[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-312":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},1394667,1848,"Chapter 312 - A Showdown Called for a Festival","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-312",312,"\u003Cp>Village Five, big ground in front of Youko’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of people have gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is very lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are smiling too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sitting in a chair at the corner of the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is comfortable because there’s a roof that can block sunlight…..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what’s with the height of this chair?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this for guardsmen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can even see something far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to me, Youko made a grand declaration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Everyone, I have kept you waiting. From this moment, I declare the start of the blacksmith showdown! Participating teams come forward!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Youko’s declaration, people moved to free the space at the center of the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there, the participants appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This showdown is a team battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like it is not realistic to perform blacksmithing work alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gutt and his two disciples showed up along with two unfamiliar beastkins as they formed the beastkin team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two unfamiliar beastkins are helpers that Gutt called from Howling Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like they’ll take on the challenge with the five of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other team is the group of dwarves that gave Youko an ax. They are the trigger of this event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their number is….6 people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without asking anyone, I named them ax dwarf team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are also three more dwarves only team aside from the team of dwarves that are supposed to pick up the imprisoned dwarves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like the imprisoned dwarves split into three teams and participate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s call them prison dwarf A, prison dwarf B, and prison dwarf C teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another team is a team with dwarf participants but there are demons too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like a team led by the dwarves of Village Five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s call them the Village Five team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I mentioned above, this will be a showdown of six teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking time to look around, Youko nods solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Each team, declare your wishes.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a blacksmith showdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The winning team will have their wish granted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, only if their wish is feasible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to not ask for anything impossible, they will need to declare their wishes before the showdown begins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first one to declare is Gutt from the beastkin team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「We have no wish. However, that dwarf over there, if we win, you can’t say that we’re not skillful enough.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gutt glares at the ax dwarf team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, the ax dwarf team\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「We wish to buy magic iron powder at a low price. We can make better weapons than those beastkin blacksmiths over there.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beastkin team and the ax dwarf team glare at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s ignore them, prison dwarf A, B, and C.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「「「Amnesty!」」」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Village Five team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Free eat-all-you-can-eat at the village council hall’s canteen.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youko nodded and confirmed that there was no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Loch, who was next to her, records them on a paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「All right, then….」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youko came to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I have been instructed to say things in advance, I’m still nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「In this showdown, I want you to forge a sword hatchet. You are free to decide the blade length. Now, let the game begins!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a loud cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, each team heads towards the blacksmith workshop at the foot of Village Five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this match, that blacksmith workshop has been constructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One location for each team so six workshops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of those places has the same thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large amount of material is also prepared in the material storage area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that a craftsman has to think about everything else himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good luck to all of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While sitting on the chair, I watch each team leave the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd stays where they are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their line of sight is concentrated to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Then, let’s start the Village Five Festival.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After my declaration, there was a louder cheer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Village Five festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The festival in Village Five that Youko and the holy maiden Celes had planned for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They prepared for it while preparing the place for Gutt and the dwarves to compete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residents of Village Five are more interested in festivals rather than the blacksmith showdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are smells of various foods flowing from stall to stall around the ground and the main street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it took ten days to prepare for the blacksmith showdown, everyone is also preparing for the festival at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In those ten days, people come from neighboring towns and villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only customers but also merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael-san from Goroun Company was particularly enthusiastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are a lot of stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Big Tree Village, several oni maids also participated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the usual, they take a little more time to serve since they have to take payment but they are really popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if the camping coach I brought is conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This festival is great since it is not limited to food, there are also entertainments like music and simple competitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will last for one week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though you might think that a week-long festival is too long, the blacksmithing showdown takes place in over a week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youko said that she already adjusted things for it which means she has already assumed things will be like this from the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My participation is only at the beginning and at the end which is so simple…..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maa, I already left everything about Village Five to Youko.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll get off this chair and enjoy the festival…..ah, I have to go around with guards?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I enjoyed the festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the ax dwarves requested an audience to Youko.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Acting village chief-dono, I wish to express our gratitude for preparing the location of the showdown….」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Is there a problem?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「There is, I’m losing focus on the showdown.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Did something pick your interest? You are being served with food and alcohol, are you?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「We are grateful for that too but….there’s really something that caught my attention.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「If it is difficult for you to say, I won’t force you. Is it alright if I send spectators to the forge?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It’s dangerous so don’t.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「If you really want to, then do it but it is still too early. They won’t appreciate the current status of our work.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Right. The blacksmith showdown is not really something that can attract guests. Don’t be angry.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「But that’s not…..」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「What is your request?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Hnn?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Don’t you have something to ask me?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「…..regardless of the result of the match, I want to know the mechanism of that transforming wagon. It is wonderful.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Is that all?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The food and the alcohol they offer, the line is too long. We’re in the middle of a competition so we can’t line up.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I understand. I’ll arrange it. By the way, that alcohol over there came from there….do you want to give it a try?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Please, by all means.」\u003C\u002Fp>",1144,"2026-06-05T23:08:13.747Z",1,"novelbin.me","f801abd19f82638534d8fa75f6f3ab870f0dc546f85feb79fed8375e83d0e108","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-313","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-311",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]