Hereâs chapter 9, enjoy .
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Chapter 09: That time when we held the end of the year festival
The end of the yearâŠâŠ That is another way of calling the 12th month in j.a.pan . I remember times where I was quite busy during that time in my previous life . I donât know if that exists in this world but the village is currently noisy and hectic for an entirely different reason .
Snow has piled up . Everybody is busy removing the piled up snow from the roofs of their animal sheds so there are no particular tasks to be done indoors . Before the snow fell, we were repairing our own animal shed . As for preparing preserved food, we made salty dried meat before the harvest festival . [TN: Animal shed? pen? barn? I donât know] The wheat like plant we produced was taken as tax but since the amount that was taken was small, we would not have to worry about being hungry during winter . But if in case there is actually a person who is starving, because this is a small village, there is an unspoken agreement between everyone that we would help each other out . And since everyone in the village is friendly, they are even kind to strangers .
The school would also have a days-off when there is snowfall but when it stops, a teacher is going to announce at the village square that âthere will be school tomorrowâ . I was able to kill time but also earn some extra money while doing side jobs during winter .
I bought sc.r.a.p cloths with bright colors and made bear and rabbit plushies, rolled roses and knitted mats . This was my motherâs hobby in my past life so I remembered it . c.r.a.p . A few tears came out when I remembered it . I havenât thought about what happened after my death that much . I probably troubled my family . Since the actual cause of my death was choking on a mochi, I wonder how they would explain this to the neighbors . Iâm sorry Tou-san Kaa-san Nee-san .
Next, I took some dried-up wood from the forest and carved it using a knife . Thatâs right, I was thinking of making those that you can usually find in the houses of ojii-chans and obaa-chans . I can imagine it and I know its shape but because I donât have the skill, it just became wood sc.r.a.ps . Famous artists are pretty amazing . And sculptors too .
I also bought some cheap broken gla.s.s and tried to make accessories . Since the gla.s.s manufacturing technology hasnât really been established yet, I just tried to recall a video I saw on TV about making gla.s.s beads . I used fire magic to so that I could properly melt it then use a rod-shaped metal to twirl it around . I was having difficulty slowly cooling it at first but I used a pot that I picked up and filled it with sand as a subst.i.tute for an annealing agent .
By the way, I also earned money by hunting prey . I sold the excess meat and skin at the butcherâs and a tanning* shop and it has been steadily acc.u.mulating . [*TN: As in leather if that wasnât obvious enough] The the second-hand knife that I bought started to become rusty so I picked up a small clay-like stone on a dry river bed and polished it . I tried making an obsidian knife using magic but I noticed that it disappears after an hour . It seems like stuff made with magic would disappear when magic power is depleted so I canât sell gold, silver, gems and the like that I made using magic . Thatâs a shame .
I tried out various thing when I went out hunting but I couldnât come up with anything . We have been dependant on those tools that we usually use in modern society even though there are a lot of these amazing techniques, huh⊠Well, I may be able to use various kinds of magic but itâs a different story when it comes to making things .
As I was thinking about that, snow started to fall and a month slowly pa.s.sed by . It seems like we have enough to feed our livestock and we have still have those vegetables that grew healthily during spring . We donât have anything to worry about .
I just stayed with my family last year but this year itâs going to be different because I became an adult and am already able to drink .
ăCaam, you should go to the a.s.sembly hall tonight . Since itâs the end of the year festival, we are going to hold an overnight drinking festival . Itâs okay to be late but you must absolutely come . ă
Just as I was thinking about how I did not want to spend every year relaxing, they said that so I didnât think about it for a long time .
Until last year, we just spent our time leisurely at home eating a slightly luxurious meal . That didnât change this year but, it seems like my parents would usually go drinking at the villageâs a.s.sembly hall . Iâm also required to partic.i.p.ate this yearâŠâŠ My head hurts when I think about what happened during the harvest festival . Instead of my head aching because of pain, itâs because Iâve got a lot of things Iâm anxious about [TN: Another wordplay that I most probably messed upâŠăăăé çăçăăšèšăăăăăăäžćźèŠçŽ ăć€ăă]
ăCaam! Over here!ă Wurstâs voice echoed throughout the place . Now that I look closely, almost all of the boys in our cla.s.s is here . Or rather, they are already wasted . The girls are also here and they are also drinking . ăOh, you guys are quick . You werenât here last year, right?ă ăIsnât it quite early for your old man to bring along some kids who grew big and became a couple but didnât get married?ă Okay, okay, Iâve somehow figured it out . There is a possibility that these guys probably prepared this end of the year festival . Thatâs just my a.s.sumptions so I just gave a vague reply . Speck brought over some beer after that and everyone started to shout âkanpaiâ . How many times are these guys going to do that? *gulp gulp gulp!* âAhhh~~~bitter!â Itâs bitter this time, huh . Well, Iâm not going to stop drinking it though! You should drink if you can get sake for free! ăHey, CaamâŠâŠ Have you been hunting since that time?ă Sc.h.i.n.ken sat in front of me and started being aggressive . It seems like he gets bolder when he drinks . He is normally easy to get along with but it gets bad as soon as he starts drinking . Is this a gap moe? Itâs okay for a guy to become a gap moe whenever he drinks but as long as he doesnât become a guy who is only good when he is not drinking . Oh well . Heâs the child of those two so he would probably be fine . Violence is bad, okay? ăAa, Iâm starting to get used to it somehow . Iâm really thankful for thată ăI see . Thatâs good, thatâs good . Next time letâs go to the forest togetheră He nonchalantly replied while drinking . If they are sober, canât let them accompany those who are drunk .
ăCaam, my sake cup is empty! Bring more!ă Speckâs still the same as ever, huhâŠâŠ Is that how he is when heâs drunk? As I was bringing over the sake, I skillfully balanced on one leg without spilling the sake and turned around while laughing . The people nearby saw were in a higher spirits than usual and asked me, âYouâre already drunk arenât you?â . And I replied, âWell, itâs because of Speckâ, cleaned up and left .
In addition to that, my cla.s.smates who I donât usually see suddenly turned up on one side of the tableâŠâŠ Sake is scaryăŒ . [TN: Iâm not sure if he has cla.s.smates who are usually invisible or if they are like those loners in cla.s.s who you donât really notice . ]
Speaking of scary, thereâs Suzuran . When I tried to look at the girlsâ group, they were quiet like usual and drinking while eating meat . They have not gone wild yet .
*Thud!* As I heard that sound, I casually turned around and look and saw that Miiru who was slightly well dressed had fallen down . Her skirt was completely flipped and I did a spit take as expected when I saw her underwear . She immediately fixed her appearance but the people who saw me spit out my drink were glaring at me . Even Suzuran who was chewing on some meat was also scowling at me . Isnât that a bit unreasonable?
After that, Kuchinashi-san(ăŻăăă·) whoâs a ghoul sat next to me and embraced me while saying âCold feels goodâ . I was troubled because her chest kept on rubbing on me . The cyclops Granaade-san(ă°ă©ăăŒă) kept saying âItâs hot!â in a manly way as she vanished into the snowy night . As you can imagine, everyone is already quite drunk .
That happened last time so it seems like Suzuran is trying to avoid getting drunk just like me but she got influenced by some of our drunk cla.s.smates so she also got drunk . Her face was red and she was stuffing her face with meat while grinning as she kept glancing at me . There is a chance that she would confront me because of the influence of sake . Would it be better if I change my strategy in that area? I stopped using a strategy and just increased my drinking pace while eating a salty dried meat and forcibly get myself drunkâŠ
ăSkillă»Poison Resistance: 2ăacquired
Oiiiii! Why now! Why did it come out now! Is sake also a type of poison!? Is G.o.d trying to stop me from getting drunk!? Like that certain frank G.o.d that I know! Drinking that unappetizing poisonous c.o.c.ktail until now has finally paid off! [TN: G.o.dâs only doing his work . n.o.bodyâs going to tsukkomi if everybodyâs drunk]
The situation got even more chaotic as the date changedâŠâŠ ăUoiâŠâŠyuu rrreeeli arenât dwinking that muchh are yuu!ă[TN: I tried my bestâŠ] Hey, Wurst . Shouldnât you stop drinking sake soon? Itâs starting to affect the way you speak you know . Itâs killing off your brain cells you know . ăThatâs right, thatâs right! Drink some more!ă Sc.h.i.n.ken, even though youâre drunk, donât place your arms over the shoulders of the girl in front of you . Since the girlâs grinning while on glancing at me so I think that she probably doesnât mind it . Iâm just going to ignore them . ăHahahahahahahaha!ă Speck, stop rubbing your head on my thighs . Does this mean you want your head patted? You are really like a dog, arenât you? ăDrink! Drink! Here, you should drink!ăHe said that while showing me a cup . ăBut Iâm not drunkă You too, Miiru-san . Donât come over here if youâre just going to be annoying! ăThatâs right, you knowăŒă Kuchinashi-san, donât take advantage of the situation and climb on my back! It canât be helped that Iâve completely grasp the way of drinking because Iâve been drinking a lot as someone who is 30-year-old man inside so my poison resistance went upâŠâŠ But stillâŠâŠ
SOMEONE, PLEASE SAVE ME! [TN: DAREKA TASUKETE!]
Then, Suzuran approached me and grabbed my by the collar then everyone suddenly became quiet . Isnât this the same thing that happened during the harvest festival? Itâs definitely going to happen again, isnât it? As I was thinking that, she suddenly started drinking sake . She didnât swallow and just held it in her mouth as she brought her lips closer to mine . ăPâŠplease calm down, Suzuran-sanâŠâŠă YesâŠâŠ Itâs the same pattern as last time . Itâs impossible, I canât escape . This girl is stronger than me! ăGo ahead, Suzurană ăHave you already strengthened your resolve?ă Kuchinashi-san, Miiru-san, please donât restrain me with a headlock . My head is being surrounded by four wonderful things . [TN: AKA b.o.o.bs]
I can feel the hatred hiding in the menâs eyes when they noticed the situation . At the same time, I could hear the girls shrieking .
ăhmmăŒăŒăŒăIâll stop showing any resistance . Why is it, I wonder? I feel like Iâm that obaa-chan or that deluxe person in that âno-laughingâ program at the end of the yearâŠâŠ [TN: This Deluxe and this from this program]
AhâŠâŠsake entered my mouth .
I accepted the sake until she separated her lips from mine . It wasnât a lot so I was able to take it all . Are you satisfied, Suzuran-san?
Perhaps, the light in my eyes right has now disappearedâŠâŠ
After 4 hoursâŠâŠ at dawnâŠâŠ Everyone around me is wasted . IâŠâŠdonât wannaâŠâŠthink about itâŠ
Influenced by me and Suzuran, several pairs from my cla.s.s left one by one . Iâm looking forward to tonight .
[TN: At this point, Iâd like to give those who are squeamish and have a really good imagination a heads up . Youâll encounter disgusting scenes ahead if you have both of these . Anyway, itâs a bit of a SPOILER ALERT but the author doesnât actually use the term âvomitâ but âăă ăźæ±șćŁâ which is probably a slang(?) term for vomiting . It literally means bursting dam or something like that]
ăThis is terribleâŠâŠ UhâŠhow I wish rubber gloves exist in this worldăAnyone would understand why I kept on complaining if they could see this vomit h.e.l.l .
At first, Sc.h.i.n.ken was laughing as he was talking then, he suddenly became expressionless and let everything loose . I was confused at first then I tried to evade it but a bit of debris still splashed on my feet . When Wurst saw that, he also decided to join in and puked . Speck who was near Wurst ran away but his feet got entangled and he fell down . Because of his fall, he couldnât hold it in and let it all out . Miiru and Kuchinashi were laughing while they were pointing at us . Didnât your parents ever teach you that pointing at others is bad?
What about the adults! Donât just laugh while youâre looking at me, d.a.m.n it!
Suzuran-san who is chewing on some dried meat, please save me .
And also, am I supposed to take care of you guys? Iâll cry you know .
ăSkillă»Danger Perception: 1ăacquired
Eh? Yes, I certainly felt in danger but⊠I just learned that skill just because I avoided someoneâs vomitâŠâŠ
Anyway, for now Iâm just going to clean up . Iâll lay these guys down on their side just in case they need to vomit again . Suzuran is asleep and sheâs leaning on Miiru and Kuchinashi so Iâll just leave them alone . They will be fine because there is only two hours left until dawn and there are still adults who are drinking .
Next year . Oh, I guess itâs already this yearâŠâŠ Even though there are still 300 plus days until this yearâs end of the year festival, even though I donât know the G.o.d of this world, Iâm going to start praying right away so that the same thing wonât happen again . And thus, I went to sleep .