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Chapter 34: Stupid People

Day 51 of living in another world

After breakfast with everyone in the village, the two rabbits left for the other village. If all goes well, they will return two days later with ten people from the village.

After seeing them off, the villagers were also divided into the construction, farming, and weaving groups, and went off to do their own work.

And today, as usual, they were continuing the village meeting in the morning.

“–That’s why the prices of potatoes and cloth have skyrocketed, Rad, because of the sudden increase in the number of Japanese people, right?”

“Oh, there’s no doubt about it. Food was always in short supply to begin with, and I think it will be for a while yet.”

“I see. ……. The village has more than enough food stockpiles. We’d like to sell mainly these, and stock up on a variety of other things as soon as possible.”

“Then we’d like to shorten the transport route. To do so, we need to do something about the occupied village ……”

Saying this, Sakura volunteered to do a reconnaissance along with Touya. The problem of the village cannot be neglected forever, and we should at least understand the situation.

“I understand, I’ll leave it to the two of you.”

“For reconnaissance, rabbit people’s sense of hearing is useful. We’ll send a few of our own people with you.”

“That would be great. –Finally, let’s get our future activities in order.”

The members explained their roles and responsibilities.

.The agriculture group led by Tsubaki

.The processing group, led by Natsuki.

.The hunting team will be made up of Sakura, Touya, and a couple of Rabbit  men.

.The construction team will be made up of Rudrug and several others.

.When the 10 Rabbit people join, they will be added to each group to improve work efficiency.

.As soon as the situation in the occupied villages is confirmed and the rabbits have joined the others, Rad and his men will be in charge of trade with the town.

“That’s all I have to say, but unless I give you any instructions, you will act according to your own judgment.”

Everyone present agreed, so the meeting was now adjourned. –And just as each of us got up from our seats to go to our assigned tasks, Rad’s ears perked up and he stood up.

Rad’s ears perked up and his expression suddenly turned grim.

“The men who took the village are on their way here! There seems to be quite a number of them!”

It seems they have discovered our presence here. It was only a matter of time, since they were so close. Still, it was a bit of a surprise that they attacked just as the reconnaissance was being finalized. …… It was not a good look for us.

“Tell everyone outside to go back to their homes. There’s no need to panic, we’ve got the barrier.”

Rad used the rabbit hearing sense to quickly get the message to everyone.

“I’ll take care of this first, so the members here will stay put. I’m going to trap as many as I can.”

“Yes, sir!” “Okay.”

“Rad, you’ll come with me, won’t you?”

“Yeah, I’ll follow the chief’s lead on everything.”

The chief’s orders were followed.

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After a while, a group of people appeared from the forest in the west.

On our side were Rad and I, and on the other side was a group of eleven Japanese. Two fewer than I had heard before.

Both of us were facing each other across the boundary.

“What the hell do you guys want with my village?”

I provoke them with a taunting tone, not intending in the slightest to make them into villagers. They all grinned and laughed at each other without a shred of caution.

“Oh, it’s such a splendid village. This is going to be a great base.”

A well-built man said with a sly smile. Apparently, this man was the leader of the group.

“Why are you talking nonsense? Why don’t you keep your jokes to your face?”

“Kukuh, it’s fine to be bullish. Either you die here, or you’re destined to become my slave, you know?”

He still has the same bold attitude.

“I don’t know where your confidence comes from, but you guys are never going to be able to break this barrier.”

“Oh, a membrane like this is a barrier, huh? Your magic is not that great.”

It seems that he misunderstood the village’s barrier as some kind of magic.

“So what? Give up and get the hell out of here.”

“Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! We will not come without any countermeasures, right? –Hey, you, have you ever heard of a seer?”

I think it’s a skill to seal magic, but the barrier is neither magic nor art. The other party may think it’s a trump card, but …… they seem to be making a terrible mistake. I know it’s futile, but I dare to show them a frightened flinch here.

Sure enough, when I show my exaggerated surprise.

“I can kill you  right now, ……, but I’ll spare your life if you obey me maturely. But you’ll have to leave all the women behind.”

I almost laughed as he uttered the surprisingly standard line. I managed to hold it in while I called everyone in the village to line up behind me.

“Do it. We won’t give you any quarter.”

“Oh, come on, they’re so weak, what do you think they can do when they’re all together?”

“Forget about your nonsense and get on with it. You’re not so arrogant just because of your mouth? Oh, and your face?”

“……, go ahead, fight back and die. Hey, boys! Let’s go as planned.”

The leader of the other party said, and a lanky man stepped forward and shouted.

“Magic formula seal!”

The lanky man who goes to the trouble of doing the embarrassing chanting, even though it can be activated with a thought. As he thrusts his hands forward and shouts, I imagine the expansion of the barrier.

The purpose is not to expand the site. The purpose is to make the barrier  blink and make it look as if it has been affected. In addition, I also add a line that makes it sound as if I am in a panic .

“Hey, the barrier is about to disappear… Everyone get back! If this continues, the barrier will be destroyed!”

Most of the villagers are aware of my performance, but those who aren’t back away.

“It’s not completely sealed up, ……. Well done. Attack them all at once!”

“Whoa! Oraaaaah!”

I’m so glad they were stupid. They were fooled and were attacking the barrier with weapons in their hands as fast as they could. Some of them were shooting fireballs, but the barrier didn’t seem to budge.

Seeing that they are all attacking, I immediately will for permission to invade and exile. And, in the next moment, almost all of them fell into the hole.

“Gueh!’ ‘Uh-oh! Kyah!”

“Ouch …… what happened!”

The wizard who had stayed away from the barrier was also stunned by the sudden disappearance of his friends. At that moment, Touya jumped out of the ward and stabbed him in the heart. The wizard was left for dead.

“I didn’t think it would go so well, no matter how much I wanted it to, I really appreciate them being typical idiots.”

After saying this to everyone, we all head toward the hole. It’s dug deeper than the last time. There’s no way they’re going to be able to climb it.

“Come on, guys. We’re going to take care of all these guys, but who wants to do it?”

When I asked that, Sakura, Tsubaki, Rad, and Roa immediately offered to help.

“Is Touya okay with this?”

“ I already did it.”

‘I’ll do it right away.” –you need to fill in the holes with Roa and Tsubaki. ‘Sakura, use water magic to make a quagmire’.

They are still making a frantic noise, but I ignore it all.

Roa uses magic to get the dirt, and Tsubaki uses a shovel to drop the dirt into the hole. Sakura, while watching them, starts to pour out water and turn it into mud, and when they are up to their chests in mud, she makes them stop.

“All right, let’s let the people who want to fill in the hole do so.”

With that, all the rabbits poured dirt into the ground. No one, not even the children, hesitated.

“Wait, wait, wait, wait!”

“Oh, we don’t need that kind of thing. It’s too late for all that.”

Almost all of them begged for their lives, but the rabbits paid no attention to any of them, and they filled them in without hesitation. Eventually, everything was buried, and no one could be heard.

The people who took the village are gone. We can rest easy now that we have cleaned up the rest.

The Rabbit Tribe seemed satisfied, though they did not say it out loud, with the fact that they were able to retaliate with their own hands.

“But don’t tell me you’re going back to the village. Stay in this village forever.”

“Village chief, of course, and I look forward to working with you in the future.”

There was nothing evasive about this latest incident. I myself was surprisingly indifferent. In fact, I was rather grateful to them for saving me the trouble of reconnaissance.

After that, everyone in the village went back to their own work as if nothing had happened. It was as if all the commotion that had happened earlier was a lie, and they were going about their daily lives as usual.

Dinner that day was more luxurious than usual. Everyone was celebrating the first step toward trade and the revenge of the Rabbit Tribe, and rejoicing over the safety of the village.

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