We were invited to stay the night at Mayor Fadon's house.
At dinner time.
"Oh, fortunately we didn't get any damage from the . ...... I didn't know that. ...... Did Nido-sama exterminate them?"
Hearing Goose's explanation, Mayor Fadon bowed his head to Jin.
"Please don't do that. I only did what I could do."
"No, it's something only Nidou-sama, the Magecraft Meister, can do. I was worried about you. When I saw them flying away from the fields that had just been harvested, I felt a chill run down my spine.
Fortunately, the outbreak in this area occurred after the harvest, so there was practically no damage.
< was slightly off the cultivated land.
Guth, who was born and raised in Huso, was relieved to hear that not only Nade, but also the towns and villages of Tauro, Romune, Kyd, and Ulun suffered only minor damage.
Located in the north of the Laurentian continent, Husø has a cold rather than cool climate, and most of the crops are harvested by early September.
Therefore, the passed through the fields where the harvest was finished, devouring only the leftover rice, wheat, and potato vines.
"It's a bit of a problem that we ran out of straw, but we can get some from other villages for free, you know.
Fadong said, his face reddening slightly with alcohol.
"Did you get enough for the fermented soybeans?"
"Yes, we got it at the same time as the harvest.
The most important use of rice straw for them is to make natto.
The spores of the bacillus natto are attached to the rice straw and are awakened by passing the straw through boiling water. At the same time, other bacteria are sterilized and only the natto bacillus remains.
The natto is fermented by wrapping steamed or boiled soybeans and keeping them warm at a certain temperature to make natto.
Natto is made in this traditional way.
Therefore, it is customary to secure rice straw that has little damage from insects for natto production, so there were no problems with natto production that year.
"That's good."
Guth loves natto.
Jin also likes natto, but since Erza doesn't like it and it is rarely served at the table, he is secretly looking forward to eating it here.
"......"
Erza looked at Jin with a sideways glance as he ate the natto with relish.
Saki is eating it normally without much aversion.
"You didn't bring Hannah with you this time, did you?
"No, she was only with us for a short time this time."
It seemed that Frede remembered Hannah as well.
With such conversation, the dinner was peaceful.
Nalie was as quiet as ever and stuck to Goose. Saki was looking at her with a complicated expression on her face.
"Saki sister, I knew it... ...... about Mr. Goose."
In a whisper, Erza whispered into Jin's ear.
"I guess so. I'm sure Goose isn't too happy ...... about it, but he's a simpleton, you know."
"I don't think Goose would want to be told that by his brother Jin alone."
Why?
"...... that kind of thing."
Jin was about to ask something else when Hwadong spoke up.
"By the way, it's amazing to see a vehicle that can fly. As expected of Nido-sama.
"Ah, yes..."
"I don't remember how many generations ago my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's ...... grandfather's grandfather, <>, once spoke of a flying vehicle, I remember reading in the family tradition."
"Yes, the <> did."
No wonder, since airplanes already existed in Shuki's time.
"By the way, have you found any clues for the <>?"
It was here that I had learned about , and from there I learned about Adriana Tierra and Shuki Tsetsi.
"Yes, I found them."
"Oh! Please tell us about it!
Jin was wondering what he should do since he had to explain to Mags that he was a stray from another world,
"Leave that kind of thing to me," Goose said.
Goose said.
"Jin, just correct me if I'm wrong in my explanation.
"Okay. Okay. Please."
Goose was much better suited for this kind of talk than Jin. Especially since he and Vivian had put together the stories of and , the previous magical engineer.
"First, at the foot of Mount Funisys, <> met the woman who would be his lifelong companion, <>. ......"
From then on, the story goes on, blurring the details where necessary.
Nalley was also interested in the story and listened to it with a twinkle in his eyes.
"...... and <> went on a journey to spread his knowledge to this world. ......That's about all I found out at the ruins at the foot of Mount Funisys. ...... Jin, do you have anything to add?"
"No, I think that's fine. Mr. Fadon, that's what I mean.
"Ummm, <> has such a past. ...... No, thank you, Goose. Thank you, Mr. Nido. You've put an end to my long-standing doubts."
Fadon took Jin and Goose's hands and bowed, a little excitedly.
Nally and Phrede also seemed to be impressed, and their eyes were slightly moistened.
Jin was surprised that Nally, who is still a little girl, was also moved by the news about <>.
All of us in Huso are thankful to the Wise One every day," said Fadon.
Fadon said.
Jin agreed that this was not surprising, since he was a half-deified <>.
They talked until quite late that night, and it was around 11:00 p.m. when they went to bed.
"Good night, Elsa.
"Good night."
Of course, Jin and Elsa shared a room.
"I'm going home for the first time in a while. There's nothing left."
Goose said and went back to his old house.
And Saki said.
"Hey, uh, Goose... ....... I'd like to see the house you used to live in.
And she went with him.
At that time, Goose said,
"You're a curious guy, aren't you? What's so interesting about it?"
But his face was a little red, which no one could see in the darkness.
I was just saying, "Come on, here we are.
"Well, here we are."
A cozy two-story wooden house on the outskirts of town. It was Goose's parents' house.
"I don't have anything to worry about being stolen.
Saying this, Guth unlocks the front door.
"...... I didn't know they had a key like that."
The key was a kind of "marquetry" key that could only be opened by sliding the parts in a certain sequence of steps.
After more than 20 complicated steps, the front door opens.