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「...... Morning, huh」
So far, I've never slept with someone of the opposite sex under the same roof, though we were in different rooms.
Thanks to that, honestly, I was nervous and wasn't able to sleep well.
Though it's not like I tried to do anything.
Getting out of bed with half-opened eyes, I waddled to the well and properly washed my face.
Thanks to the cold well water, the drowsiness was completely washed away and I was somehow awake.
「...... Yosh! Let's make breakfast. I wonder if Aisha-san is picky about food」
While muttering a soliloquy to motivate myself, I went to the kitchen, and Aisha-san had already started making breakfast.
「Ah, Myne-kun! Good morning! Is it okay for me to use the kitchen?」
Huh? How would she make breakfast if she doesn't know where the ingredients are?
While I thought for a moment, I looked around the kitchen and as I did that, I saw some furniture and utensils I've never seen before.
"Ah, it was probably brought over from the dormitory, " I guessed, and then knew where the ingredients were from.
「Good morning! I'm sorry, I thought of making it myself but....... Aisha-san「Ahem!」... Aisha, you get up early, don't you」
As I said that, after she first pointed out the way I called her name with a cough, she replied while sticking her tongue out with a smile.
「No, I always wake up a little later...... 」
I see, like me, she was probably nervous and couldn't sleep.
Well, though we are engaged, she slept with a man under the same roof, after all.
As a girl, she was probably more nervous since there was a chance I was hiding somewhere
Although I am her fiancé, it's only been four days since we've met.
From now on, we'll have to put in effort to understand each other, and try to make it so that we can live together naturally.
After all, we'll become one family.
Having said that, I decided to help her make breakfast.
「I'll help you」
What Aisha-san was trying to make was brown bread, sunny-side up fried eggs and taro soup.
She seemed to have chosen a light menu since it was morning.
Thanks to us peacefully dividing our work, the breakfast was completed in a blink of an eye.
It's a secret that I felt unusually embarrassed because we somehow seemed like a pair of newly-weds from stories.
Since Aisha-san's face was also red when I looked closely, perhaps she was also embarrassed.
「「Thank you for the food!」」
We ate the breakfast we had made together while enjoying a conversation.
Contrary to the usual quiet breakfast where I only filled up my stomach, I felt really blessed...... Time flowed with warmth in my heart.
I had forgotten...... this feeling which I have never felt since Otou-san and Okaa-san were gone.
Ah, that's right.
Although I've completely forgotten about it, it would probably be better to ask about it now.
「By the way, Aisha...... could you explain to me about Clans in more detail?」
「Clans? Alright. What would you like to ask?」
「Since the Adventurers' Guild exists, why do Clans also exist?」
Perhaps making breakfast together was a good thing. I feel that our speech has become closer.
In Sylphy's words, it'll probably be "The distance between us has shortened."
While thinking such things, I listen to Aisha's explanations.
「...... Hmm, the biggest difference should probably be the clients」
The guild is centered around the commoners requests, receiving basically ten thousands of jobs. On the other hand, it seems that Clans are centered around requests from nobles and royalty.
Of course, there are exceptions, but that's basically the gist of it.
Also, like the guild, Clans don't take on just anything.
Since they are organisations with different purposes, only requests which comply with the Clan's management will be accepted.
At the moment, there are several Clans in the Kingdom of Augusta, but there seems to be only three major ones.
First, is the 「Clan: Library of Alchemists 'Alchemist・Library'」 which was founded by the Second Prince・Louis.
As the name suggests, famous people who want to further their alchemy gather there, and even the Second Prince himself is an alchemist with considerable ability.
Next is「Clan: Soaring Sandstorm」, which was founded by a former A-rank adventurer, Cashew. (TLN: カシュ.... help? Cashew sounds really lame imo)
This Clan is formed only around former high ranked adventurers, a group who specialises in combat.
They seem to have a belief of purely using weapons in combat, and apart from those who use recovery type Skills, no one else is a magic user.
They undertake escort and subjugation requests.
And the last one is the fairly eccentric 「Clan: Samsara of Lesser Demons Tamers・Ring」.
As its name suggests, it is a guild centered around tamers, with collecting precious magic beasts as its purpose.
The Clan primarily receives requests like collecting raw materials, and its members are as expected, former B-rank adventurers. (TLC: 素材回収等を主に請け負うクランで結成者は、やはり元B級冒険者でテイルズというらしい。 Tales? Tails?)
There are a few other Clans beside this, but they can't compare to the scale of these three.
Since there are a lot of requests brought by nobles and royalty to Clans, practically all of them are fundamentally confidential.
Sylphy's going back to the capital and sending in the application for the Clan to the country's main purpose is to judge whether this organisation fulfill confidentiality or not.
Also, depending on the Clan's direction, a certain amount of people would be required.
Well, that's true, isn't it.
Although an organisation's purpose might be subjugation, if the war potential isn't enough, there's no way they can complete requests.
The reason nobles and royalty don't use the adventurers' guild is because it has many ruffians as members, thinking that they can't protect confidentiality.
Though, the royalty and nobles seem to periodically send requests to some famous adventurers and give out large rewards.
Aisha also received requests from the royalty a few times as an adventurer.
It was during those requests that she became acquainted with Sylphy.
「...... I see, what's the direction for our Clan?」
「In our case, we will specialise in battles. The direction's the same as "Soaring Sandstorm"」
「I see, that's why yesterday Aisha asked Sylphy 'they won't accept three people as a clan, right?'」
「That's usually the case, but there's no doubt that they will believe us, since the founder is Hime-sama.
Even for the war potential, there's two people with aliases, moreover, there's also Myne-kun who defeated an Orc・King solo.
If we were to just measure war potential, then I think we would be higher compared to "Soaring Sandstorm", you know.
I think Hime-sama also anticipated that, and held onto the Orc・King and Orc・Generals' corpses....... 」
I see, so in the end, we'll decide what to do according to Ou-sama's response to me.
I'll have to trust in Sylphy and wait for the results.
If the Clan could be established, the next question will be whether I have the resolution to open up to the both of them about my Skills, huh.
While I asked about various things and about Clans, we finished all of the breakfast we had prepared.
「Well then, Myne-kun, I'll be going to the guild, please don't do reckless stuff by yourself! Goodbye!」
I saw Aisha off as she waved her hand, and to clean up the breakfast, I went towards the kitchen.
All while I felt a bliss at the tableware for two.
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