Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts With a Village

When I woke up, it was the bottom of a deep night.

My body is heavy.

It's as if the darkness of the night is pressing against your body.

Her exhaled breath faded white and disappeared during the night.

It's cold.

The biting cold of winter nights makes you breathe again, and the night dyes a little white.

While gazing at it blurrily, my eyes became accustomed to the darkness.

By the bed where I sleep, my husband David sleeps as if he were exhausted sitting in a chair.

David's right arm is shaken by the bed, covered or protected, and sleeping.

Oh, I see. I see.

Naturally, my body is heavy.

I realized yesterday morning that after the sun set, I finally gave birth to my child and gave him my first milk... and that's all I can remember.

I'm sure he fell asleep there.

Before the dawn of the cold, cold winter, I awoke, and realized that I was my mother.

"You...."

Call David with a small voice.

You can't help falling asleep - you've been kicked by your mothers and brothers who are making more noise than me to help you with your childbirth - but stop snoring.

Our baby will wake up.

"You... hey, you..."

Someone in trouble. I'm not used to being called my husband yet.

David, wake up.

I finally stopped snoring when I called my name.

"Mum, ooh...? Ah, come on, I was asleep..."

"Don't catch a cold, David.It's still going to be tough. "

"I'm sorry. I was trying to be careful... but this isn't going to work."

David hangs like a scolded horse and slaps his cheeks.

Hold your head.

Idiot, it might be to sober up and cheer you up, but if you make such a noise...

"Okay, I'm not a kid anymore -"

Sure enough, in the middle of David's momentum, the baby cried.

"Wow!? Me? It's my fault, right?I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! "

We hurriedly hold the baby from the shaking, but our son, who suddenly woke up the sleeping place with a loud noise, seemed very angry, and cried out louder and louder.

You're a good kid.

David, it's your turn.

"Oh, oh, please, I'm sorry. Come on, it's my mom!"

I took my child from David, who was filled with apologies, and I held him in my chest.

Warm.

In the cold of winter, your baby's body temperature is pleasant.

"All right, whatever it is, I'm glad you're well."

"Well, I'm sure I'm loud and healthy."

This child was born safely.

For now, that's enough. I'm not talking about luxury.

"But I never thought I'd be born on such a cold day."

"Besides, it's a winter solstice. The sun soon sank, so it was hard to get into the hot spring in the dark.The village chief saved me by putting in candles. "

"You're bothering everybody.I wish you had been born a little more honest. "

It was finished that day, so it wasn't particularly long in the birth, but you could have been born during the day.

If you let me say luxury.

I have to thank the village chief too.Is Yuika-san okay? "

Yuika-sama and I seem to have been pregnant at the same time, so it shouldn't be strange to be born there or there.

"He hasn't been born yet.It feels like Mr. Klein of the boulder was shy too. "

"I can't face my pregnant wife.That's how close you are, and it must be too painful. "

Yuika-sama returned to her parents' home in the capital in preparation for the birth, so the village chief, Mr. Klein, won't settle down.

He is always the one who needs to train his sword, but these days there are obviously many times to wave the sword.

"I'm not worried even if I'm right next door.No, even if I was right next door, I wouldn't have been helpful. "

"No, it's not."

It was pleasant to be by my side, and it was interesting when I was kicked, so I felt more comfortable than encouraged during the painful childbirth.

"I see. Well, if only I could help Sheba...."

Yes, thank you, David.

During such a conversation, the baby in his arm became quiet.

"Did you sleep?"

"I'm asleep. Now don't make a loud noise."

"Yes. Um, I'm really sorry."

Take the baby from my hand, and let David rest in shaking motion.

David caressed the baby once before letting go.

"We have to decide on a name. Is it still a little early?"

"Let's decide. This child was born.I can't call you when I cry. "

Few people in this village name their children before they are born, nor do they name them immediately after they are born.

Some people may have made up their minds, but it's been a while since they were born.

I was born safely, and often I can't be one year old.

But this kid was fine.

Why is it the shortest day?On a colder day than that, or something.It made me think of luxury.

"I see. I see. I wonder what kind of name it should be.After all, we need to make it a healthy, fortunate one. "

"Yes, I was born on a cold night, so I don't know what that name is, so I don't have to struggle with the warmth or the light."

"That's good, Stone Sheba, you're smart."

Laugh with David and think for a moment.

Warm and bright.

When it comes to the sun, the stars, that sort of thing?

"I wonder if it's the sun anyway.It's the stars, it's the night. "

Yeah, but I was born at night, so maybe it's something to do with the stars.No, the stars don't make a very warm impression.

"Otherwise, summer and fire...."

I wonder if there's anything routine about candles, candles, etc.

"Ah, the spirits of the old story? It's a bit plain."

Oh, my God.

The Spirit of Shen is a good Spirit that protects you from hunger and freezing, and also from fire.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

At some point, the night faded and a white light came from the gap in the house.

It's already dawn.

"Sounds like. Let's have breakfast for now.I got some soup.When Sheba woke up, she told me to feed her. "

David walks up to the barrel and stirs the ashes with a stick of fire.

What came out of the ashes was charcoal that was still hot.When I warmed up the hot water last night, I suppose I covered it with ash and buried it in the fire.

In the ashes, charcoal stays hot until the next morning, even in cold winters.

And David laid straw upon the rolling hot charcoal, and assembled the wood.

The sun's light extending from closed windows and doors becomes darker and stronger.

A gently flowing, cold dawn.

The overnight charcoal fire brings smoke to the straw, and finally lights a vermilion flame.

The sight, the fact, is strangely warm.

"Ashes..."

What was once a fire, what stayed behind a fire, what held a fire.

It might be good.

"Hey, David, what about the kid's name, Ash?"

"Ash?"

And David looked at me, and turned his sight back to the murmur that began to make a chirp.

Pointing at the accumulated ash, he tilted his neck.

Yes, that's it.

"That's plain. Are you okay?"

"If it's flashy, it's not good, right?"

I was born on such a cold day, on such a long night.

I like the name that seems to protect you well even in plain language.

"This child's life is not as blessed as spring or autumn.It's a country like this, and I think there's a lot of hard and painful things to do. "

The ashes that can connect fire to such a child after a long and harsh night are very lucky.

Don't let the warmth of this child that you felt when you held him disappear on a freezing night.

Don't lose the fire to warm up your cold body at the dawn when everyone is waiting.

"Protect and embrace hot sparks. What about the ashes that made you wish for that?"

"I think it's plain, I..."

David's voice seemed to be teasing, but the tone of rejection was not included.

"Well, but... I can't bury a fire without ash."

Well then?

"Yeah, our kid's Ash.I want you to grow up healthy even on the ground. "

You're obsessed with plain things. I laugh unexpectedly.

Well, David used to be a reckless dream boy.

Go to the Reichstag and become a knight.Boys as old as David dream of that.

David stopped talking about my pregnancy after he understood it.

"I'll do my best."

David whispered as he warmed the pan with fire.

"Because I'm retarded, I may not be able to make it easy for you or Ash... but I'll keep my chest up when it's my father's back."

"Yeah, I heard that, didn't I, you?"

I'll let you do your best.

You were cute enough to talk about going to the city and flying a flag with sparkling eyes, but now that you're my husband and Ash's father, I need you to be cool.

"I'm counting on you."

"Whoa! Leave it to me!"

"Your voice...."

The baby - Ash cried again with David's voice.

The day will soon come when you will be a fine father.

Ash, who was trying to hug her, had a warm, cold morning heat that was unbeatable to the air.