Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 10 by Ao Jyumonji

Author:Ao Jyumonji [Jyumonji, Ao]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2018-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

6. The Steps of Happiness

Kuzaku was with a woman in a green coat—or so he thought. He was scared to ask her gender, and he doubted she spoke his language anyway, so he couldn’t ask. But, well, she was probably a woman.

Her chest was, well, you know. She had a pair? Like, they were huge. You could say she was tall, but there were women out there who rivaled any man when it came to height. But, well... her face? It was hard to call it beautiful.

Her skin color, too, it was this kind of greenish cream color. She had no nose. Well, no, she did sort of have one. Or just nostrils, you could say. There was her mouth, which showed her teeth and gums, too. And her eyes were red.

She was kinda scary. Scarier than an orc. Oh, also, her name was apparently Yanni.

Yanni led him into the mountains, and after walking for a while, a building that was like some sort of mountain hut came into view. No, not like a hut, it was a hut.

Next to the hut was a pile of logs that had been cut to be the same length. Come to think of it, he’d been periodically hearing conk, conk sounds for a while now. Someone was felling trees around here. In that case, was this a lumberjack’s hut?

Yanni gestured to the pile of logs with her chin. Was she telling him to make something with them?

“No way. That can’t be it,” he muttered. Kuzaku mimed shouldering a long object, then shook his head in the direction they’d come from. “You want me to carry them? Back to the village? That’s probably it, right?”

Yanni nodded, as if to say yes.

Kuzaku pointed to himself. “Me, alone?”

“Ah?” Yanni tilted her head to the side.

“Erm, I dunno how to say this, but this work? This job? Like, am I doing it alone? You know, there are kind of a lot of them? Easily a hundred, right? More, maybe. On top of that, those trees, they’re pretty big, aren’t they? I wonder if I can carry them by myself? I’m a little hesitant...”

Yanni was quietly listening, but the moment Kuzaku stopped speaking, she gestured to the pile once again, as if to say, Get on with it.

Kuzaku frowned and held his head. “Dammit. No room for negotiation, huh? I’m about as exhausted as possible, so physical labor is gonna be tough...”

Yanni made a loud sound, sucking air through her teeth. Meant to intimidate, no doubt. Scary.

Kuzaku shrugged his shoulders and lowered his head. “Okay. Getting right on it.”

“Wolla.”

“...Huh? What’s that? What do you mean?”

“Waouf.”

“No, I don’t understand. But I’m guessing it probably means ‘Hurry up,’ or something. I’ll do it. I’ll do it. I mean, the girls can’t do this sort of work, and Enba-kun’s only got one arm.”

“Neak!”

“Right! I said I’ll do it!” Kuzaku jogged over to the mountain of logs. He’d meant to dash, but his stomach growled incredibly loudly, and he stumbled.

Oh, crap. My legs are going to give out.

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