Emi Encounters the Culture of a Seaside Village
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This is the morable 300th chapter!
The next morning!
I woke up at the sa ti as the sunrise, ate so shellfish I picked up at the beach yesterday, and then walked towards the forest I saw in the distance.
I thought I’d go to the place that I found before going to sleep yesterday, which I thought was probably a village or sothing.
Co to think of it, it’s been several months since I talked to Mitran and Leiseida-san during the ruins exploration.
Since then, I haven’t talked to anyone.
It’s about ti I start feeling lonely.
Probably.
That’s why I’m thinking of secretly peeking from sowhere out of sight.
After all, sightseeing.
Not just nature, but also human activities and culture, you know?
It’s important to see that too, right?
It’s okay, don’t worry, Extra-sama.
I’m strong now.
Even if I get bullied by so small fry around here, it doesn’t matter anymore!
I won’t do that!
I won’t do such a thing!
Extra-sama is as dangerous as ever sotis…
While having such a conversation, I push through the growth of coastal plants and progress forward, and what appears in front of is a white path apparently made by crushing shells.
From any angle, it’s a complete artificial object.
That’s right.
If you look at the path’s destination, what’s ahead is the forest I saw before going to sleep yesterday.
Beyond that forest, there’s probably the culture I’m seeking.
I want to see the culture now.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Stepping on the remains of the shells laid out, I start walking towards the forest.
…By the way, this path, you know.
I wonder why they laid out shells.
I’m fine even barefoot because I’m sturdy.
But normally, if you walk in a place like this barefoot, you’d get injured, right?
It’s not user-friendly.
I know that!
I’m joking!
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Now, as I started walking on this white path.
After walking for a while, from ahead on the path.
A unique sll that I had never slled before started wafting in on the sea breeze.
Oh!
Oh, oh, oh!
In other words, are you saying that unknown otherworldly gourt is waiting for ahead, Extra-sama?
Why does this person always make statents that lean towards being an bandit…
While sighing at the dangerous Extra-sama, I proceed forward with a crunch, crunch.
In the forest, passing through the warm dappled sunlight and going straight ahead, what was there was indeed a village.
Although it’s called a village, the scale might be quite large.
Several wooden houses of a decent size are lined up.
Perhaps to match the shells laid on the ground, or to reflect the sumr sunlight, the walls of the houses are painted pure white.
That white stands out nicely against the sumr blue sky.
It’s dazzling.
But.
Yes, as Extra-sama says, there don’t seem to be any people around here.
Hey, stop saying such ominous things, Extra-sama!
This world is already fantasy as it is!
Because I can’t imdiately deny the possibility of such phenona, it’s quite scary!
Hah!
T-That’s right, that’s right, Extra-sama.
Enemies should just be killed.
It’s a simple matter.
…For now, while suppressing the black haze that seems to leak out, I extend my 【Mana Sensing Threads】 and explore the entire area.
Then… oh, what do you know, there are people.
It seems that all the people of this village have gathered in the center of the village and are doing sothing.
Phew!
Don’t go “Tch!”
Don’t expect an incident.
I said, don’t expect an incident.
Well, I’m also curious about what the villagers are doing.
Shall we go and see?
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Still stepping on the shells laid out, I walk towards the center of the village.
As I get closer to the place where people are gathering… the noise gradually gets louder.
Oh, it’s lively and vibrant.
I wonder if they’re having a festival?
“………”
I peek at the state of the square in the center of the village by sticking only my face out from the shadow of a house.
Then, what jumped into my sight.
…It was!!
“””UOOOOOH!!!”””
Yes, while screaming… the sight of tanned, muscular n running with all their might while pushing heavy tal rods!
Those tal rods seem to be part of so device, four in total.
Since they are connected at the center, the device probably forms a cross shape when viewed from above.
The n are pushing those four rods, shouting, and running in a circle, turning them round and round!
“””Go for it! Go for it!”””
While cheering on those n, won, children, and the elderly are helping to cool their bodies by splashing water on them or fanning them with fans from the surroundings.
“Thanks, Mom!”
One of the n pushing the rods waved his hand at a woman while showing his white teeth!
But at that mont!
“Ah!?”
Because he was looking away, and with his feet wet from the water, the man lost his balance!
However, the other n don’t stop!
The man who lost his balance desperately tries to cling to the tal rod, but he can’t go against the great law of nature called centrifugal force generated by the rotation, and he is blown away towards the surrounding crowd!
“What are you doing, Pyoryochunjyu!”
“It’s because you were looking away, wasn’t it!”
“Don’t get carried away just because you’re newlywed, you idiot!”
“Die! Die! Die!”
Jeers fly all at once from the surroundings and the n turning the rods!
Especially the harassnt from people who seem to be unmarried n is severe!
H-Hey, Extra-sama… what in the world is this…!?
Up…!?
Being told that by Extra-sama, I look up at the upper part of the device.
Yes, this device that the n are turning extends upwards.
The tal rods that the n are turning, as I ntioned earlier, would form a cross shape if viewed from above.
At the center of that cross, there is a thick, also tal pillar standing from the ground towards the sky.
In other words, the n were turning this pillar round and round by pushing the rods and rotating.
And at the upper part of that pillar, sothing… several sothings are suspended!
Arranged in a circular shape and divided into multiple levels, those suspended sothings are also rapidly rotating while greatly expanding outward due to centrifugal force as the pillar rotates.
Those sothings are suspended at a height around the roof of a two-story building, but my excellent fantasy vision captured what they were despite their high-speed rotation.
It was.
It was!
…Fish!!
Filleted fish are suspended from the device and rotating round and round!
In other words, this is!
T-These people are…!
They’re… making dried fish…!?
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