After finishing our meal at the diner, we followed the signs and made our way down to the lakeshore.
“Oh, looks like there’s a rental fishing shop over by that pier.”
“Ohh, let’s go!”
““Yeah!””
“Hey, no running.”
“Hehe, they really can’t wait, can they?”
After I had spoken, Shiro bolted towards the pier. Fran and Horn quickly dashed after her, so with Sue smiling wryly behind me, I hurried to chase after them.
“Ojiisan, five sets, please!”
““We’re gonna fish!””
“Haha, what energetic little ladies. Alright, five sets, right? Just give me a moment.”
Shiro and the others immediately asked the rental shopkeeper for five fishing rods.
Beside the rental stand, there was a space with a campfire. Some customers were waiting there, watching fish on skewers cook over the flames.
“Excuse me, sir, what’s that campfire area for?”
“Oh, that? It costs a little extra, but we clean the fish you catch, skewer them, and roast them there. That’s what the space is for.”
“““Ooooh!”””
So you can catch fish and eat them freshly grilled on the spot, huh?
That’s just like stream fishing.
Shiro and the others were already busy getting their fishing gear ready.
By the way, the bait was something like ragworms, but not only Shiro and the others—even Sue handled them without batting an eye.
In my previous life, women would’ve definitely thought they were gross creatures.
“Oh, you too? Haha, what an amusing slime you are.”
Even Ao took some money out of the item box and handed it to the shopkeeper.
I figured Ao might just watch with them, but I never imagined she’d want to fish on her own.
All of us moved out onto the pier, found a good spot, and began fishing.
“Will I catch one? Will I, will I?”
“Fran’s going to catch one first!”
“No, Horn will be the first!”
“Now, now—don’t disturb the people around you, okay?”
It was their very first time fishing, and Shiro and the others were so excited they could barely sit still, chatting loudly as they happily cast their lines.
And then, the first one to land a catch was…
“Oh, I caught one!”
“““Oooh!”””
“Actually, I’ve only fished once before.”
The first one to reel in a fish was Sue, our seasoned angler.
Looking a little giddy, she carried her catch over to the shopkeeper to have it cleaned.
“Ah, Ao! Ao caught one!”
““Amazing!””
“No way—he really did catch one.”
The second catch of the day, surprisingly, went to Ao.
Holding the rod with her freshly caught fish, Ao happily bounced over to the shopkeeper.
“Wow! A slime caught a fish!”
“It’s hopping up and down!”
“So adorable.”
Ao, a slime who’s going fishing, had been attracting attention from the people on the pier but when she managed to catch a fish, the families cheered.
Looks like I’ll have to step up my game and reel one in too.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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