I went to our meeting place on the way to school but Suzuran didnât arrive . Iâm going to pick her up despite what happened yesterday . My stomach hurts . I hope I donât get killed .
ăGood morning . I came to wake up Suzurană ăOi, you already stopped using honorifics? You sure are getting alongă Iâm being hold up as expected . Iâm feeling intimidated but I canât feel any bloodl.u.s.t . Am I okay for now?
ăWellâŚâŚ The person herself wished for it?ă ăThatâs right, since she said so you have no choice right?ă Am I still being hold up? ăDear? The children are going to be late you know?ă With an icy, razor sharp smile, Ichii-san let out his bloodl.u.s.t . ăT-then, you go wake her up okayă With that said, they started talking while I was heading towards Suzuranâs room .
ăIâve been telling you since yesterday, no matter how you look at it, Suzuran was the one that started it . Itâs just that Caam didnât feel like doing it yetă ăBut you know, he did nothing even though she went that far . What does he not like about our daughter?ă ăCaam is a gentleman . Wouldnât you feel bad if that girl was taken while she was drunk?ă Ichii-san, Ricoris-san . I can hear you, you knowâŚ
When I knocked on the door, there was no response as usual . ăIâm coming ină I waited for a bit after I called out before I entered .
Sheâs still asleep as usual but the short pants that she normally wears has fallen beside her bed . I wonder if sheâs in her underwear inside of the futonâŚâŚ WellâŚâŚâthatâ already happened so I did various things while I was alone to vent out but thatâs not strange . [TN: in other words, he was choking the chicken, beating the bishop, b.u.t.tering the cornâŚâŚI should stop nowâŚ] Sheâs already of age, huhâŚâŚ I just stayed on the doorâs blind spot . âI just came you wake you up as usual you knowăźâ Letâs just pretend thatâs the case .
I shook her shoulders as usual while saying âwake upâ . As she was starting to wake up, I noticed that there was underwear has slipped down and is stuck on one of her knees at the bottom of her bed . It seems like my lower half is waking up as well . Is she only wearing her shirt inside her futonâŚâŚ OokaayâŚI already enjoyed myself yesterday right . Alone!
What should I doâŚâŚ if I leave the room as it is, would she just go back to sleepâŚâŚ or would Suzuran be embarra.s.sedâŚâŚ
We are going to be late because Iâm a coward . In the end, I just decided to shout and close the door of the small room so that it would produce a loud sound . And also, the color was white .
The awkward mood was still there when I returned to the living room . While I was drinking the tea that I received, I was held up by Ichii-san as expected . ăWhat do you think of Suzuran? You were in such a situation yesterday but why did you come back immediately?ă It seemed like I shouldnât beat around the bush so I just looked straight into his eyes and answered . ăI think thatâŚno, I like Suzuran . I think that I made the right decision yesterday to return immediately because I didnât want to do it with someone who is drunk . I think I want it to be under mutual consent and not under the the influence of sake . To be honest, after I put her in her bed, she caught my arm and pulled me with her and it almost happened but I did what I said earlier . And after it looked like she was convinced, she let me goă ăara, I thought that girl was a late-bloomer but she surprisingly isnâtă Uhm, Ricoris-san, Suzuran is a carnivore you know . In food and also in love .
ăâŚâŚwell, I canât do anything about it if Suzuran likes you . Itâs just that itâs my dream to hit a guy I donât know who suddenly comes and says âPlease let me have your daughterâ with all of my strengthă I decided to not say anything and just sip my tea . ăBut still, if that girls comes home crying, even if you are at the ends of the world, Iâm still going to come and beat you up . Understand? Do you have that resolve?ă ăâŚâŚI understand . Please donât hold back if that time comesă
There is no sign of Suzuran arriving yet .
ăTell me about your plans . And it better not be about what youâll do to your wifeă[TN: I think this is probably right but Iâm not sure what ăăŁăĄă means] ăFirst of all, we will complete our schooling . This will not be a talk about not finishing school because knowledge is wealth and a very important a.s.setă Even on Earth, having qualifications and licenses can be an important a.s.set . Knowledge, in some ways, can be considered as weapon . ăHa! The guy who used magic during harvest to make life convenient still wants to go to school, huhă ăSchool is used to deepen your friendship with your colleagues from the village . That connection wonât be severed when you are already working after you finish school so it you wonât lose anything even if you leave . After graduating, the first thing I will do is to leave the village and try to earn money in the town . Money will always be needed be it in marriage, in living or even in raising childrenă ăKa-chan, isnât this guy better than me right now? I suddenly just lost my dignity as his senior thoughă Well, thatâs because itâs somebody who has lived for 30 years inside . [TN: I hate that he still acts like heâs just possessing that bodyâŚ]
ăAfter that, I would like to earn money by having some kind of stable occupation . An adventurer seems to be a job where you aim to get rich quick but I donât want to do that kind of dangerous workă ăWhen I was your age, I was swinging a stick way saying I want to be an adventurer you know? I did it together with your father, Hail . We know that you have a secret base in the forest . It seems like you made it yourself . Thatâs what Hail told me while we were drinkingă ăWellâŚitâs true that I am doing those things . I heard from sensei that there are humans who hate us demons so I am training to be able to protect myself . I come up with my magic there too . And also, thank you for thinning out the monsters around the village . Thatâs why I can continue to train safely over thereă
I can hear a clattering noise coming from Suzuranâs room . She may have seen that her short pants has come off and her underwear is caught on her feet . I wonder if that really happened? Itâs okay, I will just say âOre wa nanimo mitemasen yoăźâ when I see her . [TN: said in a foreign accent like in anime]
ăItâs unusually noisy, did you do something?ă ăI called out like usual . Since there was no response when I knocked, I entered and I simply shook her shoulders . I saw something embarra.s.sing that fell thoughă ăâŚâŚShould I ask?ă ăItâs fine if you hear it from me but you better not ask Suzuran . She will hate you as her fatheră ăIâll ask about it next time when I have sake . Iâll resolve myself at that timeă I think that some male strategy was more or less mixed in there but, isnât our bar snack a bit indecent? [TN: This might not make sense but I think that Ichii-san just created an excuse to drink sake] Ricoris-san, please stop smiling . Iâm scared for Ichii-san in a different meaning .
HaaâŚhaa⌠âI can goâ
Sheâs breathing heavily today . Iâm surprised that she is able to be fl.u.s.tered . She didnât sound sleepy so she probably got up right away . Well, I didnât see anything okay?
While we were on our way to school, she suddenly asked me, âDid you see?â with her usual tone . She had a voice of someone in a hurry this morning and now sheâs trying to touch up on this subject . I wonder what sheâs trying to confirm . I donât know how I should respond .
ăWhat? I saw the short pants that you usually wear . You slept after drinking sake so when you got hot in the middle of the night, you took of your clothes . I thought that you would only be in your underwear under your futon so I immediately left the roomă
I think that I gave her a safe answer but I still checked my facial expression . I have my poker face right now so it should be fine .
ăEcchiă ăHa? I just saw the short pants that you usually wear fall down . What made you say that? ă
I try to keep pushing the short pants issue until the end . She has a slightly relieved expression so she probably thinks that I didnât see anything . Feigning ignorance can also be an act of kindness .
When we arrived at school, Suzuran and I got bombarded with questions . I got surrounded by the boys and Suzuran with the girls . I was expecting that to some extent but I didnât expect the teachers to also ask about thatâŚâŚ And also, the girls who were looking at me like filth yesterday realized that it was just a misunderstanding so they became embarra.s.sed .
After that, we had a mock battle in our body training cla.s.s but for some reason, it became me versus the rest of the boys in cla.s.s . I sense a bit of jealousy from sensei .
ăDamage Resistance: 1ăaquired .
Rightăź . [TN: ă§ăăăăźă]
I went to the forest after finishing lunch after school . I drank my daily undiluted poison and then practiced my throwing . As the White Death said, âPractice . â and also, âI only did my duty, and what I was told to do, as well as I could . â I canât do what Iâm told to do right now though . [TN: I just literally copy pasted the whole quote . I didnât expect to do any reading about Simo Häyhä when I started translating this chapterâŚ]
Well thenâŚâŚ I took some rope yesterday when they were constructing the venue . I cut 5 pieces of that rope of equal lengths and attach pebbles on each of the ends . âŚand then I fold them in the middle and bind them all together . ăI did it, it a bolasă [TN: I havenât seen bolas with that many weights on it but, what do I knowâŚ] It is a throwing tool that is used for catching a target .
Next, I cut a slightly longer piece of rope and attach stones at the ends . ăThis one is called a somai I guessă[TN: If you didnât read the bolas link, itâs a type of bolas with only 2 weights] Because the stones are bigger with this one, if you hit someone in any part of their body, you can expect some damage . And even if you miss, the string would wrap around and bind them . With my throwing skill right now, I can probably hunt two rabbits . I will not hunt prey using magic . I will be the one to decide when I would use magic . And with that, letâs immediately go to the next step .
The problem I have right now is how do I find those rabbits .
So that I can get used to the bolas and the somai, I tried throwing them for a bit but it flew farther than where I was aiming at . Is the correction given by the throwing skill surprisingly high?
And then, there is the somai . If I use the centrifugal force when I throw it, the rotation should help it fly so it would be good if this would be neatly entangled when I throw it at that thin tree .
While I was doing my throwing practice, I heard a rustling sound and as I turned back, the three idiots appeared .
ăYou are here after all . I had a feeling that you would be here . ă ăWhat do you want? If you donât want anything in particular, should I get even with the mock battle earlier?ă While grinning, I jokingly said that while messing with the stones in my hands . ăOioi, stop that . Iâll die if you hit me with thată Wurst returned the joke while grinning .
ăSo, what is that for?ă ăWant me to tell you about what happened yesterday?ă Sc.h.i.n.ken looks really interested to hear it . Heâs a gentlemanâs child but it seems like he still has interests in those things .
ăHowever, there are conditions . I need you to teach me a path into the forest . And also where I can find prey . If you teach me those then Iâll tell you about yesterdayă ăSo you want to know those things . That should also be enough to pay to back for the magic training we did the other day . If thatâs fine then I will teach youă ăOkay, the negotiations has been completedă
I told them every detail of what happened till the end .
ăYou are a wimp, huhă ăI was not expecting you to be a gentleman . You are still a wimp though . ă ăWimp! Wimp!ă
Huh? Is there such a thing as a âwimpâ in this world? ăIs that so? Well, Iâm okay with being a wimp . Itâs still a fact that I did not want to do those things with a girl who is drunk . But the kiss at the end was good right! I get a pa.s.sing grade right? Right?ă ăIf you could go that far, you should have just done it till the endă ăThatâs why Iâm saying that itâs rude to force myself on someone drunk! How many times do I have to say it!ă Sc.h.i.n.ken-san? Please stop giving me a look like Iâm some kind of pitiful child . Speck too . Please stop looking at me with that complicated expression of a dog who thought he was just going for a walk but was suddenly brought to the vet . [TN: Not sure which one of expressions he was making]
ăOkay, fine . Geez . I already told you everything . You better not talk about it in school!ă ăDonât be so mad, wimp . Iâll give you an apple later, okayă
At this rate, âwimpâ would really become my nickname . Could somebody please stop them somehow .