Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 13 by Hiro Ainana and shri

Author:Hiro Ainana and shri [Ainana, Hiro / Shri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2021-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

Arisa produced a largish persimmon from her Item Box and handed it to me.

“Yeah, some kind of coconut crabs were growing them.”

She then pulled out a bag from her Item Box containing a cushion-size coconut crab.

It was dead, of course. My AR display indicated it was called a maze light fruitcrab; the light part probably came from the light stone pebbles on its back.

“They were stuck to the ceiling of a small cavern, shedding light on the persimmon trees.”

So the crabs helped the trees grow, then ate the fruit when it was ripe? What an interesting symbiotic relationship.

“Crabs growing persimmons? Reminds me of the old ‘The Monkey and the Crab’ folktale.”

“Yeah, I had the same thought, so we only killed one crab and took one persimmon. We even used Mia’s magic to paralyze them so we could leave them a rice ball in exchange before we retreated.”

Okay, you probably didn’t have to go that far.

“So is the persimmon edible?”

Arisa seemed more interested in eating the fruit than marveling at its unique ecology.

“It doesn’t seem to be poisonous, but it’s the astringent type. I think all we could do with it is dry it.”

The golden exterior made it look like a rare ingredient, so I searched my documents in Storage for any information on the fruit or the crab, but no results came up.

“Oh? Why don’t we just pickle it in shochu to remove the astringency?”

Arisa’s suggestion sounded like a grandmother’s wisdom.

I would have to get her to teach me how later.

“Huh, I’ve never actually heard of th—”

Just then, the sound of a loud splash and screaming came from behind us.

“OMG!”

“Ouchie!”

Tama and Pochi!

I used “Warp” to teleport over to the source of the cries almost instantaneously.

Tama and Pochi were lying there, their lower bodies turned bright red. According to my AR display, they’d sustained burns.

“Here, I’ll heal you.”

I selected the Water Magic spell Water Heal from the magic menu.

Mia was starting a chant, but I thought it best to take care of this as quickly as possible.

“Pochi! Tama!”

Liza came running over with a Fairy Pack in hand.

She must have been planning to heal them with potions.

“Aye.”

“We’re okay now, sir.”

Even with their wounds healed, the pair’s bodies still seemed hot, so I put some ice from Storage next to them.

“Cooool?”

“Feels good, sir.”

Still naked, Tama and Pochi pressed the ice against themselves.

“What happened?”

“I’m terribly sorry, master. It was entirely my fault.”

“Boiling-hot bath.”

Mia turned and pointed at the hottest tub. The lid had been removed.

Liza had gotten overexciting about all the baths and taken off the lid to get in, and Tama and Pochi hadn’t been able to resist jumping in after her.

Liza’s skin was red, too, but she didn’t seem to have any burns.

“Don’t ever go into that bath again, you two.”

“Aye-aye.”

“Yes, sir.”

Just to be safe, I gave Tama and Pochi a warning.

“Master, we brought cold water.”

“We must cool them down immediately, I report.”

A disheveled Lulu and the ever-expressionless Nana came over with buckets of cold water.

“Thanks, you two. I already healed them and gave them ice, so they should be fine now.

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