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Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 23: Open-air Baths?
Day 24 of Living in Another World
The day after enjoying a bath for the first time in a while, Natsuki and I were remodeling our covered workshop. Since morning, we had been working diligently to process wood and install a blindfold board so that it would not be visible from the surroundings.
The new village bonus “all-purpose warehouse” had rendered the workshop, which had been built for food storage, useless. When this was discussed, Sakura suggested, “Then let’s turn it into an open-air bathhouse”.
Yesterday, we changed the hot water in the bathtub several times, but there was no way that the drain pipe was connected to the bathtub. We had to rely on Sakura’s water magic operation to drain the hot water.
There is no problem with the operation of the water itself, but the hot water is released from the small window of the bathroom, and then carried to the forest while floating… As expected, this takes too much time every day.
The women decided to move the bathhouse to a new location, saying, “The workshop is outdoors and right in front of the forest, so it’s just right.”
“Well, that’s about right, isn’t it?”
“It’s fine, isn’t it? The bathtub is small, but the space is huge.”
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There was no way she had the skill to make a bathtub out of wood, so we had half-heartedly removed the one that had been installed in the house and brought it in.
“I think it’s nice, like an open-air bath!”
“Is that what you think? Well, I’m glad you’re satisfied with it.”
While Natsuki and I were tidying up the work area and bathhouse, Tsubaki, who had been organizing the all-purpose warehouse, came back.
“I’m glad you’re satisfied with it, It’s wonderful.”
“How’s that one coming along?”
“Yes, everything has been moved to the warehouse there as well.”
I had asked Tsubaki to move the harvested potatoes and vegetables. I had seen her moving the vegetables several times, but it must have been a lot of work, because there was quite a lot of them. Tsubaki herself said, “For a bath, I have no trouble at all.” ……
“I think Sakura and Touya should be home by now, so let’s get lunch ready and wait for them.”
Yesterday, in between the long, long bath time, Sakura and Touya made a proposal. They offered to explore outside the boundaries to level up and hunt. It was a proposal based on the fact that they were well aware of the dangers of encountering otherworld people and locals, the threat of monsters and unknown environments, and other dangers that could lead to death.
Since I myself had been thinking that one day I would have to go out there, I thought the timing was not bad, as we were on the verge of producing food. Above all, it is an obvious fact that the best people among us to explore are Sakura and Touya.
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In the end, we decided to give them permission on the condition that they run away as soon as they encounter someone and return by noon. Around noon, Sakura and Touya returned from their search in the forest. I was relieved to see that they seemed uninjured and full of energy.
“Village chief, I’m back!”
“I’m back.”
“Welcome back.”
“Welcome back.”
“Welcome back. Lunch is ready.”
While eating lunch together, I asked them what they had accomplished today.
“We explored the north side of the village today. The results were four goblins, one giant hare, and two giant boars.”
“We have confirmed that there are several kinds of animals.”
“How do we know they are not monsters ?”
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“It was able to escape as soon as I was noticed. I won’t know until I kill it, but I don’t think it’s a monster.”
“On the contrary, it was all monsters that attacked. This is today’s loot!”
On the table with a thud were several small magic stones, several kilos of meat, tusks of various sizes, boar skins, and a slightly rusty knife.
“I threw away the goblin loincloth. It smells strange.”
“That’s fine, can you keep the loot in storage for later?”
“Sakura-san, I’ll do it.”
“But for half a day, you must have encountered a lot of monsters.”
“That’s right. Two goblins were paired twice, and the other monsters were alone.”
“Were you able to deal with them?”
“It’s a level that can be dealt with comfortably. Of course, I’m not letting my guard down. Ah, one more report… There was a trace that I thought there was a transferee.”
I nodded and prompted him to continue.
“There were four or five of them, their clothes were torn to shreds, so we didn’t retrieve them, but they were clearly from the original world.”
“I see, most of them are probably dead by now, but I’ll assume there are some survivors, so I’ll be counting on you tomorrow.”
“I’ll take care of it.”
(After all, a considerable number of transferees have come. I hope the villagers can do something good… but it won’t go so easily.)
“Tomorrow I’m going to explore the south side. I’m going to check out the base where we were and …… those guys we left behind.”
“Yeah, thanks for your help.”
The world is a different place now.
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Life in a different world, day 29
Seven days have passed since the start of the search, and the surrounding conditions and ecology have gradually become clear. After finishing the exploration today, we all gathered together and checked the notes that Sakura had put together.
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◇Living organisms◇
Deer Boar Monkey Snake Freshwater fish
frog bird insect
◇ Surrounding Monsters ◇
goblin big rabbit big boar wolf big frog
big spider orc
◇Things monsters drop◇
Common: Magic stone (from adzuki bean size to marble size)
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Meat (200g-2kg)
club knife small machete loincloth fang nail skin
fur thread
◇ Surrounding terrain ◇ (Within 8 km)
The north river continued upstream, and I could see a mountain with cliffs.
The south river is straight without meandering, and the width of the river is the same.
No features other than Nishi Mori
Check the oak across the east river
※Since there was an orc in the east, the search was terminated after 1km.
◇ Transferees and locals ◇
<Village>
can’t find
<Traces of the Japanese>
3 locations in the north 4 locations in the south
None in the east, two in the west
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* All presumed to be metastasis
*No bodies found No survivors
<Collectibles>
Clothing Shoes Bags Watches Smartphones
Lighter, key, plastic bottle, kitchen knife, etc.
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Most of the items are as reported up to yesterday.
“Yes, there was an update on the east side, where we began our search today.”
“Can you tell me what makes an orc tick?”
The orcs are a staple of fantasy, and I’m curious to know what they look like.
“They are about two meters long, fat, short-legged, and slow-moving. We haven’t had any close encounters with them, so we don’t know what they are like in battle.”
“I guess we can assume it looks like something you’d see in a fantasy setting.”
“It was a large, erotic orc, It had a gray body color, though.”
“I see. I’m also curious about the transferees.”
“I didn’t see them today, but they seem to be scattered throughout the forest.”
There are nine traces of people who have moved on in this area.
“If the transference is limited to this area, but if it is widespread, then the number of transferees must be in the hundreds or thousands, right?”
“Depending on the size of this world, there is a possibility that many more people have come here.”
“Surprisingly, all the Japanese could be here. ……”
“Then again, I didn’t see a single piece of clothing for a small child.”
“Maybe there is an age limit.”
“I’m not sure. ……, do you have any other opinions?”
“I don’t have an opinion, just an impression from my exploration.”
Touya seems to have something on his mind.
“I think there were a lot of animals in the west.”
“Ah, I feel the same way.”
“I see. On the contrary, i feel scared.”
“Really? If there are few monsters, shouldn’t it be safer?”
“I’m afraid cause I don’t know the reason why there are so few of them. There might be a reason.”
“If so, let’s not go too far in, but carefully search in the neighborhood.”
“… That’s right, just be careful.”
I was a little worried, but I respected Sakura’s opinion because I left the search to the two of them.
The orcs in the east are also a concern, but for the time being, we decided to focus our search on the forest in the west.