Chapter 23: The GodKami-sama Likes Tea
During the afternoon after confirming the abnormal growth of the potatoes.
Under the midsummer sun that poured its lights incessantly, Kazura’s forehead was sweating as he dug a hole with the shovel.
That hole was located beside the stone passage that leads into Japan. It was for burying the skeleton corpse that was inside the stone passage.
Since he came to this world, he didn’t have time to properly give the skeleton a proper burial, but since the progress of the waterwheel production had gone with such a high pace, there was empty time in the schedule. So he decided to use that time to give the skeleton a proper burial.
Even if Kazura didn’t supervise the parts manufacturing, the villager that took leadership during Kazura’s absence would simply take over the duty.[1]
「Maybe like this...... Aaah.... My back hurts........」 (Kazura)
Kazura had dug a hole wide enough for him to lie down inside it. He stabbed the shovel in the ground and stretched his body.
Maybe it was because recently he had walked for a long time while carrying heavy things, loading and unloading large amount of fertilizer or rice from the pullcart, that his back was hurting.
Because he did physical work every day his physical strength increased. Thanks to massages from Valetta that he sometimes received, the pain was lessened considerably. But because his back was burdened by the work from digging the hole, it became hurt again.
After burying the corpse, today he planned to return to go buy things in Japan. Kazura also thought to buy some compress[2] on that occasion.
Kazura rubbed his back while letting out a sigh, and then crawled out from the hole that had the depth of a bathtub.
Then, the next thing to do is bury the corpse, so he thought while walking until he reached the crumbled skeleton in the passage. However, the skeleton body had disjointed parts, so it was necessary to transport the bones one by one.
In addition to this, he didn’t brought gloves so he had to grab the bone with his bare hand.
「.......Well, is it good to do it bare handed?」(Kazura)
Even if he brought vinyl sheet or gloves to carry all the bones together, somehow or other he had a hunch that he would get a punishment if he did that, so he decided to transport it with his bare hands.
Even if by any chance the police found this place, the bone was so weathered that it would be likely deemed to be something from years ago, and even if they decided to investigate it, it was unlikely that they could arrest anyone.
Of course, because it seemed that this place hadn’t drawn much public attention for a long time, perhaps there was no need to be worried about police.
On any case, since it was the first time for him to touch human bones with his hand, Kazura became nervous, but as he kept doing it, gradually he became used to it. Eventually he transported all the bones with both of his arms.
After he finished carrying all the bones to the hole, he arranged the bones into a human body shape.
Since he didn’t really have detailed knowledge about human skeleton anatomy, he put the bone on the wrong area here and there. However it couldn’t be helped since the person himself didn’t notice it.
When he finished arranged the bones, he put the worn-out Japanese clothes on the corpse. After that, he covered it with earth carefully and the burial was complete.
「I think it’s okay with this. I will return with incense stick and sake, so please wait.」(Kazura)