Maid Will Go On Through Thick And Thin! Chapter 11

Chapter 11

And dinner.
Minestrone soup with boar meat and the first tubers in a while.
Once we had grains, the tubers tasted delicious again. Getting sick of things is scary!
variety is important
“As planned, we will use tomorrow for preparations. Maito, do you need anything?”
If possible, I would like to prepare what everyone else needs, not what I need though……
“Large amounts of cellulose and herbs, and a bit more food.”
It’s probably going to be useless even if I say it, so I made my requests.
Seems like they can get those quite easily nearby, so they will get them within the morning.
There is something important planned for the afternoon.

At night, I treated the pelt which I couldn’t yesterday. It is as usual so I will omit the details.
And then I checked the progress on the drying of the meat and adjusted the positions accordingly.
Then I grated the potatoes to make starch.
Dammit, I want a proper grater……

a file really doesn’t cut it….or grate it

As I finished grating the potatoes and began the squeezing part, there was a knock on the door.
Ah, by the way, after we obtained the chemistry lecture hall, basically after we found Katori and Hariu, everyone else has been sleeping in there.
So don’t get me wrong, it is not strange for there to be a knock. It is most definitely not a ghost or something.
“Ooh lost lamb, what business do you have in my lab this late at night?”
“Ah just an adventure for the records……no, aren’t you sleeping yet?”
The visitor was Suzumoto. And nice response.
“Once I squeeze the potatoes, I’ll sleep. What about you?”
“Nothing, I just heard a sound when I was on the way back from the toilet so I came to take a look.”
How diligent.
“Eeeh, what, err, do you always work before sleeping?”
“Not always, but time is precious now.”
It’s better to do those that needs to left alone for a long time before sleeping.
“Should I help?”
“Nah, it’s fine. This is my job. Suzumoto’s job is manual labour so hurry up and sleep.”
I waved my hand to chase him off, but he didn’t show any sign of going back.
“Go and sleep, go.”
“My sleepiness is gone. I can’t sleep.”
Don’t say things that a brat would say, go sleep like a good boy!
I want to finish up squeezing the potatoes and preparations to extract the starch.
“I’ll go back once I become sleepy.”
Saying that, he sat down on a nearby chair.
……he probably means, don’t mind me, go on. It’s somehow unsettling, but nothing I can do about it, so I started on the work of squeezing the tubers.
I wrapped it in cloth and squeezed it using the tricks of squeezing dish cloths.
I squeezed the juice into a bowl.
Since the amount that can be squeezed out each time is set, I did one for a set duration and repeated for another. Dam, dammit, I’m sleepy.
can you do it with your eyes closed?
“You, are amazing.”
Eh, what did you say? What is this out of the blue?
“If it was me, I think I would go crazy.”
With the simple work of extracting starch?
Nono, as expected that is……if you keep doing it maybe you could go crazy.
Isn’t it a common thing? That kind of thing where if you just keep moving water from container A to container B and back again, you’ll go crazy.
“It’s being shut indoors all the time on your own for you.”
Eh, that?
“I was originally a hikikomori type so it’s no trouble for me at all though.”
In fact I love staying at home. To be more specific, I love my bed. A whole day in my room? It’s a reward, what of it?
“That too, but not just that. I also mean you have no combat ability. Isn’t that tough?”
Ah that?
I’ve already given up on that a long time ago but……given up but, mhm, well, it is vexing.
But it’s not something that will make me go crazy.
Or more like, if I went crazy, then what about everyone else who are going outside and are fighting nonstop like crazy?
“I’m sorry to you all who are going outside, but I think that since turned out like this because of some fate, there’s nothing that can be done. I can only do what I can do.”
“I see, you really, are amazing. Actually, there’s no need to be sorry. You are doing a [Maid]’s job and we are also just doing our own jobs.”
Being told that is a great help. But the it is undeniable that I still feel like I’m the only one living carefreely and holding them back.
aljust don’t let it crush you
“During yesterday’s discussion, we talked about corrections right?”
Ah mhm, not getting as tired, getting hurt less easily, becoming stronger, those things.
“There’s also a few others, for example, we don’t feel as much pain.”
Heeh. Well I guess that has to be so, otherwise there’s no way you can fight properly with monsters.
“That’s why our injuries are a lot lighter than you think they are. So even if we get a chunk gouged out of our sides, we can walk back on our own and act like nothing happened.”
Ah, I see, there was that too. If your side got gouged out, never mind bluffing, normally you wouldn’t even be able to walk.
“But you don’t have that.”
“Nope!”
“That’s why it’s scary, at some point, we might forget about the corrections on us and you get hurt.”
……ye, yeah, somehow, sorry.
But, about this……it would be nice if I could work to get skills that can subst.i.tute for their corrections, but that might be tough as a maid.
not a maid’s job
“So this time we decided to leave you behind alone, but we do feel bad about it. We’ll try do our best to come back as quickly as possible. Sorry.”
“There’s no need to think about that. You guys are doing your jobs. I am doing my job as a [Maid]. That’s all right?”
Isn’t that what you said yourself? When I said that and laughed, Suzumoto agreed with a wry smile.
just do your own jobs~
While talking about this and that, the work was done. After this I just need to leave it, change out the liquid a few times and we will have starch.
“Hey you, aren’t you sleepy yet?”
“Ah, yeah, I’m starting to get sleepy.”
The clock is pointing at the time that the date changes. This guy, will he be alright tomorrow?
“Sorry for intruding.”
“Nnyeah. Thanks for, that.”
When I thanked him, he responded with for what, but that was probably his goal.
Did I look that down? Or is Suzumoto just the type to worry?
Anyhow, he probably meant to not mind it too much. Mhm, thank you.
I really am blessed with good friends.
……let’s work hard from tomorrow onwards too. Good night.

can’t give up~

Okay, rise and s.h.i.+ne.
Since the plan for today is lunch instead of bento, I can get out of bed slowly.
Now then, time to slowly make breakfast!

no need to rush

And with that, once we were done eating breakfast as per usual, everyone else went out to gather wood and herbs.
As for me, I’m working on smoking the meat that has formed a curtain since yesterday.
On that note, after dinner yesterday, Hariu made a huge smoker our of wood for me, so the efficiency has gone up.
Actually, if I tried smoke this much with an eighteen liter drum, I won’t be done even by the time the sun sets……
After somehow settling all the meat and I started smoking, I changed the remaining wood into fiber while working on the starch on the side.
By the time I had spun it all into thread and was clattering away at the loom, they came back, so it’s time for lunch.
There’s a reason I didn’t make lunch in advance.
Yes. For these people who are lacking in basic life skills, I thought of teaching them some basic cooking.

miserable guys

“For the smoked meat, leaving aside those with less salt, you can’t eat those with a lot of salt as they are, so please chop it and boil it like this. Then throw in vegetables or something, boil it and you get something edible!”
First I explained what was most likely necessary, the way to prepare the smoked meat.
After that was just how to peel vegetables, if you don’t cut it like this it will be hard to cook etc, I continued explaining those things.
The ones that were listening seriously was, well, about half.
Specifically it was President, Hariu and Katori that were comparatively diligent in listening, I don’t think more than half of what I said was left in the heads of the others.
The ones who will be cooking are probably those that are diligent, mhm, no problem.

…..nah they screwed

After lunch, it’s time to adjust the cuffs of the trousers.
This one requires them to actually wear it, so I had put it off.
“Eh, when did you sew these things?”
“Yesterday.”
Wooow, Hariu looked at the trousers with round eyes.
That somehow makes me happy, mhm.
“Skill?”
“Skill!”
Or rather, this really would be impossible without skills.
of course
For now, since I’ve confirmed where to adjust the cuffs to, I can do it later at night.
Everyone went out again, seems like they went to gather food.
In that time, I once again clattered away and weaved cloth.
Ah, yesyes, as an experiment, I tried weaving while wearing the one-piece dress from yesterday and the speed went up.
As expected, this feels like it increases MP, reduces MP consumption or increases MP recovery.
For now I’ve understood that activating skills are easier when I’m wearing this, so I’ll wear this when working from now on.
why even change into maid?
Okay, after clattering and weaving a bunch, I sewed them into huge bags..
It’s just about a straight line so it’s super fast. Skills are amazing.
Once I sewed that, I focused on changing the wood gathered in the morning into fiber.
Perhaps due to the effect of the one-piece, it took longer than yesterday to run out of MP.
Once I ran out of MP, I chewed on mint and continued to make fiber.
Make and make. Just keep making.
Once I got a ridiculous amount of fiber, I stuffed it into the bags I made earlier.
Once it became poofy, I closed the opening and it’s done for now. Here, a futon.
It’s good that I somehow managed to make everyone’s share.
In the future, if we managed to obtain feathers I would love to make quilts.

….wow

Then I retrieved the smoked meat and prepared dinner as everyone came back.
And dinner.
Dinner was the same as usual with no improvements so omitted.
After eating, I presented the futons to them.
“Th, this is!”
“The legendary!”
“Sword!”
“……sword?”
“Excalibur! ……that aside, what’s this, futons?”
“Mhm, futons.”
Shame, it’s not legendary. Nor is it a sword. Neither is it Excalibur.
Everyone is good at joining in, so the futons randomly became Excalibur.
Waai, with that Hariu dived into a futon and started rolling around wrapped in the soft futon.
“But these aren’t stuffed with feathers. So when you have the time dry them in the sun. At the very least don’t leave them unmade.”
“Got it. We’ll get feathers as soon as possible.”
Do you really hate drying futons that much?
well….it is a pain……
……but this gave the best reaction among the things I’ve made.
I see I see, you guys love futons that much, I love them too.

beds are important

After that, since I won’t be able to clean it for a while, I [Cleaned] the chemistry lecture hall and then everyone went to bed. I’m adjusting the cuffs.
But it’s just adjusting cuffs so it didn’t take that long.
There is still plenty of time until the date changes and I can’t calm down for some reason, so I decided to make spare clothes.
There are still 2 others in the chemistry club.
If they found the 2 of them while exploring, they would definitely want a change of clothes.
……no, if those 2 were much more maid than me, then they might have obtained something better, you never know, mhm.
Sewing when you are anxious is actually quite good. You can immerse yourself so you don’t think of unnecessary things.

distraction

And so once I finished making 2 sets of simple large clothes, it is 1 in the morning. Considering the possibility that I am unable to wake up tomorrow, I made the preparations for tomorrow’s bentos and breakfast, then went to bed.

…..prepared

And it’s morning.
I wasn’t that sleepy, so I woke up quite early.
It can’t be helped since I already woke up, so I made breakfast and the bentos and waited.
I also did a bit of packing.
We’ve already put quite a bit of foodstuffs and things into the chemistry lecture hall though……
Ah, before that. When you change the cla.s.srooms into jewels to carry them, everything within would be preserved as they were at that time.
Just that humans are not stored and will be forced out. This has been also been tested.
Actually, if we could store humans, then I would go along using that method.
And so the futons, foodstuffs and change of clothes have mostly been stored in the chemistry lecture hall.
Yea—h, as expected of otherworld quality, how convenient.
But I don’t think the meat or seasoning has been stored yet, so I worked on stuffing smoked meat into bags and preparing seasoning and cooking tools.
I can’t calm down unless I’m working.

When everyone woke up, I whacked them with the feather duster and breakfast.
……at worst, this could be the last breakfast we are eating together.
No, I strongly believe that won’t happen though.
And so, somehow, it became a solemn, tense breakfast.

grim

After finis.h.i.+ng breakfast and packing, the time came for them to leave on their trip.
“I think we can come back in about 3 days.”
“Mhm. Take care.”
“Don’t go outside.”
“Mhm.”
“Please make sure to eat your meals.”
“Mhm. You guys too.”
“……don’t forget to lock the door.”
“Mhm.”
“Make sure to sleep.”
“Mhm……hey.”
“Go to the toilet before sleepi”
“Eer, how long are we going to continue this?”
And with that farce, I saw them off energetically.

……gone

And like this, my long house-sitting begun.

end

Thanks for the recommendations on alternative to dissection, will start mixing in gutting from now on depending on which fits better~