Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 460

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Caught Fish

I’m currently shaking and tugging my fishing rod up and down while staring at the water surface inside the snow hut. And after a while, I tug at it again. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Then, there was something that felt like a slight tug at my fishing rod.

「Ah, I feel a little like there was a tug just now」

「That’s the pull」

「Eh!」

「It’s too late」

I hurriedly pull it up, but as Torr said the bait at the tip of the hook was already gone completely.

It seems like it was easily eaten by the warasabi.

「The tug is weaker than I thought」

「It’s a small fish after all」

「But, I remember the feeling of the pull just now」

I’ve lost my prey but I understood the feeling. I will pull it up immediately when I feel the tug.

I attach the bait to the hook again while feeling determined and drop it into the water.

I got the tug at the previous depth so it’s a challenge to not change the depth.

I hang down the string into the water and wait for the opportunity. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Ah! Caught it!」

「Congratulations, Eleonora-sama!」

「You caught a nicely sized fish～」

Sitting on the opposite side, Eleonora-neesan managed to skillfully catch a warasabi.

Noticing my gaze, Eleonora-neesan made a look as if saying ‘What do you think?’.

I’m a little annoyed at that, I also want to catch a warasabi.

I mean, there’s a possibility that my chance of avoiding practice will decrease considerably if I don’t catch a lot when this kind of occasion happens again in the future.

As I repeated the luring motion with such determination, I felt a slight tug on my rod.

Convinced that it was a strike, I immediately raised my fishing rod.

「Yosh, I also caught――Aaaaahー! It got stuck in ice!」

I could see the warasabi that was pulled up almost to the water’s surface. I could definitely see it, but maybe it got in the ice that it went off the hook.

The shock of having the fish escape even though I thought it was a certain strike was huge.

「The warasabi will also run so you have to move your rod」

I don’t understand what he meant by ‘run’ when Asmo gave me that advice with a kind tone.

「What do you mean ‘run’?」

「Struggling and swimming away」

「Aah, so you mean I have to raise the fishing rod according to the situation?」

Asmo nodded when I said that as it seemed to be the correct answer.

That’s true. Even warasabi will struggle desperately so it won’t caught. I also have to do my best to pull it up.

It means I could not get careless when pulling it up. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I keep waiting for another warasabi while keeping that in mind.

「Here it is!」

In the meantime, Eleonora-neesan catches one warasabi after another.

Fishing warasabi seems to be a perfect match for Eleonora-neesan, with her wild intuition and reflexes.

And as I stared blankly waiting, I felt a pull coming from my fishing rod.

I feel like it’s heavier than the previous pull. This might be a larger fish.

While holding a little bit of hope inside, I move my rod around matching the struggling warasabi, and pull it up just like that.

「Caught it! And it’s two at the same time!」

2 of the 5 tips on the hook caught warasabis.

No wonder the pull was a little strong.

I may also have been careless previously and let two of them escape, but I was able to get them back in the end.

It’s nice to relax with fishing but catching something like this is also satisfying.

「You caught two at the same time, huh」

「That was a good pull up」

Torr and Asmo also honestly praised this result.

These two usually threw some hateful words at me when they opened their mouth, but it didn’t seem like they were going to pick on a beginner in warasabi fishing. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Eleonora-neesan only caught one at a time, right?」

「……just watch me. I will show you how I catch 5 at the same time」

When I provokingly said that to her, Eleonora-neesan clearly answered so with a twitch on her temple.

「Hee, I can’t lose to Al and the others! Let’s compete who can catch the most fish from now one!」

「That’s nice～」

With my conversation with Eleonora-neesan as the trigger, a match to compete who can catch the most warasabi begins.

We’ve mostly been fishing quietly until now, but I thought it wasn’t so bad to do this kind of fishing once in a while.

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「Boy, young miss, it’s time to return」

Bartolo's voice came as he peered into the snow hut signaling the end of our competition.

There was a somewhat air of relief inside the snow hut, maybe because our concentration had been broken.

「Everyone, how many did you catch?」

When I asked that, everyone started to count the warasabi they caught.

「I got eight」

「I caught nine」

「I’m seven～」

「Five here」

Torr, Ema-oneesama, Sheila, and Asmo reported the amount of fish they caught in order.

The only ones left are Eleonora-neesan and me.

Eleonora-neesan’s expression is calm. Meaning, the amount she caught - like me - was not less than Torr and the others.

In other words, it’s a match between me and Eleonora-neesan. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「What about Al?」

After glaring at each other for a while, Eleonora-neesan asks.

「I got ten」

The moment I answered, Eleonora-neesan gave me a bold smile.

No way.....!

「Eleven」

While having a smile of satisfaction on her face, Eleonora-neesan’s answer gave rise to an exclamation of admiration from everyone except me.

「Ehー! I just lost by one fish!」

「It’s a shame but it’s Al’s loss」

Eleonora-neesan keeps repeating the fact I already know, which is annoying.

「Looking great just with one difference」

「That ‘one difference’ is important」

Gunununu, in a game world trivial differences meant nothing. Whether you win or lose matters, so Eleonora-neesan was making a sound argument.

It’s because I know of that that it feels even more frustrating.

Although I was able to more than one fish simultaneously to get back at her, the prey that escaped were still large.

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「We’re backー」

「Welcome back, did you catch a lot of warasabi?」

Elna-kaasan welcomed us after we parted ways with Torr and returned to the mansion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Un, we caught enough for everyone to eat」

Eleonora-neesan and I caught 21 fish. Moreover, Bartolo single-handedly caught an astonishing number of 22 fish.

Even Eleonora-neesan and my result combined can’t match his. As expected from someone who came from a snowy country, he looked like he was good at fishing warasabi.

「That’s great then. I will tell Nord about it」

Knowing that we caught enough fish, Elna-kaasan smiles in satisfaction and returns to the living room.

Of course, as a wife Elna-kaasan knows about Nord-tousan’s favorite food and she seemed genuinely happy we could put a lot warasabi on the table.

As always, when it comes to Nord-tousan Elna-kaasan will become soft.

「Now then, let’s quickly prepare for dinner」

「Can I help too?」

「Ooh, sure. That will be great」

They were the fish I caught by myself after all. I also want to be involved in cooking them.

Catch them myself and cook them myself. That’s the real pleasure of fishing.

「I will take a bath first」

I guess Eleonora-neesan was not interested in cooking them at all, she disappeared to her room after saying that.

Well, it’s almost unheard of for Eleonora-neesan to help in cooking so that’s to be expected. It’s not particularly surprising. If anything, we’d be in trouble if she said she wanted to help.

Bartolo and I decided to move to the kitchen with the basket containing the warasabi. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 459

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Snow Hut

「Could Ema and the others are all also here to catch warasabi?」

Eleonora-neesan asked when I was still sighing at the hopelessness of Torr and Asmo. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Yes, it’s a valuable ingredient because we can only catch it at this time of the year」

「They’re delicious when fried, you know～」

Ema-oneesama promptly answers while Sheila’s cheeks slacken as she imagines it.

It’s also been a while since I saw these two, but it looks like they’re the same as always.

「Did Eleonora-sama and Alfried-sama come here to catch them too?」

「Yes, it looks like my tousan likes it」

Eleonora-neesan replies somewhat embarrassedly when Ema-oneesama asks.

「Then, let’s fish them together!」

Maybe it’s because he cut into the girls’ group conversation without hesitation that Ema-oneesama and Sheila’s gazes are subtly piercing in Torr’s direction.

However Torr - who was totally submerged in the drug called love - didn’t seem to notice that. No, even if he notices it he would ignore it I guess.

「That’s fine, can we fish around here?」

「I think this place looks pretty good. I already caught 10 fish」

「I’m 4～」

Asmo and Sheila show us the warasabi they caught in the basket.

Inside were small fish around 10 cm swimming around rapidly.

With a white body surface tinged with a faint yellow color. It looked exactly like wakasagi1 in my previous life.  www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Ooh, looks like you can catch them here fine. Shall we try to fish here, then?」

「How do we do that?」

「First, make a hole in the ice. This is the hardest part, but we have the boy here with us」

Bartolo - who answers Eleonora-neesan’s question - turns his eyes to me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「I just need to make a hole with Ice magic here, right?」

「That’s right」

Since Bartolo nodded at that, I used Ice magic to carve a round hole in the ice at our feet and lift it up.

I guess the depth is around 2 meters since a large cylinder suddenly popped out.

It’s extremely easy and only consumes a small amount of mana since I just use the magic to carve out the already existing ice.

When I rolled the large cylinder to a suitable spot, I saw a round hole below, and there was water down there.

「See that, Asmo. He created such a large hole that we worked so hard to make in an instant」

「Al’s magic is unfair as always」

Seeing the neatly finished hole, Torr and Asmo have a faraway look in their eyes.

I saw some villagers in the distance frantically moving spiral-shaped drilling tools trying to break the ice. You can’t say it’s fast by any standard, as only a small amount of ice has been shaved out.

It would be different if they used an electric-powered drill, but there’s no way there would be something like that in this world.

I’m sure Torr and Asmo probably arrived here early in the morning and diligently made a hole like that.

I dig holes for Eleonora-neesan and Bartolo while making such a guess.

「Now that we’ve decided on the place to fish, we need a chair. Normally, you will have to sit on the ground like everyone else, but we don’t have to do that since we have the boy here with us」

「That’s right」

I use Earth magic to create small chairs that are easy to sit on. It made our butt cold if it were made with Ice magic, so it’s with Earth magic this time.

Eleonora-neesan and I then sit there. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「This is the fishing rod for warasabi」

I take the fishing rod Bartolo handed to me as he took it out from the case he brought with him.

「It’s quite short」

It’s much shorter compared to the ordinary fishing rod. It’s not even 30 cm long.

「Warasabi is a small fish after all. So you don’t need the regular fishing rod like when you’re trying to catch regular fish」

We‘re only aiming for warasabi this time. It seems like it should be sufficient as long as it can be used to catch warasabi.

「What’s left is to attach the string and hook to it. I’ll explain how to do it, so copy what I am doing now」

While listening to Bartolo’s explanation after receiving the string, hook, and sinker, we copied what he did and attached the string and hook to the fishing rod.

There was a mishap while we were doing it as Eleonora-neesan entangled multiple strings, but we somehow managed to tie the string.

「We will use this white worm for the bait. Cut it in half and stick it to the hook and it’s done」

The thing Bartolo took out from his basket was small white worms.

However, Eleonora-neesan and I were basically raised in the countryside and we’re relatively used to insects and worms, so we’re not too intimidated by it. It’s the same with Torr and Sheila and there’s no one here coward enough to do something like screaming at the worm.

「Why do we have to cut it in half?」

「Coz it will make it more likely for warasabi to approach when the body fluids from the white worm spread 」

「Heeー」

I was honestly impressed there was a valid reason for cutting the white worm in half.

I cut the wriggling white worm in half with scissors and attached it to the hook. It’s a bit pitiful but I hope you can forgive me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Lower the hook into the water once you finish attaching the bait. After that repeat the motion of moving it up and down quickly about 3 times to lure the warasabi」

I imitate Bartolo and shake the fishing rod up and down 3 times. And after some time, I repeat that motion again.

「All that’s left after that is to estimate the depth of the school of warasabi and adjust it and wait for them to bite the bait」

「It’s annoying to have to hold the fishing rod all the time」

「You can set up a stand to hold the fishing rods, like Torr and the others」

Looking closely, there is a wooden stand near Torr and the others. It seems like they put their fishing rod on it and wait for the warasabi to bite the bait, relaxing while waiting.

I imitate that by making a table using Earth magic.  Placing my rod there and making a luring motion while taking a break, you can relax without being on edge all the time.

「You just have to catch the warasabi next. The young miss and you will fish here, boy. I’ll try looking for another place to fish」

「Okay. Call out if there’s anything」

I immediately reply before Eleonora-neesan can say anything.

As expected, even Bartolo would be mentally tired if he were to fish while with the boys and girls here.

And as someone who’s mental age is already a middle-aged man, I fully understood Bartolo’s feelings so I gladly sent him off.

「Okay thenー, I wonder if we can catch them」

I move around my fishing rod just like Bartolo taught me.

It’ll be fine to just do it over and over again. And it doesn’t then just change the depth for the bait.

As I was staring intently at the water's surface, a cold wind blew from the side.

「Cold～」

Sheila makes a small scream while drawing back her body.

Even wearing full winter clothes won’t guarantee perfect protection from the cold.

And since we were sitting still here, the wind blowing from the side would seem even colder.

「Our biggest enemy here is not warasabi, but the cold」

It’s as Ema-oneesama said. Rather than against the warasabi, I feel like we’re battling against the cold.

We won’t be able to fully concentrate on the hook like this. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Let’s make it a little warmer」

「Oh? Is it Al’s usual magic?」

I cast Ice magic while Torr raised his eyebrow.

Compressing the snow together to make a dome-shaped structure, I made it so it completely surrounds us.

As it became dim, hung a fireball above to serve both as a light and heating.

「It’s not as cold as I thought even though the wall was made of snow」

「There’s no wind and it’s warm～」

Eleonora-neesan surprised remark and Sheila’s voice echoed.

Right, what I made was a snow hut. It becomes surprisingly comfortable once you block the wind like this.

There were times when I used indoor fishing and tent fishing like this to fish wakasagi in my previous life. I just used that as a reference.

「Thank you very much, Alfried-sama」

「No, this is just to make our fishing as comfortable as possible after all」

I’m so happy Ema-oneesama thanked me.

This is a magic that makes everyone happy.

「This is awesome」

「As expected from Al. So convenient every family should have one!」

I used Ice magic to send cold air to the bad company who were making unnecessary commotion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 461

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Warasabi Dishes

After we arrived at the kitchen, we put the basket containing warasabi onto the table and washed our hands in the washing area. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「How do you cook warasabi?」

It’s a food ingredient you can grill, stew, or deep-fry.  I’m at a loss on how to cook it.

「I’m thinking of making a tempura. Is there anything you would like to make with it, boy?」

「Tempura is good. I wanted to grill it simply with soy sauce」

「Ooh, that’s also nice. Then, we will make tempura and soy sauce grilled warasabi!」

Since Bartolo and I agreed to do that, we decided to make tempura and soy sauce grilled warasabi.

「Okay then, let’s marinate the warasabi in soy sauce first if we’re going to grill it」

After lightly washing the warasabi with salt water, I moved about half of them into a bowl and poured light soy sauce into the bowl.

There are warasabi that jumped, maybe some of them are still alive.

After we just have to marinate them for some time until the flavor has soaked into them and then we can grill them.

While I was doing such a task, Bartolo was making the tempura base.

He’s stirring a bowl with a whisk *shaka-shaka*.

Of course, he already placed a pot with oil on the magic stove and it was being heated.

I have nothing to do in particular so I decided to make some mentsuyu1 to pass the time.

I can use this for future dishes if I have this and I can also use on tempura to eat them.

It’s surprisingly easy to make as long as you have soy sauce.

Add a small amount of soy sauce, tuna stock, mirin2, Kagura sake, and sugar into a pot and let it simmer.

The process was simple, but the problem was the ingredients.

I wouldn’t be able to obtain a lot of soy sauce, mirin, and Kagura sake if I don't go to the Kagura, and fresh fish unless I go to Sylford’s territory.

There were many troublesome things as there were fun things, but my efforts are being rewarded.

「Boy, what are you making?」

「I’m making a soy-sauce-based sauce that will go well with the tempura」

「Ohh? You’re adding sake and stock? It tastes more refined and mellow than soy sauce, isn’t it?」

Bartolo sniffs *sunsun* at the simmering sauce and immediately guessed the ingredients used.

He may be able to make this on his own even without me teaching him. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Have you finished yours yet?」

「Ou! We can fry the warasabi anytime!」

Looking at the bowl Bartolo was holding, there were the warasabis covered in the batter.

What’s left is to fry them and make them crispy.

「But, it’s tempura day, let’s put in the others too」

「You’re right」

We’re making the long-awaited tempura after all. Everyone will also be happy if we fry other ingredients to go along with it if anything.

Since it’s better to fry the vegetables first so the oil won’t get dirty, Bartolo and I prepared and preprocessed the mushrooms, carrots, pumpkins, and bell peppers, and quickly added them to the pot.

The sound of oil sizzling *juwaaa* resounded in the kitchen.

「When you’re frying food, it’s this sound」

「Yeah, nice sound」

With the sound of sizzling oil as the BGM, Bartolo is prepping the ingredients while I’m watching over the frying process.

「Did you hear that!? The sound just now!? That was definitely deep-fried food!」

「Mina, they will be able to hear you in the kitchen if you’re that loud」

A scream of joy that was clearly Mina’s came from the maid's waiting room, and Sara’s faint chiding can also be heard.

If this voice resounds, someone in the Slowlett house will immediately react and it’s part of our daily life.

Yes, when I looked at the kitchen door, I saw Eleonora-neesan - who seemed to have just gotten out of the bath - peeking into the kitchen.

After frying the ingredients one by one, I continue to take them out and drain them of oil.

Then, arrange it neatly on the plate. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

And once I finished frying the vegetables, next was tousan’s favorite, warasabi.

However, the vegetables will clearly become cold if I leave them as they are.

「Eleonora-neesan, take these to the dining room and have everyone eat them first」

「Yeah, okay」

There’s nothing worse than cold tempura. Tempura is best eaten as soon as they are done fried.

Eleonora-neesan - who was peeking at us - replied as she brought the plate in a good mood when I called her as if giving her permission to eat them before the meal started.

But, that Eleonora-neesan immediately returns to the kitchen.

「Hey! There’s no warasabi in here!」

Apparently, she thought she would be able to secretly eat the warasabi, but there were only vegetables there so she returned to complain about it.

「We’re going to fry the warasabi now. Look, the tempura will go cold you know, go now」

Eleonora-neesan left the kitchen looking frustrated when I shooed her with my hand *shishi*.

「Now then, shall we enjoy the freshly fried one properly」

「Right」

Just because you’re the one cooking doesn’t mean you have to be satisfied with the cold tempura.

We each picked up the tempura that was arranged on the plate to taste them.

I brought a bright bell pepper to my mouth.

The crispy coating burst inside my mouth and both the umami3 and bitterness from the bell pepper spread. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Hmー, it’s crunchy」

「I knew it, frying in oil really enhances the sweetness of the ingredients」

Just as Bartolo said, vegetables become sweeter when heated at high temperatures.

Frying perfectly matches tempura.

As I spilled some tempura flour into the oil while snacking, the flour properly floated in the oil so I knew that the temperature was 180 degrees already.

「Oh, it looks like it’s already hot enough」

「Let’s go with the main course!」

Bartolo brought the bowl over and picked up the warasabi with long chopsticks and smoothly dropped them into the oil.

The pleasant sound of oil frying echoes, and the warasabi gradually takes on a white color.

The oil temperature will drop if you add too many at once so he continues to add a little bit at a time as he fries them carefully.

If the white batter becomes light brown and the bubbles become few, then it means the warasabis have been cooked thoroughly.

Then he picks them up one after the other and continues to appropriately fry the remaining warasabi.

「And, to check whether the warasabis have been properly cooked is――」

「Is the chef’s duty! Right!」

Bartolo said while grinning when he naturally understood my aim.

I feel sorry for Nord-tousan since this is his favorite food, but this is the chef’s privilege and I won’t give it up.

Bartolo and I picked up the freshly fried warasabi and ate them. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

The batter burst open and the umami from the warasabi inside the batter spread inside my mouth.

「It’s good!」

「Delish!」

I guess the taste is closer to a shisamo smelt? It has a strong flavor despite its small size.

Although the fish’s internals were deliberately left untouched, it turned into a pleasant bitter taste.

There’s no raw smell at all and I can eat this as many as I want.

I feel the urge to gobble them all as it is, but I desperately endure it.

I mean, everyone will resent me if I eat too much.

「Then, I’m going to fry the marinated warasabi」

「Ou, leave the tempura to me」

The warasabi should have a strong soy sauce flavor by now.

After putting the concentrated mentsuyu in the fridge, I bring out the earthen charcoal brazier and light a fire on it.

And once the net on the brazier is warm enough, I place the warasabis on it.

Maybe there were some that were still alive since they were jumping around on the net. But, their struggle was short-lived as they were being grilled on the fire and they stopped moving.

The warasabi started to make a great smell after the heat penetrated the fish.

「Ahー, I can smell the smell of grilled fish and the savory smell of burning soy sauce」

「This is also irresistible」

I continue placing the warasabi on the brazier one after another while having a conversation with Bartolo.

It’s also nice to grill fish on an earthen charcoal brazier like this.

It may be a good idea to bring the brazier next time, grill the fish I catch, and then eat them immediately.

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「Hoi, it’s warasabi tempura and grilled warasabi in soy sauce」

「「Oohー」」

Everyone expressed their admiration when the main dish was brought to the dining room.

It appears that the first batch of vegetable tempura has mostly disappeared already. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Not much time should have passed but as always, tempura is popular.

I didn’t feel like helping with other things besides cooking the warasabi so I left Bartolo’s side and took a seat.

Then, a plate was quickly placed right in front of me.

「Here, these are Al’s tempura」

「Ooh, thank you Sylvio-niisan. You kept my share」

All kinds of tempura are served in front of me.

It looks like he properly protected my share.

「That was rude. I will not eat Al’s portion」

Elna-kaasan appears somewhat indignant as she said that, but around 90% of tempuras on the large plate are gone already so it was a doubtful claim.

Nord-tousan is restless in front of his favorite food.

He may want to reach out his hand and quickly eat it, but maybe he doesn’t want others to think of him as lacking composure.

「I tasted it in the kitchen already, don’t worry and eat them」

「「Yeーss」」

After I said that, Eleonora-neesan and Sylvio-niisan reach out for them with their forks.

Then Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan followed them, reaching out with their forks.

「It’s crispy and delicious」

「It has no peculiarities in taste and is easy to eat」

It looks like warasabi tempura receives a favorable reception from Sylvio-niisan and Eleonora-neesan.

Eleonora-neesan already reached out on her second one. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Un, it’s delicious」

Nord-tousan - who is eating the warasabi - said that in a really satisfied tone of voice.

It was just a short remark, but you can clearly understand that Nord-tousan said it from the bottom of his heart.

It looks like he really loves warasabi.

Elna-kaasan - who sits next to him - is also smiling when she looks at Nord-tousan.

「There’s salt and mentsuyu here, you can try adding them if you’d like」

「Mentsuyu? It is not soy sauce?」

Nord-tousan tilted his head to the side in confusion when I tried to recommend it to him.

Until now they’ve been eating tempura as is or after dipping them in salt so it’s obvious they don’t know about it.

Moreover, the color is almost similar to soy sauce.

「It’s just a sauce made with soy sauce as the base but it tastes a little different」

「Is that so. Then, I will try adding them」

Nord-tousan then adds a little mentsuyu to the warasabi.

「Adding salt is good, but this is also great! It is like soy sauce but tastes light and easy to eat」

Drawn by Nord-tousan’s impression, Elna-kaasan also adds the mentsuyu to the warasabi.

「Ara, it’s true. It is more refined than soy sauce and goes well with warasabi」

Apparently, it also suits Elna-kaasan’s palate.

Eating tempura as is or with salt is nice and all, but occasionally adding some mentsuyu to them is also good. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I had eaten the tempura warasabi in the kitchen already, so I decided to eat the soy sauce grilled warasabi this time.

「Ah, this is also good」

This has the wasarasabi’s original taste and a soy sauce faint fragrance in it. It’s the perfect balance.

「This makes me want to eat rice!」

It’s really just like Eleonora-neesan’s said.

If there are still some left, it’s enough to have the soy sauce grilled warasabi with miso soup and rice as breakfast. That alone will be enough to satisfy me.

Mina and Sara also brought other dishes, but everyone was obsessed with the main course, warasabi.

「Dear, how does it taste?」

「Un, this year’s warasabi also tastes good」

「Is that so, that’s good」

Elna-kaasan looked happy as though it was her own accomplishment when she saw Nord-tousan savoring the meal with a satisfied look.

Usually, this scene will give me heartburn and sweet and sour feelings when I see them like this, but maybe because this time it’s about Nord-tousan’s favorite food that I was able to see it with peace of mind this time.

If there is a chance next time, it may be a good idea to go fishing again if we could make Nord-tousan this happy. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 458

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But It's Cold

After properly putting on winter clothes and fnished getting ready, we left the mansion and headed toward the East forest. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

The inside of the forest is pure white. The trees in the forest are adorned with fallen snow.

The place that doesn’t have a lot of snow piled on top stands out as the outline and it looks pretty reminiscent of a paper-cut artwork.

Each time I step forward my feet step on the piled-up snow. The soft snow makes crunching sounds and it feels fun.

And the treaded snow stops my feet.

Sometimes the piled-up snow is deep and there are also times when my feet go so deep, but that’s part of the charm of walking in the snow.

「Boy, walk on the place I have walked on as much as possible, okay? Otherwise, you’ll get stuck at an unexpected place and get hurt, you know?」

Bartolo warned me about it when I played around and stepped on the snow.

「Sorry sorry, I was just enjoying the feeling of walking on the snow」

「Is it fun to step on the snow?」

「It’s fun you know」

Eleonora-neesan tilted her head in puzzlement as if not understanding the reason when I clearly answered her.

Well, it’s difficult for children to find joy in this kind of thing. I think there will come a time when Eleonora-neesan understands this when she grows tired from work and wants to relax for a bit.

The inside of the forest is really quiet. This is probably because most of the creatures in the forest are hibernating due to the snow. There is not much sign of life compared to other seasons.

「Ah, it’s a deer」

Eleonora-neesan whispered when I was looking around the surroundings checking if there were any animals. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I couldn’t find any deer when I followed her line of sight.

「Where is it?」

「It’s between the trees over there. It’s covered in snow and camouflaging itself so it’s hard to see」

When I tried to put mana into my eyes after Eleonora-neesan said that, I really saw a deer there.

However, I guess the deer already noticed us when I looked at it since it ran off into the distance.

As usual, it’s amazing how she can find something so far away.

I tried not to be inattentive and walked by following the path Bartolo had stepped on.

Bartolo’s feet are so big I feel like it won’t be a problem even if my feet are two times bigger.

It’s like I’m chasing a dinosaur’s footprints.

「Hm? There are other footprints other than us if you look closely」

It’s a little hard to see since they are covered in snow, but there are faint footprints left other than us on the ground.

「Yeah, the villagers are probably also catching warasabi like us」

「I see」

It’s a rare time when you can eat delicious small fish. The villagers may have also decided to come together.

It’s probably not going to be lonely with just the three of us fishing in that case.

And as I walked, the snow in the distance fell suddenly with a thud. Then the icicles that had stuck on the branches also fell due to the weight of the snow.

Bartolo suddenly stops walking seeing that. And when he started making snowballs, I guessed what he wanted to do.

Then Bartolo throws three snowballs at the three in front.

The fastball snowballs thrown by Bartolo hit directly right in the middle and the icicles fall to the ground.

「Yosh!」

Apparently, he intentionally aimed and hit just the middle.

I also did it often back in my previous life when there was a lot of snow piled up. Dropping icicles with snowballs. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I used to run around the neighborhood and hit icicles on the houses’ roofs with snowballs. Sometimes I would hit the walls or windows and get scolded for that.

「I will also do it!」

Bartolo’s little play stimulated Eleonora-neesan’s childlike mind.

My childlike mind also got stimulated and I silently made snowballs.

「Then, the miss will go for the right while the boy will go for the left side. Hit it right, okay?」

After Bartolo said that, Eleonora-neesan and I aimed for our respective sides.

I want to hit it accurately, given that I will be made fun of if I were to make a mistake.

However, it’s too difficult to beat Eleonora-neesan in this kind of contest.

If it comes to the point where Eleonora-neesan hit them accurately, then I will probably miss them at some point if it continues.

So I decided on a plan.

「Can I throw first?」

「Sure」

Eleonora-neesan accepted it without realizing the first step of my plan.

After this, I will be able to win if I can hit the icicles accurately.

I measure the distance of the icicle with my eyes. Maybe it’s because of using Space magic’s Teleport that my ability to grasp space is sharp.

After fully grasping the distance to the icicles, I just need to throw it and hit the area where the icicles are.

And after simulating the trajectory of the snowball many times in my mind, I throw the snowball.

The snowball I threw flew *hyuu* and directly hit the left side of the icicles.

The snowball flew to the right and hit even Eleonora-neesan’s icicle in the process.

「Ooh, you’re aiming for a double takedown eh, boy!」

「Yosーhh, it’s my win!」

「Haa!? What’s that!? I haven’t even thrown my snowball though?」

Eleonora-neesan protests as she raises her voice when I declare that after dropping two icicles.

「I mean, there are no more icicles for Eleonora-neesan to drop. In the end, Eleonora-neesan couldn’t drop any, so it’s my win, right?」

After I told her that, Eleonora-neesan made a motion to throw a snowball at me while smiling brightly.

And as I ran away thinking it would hit me, Eleonora-neesan’s thrown snowball continued to fly in the wrong direction. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

It’s strange Eleonora-neesan can miss at such a distance, or so I thought, but then I saw the snow above me fall on top of my head when I looked up.

「Uwaa! Cold!」

The snow went inside my clothes through the gap in my clothes, probably because the snow fell on top of my head.

Eleonora-neesan watched me with satisfaction as I tried to remove the snow from my clothes in a hurry.

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We arrived at the lake after walking along the snowy road. Before, this place was a resting and drinking place for herbivores and other creatures, but that scene can’t be seen anymore.

「It’s just as Bartolo said, there are a lot of villagers here」

「Right」

It seems like the villagers are fishing the warasabi by making a hole on top of the frozen lake.

It’s a quiet scene in the forest, but here it was faintly lively.

「Looks like it’s frozen completely」

Bartolo steps on the frozen lake as though checking on it.

Even a man as large as Bartolo doesn’t make the ice crack or anything when he steps on it. The lake is probably frozen solid.

We walk on the ice following Bartolo.

I don’t have to use Ice magic right now since we can walk on the lake. Although, I couldn’t observe the fish swimming leisurely in the water. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Maybe because of how thick the ice was, it’s impossible to see what the water below looks like.

「Okay then, where should we do it?」

「Where are the warasabi? That’s the important thing」

「Ohー! Isn’t it Al and Eleonora-sama!」

Just as I was talking with Bartolo about the fishing point, I heard a familiar voice calling out.

Looking back, I saw Torr, Asmo, Ema-oneesama, and Sheila hanging fishing lines into the hole over there.

Torr waves his hand as though to tell us to come there, so we approach them.

「Ohー, Torr and Asmo. Been a while」

I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve seen Torr and Asmo somehow.

Guess it’s because I’ve been busy with the harvest festival, kotatsu, and making battle pencils.

「That’s because Al doesn’t come out of your house」

「We’ve called you over and over you know. You shut-in」

Even though it’s a long-awaited greeting, quite a bunch of thorny friends.

Certainly, I’ve received invitations to play from Torr and Asmo many times before. However, I declined them all because I’m busy.

These two are probably holding a grudge against me because of that.

So I clearly tell them while understanding that.

「I mean, winter is cold after all」

Torr and Asmo shrugged their shoulders as if giving up at my brazen words. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 457

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Practice Break

「Why are you sitting in a daze in the kotatsu? Let’s go practice!」

Eleonora-neesan said to me as I was staying snugly in the kotatsu. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Eleonora-neesan is looking down at me with her hands on her waist.

It’s an attitude that think it’s natural to practice with her.

Fuh, but she’s too naive. Thanks to Bartolo, I’m being exempted from practice today.

「I won’t be practicing today」

「Haa? What are you saying now? Stop dawdling and go outside」

Eleonora-neesan pulls my arms as she says that, maybe she thinks I’m complaining as usual.

The force of her pulling me was so great my body was pulled out from the kotatsu in no time at all.

「No no, I have other things to do, I’m not complaining!」

「Things to do? What is it?」

Eleonora-neesan somewhat loosened her grip on me when I earnestly appealed to her.

However, she seems to have not the slightest intention to release my arm. I was being so tightly held I couldn’t escape easily. I wonder if she’s being too cautious.

「You’re just gonna say you’re taking a nap anyway, right?」

「No, what Al said is the truth Eleonora」

Nord-tousan came in with Bartolo behind him.

「Eeh? No way?」

「There are some ingredients I really wanted to today. So I need to borrow the boy’s magic for that」

「Then it’s fine to get it another day, right?」

Oh, even though it’s Eleonora-neesan, she pointed out a sharp observation. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

But, I’m sure it’s fine. Bartolo would give a suitable reason to keep me in the mansion.

I’m planning to skip practice today and help Bartolo in using the easy magic in the mansion.

「The prey I’m aiming for today is a fish called Warasabiワラサビ. You can only catch it when the water of the river is frozen completely. I don’t know if I will be able to catch it if we don’t go today」

「I, is that so」

Eleonora-neesan muttered looking dissatisfied when Bartolo told her the reason.

「Wait a minute Bartolo」

「Hm? What is it boy?」

I call out for Bartolo, since he was saying something strange just now.

「Isn’t there some kind of setting where I don’t have to go outside?」

「It’s fine since you can skip practice, right? You also didn’t say I can’t take you outside」

But that was slightly different from what I asked.

「But, I’d like to skip practice by helping and staying comfortably in the mansion like cleaning the other day」

「But, I won’t be able to counter the young miss’ point, right? Either way, this is what I can do to help you skip practice」

That may certainly be the case. I’m sure Nord-tousan and Eleonora-neesan won’t be convinced if we use a half-hearted reason. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Even though I wanted to skip practice because I didn’t want to be in the cold, now ended up going out isn’t there no meaning in this?

No, let’s think positively. For example, it’s far easier to catch the small fish called warasabi by going outside than to practice

「……is it really okay, tousan?」

Eleonora-neesan asks Nord-tousan, in a manner as though he was making a mistake in judgment.

But, that’s really an exaggeration even though I just took a break from practice.

「Warasabi is a fish we can only eat at this time of the year. Besides I was thinking of cancelling our practice today since the ground in the courtyard seemed to be muddy」

Eh? Then there’s no need to force myself to go and fish for that warasabi, right? It will be great if the practice is canceled. It’s a matter of great congratulations.

「Bartolo, I’m sure we can catch that warasabi even if we don’t go today, right?」

「You’re saying that now?」

I knew it. But, I would have wanted to stay cooped up in the mansion indefinitely if the practice were to be canceled.

「Practice will continue even if your feed turns muddy don’t you think」

「That might be true but it’s a little early for Al since he’s not physically fit」

「……tousan seems strange today. Strangely siding with Al like that」

No no, I think it’s strange to impose a seven-year-old kid to take a harsh lesson in practice.

「There’s nothing strange in it. And so today’s practice is canceled.  Eleonora can also help Bartolo if you like」

After Nord-tousan said that, he left the living room in a hurry. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Hmーm, it’s just as Eleonora-neesan said there’s something strange with Nord-tousan today. He will be a little more strict in evaluating me normally.

Oh well, the courtyard has become messy due to the snow and some parts were even frozen so that was the right decision from him.

There won’t be any meaning if we get injured while forcing ourselves to practice.

「Hey, Bartolo knows the reason why Nord-tousan is acting strange, right?」

There is a huge pressure emanating from Eleonora-neesan’s smile.

She looks quite dissatisfied that the practice itself was canceled instead of the fact that I didn’t join the practice.

But, she’s probably at a loss for what to do and does not have a target to vent her feelings.

Bartolo looks at me as if asking for help, but this has nothing to do with me.

I have no idea why Nord-tousan is strangely kind today, I have not the slightest idea.

Seeing me not going to help him, Bartolo sighed and I guess he was already resigned to his fate.

「……warasabi is Nord’s favorite food」

「Hmーm, I see」

Eleonora-neesan replied in a flat-seeming nod, I don’t know what kind of feeling have.

It’s scary, to say the least.

「Hee, then Bartolo. Let’s go fish this warasabi」

「O, ooh. You’re right」

「……I also want to go」

I was trying to leave the living room with its heavy atmosphere with Bartolo, but then Eleonora-neesan said something unexpected. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Eh? Eleonora-neesan too?」

「Mm, that’s right」

I was about to ask why would she come with us by mistake but I managed to restrain myself. And I want to praise myself for that.

However, it seems like my doubtful look can’t be hidden well.

「……tousan, is the type that doesn’t have a lot of wants, right? I want to catch a lot of them for tousan since it’s his favorite food」

Eleonora-neesan said while fiddling with her bangs, looking a little embarrassed.

I thought for sure that she was going to vent her anger, but the reason for Eleonora-neesan’s action was more sensible than expected.

「Does Eleonora-neesan have that kind of character?」

「Shut it」

「It hurts!」

Finally couldn’t hold back any longer and retorting to her, she flicked my forehead when I asked.

It would just be a cute scene if it was done by a normal girl, but Eleonora-neesan is not a normal girl. I could hear a thud even though it was a finger flick to my forehead.

Obviously, the pain is no laughing matter when you compare it with the normal forehead flick.

「Kgghh!」

「Boy, you talk too much」

Bartolo only watched me in agony while being amazed. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com