Chapter 3 (1/2)

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And a few years later…….

No, no, it has only been three days since then!

As a result of my difficult pantomime, they could somehow understand my what I want. ……or, I think.

First, I'll work here so let me stay for a while. Second, I want to go to a town later so please share some water and food when that time comes. Third, tell me the way to the town.

It took a very long time to convey only this. I gave up memorizing their language. I’ll hardly remember it in a few days, there should be a phone if I go to a town so I can call j.a.pan using an international phone or from an emba.s.sy, if I can find someone who understands j.a.panese or at worse English, it's the end of that story. There wouldn’t be any chances to use this country's language after returning home. No, I will say my thanks, but it's fine if I get someone to translate it.

After doing various things with them I understood a few things. First of all, as I thought I seem to be thought as a child or rather not in that sense that I'm a minor but that I'm about ten to twelve years old. …It's all right, it’s convenient so I’ll let that go! Well, Colette-chan is eight years old…. shouldn't I let being twelve pa.s.s?

And maybe it's a custom around here, but it's normal for orphans and abandoned children to be taken in by someone, raised, and become a child of that house. It is not unusual for them to marry a child from the house after becoming an adult be blessed with becoming “true parent and child” by everyone. Of course, it seems a large majority will usually marry other households and repay their guardians like one would parents. Well, in the first place it's a small village so all villagers seem to be like family.

So, what does that mean? It seems that ”If an orphan or an unidentified person is picked up, without sending them to a government office you can take care of them as is. They were abandoned anyway so don't bother looking for such parents.” Oh, so that's why parents here looked so calm when they took care of me. Well, I’ll be leaving soon.

…So why did you bother to explain that for half a day, Colette-chan? She took a lot of time and effort to sc.r.a.pe the ground and draw a lot of things which seemed to be a family tree with a piece of wood and then points to it. What do you have to explain right now? The adopted daughter marry their biological son in the house over there, and the house over there has an adopted son and a biological son taking care of their parents. No, why are you staring at me!

I was disturbed by Colette-chan's pressure, but I spent a few days relaxing while helping with housework. Cooking using the stove without any fermented seasonings gave me a huge handicap but I'd been helping my mom cook since elementary school and by middle school, it was mostly up to me so I have a life full of experience and was able to make something appropriate. The result was very popular, the wife Elnel-san groaned, Gununu.

In contrast, chopping firewood was terrible. No, is chopping firewood housework? Isn’t that part the father’s work?

Oh, Eline-san and Colette-chan is in charge of the housework and part of that is the preparation of firewood, is that so?

The ax is heavy. The hatchet is difficult to use. It misses when I swing down. After the ax bites into the firewood, the ax attach to the firewood is too heavy to raise to raise and slam back down. When doing that the skin of my palms peels off, muscles, shortness of breath, waist….. Immediately, I got tagged out. Why does it breaks after a few plonks, Colette-chan…….

The next day, I went to look for wild vegetables with Colette-chan. Going into the forest carrying a basket on my back. Oh, only me is carrying it. Because there is no way we'll find two baskets worth, I will carry it to make it easy for the main force Collett-chan to move. Yep, that is very logical.

Huh, Is this the forest I was wandering in? I see, so Colette-chan found me here? Then, I’ll try my best in the search to apologize for messing up the gathering that day! Colette-chan showed me a sample of the types of vegetables we're looking for so it's ok!