Harvest Festival
Most villagers have already finished harvesting wheat and other crops, and the Harvest Festival starts today.
A once-in-a-year harvest festival that is an enjoyable time for villagers. During the Harvest Festival, nearly all of the villagers take a break from work, celebrating this year’ harvest by eating, drinking, and dancing. If the harvest is poor, the scale of the Harvest Festival is smaller, though it rarely happens. In the case of a poor harvest, the festival will still be done as a wish for next year's harvest to be better.
This year, we have a truly abundant harvest, thanks to the earnings and profits from Reversi and other things, the upcoming festival will be grand. There will be guests visiting such as Earl Melna (メルナ) and Baron Yurina (ユリーナ), who have ties to Nord-tousan.
That’s why our Slowlet family is busy cooking and preparing to entertain them to show our hospitality.
Because it’s said that it will be done at night, I’ll become even busier.
「Oii, are the vegetable still not done yetー?」
「Yes, here here」
「The dish is not enoughー」
「Yosh, then cut the vegetables just like that.」
「Understood!」
「Wait Mina, don’t eat that since it’s for our guests」
I hear hectic noises coming from the kitchen and pantry.
Seems rough.
Since I was invited to the Reversi tournament , I head to the usual place, Celia-san's restaurant.
When I enter the place, about forty men and women have already gathered inside.
The women doesn’t take much space, but guys like Roland-ossan take up the space meant for two people.
「Will it get more crowded?」
「Hm? Oh, Alfred-sama you came huh. About 20 more people. 」
「More will come? If so, then people will not be able to get inside for sure.」
「We can use the outside somehow」
What’s so funny, Ossan is laughing, seeming already in festive mood.
「Say, Celia-san, can we set up tables and chairs outside?」
「Ah, it would be great if there are fewer dirty guys. I’m counting on you.」
『BoooーBoooー！』
I got permission from Celia-san, who is preparing to set some tables and chairs.
Those guys booing, they got silenced immediately by Celia-san’s glare.
Meanwhile, I set tables and chairs outside with earth magic.
My completed image is outdoor seating area of a common coffee shop.
Since today is not very sunny, parasols made of earth magic would just get in the way, so I didn't include them now.
Complete table and chairs, check.
They might be a bit pointed and unrefined but, the workmanship is about so-so I guess.
It may be lacking in style, so it would be nice if we just cover these with colored tablecloths. But doing that would create a different image then compared to the interior of Celia-san's restaurant.
「Is magic really that easy?」
Ossan crossed his arm beside me, talking with a young man with brown hair and a slightly intellectual appearance.
「No, that’s...for me at least, I can't do magic at this scale」
「I have fire attribute magic, and even if I use it with all my might I can light some firewood about three times a day at most, you know?」
「It is strange to compare Roland and Alfred-sama.」
「By the way, Westa can use water attribute magic right? How good are you at it?」
「Listen and be amazed. I can fill a bucket of water!」
「That so, that great eh. So when fire breaks out you will not be able to extinguish it huh.」
「What do you know! Even if you do your very best, you’re also the same aren’t you!」
Two guys named Roland and Westa make lot of noise and start tussling with each other.
「Aaahhh. It's dangerous.」
The chairs and table made with earth magic are pretty hard you know?
「What do you know! Even if you do your very best, you’re also the same aren’t you!」
Two guys named Roland and Westa make lot of noise and start tussling with each other.
「Aaahhh. It's dangerous.」
The chairs and table made with earth magic are pretty hard you know?
「Just let them be. Good grief!」
「Roland and Westa are getting entangled with each other..... Getting entangled!」
「Look! As I thought! Roland is attacking and Westa is the one receiving!」 (Seme & uke joke, BL.)
「What are you talking about? From here on Westa will do a reversal and is determined not to receive」1
Oi that old man over there, what on earth have you been talking about for a while now?
「You guys are noisy! Both of you! If you guys want to fight, do it with Revesi!」
As expected of our leader, saying a good thing. 2
「O,oh, that’s right. If it’s Reversi I will turn all your discs to my color」
「That’s my line. Do your best before you meet me, and try not to lose first.」
Roland and Westa start boldly laughing together.
「Roland and Westa are getting entangled with each other..... Getting entangled!」
「Look! As I thought! Roland is attacking and Westa is the one receiving!」 (Seme & uke joke, BL.)
「What are you talking about? From here on Westa will do a reversal and is determined not to receive」1
Oi that old man over there, what on earth have you been talking about for a while now?
「You guys are noisy! Both of you! If you guys want to fight, do it with Revesi!」
As expected of our leader, saying a good thing. 2
「O,oh, that’s right. If it’s Reversi I will turn all your discs to my color」
「That’s my line. Do your best before you meet me, and try not to lose first.」
Roland and Westa start boldly laughing together.
Looking at that scene , the old man also nods along *un un*.
What? What is it? What’s going on in your world? It is a new experience for me.
Then when their eyes met,they both start walking in a different direction.
Both Roland and Westa walk in a refined way, but the venue is right next to the restaurant, you know?
Roland turns right at the corner, entering from the front entrance. Westa turns towards the opposite side of the restaurant and enters through the back door.
『Hey you! I already told you that you can’t enter from here didn’t I!』
Both Roland and Westa walk in a refined way, but the venue is right next to the restaurant, you know?
Roland turns right at the corner, entering from the front entrance. Westa turns towards the opposite side of the restaurant and enters through the back door.
『Hey you! I already told you that you can’t enter from here didn’t I!』
『U, uwaaa! I’m sorry! I’ll go out soon! So please do not throw that ladle!』
Wao, Westa’s so lame. He seems to have a smart face, but it is absolutely stupid.
After this, Roland and Westa will not even have wait for the afternoon, as both of them are eliminated in the first round in the morning.
The second round will be held in the afternoon after lunch.
I walk round, looking at the food from the food stalls in the village square from noon. Aiming for this time to loosen the villagers’ purse, it sells the villagers’ prided dishes. The profit themselves aren't great, but every house sets up stalls, trying to compete as to whose dish is more delicious.
If you go to the Royal Capital, it seems that shops and stalls are lined up on the main road in a row, all the way up to the front of the Royal Palace.
I wonder how many there are. Although I don’t have any desire to live in the Royal Capital, I would like to see it once.
While window-shopping here and there, I also visit each stall.
「What shall I eat nowー」
Un, I feel like I want to drink warm soup.
「Oh! There it is. That huge pot has soup, eh.」
Just now, the stall catches my attention as the stall keeper hands over some soup to a customer.
I wait in line behind two customers.
Would you like our vegetable soup?」
A gentle-looking woman with blond, silky hair gently smiles at me.
「I will accept your offer gladly. One bowl of soup please.」3
And I want to have you as well.
「Yes, do you have money? It’s three stone coins.」
「I got it. Here it is.」
「I understand.」4
The woman smiles pleasantly up to her eyes, then stirs the pot and scoops some soup into a bowl.
The hot soup releases steam, and the smells of several sweet vegetables.
Looks truly delicious. When you look inside the pot, you can see a little bit of meat mixed along with the vegetables in the soup. A little meat is mixed in vegetables. The ingredients themselves are common. Potatoes and carrots, cabbages and mushrooms.
「Here it is. Since it’s hot, please be careful okay?」
「Yes, thank you very much.」
I cool the hot vegetable soup by blowing on it, then take a sip.
The carrots are not too hard in texture, and are well soaked in the soup.
The taste of the ingredients is drawn out perfectly, and the sweetness enters the stomach gently. They probably don't use much salt.
「It’s very delicious.」
「Fufu, thank you」
It was a delicious dish that made best use of the ingredients' taste. Let's study the recipe with Bartolo when everything’s calm down.
I finish it in no time then return the bowl and spoon to the lady. In this village's food stalls, bowls and spoons are reused.
Satisfied with vegetable soup, I returned to Celia-san’s restaurant.
「Is Carla going to win again this time?」
When I returned to Celia-san’s restaurant, the second round had already started in pairs.Those who were eliminated in the first round are watching from the side, becoming spectator and rubbernecking.
「If he place this right here, won’t he be able to turn over a lot?」
「Don’t say such stupid things, if he places it there, then the next move will get his discs taken and theirs reclaimed. Therefore, it’s better to hold down the opponent's pieces over there. This is why you’re weak.」
Roland and Westa are still snarling at each other. You guys are really on good terms.
「You too, didn't you also lose in the first round?」
「Oh, that um,the other party was a bad match, you know. If it were another person, then it would have been an easy victory.」
「Certainly, that guy had a remarkable eye didn’t he? He doesn’t seem to be a familiar face, eh? A new settler?」
「I don’t know, he seldom went outside. 」
「I see.」
「By the way, to whom did you lose?」
「To the man scarfing down omelet over there.」
「Is that person strong?」
「Nah, I didn’t get that impression 」
「In other words, you were just weak right.」
「No way! You’re mistaken! If I get serious now...」
The two people who are making a fuss and bothering the surroundings are being ignored.
I don’t even remember all the villagers’ face, but I certainly don’t remember this person with remarkable eyes who won against Westa.
I have a feeling that something is strange, is it just my imagination?
Oh well. Since it will be my turn I ask Elman-san (エルマンさん), who is coordinating matches.
「Alfred-sama’s next opponent is, the person eating omelet over there. If both of you are ready, then please begin. 」
When I face toward the place Elman-san pointed to, a man with a slightly large build came into view, sitting on a chair vigorously eating omelet.
「Miss, more of this！」5
「How much more are you going to eat! You have money right? 」
「Yeah, I have money.」
Turning his wallet upside down, with *jarajara* sound he took out silver coins. There are also gold coins mixed in.
Is he an adventurer like Rumba? He seems to be strong, and there aren't many people having gold coins in the village.
「Bu, but, you can’t. If you order any more than this then everyones’ share will be gone you know.」
「Hm? Truly regrettable. I should just be satisfied with this huh. 」
The man stands up while mumbling, then walks towards Elman-san and me.
「So moderator-san, I heard my next opponent is here, is it this child here? 」
「Ah, it is. Please start whenever you’re ready.」
「Ooh, let’s do this then kid. My name is Melna.」
The man is looking down at me with a nihilistic smile on his face.
「I’m Alfried. Pleased to meet you.」
I lower my head with *pekori*, and head to the table where our reversi match is prepared.
「Yoshh, I’ll enjoy this.」
Wao, Westa’s so lame. He seems to have a smart face, but it is absolutely stupid.
After this, Roland and Westa will not even have wait for the afternoon, as both of them are eliminated in the first round in the morning.
The second round will be held in the afternoon after lunch.
I walk round, looking at the food from the food stalls in the village square from noon. Aiming for this time to loosen the villagers’ purse, it sells the villagers’ prided dishes. The profit themselves aren't great, but every house sets up stalls, trying to compete as to whose dish is more delicious.
If you go to the Royal Capital, it seems that shops and stalls are lined up on the main road in a row, all the way up to the front of the Royal Palace.
I wonder how many there are. Although I don’t have any desire to live in the Royal Capital, I would like to see it once.
While window-shopping here and there, I also visit each stall.
「What shall I eat nowー」
Un, I feel like I want to drink warm soup.
「Oh! There it is. That huge pot has soup, eh.」
Just now, the stall catches my attention as the stall keeper hands over some soup to a customer.
I wait in line behind two customers.
Would you like our vegetable soup?」
A gentle-looking woman with blond, silky hair gently smiles at me.
「I will accept your offer gladly. One bowl of soup please.」3
And I want to have you as well.
「Yes, do you have money? It’s three stone coins.」
「I got it. Here it is.」
「I understand.」4
The woman smiles pleasantly up to her eyes, then stirs the pot and scoops some soup into a bowl.
The hot soup releases steam, and the smells of several sweet vegetables.
Looks truly delicious. When you look inside the pot, you can see a little bit of meat mixed along with the vegetables in the soup. A little meat is mixed in vegetables. The ingredients themselves are common. Potatoes and carrots, cabbages and mushrooms.
「Here it is. Since it’s hot, please be careful okay?」
「Yes, thank you very much.」
I cool the hot vegetable soup by blowing on it, then take a sip.
The carrots are not too hard in texture, and are well soaked in the soup.
The taste of the ingredients is drawn out perfectly, and the sweetness enters the stomach gently. They probably don't use much salt.
「It’s very delicious.」
「Fufu, thank you」
It was a delicious dish that made best use of the ingredients' taste. Let's study the recipe with Bartolo when everything’s calm down.
I finish it in no time then return the bowl and spoon to the lady. In this village's food stalls, bowls and spoons are reused.
Satisfied with vegetable soup, I returned to Celia-san’s restaurant.
「Is Carla going to win again this time?」
When I returned to Celia-san’s restaurant, the second round had already started in pairs.Those who were eliminated in the first round are watching from the side, becoming spectator and rubbernecking.
「If he place this right here, won’t he be able to turn over a lot?」
「Don’t say such stupid things, if he places it there, then the next move will get his discs taken and theirs reclaimed. Therefore, it’s better to hold down the opponent's pieces over there. This is why you’re weak.」
Roland and Westa are still snarling at each other. You guys are really on good terms.
「You too, didn't you also lose in the first round?」
「Oh, that um,the other party was a bad match, you know. If it were another person, then it would have been an easy victory.」
「Certainly, that guy had a remarkable eye didn’t he? He doesn’t seem to be a familiar face, eh? A new settler?」
「I don’t know, he seldom went outside. 」
「I see.」
「By the way, to whom did you lose?」
「To the man scarfing down omelet over there.」
「Is that person strong?」
「Nah, I didn’t get that impression 」
「In other words, you were just weak right.」
「No way! You’re mistaken! If I get serious now...」
The two people who are making a fuss and bothering the surroundings are being ignored.
I don’t even remember all the villagers’ face, but I certainly don’t remember this person with remarkable eyes who won against Westa.
I have a feeling that something is strange, is it just my imagination?
Oh well. Since it will be my turn I ask Elman-san (エルマンさん), who is coordinating matches.
「Alfred-sama’s next opponent is, the person eating omelet over there. If both of you are ready, then please begin. 」
When I face toward the place Elman-san pointed to, a man with a slightly large build came into view, sitting on a chair vigorously eating omelet.
「Miss, more of this！」5
「How much more are you going to eat! You have money right? 」
「Yeah, I have money.」
Turning his wallet upside down, with *jarajara* sound he took out silver coins. There are also gold coins mixed in.
Is he an adventurer like Rumba? He seems to be strong, and there aren't many people having gold coins in the village.
「Bu, but, you can’t. If you order any more than this then everyones’ share will be gone you know.」
「Hm? Truly regrettable. I should just be satisfied with this huh. 」
The man stands up while mumbling, then walks towards Elman-san and me.
「So moderator-san, I heard my next opponent is here, is it this child here? 」
「Ah, it is. Please start whenever you’re ready.」
「Ooh, let’s do this then kid. My name is Melna.」
The man is looking down at me with a nihilistic smile on his face.
「I’m Alfried. Pleased to meet you.」
I lower my head with *pekori*, and head to the table where our reversi match is prepared.
「Yoshh, I’ll enjoy this.」
As I move my discs with *pachipachi* I realized that Melna is not strong.
「Hoh? When I thought I took the edge, I received a severe counterattack. 」
Ah, the Stoner trap huh. Instead of taking one corner, he takes another corner.
「I see, the expertise is different in the origin village」
「You’re someone who came from outside of Koryatt village aren’t you?」
「Ah, yeah! It’s only recently that it reached the place where I live. Even so, it’s really as expected that our skills can’t compare to those in Koryatt village. I give up.」
Melna rises from his seat while laughing *Gahaha*. The board is already mostly filled with my white discs.
「Miss, one omelet!」
「You can’t order that anymore. Order spaghetti instead.」
What a stimulating guy. Here I thought that usually people will be frustrated after losing to a child.
「That move and strategy just now was amazing, it is interesting, and will be a good reference. It’ll be pleasure to play with you.」
As I was impressed, a narrow-eyed guy stands next to me.
『My name is Yurina』he says, the narrow-eyed guy named Yurina also orders the same spaghetti as Melna.
Let’s see, Melna and Yurina. I felt like I've heard of them somewhere before. Am I imagining things?
TL note :
- Trying not on the uke-side, ahem.)
- He’s using ‘okan’, literal tl is mother, something like leader of the pack-thing
- Literal tl is ‘I will receive it’
- This person is using feminine way of speaking
- Jou-chan, miss.
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