Chapter 22 (1/2)

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TL+ED: Thy Unsus

Chapter 22 - Relaxation in the Garden

“Well, I delivered you safely, so I will go.” (s.h.i.+njou)

Mission complete, now I can head towards a real adventure.

“s.h.i.+njou-kun, wait a moment!” (Kazuha)

“What is it, Rindou? If there’s something, then say it quickly.” (s.h.i.+njou)

Because I had to match the rhythm of the slow-moving girl, I had wasted a considerable amount of time.

There is the possibility that Ussah may chase me if I don’t go early, so I’m in a hurry to move to the next area as soon as possible.

“Um, even though I was suddenly told to live here, I don’t understand the environment……” (Kazuha)

“The log house there has the minimum amount of furniture required. Fruits and vegetables are bore in the fields in great numbers, the water in the pond is clean and if you dangle a fis.h.i.+ng line you can catch some splendid fish. With the drums there, you can make a heated bath. If you lay the sunoko¹ below the drums, it’s good if you get in while burning firewood, and that is the end of the explanation.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“I won’t even know what is being said if you say it that fast—” (Kazuha)

“Even if there is barely an explanation, it was said so it could be roughly understood.” (s.h.i.+njou)

While doing this, I’m guessing everyone else is trying hard and adventuring, and it’s only when Ussah and the others notice I’m absent that they will catch up with me.

I have to go ahead faster than everyone else, I don’t have time to relax leisurely in the garden.

“It’s my first time in a bathroom like this, I wonder if maybe s.h.i.+njou-kun should also take a bath!” (Kazuha)²

“I haven’t entered a bath recently now that you mention it……” (s.h.i.+njou)

I entered it everyday when I was a civilized person, but I didn’t get in it because I liked baths.

For the first few days I had cared a little bit, but I felt that after 2 days of not getting in, it didn’t matter.

I have never heard of the fact that someone died from not taking a bath.

Adventurers who are fighting at the risk of their lives don’t have time to afford to care about their appearance.

“You should enter it, I want you to tell me how to take a bath in this……” (Kazuha)

“Rindou, do you want to detain me that much?” (s.h.i.+njou)

Perhaps she’s lonely to be left here all alone.

She can’t handle the rough circ.u.mstances as a girl.

In here, it’s not like she’s playing.

“Yeah……. Well, that’s right. I want to write a letter.” (Kazuha)

“A letter?” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Yup, for Nanami-kun. I wonder if he thinks I suddenly ceased to exist. So, I’m wondering if it’s okay to write about it in a letter and hand it over.” (Kazuha)

“I see, I didn’t realize that.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Nanami-kun is a good person with common sense, but once he begins to think about something, it will continue in that one direction, so if he thinks s.h.i.+njou-kun abducted me, so it would be a disaster if he were to misunderstand it as expected……” (Kazuha)

“No, it’s as one would expect.” (s.h.i.+njou)

The other party is the most perfect and handsome man on campus, Nanami Shuichi.

If his childhood friend were to disappear from the city, he would worry, and I don’t think that I would be able to communicate with him at that time.

“It’s just to be sure, as because I am in this situation now, I think it would be better to explain so that Nanami-kun can properly understand it.” (Kazuha)

“I understand. You can wait a while if you write a letter.” (s.h.i.+njou)

Although what Kazuha had said is a little exaggerated, Nanami would be worried if he noticed that his childhood friend is missing from the city.

Shuichi Nanami is a safety valve to prevent the students from exploding.

I don’t know when the next time I will be able to return to the ground is, but it would be better to pa.s.s him a letter and make him feel rea.s.sured.

“Well, I’ll try to take a bath.” (Kazuha)

I thought why should I heat the bath in order to write the letter, but I should enter the bath if I have time.

Although fatigue of the body can be cured with a potion, it’s impossible to treat the mind.

Sometimes, it’s better to heal your mind with a bath.

“No, as I prepare the bath, you can write your letter quickly.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Urgh, then I’ll make some food!” (Kazuha)

“Rindou, the letter……well, it’s fine, then you can make some food. If you decide to take a bath, it will be heated quickly.” (s.h.i.+njou)

Since I have to eat food either way, I won’t refuse her from making it.

Even though I’m pretty wild, I don’t want to only eat the raw meat of worms.

I am thankful if I can eat decent things here.

When I took off my ringmail, clothes, and underpants, I lifted up the drums and jumped into the lake instantly.

Then, I sank the drums in the water by forcing them, then lifted them with brute force.

I always do it all at once because it’s a waste of time to draw water with a pail.

With a bashaan sound and the violent sound of the water, the surface of the water became wavy.

“Yoishotto!” (s.h.i.+njou)²

“Amazing, it’s splendid!” (Kazuha)

Kazuha, who seemed to have collected vegetables in the nearby fields, seems to be amazed at seeing me carrying the drums full of water.

It’s a little tough, but this is also done as physical training.

However, I don’t know what rank will rise for carrying drums on my shoulder.

“When you want to take a bath by yourself, since there is a wooden trough, it’s good to draw water because of that.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Ok, I understand.” (Kazuha)

I put the drums in parallel to one another on top of the stone structure, and put the firewood stacked beside the loghouse in the gaps of the stones and set fire to them with fireb.a.l.l.s.

After that, wait for it to burn.

Hot water is nice if it’s for me, but if Kazuha goes in, it’s at most 30 minutes.

This time, the sun.o.bo won’t sink down.

I alone can enter as is, but if Kazuha is entering, I think it’s a bit too wild, so when the hot water is moderately warmed, I transfered it to another drum with a hose.

Then, it will be safe because it won’t be too hot.

With the principle of siphons, as long as there is a difference in height, hot water can easily be transfered by hose.

“So, what is Rindou making?” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Since there are vegetables, I thought that I would make a pot-au-feu.” (Kazuha)

Pot-au-feu is a girlish way of calling it, but it is a stewed dish like a pot.

Roughly cut carrots, onions, turnips, and celery are floating in the pan.

According to Kazuha, since the seasonings such as spices, salt, and consomme was prepared in the cupboard, it seems that there is enough seasoning for it to taste good.

“If it’s a stewed dish, it will be lonely without meat. Why don’t you put this in?” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Ueh, what is that!” (Kazuha)

From the rucksack, I took out the raw meat of the worm.

It’s a colorful meat mixed with blue, red, and green.

“You see, there was a worm on the 3rd floor, and I set aside its meat to eat later.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“It will destroy your stomach if you eat that thing raw!” (Kazuha)

That won’t destroy it.

It is acceptable to admit that it is grotesque, but it is more freshly preserved than the other flesh of monsters, its raw meat can be eaten with confidence.

Because it was alright in the game, there’s no danger here either.

Well, even though I’m saying so, at first I was taking precautions and drinking detoxification potions, but it’s been proven to be okay with humans by experimenting.

“It’s all right, I’ve eaten it raw many times.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Urgh, well then I’m a bit……yup, I thought my habit was simple, but now this……” (Kazuha)

I looked over at Kazuha for a bit.

When she cut the worm’s meat into small slices with the petty knife, she washed it with some water and ate it.

I was also in battle after battle, so because my mind became insane, I could eat it, but for her to eat the raw meat of the worm in a cheerful state, there’s something wrong with her （It’s a remark of praise）.

“As one would expect from your job: You are a cook.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“I don’t understand that cooking skill at all. Because I have never played any games, I just make it normally.” (Kazuha)

Kazuha quickly handled it, and when she threw the meat of the worm which had been cut into moderately sized pieces into the large pot, the pot-au-feu became a poisonous purple.

Although it appears to be unappetizing when you look at it, when I got a wooden plate, received a cup of it and ate it, it was very delicious.

Or rather, what’s this?

When it fell into my stomach, my stomach became really warm.

My body felt strange with a nice and warm feeling.

The worm meat stew’s taste quickly changed to the taste of your mother’s home cooked food.

No, because my family was only my father and I, I don’t know the taste of a real mom’s home cooked food, but it had a nostalgic taste to it somewhere.

This grotesque meat will be so tasty if you give it a decent flavor.

Somehow, it’s strange that laughter is being raised.

If you eat delicious things, people will laugh.

“Rindou, were you orginally good at cooking?” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Yeah, because both of my parents worked, I had a lot of things to make so I am good at it. I have seen the taste……was it delicious?” (Kazuha)

I quietly nod.

Originally, I liked soup dishes, but this is the first time that I’ve tasted such a flavor.

Perhaps jobs aren’t random, but are decided according to the actual ability of the person.

k.u.miko and Ussah are a ninja and martial artist, as although they appear to be graceful, they are actually rough if speaking honestly, and Seki, who is a smart and gentle person, is a monk.

It was acceptable but unjustifiable that I was a middle fighter from the start, and Kazuha who seems to have only cooked dishes from the start is a cook.

My own hunger has diminished, and I’m laughing with a face that seems to be happy as if I’m saying what I ate before was delicious.

While watching Kazuha, I’m thinking it’s charming that she truly likes feeding people.

It’s likely that the initial job is decided by the person’s suitability to it.

Thanks to Kazuha, another Geno-Real mystery was solved.

“Well, the meal has been finished and I’ve prepared the bath, so Rindou can enter it first.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“Well, I, that……. Because you are so dirty, s.h.i.+njou-kun should enter first!” (Kazuha)

I’m dirty, but Kazuha, I wonder if she hasn’t had the time to take a bath.

Speaking of being dirty, I’m slightly more than her.

“If you are dirty, then I’m a lump of dirty mud. If you are concerned, I will change the hot water later, so please enter first.” (s.h.i.+njou)

Because she’s a girl, she doesn’t want a man she doesn’t like entering her remaining bath water.

It’s well understood phsyiology that you wouldn’t like someone entering the bath water you dirtied yourself.

“Then in that case, I will go first……but s.h.i.+njou-kun, please absolutely don’t peek at me.” (Kazuha)

“I’m not a junior high student who came to a school trip, so I won’t look at you.” (s.h.i.+njou)

“….once I warm myself, I will go out and wash my hair slowly, and if you look during the meantime and observe calmly, it might not be obvious, but it’s absolutely not allowed for you to look at me!” (Kazuha)³

“I’ll be taking a nap, so please call out to me when you’re done.” (s.h.i.+njou)

I used my remanining mana constantly by creating the necessary strength potion and then using it.

I laid down on the bed.

Feeling the comfortable soft bed for the first time in a while, I lost consciousness in 5 seconds.

Since I have come to Geno-Real, I have really gotten better at sleeping.

Because I can even sleep well on the hard stone floor, it’s even more so on the bed.

“……s.h.i.+njou-kun, s.h.i.+njou-kun!” (Kazuha)

“Nnn……what is it……” (s.h.i.+njou)

My peaceful sleep was immediately awakened by a call from outside of the log house.

It’s quite noisy, was Kazuha already out of the bath?

I got up soon and went outside of the log house, but Kazuha was still remaining in the drum bath.

“What……you haven’t come out of the bath yet, why did you call me?” (s.h.i.+njou)

“I’m sorry, please take a change of clothes and a bath towel from my backpack.” (Kazuha)

That blockhead, she forgot to prepare a change of clothes and a bath towel.

Since Kazuha would have been tired because of various things, I guess it can’t be helped.

However, I have resistance to fis.h.i.+ng inside a girl’s bag.

For a change of clothes, underwear……that’s troublesome.