Chapter 11 – The Preceding Hero Gets Angry
Author’s Note: Man, this was a long chapter.
Sorry this took so long. I broke my promise with myself in trying to bring you guys a new chapter within a week of each post or less. I will try better next time.
In other news, I got my hands on the three published volumes of the light novel for this series and plan on comparing the web novel and the light novel and posting those as well. I was thinking of somehow scanning the pictures from the novel, making necessary changes to the posts to match the light novel and putting that all into a PDF. But that won’t be for awhile as the first volume covers the first 26 chapters.
I also plan on doing some other things with this wordpress so feel free to not look forward to that as it may turn into a complete mess.
Now I am just starting to ramble. Please enjoy the chapter.
The Preceding Hero Gets Angry
*Yusa yusa* (Shake shake)
「……ugh…Five more, minutes………Gukoh~ (Snore~)」
*Yassa yussa*! (Shake shake!)
「Nn~……Ten more, minutes……――」
*Goron!* (Bang)
*Dogosha!* (Crash)
「Nugah!? W, wh-wh-what’s going on!?」
When I thought of the sudden pain running on my face, for some reason I went from the top of my bed to the floor –degozaru.
What just happened? ……Could it be, I came to a new different world!?
As I fell into a panic from just waking up, she appears in my view.
『Yuu, good morning! Come~ on, go wash your face~.』
It would seem that this method of waking up was thanks to Lililuri-san. Actually, it’s similar to my mom’s way of waking me up……
As I got up and my vision got wider, I was able to see the whole body of that one child.
It was the figure of Lililuri wearing the adventure clothes that we bought yesterday.
Though the selling point was the ease of movement and the durability, with a coat that had a certain class that seemed to make the dress look cheap, in a knee length skirt and wearing black knee socks, she looked very lovely.
And then, she was carrying a bag that was a bit smaller than the modern randsell on her back.
It would seem that Lililuri’s preparations to leave were complete.
『Good morning.』
Wiping my face with the wet towel that Lililuri brought me, my awareness finally awakened.
『Thanks for waking me up.』
『……Nーn! It’s fine, it’s because Lililuri is Yuu’s partner!』
My body was still heavy. Extending out my hand, as I pet Lililuri, she happily smiles.
『Yo~sh, I’m awake~! What did the landlady say about the food?』
As I get up, I stretch.
Together with *boki boki* sound of my bones, I feel the sensation of my sleepiness flying away.
『She said that the food was almost ready!』
『I see~, I see~. Well then, go and give the landlady a hand. I’ll be swinging in the backyard.』
This inn that we have been staying at for the past two days called the “Puppy’s Cry” is the inn with the most normal price within the Imperial Capital.
Though the lodging facility is normal just like the price for it, in exchange, the food is delicious, and the amount is huge!
Cheap yet delicious, whether it be in the modern or different world, is supreme.
Lililuri, who had become a real favorite of the landlady here, depended on the good-natured Oba-san who had nerves of steel, and then took the initiative and got a job of helping her out.
『Un! I’ll make some delicious food for you!』
『I’ll be looking forward to it.』
Lililuri happily left the room.
After seeing her off, my eyes faced the short spears that were leaning against the wall.
The short spears that I received from Jii-san yesterday were, as Jii-san said, products that made me groan.
There were seven short spears with each one being about 120 cm.
The story that Jii-san had was “it isn’t a loss so take them” and handed them to me, but all of them, in my eyes, could be called supremely excellent goods without a single hindrance.
The weight was also good and the adjusted center of gravity for throwing was also good.
They weren’t bending spears but rather, they were simply made to be hard. They were arms that I could satisfactorily go with.
Though they really aren’t magic spears, to have made them into such excellent items, that Jii-san is, in the truest sense, not your normal guy.
Taking one of them into my hand, I leave the room.
The second floor of the three-story inn. The inner most room that was located on that floor was the room that we were staying in.
*Gishi* As I descended the lightly creaking wooden staircase, I greet the Puppy’s Cry’s landlord and landlady.
「Morning. Sorry about that, having you look after Lililuri for me.」
「That’s something that I should be thanking you for!
There aren’t many good girls like her, isn’t that right, Darling!」
「…………Yeah」
A talkative landlady with a good physique and a large built taciturn landlord. No matter how you look at it, they were well-matched.
「Once the food is ready, have Lililuri call me. Mind if I borrow the backyard?」
「Yeah, that’s fine!
Oh, and while you’re there, it would really help if you could clip the weeds!」
「You’re telling me to do it with a short spear?
Well, whatever. Leave it to me, Oba-chan. In exchange, can I ask that you make some delicious food?」
Turning my back to the landlady that returned with an “Aiyo”, I went to the backyard of the Puppy’s Cry.
Although the backyard wasn’t all that big, for wielding a sword or a spear…… there wasn’t any problem in swinging it as a warm-up exercise.
A sky that still had the morning’s sunlight remaining.
I inhaled a deep breath and, simultaneously with the exhale, I swung the spear.
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Hey everyone, it’s the hero that crawls into your bed, Yashiro Yuu.
(TL note: I think that is a reference to “Haiyore, Nyaruko-san”)
From here on, it’s been two days since the fierce battle (of words) with my arch-enemy that is also a worthy rival, that Jii-san.
It’s become the day that we depart to subjugate the Basilisks.
Today, with my luck for the day being good, if I moved my body even a little bit, I would be drenched with sweat.
It’s not that I am just simply moving my body, but because I am trying to understand my body’s movements from the first person point of view, it isn’t so simple.
From the movement of my body’s joints to the expansion and contraction of the muscles from that movement, there was enough concentration that you could say I was paying attention to paying attention.
Thanks to that, I perspired a large amount of sweat that was more than I would perspire from running around.
I don’t really like doing this since the clothes that I wear become drenched in sweat.
However, if I don’t do this once every day, I get restless…………I’m in luck with such a habit.
Thrusting the short spear into the ground and hanging my clothes on it, I look at the weeds that I cut.
When I look at the weeds that I had cut at the root in an instant, I realize that, several years from now, this place will change into sterile earth (though it’s really something for the locals).
Since I’ve finished what the landlady asked me to do, I guess I’ll go eat. Just as I was thinking that, I hear the sound of sand being kicked up behind me.
『Yuu, food’s ready~!』
Lililuri, who had a bucket filled with water in her hand, rushed over.
As you would expect, this water isn’t the food she was talking about.
This water is meant to be used to wash my body.
『Ou, thanks.』
As I thanked her, I take out the towel that was in there, wring out the water, and wipe my body.
「Kuu~! It’s nice and cold!」
『Ah, tell me when you’re done washing up, ‘kay?』
『No. Actually, you’re staring at me.』
『! N, no I’m not! Yuu, you baka!』
While she was covering her face with her hands from me wiping my body, Lililuri was staring from in between the gaps of her fingers. When I pointed that out, the bucket of water was poured on me.
Well, since it felt good, I don’t really mind but was that my fault?
Though you could say I’m a splendidly dripping handsome man…………For now, I guess I should change my clothes.
(TL note: Couldn’t figure out how to express this joke. The line is水も滴る良い男 where水も滴る means “splendidly handsome” all together but when separated means “dripping with water”. 良い男 means handsome man, so it’s basically a double meaning pun where he repeats that he is a handsome man but also literally saying that he is dripping with water.)
Taking off the clothes that became sopping wet, I returned to the Puppy’s Cry.
While the Puppy’s Cry is an inn, the first floor, in the morning and afternoon, is a cheap restaurant and at night it’s open as a bar. It’s a place that is restaurant in addition to being an inn.
I’ve already said this but, this inn’s food has a motto of being cheap yet delicious, and riffraff come lured in by that but………,
「Lililuri-ch~an! Face this way~!」
「So c-u-t-e!」
「Lililuri-chan is so charming, it’s hard to keep on living.」
「Li, Lililuri-chan is such a cutie. I wanna take her hom…――」
「As if I’d let you, dumbass!」
Wh, what is with these rascals that are approaching Lililuri………
「Ah…! Yuu. Food…」
While I experienced a shudder at the other male guests, as I sit at the counter seat, wearing an apron, Lililuri rushes up to me with a pitter-patter with a tray with food placed on it.
「Oh, it looks delicious. Is there something in here that Lililuri made?」
When I asked that, Lililuri’s face became red and she pointed to one of the side dishes that looked like pork fried with ginger.
「Hamu (Glomp)…… ……Ohh, this is delicious.
This is, how should I say this, within the sourness there’s a sweetness to it, or something? Well, either way, it’s delicious! Thank you, Lililuri.」
With a fork, as I try to eat that which Lililuri said that she made, the sauce that had covered the meat made a really good match with the meat itself and was delicious.
When I said my thanks, Lililuri became even