[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-708":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},1395213,1848,"Chapter 708 – Watermelon and Sweet Chestnut","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-708",708,"\u003Cp>Warning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t overfeed your dog with chestnuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oru the orthros is a demon dog so he’s okay desu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look around the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are all planted using the AFT so they are in very good condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m very satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there’s also something I should reflect on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle of the wheat field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are watermelons growing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About three patches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s because I suddenly thought of watermelon when I was plowing the wheat field with the AFT.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did not concentrate enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, things like this will occur once a year…no, twice…no, perhaps more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflect, me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not its season but it’s blooming just right in the middle of the wheat field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There shouldn’t be any problem if it is summer but it is currently autumn aside from the fact that there’s no outside demand for watermelon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means it can only be consumed by the village but the number is too small so what should we do with it…areh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full-grown watermelon has a tag “fairy queen” on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked the spiderling guarding the field, it said that the fairy queen found the watermelon before it bore fruit and has taken care of it since then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s the case, she should have at least informed me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maa, since she has been taking care of it, it’s good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This watermelon would be handed over to the fairy queen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she should be careful not to brag about it to the children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike during summer, we can’t add more watermelons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I was thinking so, the fairy queen appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a lot of children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children looked at me and then, used the fairy queen as a shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a stunning sense of unity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fairy queen is troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, children…you don’t have to hide from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn’t look like you did something to the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or did you do something that can get you scolded?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They said that I didn’t know the fairy queen was doing something in the field…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fairy queen, there’s no point in making yourself a shield in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not like I’m going to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave the watermelon to the fairy queen and the children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no matter how you plan to divide it, the watermelon is too small for the number of children. What are you going to do now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you cut it equally, everyone will only be able to get a very small piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was worried about that but the fairy queen and the children already had something planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of eating watermelon as it is, it will be processed into syrup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, pour it on shaved ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, that means this one should be enough, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the problem is…the season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that autumn harvest is close means winter is close too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is still warm during the day but you shouldn’t let your guard down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t eat too much shaved ice and cool your body down too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, make shaved ice using the machine made by the mountain elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And don’t eat too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll be scolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After I finished passing the shaved ice to the fairy queen and the children, I returned to my mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the watermelon, everything else will be harvested after a little more time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shaved ice machine will be placed back where it should be while the remaining watermelon syrup will be handed over to the oni maids in the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might be a difficult thing to use but try using it for cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can’t, just replace sugar with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is neither a challenge from me nor a problem to be solved for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t take it so seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just use it casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, just think of its use casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I’m really challenging you, I should have prepared more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just don’t want to throw it away since it’s a waste if I thought maybe you could use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed the watermelon syrup to the oni maids and left the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I went to the guest receiving room of my mansion, Girar and Guronde were there in a kotatsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You already brought out the kotatsu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maa, it’s fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guronde was peeling sweet chestnuts while enjoying the kotatsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the peeled chestnut will either be thrown on her mouth or Oru who’s waiting beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oru is wagging its tail happily expecting the next sweet chestnut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet chestnut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a small chestnut that is often sold under the name heavenly sweet chestnut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is sweet and delicious just like its sweet chestnut name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the chestnuts I planted were all big chestnuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It enriched the dining table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chestnut rice was delicious after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one day, I realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where are the small chestnuts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s be honest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I accidentally found a sweet chestnut in the middle of the big chestnuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t believe that there are types of chestnuts at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, I remembered that when I plowed that part using the AFT, I thought of sweet chestnuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to praise myself for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After harvesting the sweet chestnuts, it took time and effort to cook them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I learned from cooking big chestnuts so I managed to make it not explode but it’s difficult to bake or steam it since it’s too small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I managed to remember how sweet chestnuts were cooked and it was pan roasting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, I was having second thoughts about whether to put sugar or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I tried adding sugar, it became shiny and smelled better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taste is not the main purpose of adding sugar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or at least that’s what I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it is not necessary to add sugar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sugar is made in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means I don’t need to be stingy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roasted sweet chestnuts were delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since there’s a knack for peeling and considering the shelf life after pan roasting, it’s not that popular in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it’s delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guronde is good at peeling sweet chestnuts even among the villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her power control is exquisite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps it’s because of her personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I take the skin off carefully, I can’t peel it cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hakuren and Rasuti could easily crush the chestnuts with their fingers while Loo and Tier were irritated by the skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if Frau is good at peeling sweet chestnuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when she was asked by those who can’t peel them, she was struggling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presently, the high elves are remodeling a dark tool that can be attached to the thumb that can peel sweet chestnuts…no, they are developing a tool that breaks it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it is completed, sweet chestnuts might become more popular in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I’m expecting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the mountain elves have already completed an automatic cooker dedicated to sweet chestnuts, we are already considering selling them outside the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, Guronde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is Girar who’s waiting with his mouth wide open the same way as Oru on his opposite side but, you are not throwing any at his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, you’re fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason is… The disagreement between Guraru and Hiichirou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make up soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Oru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t brag to Girar every time you eat sweet chestnut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll cause unnecessary trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, I looked around the village and headed to the dining room of my mansion when it was time for dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dinner was gyoza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gyozas were neatly arranged on a large plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made it first but the oni maids’ research has progressed. They are much better than the ones I made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s frustrating but it is better to eat delicious food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Areh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oni maids in the kitchen, gather!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s watermelon syrup in the gyoza, why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creativity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being creative is important but you don’t have to gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how many watermelon syrups did you use?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a reasonable amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dinner that night was slightly noisy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late chestnut cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oni maid: If you cut the surface of the chestnut, it will not explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children: Eh? But we can’t find any cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oni maid: Please look closely at the head part of the chestnut. See, it’s there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children: Oh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read the latest update only at\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early chestnut cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oni maid: You’re going to cook chestnut? Okay, I’ll bring a shield for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Village Chief:……\u003C\u002Fp>",1416,"2026-06-05T23:08:33.408Z",1,"novelbin.me","749e300a08eb055cc2bcacc232de02a7f03c014a2a1cd57de4007c05feb305df","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-709","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-707",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]