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Pretty and Edible Small Fish
After the demonstration of the games, Nord-tousan headed for the village with the tools for the ring toss and the other game in the carriage. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It seems like he wants to discuss with the villagers, whether they can be used as part of the festivities in the Harvest Festival or not.
He also asked me to come with him to show it to the villagers, but I refused since it’s annoying to explain it carefully again.www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I already explained the tools to make and also how to play them to Nord-tousan to make it so he fully understands it. There’s no need for me to go out of my way to follow him and explain it to them, right?
Rather, talking about that kind of matter in detail should be Nord-tousan’s job.
As for me, I have to focus on the small fish scooping game for the Hargest Festival. Nord-tousan and Elna-kaasan didn’t give me permission to include it until I actually demonstrated it. Can’t be helped.
Using such a reason, I was able to remain in the mansion as a result.
Although I can just relax inside, I have to proceed with the creation of the small fish scooping game.
First, I need to make a place for the small fish. This is not a problem for me.
I cast Earth magic in the mansion’s garden. After modeling the place like the fish tank/tub I saw at the festival in my previous life, it was completed in the blink of an eye.
For this kind of container, I can make them by myself with magic, or it can be reproduced using wooden materials since it’s just a square shape box, so this should not take that much time to make.
The problem is the fish and the paper scoop.
Shall I look for the small fish that inhabits the Koryatt village?
「Hey Sylvio. Kick the front part properly!」
「Sorry, neesan. But, it is difficult to hit the front part, isn’t it?」
「It’s difficult since you kick using the tip of your toes. It’s easier to kick it straight if you kick it on the side of your foot like this where the striking area is wider....see」
Eleonora-neesan kicks the ball straight near me.
Even though she never saw or experienced soccer before, she knows how to kick the ball straight efficiently with an inside pass.
As always, she’s talented when it comes to activity that moves her body.
Sylvio-niisan trapped the ball under his foot and then kicked it, trying to copy Eleonora-neesan’s move.
「Ah!」
But, the ball rolled towards the absentmindedly-staring me instead of Eleonora-neesan’s direction.
「Sorry, Alー!」
「Just the right timing. Al pass the ball!」
Sylvio-niisan and Eleonora-neesan said that while waving their hands at me.
How nostalgic. Back when I was in elementary and junior high school, I used to go outside and play soccer together with my friends during recess.
I pick up the ball with my feet and with the top of my foot, thigh, and head, I juggle it.
Then I passed it to Eleonora-neesan while recalling the memories of my childhood competing with the other kids back in my previous life. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Heeー, you did something skillful. Take a look at me then......」
After saying that, Eleonora-neesan skillfully lifted the ball using her leg.
It took me three days to master this move when I was a kid, but she managed to copy me with just a glance. I’m a little shocked.
Eleonora-neesan then kicks the floating ball with the inside of her foot and then repeatedly kicks it in the air with her instep.
「Ah!」
Perhaps she kicked the ball too hard since the ball went far, but she moved to catch it and received the ball with her thigh to soften the impact.
Despite being a beginner at this, there is no instability and she can repeat it many times with a rhythm.
Amazing. It’s more than ten times already.
This is not the time to stare at her blankly. I got to go to Koryatt village to look for the fish.
Giving a sidelong glance at Eleonora-neesan - who is juggling the ball with a serious expression - and Sylvio-niisan - who is watching her -, I leave the mansion ground.
Shortly after I walked down the straight road to the village, I heard the clear sound of a flowing stream.
Stepping onto the soft bushy grass and peering at the water’s surface, I saw small fish swimming about in the water.
They are smaller than the paper scoop and there is nothing to criticize about their size.
But, they look pitch black when seen from above.
If one were to recall the fish in my previous life, they are brightly colored, like a goldfish. So the moment you look into the water tank and see pitch-black fish wriggling like a worm in there, you’re just going to lose your desire to scoop them up with the scooping paper.
Having said that, there is also the problem of what to do with them after scooping even if I prepare pretty fish. There is no aquarium-like tool to appreciate fish here like in my previous life so people can’t take them home.
It’ll be too sad if they were to be thrown away after scooping them up, so it’d be great if they were fish that could be eaten, sold, or exchanged with something else.
I have to find small fish that can be eaten while also having pretty colors. Ideally, tropical fish that can be eaten.
Poking the surface of the water, the small fish swims away quickly to escape, I guess they are surprised.
Small fish that quickly escape the moment your scooping paper is thrust into the water are no good.
It has to be quite a small fish if possible.
「Small fish with pretty color……small fish with pretty color……」
I stood up and continued to walk along the stream to find the fish I wanted.
As I was staring intently at the water while walking, there were small fish and small shrimps, but still, fish with pretty colors are rare. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Hmーm, should I change place......」
Since I honestly have no recollection of seeing such fish in this familiar stream, I decided to explore other areas instead.
Be that as it may, it will take a long time if I were to walk so I will use Space magic this time.
After checking that there is no one in my surroundings, I recall the river where Asmo and I played together, and then I cast Teleport.
Immediately after that, the scenery in my surroundings changed in an instant, and I landed at the river bank.
Even this floating sensation when using Teleport already felt so familiar to me.
There is no one around, just the river water flowing slowly.
Just listening to the sound while standing still alone with no one around like this feels nice. I heard the faint sounds of birds chirping in the distance when I strained my ears to listen carefully.
The sound of nature reverberating in my ears sounds so pleasant that I stand there idly with my eyes closed.
And I opened my eyes after some time had passed, and I felt like my mind had calmed down a lot.
It felt like I had just gone into a Zen meditation.1
Having said that, except for the water’s surface, there are no brightly colored fish here.
As I was smiling wryly at the situation, I felt someone’s presence coming from behind me.
After waiting while standing still for a while, a villager - Roland - came from the road.
「Ohh! Isn’t it Alfried-sama? What are you doing in this kind of place?」
「Just taking a walk looking for fish. Is Roland going to fish?」
「Yea! Imma set a trap to get some fish for my dinner!」
After saying that, Roland shows me a small bowl-like thing.
There is also a basket for holding the fish he brought with him.
「You’re going to catch the fish with this?」
「Yeah, I’m going to place some food in this small bowl」
When I ask him, Roland starts to smear some paste-like thing onto the inside of the small bowl he took out from his pouch. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「After putting this bowl into the water, the fish will come inside. Then, they will be unable to escape, I think they can’t get out from above or something. They’re stupid, aren’t they?」 2
「Hee, so it’s like that. Just like Roland, aren’t they?」
「Indeed. They’re stupid like me――oi that’s terrible of you!?」
Ignoring Roland who was retorting to my remark, I stare at the small bowl in the water.
Perhaps the fish are drawn by the bait stuck on the inside of the bowl since the fish in the river gathered around the trap.
After they eat the melted bait from inside the small bowl, more and more fish continue to get inside the bowl.
「Ooh, they came inside the bowl just like that」
「Yea, next we will just have to wait until quite a number of them have gone inside. In the meantime, I will leave several more traps」
Saying that, Roland walked upstream and downstream for a bit and similarly placed the same bowl.
The fish over there are probably also going to enter the bowl like this one.
「How is it? A lot of fish get caught, right?」
「Un」
While Roland was placing that small bowl, there were a lot of fish gathering in the small bowl over here.
If anything, it would be better to describe it as the fish wriggling inside.
「Even so, they really can’t get out, huh」
「Yeah, thanks to that we can easily catch them」
Roland loudly laughs.
Even a kid will be able to do this if it’s just smearing a bait inside a small bowl, it’s a convenient way to catch fish.
「Oh, the trap is about to get full of fish」
So Roland said, and when he lifted the small bowl the fishing was completed.
Inside the transparent small bowl, the fish are swimming around frantically but they can’t escape from the hole at the top. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Tilting the small bowl into the basket, a lot of fish came out. He caught more than forty fish.
「Hehehe, what a big catch!」
Roland happily laughs seeing the result of his trap.
I guess this is also the wisdom of the villagers who understood the fish’s life and habits.
If he has this kind of convenient trap, then Roland might know of pretty and edible small fish that I’m looking for.
「Hey, Roland. Have you ever seen any pretty-colored small fish that can be eaten around here?」
「Hmm? Pretty and edible small fish? Not fish like these?」
「Un」
I nod to his question as he asks while being confused.
Then, Roland started to ponder my question while crossing his arms.
Well, it’s one thing if I ask about edible small fish but if there is also the condition of them being pretty, then it’s a different story I guess.
I’m aware that I’m asking a rather unreasonable question.
「Hmmー....it’s a bit far, but there are some beyond the lake at the Eastern foresー」
「Don’t tell me, the place where you can find the tasty spring water!?」
If that's the case, then it would be the place where I went to fetch the spring water with Bartolo so I can Teleport over there in an instant.
「There, should be small fish in the river of the mountain further back, the male has blue back while the female has red back」
I’ve had high expectations about it, but it seems like it was on a different mountain.
I felt betrayed since my expectations were not met. I could just Teleport there it was at that place in one go.
Although, fish with blue and red backs, aren’t they pretty? Though I’m curious about how many colors are on their backs and how brightly colored they are, I think it’s worth the visit over there. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Can they be eaten?」
「Ou, they can. But they are so far away that no one catches and eats them here」
Well, guess that’s so. The villagers won’t go out of their way to go to a mountain so far away to catch a pretty small fish since they can catch fish like this in a river near them.
「Which part of the river could you find them?」
「Around the upstream and mid-stream」
「I see. Rather, you know them well, huh」
「Gahaha, that’s cause I made a mistake when I went to draw water in the mountain back when I was kid」
Roland wryly smiled while scratching his head when I said with admiration for his knowledge.
Uwaa, I don’t even want to imagine climbing a different mountain by mistake, what a tragedy. Though I managed to get valuable information thanks to that.
「I see, so that’s how you ended up being stuck there unable to get out like those stupid fish in the small bowls, huh」
「Sh, shut it! I went back by myself, y’know!」
Despite saying that, I felt like Roland was quite flustered in his reply.
It’s like he actually got lost and then the villagers, vigilante corps, and his mother went to look for her.
Let’s ask Westa next time. He’s going to happily tell me about it.
「Ahahaha, thank you anyway. Well then, I’m going there」
「Oi oi, you’re going alone are you alright? Won’t you get Roomba or your sister to go with you?」
「Un, thank you. I’ll do that」
I can use Teleport anyway, so bringing someone else with me will just be a bother.
However, there’s no need to make Roland - who was genuinely worried for me - to be anxious so I answered like that and left. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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TL Note :
1. 座禅, Zen meditation, sitting in a specific posture, typically on a cushion or a small mat, and focusing on the breath or maintaining a state of mindful awareness. The practitioner aims to observe thoughts and sensations without judgment or attachment, cultivating a deep sense of presence and awakening
2. Possibly something like fish weir/fish trap weir
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