Thereafter of An Exiled Magician - CH 65

“EEH? Reno! Is that true!? Why didn’t you tell us?”

“Aria, calm down.”

Aria tried to rip into Reno.

Reno took a step back in fear at Aria’s remarks, so I stepped in-between them.

I could understand Aria’s outburst, but I also knew that Reno wouldn’t keep quiet over something like this as a joke.

“Reno, no one here blames you. Aria only lost it at you for a moment, and I know you weren’t keeping quiet out of bad will, correct?”

“…Yeah.”

“Then, tell us why you did it. Because if you don’t, we won’t be able to come up with the next step together.”

“…”

While bending down to her level, I patted her head and asked as kindly as I could.

I knew Reno wasn’t a bad girl.

She wouldn’t purposely keep quiet over something this big.

That’s why, it’s better to ask her patiently.

“…Promise you won’t get mad?”

“I promise, I won’t.”

Reno who kept quiet for a while, spoke up.

“…Because I found the secret room, Lain got cursed. If I found another secret room…”

“…I see. So you were worried about me.”

Reno nodded.

Apparently, she did it out of concern for me.

That reminded me, she was in high-spirits while going in, but was strangely quiet while coming out.

“Sorry! Reno! For not noticing how much you were suffering.”

“Kili-nee~”

Kili embraced Reno.

Kili was also caught up with various things after that, and I too became careless when my curse became known to everyone.

On top of that, ever since Sui was chosen by the grimoire, all our attention went towards her instead of Reno.

“That was my own shortcoming, not Reno’s. Plus, it didn’t cause harm in any case.”

“But, but~…”

This could have been avoided had I been more careful.

Even if I said so, the kind Reno would surely disagree.

I continued patting her head till her tears stopped falling.

***

“Maybe we were too impatient.”

“What do you mean?”

We decided to cancel afternoon’s exploration.

After finishing lunch, everyone had gathered in the dining room and were having a conversation.

It was decided that having a conversation would be for the best, right now.

Having become capable of so many things, as well as starting new projects constantly, everyone worked like busy ants.

As a result, we ended up overlooking a lot more.

“B-but, that’s all important, right? Whether it’s magic training, or magic tool making. We can’t stop any of those.”

“That may be so…”

Indeed, they were all crucial for everyone’s growth.

In fact, since everything was connected, removing one would affect all else as well.

“…I know, how about creating weekends?”

“””””Weekends?”””””

“A day where we do nothing. It might be better to practice magic daily, but I think it’s fine if you skip once every few days. In case you feel uncomfortable, you can keep that day for revision practice. In any case, I’m establishing a day where we do nothing after a fixed set of days pass.”

On earth, it is said that god created the world for 6 days and took a rest on the seventh, which is where this system comes from.

This system could be observed in any part of the world.

In Japan, the Labor Standards Act prohibits working for more than 14 consecutive days.

In fact, Though I couldn’t because I was an anti-demon aristocrat, the common man here took as much as 2-3 days off in a week.

Though I couldn’t because I was an anti-demon aristocrat…

No, this isn’t the time to regret thinking about the past.

“For now, let’s have one day out of seven, where we do nothing. It’s forbidden to work for the village on that day. Everyone is free to eat what they want as well, so how about having complete freedom?”

“”Free to eat” is what you say, but what will Lain do? You can’t cook.”

“I’ll find something to eat inside the forest. I used to do that all the time before I came here, so I can afford it. Even in the worst case, I won’t die by not eating anything for a single day.”

“…Just tell us if you want anything. It won’t be that hard to adjust for one or two people’s share.”

“…Alright. I’ll let you know in case I get hungry.”

Well, it’s not like I can leave this village.

Aria and Kili fussed over my food a lot, but other than that, everyone seemed satisfied with my proposal.

“Then for now, let’s set tomorrow as a weekend. Working will be forbidden. If I see you working I’ll stop you, alright?”

“Got it.”

And so, the weekend system was introduced to the pioneering village.