Chapter 43 (1/2)

Chapter 43

Chapter 43: That time when Latte came with me during the harvest festival Part 2

TL: kizen who has been hit by RL hard and is still recoving

ED: Filip

During breakfast, father said .

「It’s still early but we’re going to get started with the harvest」

The village chief told us that we don’t have enough help this year since most of the people who moved here are busy helping to build their houses . Because of that, we ended up just going with our usual operation where I use my magic to cut the wheat while the others place those in carts to carry them to a silo in the village .

Un, we have a good yield this year as well . It kinda makes me want to run through them .  1 Well, I might damage them so I can’t do it though . 2

「At any rate, the arable land sure has gotten wide now」I mumbled to myself .

It seems like they got help to clear out the wastelands and gradually expand the fields while I was away . It looks like they’re using the new fields to grow tubers, tomatoes, and eggplants . Meanwhile, they raising grapes and apple seedlings in the area that’s close to the forest .

I remember when I was told that I didn’t have to attend my third year of school . The village chief told me to work for the sake of the village and that led to me plow the fields using magic . And look at how far we’ve come from that now .

While I was reminiscing about the past, we decided to head back so that we can have our lunch . As I was thinking about whether Suzuran and the others have already eaten, I was caught by the three idiots so I just decided to eat with them .

「Alrightー . Let’s eat」

「I don’t really mind but what about your partners? If I can, I want to eat with Suzuran and Latte too you know?」

「Ah . Everyone went to meet Latte-san and told us that guys aren’t allowed to come」

「That’s harsh」

「Rightー?」

Speck with a disheartened look on his face sure is cute . I meant cute in an animal kind of way .

「Because of that, we thought why don’t we gather us guys as well to have a talk likewise?」

「Un un」

「Hou……」

「So, how everything going in town?」

「It’s only been 40 days at most since I previously came back so why the heck would you think that something would change that quickly?」

「No no . This is you we’re talking about so I’m sure that a lot of people have already asked you to do a lot of different things . There’s that incident with the high goblin and slime after all」

「That’s right」

「Nothing’s new okay! Nothing at all . I still mix the ingredients to make bricks as usual . They’ve been letting me try being in charge of the firing lately though」

「How boring」

「It’s good to have a boring life you know . I might go bald if it just changes all of a sudden」

「Why will you go bald?」

「You’ll start losing hair when you have a lot of things to worry about」

「If that’s the case then I won’t go bald, right!」

That’s right, isn’t it? You probably haven’t been troubled by anything in your whole life right? Well, weren’t you a bit troubled about being stalked by Tryapka-san a while ago though?

Eating our lunch became even better with those trivial conversations .

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「Suzuran-cha~n . It’s lunch time~」

「Got it」

I headed towards Suzuran-chan who’s in charge of even more physical work than the men and was going to ask her to go together to where Caam-kun is when 3 women that she seems to be close with arrived .

「Uhm~ . This people are?」

「Friends」

I won’t know who they are with just that though~ .

「Suzuran . She won’t understand you if you put it that way . Nice to meet you, Latte-san . My name is Mir」

Ahー . So all of these people are Suzuran-chan’s friends~ .

「Ah . Nice to meet you~」

After that, the remaining two also introduced themselves . Kuchinas.h.i.+-chan and Tryapka-san right? I’ll make sure to remember it .

「For a while, Latte-san was all that the village has been talking about you know? This place has gotten bigger recently but it’s still not at the same level as the town yet . Even so, almost everyone already knows about it just from the rumors」

They told me that it was because of Caam-kun that the village has gotten this big .

「Ahー . I hear that a lot from Caam-kun . I’m sorry if I troubled you」

「No no . Uhm……I even heard some rumors about Caam getting seriously killed this time because of Suzuran’s scary father」

Hmm~ . Her b.r.e.a.s.t.s are largeー . I’m jealous~ .

「That’s right . That also became a hot topic at that time that even my mother was starting to get worried」

What beautiful silky silver hair she has~ . And aren’t her b.r.e.a.s.t.s also a bit larger than mine?

「That was the same for my household you know?」

「They even talked about it in school right? It seems like the students were really interested in that topic」

Isn’t she as big as Celesso-san? Her plain clothes have gotten dirty and loose but it’s still clearly defined . Muー . Why am I being surrounded by women who are bigger than me here I wonder? I mean, I’m already big enough as it is but still…

While I was thinking that, I glanced at Suzuran-chan who was silently throwing away the vegetables of her sandwich before eating it and thought .

『Well, everyone except Suzuran though』

I was being bitter even though everyone else was making an effort to get along .

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「Well then, I guess we should start working again」

「Ahーthat’s right . I ate too much so I don’t really feel like moving yet though . You always tend to overeat when you go back home」

「Isn’t that a good thing? That just goes to show how delicious your mom’s cooking is」

「……Well yeah, I guess」

After saying that, we resumed with the harvesting of the wheat .

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It’s the fifth morning since I came back to the village .

Just like last year, the harvest ended pretty quickly so the villagers are now starting the preparations for the festival . We were asked by the werewolf and werecat old men to help out with the dismantling of the meat, and due to Suzuran’s suggestion, I’m currently next door doing just that .

「Iyaー . Suzuran-chan sure has more talent in this than her old man . That guy would just go to town cutting it after all」

「That’s right . Even though Suzuran-chan’s also strong, she’s pretty well mannered too . I guess that’s a girl for ya」

They were just talking there while leaving Wurst and I unattended . I wonder if they’re doing that because they think that being with a cute girl is better than staying with the guy group . Also, I don’t know if this is her first time butchering a pig but they’re certainly teaching her more kindly than they did with me . It’s really terrible, isn’t it?

As for Latte, she is out there helping with the preliminary arrangements for cooking . It’s nice that she’s starting to get used to living in the village .

After that, although the impatient old men group went in early and started to drink sake, the festival eventually started .

The village chief was supposed to make a speech but it seems like he doesn’t care anymore since he is already drunk .

The three dragonkin girls are also here so we started talking about sake .

「We’ve been trying out using various kinds of wood and fruits recently but as expected, it will take a long time before they’re completed」

「That’s trueー . The color is also gradually changing right?」

「Yes . The taste certainly changed a bit and the usual strong odor is still there」