Anyway, I understood that Saine’s job is a guard.
Why he disappeared these past 8 days, I don’t know if he was crying due to shock or because of work. But if it’s the job then it seems he will go out again, I’m putting my bet on it.
Allec’s husband is a lumberjack. He enters into the forest where the monsters live everyday. Although it’s called a forest, the entrance is in the neighborhood and is still safe. But it’s different in the forest, and Allec always prays in the household shrine. For his safety, I guess. I feel like I will pray for something different, though.
Should I also make a shrine at home? I will pray that that guy will be eating by monsters.
However, male reincarnators in this world can’t be free. Because we belong to the public, I will immediately be allocated to the next guy even if my husband dies.
It’s the ultimate choice, I guess. Even if Saine is unlikable, if the next one is worse, I can’t leave it to God once I think of that.
By the way, I wonder what the God here is. In Allec’s shrine, a wooden stick is enshrined.
In order to warm up the men’s friendship that has just bonded, I ate with Haruka in the market before going home. I didn’t buy a take out like I usually did before leaving. I don’t want Saine to eat it again. But, this gold is Saine’s, isn’t it? I wonder if can do some work.
When I reach the house, Saine was sitting in the dark room. At least light a lamp, hey. I unconsciously wanted to scream, but I managed to hold it in.
[I, I’m home.]
I tried whispering but there was no response.
It’s pitch dark once I close the door. I move across the room while striking the flint stones. I don’t want to be hit again. Should I have bought this guy a meal? Or could it be that I wasn’t supposed to talk to him. The silence is too oppressive.
I put fire in the fireplace and light the candle with it. I breath a sigh of relief when the room brightens. However, that guy was there when I turned around, staring intensely at me.
[Uguhh….]
Unable to endure the strong pressure, I accidentally let out a strange sound. I put my hands on the kitchen shelf and stand up. There’s a shelf beside the fireplace. Its height is the same as my waist. On the shelf’s corner, there are three small pots. One has salkt, the remaining two were empty.
[Sit.]
I sit down in front of Saine without being able to oppose his order delivered in a low tone. There’s a single desk between us two. This guy would probably be able to reach me with his arm. Instead of the table protecting me, it can be used to beat me. I pull the chair as far as I can and sit in a distance.
Even though he told me to sit, Saine doesn’t open his mouth and silence flows. I feel nauseous and my stomach hurts. I’m scared of the Hero insight. Throwing away my pride, I feel like I’ll end up prostrating myself. I am terribly sorry, I’m in the wrong. Saying so, it will probably be easy to bow my head and end it.
I’m not really sure, but I want to open the door of reincarnation and go back to my old world. No, but I’m probably already dead there, though.
But compared to sitting in front of this guy, I’d rather sleep in my grave.
Only time passes by. Sweat runs through my back. After the long silence the length of a firewood burning out, Saine exhaled as if he gave up. Through his nose.
[I will decide the duties.]
[Du, duties?]
What’s that? Does he mean who’s on top? Does it mean we’re deciding who has the male and female roles? I unintentionally imagined pushing Saine down so I shook my head to drive that scene away.
[No, it’s totally impossible! I can’t push you down!]
I was sent flying the moment I shouted.
[Who the fuck would be done by you! It’s obvious that I will be the one thrusting it in. A kid won’t be made otherwise.]
Oh, I see. I’m supposed to give birth. Uwaa, no wayy. I sit down on the chair again while rubbing the cheek where I got hit.
[I… have never done it with a man before.]
[Me, too.]
Two men are sitting together, sighing.
[However, as you came forth at the ceremony, it can’t be helped. I….. must get….. you …..pregnant!] (TN: Wow, I can feel the struggle for real.)
No, you don’t really have to say it that strongly. You don’t have to do it if you hate it that much.
[Is there, no option to stop it?]
[None.]
[How about doing the ceremony again? Isn’t it rare for men to appear? It’s impossible for another man to come out the second time.]
[Of course. But there is a sequential order for the ceremony. It might be faster for me because of my Hero title, but I still need to wait more than a year.]
[Hero title? Then, is it faster with the Champion title?]
[Champion? Hmph, it looks like you learned a little about this world. That’s right. If it’s the Champion title, I will probably be able to get my turn if I wait for half a year at most.]
Half a year for Champions, more than 1 year for Heroes, then how long does a farmer have to wait? Considering the population of reincarnators, it will probably be several years.
[Beside, gold is also needed. Do you know how much gold it costs for a ceremony?]
I shake my head.
[It’s one million ale. The gold I earn while being a guard once is ten thousand to twenty thousand ale. Even with more difficulty, the highest is fifty thousand. Just how much is one million ale, even you understand, right?]
In other words, he’ll be able to earn it if he works 100 times? Uwaa, that’s maddening. Guarding probably isn’t a done in a day, and the money is earned after several day’s work, isn’t it? And they must also eat, so it’s impossible to save all the gold that they earned. What do I do? I nonchalantly used such precious gold to buy and eat stuff, I even bought cotton.
[….Sorry.]
When I meekly lower my head, Saine suddenly laughed. Only the corners of his eyes shook, though, and I feel somewhat relieved.
[It doesn’t matter. Anyway, even if I sell you, the price is different if you’ve given birth. Unless I don’t produce evidence of you giving birth, you won’t sell for a high price!]
[I, am I going to be sold?]
[Of course. Why must I continue to keep a man? And for a lifetime at that?]
[That’s right… I think I wouldn’t like it either if I were in your shoes.]
As long as I save some money and wait, I will definitely get a woman. Once I thought that, I will definitely throw the man in front of me away.
[How much do you think I look?]
[If you’ve given birth… 500, no, I think about 600 ale. If you don’t then about 100,00.]
[Then of course I must give birth.]
When I said so, Saine’s eyes widened a little.
[What’s easy about men is that talking is quick. It’s also good that you’re not hesitant. If you keep crying everyday, I will want to beat you up no matter how much of a woman you are.]
[No, it’s better if you odn’t hit women, you know? Your strength is abnormal, too. Even my breathing stops if you beat me.]
[You’re such a weakling. If you’re planning to train, I will give you a lesson.]
[Yeah, I will once again depend on you for that. I also think staying like this isn’t good….. Ah, and so, what was the role all about?]
He did say something about duties. If it’s about who’s entering, there won’t be any discussion to begin with so it should be something different.
[It’s about the house. Buying or making meals. Drawing the water. Heating the bath. Cleaning. Doing the laundry. These things.]
[In other words, it’s the allotment of chores. It’s fine, I’ll do it.]
[Everything?]
[Of course. Because I don’t have earnings. Because you’re letting me use your gold, that the least I should do.]
Saine once again has a surprised face as he looked at me.
I don’t hate cleaning, laundry, and perhaps also cooking. Even when I decided to do it, I don’t feel any dislike. I don’t think that I like it either, though, hmm~, that kind kind of feeling. I don’t have any hesitation saying that, I just thought that it’s a matter of course or normal that I do it. (TN: His wifely instinct has awakened!)
I wonder if I did the same in my previous life. The men of Granny’s generation ar domineering husbands and don’t do anything in the house so I think I died young. But I not sure, though.
In the meantime, since there are no ingredients, I decided to buy some tomorrow. Since we need to save some gold, I will do my best to stop buying ready-made meals. It’s economizing, let’s be frugal.
I heat the bath and have Saine enter first. The one who earns the money gets the best things. That’s natural. While Saine is using the bath first, I watch the fire outside.
[How’s the bath water?]
[It’s just right.]
Saine’s voice resounds as steam passes through the window. I look up the night sky while sitting on the log as chair replacement. It was also a dark night today. In this world’s sky, there might only be the sun.