CSA 66 - The Age Was Wrong (Patreon)

After leaving the inn where Ruriko-san was staying, Lotorl’s group were currently at the Sewing Guild.

“This dress here is good, and this one is cute, hmm, I can’t decide...”
“Can’t you just buy both?”
“Really? Then I’d like both, please!”

As for why we are in the Sewing Guild, that’s because the Sewing Guild was across the street from the inn where Ruriko-san was staying, so Alrina, who has Sewing Skill, became interested.

That’s her official stance, she probably just genuinely wanted cute clothes.

“Well then, that’s enough with shopping, shall we go check out the quests?”
“Ahaha, I’m sorry I got distracted.”
“If it makes Alrina smile, that's the best.”
“Lotorl... (Kyun)”

Let's leave Alrina who will go kyun-kyun to anyone with money even if it’s not me alone and take a look at the request board.

“The requests you can accept at level 1 never change, do they?”

The requests are the same as the last time I came here, so should we try winding the thread for now?

“Ah, that’s right. Alrina-san, Alrina-san.”
“What is it, what is it?”
“Would you like to register in this guild?”
“I’d love to!”
“Okay, then I’ll remove your Skills temporarily, so let me borrow your hand.”
“Here.”

I took Alrina's right hand and activated Paralysis Magic and Silence Magic.

“Please look at the ceiling for a bit.”
“...?”

Alrina did as I told her, and looked up at the ceiling, so I quickly turned Alrina's little finger into a potion, took out a mega potion from Storage and sprinkled it on it to regenerate it.
After that, I cancel the magic and use Compounding Skill to remove everything except Sewing Skill, and it’s done.

“It’s okay now.”
“Is there something on the ceiling?”
“No, there’s nothing. I just thought you'd go crazy if you looked down.”
“Go crazy? What did you do...?”
“I just made a potion out of your little finger, so?”
“...Hey, Lotorl. Is it okay if I hit you? It’s okay, right?”
“By the way, this is Alrina potion. And this is appraisal ring.”

I took out the appraisal ring from Storage and put it onto Alrina's finger and let her appraise the potion.

“Umm, Alrina's Blood Potion. That’s my name... By using this potion, you can obtain the Skills that Alrina had. It's amazing. You can obtain part of Alrina's memories. Ee─h, no wa─y. You will become Alrina's follower. Isn't a follower something like a slave?”

After the appraisal was completed and I received the ring and potion back, I used Compounding Skill to remove the follower effect from the Alrina potion, just in case.
I don't think anything will happen if it’s used on herself, but I’d be troubled if Alrina suddenly turned into a vampire or something.

“With that being the case, once you've registered with the guild, you will either drink the potion or I liquefy and synthesize it, and then I'll disguise the Skill section on your guild card.”
“It’s bothersome, isn’t it?”
“This is so we don't get dragged into even more bothersome things.”
“Living in this world, is so hard...”
“There are people who will do anything for their own gain. We must always be careful.”

‘You said that inside the guild, so aren’t you going to get in trouble?’ to people who are worried about us and are about to say that, don't worry, the guild is deserted and only us and the guild staff onee-san are here.
That guild staff onee-san also has no skills other than Sewing, so it's safe and secure.

“Guild registration please!”
“A new member, is it? Then, please hold out your hand over here. Okay, registration is complete. Please be aware that there will be a fee for reissuing your card. Well then, have a good seamstress life!”

It seems that the guild registration has been completed successfully, and Alrina comes while excitedly showing off her guild card. How charming.

Aisha, human, female, 15 years old, seamstress level 1.

“Nn?”
“What is it, what is it, is there something strange there?”
“No, your name.”
“Name? Aah...”

The name written in the name section of Alrina's guild card isn’t Alrina, it’s Aisha instead.
In other words, Alrina is not nameless, but was named before I named her...

“So, I was... Aisha, but that's... after all this time... it's terrible...”
“Aisha-chan...”
“...Wouldn’t people normally call me Alrina there?”
“I think Aisha is cuter than Alrina, you know.”
“...Thank you, but my name is Alrina, because Alrina is what Lotorl named me...”
“Then how about we do it like this. From today onwards, Alrina will be renamed Alrina Aisha.”
“...That sounds like a noble’s name. But I'm glad you care about me. Thank you, Lotorl.”

She hugged me tightly, so I patted her on the back.

“Anyway, so you're 15 years old... a 15-year-olds with the same figure as a 10-year-olds... That's crazy.”

The difference in age by 2 years suggests that the orphanage where Alrina lived was quite a black place.

“You say that now?”

Alrina's hug became stronger.

“Owowow, I'm going to make some good potions, please forgive me.”
“Then I forgive you.”
“I’m thankful and happy.”

The case where Alrina's real name was inadvertently revealed and she suffered mentally was, as usual, turned into a farce. I don't like serious atmospheres. It's fine now, but these kinds of things usually come back in the future, so as Alrina's family, I hope I can continue to follow up on her in the future.

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(T/N: the title: サバを読まされてた - to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age.)

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