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A Happy Interaction?
「Achoo! Ahhchoo!」
Torr’s sneeze resounds inside the forest. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「So heartless, Al. You might as well help me too」
「No, there was nothing I can do about it」
Torr said to me with a somewhat resentful gaze.
「Hm, so you will constantly sneeze like this if you were exposed to Alkinoko’s spores?」
「It is thanks to Alfried-sama we don’t experience that with his Wind magic blowing the spores away」
As for the result of Torr being the one holding the Alkinoko, he was hit by the Alkinoko’s spores. I didn’t want to get swallowed by those spores so perhaps it’s thanks to the Wind magic I used that everyone except Torr is safe.
「It’s Torr’s fault for not giving the Alkinoko the finishing blow」
It’s as Asmo said. If you immediately hit the Alkinoko with the finishing blow then it will not release its spores.
Incidentally, right now the Alkinoko is now inside Torr’s basket after being finished off.
「That may be true but……aah, ahchoo! Aacchooo!」
He was about to make up an excuse but I guess it was because he was exposed to the Alkinoko’s spores that he can’t stop sneezing. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Ahー, this sneezing is irritating!」
「Indeed, weren’t there herbs to ease the sneezing from Alkinoko’s spores?」
「What do you say!」
Torr’s face lit up hearing my muttering.
Back when I was listening to Elna-kaasan’s lesson about monsters, I remember hearing about a method to deal with the constant sneezing after being exposed to Alkinoko’s spores.
「But, I heard about it a long time ago and I can’t remember it that well. Do you know about it Asmo?」
「Un, you can ease it by grinding Kiruk grass and then drink it」1
「Then, let’s search for that grass!」
「No need for that. I have it here」
Just as Torr was so eager to search for the grass, Asmo took out the Kiruk grass from his basket.
It’s a medicinal plant with some branches of elliptical leaves, that was certainly a Kiruk grass I had vaguely seen in a picture book before.
「I picked it up because the doctor baachan(granny) asked me to do it」
「You, just when I was wondering why you were picking up all sorts of medicinal herbs, so there was such kind a thing......! Give it to me!」
Despite wanting to use the Kiruk grass immediately, Asmo suddenly moves his hand and rejects him.
「……what are you planning to do?」
「You know, when you want something from someone, there is the proper attitude you should have, right?」
Asmo bluntly says while grinning, then Torr murmured with a pained expression on his face.
「Kuhh, this darn fatty」
「Hm? Just now, you badmouthed me, right? I’ll just collect this Kiruk grass and give it to the doctor baachan. Tor can suffer from sneezing for the whole day」
「Aaah, I’m sorry Asmo-sama! I deeply apologize, so please grant me the Kiruk grass!」
「Hmーm, I wonder?」
Looking at Torr groveling in front of him, Asmo still looks troubled.
I think he has a ‘really’ good personality. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Being reluctant here means that he probably wants some ingredients in Torr’s basket. When you have become friends with such a bad company for a long time, you will be perfectly clear on what they thought.
「Wh, what is it that you want?」
「Should I eat Libra? I couldn’t find any Libra after all」
Speaking of Libra, there was a time when I went to gather them together with Eleonora-neesan. It’s a pale orange-colored fruit that tastes like mixed juice when you eat it.
It grows in high places and can seldom be found and it’s fast to rot so it is treated as a valuable fruit in the village.
「But, even if you take such a valuable fruit from me――aachoo!」
「Right, but if Torr thinks that the Kiruk grass has no value to him then forget it」
「Aaaah, darn it! I will barter it with Libra! So give me the Kiruk grass!」
「Can’t be helped then. I will barter it with you if you say insist」
Torr presents the Libra fruit looking frustrated while Asmo gives him the Kiruk grass happily.
Both of their expressions were extremely in contrast with each other.
However, I don’t think Torr - one of my bad friends - be cheated and will end like this.
「Here, Kiruk grass」
「Thanks. Haachooo!」
And it seems like my guess was correct as Torr sneezed loudly in front of Asmo when he receives the Kiruk grass.
「Ugyaaaaa! Your saliva hit my face!」
「Ah, sorry sorry. The Alkinoko’s spores make me sneeze. I’m sorry it was not intentional」
Torr announces with a refreshing smile on his face as he looks at Asmo desperately wiping his face from his saliva.
He was toyed with as Asmo liked, but I guess he’s feeling satisfied after sneezing as hard as he could on Asmo’s face.
「Hahahaha, villagers' life looks so fun! Indeed, what a happy interaction」
「That’s right」
On the other side, there is a noble who is not familiar with villagers’ life, and on the other side is a woman who often played with dolls because of her weak constitution. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Those two, they stared at the unsightly quarrel with amused expressions.
No, I think they must have thought that this kind of interaction is normal between villagers.
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After grinding the Kiruk grass and drinking it together with water, Torr's sneezing has eased up a lot now.
While still holding a bit of a grudge toward each other, Torr and Asmo guided us to a place where there are a lot of animals.
Each time he saw the flora and fauna in the forest, Viscount Dole’s eyes shine and he observes them. Then he closes his eyes many times, diving into the world of fantasy in his mind and doing that repeatedly.
I don’t know if the experience right now will be able to be helpful in his scenario, but I thought it will be fine if it can help his imagination a little. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「After this, when it comes to a beautiful place where animals are likely to live then it’s the lake, I guess?」
「That’s right. We may find them in the eastern forest」
The eastern forest is basically a flat and wide area. It is also far from the mountain so it has slightly less conspicuous places when you compare it to the western forest.
And so, you might say that the western forest is the better place to go but, the place is far and you will be tired if you are not used to walking. So as expected, it would be harsh to bring the guest - Viscount Dole - to that place.
「Then, let’s go back once we take a break at the lake」
「Hm, I have no objection to that.」
Viscount Dole nodded to my suggestion.
And so, we headed for the nearby lake.
As we proceeded down the road in the forest and walk through a small animal trail, we arrived at an open area.
There was the surface of water that was tens, hundreds of meters wide over there.
It’s as though someone is making a hole in the forest and pouring a mass of water into it. It was such a sight that people will think that the lake here naturally integrated into the forest.
「Ooh, what beautiful scenery!」
「It is like a resting area made by the forest」
Just as Tickle describes, there are a lot of herbivore animals that came to drink on the lake shore.
It is relatively rare for monsters to appear here compared to other places, so they should also be able to drink water peacefully.
Those animals will not be able to be comfortable like that if there were many dangerous monsters inhabiting this place.
Hurray for a forest with no monsters. It is thanks to Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan for creating such a peaceful land.
Seeing this beautiful view, I feel like I understood a little about the feeling of being proud of my own territory.
You can take a deep breath of the clear air, making it feels like the air purifying your lungs.
「Gregor-sama, there is a frog here!」
「Whaat! Where!」
As Tickle says that while looking into the water, Viscount Dole quickly comes running and crouched down to look.
「Ah, umm…...」
「Tickle, where is the frog?」
「I, it’s here!」
「Ooh, it’s true. Gekota is swimming!」
I was also driven by the impulse to try and look into the water, but Tickle and Viscount Dole looked so happy about it so I decide to leave them alone. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Instead, I walk a little further away from them and peer into the water.
Then I felt two signs of malice coming from behind.
I had a method to intercept them, but if I do that then it’s going to turn into a quandary and likely going to ruin Viscount Dole and Tickle’s peaceful time.
While fed up with the action of my bad friends, as usual, I start walking on the water by placing Shield on its surface.
「「Ueeh!?」
As I start walking on water, Torr and Asmo’s balance was broken as they pitched forward.
「Shoot! I’m gonna fal――gueeh!」
However, due to the Shield I placed on the water, Torr and Asmo’s faces hit the Shield.
Normally, it wouldn’t hurt as much since they will fall into the water but now let’s consider them as getting their just desserts.
「H, huh? I don’t fall into the water!?」
「There is something like a transparent board here.....」
「That was Shield as a footing so you won’t fall」
After I tell them that, Torr and Asmo start to hit the Shield as though checking on it, and then they stand up.
「Amazing, it’s true! We don’t fall despite being on the water!」
「It’s like we’re walking on water」
Just as Asmo says, we are just walking on water using Magic