch, even though it's a bit early? It would be a good time to eat.

“Roger, it’s a little early, but can we eat lunch already?”

"Yes. There is no problem at this time."

"Then please help me prepare lunch."

"I got it"

After that, I leisurely enjoyed my lunch and it was time to leave the mansion.

"Leon-sama, are you really going to pull the cart and go by yourself? I will have a servant pull the cart and Leon-sama will be sent by horse-drawn carriage..."

"No, it's okay because I'm going alone! From now on, my friend will have to pull the cart to work every day, so I want to know how difficult it is."

"I see...If that's the case, I can't help it..."

Although Roger seemed quite dissatisfied, he somehow agreed. Isn't Roger more overprotective lately than before?

Is this normal for a servant? I think I'll ask Lucien and the others next time.

"Then I'll go."

"Go away. Please be careful."

I left the mansion after seeing off a worried Roger. The cart carries the cooking utensils I bought the other day, as well as things that can be preserved, such as honey, salt, sugar, flour, oil, vinegar, and butter. It's quite heavy.

There's no need to use physical reinforcement, but I feel like it won't go smoothly unless you put in a lot of effort. I got an old cart that doesn't stand out even when used among commoners, so maybe more power is needed.

Actually, they prepared me a new one, but it was so beautiful and decorated that if Ronnie had taken it, it would have been stolen in an instant, so I asked him not to do it. It's best to be inconspicuous.

It took me more than twice as long to walk while pulling the cart slowly, and finally arrived at the Royal School.

　Whew~ This is good exercise. Looks like Ronnie isn't there yet.

I sit on the cart and drink water from the bamboo water bottle that Roger holds. Of course, I use water magic so that water won't be found out. After all, water tastes best when it's freshly made.

As soon as I was taking a breather, Ronnie came over.

"Leon! Sorry, did you wait?"

"No, I just came here too."

"That's good. Is this the luggage you need? It's quite a lot."

Ronnie said that while looking at the luggage on the cart.

"Yes. I think it will be difficult to bring it with you every time, is that okay?"

"Yeah! I think this is fine."

"That's fine. Then, can you show me to Ronnie's house? I'll carry my things there."

"Understood!"

After Ronnie said that, he lined up next to me and started walking at a light pace. Ronnie, you're brighter and more lively than usual, and you look like you're having fun. Did something good happen?

“Ronnie, did anything good happen?”

“Eh, why?”

"No, it looks like it's more fun than usual..."

"Eh!? Was I that excited!?"

"Yeah... that's easy to understand."

When I said that, Ronnie stopped and covered his face with his hands. His ears are a little red.

"Wow, I'm so embarrassed...Actually, I was really looking forward to today. I told you I grew up in an orphanage, right? Everyone at the orphanage is like family, I don't feel like friends. I haven't had a chance to make friends outside of school, so this is my first time playing with them...so I'm looking forward to it..."

Ronnie, if you say something like that, you'll get angry! If it's okay with me, I'll play with you anytime! 　

"Also, the reason why I'm feeling more relaxed than usual might be because I'm not in the Royal School. I'm always nervous at school..."

 surely! Today's Ronnie doesn't seem nervous and seems natural. I think it's definitely better to be natural all the time, but it's difficult at that school...

"I'm glad you're looking forward to it that much."

In order to restore the slightly depressed atmosphere, I said this in a slightly mocking tone, and Ronnie looked slightly angry.

"Leon! It's forbidden to make fun of you!"

"Haha...sorry, sorry."

"Let's go quickly!"

"understood"

After saying that, Ronnie quickly walked away alone.

"Hey, wait a minute, you're going too fast! There's a cart!"

"I can't help it. I'll be waiting for you, so come quickly!"

I felt very happy while having such an exchange. I was more happy than I expected that Ronnie didn't take a step back from me and interacted with me in a completely natural way.

After all, this kind of relationship is good. I wish I could be like this with the other kids in my class.

While thinking about this, I did my best to pull the cart.

After that, Ronnie was in a better mood, and we walked slowly while chatting, and after a while we arrived at Ronnie's house.

"This is the house I live in. My room is on the right side of the first floor."

Ronnie's house was located down a back alley and looked like an old wooden two-story apartment building.

"There's really nothing there, but would you like to take a look inside the room?"

"okay?"

"Yeah. For Leon, who lives in the duke's mansion, it's probably like a storage room..."

“Even I am still surprised by the Duke’s mansion. My family is a commoner, so I might feel more at home here.”

"That's true. Then go ahead!"

Ronnie said as he opened the door to the room. It looks like the key is attached.

I timidly enter the room. In this world, there is basically no habit of taking off shoes, so people wear shoes.

When I stepped into the room, I was shocked.

 picture? Not too narrow! ? When I opened the door and entered the room, I immediately saw a cot made of wooden boxes lined up with cloth on top, and a window at the back of the room. There was barely a small table placed next to the bed, and the bed seemed to be used as a chair, as if there was no space for a chair.

That's all there is in this room. I can't see anything else.

Wait...is this the normal life of a commoner? Where is my luggage? I thought my family was well-off for a commoner, but maybe it was a more blessed environment than I thought.

"Ronnie, where is my luggage?"

"Luggage? Is it in a wooden box?"

I see...the wooden box that serves as a bed is also a storage case. This may be the most efficient option for small rooms.

“You were surprised at how small it was.”

Ronnie said with a wry smile.

"Um..."

I didn't know what to say and was extremely nervous. Even if I complimented the room by saying, ``It's a nice room,'' it would probably be obvious, and I don't know if it's okay to just say that it's small...

"You don't have to be shy. I also think it's small."

"Yeah...I thought it was small."

"Haha, Leon, to be honest! But it's really small. This is a single room, so it would be more spacious if we lived in a family room, but this one is cheaper. Even if the room is big, there's no use for it. hey"

Even if you do have a large room, isn't there any use for it? In that case, maybe this narrowness is fine.

"It's true that it's spacious, but if you don't use it, it's a waste."

"Oh, that's right. Ah, there's an empty wooden box for these cooking utensils, so you can put them in there, so it's okay. If you ask the landlord for a cart, they'll give you a space to store it."

“Does that cost money?”

"Hmm, I think it cost a little bit...but I have the money so it's okay."

"No, I'll pay for that. It's a cart to carry the tools needed for the stall."

I should bring this out. If it's true, I'd like to pay for her to move to a nicer, bigger room, but that would be too much...

"Eh? But normally they don't pay that much, do they?"

"That's okay. These are the rules of my stall!"

"Is that so? In that case, I'll be grateful for the money."

"Then decide. Please check with the landlord later and let me know the price."

"Yeah, but isn't it right next to the landlord's house? Do you want to go ask him now?"

That said, Ronnie pointed to a small one-story house right next to the apartment.

I see...the landlord usually lives nearby, right?

"Then let's go."

"Understood!"

"Ah! Before that, wait a moment."

I stopped Ronnie and closed the door from inside her house. And she speaks quietly.

"I have something I want to give you, but it would be dangerous if other people found out. So please speak quietly."

"Okay, but... what?"

Ronnie asked fearfully.

"This is it"

“Is this a small box?”

"Yes. This is a magic tool."

"Maho...nggh"

Ronnie was about to scream, so he quickly covered Ronnie's mouth with his hand.

"Ronnie, don't be too loud."

"I'm sorry. But magic tools are really expensive, aren't they?"

What I handed over was a sterilization magic tool. After that, Richard immediately gave me magic stones and magic iron, so I made it. If you put an egg inside the box and insert a magic stone into it, it will be completely sterilized in a few seconds.

However, it was quite difficult to make this. Making it a magic tool that can remove all things harmful to the human body would consume too much magic power. This somehow reduced the amount of magic consumed by focusing on sterilizing the eggs.

I gave up on the switch function because I had to ask a blacksmith to do it.

"It's expensive, but it's okay because I got it from the duke's family."

"That's right...then why are you giving me that magic tool?"

"This magic tool sterilizes eggs, and the recipe I'm going to teach you will use raw eggs, so they must be sterilized."

"Raw eggs... If I use that magic tool, will there be no risk of food poisoning? Are there any magic tools that can do that?"

“There is, but it’s not widely available yet, so I can’t show it to anyone other than me or talk about it, because Ronnie would be in danger.That’s why I bought the eggs the day before. , Can you sterilize it at home and then take it to the stall?”

"Uh, yeah. I'll never talk about it. And I'll make sure to sterilize it!"

Ronnie said that with a slightly pale face. Ronnie doesn't have much magical power and is a commoner, so he's never seen magic tools until he came to the Royal Academy.

That's why they don't realize that this magic tool is abnormal, unlike other magic tools. From Ronnie's point of view, all magic tools are abnormally amazing.

Somehow, I feel guilty because I feel like I'm deceiving Ronnie, but for Ronnie's safety, there are some things that it's better not to know about.

"Thank you. I look forward to depending on you"

"Yeah! Leave it to me."

“Also, I have to replenish my magic power about once a week, so could you please just bring the magic stones to the royal school once a week?”

"Okay. I'll remember to bring it."

"Yeah. Thank you! Well then, let's go to the landlord next time."

After we finished talking, Ronnie and I left the room.