Kansutoppu!!! - Chapter 83
Chapter 83 The Land of the Rising Sun, Part 3
? Azuma Mountain ?
At the beginning, it was just a forest, and I was disappointed that it was exactly like this, but as we went on, it became deeper. After descending a cliff, we found ourselves on a steep slope again, and there was no path, just trees covering the ground. The brightness of the sky was hidden by the leaves, and it was dim even though it was supposed to be daytime.
Of course, there were wild animals, and I was attacked by a bear twice before I came here. After seeing the bears in the Bears Forest, I thought they looked adorable. No matter what they do, they can’t hurt us at all. It was so insistent that we gave it a little scare, and it shrank back and ran off deeper into the forest.
Then there were the bugs. I found myself with a thin worm attached to my leg, and a group of mosquitoes is flying around. Of course, there were none like the monstrous insects released by Vito of the Twelve Generals, but there were so many of them that there was no end to the number of times I could squash them. I was so angry that I tried to release sonic rippers into the surrounding area, but Roel told me not to destroy the forest without a second thought.
I don’t think this is the time for that. We’re definitely lost.
“I don’t know which way is which anymore…”
“Yeah, I don’t even know if we’re making progress.”
I underestimated them. We had conquered dungeons beyond the norm, and now we were lost in the mountains, where no demons appeared.
No, to be honest, it was much more dangerous than a bad dungeon. The atmosphere is similar to that of the Bear’s Forest, but the size and depth of this dungeon are much greater. The information that it was a chain of mountains was correct. I don’t know where we are in the mountains, or even if we have crossed one mountain.
Once, I took a big jump and looked down at the forest from the air, trying to reach Mt. Mountains are nothing. Mountains, mountains, mountains, mountains. I didn’t know how many more mountains I had to cross or which way to go.
I thought I was getting close enough to jump towards Mt. Daigami, but it wasn’t making any progress. What could be so strange?
“I knew it, this is not normal…this place.”
“Are we being led astray by some kind of Lash illusion?”
“Maybe. If so, who is doing it?”
“Daigami-sama.”
I guessed right, and Roel didn’t disagree. If that’s the case, then what we see is just a distraction. Daigami-sama, don’t underestimate me.
“Roel, I’m in a bit of a hurry.”
I gently closed my eyes. I closed my eyes, and all I could hear was the rustling of the trees, the only thing that told me that this was a forest.
“Oops…”
I jumped over the tall trees and took a big jump forward. Relying completely on my intuition, I take in the sight of Mount Daigami and continue on toward it. I don’t rely on the scenery in front of me. I just keep going.
Just keep going.
I go forward. Flying. We move forward. Fly.
We landed on the ground, with a broken branch or two.
But then, there was a steep slope below.
“Whoa! Sorry Roel, hold on tight!”
“Yes!”
The moss-covered foothold was unexpectedly slippery, and I almost lost my balance. I almost lost my balance, but I was able to hold on with only one foot, and just when I think I’ve recovered, I’m forced to run down the slope. I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to, so I got desperate and jumped with all my might.
“Whoa!”
“Roel, it’s okay!”
I managed to land on the ground while being mercilessly smashed by branches and leaves. I wanted to take a breath, but they wouldn’t let me. The foothold seemed to be at the top of a cliff, and the whole thing started to collapse as I landed.
“Hiyaaaah!”
I had no choice but to scream as I fell. No matter how hard I tried, I have no wings, so I can’t fly. There was nothing I could do about it.
It was like a deep valley where I had to fall down. Our screams did not cease until we reached the ground.
? Deep in the Azuma Mountain ?
“Gyan!”
What a surprise, I and Roel let out the same scream. Thanks to the level, Roel was in pain, but not badly injured. On the contrary, I think he cast some kind of defensive magic just before the collision. I was surprised that Roel, who couldn’t even manage that recovery magic, could grow up to be able to do such a thing on the spur of the moment.
“Ouch…. We’ve come to a very deep place, haven’t we?”
“Yes, but it’s kind of open for a forest…. Look, there’s nothing but grass and not many trees here.”
“Ah, ah…”
I heard a voice. It wasn’t the sound of an animal, but a human voice. A girl who pointed at us and, without covering her open mouth, simply expressed her surprise with her whole body. It was a person, a human being. I suspected it was a phantom or something, but it was a person. Because I don’t think a phantom would be surprised to see us.
“Human…?”
That’s precisely what we said. We were surprised to meet a girl in such a deep mountainous area, where bears might be found.
Roel told us that the clothes they wear in this country are called kimonos. The girls there were also wearing kimonos, but they were much dirtier than the people in town.
She is a young girl in a red kimono, with her hair cut the same length in the front and back. She was wearing a red kimono and her hair was cut in the same length in the front and back. She was holding a basket-like thing in her hand, and many strawberries were being picked.
She blinked repeatedly and seemed to be trying to acknowledge our presence.
“We’re travelers, but we seem to be lost. Are you from around here?”
“Wan…derer?”
“Eh? Because we’re Adve… Mogyuu!”
I was about to say that when Roel interrupted me. I don’t know why, but I guess I was about to say something else when Roel stopped me. I’m going to leave this to Roel. I’ll just shut up like a clam.
“Oh, travelers! How nice of you to show up here! You must be tired. Come this way!”
Suddenly, the girl smiled as if a flower had bloomed. She was strangely excited and started walking like a dancer, inviting us to join her. Roel and I looked at each other and felt relieved.
The girl’s steps were familiar, as she hopped along this bumpy, stony, branch-filled terrain. From the looks of it, the girl lives in this area after all. I wonder if she lives alone.
“There’s a village where we live just up ahead. I’ve never had a guest before, so I’m sure everyone will be surprised.”
“Village? Are there other people living this deep in the mountains?”
“It’s a small village. Hey, why don’t you stay with us today!”
I looked up and saw that the sunlight was no longer shining through the leaves. It was already night. As for me, I had planned to pick a few millennial herbs today and go back home, but my plans have gone awry.
The king said it was only a request to pick medicinal herbs, but that’s a big lie. I wonder if things are going well with Balm and Gilbert. I don’t mean to compete with them, but we can’t lose either.
? Village deep in Azuma Mountain ?
A village deep in Azuma Mountain, where fields are spread out as if a part of the forest has been cut out, and houses with straw roofs stand side by side. I can’t really describe it as anything other than idyllic. The houses in my village were made of logs, but here they are all made of planks.
And the area is so large that you can’t see it all at a glance. Surrounded by mountains and forests, this is the only place where there is a lot of human space. Somehow, it reminded me of the village of Ikana. Thinking back on it, I wonder if that man who taught me, so many things also wandered into the village like we are now.
“Hello, Gensuke-san!”
“Oh, Nanoka-chan.”
“Ah, these are travelers. They were lost, so we’re letting them stay with us today.”
“Oh! I didn’t think anyone would come this far! I’m amazed!”
Nanoka exchanged a few words with a man who was working in the fields. We bowed to him lightly, and he insisted that we take it easy and stay at his place for the night.
“You’re more welcoming than I thought you’d be…”
“It’s the first time we’ve had people from outside. Isn’t that unusual?”
It was the first time I had ever been greeted kindly by someone on our first meeting in this country. I wondered where there were so many people when I was thinking about it in a daze, and then people started to gather. Where did they come from, and for what purpose were they traveling? How could I answer these questions one after another?
“Ah yes, yes! Questions later! Come on, let’s go to my house.”
“Oh, traveler! See you later!”
“Tell me about your trip!”
I don’t like to be cold, but this is also tiring: as soon as I mention Daigami-sama, their attitude changes, and I wonder why people in this country are so extreme.
? Village deep in Azuma Mountain Nanoka’s House ?
“Well, be my guest!”
The room is simple, just a sheet of straw. In the center of the room is a small fireplace with a pot-like object hanging over it. I heard it was called a sunken hearth, but I wondered if it was possible to cook on such a thing. It’s strange for me to say, since I can’t cook.
“Abangarudo? I don’t know, but you’ve come a long way, haven’t you?
“You don’t know your mother either, do you, Konoka?”
“I don’t know.”
Nanoka, Konoka and their mother live together, Nanoka and Konoka are twins, but Konoka was born first, so she is the older sister. I’ve never seen twins before. I couldn’t tell which was which at all unless they at least changed their hair and clothes.
Nanoka talks a lot and Konoka is quiet. This is the only way to tell them apart. I wondered if this mother could tell. I wondered if she could, but she read each of their names when she was serving the food in the pot to their bowls, so she understood them. That’s wonderful.
“Thank you for letting us stay here.”
“Yea, it’s only natural that we help each other when we are in trouble. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to develop a place like this.”
“Did you have a hard time?”
“Yes, I had a hard time even talking about it.”
“Yes! Tell us about your travels! We dream of working outside the village one day! Isn’t that right, sister?”
“…Yes.”
Suddenly, Nanoka interrupts, wondering if these two have been living in the village for a long time.
When Roel told them the story, they were surprised at every little detail, especially when Roel emphasized why. Especially, Roel’s reaction to Seigel, which he emphasized, for some reason, was spectacular. He was talking about how cool and nice he was, and how he had never seen him before, but he was filled with admiration for him. No, he is a nice guy, but I don’t think we should expect too much from him.
Then there was the Avangard Festival, the Avangard Tournament, and the Wizard Kingdom. The more I remember, the more fun I have had. Well, I thought something strange when I heard about it earlier, but Roel only talked about fun things.
He doesn’t want to say anything unpleasant about the time when the demon king’s army invaded, the sacrifices made in the Wizard Kingdom or the Revered Port, and Roel is trying not to ruin their dreams. I might do the same if I saw them listening to me with a twinkle in their eyes.
—- There are so many fun things to do outside the village!
—-I wonder if that’s true.
Ah. I see. That person felt the same way as Roel. I’m talking in a funny way so as not to make him feel bad for me, who has never seen any place other than Ikana Village. Now I finally understand.
“Gold Armor Greeman! And then what?”
“Go, Gold…”
No, why did I mention Greeman? And why is Konoka blushing? What’s wrong with the money?
“Ahhh! I can’t wait to get out of the village! Then I can sell vegetables in the capital! I can make my mother comfortable!”
“I’ve been escorted by men…”
“What’s that, sister?”
“Men have approached me and…”
You said it yourself, and now you’re blushing up to your ears again. She’s covering her face on her own, which is a little weird. Also, what’s an escort?
“Roel, what’s escort?”
“Well, I wonder if it’s what you call an affair?”
“What do you mean?”
“In short, love! love! When I go to the capital, I’m going to meet a nice man and fall in love!”
“There are so many things you want to do…”
“When I have enough money, I’ll buy beautiful clothes, fall in love, and start a business! Ryua-san and Roel-san, we are girls with many dreams! We’ll never give up!”
They were so excited that I and Roel couldn’t say anything. I know how you feel, but it’s not all fun and games. There are a lot of bad guys out there, and there’s so much I don’t know about them. I wonder if they can read. I really don’t know what I would have done without Roel.
“So you two want to work outside the village in the future?”
“Yes! Girls in this village are not allowed to leave the village until they turn 15, and then they can do the Ritual of Purification at Mount Daigami and escape! So, my friend who is one year older than me left safely.”
“But can we ever get out of these woods…even we were lost…”
“Actually, I heard that there is a way out of the forest that only adults know about. After a few more days of Ritual of Purification, we’ll learn about it.
“After the Ritual of Purification the day after tomorrow, we’ll be 15 years old…I’m looking forward to it.”
He said. If there was such a thing, I wanted to know about it earlier. No, I guess it’s no use getting out of the mountain.
I glanced at Roel, who was also looking at me.
“Nanoka-chan, is Mt. Daigami close to here?”
“Yes? “Yes, just follow the mountain road north of the village.
“Oh yeah…”
There it is. I was right. I suppressed the urge to say, “Okay. If I did something unnecessary again, I would make these people angry.
But for today, I’ll stay at this house, and we’ll go to Mt.
Village deep in Azuma Mountain Nanoka’s House Night
“It may be hard to sleep, but…”
Nanoka and Konoka’s mother laid out straw mats for us.
Of course, I knew there were no beds in the house, but I was surprised to find that they were not uncomfortable. In the first place, it was difficult to find even a substitute for a cover in the cave of the abyss, so we slept on the ground as it was.
“It’s a quiet night…Nn?”
I thought I saw a fenced window with moonlight shining through, and someone peeked through it. A strange feeling, as if something was in a hurry to quickly hide. Someone from the village, I thought.
A little while later, I hear something like a whispered conversation.
“Is someone there?”
I peek over the fence and see several villagers running in the dark, as if in a panic to escape. And what those people were holding, that was a hoe they were using to work in the fields. Why were they carrying that thing in the middle of the night?
Maybe they were trying to kill us? No, the people Nanoka greeted during the day seemed kind, and they would have kicked us out if they wanted to kill us in the first place. This time, he didn’t say anything bad about Daigami-sama, and I don’t understand why he would kill us.
“Well, I guess it doesn’t matter what attacks me.”
Even Roel, who is sleeping peacefully next to me, can be adequately protected with me around. It was not uncommon for demons to attack people in their sleep in the cave of the abyss. And even though those people were well-trained from working in the fields, they were no more of a threat than the demons.
“Let’s go to bed. Good night Roel.”
I said good night to Roel, who was already sound asleep. I went to sleep too, though it made no sense.
? Shin Report ?
Reppo Reppo Shin is so serious that he never misses any little thing!
A little girl runs out of the house with her eyes closed and a frog on her back
You think you’re doing something cool, don’t you?
but it’s obvious he’s confused
he knows what he’s doing
the mountains are hard to see, and even if you think you’re going forward, you’re going back and forth on the same road
you think you’re going the right way, but you’re going the same way and going the wrong way
unlike that stupid girl, she’s white!
I can hide in any place and see from afar, no matter how far away
I’ll never forget it!
The Janka no Iwako!
A directional sound! He is a fool who goes into the mountains without thinking!
And one more interesting thing he discovered
The mullahs are relieved to be treated so kindly
But Shin has found out a terrible secret!
When you consider it in the context of what happened here in this country
but the silly girls never noticed it
why do people live in such a strange place?
Maybe they should be a little more worried.
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