episode_0095

Jules’ body feels hot, no matter how much alcohol he drank. When I first came here, I wondered why someone like Jules would live in such a secluded place, but when I realized that the hole in the ceiling was directly visible from the window, I understood.

Should we call it a natural clock that you see when you wake up?

Although it is a hunting festival, no one stays up all night and eats meat until dawn. I went into the river without people knowing and quickly washed my body.

Originally, it was supposed to be washed in a waterway, but since it was destroyed during the rainy season, it has been continuously improved, so water has not yet entered the waterway.

That’s why everyone washes in the river while paying attention when washing or washing their neck.

“Shouldn’t you wash in the river?”

“······!”

I thought my heart was dropping.

It’s Yuzu. Ujit is sitting next to me and looking at me. Come and pretend to be popular.

“There is no water coming into the waterway.”

“I will tell the priest.”

oh my.

“Yes, yes.”

Ignoring Yuzu, I dried my hair with a towel, washed it with soap, and hung it by the window. Meanwhile, Yuzu is still sitting and looking at me.

“What are you thinking?”

“What?”

“You called me to go out with you at dawn, right?”

It’s because I feel sorry for you.

“Well, I’m trying to show you something great.”

I looked around roughly.

Ujit still seems uncomfortable talking to me.

When I took the two down to Deberg’s workshop, I saw Schwein taking a nap sitting on the counter chair.

I didn’t want to wake him up, so I quietly took out three scythes from the farm equipment storage.

“Let me tell you, we don’t eat grass or anything like that.”

“Ujit.”

Ignoring Yuzu, I look at Ujit and he doesn’t respond but just looks at me.

“Isn’t there a place around here where long, sweet grass grows in clumps? It’s long…”

“It’s right in front of the village.”

I asked Ujit, and the answer came from Yuzu.

“Can you take me there?”

As Ujit nodded slightly and walked ahead, Yuzu also started walking ahead and quietly followed behind. It was still awkward so there was no conversation. I didn’t really have any intention of talking.

Outside the cave, most of the framework of the tent where Dennis would live was completed. Perhaps because there was no material to tie the leather that was supposed to cover the tent, they were still sleeping with the leather covered.

After making the sugar, I’ll help make the tent and hint at what Schwein asked for. How long did it take to walk like that?

“Here.”

“······.”

At first glance, there are tens of thousands of sugarcane plants growing taller than me. Thanks to this, people around me are already feeling sweet.

“Good. Now just cut this out.”

“Why cut this?”

──Tdu-duk!

Yuzu uprooted the sugarcane.

“You just have to pick it.”

The roots aren’t that deep, are they?

···I don’t know if that’s it, but the ground is ruined.

I don’t know if it’s long.

“You can leave the small ones as is and just pull out the large ones.”

Ujit and Yuzu started pulling up sugarcane like weeds.

Should I try picking one too?

Lee Jeong-do is—-!!

···It’s not possible.

puck!

After cutting and grinding with a sickle, the sugarcane began to fall without any effort. After all, humans have to use tools. Since I didn’t bring anything with me, I was only able to get enough sugarcane to carry in my arms.

It was heavy because there was a lot of moisture inside, but it was so long that it felt like you were holding it against your side and dragging it, so it wasn’t heavy at all. Dennis must have been disturbed from his sleep by the sound of sugar cane being dragged, so he turns over and lies down.

“Put it here.”

Starting a fire inside a village can be difficult for Hosott, who has a good sense of smell.

It took less than 10 minutes for me to leave, but Schwein had woken up from a nap, smelling of alcohol, and was looking at me with dark eyes.

“I brought sugar ingredients.”

“···They are diligent from early in the morning.”

Schwein stretched and sighed in a quiet voice.

“Wait a moment…”

Schwein, frowning as if he had a hangover, soon entered the workshop. In the meantime, as the scythe was secretly put back, the firewood and the two men, along with the two Devergs, rolled the cauldron as big as it could fit and took it out of the workshop.

“Can sugar really be made in the South? There are no sugar beets in the South.”

Now that I see it, there are two Devergs making hwasik.

“Once I say it, believe it. How much do we know about the South, so you can’t believe anything anymore?”

“You say that, but if the materials are different, aren’t the handling methods also different?”

“Painting begins after drawing a rough sketch.”

The two Debergs closed their mouths with sullen expressions on their faces.

Soon Schwein came out of the cave first and tilted his head as he looked at the sugar cane.

“Isn’t it a corn stalk?”

This is something that cannot be said without hearing.

He split the sugarcane, peeled it, and handed it to Schwein.

Schwein, who received the sugar cane and smelled it, soon took a big bite without hesitation.

Crackle—!

“Oh my god. It’s sweeter than beets…?”

I exclaimed in admiration.

Schwein passed sugar cane to the mouths of the two interested Debergs, and then began to put firewood under the cauldron.

The two Debergs, perhaps feeling the trustworthiness now, follow Schwein and begin to prepare busily.

“···Lee? What are you doing?”

It’s Dennis.

I started having trouble sleeping when the sugarcane was brought in, but I think I woke up completely because of the noise.

“Did you sleep well? I plan to make sugar with this.”

Perhaps because of the blue light of dawn, Dennis also gets up, washes his hands, and approaches me.

“When I was young, I ate this often and got scolded by my father quite a lot. They said that if we continue to do that from now on, there won’t be any teeth left.”

“I plan to make sugar with this. So that you can add sweetness to your food.”

“I have seen a story about the Ramrats of the southernmost region making sugar from honey grass. They said it was ridiculously expensive.”

Yuzu and Ujit were looking up at Dennis blankly.

Maybe it was the first time these two had seen an elf. Foreigners are always difficult to deal with. Because of that, Yuzu and Ujit keep their mouths shut and only pay attention to Dennis.

“Stop nagging. I think Hosott’s grip strength can pull this off. Is it possible?”

Schwein looks at Yuzu and Ujit with coy eyes.

“Can’t I just boil it?”

“To do that, you have to add water and boil it for a long time. This is a lot of water to begin with.”

hmm.

“Yuzu, Ujit, can you crush this?”

Yuzu turns her eyes to look at me, then grabs the candy cane with her hand.

Puddeuddeuk!

The sugarcane shell was crushed and shattered like a soda can. Sugarcane juice flowed down his hand like a wet rag wrung out.

······Yuzu looks at me with a grin.

“You can’t do this, right?”

······This bitch?

“I don’t know what humans are better than Hosott. My strength is weak, my body is weak, my eyes, nose, and ears are not good.”

The corners of Yuzu’s mouth, who had been boasting so confidently, began to turn up. It’s ridiculously true, so I can’t argue with it. As she roughly ignored it, the corners of Yuzu’s mouth went up as if it would hit her ears.

“It’s so inferior.”

“Young Hosott. Physical strength is important, but the most important things for Ain are skills, abilities, and experience.”

Yuzu and Ujit’s eyes widened.

···Does Dennis speak Hosot?

“I hope you don’t get too cocky.”

Dennis sits silently next to me, using an old dagger to peel the sugarcane husk and squeeze out the juice. Schwein looked at me in confusion and lit the firewood with an oil lighter.

“Is the oil still leaking?”

“Thanks to this, it doesn’t leak anymore and the smell isn’t that bad. I took the time to make yours with the wick you gave me.”

Schwein throws the oil lighter at me.

“This is yours.”

It was an oil lighter with a cylindrical lid.

“I will write well.”

I put the lighter in my pocket and started peeling the sugar cane.

···.

I envy Hosott, who has a strong grip.

This is because the sugarcane was continuously squeezed with all its might without even removing the husk. Moreover, the two of them are whispering and laughing without saying a word to me.

In addition, they peel sugar cane and put it in each other’s mouths to make it even better. Because sugar cane juice was squeezed, it seemed like sugar would be made quickly.

After boiling it down for a while, turn off the heat and fry it on a slightly hot plate to make sugar. The two cooks, Deberg, stirred the cauldron, while Schwein brought tools and began to help Dennis build the tent.

“Dennis.”

Green eyes turn to me.

“Why are you doing that?”

“I’ll be working here for a long time from now on, and I’ll be pretty busy.”

Schwein glances in my direction.

“That’s right.”

“Please come see your family.”

“···What does it mean?”

“Don’t misunderstand. If you had contracted the company disease, wouldn’t you have been able to clean up your family’s grave tree?”

Dennis nods.

“That’s right. It’s been quite a while.”

“If you can’t enter the village, go quietly and say hello without others noticing.”

“Is there a fixed period?”

“I plan to go out with Shir in three weeks. So, make a round trip within 3 weeks. I accompanied Uncle Schwein.”

A strange look appears in Dennis’ eyes.

“Lord Heinrich? Ymir’s tomb is a place where Dverg cannot enter.”

“Pretend to be a slave and take him away. There is a workshop run by Ramrat in Ymir’s tomb. The owner of the workshop is a man named Felix. Do you know?”

“Yes. He’s famous. There are more than 20 apprentices who want to teach each year.”

“Please introduce Uncle Schwein to Felix.”

“I understand. Sir Heinrich can speak Elvish, so it would be easy to forge his identity.”

I don’t know what Schwein was thinking, but this is the most I can do to help. Ujit and Yuzu were mesmerized by the sweet smell wafting out, unable to take their eyes off the stirring cauldron.

“Now let’s wash our hands and go in.”

My hands are sticky because of the sugar.

When I took off my prosthesis, wiped my fingers and put them in my pocket, Yuzu glanced at my hand and turned her head.

“Did you pick up a finger and eat it because you were hungry?”

It wasn’t cut, but it looked like it had been cut.

I know he’s that kind of kid to begin with…

“Ujit. Do something with your girlfriend’s snout.”

“I don’t like it.”

“Ugh… it’s done. That’s it.”

Ujit laughed heartily and avoided my gaze.