Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 466

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It Is Difficult To Walk In The Desert

I managed to somehow finish the soup with the help of the lassi juice. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I also went around to other stalls but I found that the staple food in Jaisal is bread and it seems like they also eat soup and stir-fried meat that uses spices as side dishes.

There was also a tough guy who ate bread with a lot of spices and olive oil.

If it were me, I’d probably have been unable to swallow it because of the unbearable spiciness.

At my current level, no matter what it is I can only eat it with lassi juice.

For now, I head toward the central part of the town and away from the hustle and bustle once I’m full.

Jaisal is a town built around a water source. So I thought I wanted to see the oasis in the center of the town.

People kept asking me if I needed water at random but I ignored them and made my way to the center.

There is a large water source right in front of me now.

When you look at it like this it seems like there is a reservoir downtown, but when you try to look at the scenery in the distance it is unmistakably desert. This a town at the corner of the desert without a doubt.

When you compare it with your eyes like this, it seems like a miracle that clean water exists in a place with nothing but sandy soil.

I’ve heard before that there are underground water sources in some places in the desert, but I wonder if they spouted by chance or if someone dug them out.

It’s amazing that such a dry land would have plenty of water.

The area around the oasis is maintained with stone paving and there were also benches placed around.

There are also a number of guards holding spears patrolling.

As expected, water resources are the lifeblood of a town so they are probably keeping an eye so there is no one causing trouble.

However, the oasis doesn’t have such a strict air around it.

And the people coming here are somehow also laid back.

It’s precisely because it’s a precious water source for everyone that there are few, if any individuals who would try to do something to it.

Well, I don’t know what kind of poor treatment they will receive if they do something careless with water in a city where the most important thing is water.

As I was walking around the oasis, I saw children carrying buckets and drawing water.

The soldiers also observe them closely, but they don’t seem to get angry if you just approach the waterside without permission.

I will also try to get closer. Maybe it’s because it’s a desert area since it’s a little dirty but it is clean enough.

「It’s lukewarm……」

When I tried to scoop some water with my hand, the water was lukewarm. It’s not as hot as a bath’s temperature but it is tepid. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I knew it, the water seemed to also be higher in temperature with this warm air.

I don’t particularly drink the water and just sit on the bench and relax.

You’ll be struck with cold if this were Koryatt village if you do this. However, I don’t feel cold at all since I’ve teleported to this place to avoid the cold.

Although it’s midwinter over there, being able to enjoy the warmth of the sun like this feels incredibly luxurious.

As I rested my back and relaxed on the bench, the street around me became noisy.

When I looked around, I saw people who had been sitting or taking a walk peacefully before started running in a hurry.

What is it, what is it? The people who had been relaxing a while ago suddenly started running, was there something unexpected that happened?

Even while preparing to escape with Teleport in a fluster, I also got off the bench and started running to see what was going on.

As I approached the direction where a great commotion was coming from, it seemed like people were gathering over there and raising their voices in joy for some reason.

I didn’t know what happened due to the people’s wildly enthusiastic cheers and the rising temperature, so I teleported to a suitable roof to see what was going on.

When looked down to the street from the roof, I saw dark-skinned, muscular warriors and what appeared to be female magicians wearing canes striding into the town.

In the center of their lines are creatures that look like hippos and there are what appear to be large quantities of goods on their backs.

Are they famous adventurers, or mercenaries? Or are they a merchant’s caravan? Even so, I feel like the people’s reaction is too exaggerated.

「Ara, a little traveler-san? You’re in a really peculiar place」

A woman popped her head out from the window of the building when I guessed such things.

I’m currently on the roof. If I were the homeowner, I would probably be angry too and ask where did I climb from.

「Excuse me, I was a little curious about this commotion」

「Aah, you’d be surprised if you are not from around here. The people down there are desert couriers you know. They are warriors who cross the desert going from town to town, selling goods, and sending people to their destination. In a desert town that relies on goods from outside, they are heroes to us」

This is an oasis town so water is much more plentiful here compared to other places, but there are a lot of daily necessities, vegetables, and iron products that are lacking here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

So I guess from the perspective of the townspeople, they are heroes who bring goods at the risk of danger.

I mean, the lives of the people who inhabit this town will be excessively dry if they don’t come and sell goods for the people’s daily needs.

「I see, they seem to be more popular than half-hearted adventurers, huh」

「There is no doubt about it」

And the dream job of those children who stare at them with sparkling eyes must also be those couriers.

「By the way, how are you going to get down from there?」

After looking at them for a while, the woman asked me that while staring fixedly at me.

I thought that she would just get bored and get inside first if I just stood there absent-mindedly, but it’s not so easy.

With my physical strength, it would be impossible to go down without a ladder or handles from this kind of height.

I have no choice but to use Teleport.

「Ah」

「Hm?」

The only way to use Teleport at times like this is to use it while the other person is looking away.

I cast Teleport the moment the woman’s sight moved elsewhere.

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「Ohh!」

The place that I happened to see from the roof of a house in Jaisal was the desert outside the town.

My feet plunged completely into the sand when I landed after using Teleport.

This is the worst. Now I have a lot of sand entering my shoes. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

But, I don’t feel like it matters anymore when the sand has already entered my shoes like that.

The opposite direction from where I came from is the desert area. The desert continues on and on into the distance.

Maybe it’s relatively safe near the town since I can see the figures of children frolicking near the town.

At the very least, it seems like the possibility of encountering monsters is low around here.

I don’t have a decent experience of going on a trip abroad in my previous life since I was a corporate slave so this is my first time in the desert.

Unlike the sand in Kagura and the beach in Eric’s territory, the sand here is brownish.

And when I tried walking, I found that the amount of sand sticking to my feet was incomparable to the beach’s sand.

「This, isn’t it better to just take off my shoes here?」

I’m fed up with how difficult it is to walk.

When I looked toward the children’s direction, I saw them running around barefoot.

It seems like it’s not hot enough that you can’t walk on it barefoot......no, it’s just that Lazurian has especially strong skin so it might be hot enough to scald my skin.

I gingerly try to touch the ground with my hand while preparing to cast Water magic at the same time.

「It’s warm but not so much」

I’m getting warm due to being basked in the sunlight but it’s not hot enough to cause burn on my skin. So I should probably not be worried about being burned.

I’m fine even after letting my hand alone for some time so I took off my shoes and socks.

Desert sand is so smooth and dry. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

But it feels quite ticklish when the sand trickles between my toes each time I walk.

I feel like it’s a waste to just walk when the desert is this vast so I try running as fast as I can.

The smooth and dry sand whirled up like smoke but it felt quite exhilarating to run on the pure sand.

「Ooooh――fubeeh!?」

However, my foot got stuck in the sand as if it plunged deep into the soft sand as I kept running.

As a seven-year-old kid, my legs are short so I ended up falling on my butt.

I’m like Asmo who’s leg was stuck and got buried in the snow in last year’s Harvest festival.

「「Ahahahahaha!」」

Seeing me in such a disgraceful position, the children who were playing around laughed at me.

They were just laughing innocently with no ill will but still, it feels quite embarrassing since I’m old enough.

I managed to get out from the sand on my own and tried to start walking as if nothing happened, but my leg got stuck again in the same manner on my third step.

「Hey you, you’re so bad at walking in the desert!」

A girl with braided hair said that to me while laughing and pulled me up.

She’s surprisingly strong even though she’s a girl.

「How come your legs do not get stuck in the sand even though you’re standing on them like me?」

「That’s not it, you know? The ground is hard over here」

She tilted her head in puzzlement with a genuine curious look as if saying ‘What are you stating the obvious for?’.

And when I tried to step on the ground at the girl’s feet, I found out that the ground felt hard like a wet sandy beach.

Apparently, there are places with soft sand that can bury you, and this kind of sand where you can place your feet firmly like this.

They seem to be aware of this and choose to move to this part of the firm sand.

I tapped the ground around the girl’s feet with my hand, trying to get a feel of the sandy ground somewhat.

「Hmm.....then, I wonder if it’s fine around here?」

When I tried to step on the ground after saying that, my foot got stuck and I got laughed at again.

Walking in the desert is too difficult..... www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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