Chapter 85 – A Strange Disease Despite all the wishes made during the festival, a strange illness has been spreading throughout the town lately. Calling it a “strange illness” might sound dramatic, but if you only look at the symptoms individually, they’re the kind of things you might just shrug off and say, “Yeah, that […]
Chapter 84 – Short Story: Nostalgic Ice Cream It’s hot today! Really hot. It’s muggy and sticky. “My eyes are spinning…” Mimi, who seems to be weak against heat, was looking wilted. Apparently, she’s more comfortable in human form than as a lizard. Are you okay? You’re not going to dry out under the sun,
Volume 9: A Mysterious Illness Chapter 83 – Canola Flowers, under the daytime lantern Even simple food tastes delicious when you eat it outside. Jude, who had been devouring scones at an incredible pace, suddenly rotated his shoulder as if just realizing something. “It’s light…” Hmm? Had he injured it somehow? He turned a slightly
Chapter 82. Canola Flowers – Part 1 – Please Don’t Shake Me There was something I had always wanted to try if I ever got my hands on a big field. A field of canola flowers. The bright yellow of canola flowers gives me so much energy. A blue sky and canola flowers. So many
Chapter 81 Short Story: Fresh and Lively Fava Beans The Fava beans are ready! I love fava beans. As the name suggests, the pods first ripen facing the sky. They are harvested when they have matured and are hanging down. The firmness of the pods when touched is also important. “If you just tell me,
Chapter 80. Summer Festival 5: The Effective Use of Junk Magic Stones and Everyone’s Wishes We headed toward our tentative meeting spot. In front of the Magic Guild, not far from the plaza, it was already pretty crowded. Strictly speaking, scheduling meetings is not permitted at this festival. After all, everyone’s supposed to be masked,
Chapter 79. Summer Festival 4: I never thought something like this would happen Grandpa Jill’s house. It was getting close to evening, so I dropped in to get ready before the bell rang. I’d eaten a bit too much and was tired from walking around. But I’d managed to get a curry bun and bring
Chapter 78. Summer Festival 3: Melt-in-Your-Mouth Stewed Offal And so, the day of the festival arrived. Right now, I’m in my usual outfit—baggy pants and a shirt. A slightly thick vest to hide my figure, and my hair is tucked into a hat. I’d arranged to change into my festival clothes at Grandpa Jill’s house
Chapter 77. Short Story – Memories of the Language Textbook The plant-dyed shawl I borrowed from Grandpa Jill reminded me of a story from my old Japanese language textbook. I used to love those textbooks. I loved them so much that I even begged my much older cousin to give me her old textbooks when
Chapter 76. Summer Festival 2: The Yogi-Mogi-Sashi-Mo Dyed Shawl Author Note: Note: This is a setting detail many may have forgotten, but just in case—the protagonist tries to speak in a lower voice and dresses in a way that makes their gender hard to discern. **** I spread out the outfit in the bag Milia-san