Part 2[แก้ไข]
---Reservoir of [No Name] Water tree.
Sparkling droplets of water rolled off the drip tips of the forests' new leaves.
Perhaps it was because of the five consecutive days of rainfall in the region, it became quite the talk in town as they speculated whether the increase artificial rains were due to the change of the master in the East Side.
However with the change of the [Floor Master] from a Sun God to an ancient Deity Dragon of the lake, such changes were to be expected and the residents had also accepted it in stride. Whereas, most of the [No Name]s had taken to the indoors within their Community grounds recently in an expected response to the rains and the group that were left behind were naturally having less exercise than usual.[4]
With this morning being a rare cloudless day with a fine weather to boot, the senior group, the maid group, and the Community leader Jin Russel were replanting the young seedlings of rice they had bought for their paddy field.
Having traded the usual maid outfit with a Japanese rice farming outfit[5], Percher let out a loud sigh upon completing her share of the work. “……How troublesome. Replanting a plant that already germinated. Wheat is definitely better than this.”
“Percher…Th…That’s not true”.
Lily, who had also completed her share of work, disagreed with Percher’s statement while wagging her two tails.
Divided between European food preference and Japanese food preference, the two would never arrive at a compromise about the direction to be taken for the plantations.
Percher would always serve freshly baked bread when she’s in charge for the Community’s meals while Lily would always prepare a Japanese style of meal to be complemented with the main staple of rice.
But the power balance would soon be tipped with the completion of the paddy fields.
Perhaps that would be the reason for Percher’s testy mood as she helped out in the paddy fields.
“Well fine. Anyways, the next time that new land is cleared for farming, it will definitely be planted with wheat.”
“B, but our community has always planted paddy throughout the generations……”
“That’s nothing to ‘but’ about. I already did a survey and collated the results to know that the European food preference and Japanese food preference ratio is 5:5. If you insist, I’ll just lead half of the senior group to go on a strike.”
*Au*, Lily’s kitsunemimi laid back flattened against her head.[6]
Compared to the ones in the senior group whose main jobs were housework and working the fields, the maid group’s job was to support the main group. To put it simply, the maid group had far more authority in the community hierarchy.
Lily was talking to Percher as an equal because she was the leader of the senior group, but all the other kids would be afraid of Percher in the face of authority.
Jin, who was overseeing the work in the fields gave a sigh as he broke into the conversation of the two.
“Percher, Lily. As the two who are entrusted to preparing the food for your comrades in the Community, you should not be fighting. Please calmly listen to each other’s opinion and…”
“Oh, really? Which do you prefer, Jin?”
…….Eh? Jin suddenly stops his words.[7]
Percher uses this chance to move around behind Jin and lock both his shoulders in her grip.
“Lily Let’s let Jin, the leader, decide this fair and square. The community’s land is limited. If he’s the one deciding how it will be divided, won’t we be able to continue with the decision without any more grudges to be held?”
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“Wa…Wait a moment, Percher……!!”
“That conversation, hold it right there!”
The one who intruded their conversation this time, was [No Name]s maid number three.
Shirayuki-hime the snake goddess, leapt and landed with force enough to make the mud in the water field splash and her voluminous chest jiggled while she brought up her objection.
“Lily, I’ve heard it as well! Your kitsunemimi need not listen to her words! When placed before us of the Japanese Preference Alliance, the puny soldiers of the Western preference are no different than dust! Hold your chest high and retaliate her words proudly!”
Bishi! Shirayuki-hime pointed a finger at Percher.
Pecher glares back at her with veins rising at her temples as she clicked her tongue.
A panicking Lily who heard the name of ‘Japanese Preference alliance’ for the first time.
And Jin who was trapped between the two had a very bad feeling. As the two, who were fired up by their argument, were just like a collision of Fire and Ice.
“W, wait, please calm down “
“Yup. Cool it first, you Titty Snake. Our leader wants Western food. If you still want to argue…….Oh right. You should come back when you’re at least able to julienne a cabbage properly.”
“Shut up! I can do a julienne with two hours! And who are you calling Titty Snake, you idiot!!!”
“Shi, Shirayuki-sama please calm down! Yesterday didn’t you spend five hours on it and hadn’t complete the julienne?!”
Lili hugs to stop the agitated Shirayuki-hime from behind.
——Incidentally, because of a clumsy Shirayuki-hime’s wreckage of twenty four cabbages, last night’s dinner had only turned into a banquet that starred cabbages as the main ingredient.
“So, what is our leader’s opinion? Western food? Japanese food?”
“Hey! Normally one wouldn’t ask that question in this sort of timing right?”
“Child, there’s no need to consider! Meals prepared in the Japanese style is the standard meal of our community and that’s what you should being telling to that washboard!”[8]
As Shirayuki-hime shouts, Percher dug her nails to the point where bones creaked.
“…….. Be quiet, Titty Snake. My body is based on a twelve year old, so having breasts would be a lot scarier.”
“Ha and here I was thinking what you were going to say! If you eat Lily’s delicious meals every day, you would naturally be well-endowed! But since you’re still a washboard, you should eat more rice and beans!”
“Uu…………..Don’t be stupid. I’m always asking for seconds when Lily’s in charge of the meal…..!!”
Mishimishimishi! Jins bones made grinding noises as they were squeezed tightly.
Assaulted by so much pain that no words came out, Jin repeatedly tapped her hand, but Jin was no longer in her field of focus.
With hostile intent still in her eyes, Pecher stiffly moved the corner of her mouth to smile.