I felt relieved after Murus joined the villagers but then I rembered sothing important.
“I had work at noon.”
I got down to the first floor while still closing the sleeves of my work clothes.
I woke up late today and was too focused on the ga.
There is still so ti for them to co and pick up. I still haven’t had my breakfast/lunch. If I miss the al now then I will be able to eat only at dinner ti.[1]
My mother wasn’t present. I decide to eat the boar at which was sent in large quantities as tribute.
“Thanks to them being able to defeat large number of monsters, we were able to receive this but they didn’t send the whole monster.”
Most of the at was smoked and preserved as they defeated more than 10 of these during the Temptation of the Evil God. I was assured that this would reduce worries for the food during the winter but then they offered it as tribute on the homade altar.
Well, the following day, a chunk of at was sent to my house.
My mother was so happy that she clapped her hands and said,” We don’t need to buy at for a month now.”
I just tried the at yet it was so delicious.
It was a little harder than pork but beca surprisingly soft after simring. [2]
I really liked the taste and texture and there there was a lot of fat.
The sweetness of the fat is no surprising feeling.
“It seems that anything can be offered as tribute but it’s limited to just once a day.”[3]
Once they choose a plate of fruits as the tribute but only the fruit with largest quantity disappeared and arrived at my house.
Is there so weight limit?.....I don’t know much about the tribute system.
The horn rang just as I finished my al. I took the dishes to the sink and then left the house.
It’s really helpful that they co to pick up everyday.
It seems that so people have hard ti communicating or going to school. [ Really no idea why this line is even there 🤔 ]
“Sorry to make you wait.”
“Oh..We didn’t wait at all.”
My seniors were already seated at the back seat.
Yamamoto-san was playing gas on his smartphone as usual.
“Thank you.”
Yamamoto-san is usually cheerful but today he seems rather grumpy.
Should I talk to him in such a state? I was looking at the scenary outside the window but Yamamoto-san who was being reflected at the window was looking at .
Maybe he wants to ask him.
“Oh, what happened?”
“Can you hear so of my complaints....”
“Oh, sure, please.”
I was really surprised. It seems even cheerful people like Yamamoto complain sotis.
“Actually, as I told you before, there is a ga which I am hooked too.” [4]
“Yes. You told about it.”
“It’s like a strategic simulation where you capture enemy land. Everything was good until I decided to take rest the day before yesterday after the event where I attacked a big base but yesterday one of my bases was destroyed.”
Oh, you are depressed because of the ga.
“I was strengthing and upgrading the way before it went all awry. I still have a base and it’s good but I spend half of my salary on that one so I am now little tight on money...”
Wow, I am more shocked than feeling sympathy for him.
I am a similar person. What Yamamoto-san is playing is so of online ga. I had played a lot of them. These kind of gas have a lot of billing thods which companies take advantage of. So I left them.
“To be honest, I understand. The ga which I am currently playing also has so billing elents and I spend tens of thousands at the event, the other day.”
He seems to be angry that he used up his salary for such a thing so I said this in a low voice to him so only he can hear.
“Oh, friend. Let’s do our best together.”
“Yes.”
We hold each other’s hand tightly.
The friendship over billing system in the ga is not sothing to be praised about. I am just purely happy that we got along on so topic.
I want to know a little more about the ga but let’s stop for now.
Right now, I need to focus solely on Village of Fate, so I should not listen to information about other interesting gas.
I was worried about Yamamoto-san as he was depressed and seed uneasy but it seems that he is doing his job properly.
His personality was a little sloppy but he did his work honestly. He sotis joined and helped the President as well.
Today’s cleansing job ended without any problems. They dropped at a convenience store near my house.
The winter nights were considerably cold so I quickly entered the store.
“at buns eaten at late at night when you shouldn’t eat then are the best.”
If you look around at the store, you would want to buy more stuff but my mother always prepares the evening al so let’s just keep it simple and sweet.
I bough four pudding as my whole family likes them.
I checked my smartphone after paying the bill and just before leaving the store.
I was not used to the operation thod on mobile so I need to watch carefully or I will miss many things. I need to develop a habit of this.
Right no, I was looking at the Village of Fate on mobile.
“There is no change in the village.......No phone, no email.....”
Isn’t it natural as I don’t have much contact excprt my family and my coworkers.
Translator and Editor Notes:
[1] Well it’s the ti when it’s hard to judge whether it’s breakfast or lunch 😂
[2] The at was heated in presence of moisture upto just below the boiling point. This made the at soft.
[3] Actually it will be twice a day, if we include the tribute sent by Carol 😂
[4] Basically addicted
Chapter 29 part2
Translator: Asada
Editor: Kylerboi (unedited)
I owned a Garage during my student days but discarded it after graduation from college.
At that ti, I didn’t had many friends but I lost contact with then as I withdrew myself. I can now only talk to my family.
How many years has it been since a friend has talked to .
The past cannot be recovered. It is really painful.
Everything beca annoying after I withdrew and shutdown myself in a shell.
As one steps out of the convenience store, you will tremble due to the temperature difference.
A small breath of white slowly rises in the dark night.
“It’s really regretful.”
My neighbor, my childhood friend. She is one of my oldest mories. We have been together since we were born. We were always together, from kindergarten to highschool.
I miss her the most.
“I ran away.....from employnt, friends, family,......escapes from reality and mories.”
I gazed at the sky while walking all alone at night.
I was walking on the street with private houses. There was the street light and the moon and stars were clearly visible.
“Oh...we also went to see the teor shower when we were students.”
A friend who always rallied with during the most shining monts of my life.
Now she is...
I didn’t go back straight to my house but instead took a detour and then arrived at my house.
I noticed a woman wearing suit standing in front of my neighbouring house.
She seems to be struggling with taking out her keys in front of the door. She has a crutch on her left foot. [1]
“Seika..”
I involuntarily ntioned her na.
Seika Tsumabuki, my childhood friend.
Small brownish hairs tied with elastic cords, edgeless glasses which look fresh to the eyes. Seika turned around in response to my voice and took of her glasses.
It’s been a long ti since I saw her so close. The face gives a gentle impression. She should be over thirty just like but still looks in her twenties.
“Oh...”
“It been a long ti....also don’t use my nickna, It seems like na of a dinosaur in an action ga.” [2]
He exchanged words for the first ti in few year yet the conversation proceeded more smoothly than expected.
It seems that decades of accumulation have won over several years of gap.
It’s been few weeks since I last saw her. On that day, I got up early and I saw her in her study through the second floor window.
Its been years since she last saw .
“Are you all right?”
“Ah, yeah. I was hospitalized for two weeks since I got involved in an accident and this my leg bone was fractured.”
“I see.”
After eting her after such a long ti, I want to talk to her but its strange to talk outside at midnights in winters.
“See you..”
“Wait a minute. If it’s okay, why don’t you co ho?”
Her laughing faces seed a little lonely. Seika’s parent died few years ago and since then she lives with her grandmother.
“I will refrain from doing that. It would be bad if I wake up oba-san.” [3]
Rather, even though we are childhood friends, it’s a lot of problem for a man and woman to be together at midnight
“Okay.”
She has a bad habit. She looks down and slowly bods, it is a gesture that she has compromised and gave up.”
Her intention has always been to live in such a way that respect the surrounding without inserting in her own opinions.
“Let’s talk about this again, my mom wanted to see obasan.... How about coming to our house with her?”
“Oh, would it be fine?”
“Oh, it should be fine. I only do a part-ti job.”
I was still worked that she thinks that I am unemployed so let tell her that I have started working.
“Yeah. I know. I have been told by Aunty and Sayuki. You are working hard.”
Did you hear it from them? Even though I didn’t know, she seems to be in contact with my family.
Unlike , Seika has succeeded in finding a job and works for a large company.
She should be earning an inco which cannot be compared to my part ti job, yet I didn’t feel any sympathy or despise from her word. She seems to be really pleased.
Seika still hasn’t changed. There were so changes in her appearance due to to age but unlike , the important heart is still the sa.
“Um, the fruits and at were really delicious.”
“It’s good that you are pleased.”
I rember properly when my mother asked.” Can I give it next door?”
I thought to return back but I couldn’t ignore her crutching sight.
I approached Seika, grabbed her shoulders to support her and prevent her from falling down. I borrowed the key and unlocked the house.
“Here you go.”
“Thank you. I will co to your house soon.”
“Okay. I will be waiting.”
I gently released the door and it closed and then I returned back to my house.
I admit that we have been close toe achother for a long ti and were conscious of each other.
When we were kids, we were teased with being husband and wife. We were told that we were a couple.
I had relationship with multiple friends but always less than of a lover. I had decided to confess to Seika after I graduate from college and find a job.
But that never happened. Seika found a job in a large company but I didnt. My heart just went wild and wild day by day.
The confession would have not looked cool if my job would have been less paying and respected than Seika’s. I targeted the companies of equal or higher caliber but lost in the end.
Her existence which has always encouraged started to make feel depressed and annoyed so I started keeping myself away from her.
A lonely childhood friend who wants for you forever. Such convenient story cannot be a reality.
Even when I beca stagnant, the ti continued to flow for the others.
Let’s even if a beautiful won waits for her favorite person to recover from depression. There is no way that such an dedicated and attractive won will stay if a better man than him enters her life.
As a result it would be no wonder, if she fell in love with him.
He is still single but a man might have already appeared in her life, or she might already be in a ongoing relationship. That person might have dropped her here in his car.
The relationship could not return as they were in the last but at least we can be friends.
I honestly feel that but I want to beat myself up.....
Translator and Editor Notes:
[1] Well a crutch is basically
[2] j really have no idea what is going on in these lines 😑
[3] oba-san is grandmother
She is here. The FL we all have been waiting for.(actually all along) She is the character which I love and scared of the most in this novel 😂 ~ Asada
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