The New Year's party ended peacefully, and those who had work to do went to their respective houses, while the others stayed at Horaijima.
Those who stayed over were Saki, Goose, Vivian, Hannah, Zion, and Marikka. Meene is not a sleepover group because this place is like a half house (she has her own room).
Milowina went back to the house with a regretful look on her face.
"I see..." she said.
"There's a lot of things to do, isn't there ......?"
Guth and Vivian are listening to the details of the story from the old man's mobile terminal.
They dig deeper into the details of their particular interest.
Saki had fallen asleep after drinking too much.
She was tired, and the alcohol had made her easily intoxicated.
Hannah, Zion, and Marikka were playing cards with Jin.
Erza reads the cards.
"Dumplings are better than flowers."
"Hai!"
Surprisingly, Marikka is the stronger player. Hannah was next. Jin is not serious by nature, but Zion is surprisingly weak.
"Even a dog walks, but a stick hits a pole."
"...... yes!"
The journey takes you where you need to go, but the world is kind to you.
Yes!
Let's cross the street with our hands in the air.
"Yes!" "Yes! What is ......<>?"
Jin wanted to make a 100 poems, but there was no way he could remember all 100 poems, so he decided to make a karuta.
It is a pity that the karuta cards are mixed up with Iroha karuta, traffic safety karuta, and so on.
At around 11:00 p.m., Hannah yawns and looks sleepy, so we call it a night.
It is after 9:30 p.m. in Kayna village time. Hannah usually goes to bed at 9:00 p.m., which is understandable.
"Well, let's go to bed.
"Yeah. ......"
It's not good to stay up endlessly on New Year's Day. ...... was the advice I received from the director of the hospital when I was in an institution.
"What about Zion and Marikka?"
"Well, I want to take a bath."
"Oh, wow, me too."
"Sure, sure."
The hot spring is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Erza went to take a bath with him.
Jin went to check on Saki, who was drunk.
"Ugh...... my head hurts, Jin.
"I can't help it."
Jin asked Reiko to give Saki a detox.
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It has the effect of speeding up recovery from a hangover by quickly breaking down and eliminating acetaldehyde and other substances created by the breakdown of alcohol.
Saki became a little more composed after drinking water at the same time.
"Oh, I feel much better now.
"That's good to hear."
Goose and Vivian were still talking with Lao Tzu.
Not being a child, Jin asked the golem maid to take care of them and went to bed, thinking that they would go to sleep if they got sleepy.
"...... Saki?"
But Saki had gone to Goose and the others to join the conversation.
Saki must have some things on her mind as well, so Jin heads for .
Erza was already out of the bath and drying her wet hair.
"Where are Zion and Marikka?"
"They've already left and gone to the guest room of the institute."
"I see. I see. ...... had a good time today, didn't we?
Erza nodded when Jin said that.
"Yeah, I had a good time today."
It's not a busy time, but I'm honestly thankful to have a break like this when I've been so nervous about Hale day and night.
I'm sure I'll be busy again tomorrow.
"I'll be busy again tomorrow, but you can count on me for support.
"I'm counting on you."
Jin and Erza took a good rest.
* * * * * *
The morning of January 2nd.
When Jin woke up, he heard Elsa washing her face in the bathroom.
"Good morning."
Jin gets dressed and goes to the bathroom.
"Good morning, sir."
Erza had just finished washing her face, and Jin went to the bathroom in her place.
"What happened to the others?"
After Jin finished washing his face, he went to the laboratory with Elsa.
"Good morning, Onii-chan!
"Good morning, Jin!"
"Good morning, Jin-sama!"
Hannah, Zion, and Marikka are already awake and have washed their faces.
The rest of them ...... Saki, Goose, and Vivian are still sleeping.
"Well, that's okay. Let's just eat Zoni first.
"What do you mean by 'zoni'?"
Theon asks curiously.
"Yeah, he's on his way.
Hannah has already eaten it last year, and knowing that Zion and Marikka have very few likes and dislikes, Jin thinks that she will have no problem eating the zoni.
Then Peridot3 arrived with the zoni.
"Is this ?"
"Yes. In the world where I'm from, we often eat it at New Year's ......."
"Is this what you call ......<?"
"Yes, yes. We eat it in a special soup called zoni."
"Oh, ......."
Dexterously using his chopsticks, Zion popped the rice cake into his mouth.
"Ah, ahyuii."
It seemed to be hot.
"Ha ha, be careful."
Jin has a cat tongue, so he is especially careful when eating rice cakes.
"...... but it's delicious."
"It's really delicious!"
It seems that the food life in the demon territory is becoming more affluent, but there are still many things to be done.
At the moment, Jin, or Houraishima, exchanges food for furs and cubic zirconia, but this year, Jin hopes that formal friendship with the demon territory will be concluded at the <>.