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This is Yukkuri demasu...
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Yukkuri Oniisan
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Chapter
42: Looking Forward
After parting with Valetta and Valin who would soon
return to Grisea Village, Kazura was led by Havel to perform an inspection of
the river that flowed through the middle of Isteria .
Currently, Kazura and Havel stood at an elevated
place, where it was possible to survey Isteria’s cityscape and the river that
flowed through the middle of it.
Actually, he wanted Nelson or Zirconia to guide him,
however, the people in question were working to their limit to procure the
goods and personnel that Kazura had requested before, so they were in a
condition where they simply couldn’t accompany Kazura in an inspection.
Isaac was also in the same situation. Maybe because he
was running from place to place to procure the 3000 cloth bags with the
dimensions that Kazura had ordered, Kazura hadn’t seen Isaac for some time now.
Because of that, the one with empty hands was
selected, that is Havel, to accompany Kazura in the river inspection.
「It is quite a big river. So which area is affected
when the flood occurs? 」(Kazura)
「Umm, the water generally began to overflow mostly at
this riverside, according to the map. It seems that the buildings are inundated
each time the flood has occurred. In addition, there are several places where
it is likely to flood, but they are mainly located in the sections where the
tributary meets the main river.」(Havel)
Havel scanned the map of Isteria in his hand and then
pointed at the river in the distance.
The map was filled with writing at several places,
that mentioned where and when the flood had occurred in the past and the extent
of the damage.
Kazura looked at the direction pointed by Havel, where
soil had piled up at the riverside to serve as the levee.
This levee might be used to defend against the flood, however,
if large rain occurred and it becomes flooded then that meant that there was
some kind of problem with the levee structure or the location.
「Even after piling this much soil the flood still
happened…… Havel-san, after this could you check the documents related to
construction of this levees?」(Kazura)
「Understood. Since I can’t browse the documents with my
authority, I will convey this to Nelson-sama afterward.」(Havel)
「Yes, please. Also, could you turn around for a
moment?」(Kazura)
「Eh? Ah, yes, I understand.」(Havel)
Because of the sudden request to turn around, Havel
was a bit perplexed, but he obediently turned around.
When Kazura confirmed that Havel had turned around he
took out the digital camera from his breast pocket and took several photographs
of the center of the river.
「Alright, you may turn back now. I want to have a
closer look at the levee’s structure, so let us head to the river. Also are
there any other rivers that pass through Isteria?」(Kazura)
「There are two large rivers that flow at the west and
the east from the city, they’ve also flooded several times. Do you also want to
see them all?」(Havel)
「Let’s see…… Since my inspection days are limited, I
prefer to look around at the area where floods have occurred in the past. If
there still time to spare then I will also inspect the rest.」(Kazura)
Actually, Kazura wanted to inspect all the river
levees since it was important in his planned flood countermeasure. For certain
measures he wanted to take pictures of them, however, he had to depart to
Grisea Village in 3 days.
For this reason, he needed to put first priority on
surveying the place where floods had occurred before, and must postpone
checking the other places until later.
「I understand. Since we need to travel quite a
distance, let’s use a rata. I will quickly prepare it, please wait here for a
moment.」(Havel)
「Ah, but I can’t ride the rata by myself……」(Kazura)
「Please forgive me. Then I will quickly prepare a
carriage.」(Havel)
Although Havel was rather surprised when he heard
Kazura couldn’t ride a rata, he bowed to Kazura with a fresh smile and began to
run.
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「Huh?」(Maid)
At one corner in the high-class commercial district in
Isteria, there was a maid who could be seen walking there.
She was Eira, the personal maid of Lieze, the only
daughter of Istelle House.
Eira was currently captivated by a carriage that was stopping
several meters in front of her.
The thing that Eira’s eyes were focused on was not the
carriage itself but a young man who sat behind the coachman.
That young man alighted from the carriage and peered
into the water channel that was crossing the commercial district. From the same
carriage, another man got down.
「(That man, where have I……)」(Eira)
「Eira-sama, is something wrong?」(Man)
While Eira was looking at the man who was peering at
the water channel, one of the two young men behind her asked.
Those two men were Istelle House’s slaves, they mostly
served as luggage carriers for the people who worked in Istelle House.
The men were carrying boxes in their hand. The content
was foodstuffs such as meat or vegetables.
「……Ah!」(Eira)
Eira didn’t answer the men’s question, instead, after
thinking for a moment and seems to remember who that man in the carriage was,
suddenly yelled.
「(It’s the person that I crashed into some time ago…… I
think the person next to him is the vice commander of First Cadet Training
Unit, Havel-sama.)」(Eira)
When her thoughts reached this point, Eira became
confused.
When she first met with the man, he was wearing a plain
shirt and trousers, like the ones wore by the countryside peasants.
However, right now, that man was wearing a fine robe
that was usually worn by nobles and was talking with a noble like Havel.
Even more surprising, from the appearance of their
conversation, she could see that it was Havel who was following that man
around.
If Eira was just a normal commoner then she might think
that she had just mistaken that man for someone else and overlooked it,
unfortunately, it was impossible for her to mistake someone’s identity.
Because, since in her every day job attending Lieze,
each time Lieze met with a person, Eira would whisper the name of the person
and their social status to her. The so-called 『Name
Notifier Attendant』. She was a person who held a special skill to be
employed as such.
To put it simply, she was a professional in memorizing
someone’s name and face.
「(That’s strange. If he is a noble, then why he traveled
while wearing such clothes back then? Was he traveling incognito?......)」(Eira)
While Eira was thinking about this, the man who
talking while looking at the water channel, got on the carriage together with
Havel and they began to go to other places.
Truthfully, she wanted to directly ask the man, however,
if he really was a noble then she mustn’t do this.
Although Eira was the personal maid of Lieze, the
Lord’s daughter, and was in quite a high ranked position, she didn’t come from
a background of nobility and was only a commoner.
Although she could begin addressing the noble to hear
his name or status, she wasn’t in a position that would let her do this.
「Eira-sama?」(Slave)
I needed to report this to Lieze after this, was what
she thinking, when the men behind her once again called out to her.
「Nothing is wrong. Let’s return to the residence.」(Eira)
Eira answered the man and then began to walk towards
the residence.
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At the time Kazura was observed by Eira, Valin and
Valetta were inside the carriage heading to Grisea Village.
A soft carpet made from some kind of animal pelt was
laid in the middle of the carriage. Even when the carriage jolted because of
the bumps on the highway, the level of comfort was not that bad.
There were four soldiers, each riding a rata, guarding
the carriage surroundings, two in the front and two from the back. But the only
people inside the carriage were Valetta and Valin.
Inside the carriage, Valin was at a loss on how what
to say to his daughter who was sitting with her back on the carriage wall, her
hand holding her knee and her head tucked down between them.
It had been 3 hours since they departed from Isteria,
but Valetta had been in this state since then.
He had tried to talk to her because he was worried however,
her answer was basically only a「Yes」 or 「Sorry」.
「(I give up…… In this situation, what would Sheeta do,
I wonder.)」(Valin)
Since he had never seen Valetta so downhearted, Valin
sighed while recalling his late wife.
Even four years ago, when Valin returned from being
dispatched as a soldier in the war and told Valetta who was waiting in Grisea
village that her mother killed in action, Valetta hadn’t become this depressed.
Perhaps, at that time while seeing the appearance of
her father apologizing and hugging her while shedding tears, Valetta had consciously
decided to support her father rather than show her grieving appearance for
losing her mother.
In fact, after that Valetta always interacted with
Valin with a smile that she always kept, whether it be farm work or house chores.
No one could see that she was sad from losing her
mother even for a bit. Valin didn’t know how long it took, but he was saved by
Valetta’s cheerful behavior.
But that Valetta had currently become this depressed.
It was pathetic, however, Valin didn’t have any idea on
how to deal with Valetta.
「Valin-dono」(Soldier)
While Valin was worrying alone, one of the bodyguard
escorts that was guarding the carriage from behind, rode his rata closer to the
carriage and called out to Valin.
「May I sit beside you?」(Soldier)
「Ah, yes, you’re welcome.」(Valin)
When the man heard Valin’s answer, he nimbly dismounted
from rata and tied the reins to the carriage’s tail. While the carriage still
moving, he agilely jumped upon it and sat down.
「I also have a daughter, this year she will turn 16……
Do you want to drink?」(Soldier)
The man pulled out a leather canteen from his breast
pocket, after uncorking it and taking a single gulp, he offered it to Valin.
「Thank you very much. Do you live together with your
daughter?」(Valin)
Answering the man, Valin took a seat at the carriage
rear beside the man and tasted the liquid inside the leather canteen.
The liquid had a tint of sourness and his nose picked
up a faint scent of citrus fruits.
It reminded Valin of the same scent of herb tea that
Kazura had made before.
「She didn’t obey me respectfully. She dislikes formal
speaking. I dare say I was helpless in dealing with her, she was just like a
brat until recently.」(Soldier)
The man spoke as if he was telling a joke whilst
laughing lightly, Valin also laughed together with him.
It seems that this man had become worried for Valin
who began to be depressed after seeing Valetta become so downhearted and so he
was accompanying him for a talk.
「My daughter married half a year ago. Now she is living
at her husband’s house. Sometimes she would come to my house and deliver the
herbs she collected, but since I can only see her once in 10 days, it’s kinda
lonely.」(Soldier)
When the man told Valin about this, he turned his head
around to take a glance at Valetta who was sitting inside the carriage.
「I can see that she has been feeling downhearted since
the beginning of our ride, did something happen?」(Soldier)
「No, I don’t really understand….. Until we left
Isteria, there nothing happened.」(Valin)
「……Isn’t the cause was because she was separated from
the man who was staying at the Lord’s residence?」(Soldier)
「No, Kazura-sama didn’t have any fault. But…… Umm……」(Valin)
When the man pointed out the problem in a low voice,
Valin remembered the time when she was separated from Kazura and made a groan.
Kazura and Valetta were extremely close.
It was to the extent, that they were looking like a
pair of lovers, they were always together in the village and doing everything
together.
That’s why, when it was decided that Kazura would part
from them for several days and Valetta had become terribly sad, it’s not like
Valin didn’t understand her.
However, no matter how he looked at it, her depression
was too much.
The usual Valetta would, even when something painful
or sorrowful happened, would quickly cheer up and behave cheerfully.
Furthermore, even though they were separated from
Kazura this time since the person himself said that he would only stay in
Isteria for 3 days, then they would meet again in 5 days.
Although Nelson’s side had believed that Kazura is
Greysior-sama, as expected maybe she was worried about Kazura, however, Valin
felt that it was different in many ways.
「Well, if it is really a love affair, then no matter
how much a father worried and interfered, the result wouldn’t be satisfactory.
Maybe you should leave her alone for a while, and leave these things to the
other females.」(Soldier)
「Yeah……」(Valin)
When the man mentioned female, Valin remembered the
village girls that were close to Valetta.
If Valetta is still downhearted even when they arrived
at the village then he would consult with the girls about what to do.
「This must be rude, but is your wife is in the village?」(Soldier)
「……No, she passed 4 years ago.」(Valin)
When the man heard Valin’s reply, he sighed, and then
shifted his sight at the road they were passing right now.
「……Is it during the last war?」(Soldier)
「Yes, on a hill near the border…… I think it is called
Hero’s Hill now. At the last battle in that place.」(Valin)
「…… I too lost my big and lil bro at that battle.」(Soldier)
「……」(Valin)
「……」(Soldier)
These two fathers with daughter, without saying
anything, were just looking at the scenery that elapsed along the way.
✦✧✦✧
Several kilometers behind Valin and Valetta’s carriage
that was headed towards Grisea Village, there was a carriage covered with a
dirtied canopy traveling on the road.
Inside the carriage were about 10 men, lying down and
just lazily talking to each other.
Besides the man who was controlling the carriage, was
a skinhead with an ugly countenance who looked forward with a glare.
「Boss!」(Man)
Sometime later, from the road ahead a man riding a
rata arrived.
「How is it?」(Skinhead)
「They were guarding without any slack for anything to
approach. Since I don’t know how many people are in the carriage, it would be
impossible to hit them during the day.」(Man)
The man called boss, clicked his tongue at the man’s
report. It was not something he wished to hear.
「I know that. Did you hear where those guys were headed
to?」(Skinhead)
「Perhaps, maybe a village located one day by carriage
from here. I don’t really know it well but I don’t think it’s a big village.」(Man)
The rata riding man answered in hurry to the question
filled with irritation. The man who was called boss then crossed his arms to
think after hearing those words.
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Sorry… But I kinda busy
recovering lost RAWs and data, also my editor is busy with his/her
school/college so no major release for now…
Thanks for the new chapter!
ReplyDeleteput your raws and translations on Google Drive!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteOh no... bandits!
Terima kasih~
ReplyDeletethanks for the chapter
ReplyDeletethanks for the chapter
ReplyDeleteI can imagine Kazuya using the pistol that his father gave to him soon
ReplyDeleteI just had the strange thought that those bandits are in trouble if they attacked the village that has been "doping" for more than a month now considering that it only takes 3 days for the food to show their effect. :)
ReplyDeleteBandits vs a whole village of Hulks. lol
Damn, you're right. Poor bandits.
Deleteeven mroe so that atleast 10 of the people in the village are former soldiers, ontop of just everyone else being hulks.
DeleteI laughed so hard when I read "doping". Bless you.
DeleteGracias por el capitulo
ReplyDeleteOoh bandit san enter the scene. It's kinda late compare the other novel but who care i wanna see valette kick them all thx to kazura's food
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Pls dont let Valin or Valetta get hurt or kidnapped... Kazura might get a tank or rifle if it does happen
ReplyDeleteThnx for the chappy~ Nanodesu~
Bandits! Action Sequence.... Get!
DeleteI'm betting the action sequence won't be too far from something out of Asterix. :)
DeletePirates/Bandits running around pursued by villagers with superhuman strength.
Bandit: "I'm a pacifist! I'm a pacifist!!!...."
Wrong move bandits, OP villagers or the op dad and daughter combo. XD
ReplyDeleteBut in the illustration Valleta looked like she was rape by a bearded man and Valin got killed.
ReplyDeleteSaw that pic recently, she was being pushed down, but what happened to her str? The heck....
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Deletenay, when she's that down, she won't have any motivation or strength, just like when you depressed.
DeleteEdit: Where you can find those illust? i can't find any except volume 1
Her dad was killed rendering her weak due to her lost. She was raped, I lost interest in that part so I'm trying to avoid that chapter and just pretend nothing happened.
DeleteThat's what they are talking about though. But I am not sure but still hoping it doesn't happen.
DeleteLink maybe?
Deletehttp://i.imgur.com/L57K4AF.webp
DeleteSpoiler, i think, Valetta got traumatized and behaves like a child? (From the pics of vol 3... Not sure..)
Deletehttp://m.imgur.com/a/YMASw
Thanks for the chapter <3
ReplyDeleteTHE BANDITS ARE COMING!
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