[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-144":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Isekai Nonbiri Nouka",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1394799,1848,"Chapter 144 - Housesitter","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-144",144,"\u003Cp>My name is Donovan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m a dwarf but I’m different from the usual dwarf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am from the great race of elder dwarves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our difference with dwarves is…..I wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really don’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it physical strength? Lifespan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe alcohol tolerance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as there is alcohol, we can be whatever we like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alcohol is everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alcohol is life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the way the dwarves lives and that will be how I’ll live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, I don’t care if people laugh at me for going to the forest of death just because of the rumored delicious alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll go there as I like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will not think of the risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there is a place with delicious alcohol, I will be there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached the Big Tree Village like that and devote myself to brewing alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am not a man who only drinks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can make them too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village’s crops are very suitable for brewing alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, I feel like they were nurtured to be the suitable raw material for alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m grateful for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they also built an alcohol workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I invented new kinds of alcohol and new methods of drinking them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder dwarves scattered in various places have gathered here one after another too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one seems to resist the temptation of alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all jumped into the forest of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after getting over it, they will be welcomed by delicious alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None complains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even feel sorry for those who have yet to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maa, it’s only a matter of a few drinking session before they come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have drunk more in my several years here at this village than I have drunk in my long life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the mountain of barrels filled with delicious alcohol, I thought that it’s okay to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, I should not die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still have to brew delicious alcohol and continue drinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, even though I’m like this, I am not corrupt and reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the village chief said that he’ll leave for a while, I promised in my heart that I will only brew 9 instead of 10 in order to protect the village in his absence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I vowed to do so, I was surprised that the village chief has returned to take a bath after 30 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he went out again, he returned again after another 30 minutes and said that he needs help with cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know what this is about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There will be a banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t participate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m currently the housesitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I can’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like my forecast has come true. The village chief decided to have a banquet in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of the village chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a grand banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s skills are getting better as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if I can do something artistic too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s practice now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, I’m still housesitting. But didn’t I just housesit for an hour today?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village chief has left again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have been waiting for him for two hours but he still hasn’t returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, I’m really housesitting this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s nothing much to do though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone is devoted to their respective jobs and no one is slacking off even if no one is watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our guests, the vampire’s true ancestor and the angel girl, both accompanied the village chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lamias who helped us with brewing alcohol has been relieved because winter is coming and they need to return to the southern dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it has become like this, I’ll devote myself to my work too….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To tell you the truth, the preparation for winter and the brewing preparation are almost complete too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should I try something to the preserved food and make something new?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, that’s not something I can do without the village chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially without his permission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village chief gives his permission to anything that is not considered serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t need to do things secretly too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’s here, he’ll even arrange it so that I can receive help from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was troubled, some business matter that I personally should attend to arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the gatekeeper dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he’s a guy who rarely talks but he’s intimately associated, like he already belongs, to this village now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he’s close with us, he’s still a guest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of thing will be taken care of me every day for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fufufu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entertaining the gatekeeper dragon is something that only someone like me, who’s trusted by the village chief, can do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「You have come, welcome.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two individuals who thought of the same thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are the demon girl Frau and the mountain elf Ya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These lasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Can you not interfere with me?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「This is a job for women.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「That is right, this is something I’m very familiar with.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While we were having an unsightly conflict, the gatekeeper dragon was entertained by Zabuton-dono.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never thought that Zabuton-dono will make her move. I was careless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s an existence more formidable than these lasses before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She guides the gatekeeper dragon to the inn like usual and when did she instruct the oni maids? They are already preparing food before I noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the elves and the beastgirls are already preparing for their respective performances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything’s perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuh….Zabuton-dono.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t simply admit defeat….AAAHHHH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrel of alcohol is my treasure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even secretly hid it from the village chief!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, don’t take it out……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WAI-WAAIIITTT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t let the gatekeeper dragon drink it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How about…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zabuton-dono and I are friends, why don’t we share it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I apologize for hiding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m really sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I can’t speak with Zabuton-dono.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sure that we have built trust between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sure she’ll notice if I send her my thoughts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was useless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that I think about it, I have never spent time together with Zabuton-dono!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Si-since it has come to this….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Let’s go, lasses.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Eh?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「What are you doing?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Let us all entertain the gatekeeper dragon.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like us, Zabuton-dono was entrusted with this village too so it’s normal for her to entertain the gatekeeper dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I must admit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t do the outstanding job she had just shown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, let me join you drink my treasured alcohol!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man’s pride is worthless before alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s according to me, the elder dwarf Donovan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High elves and beastgirls POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It seems like Doraim-san is strangely tense…or is it my imagination?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It is probably because he’s being entertained by Zabuton-san.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Hahaha. Yeah right. Ah, I’ll wear the new dress made by Zabuton-san.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Sounds good. I also like her new work.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doraim’s screaming heart(bashfulness in display)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Village chief….where are you? Daughter….where are you? Help me.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuro’s pups(POV)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The safety of the village is entrusted to our paws. Everyone, don’t let your guard down.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Ooouuuu!」\u003C\u002Fp>",1149,"2026-06-05T23:08:13.746Z",1,"novelbin.me","5fe1bb89814134b40f9263b273eae56d60da7de19d937123758df3cf42d193dd","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-145","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-143",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]