Chapter 16: Please enjoy your dessert

September 18th, 2022

T/N: boy, this chapter has lots of Translator’s notes. Also I was thinking of using strike throigh for ‘Medicine Production‘ to explain that it’s currently locked, but it seems hard to read so I’ll just resort to the old ‘Medicine Production—‘

It was the morning of the sixth day since Cecily arrived.

When she first came, she was so exhausted that she couldn’t move, but now she didn’t leave any porridge behind and had recovered enough to eat solid food.

“Now, it’s time to change your bandage this morning”

It’s morning lewd time! Just kidding, no no, this is a medical treatment.

“Please do. I think the wound has already closed though. The pain in my body is already gone, what’s left is only a terrible itching”

Half in doubt, I took off the bandage and found that the wound had really healed. Body reinforcement magic was really nothing to scoff at.

“Wow, that’s amazing…”

“Yep, this is the way it should be”

Cecily flexed her biceps in both arms. She’s being completely naked by the way, so not only her biceps are bulging, her ample bosoms were also bulging.

Even my little Joe started to bulge.

Thank you God, the world is a wonderful place indeed.

“Shirou, you really took care of me. I wish I could give you something in return as gratitude”

“Don’t worry about it. You’ve already kept your promise and didn’t do anything to me, even though you’re a pirate”

“Hmph. That’s because Shirou doesn’t seem to have anything valuable. My principle is to never attack poor people, you know”

It seems that Cecily is a woman of principle; she only targets rich people and make an absolute rule to never steal water and food.

“That’s right. Although I don’t have anything like gold or silver treasure, I do have some money hidden that I can give to you. Or maybe you want to go somewhere instead? If you’re able to get your hand on a ship, I can take you wherever you want”

 It’s a nice offer, but I have no intention of leaving the island right now. For the time being, I was planning to spend some time here practicing creative magic.

“If that’s the case… can you take me as your husband?”

“Stu, stupid…! You’re not serious right? Who wants to be a husband of a pirate anyway…”

“Ahaha…”

Cecily’s serious reaction was very amusing, that’s why I ended up making this kind of joke. Certainly, living a life of waiting for pirates who have gone out to sea may be a bit unbearable.

“If you keep saying things like that, I might end up pushing you down, you know”

“I know for sure that you won’t though?”

That’s right, Cecily won’t push me down, since she has promised not to lay a hand on me.

That seriousness is so much like her, but I’m feeling a bit frustrated because of it, since I’m ready to accept it if she really wants to push me down… that being said I don’t have the courage to start the initiative from my side. [1]

Well, I have an idea of what to ask from her…

“That’s right! Can you teach me how to operate a ship then?”

“A Ship? Being a sailor is a woman’s jobs, so I don’t think anyone would want to hire you. Most ships don’t allow men, and it was the same on my ship”

“Not a big ship, only something small like a canoe. It’ll be useful for fishing and getting around the island”

I have no intention of becoming a crew member of a large ship, much less a pirate. It might be fun to wear a straw hat, but I don’t want to be a pirate king. [2]

“That make sense. Shirou, do you have a canoe?”

“Not yet”

I plan to make someday.

“Then I will make one for you. If I can’t at least do that, then I can’t say I’ve properly returned the favor”

“But…”

“If you can lend me a knife, I can make a canoe within a day”

It seems that it can be made relatively easily by applying body reinforcement magic and other attribute magic. If so, then let’s take her up on her offer.

“Is your condition really, already fine?”

“It’s fine! Here look!”

I get it… I get it, so stop sticking your chest out! I think my little Joe is going to burst soon.

After talking with Cecily, we decided to check the condition outside.

“Cecily, do you think those pirates are gone by now?”

“Most probably they have left me behind on this island to die. If they had intended to finish me off, it’d be weird for them to just waiting for me to recover. They should have attacked here from the beginning instead”

What she had said really make sense, and now I’m feeling stupid for holing up in this cave for six days while feeling scared.

No, wait, this is fine!

What a person needs to do in order to survive in an isekai world is to hammer at the stone bridge, kick it, then put on a rope as a lifeline before finally crossing it. I think that much of caution is necessary. [3]

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When we arrived at the beach, the pirate ship that was moored offshore was nowhere to be seen. I had brought along two Iwaos armed with club, but it seemed it was unnecessary after all.

Cecily went looking for tree trunk to make a canoe, so I decided to go fishing for the first time in a while.

Fishing with two golems standing guard beside me, it feels like I’m a VIP.

…or is it?

Mmm yeah, I don’t think it gave off such serious impression. Stone statues standing in a southern island… it gives a more relaxing atmosphere instead, like the Moai statue on the Easter Island.

I chose a rock along the shore that looked comfortable and sat down to cast my fishing line while looking out over the ocean. It had been a long time since I had been outdoors, and I felt refreshed and energized.

“Shirou, I found a good log”

When I turned around, I saw Cecily carrying a huge log.

“S-stupid, what are you going to do if the wound opens!?”

“Don’t worry, it’s all good. I’ll start my work here”.  Dropping the log with a thud, Cecily took out a knife.

“What are you going to do now?”

“I’m going to hollow out the inside of this log and make a canoe”

Won’t it be taking a long time and a lot of effort?

「ΓΔΧ¶ΣΓΔΧ¶Φ」

Is that some kind of spell?

Cecily started to use fire magic to burn the log, the flames erupting from the palm of his hand charred the surface of the log black.

After burning the log for a while, she then used a knife to carve out the burnt part. I think burning it with a flame help make it easier for Cecily to scrape out the log, and combined with the body reinforcement magic, her knife steadily produced wood scraps in large quantity.

If its like this, I think she would really be able to make the canoe in just one day.

Cecily was concentrating, so that I won’t disturb her I went back to fishing. At the same time, I prepared ingredients for dinner by using food production.

Tonight’s side dish will be fish soup.

It would be quicker if I could just make the fish soup without cooking, but it seems it’s still impossible with my food preparation level, so I have no choice but to prepare the ingredients such as onions, garlic, tomatoes, and flour one by one and cook it myself.

I caught a white fish called Nemes today. [4]

The size is about 40 centimeters, so it’s enough for two people to eat.

After cutting it into small pieces, I sprinkled it with salt, and lightly coated it with flour. Heat the olive oil in a pan and put the garlic in, after the garlic aroma wafted out put in the coated fish and sautéed it. Add chopped onions and stir-fry them together until the onions become translucent, then add water and let it simmer.

It would be better if I had white wine, but I couldn’t make it by using my creative magic at the moment because the level wasn’t high enough.

Before serving the dinner, I added chopped tomatoes and salt to complete the soup. I then added some bread that I’ve made beforehand to make it a fine dinner.

I took the soup pot and went to the beach where Cecily was working.

“The food is ready, dear”

“Wh-wh-wh-who’re you calling dear. We’re not married couple!”

As usual, Cecily’s reaction was really cute, I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of teasing her.

“Please eat it before it’s cold. I’ve made tonight’s dish a bit special”

“A, Alright. Thanks for the food”

I handed a bowl of soup to Cecily, who was gloomily sitting on a rock. She quickly ate her food, maybe she’s hungry after all.

“How was it, is it delicious?”

“Ye, yeah”

“Do you want a second?”

“Yes”

Cecily looked a bit weird.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, nothing wrong”

Could it be that, she fell for a man who can cook? [5]

Hmmm… should I tease her a bit more?

“Cecily—…”

“Hm?”

“Would you like to have me as a dessert?”

“…….gh!!”

Cecily suddenly got a nosebleed and collapsed!?

She was then quickly carried by Iwaos back to the cave. It seems like she has a maiden-like heart.

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While taking care of Cecily, my magic reached Lv 5

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Creation Magic :　Lv.5

Acquired Experience：398/1000

MP 278/278

Food Production : Lv.3（EXP:361/500）Food creation time reduced by 5%

Tools Production : Lv.3（EXP:194/500） Tool creation time reduced by 5%

Weapon Production : Lv.1（EXP:84/100）

Material Creation : Lv.1（EXP:43/100）

Golem Production : Lv.1（EXP:216/300）

Medicine Production ――

Other ――

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My level has risen again, but I still can’t make medicine. That’s too bad because I was really looking forward to it.

Maybe I need to raise my level even more? Or is there some other condition needed to unlock it? Well at least something good happens, which is my individual bread making level went up to Lv 2 [6]

Probably because I was making bread every day.

Thanks to this, the cost of making bread was reduced from 6 MP to 4, and the time to make it reduced by 5%. Combined with the food production level correction, it’s a 10% reduction. It used to take an hour to create a bread, but now it only takes 54 minutes.

Maybe if the level keeps going up like this, it will be possible to create bread in a matter of seconds.

1 Ugh, dude, reallyyy?

2 Reference to One Piece, in case someone didn’t know)

3 I think there’s a saying in Japanese IIRC: ‘To hammer at the stone bridge’, which means being cautious. The idea is to test the strength of the bridge by hammering it a bit, so we’re certain it won’t fall when we cross it. There’s also the saying of ‘hammering too much at the bridge that it fell down’, meaning being too cautious that we miss a chance because of waiting too long or testing the waters too much

4 It isn’t a real fish name, well can’t find it on google anyway, so I think it only exist in that world. It can be translated as Nemeth, but it coincides with a fashion brand name in Japan)

5 There’s a saying that the way to enter a man’s heart is through his stomach. Maybe the adage can be applied to the women in that world)

6 Wait there’s bread making as separate category? Where? Does golem production have separate category too? Author y u no write the information on the webnovel)