Mofumofu

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/58/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

When we hand over the herbs at the guild, we get really surprised somehow. Too fast, they say.

“Does it normally take more?”
“Well yeah. Normally you can only search steadily. Search little by little while watching for magic beasts. If you try to gather up to the request amount, it’s generally a day’s work.”

On top of that, it’s not profitable work either, they say.
C-rank adventurers will gather herbs if they don’t have other requests, apparently, but at B-rank and above they start thinking they’ll wait until a B-rank request comes. The reward is totally different, apparently.
On top of that, if you don’t find them with herb gathering, the profit drops too. It’s not stable at all, they say.

“Hmm… Then maybe I’ll try a subjugation request next.”
“That’d suit you better, missy. If I’ve got time I’ll come along.”
“Mm.”

Together with someone might be more fun than alone, so I might ask then.
The reward I got from the receptionist, I ended up taking all of it. We didn’t do anything, they said. We’re not short on money either, they also said, but I’m not that short either. Well, being persistent won’t help, so this time I’ll take it.

What do I do after this. It finished faster than I expected. Hmm…

“Maybe I’ll go look for mofumofu…”

‘What happened so suddenly, Rita-chan lol’
‘Mysterious mofumofu fever’
‘You thought it was mofumofu and it was coarse lol’

I don’t usually care that much. But somehow today I’m in a mofumofu mood. I heard Japan has lots of fluffy pets too, so maybe that’s the influence.
But even if I look I don’t think I’ll find any, so maybe I’ll give up.
That’s what I thought, but. Continue reading →

Interacting with Animals

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/57/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

“Hey, missy.”

While we have the three wolves walk ahead and follow, Frank talks to me. When I look back, I can tell he’s confused.

‘Well yeah’
‘From Frank and them, it was a seriously incomprehensible sight lol’

Is that so. Maybe.

“Are you actually a tamer, missy?”
“Mm? No. A mage.”
“Thought so…”

He looks puzzled, but I think it’s better not to mind too deeply, and better not to copy me. Because I just threatened them. I think I did something a little pitiful too.
More than that the viewers are somehow making a huge fuss.

‘Tamer!? Did he say tamer!?’
‘He said it! No mistake! There are tamers!?’
‘I thought there might be something like it, but the real tamer existing is hype’

Do these people have some fixation on tamers.
Just, I’m not well-informed about tamers. I’ve heard from Master and Spirit-sama that there’s apparently a technique to employ magic beasts, but it isn’t magic so I wasn’t interested. But if they’re that curious, maybe I should have asked.

“It’s like training them with food and building a cooperative relationship, I think?”
“Tamers? Yeah. You need a pretty special technique.”
“Mm. Right.” Continue reading →

Forest Wolf

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/56/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Once we enter the forest, we deliberately leave the road and head deeper in. The medicinal herbs we’re gathering this time can apparently be gathered in a relatively deep part of the forest.
Even so, it’s my first time entering a forest other than the Spirit Forest, but it’s really peaceful. In the Spirit Forest, if I walked this unguarded, there are definitely magic beasts that would attack. Well, because there are magic beasts like that, I don’t have trouble with meals, though.
A peaceful, quiet forest. I’m a little happy and look around. A pretty forest. Feels good.

‘Looking around Rita-chan’
‘Kind of fidgety and excited, matches how she looks’
‘Cute’

You don’t have to say extra things. And the people behind me are somehow super smiling too. Like looking at something heartwarming. Super embarrassing.
I deliberately drop the people behind from my awareness and wander, and I hear the sound of something running from deeper in the forest. Frank and them notice right away too, and Kaynes comes out in front of me.

“Probably Forest Wolves. Number is three. What do we do?”
“Not a threat or anything… Just right for Rita-chan’s first real fight, right.”
“That’s right. Then, Rita-chan. Come beside me. You can attack safely with magic from here.”

Forest Wolves. Really big wolves that are in the Spirit Forest too. If they can say it’s not a threat, Frank and them are stronger than I expected… ah, they came out. The wolves came out, but… Continue reading →

Party Members

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/55/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

At my question, Frank puts on a wry smile.

“Well it’s true there’s no profit, yeah? But that’s fine, separately.”
“Mm?”
“With a first request there might be things you don’t know, right? Especially since you jumped straight to C-rank, Rita-chan. Well, that’s it. Yeah.”

Ahh… Meaning, for my sake. Just for that, even with no benefit, he’s trying to help. He really is a good person.

“Thanks.”

When I thank him, Frank laughs looking embarrassed.

“It’s something I’m doing because I want to. Don’t mind it. So, which will you take? There are a few kinds of herb gathering.”
“Mm…?”
“For this town, there are two, D-rank and C-rank. D-rank you can find outside town but nearby, C-rank you search deep in the forest, into magic beast habitat.”

Meaning a distinction of whether you need to fight, maybe. Of course if you leave town even D-rank might need fighting, but I think it’s much less than C-rank.
Of those two, C-rank, maybe. D-rank feels a little boring. Continue reading →

An Innocent Knife

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/54/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

I get up with the sunrise, eat sweets, and start streaming. The usual flow.

“Mm. Morning.”

‘Good mooornin’!’
‘Rita-chan, morning!’
‘Cute again today!’
‘By the way… we have something we’re curious about…’

Comments like that flow a lot.
Last night I visited Master’s family home. Everyone knows that, so they’re apparently worrying. They’re people who say all kinds of mysterious things, but even so everyone is kind after all.

“Mm. I went and met them. They were kind people. I told them about Master too.”

‘Ohh! That’s good!’
‘Honestly I was worried they’d get angry or something’
‘Like they didn’t want to know that’

“I was a little nervous too, but it was fine. They made me lots of karaage too.”

‘Karaage?’
‘Why karaage?’

“It was Master’s favorite dish, they said.”

‘Ohh…’
‘He hadn’t even managed anything karaage-like…’ Continue reading →

Master’s Family

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/53/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

Where I teleport is in front of a certain house. Compared to other houses in Japan it’s not big and not small. A two-story cream-colored house. There’s a small gate and a garden, but that’s all.
Hmm… Now then. What do I do. I came on momentum, but what should I say. Um… Yeah. I’m getting really nervous.

The doorbell is… the one by the gate, maybe. If I press this, I can call the people inside the house, right. I’m nervous, but hesitating won’t help. It’ll only turn out however it turns out.
Press. Yeah. Press. Just that. If I do that for now, after that I only have to go forward.
I take a deep breath last, and press the doorbell. A light ping-pong sound. And right after that, a woman’s voice saying yes.

“Um… Is this Kikuchi Kouta’s house?”
“Yes, it is, but…”
“I’m, um… Rita. I have something to talk about, about Master… about Kouta.”

When I say that, I can tell the other side catches their breath. About three minutes of silence continue. I can’t exactly rush them, so I wait, and the door slowly opens.

“Please. Come in.”

The middle-aged woman who comes out says that with her brows lowered, somehow sad. Continue reading →

The Great Spirit’s Cover for Embarrassment

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/52/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

“This is amazing… Incidentally, could I have you make a few more, or…?”
“Hmm… This time it’s thanks for the information. If you give compensation, I’ll think about it.”
“Compensation… compensation, huh…”

Is it something to think that seriously about? For me, it only blocks once so I think it’s so-so.

“Is this that amazing?”

‘Pretty seriously, it’s quite amazing’
‘Doesn’t seem to mean much for a regular person, but for a politician they’d kill for it, maybe’
‘Wouldn’t be weird if they piled up a fortune and asked you to make a bunch’

Uwah, that’s a hassle. I don’t want to go that far either. I’m not going to take on enough that it gets in the way of my life, at least.

“No matter how much money you pile up, I’ll only make them on a whim.”
“I-I see.”
“Mm. Also I don’t want them used by people I don’t know. At minimum, meet me and talk. And even then I won’t make them for people I dislike. And I’ll say it again, on a whim. I’ll say it once more, on a whim. A whim.”

‘She said the important part three times’
‘She actually said it three times, that’s lol’
‘lol on the lol, regular’

Hashimoto seemed to think a little, but he nodded that that was fine. If that’s fine, I’ll make them for him too. I’ll take compensation, though.
After that we decide the details of requesting a little more finely, and I decide to go home. The details of how to request, I cut the stream once, by the way. It’s a secret method. Cool, right.
Well, it’s just sending an email, though. Continue reading →

Protection Magic

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/51/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

After a few emails back and forth with Hashimoto, the designated place is the same hotel as last time. This time I know the place too, so I teleport straight there at the meeting time.

“Welcome, Lady Rita. Would you like a snack?”
“Mm. I’ll take it.”

The person waiting is the one who showed me this far last time. All kinds of sweets are set out on the table. There’s chocolate, and gummies and jelly too. Lots.

“The stream?”
“As long as you do not leave the room, it is fine.”

Then I’ll start streaming too.
The light orb and the comment blackboard appear right away, and comments start flowing.

‘wacotsu’
‘koncha—’
‘is wacotsu okay…?’

What’s wacotsu. Some kind of greeting, maybe? Continue reading →

Toast

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/50/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

The day after coming back from Osaka, I go to Mami’s house and a message comes in on the smartphone.

“Mm… Mami. A second?”
“Yeees?”

Maybe because it’s still morning, Mami and Chii-chan look busy. They’re leaving in about thirty minutes, they say.

“This is email? Right?”
“Um… Yeah. That’s right. It’s email.”
“Mm.”

This icon, I think. When I tap, a message shows. From Hashimoto the Prime Minister, looks like.

“Rita-chan, want toast? I can at least make that.”
“Is that okay?”
“Of course. Wait a bit.”

They look busy, so I thought just seeing them off would be enough… Did I get in the way. Maybe I should come a little earlier or later. I worry a little.

“What’re you looking at?”

While I’m thinking a little, Chii-chan climbs onto my lap. She tilts her head blankly and looks at me. Super cute. Continue reading →

Okonomiyaki

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/49/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

‘Just wait’
‘It should be brought out in a little’
‘You grill it yourself’
‘Eh? They don’t grill it for you?’
‘Grilling it yourself is the good part’

Hmm… The opinions are split. When I look at Jirou and Keiko, both of them are watching the comment blackboard with interest.

“How is it here?”
“Either is fine. Auntie will ask. But here more people grill it themselves, I think.”
“Okonomiyaki is all about grilling it yourself.”
“Hmm…”

Is that how it is. I don’t really get it.
While we’re talking like that, the auntie comes back with a bowl. There’s something sludgy in the bowl. Um…

“Looks nasty…” Continue reading →