Chapter 10

Wasnt a Lie

Enough . . . Impossible . . . Dying . . .

Kazura was pulled forcefully by Valetta, running until they reach village . At the village's entrance, near the location where the aqueduct branched into two, he was lying with arms and legs outstretched . (TL: The original Japanese said, in the shape of character . See the resemblance? )Kazura succumbed while panting with nausea . Meanwhile, the village children who had an overwhelming energy were still pursuing the water and making a ruckus at the village reservoir . So . . . I am sorry Kazura-san . Are you all right? The Sparta Girl, Valetta who pulled Kazura forcefully to the village, was surprised when she saw Kazura collapsed . She quickly went back to the mansion to fetch a wooden cup She use it to collect the river water that flowed in the aqueduct and rushed to Kazura . Here, water . Please drink it slowly . Th . . . Thenkye . . . Valetta raised Kazura upper body and supported him with her shoulder, then she brought the wooden cup to Kazura lips so he could drink . Looking at Kazura, who drank the water while gasping, she smile because of the difference from the usual Kazura . (TL: The original suggest Valetta understand the so called Gap Moe concept . I also want to say, what a lucky *** *envy* . . . ) Fuu . . . Im saved . . . . ? Whats wrong? Seeing Valetta smiling and chuckling, Kazura immediately corrected his posture and put his hand on the ground, while tilting his head . Fufu . Its nothing . Leaving that aside, lets return to the house and have lunch . Hearing what Valleta had said, Kazura supported his left hand on his knee while extending his right hand . A, Its time already? I see, I will also help prepare it . Valetta took Kazuras hand and helped him stand . Brushing the dirt and sand that stained their clothes, both of them started to walk toward the house . I am really sorry . I completely forget to tidy up the tools and the pullcart . No, not at all . Its okay . Its something that can be done by just one person . Kazura was helping Valetta prepare the table when he noticed that the village chief has returned with the pullcart packed with tools like shovels and the like . He hurriedly went outside and apologized to the village chief . The pullcart that was left behind could be moved by one person, but there was also numerous other tools and the leftover boards that the village chief had to bring back . It must be a considerably hard task . Kazura-san, Father, the meal is prepared . While Kazura apologized to village chief, Valetta had finished preparing the meal . She then called both of them from inside the house . Those two people entered the house and smelled the drifted appetizing aroma that rose up from the steamy pot in the middle of the hearth at the living room . Inside the pot, the potatoes that were gifted from the neighboring villagers harvest, and the acorn-like nuts that Kazura and Valetta collected in the forest the other day, was finely mashed and cooked together with rice . In addition to that, was the side dish, made from wild herbs that the two also collected in the mountain and Arcadian Bugs, stir fried with a sprinkle of salt, and then put in each persons plate . Oo, this look delicious . Did you catch these Arcadian Bugs? Yes, but only six of them . Kazura saw the Arcadian Bugs that had been distributed equally, 2 for each plate . He was feeling relieved when seeing this large amount of food, and then took his usual seat . He didn't disliked the taste of Arcadian Bug, but as that Beetle Larva shaped bug had the peculiarity taste of a caterpillar inside the mouth, it still caused a feeling that cannot be described .

When Valetta started to serve the rice meal to the two people, a knocking sound could be heard from the door . (TL: Rice meal is translated from Takikomigohan . It means cooked rice that was mixed with other ingredient . ) A, Let me see who is it . Father, I leave this to you . Yes . Valetta hand over the ladle of the rice meal to village chief and went half running towards the front door . When Kazura received the rice-meal from the village chief in his bowl, Valetta return in a panicked state . Father, its Nelson-samas messenger Isaac-san . . . . . . . (TL: The word used is tsukai (), I had asked history stackexchange, let's see what they will said) Hm, is that so . Kazura-san, Im sorry, please excuse me or a while . When village chief hear Valettas word, he put down the ladle and immediately went toward the houses entrance . Nelson-sama . . . . . . Is he the noble that governs this land? Yes, and his messenger has come . . . . . . Ano, Im really sorry but, would you mind going to the inner room until I call again? Hearing Valettas sudden request, Kazura was confused for a moment . But, to the Valetta that request while apologizing he replied, A, yes, I understand . He left his seat and went to the inner room . After Valetta made sure that Kazura had gone to the inner room, she put away the pot with rice-meal that was in the hearth, Kazuras share of side-dish and bowl in a different room, before she returned to the entrance again .

I had expected that the village was also troubled by prolonged drought, but . . . . . . There is water in the reservoir also there was some kind of water channel, what had happened in here? The water was accumulated in the reservoir because of the recent fortunate rain, while there was water remained, everyone cooperated in digging the water channel . When Valetta had arrived at the entrance, the young man in light leather armor Isaac was talking to village chief . He held sheets of parchment and a cheap piece of charcoal in his hand, a long sword sheathed in his waist and a round shield that was reinforced with bronze in his back . Isaac height was about 180 cm, his tense muscled body contained no useless fat . His blond hair was cut short and his good-looking face was eye-catching . He could be called an attractive man . Tied to a tree that was a little bit further away was his mount, an animal that resembled a horse . Is that so . . . . . . I see . Regarding the crops for tribute, is it possible to harvest it about 2 months from now? Actually . . . . . . Before the rain, most of the crops had already withered