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Chapter 10

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Just another Isekai Lover~

Chapter 10. Let’s make a Foot Bath

I feel like I’ve realized something pretty serious, but for now, if I can buy hot water, I want to clean myself. I want to feel clean.  

I need something to hold the hot water. I’ve never bought a tub before. So, a washbasin?  

No, If it’s just about holding hot water, a plastic bag would do. If I can make a frame, then maybe I can turn a cardboard box into a foot bath by covering it with a trash bag.  

Once I thought of it, I couldn’t help myself—I really want to do a foot bath!  

I quickly reassembled the cardboard that was laid out. I need to fix the open parts somehow. I search for “duct tape” with 1,000-yen repeat, but I couldn’t find anything.

Ah, what was it called? Probably the name is different. I can’t recall the name of that brown tape. Never mind. Let’s try “OPP Tape” — found it! 

80 meters for 110 yen. Is that 72cm if I divide it into 1-yen segments?  

That’s plenty enough. I buy it and stick it onto the cardboard. It’s a bit long, so I cut the excess with scissors and stick it on to reinforce it. I need to be careful; if it breaks halfway, water will flood everywhere.  

Now I’ve got a frame.  

Next, I need trash bags. I’ve bought a pack of 50 45-liter garbage bags for 198 yen before. That’s 4 yen for each bag. Usually, double-layering would be safer, but for now, I’ll just buy one.  

 

I cover the frame with the bag like this. And that’s it—it’s ready.  

Since 200 liters of hot water costs 149 yen, I can buy 20 liters for 15 yen. Shall I fill it up?

Wait, hold on. This is the box for the six 2-liter plastic bottles, so if I fill it with more than 12 liters, it might overflow. Plus, I’ll put my feet in, too. Calm down, me. The allure of the foot bath is clouding my judgement. Be careful.  

Standing up to get in isn’t very practical. I want a place to sit. I look around the storeroom and spot a shelf. It might be one of those that can adjust the height.

I try moving it, and was able to move it so that it was just the right height for sitting. I lean my weight on the shelf to test its sturdiness. It’s quite sturdy. I’m a little worried about the load capacity, but since it’s a storage shelf, I’m sure it can withstand some weight. Come on, hold!  

I take off my pants, sit on the shelf, and put my feet into the cardboard box with the trash bag, then carefully pour in a little hot water at a time, about 1 yen’s worth.  

Warm water pours over my feet, filling the basin. I pour out about 6 yen worth of water, or about 8 liters, which feels just right.  

“Ahhhh, this feels so good—”  

I squeeze my eyes shut, immersed in the bliss of my fatigue melting away into the hot water. It feels amazing. The hot water is incredible. Just this alone gives me a strong sense of satisfaction. My blood circulation improves. Blood flows to my head.  

I breathe out a long “Hoooh,” and start thinking.  

Well, if I can buy hot water and tap water, I don’t need to worry about water anymore.  

When I checked the prices, I found that I could buy about 7.7 liters for 1 yen.

So for 1000 yen I can get 7692 liters—that’s over 7 tons.  

Maybe buying a box of bottled water was a waste. But the cardboard really came in handy, so I’m glad I bought it.  

And since I can buy tap water,  

Yes, looking at my history, I find I can also buy electricity and gas.  

Wait, wait, wait—What’s going to happen if I buy this?

I thought it would be nice to be able to charge my smartphone or use electrical appliances, but when I tried pouring out water, it just came out in a gush.  

I can specify the location to release it, so can I direct it into my phone?  

If a burst of electricity suddenly flows into my phone, wouldn’t it explode?  

I decide to try it first with the portable battery. But if that explodes, isn’t it a lithium-ion battery bomb?  

The image of a mobile battery bursting into flames, which I saw in a news clip, pops into my mind. It really looked like a bomb. I also often hear about lithium-ion batteries exploding in garbage trucks. Large streams of water is also dangerous.  

While thinking about this, I try to control the water flow—rather than pouring a whole yen’s worth at once, I’m trying to get it to drip slowly from above.  

Hmm, this is tricky.  

If I concentrate hard enough, I can make the stream thinner, but it’s still difficult.  

It’s roughly like lifting a big bucket of water over my head and then tilting it to let it trickle out.  

Keeping a steady stream was Impossible. It’s shaky, it’s heavy. I lost concentration halfway through, and it suddenly spills out in a big gush.  

Phew.  

If I do this with my smartphone, it’s definitely going to explode.  

And speaking of explosions, gas is also dangerous. Explosive, flammable stuff—gas, obviously.  

If I buy gas and light it, it could explode, right?  

Speaking of flammables, kerosene and gasoline come to mind. Yeah. I’ve bought both before. And oil lighter fuel and benzine, too.  

Oh, and alcohol. I’ve also bought ethanol-free spirits and pure ethanol.  

Come to think of it, today while cleaning, I thought kitchen cleaner was dangerous, but I wonder if mixing chlorine-based bleach with something acidic might produce some kind of dangerous gas. That famous green toilet cleaner is cheap but it’s very acidic.

Basically, hazardous materials are pretty easy to buy. I buy quite a lot of flammable stuff regularly.  

Maybe, or perhaps I’m realizing that this 1,000-yen repeat skill is pretty dangerous…  

It’s a skill I chose just to secure basic food, but depending on how I use it, it could become a weapon.  

I should probably test it to protect myself in the future, right?  

I’m a little worried about what might happen, but I’ll put testing the aggressive use of this 1,000-yen repeat at the top of my mental to-do list.

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