The Darkness Was Comfortable for Me-Novel

Chapter 186: Breakfast preparations and Regarding the dining table

The next day of the 2nd Chosen group having come to this world.

I woke up earlier than anyone else, and did the preparations for breakfast.

I went to buy ingredients at the marketplace that is active from early morning, and cook them in the kitchen at the house.

The amount of work in cooking is not that different from the time when I was in Japan.

There’s nothing like turning the faucet and water coming out, but there’s fresh water coming from the aqueduct to the city, and the drinking water and wastewater are properly divided.

This water is constantly made by the Great Water Spirit, and because there’s the divine protection of the Spirits or something, you don’t spoil your stomach from drinking it. We have actually been using it without boiling it up until now and there hasn’t been any problems. There’s the chance Poison Resistance is doing its work though.

For the fire, there’s a Spirit Tool similar to that of a portable fire stove. The Spirit Tools that only bring out simple effects are different from the Magic Tools in that they are at a reasonable price, and we bought two of them for our home.

The Spirit Stones that are easy to obtain in Meltia are: Dark, Earth, Wind, and Water. The Fire and Light Spirit Stones are comparatively higher in price. But it is made in a way that, as long as there’s a ‘colored one’ in the central power hearth, it can move even with a transparent stone.

At the very least, we don’t have to buy transparent stones.

“I got nice vegetables today, so let’s try making soup. Let’s boil the corn first…” (Hikaru)

The kitchen is big. Or more like, the house itself is big, but it is 3 times bigger than the kitchen I had in my house on Earth. It is more of a dorm’s kitchen rather than a personal one.

It is most likely because this is a house for explorers.

People who have high Tiers eat a lot after all.

And because Rifreya and I have of course increased our Tiers more now, the amount we eat has increased.

Jeanne is strong because she took the Physical Strength Up cheat with Points, so her Tier in itself isn’t that high. That’s why the amount she eats is still within the line of reason.

Well, Jeanne will eventually be eating a whole lot too.

“Bread, cheese, salad, and bacon. Let’s make the eggs scrambled…” (Hikaru)

I personally would want a japanese style breakfast in the mornings, but I can’t get miso without using Crystals. If there’s cheese, it might be possible to make miso ourselves since it is a fermented product too, but I unfortunately don’t have the knowledge to do it.

There’s the chance there’s something similar to that somewhere in the world, but none here.

Well, this city is nice because you can get cheese decently cheap. The fruits and vegetables can also be obtained at a good quality too. This world is really blessed in its food.

According to Jeanne, the structure of this world shows glimpses of the plans of God, and that God is trying to have the Chosen have fun.

She said that this world is way too easy, and if you want to live normally, just a little bit of labour can allow you to live while still enjoying other activities. That there were still deaths despite that because of the Random Transfer, people seeking dreams from the Point Allocation, and stuff that they dug themselves into…

Now that she mentioned it, it does make sense. I myself would probably be able to live my entire life stably if I just explore exclusively the 2nd Floor.

It is because they try to do stuff like having adventures like that of an RPG character, or because they want to become stronger that they try to have ‘uncommon’ lifestyles, that in turn increases the difficulty, causing deaths. If they were to live like normal, there’s even the chance that it is easier to live in than on Earth.

“Alright… Let’s wake them up.” (Hikaru)

80% of the preparations are done, so I went to wake up Jeanne.

Rifreya has woken up a long time ago, but her daily routine is to go to the garden to do morning training, and then take a bath. She still hasn’t come yet.

“Oi, it is morning already.” (Hikaru)

I try to wake Jeanne up by knocking on the door of her room, but she normally doesn’t wake up with this.

It is 7 a.m.

In this world where there’s little to do once the sun goes down, you tend to go to sleep early. I normally would sleep at 20 o’clock, and would wake up at 5 o’clock.

Jeanne probably hasn’t been able to switch her internal clock. I don’t know at what time she will be waking up, but she is not a morning person.

I knock several times, but there’s no response.

I open the door and enter the room.

“Breakfast is almost ready.” (Hikaru)

It hasn’t been that long since we moved here, and yet, Jeanne’s room is somewhat messy. There’s weird stuff scattered about, and I feel like someone could accidentally step on them, trip, and end up injured.

There’s a half-read book on top of the desk. It seems like she was studying the Ringpill language until late at night.

The Spirit Tool that has the Light Spirit Ability in it is decently widespread, so the price is accessible too.

The study of the Ringpill language truly is just beginning little by little with Rifreya as the teacher. We are still on the very basic level where we can’t string sentences yet, but we should eventually be able to have conversations.

The automatic translation is convenient, but it is only the Ringpill language, and if there really is a time when we have to go to Gran Alismaris, we will have to learn the languages of other regions.

“…But she isn’t waking up at all.” (Hikaru)

I called her countless times, but she isn’t showing signs of waking up.

Jeanne is wearing a baggy t-shirt and was hugging a big pillow while sleeping.

Looking at her like this, she doesn’t look strong at all, but she is a warrior that can stop even the attack of a Troll in the dungeon.

I opened the wooden window and let the outside light come in.

Unfortunately, there’s no window panes.

I have heard that there’s stained glass in the church, so glass itself exists, but it must cost a pretty penny.

By the way, Jeanne herself told me beforehand that she wanted me to come in and wake her up, so it is by no means as if I am coming in here without permission.

In the past, I thought going as far as entering her room was bad, so I left her be, but to my surprise, she didn’t wake up till noon. Someone has to come wake her up until she can wake up by herself.

“Hnn, it is morning already?” (Jeanne)

Jeanne must have reacted to the light from the window, she wakes up with a ‘munya munya’.

“It is morning. Rise and shine~.” (Hikaru)

I say this as I place her change of clothes on top of the table.

My younger little sister is pretty similar to this, so I am used to it.

It seems like Jeanne still yearns for her bed, she rolled on top of the bed, and isn’t showing signs of getting up. She must have slept quite late.

“How long were you up yesterday? It is dangerous to do dungeon exploration when you are lacking sleep, so you can take a break today.” (Hikaru)

“Uuh~…I will get up… I will…” (Jeanne)

When she just wakes up, her usual commanding figure is nowhere to be seen, and she becomes a girl fitting her age.

Or maybe this is the actual figure of Jeanne.

Jeanne rolled around her queen size bed for a while, but she must have remembered something, she went ‘ah, right’ and turned silent.

She made a face as if enduring her mouth from loosening and my eyes met with hers.

“Kuro~, carry me.” (Jeanne)

“Hm?” (Hikaru)

“Carry me.” (Jeanne)

Jeanne spread both arms here while still lying down.

I thought she had woken up, but it seems like she is still half-asleep.

“It is not good to joke like that.” (Hikaru)

“Carry me~.” (Jeanne)

Jeanne repeated the same thing over and over while looking straight at me. Looks like she has no intention of bending here.

I do have an idea as to why Jeanne is doing something like this.

A little before when we talked about our families, I spoke a bit about my little sisters.

The capable older little sister Celica that can do anything without mistakes.

The youngest little sister Karen who has no house chore capabilities, but doesn’t lose to anyone when it comes to her specialty.

Karen really gave me quite a lot of work, but even within all that, mornings were especially bad for her, and I had to try to wake her up with various means every day.

If I didn’t wake Karen up, she would skip school just like that, and would stay asleep until noon. The school would then call us, and for some reason, our parents would get angry at me. In order to avoid that, I had no choice but to wake her up, but well, it wasn’t an easy task.

In the first place, Karen would find ways to stealthily stay up till late all the time, and would always end up lacking sleep.

In the end, I would have to carry her with all my strength, change her, and feed her breakfast… It is only after doing all that that she finally wakes up. That’s how much work it was.

…When I told them that, I didn’t miss how Jeanne muttered: “That sounds nice. The life I yearn for.”

I didn’t expect her to actually do it.

Does Jeanne have a little sister disposition?

“Aaah~, so sleepy. I might fall asleep. Even though I feel like I could wake up at any moment now.” (Jeanne)

“Got it, got it. The viewers are going to make a stir out of this…” (Hikaru)

“The viewers have nothing to do with this.” (Jeanne)

Nothing to do, she says. They are actually watching all this though.

“Okay okay. Then, I will be picking you up. There.” (Hikaru)

I slip my hand on her back and…lift her upper half up.

“Wa~~… Wait, this is different from what I thought.” (Jeanne)

“What were you imagining?” (Hikaru)

For me, lifting up a sleeping person is kind of like…nursing.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if Karen is managing properly with me gone. I am worried.

Anyways, I succeeded in waking her up, so I told her to come down as soon as she was ready, and I went back down again.

I boiled the water and made scrambled eggs.

The corn was steaming and looked good.

There’s no coffee, so I put in a leaf like that of green foxtail that I bought in the market.

“I am back~.” (Rifreya)

“Welcome back, Rifreya.” (Hikaru)

“What about Jeanne-san? Is she still asleep?” (Rifreya)

“I woke her up just now, so she must be coming down soon.” (Hikaru)

While we were having that talk, Jeanne came down, and the 3 of us had breakfast.

“Hikaru, thank you for the breakfast all the time. I will make it tomorrow.” (Rifreya)

“…No, I am doing this because I like it, so it is okay. Your daily morning training is more important. Especially as a frontline. I think that would be more beneficial for the whole party. Yup.” (Hikaru)

“Really? If you say so, I will take you up on that…” (Rifreya)

That was close.

The things that Rifreya makes are pretty…unique…or should I say, dangerous.

This is a world where there’s no recipe websites or videos like on Earth. The ones that can’t do it are really bad at it. They have no knowledge after all.

I can teach her, and that’s what I thought about doing at first.

That’s what I thought, but…the person herself believes that she can do a pretty good job already, and it was hard to tell her the truth. And, in the end, it solidified in not having her touch the kitchen.

I have done a decent deal of house chores, so it might also be because I don’t like other people to butt into it too much.

Also, I don’t hate chores in general, so there’s no issues.