The village has been busy ever since yesterday . Itâs because the harvest festival will be held tomorrow . Itâs true that the harvest is already finished but because of my magic, which made the harvest finish earlier, it seems that most of the preparations were not made because they were procrastinating . Those preparations were mainly stocking up on sake and processing of the livestock .
ăItâs the harvest festival so donât go to the forest just for today, okayăźă That is what I was told before I went to school so I just replied obediently .
The three idiots were enthusiastically telling me that they were praised when they showed their parents their magic after we went home yesterday . No child would not be happy when they are praised by their parents . I was also really happy when I was praised for having good marks on my tests when I was in elementary school . Un un, I really understand that feeling . You can say that Iâm a 30 year old human inside so I have a varied persuasiveness . I should keep that in mind .
ăGood for you! You wonât need to draw water from the well after this!ă[TN: This might sound sarcastic, but itâs not . ] They were surprised when I said that . Itâs because things like drawing water from the well are the childrenâs job . It was done with my motherâs magic at home but recently, I been able to help her out with that .
ăYou definitely think of things differently! Thatâs really amazing!ă
ăOh, have you guys practiced your magic? Didnât I have a hard time teaching you? So who did you learn it from?ă
ăAa! It was Caam . We were surprised at how good he was in teaching . Sc.h.i.n.ken and Speck were only able to use water magic yesterday . ă When Wurst said that, Miiru was surprised and looked at me . I donât know what she was thinking but she was fidgeting a little while said, âI-I wonder if you could also teach meâŚâŚâ I couldnât hear what she was saying in the end . She really has too much pride . Sheâs a little bit of a tsundere so it canât be helped .
Suzuran was looking at me with an intimidating look . Then she suddenly stood up and said âMe tooâ while approaching me . I said, âAhăź Then it is okay if I meet you two at the schoolâs water well after school?â . Miiru replied with âI understandâ and Suzuran just nodded .
ăItâs the harvest festival today so I wonât be able to teach you for long . Is that fine?ă I told them our meeting place but Suzuran seems to be in a bit of a bad mood . I wonder what happened . Did I do something wrong? I kept on thinking about that after school .
ăWhy are there a lot of peopleâŚâŚ Iâm not teaching a trick for learning magic you know?ă I see guys who are not good with magic and there are those who want to learn water magic when I looked at them . Isnât half of the cla.s.s here? Fine . The only difference is that instead of 1 person, Iâll be teaching 10 . I draw up water from the well and scooped up water in order to wash my face similar to what we did the other day .
ăYou should imagine gathering water in your hands like this . Wurst was bad at this but he was able to do it himself . The trick is in the way you imagine . Iâm only going to teach you this because it is the harvest festival today . You should keep on trying to imagine scooping up water from a bucket like what I just did on your free time until it becomes easy for you to imagine water coming out from your hands . ă[TN: Wait, but you just said you werenât going to teach them any tricks⌠HaahâŚ]
It became noisy around the well . There were some who did it on the first try and there were some who took a few tries at first . There were also various people who couldnât do it until I had to go home so I told them, âFor those who couldnât do it, remember what I told you today . If you do, you could be able to do it so donât give upâ I said that like some tennis player somewhere but I didnât enthusiastically say it so Iâm safe . [TN: Iâm not sure which tennis player though⌠I donât want to research itâŚ]
But I was surprised that Miiru was able to do it on the first try . Vampires have this image of being weak with water but, are dhampir different? Both Suzuran and Miiru were able to do it . Being good with fire and also being able to quickly learn waterâŚâŚMiiru, Suzuran, what frightful children! [TN: ćăăăĺďź]
I went to eat the food prepared at the square . From the adults who were preparing since this morning, there are already some who already have a bit of alcohol in them . The person himself says âI was only practicing my kampai, you knowâ, so he probably loves drinking this much . There is a campfire in the center of the village square with logs stacked like that time* . There are wine casks lined around the tables and chairs . There are also tables for food and fruits . [*TN: Iâm not sure if heâs talking about a personal experience or something but it looks like this]
Well, the banquet for the harvest festival is also like this for other towns and villages . By the way, the child-like adults just do their ch.o.r.es . Itâs because even if they look like adults, they are really inexperienced . Hmm, I understand .
The slaughtering of the pig was done in different parts so I didnât have time to see it . I guess I should have seen that so I can learn something . I have a bit of guro resistance I got from games and war movies with the gore representation Iâm fine with looking but I definitely not good with the smell . I would probably be fine with the smell of blood but, the washing of the stomach and intestines makes me throw up a bit in my mouth . uhh⌠and that scream . I just think it would be better if they killed it first with a gas like carbon dioxide or something . Instead, they just tie it with a rope and swing down the hatchet . Could you please drop it just once? For my sake!
âDo you want to try it next year?â, I was asked by the Wildcat and Werewolf ossan who I usually see . So I just said, âI still have to go to school for 2 years so I wonât be able to come before noonâ as an excuse to escape .
After this and that happened, evening came and the speech has started . Where can you normally find the village chief? ăCaam, because of your quick wittedness, this yearâs harvest ended quickly . But because of circ.u.mstances, the harvest festival was held on the usual time . Because I also donât like long speeches on these occasions, Iâll end it here! Kampai!ă
ăăăăKampai!ăăăă
Lively cheers filled the place but, because Iâm still a child, Iâm just drinking water with a sliced lemon in it . Itâs lukewarm and unsavory ăAhăź I want iceă And with that brief comment, because I did not have anything to lose, I tried to imagine it .
ăImage: Square Iceâ˘3cm3â˘Hard and transparentâ˘Inside the cup Iâm holding in my handâ˘Executeă[TN: I could probably have translated it better but d.a.m.n IT AUTHOR, this magic system of yours is very dull]
When I tried to transmit my magic power into an image of a square ice from an ice maker, it came out .
ăSkillăťOffensive AttributeăťWaterďź2ăaquired .
Ah, itâs been a long time since I heard that announcement . It didnât go up when I was thoroughly using and continuously firing those blades of wind during harvest . I still donât know what triggers it to go up .
ăOi! Looks like Hailâs(ăă¤ăŤ) son has a magic to make ice!ă c.r.a.p! I was seen! [TN: This was what a certain MC with OP waifus was talking about . ] After he said that, a crowd gathered . And since they were drunk, it started to turn into a mob . âOi Caam, giveăźusăźiceăźâ âWe want to drink cold beerâ âFruits are tasty when they are coldăźâ âCanât you make moreăź?â [TN: Iâm not sure how to change them, or at least the 1st and 2nd one into drunk speech] Theyâre influenced by sakeâŚâŚ So troublesomeâŚâŚ
ăOkay, I understand . I was just trying it out a while ago so please donât get your hopes up!ă I put my magic power into an image of a large ice in a bucket . I made 50 cubic centimeter ice . Iâm not sure if I can make any more than this .
ăIt is the first time I used this magic to make ice so please do not expect any more than this! Please just break some off so you can use it later . ă I still made two more of those after I said that .
After that, I was called out by the dad group . ăMy son is amazing right! A magic to produce ice! Not ice lance or ice needle but ice that can only be made in winter! Itâs not an attack!ă ăYour son always surprises us! Magic is not only used for attacking!ă These adults are already wasted . Because they are drunk, theyâve been repeating the same topic for how many times already . This is seriously terrible . The conversation earlier has already repeated for about three times .
âOi, come over here . Letâs drink together!â âThats right, thatâs right! Drink! Drink!â Father and Ichii-san kept on inviting me .
âIâm still a child soâŚâ I kept on gently refusing them but, âWe were already drinking when we were that tall! Right? â âOu!â
Thatâs what they said . They were not about their ageâŚâŚ but about their height . Well, I could drink in my previous life so, oh well .
âWell, okay but just a little . Itâs my first time drinking sake . â Since I came here anyway, so I might as well do it .
gulp gulp gulp gulp, âAahhăźăźăźăźăźăź Itâs sour!â Iâm not sure if itâs just the brewing technique that is low or if itâs the whole manufacturing technique but itâs sour . Well, wouldnât it be better if we drink while weâre talking about german beer or how our housesâ beer has a sour taste . [TN: probably wrong] But, within its sourness, thereâs this fruity smell⌠I donât know if itâs because of a different wheat or the natural fermentation but itâs not like I canât drink it!
ăYour son is a good drinker, isnât he! Heâs drinking like heâs used to ită ăWhat have you been drinking until now! Blood? Giyahahah!ă
Everybody here is a drunkard so I should drink in moderation⌠.
And while we were drinking together, Suzuran approached me with a piece of meat and an empty plate . The meat was in her mouth . She was chewing it then immediately swallowed afterwards . ăI will also drinkă
ăOi, your daughter wants to drink . Is that okayăź?ă ăDo you understand? Just keep it a secret from your mom! Itâs okay you guysăźă
I have a problem with how he said that loudly because Ricoris-san is just over there drinking with my mother and the others . I donât know whether or not she noticed but, sheâs not looking over here so itâs alright for now .
gulpgulpgulp, I can hear the sound of her drinking . ăYou are drinking it like itâs water . Are you okay, Suzuran-chan?ă ăIâm still okayă
Well, Iâll just stop it if it gets dangerous . She is usually wearing something that resembles a samue or a Jinbei-like clothing when it is hot but right now, sheâs wearing something that looks like a yukata . It has bright colors which is different from her usual indigo color . And itâs cute how sheâs just sipping little by little from the cup like itâs water .
Sheâs been drinking for a while . Suzuranâs facial expression might have not changed but her face is red .
ăSuzuran-chan, I think itâs better if you stop drinking soon . Your face is already red and your head is slightly swaying from left to rightă ăItâs not chană Hm? What is she displeased with that sheâs getting sulky . ăSuzuran-san?ă ăSuzuranăăEh?ă ăSu-zu-ra-nă ăGeez, Su-Suzuran, you better stop drinking sake, okay? Itâs better if you go home and lie downă
The adults were just grinning while looking at our direction without care . ăLook at that! My son is losing to the mouth of a drunk girlă ăThat guy is definitely the type that gets dominated . Anyone would understand when my daughter who is drunk on sake says that . Well, if itâs my daughter, then she can do it!ăhe was saying that while striking my fatherâs shoulders . You drunkard! Making unnecessary comments are fine but stop your daughterâs recklessness!
ăHmăźă Sheâs just staring into s.p.a.ce, is that bad? But the intimidating air earlier is now gone . While I was thinking that itâs probably fine, my collar was suddenly grabbed .
âWait! Suzuran? Get oăźâ while I was saying that, she strongly pulled me towards herself and stole my lips .
The two adults in front of us who were grinning while they were drinking did a spit take with their sake . When they noticed that something was happening, the other adults stopped drinking and looked at us . The mood in the plaza became quiet for a moment . In panic, I tried to pull myself off but even with my strength, I couldnât . What do I do in this situation?
After 5 more seconds, all of the adults started whistling and shouting âââWooohăźăźăź!!âââ There is even a guy saying âkiss, kissâ
What do you do now, me! I would be killed by Ichii-san!!
ămnâŚâŚ haaâŚâŚă Suzuran let out an erotic sigh as she was smiling while separating from my lips . [TN: she was actually doing something like this, (=âż=) . I just didnât know how to phase it properly] I pretended to be composed . ăS-Suzuranâs really strong, isnât she? Thatâs good and all but, your hands, can you let go of me?ă
Even when I said that, she didnât loosen her grip on my collar . This time, I tried to slowly pull myself off . At this rate, itâs dangerous since she might kiss me again . Why are there people affected on my left side!? The people who were noisy earlier increased! My cla.s.smates are also here!? This is bad! Everyone has different surprised faces and their voices were getting louder as they were approaching . This is impossible . Avoiding it is already impossible . My mother and her companions are grinning . Iâll leave Ichii-san to Ricoris-san . I donât want to die yet .
Iâll surrender my self to fate . Iâm concerned about surrendering the fate of everyone else around me .
ăăăăOohăźăźăźăźăăăă
I feel like thereâs a sound of a ma.s.sive iron hand gun shooting at my head .
Wait, what! Itâs longer than before! Tongue! Donât put your tongue in me!
A grand applause somehow resounded when I separated from Suzuranâs lips . At that time, the hands that were holding on to my collar started to weaken . She seems to be quite satisfied .
I kept on looking at Suzuran while sitting on the floor . She seemed rather glossy .
My first kiss after I reincarnated smelled an tasted like beer .
And as if nothing happened, Suzuran drank the sake left on my cup . She still drank from that cup even though I already used it .
Ichii-san is somewhat absent-minded . Ricoris-san is next to him grinning while drinking sake . My father probably felt like something bad will happen so he seized Ichii-san and prepared himself . He ran out of sake a while ago so he was only drinking water . Father, thank you for actually worrying about me . I got teary-eyed from my fatherâs greatness .
While I was sitting on the floor, Ricoris-san suggestively said, âCould you take our girl home?â . It wonât be like those situations where you get drunk on sake and you wonât remember that you put your hands on a woman . Even if I ever get drunk, Iâm sure I would not do something like that .
ăEh? Ah, yesă I just answered that when I came to my senses .
When I decided that I would just take her home, Suzuran suddenly approached me and said, âpiggybackâ so I just obediently carried her on my back . Theyâs raising a voice of joy again . As I was thinking, âAre you guys supporters watching soccer at a bar?â, I started walking towards Suzuranâs house .
I want to say that there are soft and pleasant things touching my back but unfortunately, thatâs not the case . You can clearly see it when you look at her yukata-like clothingâs overall appearance . She kept on giggling while she was on my back but I just pretended not to hear and just kept on walking .
I placed Suzuran on her bed when we reached their house . She caught my arm and dragged my along with her . Itâs clear what would happen on this situation .
I gently flicked her forehead . ăI also like Suzuran but you are considerably drunk so you donât know what you are doing . Or could it be that you are just acting drunk? Iâm happy that you feel that way about me though . If there would be a next time, I would be really happy if you decide to invite me again when both of us arenât drunk . ă
I donât know if she understood that I was serious or if she just gave up but she released my arm . I told her, âThanks for understandingâ, and this time, I was the one who kissed her . Of course, there was no tongue .
Iâm sorry for being a coward .
ăWell then, see you tomorrow . It would be nice if we could act like usuală ăâŚâŚună I left the room after I heard her reply .
I didnât say, âdonât puke on your sleepâ because it would ruin the mood . I would have told her that if she drank her self unconscious .
I immediately returned to the venue . When Ricoris-san saw me, she had this disappointed look . Meanwhile, Ichii-san was saying, âMy daughter! Did you take my daughter!?â He was crying while drinking sake and he had this really troubled look . My parents had this surprised look on their faces . They had a look that says they were expecting me to take at least 1~2 hours to come back . My male cla.s.smates who were scowling at me had this relieved look while the girls who were looking at me with disgust had this look that was saying âwe were not expecting him to be a gentlemanâ . What do you really want me to do?
I got tired with so many things happening today . I was thinking that I wanted to drink more so I was pouring sake in a cup to drink then I suddenly remembered . âSuzuran drank from this cup, didnât she?â, but since receiving an indirect kiss right now would not matter anyway, I gulped the sake in one go and then went home to sleep .
My parents didnât come home that day . Because itâs a festival today, my parentâs purposely came home really late . Isnât there a custom here where the parents attend to their children?
School would be rough tomorrowâŚ
Chapter t.i.tle: When I had my first kiss that tasted like beer at the harvest festival