[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-975":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},1395466,1848,"Chapter 974: Looking Around the Village in Winter","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-975",975,"\u003Cp>Winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow had fallen during the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, it had piled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… about up to my knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But judging from past winters, this was still just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought weighed on me, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather at midday was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, with this much snow, I could still walk around the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I thought that, one of kuros, who was guarding me from behind, lost its footing and tumbled over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked so embarrassed so I didn’t laugh or tease it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shall I just pretend I didn’t see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it can’t be helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll pretend I didn’t see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of you too, understood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright then, let’s refocus and make the rounds through the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranch area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cows had gathered around the spots where the hot stones were placed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought cows were supposed to be hardy against the cold…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it doesn’t mean they ‘want’ to stay out in the freezing air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horses, on the other hand, were plowing through the snow and running about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few of them had decided not to leave the warmth of the hot stones, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the snow piles up too high, they won’t be able to run around anymore, so better to enjoy it while they can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goats spotted me and came running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s all, it would be cute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But of course, they went straight for me with a tackle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in a group, no less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the kuros, on guard duty, stepped in to protect me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though, they liked to stay hidden until the goats got ‘very’ close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many pranksters among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, now the goats have noticed where the kuros were lying in wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tried to turn back in a panic, and a few slipped and fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground’s slippery, so they’ll need to be careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No injuries?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good, good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beehive hut in the fruit tree area…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been reinforced, so the snow wouldn’t bring it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No problems there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat queen bee was… the same as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had some of the bees move over to Village Four, but… they should be doing well there too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll have to check on them sometime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a hidden field of strawberries and other crops that I made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fence had been put up around them for protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t build them, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably the work of the high elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made this field hidden from everyone last year, but… looks like they found them anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, considering they sometimes trail behind me for guard duty, it’s only natural they’d find it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not like I was trying to hog them for myself, so no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, harvest is a little ways off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll keep it in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Big Tree Village’s dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place where teleportation gates to other places were installed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A good number of people lived there, mostly around the Arachne Arako.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were plenty of lamia and titans as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Off the main path, they’d been cultivating bean sprouts and white asparagus year-round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The growing area expanded every year, so the harvest must be pretty large by now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most of it ended up as snacks for the arachnes else who tended them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arachnes are evolution of spiderlings so they naturally loved potatoes too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d been cultivating all sorts of potatoes as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sure you already knew, but, careful with using fire inside the caves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you need something roasted or boiled, I’ll take care of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can’t bring yourself to ask me directly, then pass a message to….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a cow walked past behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heading to the hot springs, I suppose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh, no, don’t tell the cow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youko and Rorone are busy too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Send word through Klim or the ghost sorceress who move between the hot spring area and the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the brewery, I found the dwarves drinking sake while watching the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow-viewing sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though, honestly, I think the only thing they were watching was the sake itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just the sake?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, they said they were eyeing the snacks too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, just don’t drink too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And definitely don’t sleep outside afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because you’ll freeze to death, but because it would be a problem if the kids tried to copy you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of my mansion, the spiderlings Red Armor and White Armor greeted me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh? What’s this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Red Armor had a Snipe Spider riding on its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snipe Spiders were the evolved form of spiderling. Most served as guards for the Patisserie Fairy Fairy, while some handled security aboard the airships. Naturally, a few were stationed here in the Big Tree Village as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helping out as mansion gatekeepers, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll leave it to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of Urza’s subordinates, the ice monster, had been clearing the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much appreciated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, though most of the places around had been buried on my way out, there was no snow left in front of houses or on the paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow that thas been moved is collected in the garden and square of the mansion and is now being used by the children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not quite enough for skiing or sledding, so their play centered around snowmen, snow rabbits, snow sculptures, and igloos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sculptures were probably the ice monster’s handiwork, but who helped with the igloo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is pretty big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dors and Girar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d been working hard since early morning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And where are Dors and Giral now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Went to fetch a kotatsu a while ago but haven’t come back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figures…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were probably caught trying to carry it off by Raimeiren or Guronde and are currently resisting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I see them, I’ll lend a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I peeked into the igloo, I found the wine slime inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s where it went, not with the dwarves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must be because the ice monster was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, the wine slime was often found in its company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had developed a taste for liquor poured over ice balls, perfectly rounded spheres carved from ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, it was slowly sipping while swirling its glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what I’d heard, that drink was meant to be enjoyed for the balance between the liquor and the meltwater from the ice…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wine slime actually gets it, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though speaking of which, I’ve long since given up on its drinking habits, but where did it get that glass from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely not…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four… twenty-four… twenty-four… One is missing. 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the mansion’s dining hall, an oni maid was polishing glasses with a very scary expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the glass she was holding looked…. awfully familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went ahead and tipped her off that the culprit was the wine slime.\u003C\u002Fp>",1148,"2026-06-05T23:08:42.455Z",1,"novelbin.me","9fea34e5b9f529ddf7fecebad3d053f78c68100f56d1af645aef2cfbeabb2c2f","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-976","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-974",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]