After making the net and eating my nighttime snack I slipped out of the gathering at the cottage and headed back to my own where I took a shower.

  After preparing for bedtime I finally laid down,

  「Oh, you’ve, returned.」


  Hesty said as she entered the cottage with half closed eyes.

  「Ahh, I thought to go to bed. Are they still lively over there?」


  「Un, right now, various people, are talking. Looks like it’ll continue, for a while.」


  Well, it was the night before a bit of a trip.

  It couldn’t be helped that they’d get a bit excited and want to talk.

  「But, I decided, to leave early. I’m really, sleepy.」


  「Yeah you’ve been looking sleepy for quite a while.」


  「I’ve been, a bit too active, yesterday and today……but you’re going to bed early too.」


  「Yeah, I wanted to sleep early and go fishing at dawn.」


  Yesterday I experienced night angling so this time I wanted to try fishing at dawn. For that purpose I decided to go to bed early.

  「Is that so…….certainly it might be better, than the night, since the fish move around more around that, time.」


  「Ohh nice.」


  Sounds like the fish are early risers.

  I was planning on testing my luck at my previous fishing spot. Now I was looking forward to what I would catch.

  「n, I think, this lake is interesting too. I like it. But too, much exploration, makes me tired, weakness………fuaa」


  Hesty said with a huge yawn.

  She’d been keeping Karen and Manaril company til now and eating, but as soon as she came back the tiredness hit her.

  「Hesty how about we hit the hay?」


  「n….tomorrow, I need to listen to the results, of Manaril’s exploration, so waking up early would, be best.」


  Right I do remember her saying something about investigating the lake at night.

  「Early in the morning? How early?」


  「n~ around 3am……so we might get up, around the same time?」


  「Seems like it. I was thinking to head out around then as well.」


  For that purpose I had placed my fishing gear next to my bed.

  I hadn’t drank too heavily so I had a feeling I’d be able to sleep and wake up comfortably.

  「……n, then can I come, with? I wanted to check, how the lake feels, in the morning.」


  「Yeah, I don’t mind. In fact I’d like to hear about the fish and the ecosystem.」


  If Hesty was there I’d be able to ask various things.

  Even if her knowledge about fish was weak, she knew plenty about the lake itself.

  Yesterday I enjoyed hearing Manaril and Hesty talk about it while I fished so I was thinking about doing it again this morning.

  「n, got it. Then, I’ll see you early, tomorrow…….」


  Hesty said with a small smile.

  「Hm? What’s up Hesty?」


  「n…..well. Somehow, this promise to wake up early together, is much nicer to do with you than, Ramiyuros. You have credibility.」


  「Ahh……well she seems like someone who oversleeps.」


  Even when we were coming here she slept until it was noon.

  「Has she always been as slack as she is now?」


  「Yes. If there’s a message, we Dragon Kings spread around, one of us has to make sure, she hasn’t forgotten. She forgets, to convey, the message, or the message itself…20% of the time at least. So we have to make sure she remembers, otherwise there could be trouble.」


  This type of talk really reminded me that Hesty was good at taking care of people.

  I’d been aided by her helpfulness all this time too. I was truly quite grateful.

  「Okay, let’s head to sleep so we don’t wake up late.」


  「n, I’ll sleep, too. See you, tomorrow. Good night.」


  「Yes, Good night.」


  I turned off the light in the room where we rested.

  Then I drifted off to sleep.