The season is passing busily. The autumn harvest also comes to mind a year ago.
Just this time last year, Madame Yuika gathered the village's children for a book reading.
The content is a hero who helps a young man struggle with the people of the region who suffer from monsters and makes the region peaceful.
It was entertainment with laughter and tears and love. The wolves, monkeys, and dragons, the incarnations of the three gods, are among them. While they feel the religious color, they recall the fairy tales of the previous life. I didn't make friends with the dumplings.
That story strengthened my readiness to survive this world, so I don't know what medicine life can be.
Wait a minute.
Don't I look like a little heroic to you right after that recital?
No, it's embarrassing.
When you suddenly feel shame, something warm runs away from your lap.
I wonder what it is, and when I open my eyes to make sure, my sleeping breath leaks.
"Nmuu...?
That's right. After today's field work, I went to church early, so I took a nap before the study group.
I was more tired than I thought. When I tried to lift my heavy eyelids, there was a Miss Micah in front of me.
I was surprised.
It seems that Miss Micah was the same, and the redness appeared. I leave.
Say hello to your cute manners while feeling funny.
Good morning, sir.
"Good morning! Oh, sorry, I woke you up while you were asleep!
"No, I got here a little early, so I was just resting. I need you to wake me up."
Rubbing her eyes and biting her shortcomings, Tanya laughs behind her.
I see ~, Micah needs to work hard too.
"No, what are you talking about, Tanya!
Yeah, nothing ~
The glamorous play of the female team in awakening is also a luxury.
"I just... Ash-kun had a cat on his lap, so it's unusual!
"I see. There was a cat."
Apparently, the warmth of escape that triggered it belonged to a new village companion, the cat.
Certainly unusual.
Our interesting mouse hunter, the Cat Hall, is either high or not close to people, of course, but when people get close, they get far away.
I have stroked it several times, but it should be said that the cat made me stroke it. It's bad to put too much stress on, so I try to distance myself.
It seems that the cat came to me on my lap. It's probably the first time.
"Hmm... it's getting cold. Was it used instead of heating?"
Looking at the knee, it is certain that the cat's hair is on. I wanted you to come up when you were awake anyway.
Then, Miss Tanya leans her head in a meaningful way.
"Hmm? I don't think so. Don't you like Ash-kun?
"Really? I'm glad to hear that."
He likes the touch of the fur. I would be glad if you could miss it.
By the way, why is Miss Tanya smiling and Miss Micah turning bright red and angry?
"More than that! Study! Let's study today!
Miss Micah screams while holding both hot cheeks down.
Nh, that's true too.
The female team also became the usual attitude in the study group about seating.
"Um, it's quick... but this language is difficult, so I want you to explain it."
Recently, Miss Tanya's motivation has risen visibly.
I wasn't unconscious from the beginning, but I just wanted to learn about beekeeping. Now I'm trying to learn how to read and write.
I don't know why all of a sudden.
If you look at Miss Tanya when you're with Mr. Van, you'll understand without thinking.
I want to be of some help to Mr Van, and I want to be counted on by Mr Van. I mean, I work hard to be a good wife.
What a lovely person. My support also brings with it a fever.
However, when Miss Tanya trains to walk in the woods, I don't like to accompany her as a helper, but I'm a little nervous.
I mean, Miss Tanya is the face of a maiden in love, and she's a van, and she wants to walk with her hands tied together all the time, no, she wants to walk with her back, and it's like air.
That mouthless, ungrateful, mouthless hunter!
I'm totally in the way.
I think the hell between newlyweds is going to be the top of a few.
Well, you two aren't married yet, and, surprisingly, you haven't been officially dating, so it's a bad thing to call a newlywed couple.
I don't think it's strange to have a face as tender as eating tomatoes when I'm caught between two sweet people.
The best harvest this autumn was to find tomatoes that were native to the woods.
I tried to plant it in the vacant area of the village while experimenting with whether I could quickly dry persimmon. I have heard that there are other ways to use tomatoes.
I have a memory that I can use it for dyeing and make vinegar, so I would like to follow up on it.
However, it is strange that there is a lack of knowledge, such as the use of tomatoes, that rural people would develop themselves at a developmental stage. I still imagine that this is the influence of ancient civilization.
Agricultural methods are well developed, so field crops alone can provide a minimal supply. As a result, they split into dangerous forests and mountains, eliminating the need to develop new crops.
On the other hand, some people use tomatoes. When I told Mrs. Yuika about the dried persimmon, it was confirmed that it was circulating in the city.
In other words, there is some monopoly on knowledge and technology about the current situation and how to use tomatoes.
Perhaps it was used in ancient civilizations, and there are regions that have inherited it or developed it on their own from some necessity.
Since the monetary economy is developing due to the literacy rate, I think knowledge and technology tend to be quite hidden in this world.
Because secrets are hard to find out, and they become money.
Ash-kun, I'm thinking of something more difficult.
Micah peeks into my face and returns to me.
"Excuse me. About persimmon."
"Ah, that? My mom was looking forward to it, so I'm looking forward to it."
Mrs. Yuika wishes me well on the persimmons.
It seems like a fan of simple sweetness characteristic of dried persimmons. I know how you feel. I can't help looking forward to it.
Some vegetables and wild plants are dried to preserve, so it is not difficult to divert the method.
"If it works, the sweetness will increase in the village."
I wonder if it's really going to be sweet.
Miss Tanya smiles slightly anxiously.
There's nothing I can do about it. Miss Tanya is witnessing my misery when she finds persimmons.
I'll never forget the tannins that bite tomatoes raw for the first time in my life.
I didn't think it was that bad, even though it had a name...
"The botanical atlas didn't even say how to dry it, so I hope it works."
Regardless of the sweetness, I want you to remove just the tannins. I'm going to do the poison by myself, so I really hope.
Miss Tanya looked at me sympathetically, but Miss Micah, who doesn't know me in agony, would be interested in another topic.
Speaking of which, Tanya's in the woods, right? What about the woods?
"Yeah, it's very hard. It seems that I'm still shallow and safe, but by the time I get home, I'll be very sad."
Behind the words, Miss Tanya looks really happy. I couldn't help but whisper that Miss Micah was jealous.
However, I am worried because I am certain that I will accumulate a lot of fatigue.
"I'm really tired walking through the woods. If you have any concerns, please talk to me, Van, Yuika or Mika immediately."
Yeah, thanks.
Don't worry, I'll never be consulted in this situation.
If it's the opposite sex, it's Mr. Van, and if it's the same sex, there are two of them.
"Nh... it has nothing to do with walking in the woods. There's something I want to talk to you about."
When I thought about it, he came to me with pinpoint. What the hell is going on?
"I'm taking care of you for a while, so it's hard to be on top of that....."
"No, don't worry.... I don't know if I can help yet. If it's all right with me, I'll let you know what to worry about."
Beekeeping is an important resource. I want to cooperate if I can.
I'm a little scared inside because what I can do is very limited.
"It's not about my brother, Jikil."
"Mr. Jikil?
Next to me, Miss Micah looked reluctant.
It's not as bad as I was when I ate the tomatoes, but I've had it before, so there seems to be a reasonable distance between Jikil and me.
"You haven't talked to me lately. I feel kind of troubled, but when I tried to hear it, I got angry and ran away."
I think it's a period of rebellion. Though I thought that Miss Tanya also knew about the rebellion period, and she muttered that she had no choice because she was old.
"But, look, I'm the substitute for Jikil, right? I don't know if I can replace my mom, but it's hard to replace my dad."
"I see, Tanya, there may be something you can't see by yourself."
I hear that my anxiety does not end even when I am raising children normally.
If you think it is raising a 10-year-old boy at the age of sixteen, there will be some anxiety about it.
Especially since Tanya has beekeeping lately and probably has less time with Jikil, I'm finally worried.
"You don't have to worry too much because you have friends, but you don't look like you're playing these days. I'm worried you might be holding on to a lot of things by yourself."
"I understand your concern."
In the unlikely event that something happens, Miss Tanya's beekeeping business and the relationship between Miss Tanya and Mr. Ban may be torn apart.
"If that's the case, let's see how it goes."
"Hey, Ash-kun, you okay?
Miss Micah whispers to me.
I think it's troublesome, but I can't help it because there's no one else who can help Miss Tanya now.
And, well, they already hate you, so even if you hate them any more, it won't be a problem.
"In the meantime, I'm just going to talk to you. It's okay."
Then, Miss Micah exhales with admiration.
"Ash-kun is amazing after all."
I haven't done anything yet.