Not Sure, Another World Reincarnation

Chapter 101: Drink the Morning Herb Tea

Umm Its morning? Hm? The ceiling was close? What an unfamiliar ceiling Where is this? Oh, someone was hugging me Kuro? Ah, right. I stayed at Trielas house last night. The ceiling was close because I was sleeping on the bunk bed

Haa. As usual, Im not good with mornings. I woke up early because of my habit, but I became absent-minded because my blood pressure was low. Thats why I was dazed for a while.

Hmmm My head has become much clearer. Lets check my current situation. Kuro was sleeping while hugging me, burying her face in my . The time was I always woke up at five to six oclock in the workshop, so it should be around that time.

I didnt have to wake up this early, so what should I do Lets just peel Kuro off me and change my clothes first.

I carefully peeled Kuro off me, making sure I wouldnt wake her up. Then I changed my clothes using [Storage], used [Wash] to cleanse and brush my teeth, took out a mirror, and combed my hair. Then, as usual, I braided my hair loosely and wore my glasses. I didnt wear my cloak.

By the way, I didnt wear my cloak when I was here yesterday. Thanks to that, someones gaze towards a part of my body was painful. Disgusting.

Now that Id finished changing my clothes hmm, should I prepare breakfast? Then lets wake Arle up She wouldnt wake up. Speaking of which, Arle had always been very hard to wake up in the morning Even more than me.

Haa It cant be helped. Ill do it by myself.

Once I left the room, I could see the inside of the boys room. They were wrapped in blankets, curled up on the floor sleeping. They could at least spread out a cloth or blanket on the floor other than the mattress or sheets Well, I dont really care.

I went down to the first floor, lit a fire in the furnace, and left it for a while until the fire became large. Then, I heat the pot of soup I made last night. After that, I took out a kettle from my [Storage], added herbs, and heated it.

The rice balls and meatballs were cold, so steam it? The rice balls would be delicious even when they were cold. Maybe I should keep it that way to teach them how it tasted. I put the meatballs in the frying pan. I covered it with a lid and put the fire on low heat. It would burn if I leave it alone, so I timely tilted the frying pan and rolled the meatballs until its done.

When I was preparing the meals like that, I heard a footstep of someone coming down from the second floor. Who? Oh, Ryuu? How surprising.

Huh? Ren? Good morning, Ryuu. Ah, yeah Err, good morning? What are you doing? Preparing breakfast. Umm, what about Arle? Shes still sleeping. Shes not a morning person. Ah, youre right

My hands didnt stop even when I was having an idle talk with Ryuu. There werent many things to do, though.

Umm Dont just stand there. How about washing your face first? Eh? Face? You can use the hot water in the bathroom, you know? Ah, yeah

The latitude of this country seemed to be ways toward the north. Recently, the weather had gotten colder even in the morning. Its good that I could use hot water anytime.

Another person came down while Ryuu went to wash his face in the bathroom.

Ahh, youre really here as I thought Sorry, Ren. I cant wake up in the morning Dont worry, Arle. Please wash your face first. Huh? Arle, you already woke up? Ryuu? Arent you waking up a bit too early? I always wake up at this time. Is that so? Then Ill wash my face too. Yeah, do that. Its so convenient that we can use hot water from the morning! Eh? Is it that good? Yeah, think about it. Washing our face in the winter using cold water is too much, right? Itll wake anyone up, though. Oh! I see, youre right!

I get it, its like your heart stopped for a moment, right? I guess installing the hot-water heater was the correct choice. After Arle went to wash her face with a spring in her footsteps, Ryuu stared at me preparing the breakfast. What? I couldnt calm down if you stared at me that much, though? Hes bothering me, Ill chase him out.

Ryuu, why dont you practice swinging this if youre free?

I took out the wooden sword that I made when I practiced how to fight before and handed it to Ryuu. I felt restless if he kept watching me cooking. Im not good at socializing. Thats why he should practice swinging that in the balcony.

By the way, I might have used this wooden sword once to develop the [Storage]. Well, it ended as a crushing failure.

Eh? Can I use this? Im giving that to Ryuu, so use it as you like. Got it, then Im going for a while. Um, thank you!

I was only getting rid of him because he was bothering me, yet he thanked me with joy while going away how can I say this? Its embarrassing.

Huh? Where did Ryuu go? He went to the veranda. He was bothering me, so I chased him away by giving him a wooden sword and telling him to practice swinging.

Speaking of which, Norn and Bell were sleeping on the balcony, right No, it should be okay. Maybe.

Hmm I dont know if I should call you kind or stern. Im not kind. Tsundere? Im not being affectionate.

How unexpected. Im not that easy, okay?

Lets not talk about that anymore. Is there anything I can do to help? Nothing in particular, but please come over here. I will explain what Im doing. Okay~

I explained to Arle about this and that. For now, it wasnt that complicated. Anyway, lets start cooking rice for lunch.

Umm. Then I can choose the way I cook the food in this frying pan as I like? Yes. Its delicious if you eat it like this or if you put it in the soup. The texture will be different, so I want you guys to enjoy those things. So there are differences in texture I never thought of that. The aroma will also change a lot.

Food wasnt something you could enjoy with just the taste. Learning to think like that would be advantageous for Arle in the future.

Now that I finished my explanation, I poured the herb tea into a cup and gave it to Arle.

This is delicious What do you put inside? Its

Since this was a good opportunity, I decided to teach her some of the wild plants that could be used to make herbal tea. Tea was a luxury item, making it expensive to buy. But being able to make it on your own would be very convenient.

Its interesting to try various blends. Hee, that sounds fun Its amazing that it has various effects.

Blending herb tea would take forever to master, so dont overdo it, okay?

Ryuu returned when we were talking. Looking at his condition, I dont think Norn and Bell bit him.

Huh? What are you drinking?

What a glutton Well, its fine, though? Rather than that

You reek of sweat. Please go take a bath. Eh, wait

Yeah, he smelled of sweat. So I forced him into the bathroom.

That being said, it seems like Ryuu had been working hard. However, just how effective was his practice?

I had been learning the art of quick draw for a while in my past life, so I actually knew the basics of swordplay. However, my knowledge was for katana, so I think the usability was slightly complicated. And I couldnt decide whether to teach a technique of another world. I could watch over his practice, but I didnt want to make time to do that Yeah, Ill do it when I feel like it.

As I think about such things, more people came down. It seems like they woke up because of the sound Ryuu made during practice.

Ryuu took a bath without locking the door, so the ones who wanted to wash their face ended up having to ogle his naked body. He was still stupid as usual

We had breakfast when everyone had gathered. Apparently, todays breakfast was a lot earlier than their usual one.

Oh well, time to eat!

Everyone got the four meatballs I made yesterday. Two of them were already in the soup, so they could decide how they wanted to eat the other two. Everyone decided to put one into the soup and ate the other one as it was.

Meanwhile, Cain and Boman were quiet. They were glancing at me, though.

After the meal, we had a relaxing time drinking herbal tea. Not really, Arle and Triela made grilled rice balls for lunch. Yeah, use the rice I cooked in the morning, okay? I already gave the wooden lunch boxes I made to them, so they should pack the rice balls in and bring it with them. I also gave them a carry cart, so they could just load it there!

Everyone was being lazy while drinking their tea with a smile, but Kuro was especially in a good mood. Noticing that, Maricle asked Kuro the reason

Kuro, you seem to be in a good mood. What happened? Hmm? Because Rens boobs felt good?

The atmosphere in that place froze in an instant. And their eyes focused on me. Stop that! Dont look at me like that! Rather, stop staring at that specific body parts!

For some reason, Rico was muttering that it was unfair, but I pretended that I didnt hear it.

Well, we had that kind of trouble. After that, I went back to the workshop. Everyone else went to the guild since they were going to hunt horned rabbits and collect herbs as usual.

I spent my days blacksmithing as usual until the harvest festival.

Today was finally the harvest festival! Im going to have a date, you know?