Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 6 - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: 13

6-13 . People of Baron Muno Territory (4)

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"U, umm, thank you for the delicious meal . "

"You don't have to mind it, everyone has thanked me earlier too . "

"Also umm, I'm sorry for the afternoon . "

It's the red-haired girl from the afternoon . She's called Totono if I'm not mistaken . She's personally coming to our camping ground to meet me, does she have some business?

The girl is looking downcast, but after she glances a bit at Lulu, her face becomes determined .

She grasps her skirt with trembling hands, and seemingly decides something .

It can't be another, "Please buy me . ", situation right .

To be frank, I'm fed up with that .

However, the girl's action is a bit different .

She takes her skirt off . I've said skirt, but her clothes is a one piece, so I could see her ribs--

--or I should be, but Lulu covers her with an apron in a hurry from behind, so I couldn't see it . Let's leave this as it is .

It doesn't seem like she'd wear her clothes back, but she also doesn't brush off the apron .

"T, this is an apology and thanks . We can't do anything, so . . . "

"You'd pay with your body?"

"Un, my big sister said, 'If you're given something, give something back . ', she said that it's no good with just words . . . "

I don't think that person meant it like this when she said that .

"It's fine to return a thank you to wealthy people . Although I'd like it if you don't take it for granted . "

"But"

"Your sister surely meant to say that when you've become a person who lives her life to the fullest, you should share something with other . "

"I, is that how it is . . . "

Since she falls silent, Lulu helps her wear the clothes . I don't have any interest with little girl's body of course, so I avert my gaze .

After Totona has put her clothes on, Lulu invites her to drink a tea . Mia who should have been on watch duty with me is leaning on my back, sleeping . Sleeping even during this uproar, this girl is not fit to be on guard duty .

"Um, this is?"

"It's a blue tea . "

"Is it fine to drink it?"

"It's delicious you know . "

With Lulu's words, Totona concentrates on the cup while looking awfully surprised . Her cheeks loosens, I wonder if she finds it delicious .

I'm watching that scene while preparing Liza's spear .

"This the first time I've drank something like this . "

"Maybe no one drinks it around here . It's master's favorite tea . "

It's probably something that only wealthy people could enjoy considering this area .

This tea's name is [Blue Ruby], it's easy to drink like Darjeeling, although they're completely on different level . The tea lets out slightly bluish color when freshly brewed, but it looks like a normal tea when it's cool . I can't help but become curious with how it works .

Totona seems to have calmed down after she has finished drinking the tea .

Since it looks like she's going to try to sell herself this time, let's get ahead of her .

"Totona, won't you lend me strong kids for helping me this morning?"

"Un, if we could thank you with that, everyone will go . "

"I'm counting on you, I promise to give two big bags of potatoes to the elders . You guys also need it to survive right?"

"Un, un, thank you, Onii-san . "

Totona is saying thank you while crying, Lulu wipes her tears .

Although, two big bag of potatoes are probably not enough for even half a month .

I don't have obligation or reason to help them further than this, but I'll try to do something without giving me trouble . That line of thinking is hypocritical huh .

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Right now, I'm away from the camping ground, deep in the forest .

At first, I've thought of hunting the spider bears for the children and elders, but I change my mind and check the forest's terrain .

The old woman said that a good place should be beside a river with a lot of humus and well-lit .

I use a holy sword taken out from storage to briskly cut the trees and put them inside the storage . Since the trees are cut down without any resistance, and I instantly put the fallen tree inside the storage, it doesn't feel real . I've cleared 300 meters wide area in 10 minutes .

I did it without lumbering skill somehow .

The outlook has became much better .

Next, I activate Cultivation skill I've acquired before .

I pull the stumps one by one, but this is quite difficult . I can pull the stump easily, but the reaction force makes my feet sink into the soft ground .

Therefore, I give up on pulling the stump, instead I cut away the root with the holy sword after I raise it . This work took more time than I expected, around 1 hours .

Next, it's the removal of weeds and bushes . Since the weeds break apart when I pull them with all my strength, halfway through, I delicately control my power with difficulty . I got, [Gathering], skill when I was pulling the weeds . It seems that there are some herbs mixed in with the weeds I've pulled . Is this the difference (effect) of [Mowing] skill .

I'd have loved to use fire magic and shout, "Mow it down . "[1]

<TLN: Nausicaa's reference, not sure what's the actual phrase used in the English release>

When I've finished removing the weeds, I pull the remaining tree roots . It feels strange like pulling string buried in the ground . This is also the same with the weeds, they break easily if I pull with force, so I have to control my power delicately .

I found some huge rocks and stones halfway through, I put them inside the storage . They'd become hindrances for the field .

Now then, I guess the land is good enough for cultivation?

I feel like I'm missing something, I wonder if this is an effect of Cultivation skill .

I haven't read much manga about cultivation .

Since I don't know what is it even if I stare at the ground, I take out a hoe from the abandoned village back then and try to plow the land .

"Hum~m, it's normal . "

After plowing for 10 meter, I feel like hitting something hard .

There is a stone in the ground . The stone is about as big as a fist . Afterward,  I hit stones whenever I plow for a bit . The edge of the hoe becomes slightly bent .

I adjust the search range of the map and search for stones . First, let's display the ones in 30 cm deep underground . There's a lot of them . I activate gathering skill to the maximum and begin gathering the stones . I gather the stones so fast that it's as if I'm in a gag manga . Sometimes things that look like gemstones or raw ores are mixed in, but they're probably just beautiful stones like the actinolite back then .

After I've roughly completed the removal of the stones, I try plowing the ground . Since I've only did this once when I was a child on my grandpa's countryside, I don't know if I'm doing this right . If I just make the ground soft enough, then the old men could probably direct the children well .

I pile up about 10% of the weeds that I've gathered at the edge of the farmland . It'll be usable for fertilizer .

I also clean off branches from 10 felled tress and pile them on three different locations . Then I cut them into 20 parts in easy to use sizes .

I wrap gabo fruits with cloth and put them below the timbers . It shouldn't get damaged by beasts like this .

"Fuh, it's tiring after all . "

My stamina has been decreased by 20% . The stones removal was the most severe .

"Now then, I've reclaimed the land, but what should I do about it . "

Yes, it'd look unnatural for workable fields to materialize in one night .

I'll leave this alone, and hope that the children would find the place when they're looking for food . Since it's only 2 kilometers away and near the river, I'm expecting them to find it .

At that time, a spider bear that the old woman were talking about during dinner comes out of the forest .

It's coming to get itself hunted, what a laudable monster .

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About this spider bear, it's a spider with the body portion looking like bear's . To be frank, it's disgusting .

There are 5 spider bears which appear, I lure them back into the forest . I could eliminate them now, but since I have some things in mind, I'm going to take one monster back to the camping ground . First, I obliterate four monsters soundlessly and put them into the storage .

The remaining one monster is chasing my back without even realizing that its friends have all disappeared .

In accordance with crisis perception, I leap to the side .

Thus I evaded an attack from the spider bear's claw which had its body hanging upside down like a pendulum .   Seems that the spider is hanging by using its thread on a big tree .

The spider which has reached the top of the pendulum separates from the thread and makes a landing ahead . The tree behind which has been used as the fulcrum is breaking apart .

The spider bear ahead lifts its forelegs making a threatening pose, I kick it while being careful as not to kill it .

I run past it to the highway .

The spider bear comes out of the forest a bit later . Since it'd be troubling if it loses sight of me, I throw a big lumber at it while purposely missing .

I dash to the camping ground and call Pochi and the girls who are on guard duty .

I'm planning to raise everyone's level while procuring food, killing two birds with one stone .

"Pochi, Tama, get ready for battle . Nana, after you hit the monster with Magic Arrow, wake Liza and Arisa up . "

"Enemy~?"

"Fainanoresu . " <TLN: Fail "hai nano desu . " lol>

"Yes, master . "

The spider bear lost a bit of its HP from the magic arrow unleashed by Nana . It could cause damage even with so much level difference huh, this magic arrow is quite an excellent magic .

With a short cane to cast Shield, I stop the spider bear .

The spider bear tries to reach behind the shield with its long leg, but Tama prevents it with her stiletto .

"Thank you, Tama . "

"Nou puroburemu~?"

<TLN: She tried to say this in English>

Pochi is going at the spider bear from its behind diagonally, she thrusts at the leg joint with her stiletto . Seems that she hits it, but the attack is unable to break the joint .

A red light pierce through the monster's body from the opposite side .

The spider bear loses 10% of its HP with that one blow from Liza . It seems she wakes up in hurry since she's only wearing something that looks like long t-shirt without armor .

The spider bear changes its target to Liza . I must attract the monster's attention .

"Over here, you spider thingy!"

I provoke the spider bear while hitting it with the shield . Is this what they call shield bash?　Its HP decreases . Oh no, it'd die before Arisa and Mia come out .

>[Provocation Skill Acquired]

I immediately activate Provocation skill . After that the battle becomes a cinch . After all, the hardest attack of the enemy is only coming at me obstinately .

With this skill, it should be easy in the labyrinth .

After Arisa and Mia who come out late unleash their magic, it becomes a one-sided battle of the beastkin girls .

Since we're fighting near the camping ground, the old people and the children who have woken up are watching from a distance . The children raise their voice whenever Mia use her magic or Liza's spear lit up .

At last, the spider bear lays down and stops moving after receiving Liza's attack, raising conspicuously loud cheers from the children and the old people .