I Was Reincarnated Chapter 37

Illness Outbreak

"s.h.i.+n-sama!"

I woke to my body being shaken

"……..What's wrong?"

I who was always sleeping hasn't had something like being woken up happen before, I opened my eyes and saw Rune

He's making a face like he's going to cry

"Rona is…."

"Rona?"

Something probably happened for him to be so agitated like this

"Rune, calm down. What's wrong with Rona?"

When I ask again, after taking a deep breath he opened his mouth

"Rona's sick. He even has a fever. He collapsed in the dining room."

With that I could finally understand the situation

(An illness is it?)

It's good if it's not an infectious disease

"Where's Rona now?"

"He's together with Dea in Rona's room lying down"

"I see. Don't go near Rona's room"

I would be troubled if Rune became infected as well

"Dea is in the room?"

"Y,yea. Rau too……"

"Rau too?"

Why did she go to the room

What should I do if she gets infected

I search to see whether there are any viruses in Rune's body [TN: the magic search]

(……Good, there's not)

I'd be troubled if he was ill and spread the disease

"Rune, stay here"

I left after Rune nodded and headed to Rona's room

"Ah, s.h.i.+n-sama!"

As I approached I also searched Rau's body

It seems there are no viruses

"Stay in my room. Rau, to my room"

I teleported Rau

"Master, I am taking care of Rona"

It seems he understood the reason I teleported Rau

Dea was nursing him

I also searched Dea, after confirming n.o.body was infected I teleported Dea as well

(I should use cleanup on the dining room later)

If he collapsed in the dining room, there will probably be germs floating around

"Cleanup"

I used cleanup on the air in this room [Rona's room]

Taking away his fever all at once with magic would put a burden on his body

There also seems to be a chance his temperature could drop too low

So in the case a fever occurs, you have to lower it little by little

In the case of not using magic, the doctor can also use medicinal herbs

However they aren't that effective

"……Nn…s.h.i.+n-sama, s,sorry, quickly, cooking….."

"Sick people lie down"

I laid Rona back down as he tried to get up

Rona's voice was hoa.r.s.e, his breathing was rough as well

I examined him and the disease was, as expected, a cold

If I gently and steadily decreased the amount of germs in his body, he can be quickly cured in even a day

Even if that happens, he should still take care and rest two or three days

"I, work….."

"Sleep. Your job now is to hurry and get better"

I put Rona back in bed as he once again tried to get up

However, it's troubling

Dea, can he cook?

Though I already know Rune can't [cook]

I decrease the germs inside Rona's body

I stop decreasing it after a bit and since he has probably sweat I use cleanup

You have to properly dry the sweat after all

Though I just used magic to do it

"Until I give you permission, Rona has to rest"

"Uu, but….., ….. alright"

Rona reluctantly nodded

I go to the dining room for a moment and use cleanup on the air

After that I went to my room

"Is Rona okay?"

"He will be resting for a while…….Dea, can you cook?"

Dea shook his head

Well, as I feared

In a village, it seems the men don't cook

The women in the village are in charge of the handling it

That's the same for the guys [living] in the garden

In other words, Rona is something unusual

If I buy a new cook Rona's job would disappear

"I guess there's no choice but for me to make it"

"Eh-!? s.h.i.+n-sama will?"

Rune raises his voice

"Since I can't do tasting [while cooking] I don't know whether or not it will be tasty though"

As for the seasoning blend and such, I guess I can only look it up from my information

However, since I don't understand the taste, I don't know how well I can cook

Moreover, it's the first time I'll cook in this world

I take everyone and teleport to the dining room

Since these three haven't had breakfast yet

I dexterously make food

(It's been a while since I've cooked)

I suddenly think while I shake the fry pan

Incidentally, I shortened my hair but still tied it back at the nape of my neck

Since it's in the way

"Here now, eat"

"Waaah"

Rau let out her voice when she saw the food

It's good that the food isn't that different from what I had when I was in j.a.pan

An omelette with cheese, pan-fried bacon, bean soup and because it's morning, bread

Hot milk with honey in it

This, is what Yoichi liked

I don't like sweet things that much though

While the three ate, I made a rice porridge for Rona

This world also had rice

It seems bread is the staple food as rice is fairly expensive

When I finish making it I teleport to Rona's room

"Eat this"

"Eh…..This?"

"Food for sick people"

I adjust the pillow behind his back and sit Rona up

"Be careful since it's hot"

On top of the bed I place a table

With this it should be easy to eat

(I really want a doctor)

However, doctors are human

Everyone would probably be afraid

Moreover, they probably wouldn't take care anyone except humans…..

Although they would probably work if I ordered it, I don't want such a guy hanging around

(Could I have a guy from the garden taught?)

Would singling out a guy to be taught be bad?

However, I haven't thought about the medical care of the guys in the garden

(Is it enough to just give them medicinal herbs)

If I feel like it I can heal them with magic

"Who made this?"

"Me"

"…….Eh-!?"

Is it really that surprising?

"s.h.i.+n-sama cooks?"

"Only occasionally"

Though never for myself

"I will [cook] until Rona recovers"

Though cooking everyday is too much

"Quickly get well"

I placed my hand on his head with a *ponpon* and he fixedly stared up at me

"What's wrong?"

"N,no ……it's tasty"

"I see"

Come to think of it, out of the four the one who speaks the least is Rona

Isn't this the first time it's just the two of us

Rona's almost always in the dining room and I don't eat meals

Since I there's no way I would only stand beside the bed, I brought out a chair and sat

"Umm, sorry, for being a bother….."

He apologizes again

Rona, is quite meek

"It's fine, anybody can get sick"

Though it seems I can't get sick

"Rest well"

There's no need to apologize, it's enough as long as you quickly get well

After he eats I take the dishes to the dining room and Dea washes the dishes

Rune is drying the ones already washed

"Wash these too"

I pa.s.s the dishes to Dea and sit down in a chair

"Will Rona be better soon?"

"Aah [yea], Rau, don't go to Rona's room until Rona gets better, since it'll be troubling if you get infected"

The time when you can pa.s.s on a cold is the most troublesome after all

It could become someone always having a cold for example, couldn't it?

"Runa and Dea too, since you could be infected don't go to Rona's room"

"……Master, however if no one looks after Rona―"

"I'll take care of him"

Since I can't get sick, even if we're together I won't catch his cold

Since Rune is perpetually young, perhaps Rune as well [can't get sick]?

However, if it's not like that it would be troubling, so rejected

"However―"

"Next time Dea will catch a cold then?"

That, no thank you

Such a chain connection is unnecessary [TN: ie. chain of sick people pa.s.sing around the sickness]

"Since he only needs to be taken care of for two or three days, I'll take care of him. Since you could catch his cold, all of you don't go to Rona's room"

It would be a serious problem if everyone collapsed from a cold

Whether they actually agree or not, all three nodded

However, for enough power to cure the cold, I have to go to Rona's room frequently

And so that, it seemed not at all amusing for the two who always clung to the me who is always up only a short time

After lunch, I watched the two being taught letters by Dea, but the moment I stood up to check on Rona the two glance this way towards me

I deliver the meals every time, but even aside from that I need to go check on him

The first day they glanced towards me but the two didn't say anything

However, as for the second day dissatisfied expressions appeared

Rona's fever has gone down, and he's become healthy

However as a precaution, he's resting today too

So they seems to be feeling quite a bit of dissatisfaction

Rona's meal today is not food for sick people, but stewed food

Since it's probably better to still have something easy [on the stomach]

"Is Rona's condition still not better?"

"No, I said it before, right? That he's already better"

Finally they spoke out

"Then what are you going for?"

"To check his condition. Even when a fever has gone down, there are still times it suddenly relapses, after all"

Perhaps they can't swallow me frequently going to Rona's room, it's probably just them being jealous

"You only just went to his room before though?"

Although he keeps on and tries to hold me back, I won't give in on something like this

"Rune, aren't you worried about Rona?"

Even though I said he's healthy, and although I get that he just doesn't like me going to [Rona's] room frequently, I deliberately ask [like that]

"……That's not what I meant….."

He hesitantly said

It's probably hard to just say out he's jealous to my face

"…..I'm sorry"

He suddenly apologized

He probably means 'sorry for being jealous'

Although Rune became jealous, he quickly regretted it

Since I am not Rune's thing he has no right to be jealous, seems to be what he's thinking

Even though I don't mind [if he's jealous]

A jealous Rune, is cute

Once in a while, there are times when I think I want to make him even more jealous

"Will s.h.i.+n-sama be together with Rona today too?"

This time Rau's asking

The reason the two come to ask

That is probably because I've been staying in Rona's room at night

I have no intention to make a move on a sick person though, in reality, I am only checking his condition

Yesterday [I] didn't sleep

Although I normally sleep well, I'm fine even if I stay up like this

When needed I can stay up all night

"Today I'll sleep in my room"

"Is it fine to sleep together?"

Her voice is covered in a hungry feeling

Although it's fine to bluntly refuse here with 'sleep in your own room,' as expected I want to spoil them

"Aah[yea]"

Rau smiles happily

(Rune won't come and ask, huh)

It seems he's still feeling regretful

As for Rune, his thinking is quite negative

Is everyone with that face like that?

"Rune, tomorrow"

"Eh…..?"

He made a surprised expression

That's right, isn't it

The ones who come to ask are always Rune and the others, I only accept them

However this time the acknowledgement came from me

Ulterior motive?

There is, but so what?

Although I normally don't feel s.e.xual desire, that moment I impulsively felt the urge of wanting to embrace him come over me

What exactly flipped the switch, even now I still don't know only that

Since I became the demon G.o.d there has been no reaction in the morning [morning wood]

Incidentally, it seems I can't have children

In Greek mythology for example there are stories of G.o.ds and people being able to make children, but those are stories that the inhabitants of earth thought up after all

I am just an existence that the world gave birth to

(Wait a second….. In that case, would my parent be that guy then?)

No no, I want to refrain from that [thought]

Such a slow in the head like guy, don't want [anything to do with]

There's no notion of calling that guy a parent at all

I can't look up [any information] about that guy

There's no information in me about that guy, he's probably something separate from this world

That only white place as well

"s.h.i.+n-sama?"

"Is anything wrong?"

Rune and Dea call out and I sigh

It seems I was too lost in my own thoughts

"No, it's nothing"

While I was contemplating was I also making a strange expression?

They had worried expressions

However, since coming to this world, I seem to have become quite chatty

Even though I should have been active more before [in the previous world] compared to now

Well, it was probably just time spent eating or bathing though

Even aside from that there are a lot of things, as expected it's because of living together

Moreover there are four people, somebody is [always] coming to talk

During the time when I'm awake, the time I spend alone is extremely small

"I'm going to check Rona's condition"

I teleported to Rona's room

"s.h.i.+n-sama"

Rona is already healthy, his hoa.r.s.e voice is also gone

"It seems from tomorrow you can start doing your job"

"Yes"

It seems that doing nothing but lying down was boring

I gave him a book to kill time, but it seems he wasn't very interested in magic cla.s.sification or history, he only looked at the recipes

It seems he liked cooking even from when he was in the village

Although I came here to do a check up on him, but it may be more correct to say it's to chat a bit with Rona

Since he caught the cold Rona hasn't met with anyone else, so it seems he wanted someone to talk to

As for the subject of our conversations, it's almost all cooking related

It all started from being told he wanted to know the recipes [from me] since my cooking is something from another world

Although I thought it was troublesome, since his eyes were sparkling so much I could only tolerate and suffer through

And so, like that I taught him all the recipes I knew

Rona wrote them down on paper

"Since you're recuperating don't do anything unreasonable"

"Yes, this, I'll make it for everyone"

(He's not listening to what I said)

His att.i.tude towards studying about cookery, is even more [extreme] than the academically inclined elves

Since I bought him to be a cook, is this a happy accident?

Even though he's always cowering so timidly, currently he's so excited

He even seems to be humming as he writes down the recipes in a good mood

"The next recipe?"

"There are already no more so rest"

I who rarely cooked only had a small repertoire

Although I still had other recipes I know, if it's like this Rona can only rest

"You really like cooking that much"

"Yes……since my [sole] redeeming quality, is only this much"

His magic power is small, so it seems from before his achievement of success according to the surroundings was bad

So he cooked, which was possible to do shut in his house, he probably became completely absorbed in cooking [at that time]

Lately he seems to be doing magic practice as well, but his love of cooking hasn't changed

"Is that so?"

When I pat his head, as expected, he turned towards me with a surprised expression

Patting heads, is a habit

Only, I mostly do it to those two that cling closely to me, to Rona……I haven't done it at all

Well, it can't be helped

"Rona is a good child as well"

Though he isn't of an age to call a good child

He's 125 after all

His appearance, I can only see him as a similar age as Rune, though

For spirits, they grow at a similar rate to humans and beastmen until 20

After that, their appearance steadily diverges from their age and they seem to stop growing

The next time they seem to grow older, is after they turn 200

Until then their appearance stays the same

The ones with the hardest to guess age are spirits

Elves have three times as much time as humans and slowly age accordingly

In the garden, even the elves that look like children seem to actually be about 30 years old

An adult elf is 50 years old

As for humans [adulthood] it's around 17 years old

Spirits adulthood is similar to humans at 20, even though their lifespan is 500 years

Speaking of becoming an adult, it seems they only become able to marry

There's no adulthood celebration sort of thing either

Once Rau becomes an adult, I'll dress her up and take her around town

Just for the sake of my self-satisfaction

"Just stay quiet for today"

I say to Rona and leave the room

And then I go to the room Rau and the others are and met with Rau's hugging attack

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Author's note saying stuff like thanks for favorites and they don't know where story's headed they only started writing knowing characters and setting, etc.

TN: this chapter seemed a bit choppy, I don't think I managed to translate it very well, definitely didn't edit it well, too tired to worry about tenses, but I did manage to squeeze out two chapters this week