Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains: Volume 3 by Asagi

Author:Asagi [ASAGI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2025-10-14T00:00:00+00:00

Katsuragi-san held up a piece of sweet potato tempura with her chopsticks. “I’m always amazed by how you can fry it so thick but still keep it soft and fluffy. This takes some serious skill.”

I agree—must be difficult to cook them evenly. Machiko-san’s sweet potato tempura were all large, thick pieces. The rice was also more substantial than usual thanks to the chestnuts. Chestnuts are pretty filling, huh?

After eating everything I could, I began to feel drowsy. Machiko-san saw me yawning and said, “You all must be tired. How about taking a nap? You can use that room over there.”

“Thank you.” Sure, I gotta wait for Pochi to come back anyway. I moved to the room she’d pointed to, which had a veranda, and Katsuragi-san and Aikawa-san followed.

I spent all day at home yesterday, but the day before that, I worked up a good sweat helping with the harvest. No wonder I’m tired.

“Aaaah, I’m pretty sleepy...” Katsuragi-san yawned.

“The fine weather makes you tired too,” Aikawa-san added with a chuckle.

The three of us lay down on the floor, using cushions as pillows, with me in the middle. The cooler weather lent itself well to a nap. Autumn is known for its delicacies, but I guess it’s also the season of good sleep. Ah, wait, that was spring, wasn’t it? “In spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn,” as they say.

Waking from my slumber, I noticed Yuma peeking at us from beyond the veranda. I crawled over to the veranda and hugged her softly. I’ll take a nap with her tomorrow if nothing else comes up.

“Is Pochi not back yet...?”

I craned my neck to scan the garden for him, but it was no use—you couldn’t see the other side of the fields from here. Yuma tilted her head forward in a nodding motion.

“I see. What are we gonna do with him?” I laughed. He must be still hard at work trying to find a boar. I hope he comes back before it gets dark, at least. At the same time, I couldn’t help but admire his initiative and tenacity. Sure, I’m as biased as can be, but I still think my chickens are truly amazing.

Yuma started pecking at the nearby grass. While I was lazing around on the veranda, Katsuragi-san and Aikawa-san also woke up.

“You can sleep some more if you want,” I said.

“No, I can’t.”

“I can’t either.”

I chortled at their almost identical responses. The three of us sat down on the veranda, with me in the middle once again. Is it just me, or am I acting as a kind of buffer between them? Am I just overthinking it? Or maybe it’s supposed to mirror our mountains’ positions.

After a while, we neatly folded our blankets, then spent some more time just gazing absentmindedly at the garden. Yuma had gone over to the fields.

“I’ll go let Machiko-san know we’re up,” Katsuragi-san said.

“Okay. Thanks.”

She left the room in high spirits.

“Pochi-san’s still not back?” Aikawa-san asked me.

“Yeah, I have a feeling he’s serious about this.

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