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Mushroom Hunting
When we entered the forest, the red leaves we saw from our homes turned even redder, to the point of making it difficult to find the lush green leaves that are the traces of summer. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
There are scattered fallen leaves on the ground, making a dry crunching sound when we step on them.
「The forest has completely taken on an autumn look」
「Right!」
Nina - who was walking beside me - nodded when I muttered those words with emotion.
Perhaps she liked the feeling of stepping on the fallen leaves as she walked while intentionally stepping on them.
You can actually feel the changing of seasons when the inside of the forest changes so dramatically like this.
The brightly colored plants and flowers are gone, and the forest is so quiet.
There was occasionally a crunching sound coming from afar, probably coming from small animals walking in the forest.
With the forest so quiet, it feels like it is easier to pick up even the smallest noise.
「Look look, Kureto! This leaf, it looks like a mask!」
I looked in her direction since she pulled my sleeve and saw Nina holding a fallen leaf over her face.
There are holes in the place where the eyes and nose are supposed to be, making it look like a mask.
「You’re right」
「Right? So interesting」
After showing it to me, Nina seemed satisfied and casually threw the fallen leaf away.
She is brimming with curiosity but loses interest quickly.
I was dumbfounded at how quickly she changes. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’m sorry. She can’t calm down」
「No, it’s best for children to be energetic」
I was single in my previous world, so I don’t have close friends close enough to visit each other’s families.
There were no opportunities to interact with children, so I feel genuinely happy that Nina is attached to me.
That said, it is embarrassing to express my true feelings so I’ll just keep them to myself.
「By the way, are there any crops you can recommend growing in autumn?」
I changed the topic and asked Stella to hide my embarrassment.
I was able to harvest the radish and rough potato that I had been growing before.
Being able to raise and harvest crops properly while living in two locations is such a great progress.
Although I’m still an inexperienced farmer and can’t be called one yet, I would like to challenge myself to grow different crops.
「Right. I recommend growing spinach, small turnips, leaf lettuce, and broad beans. You can harvest them in about 30-60 days. They don’t require much effort」
Stella smoothly answered when I tried asking that.
Looks like she recommends crops that are easy to grow, even for beginners, knowing my lifestyle.
「I see. Then, I think I’ll try growing those 4 crops」
「We have the seeds in our house, so please let us know if you want to plant them」
「Thank you very much for everything」
I’m completely relying on Stella and Andre when it comes to farming, so I really can’t thank them enough. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「No, please, you also take care of Nina for us, so this is not a big deal」
Stella smiled brightly when I lightly bowed to thank her.
I’m really glad I have such nice people as my neighbor.
「Ah! Mushroom!」
Nina raised her voice while I was taking in the feeling of happiness.
Approaching Nina’s location, there was a yellow mushroom on a tree.
It’s growing on the base of the tree, so it’s growing as if sticking out from the tree.
It’s quite thick, a little different from the image of a mushroom I have.
「Can we eat this?」
「Un, we can. This is called Koshikake mushroom (コシカケ) the name comes from the fact that it looks like a mushroom you can sit on」
「It certainly looks like you can sit on it and take a break」
The mushroom that stuck out from the tree looks like you can sit on it.
It’s quite thick, could you actually sit on it and rest there?
「But, you can’t sit on it, y’know? It will break after all」
「I see」
As expected, it seemed like it was not strong enough to support a human’s weight.
Well, that’s natural since it was a normal, edible mushroom.
「Let’s start collecting it for now, shall we」
Nina puts on a glove and receives a knife from Stella.
I also tried to take the gloves out from my subspace but Stella handed a glove to me, so I decided to just accept it obediently. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「You should cut it at the base like this when collecting them」
「Okay」
Seeing Nina collecting the oyster mushrooms with a knife, I also cut them at the base with a knife in the same way.
Then, the thick mushroom came loose from the tree and landed with a soft thud in my hand.
It looked thick, but as expected, it was not that heavy since it’s a mushroom.
I take it out and pack it into a wooden box from my subspace and continue collecting the next oyster mushroom.
Nina also put one mushroom after another into her basket while Stella was collecting oyster mushrooms growing on a different tree.
She cuts the oyster mushrooms with a knife, letting them come loose from the tree, and puts them into a box.
The mushrooms were growing densely on the tree, so the collecting didn’t end that quickly.
I reached for the next oyster mushroom.
It’s strangely fun to be able to collect mushrooms like this without thinking of anything.
「This much is enough」
「Right」
When we came to our senses, my box and Nina’s basket were already filled with oyster mushrooms.
Even so, there are still oyster mushrooms growing densely on the surrounding trees, showing how rich the forest is. Once again, I’m grateful for the forest blessing.
「There are white mushrooms here」
When I moved to the place Stella called out, I saw white mushrooms growing a little distance away from the base of a tree.
They look like small shimeji mushrooms, looking very cute.
「They’re pure white, can we eat these?」
「Yes, we can eat them. They are delicious when stewed or stir-fried and there are no poisonous mushrooms that look like it around here,so you can rest easy」
「I see」
It’s fine as long as there are no similar-looking poisonous mushrooms; we could collect it for now.
They were recommended mushrooms for beginner mushroom hunters, so it’s helpful to know.
This one was collected without a knife, just snap it at the base with your hand.
It’s kinda fun to pull the small mushrooms. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Kureto! Over here, come over!」
Just as I was collecting the white mushrooms, this time Nina called me over.
I guess she’s trying to teach me a lot about mushrooms, to me who knew nothing at all. It’s quite busy.
I headed over to Nina while Stella sent me off with a wry smile on her face.
「It’s a Round Mushroom!」
At the place where Nina pointed, a bright red, round mushroom was growing.
Only the mushroom cap is strangely large and looks unbalanced.
「What a pretty red mushroom. Can you also eat this?」
「Un, it will make a delicious broth if you add them to a hot pot. But you can’t eat the one with these white spots. They’re poisonous」
Casually looking at a mushroom nearby, I saw what looked like white spots on its cap.
「They look quite similar but this one is poisonous, huh……」
「The poisonous ones have a yellowish color under their cap and their stem is a little longer, they’re completely different, y’know?」
「I, is that so」
Nina seems to find it easy to distinguish them, but for a beginner like me, it’s a little difficult.
It’s easy to notice the difference between the fully-grown one, but the smaller, immature ones resemble the Round Mushroom a lot. I’m not confident I can distinguish them perfectly as Nina does.
「It’s best not to collect them if you’re not confident in deciding. There’s no need to risk your life to eat them after all」
「That’s true. That’s helpful advice」
It was just mushrooms in the end. Just a type of ingredient. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
It’s not like we were out of food and about to starve.
It was probably best not to collect them when I’m unsure or not feeling confident.
I felt like Stella’s way of thinking is very important when it comes to mushroom hunting.
「But, we’re here this time. Please try to determine it yourself and collect it」
「Do your best! Kureto!」
「Ah, yes」
Apparently, there is no choice but not to collect them here.
I gathered the mushrooms I thought to be Round Mushroom while Stella and Nina watched me.
Mushrooms with spots are poisonous, so I don’t pick the mushrooms around them.
Besides, I can’t distinguish the small ones so I avoid collecting them as much as possible and only collect the large ones.
「……how about this?」
「All of them are Round Mushrooms! No problem!」
I timidly showed what I gathered to Nina and safely passed.
Looks like there were no poisonous mushrooms mixed in there.
「Let’s keep going and collect other mushrooms」
「Right. I have to teach Kureto all of the mushrooms he can eat!」
The relief was short-lived as Stella and Nina immediately started to move again.
Looks like I’m gonna have a lot of mushroom-knowledge stuffed into my head just for today. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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