Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 6 - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: 28

6-28 . The Girls' Battles

Hello, Lulu here .

What should I do . Liza-san is acting strange since awhile ago .

"Call the village chief!"

"Who are ya . I ain't getting ordered by a beastkin . "

Liza-san strikes the ground with her spear wrapped in cloth .

Even her wagon driving to this village was rough . I think she really wanted to go together with master like Arisa after all?

The villager-san with big body is trying his best to oppose Liza-san, but it seems that only his word is big without courage . His feet and voice are shaking .

Thankfully, a boy is leading a gentle-looking man here while running . That kid was the kid who ran toward the village earlier . It looks like he's called the village chief .

"Well then, what exactly is your demand? As you can see, our is a poor village, we're short in food let alone treasures . "

Exactly like chief-san has said, the children, and the man earlier look famished .

"We don't need treasures or food . My great lord desires stones that look like this . Prepare 100 of it immediately . "

Mou, Liza-san, it's already completely not on the level of negotiation . Nana-san too, please don't only look from the side and do something about it .

I desperately try convey it with my eyes, but it doesn't reach Nana-san . She looks over here and tilts her neck . Mou!　It's unfair to be that cute on top of being a beauty .

I turn my head at the back to look at Tama-chan and Mia-san who are the remaining ray of hope, but . . . .

Mia-san!　Please don't play around with Tama-chan!　Moreover, isn't the string you're using to play the matching one that master has bought!　Ah, Tama-chan's nails are, aah, mou!

When I'm agonizing over that, the negotiation is over . Village chief-san is directing the children and the young people carrying baskets and the like toward the river .

To think they're doing the collecting after that, what kind of magic did Liza-san use?

◇Tama◇

Muu~n . Liza is tingling nyan .

That end-sentence Arisa's taught has became a habit . What to do, if I say it out loud, master would worry .

Seems she's worried for master who has gone to the place of that monster called noble or something .

Liza and Arisa are such worrywarts .

Even though it's alright, since master is the strongest of the strong . No matter what kind of monster appears, swoosh, he'd move, zudodon, he'd beat it .

Flop, I lie down and Mia hang a string in front of my eyes .

How rude . I'm not the same Tama who's always, always lured .

Chorochoro .

Piku .

Choro . Chorochoro .

Endure . I'm the onee-san . I must endure here .

Shururu~n .

Tou♪

Hah ah, I've been entangled in the string when I noticed .

Mia's string technique must be the secret art of fairies, no doubt .

◇Village Chief◇

Good grief, I shouldn't have have married into the village chief's house .

I've grown used with sending away thieves, brown-nosing the tax collector, and letting off the territorial army's coercion though .

The eyes of that scalekin are like fangs . I thought that I'd be eaten from the head .

Moreover, when she struck the spear on the ground earlier, the cloth came loose . My heart was grasped just looking at that . That's a magic spear for certain . Back then, the merchant that came--I knew that he was actually a thief in disguise, and he let everyone off if I just gave him offering--had said .

There's a demi-human scarier than monsters hunting thieves on the highway .

It was a scalekin wielding a magic spear glowing red accompanied by two beastkin subordinates . It seems they could tear through any kind of trap, and crush ambush no matter where it was hidden as if they could see it .

I was trembling in fear thinking that she would consider this village which was doing transaction with thieves the same as them, but it looks like that's not it .

The girls tells us to give her 100 pebbles .

"Even though you say that you want pebbles, it's not like pebbles are our local specialty products so . . . "

"No more dialogs . It can be gathered at the river ahead . It's the same red pebbles . I will wait until noon . Prepare them immediately . "

I ask the kid who's looking here curiously, it seems that the pebbles are lying around the riverbank and the riverbed . If it's not a rare thing, let's quickly gather 100 of it and have them get out of the village .

I order the children and the serfs to collect the pebbles at the riverbank . It could probably finish in 1-2 hours if there are 20 people .

To prevent angering the quick tempered girls, I have to be here until after the pebbles are collected .

Ach, my stomach hurts .

◇Lulu◇

"Okay . No . No . Okay . . . "

Tama is selecting the pebbles in front of me .

The villagers have gathered more than 100 pebbles after 1 hour, but they're not only bringing the right one, there are also red stones that only look beautiful mixed in . They've only gathered around 30-40% of the intended stones .

"Achoo . "

I turn toward the sneeze sounds, and see a girl with violet lips and her whole body trembling . When I look closer, her hem and feet are wet . They're probably entering the river in this wintry sky to look for the stones .

Apparently they've been going to the river 2-3 times to collect stones for Tama-chan to see . Everyone looks thin and seems to not have stamina . I'm worried that they might catch cold, suffer from pneumonia and die .

That's right!　Let's treat them with risotto that master has taught me some time ago . That should be good for warming and filling them up . Master has said that we're free to use ingredients in the wagon, so there's no problem with it .

However, the pot is too small maybe .

"Na, ma'am, Liza-san . I'd like to treat everyone from the village with risottto, is it fine?"

I've almost said Nana-san like usual out of habit . I'd like to be called ma'am too someday . Of course the husband is--

"Lulu? We can't use the food without permission from master . . . No, we've been given permission have we . However, if the ones eating are us then it's fine, but aren't you interpreting the permission too broad by treating other people?"

"No, I think there's no problem if we treat the people cooperating in collecting the pebbles . "

"I understand . Na, no, ma'am, how about it?"

"Execution is permitted . "

Looks like Liza-san almost called her Nana too . It's easy to be mistaken there right .

Nana-san is the same like always .

With Liza-san's help, we make stove by lining stones, and put the pot on the fire . At first the villagers are looking at us suspiciously, but after the smell of the boiled cereal spreads in the air, they begin to surround while watching us in a distance . I put assorted cereal and vegetables, small slices of dried meat, and lastly cut the cheese in long thin shaving and melt it, it's complete .

I put the risotto in bowls that Nana-san has asked the village chief-san to prepare . I pass the bowl to the children who bring the pebbles, they look shocked .

Ara? I wonder if they don't like cheese?

"Do you dislike cheese?"

"I've never eaten one . "

"It's delicious you know? Eat carefully since it's hot . "

When I said that, the child repeatedly look at the bowl and my face and finally look to village chief-san to ask for the decision .

"Even if you give us such luxurious thing . . . "

"There is no problem . "

"It's thanks for these red pebbles . "

Nana-san quickly answered vilage chief-san's question . After village chief-san approves, the children begin to sip the bowl . I forgot to pass the spoons .

"Hot, delicious . "

"It's warming me up . "

"I don't get to eat this even during festivals . "

"Un, delicious . "

The children are eating vigorously as if their mouths are burning .

The adults have also gathered before I'm aware of it . There's also a person who said, "Oy, give father one too . ", among them . That's no good you know?　Taking the children's shares .

"Hey, jou-chan . If I gather the pebbles, are you going to give me those porridges too?"

"Yes, it'll warm you up . "

The adults begin to run toward the river after hearing me . Seeing that, the children give the bowl that has been licked clean back while saying thank you, and begin to run toward the river .

Err, I wonder how many people are there .

I'm worried if we could do it, but Nana-san negotiates with the village chief to allow us to use the kitchen in his house . We have plenty of the ingredients, and it looks like the village's housewives are going to help too .

Now, let's do our best to make the meal .