It’s late autumn, the leaves are falling, the wind is getting colder as days pass by, and the clothing stores in the city are gradually starting to stock more and more winter clothes.
Even the water I use to wash my face in the morning is getting colder and colder. It’s already harsh in my hand and it’s annoying me day after day.
Of course, if I were to go outside and get splashed by water at this time of the year, I would probably catch a cold.
The water, the cold surface of the water, was splashing up to my little feet.
「Uwaaaaaa!」
「Idiot! Kakra! Get up! Get up! Or else you’re going get dragged!」
「Why are fish so strong!」
「Probably because you’re fighting them head-on!」
I had come on a reservation-only nabe with my fellow postal workers. We are currently fishing for ingredients and were about to be dragged by the bamboo which line is at the water of the pool.
I thought it would be easy since even Poto, who’s smaller than me, managed to catch one!
The hook got stuck on my clothes and I couldn’t get it off. After that, the line was tangled in my leg and I couldn’t stand up….
As I was grieving, wondering if I’m going to be dragged to the pool, I was suddenly pulled up, along with the entire bamboo pole, and made to stand on the ground.
「Are you alright? You’ll catch a cold if you lie down outside like that.」
I look up to see a gentle face smiling at me.
It was the centaur Pickles-san, the ace of the adventurers.
As I stood there, staring at her face, a famous person with whom I had no contact with, I was tapped on the shoulder from the side.
「…..th……is….」
I turned to the person who tapped and told me that, I saw Vongo-san, a birdkin and Pickles-san’s partner, she swung her fingers from side to side.
「Vongo-chan says, if the fish is pulling, run to the other side. You have to swing around to weaken them.」
「O-okay〜」
As expected of a famous duo, with just those syllables, they were able to transmit that many words.
「Thank you very much! I’ll try it!」
「Okay, then, good luck.」
Pickles-san handed me the bamboo and I ran right along the pool before I got pulled down again.
Soon, I felt the direction change so I pulled to the other side.
I’m not good at things that need power but I’m great in terms of running.
I felt like being pulled, so I ran to the other side.
I get pulled again, so I run in the opposite direction again.
After repeating this over and over again, more and more people began to gather.
「Isn’t that Kakra the idaten? What is she doing?」
「She’s fishing.」
「Why is she fishing while running?」
「Because she was almost dragged into the pool earlier.」
「I see. I heard master was also dragged the other day.」
It’s a little embarrassing but this is the only thing I can do.