Chapter 13: Chapter 13

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'narration'“talking”

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Now that I collected all the spider threads, I have come to a realization

To make spider silk, ferment the silk with water, yeast, and sugar

Sugar is a high-end ingredient in the current times

I doubt they will give me 10 kg of it, and it will probably cost a fortune… Yeast is easy because it's somehow a staple ingredient.

“In the end, everything I do is all for a naught”

“ S***********t!!!!”

'The light yellow-haired girl cursed so loud that it shakes the trees and disturb the birds'

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Ahh… I decided to haul it for now and put it in a sack of some sort.

“Ibaraki? Why do you have tons of silk on you?”

The person that is talking to me is Rinnosuke the glasses man

“well I decided to make it a usable silk for making clothes, but it's very expensive to make, so I decided to store it for now”

“Tons may be an underestimation because you are carrying a small mountain of silk!”

“And how do you store that?!”

He asked me while having a baffled tone I want to see his expression, but the raw silk is blocking my view

“don't you have a spatial ring of some sort?”

I asked because this is Gensokyo, so surely there's a spatial tool that can store things!

Like the RPG I've played and the cultivator stories I've read

“We have a storage bag that can store things… But I'm not sure if it could store that many silks”.

Does he refer to the bag on his waist?

“Then store it, please”

“Very well…”

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“Are you Doraemon perhaps?”

“Who?”

“A robot cat that comes from the future that can grab many things on his pouch and can store many things on his pouch”

“Is that a manga?”

“Yes”

He looks so interested that he started to look at his collection

Hmm… I don't know if there's a manga called Doraemon in this world.

So I started to clean the tops with a wet towel and arranged the things that have been disturbed by Marisa and Reimu

'When suddenly the door slams open revealing Marisa'

“Hey, Kourin! What's up? Today's our routine hot pot day!”

I guess it's an everyday thing that happened in this place…

Also, the ability to make people not aware of you is very neat

I just like to eavesdrop and not partake in any conversations

“Ibaraki, you should join too!”

How…? I'm sure I make my move so quiet that most people won't notice me…

Ah… Even the quickest sound will be heard if you put it in the quietest room.

I should've made Nitori fix the clock

“Hot pot huh… With that bird?”

She is holding a bird that is similar to a heron, but it has white feathers red mask and a black beak

I don't know about the wildlife that much… Though I'm knowledgeable about monsters and stuff.

“Isn't that a crested ibis? What happened”.

“Yeah, I caught it by the shrine. Reimu's preparin' stuff for the hot pot, so she'll be late.”

“And why did you decide to meet at my place? You never even asked.”

“What are you talkin' about? That'll make a great meal! Sure, he looks a bit worse for the wear, but…”

Hmm… Rinnosuke, why are you still acting surprised when they always do this every time?

Honestly, I just adapted way too quickly…

Red Ibis, that's the name of that bird… I guess they have red meat?

“Well, I guess it's fine, but why hot pot, all of a sudden?”

“Isn't it obvious? Cold days are all about hot pots.”

That's true, cold days need hot food… But I usually eat ice cream when it's too cold.

Because it won't melt easily, so I could have much time to enjoy it and not act like I'm participating in an eating tournament

Marisa continued to the kitchen

“Well, I just found E'm by chance, but he was pretty lively until a while ago.”

Well, I'm just going to continue, not that it is relevant or anything…

Sudden sharp pain can be felt in my heart

It's not a physical one but an emotional one

I guess it's Ibaraki's feelings? Though I know how to differentiate because like Sofia I like being ignored because I have freedom.

But as Ibaraki, being ignored is probably her hate because she is constantly being ignored by Shuten while she focuses on males

Hmm… Well I'm not the original Ibaraki but a mix of me and her.

Whatever I got paid for monotonous work is all I ever I could ask

“Sorry for the wait! Marisa is here, too, right?”

“… I wasn't waiting. How could I when you girls showed up so suddenly?”

It seemed Reimu has arrived with several bags and Rinnosuke makes his rebuttal

“Well, of course, we came suddenly. But you should be waiting at all times. Isn't this a shop and everything?”

True

“Hey, Reimu! Took ya long enough! Let's get this hot pot cookin'.”

“C'mon, hand it over!”

I don't know what are they doing because I'm cleaning the shelves and why there are so many glasses?!

A simple slip I could lose my earnings

“I brought everything, yes.”

Interesting aren't these pickles?

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“Huh? This is red miso. Who told you to bring red miso?”

This is way too fermented! This should be thrown out.

“I didn't need to be told. Red miso is the obvious choice for ibis broth!”

“Hey, hey! The hot pot is already red enough, so we should make it with white miso. Putting red miso in red broth? Are ya some kind of Communist?”

How did the conversation about food become like that?!

“It's not like you aren't going to eat because of the color. Since ibis meat is red, to begin with, it shouldn't bother you, right? And why white miso? This isn't the Genpei War.”

*Squawk*

Huh?! The bird! Marisa, You are killing the bird!

“Don't Red pickles go with tonkotsu? Wouldja put it in miso ramen?”

“And doesn't fukujinzuke go with in curry? But knowing you, you'd probably throw it in a cream stew.”

“Having somethin' red in the middle of somethin' white is the sign of a Japanese soul!”

“I'm already red and white enough. And what part of you has a Japanese soul, Marisa? Do you even know what 'Wabi-sabi' is?”

wabi-sabi is a worldview centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating the beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete” in nature. It is prevalent throughout all forms of Japanese art.

Wow! I didn't think Ibaraki knows that!

“I don't think ya know yer self, Reimu.”

“Of course, I don't.”

Also, this conversation isn't going anywhere

“I could roast that right here right now, just let Rinnosuke choose, and we're done”

Yup! Making everyone suffer is my specialty!

His face becomes pale after I throw a curveball toward him

They say women are scarier if they made you choose between them

But only a harem protagonist has that problem…

“Rinnosuke Isn't red Miso Better?!”

“Nah, Kourin isn't white Miso better than Red Miso?!”

Wait?!!! Rinnosuke is a Harem protagonist?!

That's an amazing discovery… I should make a book that exaggeration how Kourin conquered every girl in Gensokyo by being himself…

Maybe add some hot stuff on it, hehehehe…

“How about making a curry?”

“No/Nope!”

He felt defeated after that

Damn… He failed at charisma check, too bad he isn't a bard.

Ahh… I've watched too many TTRPG that I've absorbed their jokes.

“Ibaraki, Red or white, which color do you like the most?”

Don't drag me onto this Marisa

“how about you two settle this on a duel?”

“Yeah, that'll work, too. Wanna go?”

“Of course!”

Rinnosuke looked at me accusingly

Don't look at me like that, I didn't think your charisma to girls isn't as high as your appearance

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The rules were: 1-on-1 with Spell card Rules. If Reimu won, the hot pot would be done her way; if Marisa won, she'd make her go buy white miso.

Shooting magic like that… What an eye-opener for me to tell me that this is truly another world.

Though I wish they will tone it down because the number of projectiles overloads my brain

Marisa's way of fighting is very aggressive, while Reimu is very laid back

Yup, I can't beat Marisa, and I'm just lucky that she let her guard down, and I easily subdue her with a shoulder throw

I'm a melee fighter and I can't shoot magic freely because I will die if I overdo it

Good thing I'm just a store worker

“Hey, that's dangerous! What if it had hit me, Marisa!? Jeez…”

“Aw, c'mon! Why didn't it hit?”

“Your bullets swerve to avoid me on their own. How nice of them!”

“They're flyin' straight…”

Main character alert!

Hahaha… Though probably because of her god because if she dies the replacement will be hard to find?

I've realized gods exist because they are part of myths and legends too

“Sorry for the wait, we've just made a decision.”

“Yes, you always make me wait like this. I already made the hot pot. With red miso, as expected.”

When I'm absorbed with the fight, Rinnosuke has already cooked it…

Why do I always don't bother paying attention to my surroundings?

In my previous life, I'm a bit paranoid but here I just think I'm immortal and don't bother with anything

“Grrr… Have you already prepared the hot pot? What would ya do if I had won, Kourin?”

“I would have had you eat an ibis cooked in the tastiest way.”

They entered the store while I just stayed here

Throughout my entire life, the only person that cared about me is Stella and my underlings

My mother is just dead, and I don't have a memory of her

My father just wanted to find more pawns

I've severely underestimated Stella's worth… I guess being lonely isn't that bad, since I've been alone for nine years of my life.

Something pokes me in my cheeks

I look at it and it's Marisa

“what are you doing?”

“C'mon, let's go inside, so we could start to dig in”

I look at Reimu and Rinnosuke waiting at the door

“sure… I'm just too absorbed with my thoughts”.

I guess I've underestimated my own worth too… Not only that, but I forgot we are friends.

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