Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 7] by Asagi

Author:Asagi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, slice of life, monster taming, adult protagonist, lighthearted, talking animals, slow life, modern day, farming
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

5. Dealing with the Rainy Season and Chicken Vaccines

The next morning, I woke up to find that, for some reason, my chickens had grown larger yet again.

“Why?”

I measured them—they’d grown to about a meter tall.

“Whyyyyyy?!” I exclaimed.

“Why!”

“Why!”

“Why!”

Hey! You tell me!

I did have a feeling they were growing bigger. As of yesterday, they’d been probably about seventy centimeters tall, compared to the half meter I’d measured them at in late April. But since I was spending time with them every day, I thought maybe I was just imagining things. This time, however, the change was so sudden and apparent that I couldn’t write it off as my imagination.

“Should I be worried?”

They’d grown at an absurd pace—it might have taken a toll on their bodies.

“Any growing pains or that sort of stuff?” I asked, tilting my neck, and they copied my gesture. Even at this size, they’re still pretty cute, huh?

“I’m asking if you’re hurt anywhere from the huge growth spurt. Do you hear me?”

“You hear me?”

“You hear me?”

“You hear me?”

“You’re doing that on purpose, aren’t you...?”

They didn’t seem to be feeling any pain or discomfort, and they were flapping their wings and tails with no issues. I didn’t know they could swing their tails like that.

“A veterinarian...will probably have no idea what to make of you guys. I doubt I can find one who’s seen chickens with tails like these.”

Previously, I had thought they resembled lizard tails, but these were more like something you’d see on a dinosaur or something. I tried touching their tails—they were smooth, hard, and had bones. They’re basically feathered dinosaurs.

“Doesn’t seem like you can cut these off...”

They were definitely different from lizard tails. I also had a look inside their beaks, and I found they each had a set of sharp, jagged teeth. Scary as hell.

I looked it up, and chickens weren’t supposed to have teeth. To be more precise, sometimes, right after hatching, they had teeth on the tips of their beaks that disappeared after a while. But certainly, they shouldn’t have teeth like these, which you’d usually find on a predator. Just what are you guys?

I wonder if anyone else had bought colored chicks from the festival that day. Did the other chicks also grow into this? “If that were the case, people would notice that something was off...” Katsuragi-san also got her dragon at the festival—the same went for Aikawa-san and his snakes. If there were a bunch of people out there raising bizarre creatures like these, I’d have already heard about it on the internet or the news or something. I wonder what’s going on here...

“Anyway, let me know if anything feels off,” I told the chickens. It’s no use mulling it over. I had some shopping to do today, so I weeded the lawn and then headed out.

I didn’t bother pulling weeds by the roots and just gave them a run over with the lawn mower, except for the ones near the house and around the fields. I’d been using that organic pesticide I’d made on the fields, so I didn’t need to worry about bugs.

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