Souen no Historia
Story 27 - Eu’s Special Skill Ability
Author
十本スイ
十本スイ
Translator
Endo
Edited by
GhostlyEditor
“Uh~ th-that’s, umm…… does it suit me?”
“Ee, it suits you very well.”
“Ah……
uh….”
The person who looked downward while blushing was Eu, the
one who passed the interview from before. She will work as an accountant, but
honestly Souji still feels uneasy about when he looks at the girl who’s height doesn’t
even reach his waist.
The girl was currently in a maid uniform, and she looked
lovely just like he said. However, she appeared even younger than Ninthe, so it
was a mystery whether she could keep up with the work.
At the interview, she displayed an excellent ability before
the interviewers. She instantaneously answered the mathematical question Yoyo
read out, and Yoyo gave her a pass.
Yoyo had a reason as to why she asked such a question. While
Eu was being interviewed, several documents on the desk fell beside Eu’s feet,
and Eu kindly picked them up and handed them over to Souji. These actions took
only few seconds.
And Eu immediately
said, “Three, are wrong.” At the beginning he didn’t understand what she meant,
but later he understood after he asked Yoyo.
Seven sheets were used for answering the calculation
question of the interview. The question itself was answered by each of the
accountant applicants. Four people took their time and answered correctly. Only
four. The other three were all wrong.
Souji and the others knew whether it was right or not just
by looking because they already knew the answer. That’s why there was no need for
them to check them manually with a red marker. What that means is that only the
question and its answer were written on the papers.
If these seven documents fell and four of them had the same
answer, then there was a high probability that the other three were wrong, and
the possibility of Eu guessing correctly would then be high.
However, only four sheets fell next to Eu. Within them, only
one was right while the others were incorrect. That meant that all of them had
different answers. That’s why when Eu’s responded that there were three wrong
answers and one right one, it caught Yoyo’s attention. That resulted in her giving
that question, and it was demonstrated that Eu had a calculating ability that couldn’t
be beat by anyone.
There were basic arithmetic operations in this world, Orb.
However, only people with high positions like nobles and great merchants received
the advanced education that allowed them to do it, while the ones called
commoners didn’t. However, Yoyo could do it.
A convenient thing
like multiplication table doesn’t exist here, and not even the nobles touched
the complex arithmetic operations.
That’s why, even if it was simple problem like addition and
subtraction, Souji could not believe that the little girl could find the
correct answer for calculating with more than five digits, not to mention that
it was all performed inside her head.
“E-Excuse me, Eu?”
“Wh-What is it?”
“That is, did someone teach you the calculation methods?”
Of course even if someone taught her, mental calculation was
still a surprising ability.
“That’s…… I played make-believe as a merchant…… with
everyone…… though I am now alone…”
The atmosphere somehow turned dark, Souji was in panic as he
had stumbled upon something he shouldn’t have touched.
“M-Merchant? Ah, s-so that is! My~ Eu is smart!”
“...... eh? Smart? Eu is?”
“Ee, I can’t even match Eu in calculating ability. That’s
why Eu is smart.”
“Ah…… ehehe…… s-somehow I feel happy….”
The appearance of her loosening her cheeks and covering her
mouth with her hands certainly had the power to stimulate his desire to protect,
unlike Kaina.
“Then, about your work, do you understand what accounting
is?”
“Accounting?... uun”
“Thought so~.”
As expected, the word accounting didn’t appear in children
Merchant make-believe.
“It is the process concerning the finance and salary, but….”
Looking at Eu, she was quietly looking at him with an
anxiousness that seems to express, “Eu can’t understand it at all.”
“Ah. Well, the work involves calculating money, and knowing
the inventory of the mansion to know in detail if we have enough.”
“Inventory?”
“Ah~, for example, ingredients, toilet paper, and cleaning
supplies. Well, it is a necessity for the accountant to know the things
necessary for daily life. Can you do it?”
“Un, I will do my best.”
“Ahaha, I see. Well then, it is also a necessity for you to
tour the mansion for the first time, so please wait as the one in charge will
come soon.”
“Eh! I-It’s not...... Onii-chan?”
“O-Onii-chan? W-Well, that way of calling makes me embarrassed
though I am happy…… that’s not it, umm, I am very busy even if I look like this
now as I have a lot of work to do. That’s why I prepared the perfect guide for
Eu.”
“Uh~ perfect? N-Not a scary one, right?”
“Ee, a really cute girl.”
Then someone came towards them with loud footsteps.
“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting, Souji-sama!”
It was Ninthe. Her sudden appearance made Eu tremble in
surprise, so Souji quietly patted Eu’s head to ease her.
“Ah…… eh…… no way….”
Souji spontaneously put away his hand.
“Heh? ‘No way?’” Ah, I am sorry to suddenly touch your head!
Do you hate being patted?”
“U-Uun! That’s wrong! That’s, touching Eu is…… dangerous.”
“Heh? Dangerous?”
“But…… somehow it came out alright....”
“Souji-sama! To casually touch a girl’s head is a nono!”
“I-I am sorry, Ninthe. I will keep it in mind!”
“That’s good! After all, hair is a girl’s life. That’s why
it is a nono to casually touch it. This is what Kaina-sama taught me!”
Ninthe puffed out her chest with ehhem-like feeling. He wasn’t thinking of blaming his mother while
he was obediently apologizing because this was the one time that what Ninthe
said was correct.
“Then, I will leave it to you, Ninthe.”
“Yes! Please leave it to her senior!”
It looks like she was happy to have a junior from her, Mufufu~, giggling. She tried to extrude
an air of seniority. Souji inadvertently smiled after seeing her so elated.
When he tried to leave waving goodbye, he felt something
pulling on his clothes; it was Eu he saw when he turned around.
“Excuse me…… is something wrong?”
“Th-That’s……n-name.”
“Eh? Ah, aah, introductions huh. Now that you mention it, we
still haven’t introduced ourselves?”
He recalled that he had forgotten to introduce himself
because he was so busy.
“Though there will be a welcoming party soon, well I am this
mansion’s head butler, Souji Alkasha. Please take care of me from now on.”
“Even if it is called head butler, Souji-sama is the only
butler here.”
“Ninthe, don’t cut into a conversation.”
“Ahaha, sorry. Next is Ninthe. Ninthe is Ninthe. Though
Ninthe is still a novice maid, best regards.”
Her radiant smile well suited her.
“U-Umm I am…… Eu…… Eu Sophia.”
Maybe because she was unaccustomed to introducing herself,
she introduced herself while looking down with flushed cheeks.
“Fuwa~ what a cute girl~.”
Ninthe smiled as she was also defeated by Eu’s cuteness.
Souji realized something and turned around. …… but no one was there.
(No, this is-!?)
He strained his ears and
heard a person’s breath that sounded as if they had dashed for 100 meters from
the other side of the wall.
“...... Ninthe.”
“What is it?”
“I will just say one thing.”
“O-Okay.”
Ninthe gulped due to Souji’s seriousness.
“Listen, if you encounter a red-haired, perverted maid, shout
immediately, okay?”
“Eh, th-that is….”
“Understand!?”
“Y-Yess!”
“Okay, that is a good reply. Then, please take care of her.”
Then he once again
turned to face the wall but,
(Tch, judging from the presence, looks like she had
escaped….)
Souji thought about what would happen if he didn’t subjugate
the elusive monster. Then he waved his hand again and left the place.
- Why did he wave his hand? ↩
No comments:
Post a Comment