Chapter 6: Things Needed for Life

I was shocked by the fact that this is a different world, I look like this but I’m a former President. I do have a good reputation for my quick recovery. Well, there are times when I want to die especially when I reached my limit, but, recalling the time when I got divorced and got robbed of my child is not that of a big deal for me.

By the way, I don’t really understand why I got divorced. It happened a short time after my wife suddenly changed her attitude and expressed that she wanted a divorce. My son was about five years old at that time while I was in my early thirties.

I detained my wife, but she ultimately took our child away. At that time, I felt more anger than sadness and I tried to take legal actions but I couldn’t find my wife and son. Even when I contacted my wife’s parent’s house, they told me that there was no such daughter in their house, and it come to a point where I don’t know what I was doing.

I filed a search request for my wife and son, I even hired a detective but I could not find any information. Even the traces of being in the same university had disappeared, I had no choice but to be at a loss.

Who was my wife? Where and what is our son doing now?

I don’t know. I just don’t understand.

“I couldn’t go home at that time, I wonder if I was hated because of that…”

I muttered as I changed my mood. Even if I recalled the past, I can’t do anything about it. Besides, I’m reborn now. I should live a new life.

I then packed the items I collected in my rucksack and carried it on my back at once. Since I could not fit them all in my rucksack, I borrowed a usable rucksack but I guess it’s a bit overkill to carry all three.

In addition to that, there’s also the tiger meat. I wrapped the meat in the leaves of a banana like tree (quite larger than that) which grew in the miniature garden.

“Ughh… Heavy…”

There’s a considerable weight on my back. Still, I walked without throwing away anything. Then a problem emerged, I don’t know where the exit is. I have confirmed that the entrance is closed and will not open anymore.

“What should I do…?”

Looking at the wall of the room, I found that there’s a large triangle engraved on it. Below that, I can see something like a rectangular hidden door. The surrounding wall and the hidden door are subtly different in color.

When I pushed it, the hidden door opens with a loud noise. What a mechanism! The thick wall opens up with just a little force. I passed through quickly and I can now see the water canal. I immediately understood that I’m now outside the room. When I let go of the door I was pushing, it closed with that same loud noise.

It’s fascinating because it doesn’t look like there is a hidden door when it is viewed from the outside. I tried pushing the closed door but I couldn’t open it from the outside. It seems like I can only enter from the other hidden door.

I reached for the wall where the large room is, I hope the dead can sleep peacefully. Carrying the heavy luggage on my back, I finally arrived at the hideout, I then slumped to the floor.

“I’m dead tired.”

While saying so, I get up and start preparing my meal. I’m the only one here, so I have no time to rest.

“Today as well, orc’s meat is fine.”

I removed the meat from the box next to the stove. This wooden box was originally in this room, I decided to use it as food storage. It’s convenient because it comes with a lid to block odor.

“Ah right, I found a frying pan at the disposal site.”

I took out the frying pan from the rucksack and placed it on the stove. I then added some water to boil in the pot next to it. It’s great that this stove has two burners.

When the meat was placed on the hot frying pan, a fragrant aroma filled the area. I also made soup while putting up with my hunger. Well, I only added some chopped vegetables and seasoned it with salt and pepper. When the food was cooked, I put it on the table and start eating.

“Mmm! Delicious!”

I agree that hunger is the best seasoning, whatever you eat is delicious. After I finished eating the steak and soup, I gulped some water and then I lay down on the sofa.

“Oops, I haven’t done my sword practice yet.”

I grabbed the sword and just like an after meal exercise, I start practicing some swings and foot-handling for about an hour. When I was a student, I had a kendo lesson so I based it on that. Recalling today’s battle with the tiger, I can see that it cannot cope with my kendo movements. So I decided to aim for Shinichi Tanaka’s swordsmanship, which is a mixture of kendo.

The higher the goal, the better.

After the training, I bathe in the water canal. I was once again assaulted with strong sleepiness so I decided to sleep on the sofa.

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When I wake up, my body feels light. I immediately took off my clothes and went in front of the mirror, once again, I turned to a different person from before I slept.

Blood vessels stand out in the firm muscles from my shoulder to the arms. My chest has enlarged and my abdominal muscles were in perfect proportion. Ultimately, my physique has change, but it is hard to say that it is normal.

My strength is getting better and better, I could now easily hold the three rucksacks I had left alone. Holding the sword is now as light as holding a knife. That’s not all. Perhaps my eyesight has improved too, the room has become even brighter, and my mind is now clearer than ever before.

I sat down on the sofa and held my stomach as I laughed heartily.

“Ahahahahahahahaha! What is this! Isn’t this amazing!”

I can’t stop laughing. I am not good at exercising after all, if anything, I am the type that does not have muscle easily. I was never born to have this much muscle, and I have never achieved physical remodeling in such a short period of time.

This growth rate is absurd. I wonder who won’t be dumbfounded by this.

“Ah- I laughed so hard. My stomach still hurts.”

I get up from the sofa and start exercising. The muscle training that was so painful when I was a student can be done easily now. It’s such a pleasant feeling. This way, I could trust my muscles.

“Now then, this should be enough for muscle training, should I sort out the luggage?”

As I separate the harvest from each rucksack, I noticed something.

Where did the resident of this hideout store their food and daily necessities by the way?

That is not all. There are no toilet or bed in this room.

“Did they do their business in the water canal below? Uh-, no, that’s really dirty…”

Then, the bookshelf came into my eyes.

“Perhaps…”

When I slide the bookshelf to the side, it slides like a sliding door. As I look closely, there are rails under the bookshelf. I want to tell myself that I should have investigated more a while ago.

From the back of the bookshelf, a thing that looks like an entrance appears. And I can’t see anything behind it as it’s too dark. I stepped forward for the time being, then the two lighting stands in the room turned on in response to me.

I think that the stand is made of magic circles and mysterious stones, not some sort of mechanism.

Eventually, I want to check it so I directly went inside. There was a bed in the center of the room. There are doors on the right and left walls, as expected, it should be the toilet and storage place. I tried opening from the right door first.

“Is this the toilet?”

When I opened the door, there was a Western style toilet inside the small room. There are small buttons on the wall. I then tried pushing the button. Water flowed into the toilet bowl with a loud flush. It’s convenient, but I was a little curious where this water is flowing to.

It doesn’t mean it’s flowing down the water canal, right?

Next, I opened the door on the left, I can see that there are many shelves with a large space. I looked into the shelves and found that what used to be food has weathered into powder.

So was the corpse at the disposal site, it has weathered rather than being corrupted. And from the ingredients here, I can’t see any small insect. Seeing that, I am now convinced. For some reason, bacteria cannot reproduce in this dungeon. Otherwise, there is no explanation for it.

I could deduce that creatures below a certain size cannot live in this dungeon. I can only think of that as the reason. However, I got caught up with one thing.

How did the plants in the miniature garden breed in the absence of microbes? Microbes are natural cleaners. It decomposes many things and returns everything naturally. The plants should be absorbing those nutrients and grow thanks to it, but if I think in that way, my previous reasoning might be wrong.

“Hmm, I could only make a conclusion by observing the dungeon.”

I resumed on checking the storage room. The shelves can be used as food items, but I planned to collect many weapons and armor in the future. I want to secure a space for that. Therefore I shifted the shelves slightly to create a larger space.

“Something like this should do. Well then, I should put the garbage together.”

I brought a white cloth and then I placed the weathered and powdered ones in it. I carried it on my back and then I head to the disposal site.

“It’s definitely around here…”

I walked around while kicking the area that seems to be the entrance with my foot, only one place opens slightly. I barged in there and slide down the slope, I then sprint through the passage. The formidable leg power carried me to the disposal site like a wind.

No matter how many times I look at the place where the corpses are piled up, my heart still hurts. As a parent, this scene is quite sad, there would have been a different life for them if they didn’t die.

I wanted to bury them in the ground but the floor of this room is inorganic and hard, like it was made of concrete. I apologized to them that I could not do anything. I then scattered the powder in the cloth near the mountain.

“Now then, it’s time to get back to it………Hn, what is that?”

Looking at the hole in the ceiling, I found that there was something like a thorn attached at the inner part. Good. There is something I’m interested in. Something like a black cloth is caught on one of the thorns. I felt that the black cloth was slightly rippling, but the light was moderate.

 “Hmm…..must be my imagination. Let’s head back for now.”

I then left the disposal site.

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I wake up on the bed, and feeling refreshed, I start stretching. I finally came to sleep in a comfortable place. Considering the experience of sleeping in a blanket wrapped in cardboard, it’s natural that it feels great.

The current me is now invincible.

I get up from the bed and start the sword training after doing some light muscle exercise. Someone said that if the muscles awaken, the head will also wake up. It’s really strange, but I do feel like that when I tried it.

Now my muscles, wake up!

After the training, I start eating. To be honest, I don’t even know what time it is. So I’m not sure if this is should be the time for breakfast.

Nonetheless, I could say it’s morning because my body clock somehow informs me that it is morning. After finishing the meal, the next step is to prepare for departure. I put on a leather chest pad, shin pad and rucksack, then lastly, I equipped the sword and knife.

“Oops, I have to bring the bow and hoe.”

I had a bow with me yesterday but I missed the timing to use it. It’s also necessary to train on it. Well, the hoe is for the field.

“Alright, let’s go!”

I rushed out of the hideout and run to the miniature garden. I found the shortest route yesterday, so I will not take more than three hours getting there today.

As expected, I arrived at the stairs in about 30 minutes, I descend on the stairs without hesitation. What I can see is the same miniature garden as yesterday. With the scene of the overgrown trees, I feel assured that growing herbs here won’t be a problem.

“First, I should make a road.”

I grabbed the hoe and dig the ground from the entrance to the field. I don’t know whether it was the Mithril hoe’s efficiency, but I can cut even the roots of the grass, I can even easily dig the soil with weeds. This feels good.

I arrived at the field after digging around, I dig up the place that was once a vegetable garden. Mixing soil while harvesting vegetables creates ridges. Normally, I should be mixing it with fertilizers, but it is difficult for now, so I ignore it.

“It now resembles a field. Then, I’ll replant now.”

I replant the still-growing Hasai and then bury the Jagaimu in another ridge. In addition to this, I also planted Tamanne (onions) and Jinin (carrots) and decided to see the progress.

If the flower blooms, I will have to pollinate them, so it will be a long time before it can be harvested.This is translated by Yume Neiji (yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com).

“Next is bow practice.”

I grab the bow and pull the string. I could now easily pull the string that I could not pull before. After all, the benefits of muscles are endless. When I pulled out the string, the wind blew and a transparent arrow appeared on the bow.

Apparently, this bow does not need to carry an arrow. I was skeptical that there were no arrows in the storage area for the bows, now, it makes sense.

When I look closely at the bow, I can see that it is inscribed with small spell-like thing. These letters seem to have made it possible to create an arrow of air.

I aimed at the bird on the tree with the bow in place. A bird that looks just like a chicken eats nut in a carefree manner.

I’m craving to eat roasted chicken. I want that delicious thing. After I shot the arrow, it sticks near the bird and the arrow disappears. The surprised bird threw away the nut and fled. It’s a failure.

“The bow is pretty difficult. It will take time before I get the hang of it.”

I decided to practice bow shooting for a while.

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