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Promising Laborer
As I walked toward the downtown from the riverbed, there was a sudden increase in Kagurans traffic.
There are groups of people bringing fish caught in the sea or groups of people carrying luggage to the port. From the direction of the stalls and shops, the shopkeeper or the signboard girl actively calls for people.
I guess this is because I have brown hair and unusual clothes - which are proof that I came from a foreign country and it’s rare - that some gazes are staring at me when I enter the main road like this. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I should have worn my jinbei rather than my usual clothes if I’m going here.
But, it looks like it’s going to be cold in this chilly season to wear jinbei.
When I looked at the men running around, they looked like they were wearing samue or jinbei, but the material seemed to be slightly thicker and the pants had been changed into long pants.
I’m also wearing Kagura clothes like a kimono so I don’t see a big change, but if I add a haori on top then I will be able to feel the slight change in the seasonal temperature.
As expected, you won’t stand out if you wear Kagura clothes. But, I only went here to look for washi1 to be used as a scoop, so I guess I don’t have to worry about that.
Or so I thought while walking down the street, but I felt more gazes on me than I expected.
With so many eyes on me, it makes me start to worry that I’ve done something wrong, dress strangely, say I’m a kid with lifeless eyes or such, or even point their fingers at me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Oh well, it was probably my imagination, but people are probably curious if there is a foreign kid wearing Kagura clothes.
Last time, there were the flashy Ilya and Aleutia with me, so it was fine moving together as a group of tourists, but now I have to endure this alone.
I wonder if the foreigners in my previous life also put up with this when they visited Japan while sightseeing. Their hearts are too strong.
And for me - who has a weak heart - I start to move quickly to escape the strange gazes directed at me.
As I walked at a quick pace while searching through my memories, I arrived at the clothes shop 『Clothes Shop Fuji』 we went to before.
Entering the shop, the refreshing scent of incense and tatami mats tickles my nostrils, it makes me feel nostalgic.
「Welcome」
A female employee wearing Kagura clothes politely bows.
As always, Kaguran’s gestures are very neat. Giving a sidelong glance at the female employee while thinking about such a thing, I continue toward the back of the shop where the men's clothing floor is located.
There, Kagura clothes for men are lined up.
I wonder if it’s because the season has changed to autumn. There were almost no more clothes with thin fabric, but there were more clothes for autumn and winter. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
There are plenty of colors ranging from subdued to flashy colored.
Now then, let’s quickly buy winter clothes that are not too expensive and change into them.
As I started walking while thinking like that, the female employee spoke.
「Are you shopping alone this time」
「Yes, you remember me?」
「Yes, everyone is a very impressive tourist group after all」
When I asked her that while feeling surprised, the employee answered with a smile on her face.
Even though I don’t shop here and am not a regular customer, she can remember a customer face who only visit once.
That in itself makes me very happy, but in my case, it seems like she remembers me because we stood out in a bad way due to Roomba and Irvine.
「Are you shopping for winter clothes?」
「Yes, this makes me stand out……」
「Hm, I wonder if the clothes dear customer is looking for are around here」
As I was having such a conversation with her, she led me to the clothes I wanted. And then, she naturally distanced herself.
A clothes shop employee-san, I had the impression that they would bluntly step into our conversation but I don’t feel that way with the employee here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I mean, even now she took a step back and let me look and choose.
If the employee is good with their sense of distance like this, I don’t think it will feel particularly disturbing to the customer.
I turned my attention to the children's clothes section while feeling impressed at the high level of the employees here.
Looking at the edge, there are Kagura clothes with luxurious embroidery and haori you can’t expect them to be children's clothes.
Of course, what I’m going to wear is not something like that.
I will get something warm and easy to move in like what the laborer walking on the street wears.
(Maybe something like this?, more or less)
After I found it, I immediately chose a deep blue color. Un, the color is also subdued and nice.
It will make me feel like I’m just like a Kaguran laborer. The displayed price is also not that high, I can buy it with the Kagura coins I have on hand. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’m going to try this」
「The changing room is over there」
As I entered the same changing room I used previously, I changed my clothes into the clothes I picked and the size was perfect. Maybe because the material is a little thick, it’s quite warm compared to a jinbei.
Looking at myself in the mirror, I look like a Kaguran kid no matter how I look at it
Un, if it’s like this then I won’t stand out even if I walk around the town.
Nodding with satisfaction, I went out of the changing room while still wearing the Kagura clothes I picked.
「Excuse me, I liked this one I would like to purchase it」
「…………」
When I said that as I returned to the floor, the female employee looked at me with a surprised expression on her face.
「What’s the matter?」
「……the previous jinbei customer chose looks good, but customer looks good with something very subdued in color even though you are still a child」
I wonder if she compliments me? I felt unhappy about it somehow.
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After purchasing the Kagura clothes from the shop, I head outside with the clothes I just bought.
As for the normal clothes I wore before, I secretly stored them using my Space magic. I opened my subspace and stored them there. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
With that, now I don’t need to bring them with me, and I can now walk around the town empty-handed.
Ahh well, what a wonderful thing to be able to not be burdened with the things we bought.
The biggest enemy when you go shopping is your tired legs and the luggage you have to carry the more you buy things. Even if you enjoy your time shopping, it will become tiresome if you think about the luggage you will have to carry, and you have to change the order of things you want to buy
But, in my case, that’s an unnecessary worry, there is almost no stress when shopping.
I continue walking down the street, feeling a little happy after buying new clothes.
If people were to only overlook my hair color, then I would just be able to blend in as a Kaguran.
And as I expected, the number of piercing gazes staring at me from the distance had decreased by a lot.
But, I wonder what is this feeling. For some reason, the Kagurans near me took a second glance at me as if they were surprised after indifferently looking at me for the first time.
For them to look at me again, they should have seen something that surprised them.
That said, I just wear Kagura clothes, the only thing that surprised them should only be my hair color. Putting aside the bright pink hair like the Ilya’s, my hair color is a plain brown color, it should not make them ‘that’ surprised, right?
Even when I look around at the people around me and my own appearance, I still don’t know why they look like that.
Oh well, when I started walking again after calming myself down, a laborer approached me from the front with a big smile on his face.
「Boy, those clothes look good on a kid like you, huh. You’ll have a promising future as a laborer!」
The man then cheerfully laughed with a 「Gahahaha」 and then went away.
So apparently, people looked twice because I look good in clothes that adult Kagura laborers wear.
While it may be a good thing that people do a double take on me cause I look good in these clothes, I can’t honestly be happy when I think that I - as a noble - look so good in a laborer’s clothes.
Well, I can bring all goods anywhere with Space magic in an instant, but I never thought that someone would tell me I have a promising future as a laborer when I come to Kagura. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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TL Note :
1. Washi, Japanese traditional paper.
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