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A Walk With Fuku
「Wan wan!」
After he drank his fruit tea, Fuku - who had been lying down - suddenly stood up and barked.
His gaze pierces me as if expecting something. Cute. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Tousan, can I go for a walk with Fuku?」
「It is important for Tamer to maintain the health of their familiar. You should go」
Since I’ve received permission from Ziruol, I head outside with Fuku.
Vast plains surround the mansion, with a straight road continuing to the distance.
It is now spring so the climate is very warm.
Even in the Kontract territory where the area is covered in snow for half a year, this is a rare season when there is no snow.
Basking in the mild sunlight, plants are growing quickly, and the plains are covered in lush green growing in abundance.
The sky is a beautiful, clear blue color, and there is not a single cloud in sight.
Taking a walk together with Fuku in such beautiful natural settings and in such good weather is really the best.
Fuku steps onto the plains, trampling down the weeds as he advances and sniffing the scent of wildflowers.
This is the so-called sniffing activity.
It is said that a dog’s eyesight is only about 0.3 compared to humans. That’s why their sense of smell is so important, and it has the function of finding out information about the world outside. It also helps them to relieve stress.
It is best to let them do whatever they want except in public facilities where are high pedestrian traffic or unhygienic places. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
For Fuku - who had just arrived in this world -, there are still many things he doesn’t understand after all. Let’s allow him to sniff around to his heart’s content.
Or so that’s what I would like to say, but it will get a little difficult if he gets too absorbed in sniffing around.
It’s been 10 minutes, but we haven’t advanced more than 10 meters from the mansion.
………Fuku-san, should we move on for a bit?
As I was thinking of such a thing, Fuku seemed to understand my thoughts as he started walking at a steady pace.
Fuku walks forward steadily while I follow along behind him.
His pace was so light and brisk that it made me wonder what the earlier lengthy sniffing was about.
As we continued walking, the road forked.
The left side leads to the Corne village (コルネ村) while the right side is the path that leads to the forest.
Corne village is the closest village to our mansion where we live, I haven’t been there before.
Now that I’m 3 years old my body is strong enough that I can go there anytime since it’s within walking distance, but I don’t understand the relationship between nobles and commoners in this world.
There’s no way the Kontract house is a corrupt territory lord so there probably won’t be any problem even if I go there, but it’d be better if I ask Ziruol or Runoa first if I want to go there.
I didn’t get permission to go there today so I can’t go to the village, I decided we take the right side and head toward the forest.
There are a few threatening monsters in this forest so there won’t be any problem since I can use magic and Fuku can even defeat a Big Ape.
Fuku appears to be in a good mood, I guess Fuku is feeling happy since he’s exploring unfamiliar land.
We continue to walk ahead at a steady pace.
Fuku’s cute, round butt sways from side to side, and his round tail wiggles back and forth. So cute.
This is a route that I have walked together several times with my family but now that I’m with Fuku, it is now fun, and the impression I get changed. Taking a walk with familiars is the best.
As we continued to walk while being lost in thoughts, Fuku suddenly veered off the road, sniffing intently with his nose twitching.
「Fuku? Was there something that caught your attention?」
I followed behind Fuku and came across leaves resembling maple leaves and red berries growing as if hanging down.
「Ah! It’s forest strawberries!」
It’s a fruit that naturally grows in our territory with a perfect balance of sweetness and sourness, very delicious. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「This is the first time I’ve seen them growing wild like this! It’s amazing!」
「Wan wan!」
Fuku’s tail wagged left and right happily when I stroked his head.
It seems like forest strawberries are rarely found so they don’t appear on our dining table that much.
Everyone in the Kontract house will be happy if I bring them home.
I take out a basket from the mystery bag and start picking the forest strawberries.
I’m glad I anticipated this kind of development and stored a basket in the mystery bag.
The mystery bag contains not only water and food for Fuku and me, but also things like kitchen utensils, tableware, and other useful items for outdoor. As long as we have the mystery bag, Fuku and I will be fine even if we get into an accident or something.
When I was collecting the forest strawberries, I saw Fuku from the corner of my eyes moved closer to sniff them, and took a bite.
「Is it tasty?」
「Wan!」
We need to carefully check the food back in the mansion before letting him eat, but Fuku is Inugami’s kin so it looks like it’s fine.
I also eat one of the forest strawberries.
The balance of mild sweetness and sourness is really good.
This was the most delicious strawberries I’ve ever eaten.
「Ahaha, the area around your mouth is red you know」
「Wafun?」
Perhaps it’s because he was too absorbed in eating them that the area around Fuku’s mouth stained red because of the forest strawberry juice.
I took out a handkerchief from my pocket and wiped around Fuku’s mouth.
I was able to clear the flesh of the fruit but I couldn’t get rid of the dirt on his white fur.
I’ll wash it with water later.
「I’d like to pick more and make a jam out of them or something........」
After eating and picking the forest strawberries around with Fuku, they are now picked clean.
I really want to pick a bit more, though. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Wan! Wan!」
As I was grumbling to myself like that, Fuku quickly moved in front of me and barked.
「…………could it be, you know other places where it grows?」
「Wan!」
After nodding at my question, Fuku starts walking as if to guide me there.
We pass through the trees and animal trails.
Whether it’s an inclination or places where tree roots are protruding, Fuku easily leaps over with his excellent physical ability.
I was swinging my knife to break the branches in the way and somehow managed to climb over tree roots as I followed Fuku.
Then, we arrived in a slightly open space.
「Waa! There are a lot of forest strawberries....!」
There are a lot of forest strawberries growing with the red berries drooping.
To think that there would be such a place where forest strawberries are growing wild like this in this forest.
People would have to go through a difficult animal trail to find it and it would be difficult if I didn’t have Fuku’s sense of smell to guide me to this place.
「Amazing, Fuku. Well done!」
「Kuuun」
Fuku looked proud when I patted him on the head to praise him for finding so many forest strawberries,.
After I’m done with my patting time with Fuku, I pick the forest strawberries.
Perhaps Fuku’s is full now since he had stuffed himself with the berries earlier as he helped me pick the forest strawberries from various places. I’m very grateful for the help.
「Un, I think this is going to be enough to make a jam」
It was just a walk together but thanks to Fuku, I was able to get an unexpected harvest.
There are still a lot of forest strawberries in the surroundings, but it is better to pick them regularly instead of collecting them all.
After storing the gathering basket in the mystery bag, Fuku and I decided to return to the road.
We were able to get back on the road despite getting caught by the tree roots and returned to our original walking course. Now then, I would like to continue our walk but my legs are getting tired.
「Fuku, can I take a break for a bit?」
「Wan!」
We’ve arrived at a place with soft-looking grass so I sat there to rest.
The animal trail Fuku led me was rough and steep so that might have put a burden on my young legs.
I feel like I can still continue, but my body is still the body of a 3-year-old kid so I can’t overdo it.
So let’s take a break for now and recover my strength.
While I’m sitting down to take a break, Fuku is playing around nearby, sniffing the flowers and digging in the ground.
Even though he’s playing alone, it’s so cute seeing him getting absorbed in playing around. I could look at him playing forever. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I’ve walked quite a distance away from the mansion but I’m doing fine.
Shiba Inus are classified as a medium-sized dog so generally, a 2-kilometer or 30 minutes of walk will be enough for them, but that might not be the case for Fuku.
Oh well, that’s simply a rough estimate there might be situations when it’s longer or shorter but I would be able to understand Fuku’s situation by walking with him several times.
「Come to think of it, I haven’t drawn the mystery bag lottery for today」
Realizing I hadn’t drawn the mystery item from the mystery bag, I opened the mystery bag and tried drawing something.
「A cotton rope?」
It’s a thick cotton rope dyed red.
This kind of rope with the shape of the character of ‘8’ (八) is a toy used to play with dogs.
「―――!」
As I was holding the rope in my hands, Fuku - who had been eagerly digging a hole in the ground - stopped what he was doing and looked at me.
I move the rope in a way that invites him over and then hides it.
For Shiba Inu, simply handing over a toy would be like 「Here you go, go play with it」 and it won’t be a pleasant surprise.
Briefly showed it to catch the interest and then quickly moved it like prey.
As Fuku stares intently at me, I show him the rope I hid behind me again.
Then, Fuku move swiftly over to me.
When I gently swing the rope, Fuku bites the loop on the opposite end from the handle.
「Oh, we’re playing tug of war eh?」
The sequence of actions a dog takes when hunting are 「Search for prey by scent → Found it → Chase it → Bring it down」.
This cotton rope becomes the game that satisfies the last actions when hunting to bring down the prey (Bite).
Not only will this allow communication with him as a familiar but it will also be able to satisfy Fuku’s hunter instinct so there is no reason not to do it.
I put strength into the handle and pull.
I tried pulling with as much strength as I could, but Fuku’s pulling strength was very strong and didn’t even budge.
Fuku’s jaw seems to be stronger than I expected.
Finally, after around one minute of tug of war, when I slowly let go of the rope, Fuku - with the rope in his mouth - wagged his tail happily.
Looks like he’s happy he was able to win the tug-of-war with me.
「Wafun!」
And when I realized it, the rope had twined around Fuku’s body, as it wriggled around on its own.
Fuku desperately shook his body and spun around on the spot but the rope was neatly caught in his ear and around his torso, so it didn’t look like it was going to untangle easily.
「Ahaha, what are you doing really」
I approached the confused Fuku while smiling wryly and helped untangle the rope.
After dog food, it’s a cotton rope.
Could it be, that the mystery bag might contain some items related to Fuku?
I’ve only drawn twice so far so I can’t say for sure, but’ll be sure to keep drawing in the future. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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