I’m an Adventurer! ~Musou Skill is Plane Magic~
Episode 7 - The Sign of Nanica
"Hey, Beat, it's time to go home!
My father, who had finished walking around the village, came to fetch me. Is that the time already?
The sun is still in the western sky, but life goes to sleep as soon as the sun goes down. You must go home early and have dinner to wipe your body.
Yes, the world also found that the sun rises from the east and sets to the west. No matter how fantastic it is, it seems like it is basically held down, so you can rest assured. From the west the sun was not Cognac Chihua. That's it.
"Okay, here we go.
When I get up and dust my pants, I go to the stream that flows through the field and wash my hands.
In addition to being used as agricultural water, this stream is a living aorta that is also used for washing and bathing. There is not much water, and the width is about 4m. The depth is about 30 cm above my lap at the deepest point.
The water is clear and cold, but it is not for drinking. I use a separate well for drinking water.
"I like the beauty.
Dad says with a bitter smile, like a bit stunned.
"I mean, when I eat, it doesn't taste good when I smell it.
Well, it's actually a hygienic issue. Even if you say that to people in this world, you will only see it with strange eyes, so it is easy to understand and I like and dislike it.
"... well, I'm going to wash it, so I'll wait for you.
Okay, okay, that's a good trend. If hygiene is entrenched, infant mortality will also decrease. Hand washing alone should be quite different. After all, it's a world without baths or soap.
The word hygiene came out, and I'm sorry about the tailgate, but let me tell you about the toilet situation in this world.
I've heard a lot about medieval Europe, but I thought the world was at that level. Certainly not in a regional city, but this village is different.
This village has about 20 houses in all, but all have toilets. It is a so-called potato type, but unlike in Japan, it is not collected in fat reservoirs. What fell into the dirt tank was basically left intact. If you do that, it's going to be a big deal, but it's a fantasy.
Oh, my God, there's a slime in the dirt tank.
This slime is called "Maddislime" and is said to be a forest cleaner. Rare among monsters, no aggression and no danger at all.
They usually live near the water in the woods and feed on animal carcasses, excreta, and dead plants. And what you eat is a worm in the fantasy world that breaks down into small amounts of water and soil.
Thanks to this slime, the dirt tank doesn't smell that bad. However, the soil excreted by the slime itself gradually accumulates, so it will still be full after a few years. At that time, they said they would dig a new dirt tank elsewhere and relocate the toilet. The slime itself seems to be moving to a new toilet sometime.
The soil accumulated in this dirt tank is rich in nutrients, and is scattered into fields that have lost their local power and turned into fertilizer. What an ecological and fantastic story.
Let's talk about "paper" that doesn't cut the toilet. It's philosophical that you can't cut it even though it's paper. Somehow.
There are bound to be 'some' shrubs on the front of this village's house. At first glance, it seems to be a young tree in the walrus, but its length only extends up to about 2 m and it does not have edible fruit.
This tree is still called the "paper tree", and the leaves of this tree are used to wipe the buttocks. The leaves, which resemble a cormorant, are made of fibers and are very durable. Nevertheless, it is stiff as it is and cannot be used.
This tree nut, which I told you would not be eaten earlier, when the crushed fruit and the leaves are soaked in water together overnight, the green part of the leaves' surface melts down and becomes soft. Only white fiber remains, and its appearance is as it is non-woven or tissue. After washing it with water, stack it with dozens of sheets of heavy stone, drain the water, and dry it for 1-2 days on a good day to complete the natural toilet paper.
I don't know what a convenient plant it is, but this may be an ant if you think of it as the result of choosing to live with people.
For the record, taking dozens of leaves every day is still the only job I can do for my child.
Therefore, the toilet was much better than expected. Regarding the toilet conditions in the city, please check again.
"Then let's go home and eat potatoes.
Yeah!
I'm going home. I'm going home. I'm going home. Today was a very meaningful day.
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I don't think it's a bad life, but there's only one thing I can't stand. Dinner.
I think it is not nutritious enough. Potatoes are sweet and delicious, and there are vegetables to pick in the field. Sometimes monsters come out of the woods and get a little protein. Well, monsters are dangerous, so when they come out, they make a lot of noise, but I don't deny that some of my emotions are expected to eat meat.
Spices are unexpectedly abundant, as are peppers, ginger, and chillies, as well as some herbs grown in the village, although the name is unknown.
But there is no salt.
I don't have sake and vinegar, but I don't need sake because I'm a child, and I have sour vegetable squeeze instead of vinegar.
The village seems to be quite inland and quite far from the sea. For this reason, salt has to be bought from occasional peddlers, and it always feels like there is a shortage. Moreover, since the merchant is a private business owner, he cannot purchase large quantities of goods, and because he has to hire escorts because of the borders, the price of salt is very high.
The village's cuisine is so thin that it saves less salt and is not meant to attract peddlers who don't know when they will come. The black sugar from the forest potato juice is used more frequently.
It would be good to collect rock salt, but since it is not a dry zone, there is no deposit nearby.
That's why I still eat a vegetable soup and boiled potato dinner today, and then go to the river where I washed my hands.
The sun was still on the horizon.
Hmm? That's weird.
"Hey, Ta-chan, you're hungry.
Clearly less water than when I washed my hands before dinner. It should have been around my lap, but now it's around the middle of my tire. It is also slightly cloudy.
"Man, what is it? What are we gonna get stuck on the river?
My father was suspicious, too. We washed our hands together. Looks like I'm going to talk to the village chief.
But I don't know what it is, I don't like it.