Upon reaching our destination, Allen and Elena promptly took out the tools from their pouchesââ
âWill find a suitable one.â
âFor Lily Oneechan~â
Saying that, they started hitting the wall at full speed..
ââSomethingâs there~ââ
(Eh!?)
ââBad luck~ââ
âAllen found Mithril~â
âElenaâs was salt~â
(Eh!!)
And so, a few minutes later, the children found Mithril and Kelm rock salt, but it was apparently a miss for them who were looking for something that would suit Lily-chan. They put it in a basket and started digging as if they were not interested anymore.
Rein and Stanval familyâs guards were stunned by the children who found stuff only after a few minutes of digging, but treated what they found as bad luck.
âTa, Takumi, they said b, bad luck!! Digging up both Mithril and rock salt at once is a big hit, you know!?â
âMy kids are aware that what they found is valuable too. Itâs just that they are searching for something different now.â
âSomething different?â
âSomething suitable for Lily-chan.â
âFor Lily?â
âYeah, they have declared it before they started digging, right?â
N~ but what are they searching for, I wonder? It has to be a gem of some kind, no?
âAllen, Elena, what are you looking for?â
ââCrystal!ââ
âI see, a crystal, huh.â
ââYep!!ââ
âOh, found one~â
âMe too~ but, not this one~â
âTrue. This one is also not it~â
While talking to me on the side, Allen and Elena each found a crystal. Black and yellow ones? However, those were not the color they were looking for, so they treated it as a miss again.
âWhat color are you searching for?â
âGreen for Allen. Just like Fleur~â
âElena is looking for blue~ The color of Lily Oneechan eyes~â
The color of Fleur, the Pastel Rabbit Lily-chan keeps and the color of her eyes, huh.
I see, they considered the colors seriously.
âI hope you can find them.â
ââWe will find themmon!ââ
Well, they have nothing to base it on, but Allen and Elena were convinced they would find them.
ââThis is also not it~ââ
The children dug up something the next moment, but put it into the basket with disappointed looks on their faces.
â... Mithril again.â
âThey have dug up so much iron ore too...â
âHow many crystals does that make?â
âWhoah, they extracted a super-sized gem!â
The guards and Rein were looking at the children with dumbfounded expressions.
âI heard that âAâ tunnel is a place with high yield, but that really is the case, huh~â
âNonono! Donât misunderstand, Lily. You usually donât get to dig up so much, okay!?â
âIs that so?â
âThat is so! Itâs absolutely impossible to mine so much in such a short time, alright!â
âThen, it must mean that Allen-chan and Elena-chan are amazing, right!â
Only Lily-chan was innocently admiring the two.
âAre you not going to dig, Rein? Werenât you pumped to dig up some Mithril?â
âIn this situation!? Wouldnât I be digging empty walls if I get working next to the kids!? Definitely! For sure!!â
âYou shouldnât mind it. These children have very good luck. Itâs fine. You will be able to dig up something too.â
âWhat are you basing that on!?â
âSomething?â
âIsnât that nothing then!â
I have nothing to base it on, but wouldnât some of the luck leak to yourself when working next to the people with such good luck? Last time, Morgan-san said that he dug up more than usual~
ââFound it~ââ
âOh, you found it? Allen, Elena, both of you?â
ââYeah!ââ
Allen and Elena seemed to have found what they have been looking for in the meantime. The two ran up to me and showed me what they were holding between their thumbs and index fingers.
They were entirely transparent, but they were clearly of green and blue colors.
âYou found some with pretty colors and shapes.â
ââYeahââHere, Lily Oneechan, for you~ââ
âErr... however, is it really okay for me to accept... something this wonderful?â
âThe children dug for these specifically for you, so please accept it.â
ââAccept it~ââ
âT, thank you so much. I am very happy.â
ââEhehe~ââ
After handing the crystals to Lily-chan, Allen and Elena smiled bashfully.
A heartwarming atmosphere surrounded the three. This might be rude to Lily-chan, but they seem like triplets.
â... Itâs unfair that they warmed up only to Lily.â
Rein was a bit downhearted.
âItâs not like they didnât warm up to you, okay? They wonât even look at someone they didnât warm up to.â
âEh? Is that so?â
âThey have gotten much better now, but they were originally extremely shy of strangers. Once they judge that someone has a bad character, they would only approach them with caution.â
âOhh! Is that so!â
In that respect, since they call Rein by a nickname they came up with, and pull him by hand, they must have warmed up to him quite a bit.
When I explained to Rein, he smiled cheerfully.
âWell, I have no doubts that they like Lily-chan much better than you, though~â
âWhy do you have to kick me down like that!?â
âNow then, itâs a perfect time for lunch, isnât it?â
âYou ignoring me!?â
Rein has a considerably honest personality for a noble, so itâs easy to tease him.
Itâs always me that gets teased, so Iâm quite happy that my position with Rein around changes.
ââLunch~ââ
Hearing about lunch, Allen and Elena pulled Lily-chan to us.
âAdding ingredients to the sandwiches was the plan, right? What do you guys want? Do you also have something youâd like to eat, Lily-chan?â
ââN~ lemme see~ââ
âSomething Iâd like to eat? Erm, excuse me. I have no idea what would be a good match, so I will go with your recommendation, Takumi Oniisama.â
Ahh~ Lily-chan never ate a sandwich before, I see~ She wouldnât certainly know what would be good.
âHave you decided yet, Allen, Elena?â
ââUmm, you see~ââ
âEggs, right~â
âHam, right~â
âPotato salad would be nice too~â
âTunamayo would be nice too~â
âTonkatsu?â
âTeriyaki?â
âAh, Shogayaki!â
âHamburger too!â
âNonono, all that isnât possible, okay!?â
What Allen and Elena named all certainly had good compatibility with a sandwich. But, there were definitely way too many ingredients.
âLetâs narrow it down to one or two ingredients.â
ââEhh~ââ
âYou say ehh~ but you wouldnât be able to eat it, no?â
ââMuu~ââ
Allen and Elena puffed up their cheeks in dissatisfaction.
They are unusually unreasonable, arenât they~
âThere were some things I didnât understand, but anything Takumi makes is delicious. Thatâs why I also want to try everything.â
âStop right there, Oniisama... read the situation, please.â
Rein, even though I just said putting everything on wouldnât be possible, why did you have to say that?
âLily-chan, can I leave the lecturing to you?â
âLeave it to me, Takumi Oniisama.â
âYep, thank you.â
I left the lecturing of Rein to Lily-chan and turned towards the children.
âAllen, Elena, do you want to eat everything no matter what?â
ââ... No. Lily Oneechan, though.ââ
âOh, did you want Lily-chan to try everything?â
ââ... Yeah.ââ
All sandwiches are delicious, so they were cutely stubborn so that Lily-chan could try all of them.
âI see. But, Lily-chan wouldnât be able to eat everything, so please choose only what you really want her to try. If we teach Lily-chanâs family chefs the rest, she will be able to try everything eventually.â
ââ... Got it.ââ
In the end, we filled our stomachs with egg sandwiches and Shogayaki sandwiches.
After finishing the meal, we resumed mining together with Rein and Lily-chan until the afternoon.
It was Lily-chanâs first time mining and she found a fair amount of crystals with Allen and Elenaâs help, but Rein couldnât find a single one.
It proved that there were two types of people, those who could be affected by Allen and Elenaâs good fortune and those who couldnât.