01x04 - Waterways Make Life Feel Complete

[bunniefuu]

["Flower Ring" by Shino Shimoji

and Aya Suzaki plays]

[footsteps approaching]

- Now then, time to get

today's work started.

Hmm?

What, Zabuton?

Hmm?

A bee?

It's huge.

What will you do with it?

Are you going to eat it?

So then you'll keep it as a pet?

Yeah, it might be dangerous.

Oh, it won't fight back anymore?

Okay, got it.

There we go.

I built a little house for the

bee's nest near the orchard.

They built a big nest inside

in about 10 days.

The worker bees are all busy

taking care of their jobs.

By the way, only the queen

is that big.

The worker bees are all

normal-sized.

If I leave them here like this,

I wonder if they'll make honey

that I can harvest.

The crops in the field

have flowering plants,

but maybe I should plant

a flower garden nearby

if I wanna harvest honey.

- Hello?

Hiraku?

[Tia screaming]

Pardon the intrusion!

- Maybe she's been stung

before or something.

[hammer tapping]

[Hiraku grunting]

[Hiraku sighing]

- What's this?

- Reservoir.

Or at least it will be one day.

I planned on drawing water

from the river

through a waterway,

and I've been busy with

other stuff lately.

- I see, then.

How far have you progressed

with the waterway construction?

- Not even far enough to decide

what I'm going to

make out of it yet.

There's actually

quite a bit of distance

between here and the river.

- [Lea] First we need to decide

what to build it out of.

- [Hiraku] Let's see.

I've always pictured waterways

as built from stone.

- [Lea] Hm.

I think it would be a bit

difficult to find stone

to work with around here.

- Then should we use wood?

- Well, we certainly do have

a lot of wood here,

but if we have a long waterway,

the gaps in the wood will

cause quite a bit of leakage.

- Hm.

[water dripping]

In that case, we'll use this.

[hammer thumping]

A compacted dirt,

using the almighty tool.

It's about as hard as concrete.

This should work great.

- As what?

- Oh, never mind.

I actually had a mountain

of dirt left over

from digging out the reservoir

that I wasn't sure

what to do with.

We went right into

mass production mode.

- [All] One! Two! One!

- [Hiraku] Next!

We built an intake gate

for the water

at the top of the waterfall,

then built up the

foundation using dirt,

and placed parts of the

waterway on top of it.

- [Lea] Okay. A little

more this way.

[Lea grunting]

[Leezay humming]

- [Hiraku] I let

the elves handle

the basic foundation work.

- Good work.

- Good work!

- [Hiraku] I focused on

sealing the seams

and strengthening

the foundation.

Thanks to all of

their hard work,

the construction moved along

a lot faster than

I was expecting.

[water rushing]

[water splashing]

[Lea laughing]

Now we won't have to climb

in and out of the well

for water every day.

- Yeah!

This should make watering

the crops easier, too.

[fish flapping]

- Oh, look at this.

I haven't been able

to catch any,

but now that we have

access to the river,

I can finally eat fish.

I just need to decide how

I'm going to prepare them.

You know, the rabbits in this

forest may be really vicious,

but the fish here seem

to be pretty normal.

I'm really glad that

they're so easy to-

[fish thudding]

[Hiraku screaming]

[blade ringing]

- Oh!

[wood rattling]

[fire crackling]

- [Lu] Aren't those fish from

the forest of death waters?

- Yeah.

Those are the really

vicious ones, too.

- I wonder if it's

safe to eat those.

[all humming]

[triumphant chord playing]

- Here you go.

Just for you.

- Oh no. [laughing]

You should eat first.

You made it.

- Yeah, she's right.

You're the one who made it.

- Are you sure?

Then I'll help myself.

[relaxed music playing]

[Hiraku chewing]

It looks and tastes

just like salmon!

- Like ham?

- [Hiraku] Uh, forget

what I said.

Here, don't be shy.

[both gasping]

Eat up.

[both whimpering]

[Lu gulping]

- This is

- So

So delicious!

[all murmuring]

- So would you all

like to try some?

- [All] Mhm!

- [Hiraku] They all loved it,

so we quickly

went through it all.

But after that, we caught more

and preserved it with salt

so we could store them.

[relaxed music ending]

I decided to try

tilling with the hoe

while thinking about

rice plants,

and rice plants popped up.

I didn't know that they

could grow in normal soil

but now that we have the

waterways built here

[drum banging]

We're building a rice paddy.

- Did you say a paddy?

[hoe swiping]

[Hiraku grunting]

[grand music beginning]

[Hiraku grunting]

[elves humming]

- Huh?

- It looks just like a

normal crop field, though.

- [Hiraku] I'm just

getting started here.

[wood rattling]

[water rushing]

[elves gasping]

- Oh!

- [Lea] Are you building

a pond too?

Oh, I know what it's!

You're going to keep

fish here, right?

- [laughing] I guess

that's how it looks.

Now, I'm going to need

you all to help me

with this next part.

- What? What should we do?

[water splashing]

It's all slimy.

[Lea whining]

[elves murmuring]

- Okay, everyone, let's plant

all these seedlings.

- Ah!

[Lees grunting]

[Leef and Leely laughing]

The girls were a little

nervous at first,

but they got the hang of it.

The rice planting went off

without a hitch.

I put Zabuton's children

in charge

of keeping pests

out of the area.

I'm not sure if it was

thanks to the water

or the almighty farming tool,

[elves cheering]

but the rice plants

grew much faster

than I expected them to.

And now, it's time to harvest.

I had Lea and the girls

help me with this too,

[blades ringing]

[elves grunting]

and thanks to them, it was done

in the blink of an eye.

[relaxed music]

- [Lea] So what exactly

are we doing?

- We're drying them so we can

get all the moisture out.

- Huh?

You know about all kinds of

interesting things, don't you?

- [laughs] I just

happened upon this.

That's right.

I just happened to watch an idol

doing this on TV one time.

- [Lu] Hmm.

So these are the crops

you grew in that paddy, then?

- What are you going

to do with them now?

- We'll thresh them.

- You'll thresh them?

- Yep.

- Ah.

- Let's see

I'm pretty sure the old

thresher I saw in a museum

looks something like this.

[Hiraku grunting]

[plants rustling]

[girls applauding]

[laughing] That's

the gist of it.

[rice shuffling]

Next, we put them

through a sieve

to get rid of any remaining

leaves or plant matter.

- Oh.

- Oh!

- [Hiraku] Then we

use a mortar

to remove the husk

from the rice,

and now we use a pestle

to polish the rice.

[Lecott sighing]

[pestle thumping]

- This stuff really

takes a lot of work.

- Yeah.

Can you not eat it

if you don't go through

all these steps?

[rice glittering]

[Hiraku sighing]

- Are you finally finished?

- Yeah.

- So that means we can

eat it now, doesn't it?

- No, not yet.

[Lu groaning]

[Tia gasping]

[gentle music playing]

- What happens now?

- I'm cooking the rice.

If I remember the way to

cook rice in a kettle

first you start it nice and

slow, and then once it rises

cut the heat and simmer,

add a fist full of straw

to the fire.

Then no matter what happens,

don't lift the lid.

- Was that a spell?

- Don't know.

I've never heard it before.

- [Hiraku] Hey, Lu?

- Hmm?

- Huh?

- [Hiraku] Could you use

your magic to light the fire?

- [Lu] Sure, I'd be happy to.

It's finally time

for the great sage

Lord Lulucy to show

what she can do.

I'll blast you one and all

into smithereens!

- Uh It's supposed to be

slow, so a low flame.

- Aw, come on.

How incredibly boring.

[fire roaring]

I wonder what kind of food

he's making this time.

- [Tia] I'm not sure

what he's making,

but I'm curious to see

what the spell did.

[Lecott gulping]

[lid rattling]

[chimes tinkling]

- [Hiraku] Oh!

It came out perfect.

- It's done now, right?

- Not yet.

[Lu grunting]

- [All] Oh!

[Hiraku grunting]

[rice sparkling]

- This thing here is what he

spent all that time making?

- [Hiraku] Yeah.

If you're going to try rice,

then I think rice ba*ls

are the way to go.

- Well, after you then.

[Lu gasping]

- Fine, I'll do it.

[Lu inhaling]

[Lu chewing]

Mm!

Mhm!

[whimsical music playing]

- Ah?

[Tia chewing]

Mm!

It's delicious.

- Glad to hear.

- Wait a sec.

This is the fish

from the other day!

- [Hiraku] Yeah, the saltiness

goes with the rice.

- Mm.

Now I feel like all that

hard work was worth it.

- Mhm.

This is my happiest moment

as a farmer here yet.

Huh?

Are they good?

- [All] Mhm!

- Well, it looks

like they're a hit.

I'll just have to work

harder and make more.

[Hiraku chewing]

Next time, I think I'll do

a different filling.

[delicate music playing]

[leaves rustling]

[water sloshing]

[Hiraku sighing]

We should stop here for today.

- Okay.

[rustic music beginning]

[light ringing]

[Lea humming]

[light ringing]

[Leely grunting]

[light ringing]

[Leef and Leezay humming]

[water splashing]

[light ringing]

[Lees and Leeta giggling]

[both gasping]

[Lecott groaning]

[Lecott sneezing]

[light ringing]

[Lecott sniffling]

- Apparently they can all clean

themselves off with magic.

It's times like this

I really wish

I had a bath I could hop in.

Well, I did build a waterway,

so I'll give it a shot.

- You're building a bath?

- Yeah.

- What's a bath, exactly?

- It's a place where you wash

your body with warm water.

A furnace to heat up the water,

a tub to hold the water,

a place to wash your body.

I wanna put a changing room

in there too.

- Huh?

- [Lea] Can't we just

wash ourselves

in a river or something?

- [Hiraku] Isn't it too cold

during the winter?

- [Lea] Yeah, I guess

you're right.

- Just trust me!

Baths are great!

I want to build one,

no matter what it takes.

It's good for your circulation.

- [Lea] We'll help you build it.

[bright music playing]

- [Hiraku] And so construction

began right away.

The furnace was made

from blocks of dirt

compacted with the hammer.

- Oh!

- Oh!

- [Hiraku] We fed it water

brought in from the waterway,

and the most important

part of the bath,

the tub itself.

[Lea giggling]

I wanna make it

as big as possible.

We made stools to sit on

in the washing area.

- It seems to be going well.

- Hm.

- What is it?

- I'm just now noticing this.

Pulling water from the

river is fine and all,

but is it okay to put

our wastewater

back into the river

from our bath?

- [Tia] If that's what

you're worried about,

we can just use slimes.

- Some slimes?

- Yeah.

They eat waste and dead

organic matter and purify it.

They're nature's

cleaning machines.

- Aren't those

weak-looking monsters,

that are actually really

dangerous and end up being

the number one cause of

death in new adventurers?

[soul moaning]

[game beeping]

- That's not how it is at all.

I'll go catch some!

All done.

[slime bouncing]

- She grabbed them from

near the earlier village.

[Kuro panting]

Will you eat this?

Okay, got it.

[slimes plopping]

I built a purification

pool for the slimes

in the waste waterway.

- If we put slimes

in the toilet,

they'll clean everything

nasty in there for us.

- I'm glad they'll do that,

but I don't know if I have

the courage to do my business

right above a slime's head.

And just like that, the

wastewater problem was solved.

Now I just need to

grab some firewood

and the bath will be

ready to go.

Hm?

A mushroom.

I've actually been

too afraid to eat

any of the mushrooms

in this forest,

'cause I didn't know which

ones might be poisonous.

- You made the right choice.

Things like this are

really hard to tell apart.

- They're pretty incredible

if you cook them thoroughly.

- If you'd like me to, I'd be

happy to eliminate them.

- [Hiraku] Huh? Is that

what we're talking about?

The residents all had

different opinions.

[light humming]

In that case,

Shiitake, shiitake, shimeji

[hammer thumping]

I went to hurry up and grow

all the mushrooms I knew.

I'm not sure if this was

the right way to do it.

Shiitake again.

I completely forgot

about the bath.

Ah.

Now I'm going to teach you

how to use the bath.

Take your clothes off

in the changing room.

However, before you

get into the tub-

- Ah?

- Ah?

- [Hiraku] You first

need to rinse

and lightly wash yourself off

in the washing area.

- [Lea] Um, excuse me.

- Hm?

- It would be very helpful

if you could demonstrate.

- You want me to show you?

[cloth rustling]

- Uh

First you get undressed,

[water splashing]

[elves humming]

then you rinse yourself,

then you wash yourself.

Finally, get into

the bath and

Ah, it's the best.

- [All] Ah.

Oh?

- I can really feel it.

How long has it been

since I bathed like this?

I wasn't allowed to

get into a bath

while I was hospitalized.

Huh? Zoned out.

So anyways, that's how

you enjoy it

- [All] Okay!

[lively music beginning]

[elves giggling]

- It's nice to be able to relax

and wash ourselves like this.

- Uh, sorry.

- Hm?

- Hm?

- [Hiraku] No, it's just that

I'll get out first.

You all can just take your time.

- [Lu] Why is that?

Can't we all just

bathe together?

- [Tia] Yeah, She's right.

This way we don't need to

heat up the water again.

- Well, yeah,

you're right about that.

But still, I

[water bubbling]

I'm too embarrassed to relax

with them all around

me right now.

In the end, there wasn't

much time for me to relax

while in the bath.

I should have built

a separate men's bath.

- [Lu] Wouldn't that just be

a private bath for you?

- [Tia] No fair, you can't

have a bath for just you.

- [Hiraku] Is that what

you guys think?

[wind rustling]

[footsteps approaching]

Hm?

[Hiraku laughing]

Looks like it worked.

Maybe I'll make a

mushroom hotpot tonight.

[dog barking]

What?

The dogs found five

new elves in the forest

and brought them here.

- I'm Lafa.

- I'm Lassa.

- I'm Lalasha.

- I'm Lalu.

- I'm Lami.

?- [Hiraku] You're all "La?"

- Oh, you mean our

names are "La."

The reason our names are

- [Hiraku] You're all

related, right?

- That's right.

You already knew that?

- [Hiraku] Do they all

want to live here too?

- They do.

They used to live in the

same village as all of us.

- Since we left,

we've been living our lives

as mere wanderers.

It's been 200 years since

we've seen them.

- 200?

You must have had

a really rough time.

It's fine by me.

[Lafa gasping]

If you'd like,

you can live with us.

- [All] Thank you very much.

- All right, let's start

building you all

a house to live in.

I know. Why don't we

take this time

to make some improvements

to your house?

- Hm?

Well, there are more people.

I guess it's getting

kind of cramped.

- We'll help you with

the work, so don't worry.

- Oh, thank you.

That's helpful.

- Okay, everyone, let's get

started on today's work.

- [All] Okay.

[all giggling]

And to ensure the

revival of our race,

let's start making children.

- [All] Yeah!

[elves giggling]

- I'm not sure how they

intended to make children,

but it's nice to see

they're so optimistic.

- Let's start now!

- What?

- [Lea] It's time to

make houses.

- [Hiraku] [stammering]

Yeah, let's go!

Farming Life

- [Tia] in Another

- [Hiraku] World.

- Let's start making children.

- Yeah.

- Yeah!

[elves giggling]

- [Kuro] It appears

the number of females

in my master's pack has

increased again.

[Kuro growling]

My name is Kuro.

Before I met my master, I didn't

have a name to call my own.

[nostalgic music beginning]

Starting from the moment

I was born,

I spent my whole life

in this forest alone.

[footprints approaching]

I never lost a single fight

to another male.

I planned on living

my whole life

doing whatever I pleased, and

hunting when I needed to eat.

But one day, I met a female.

[chime ringing]

I didn't stand a chance

against her.

After my complete loss

to that female,

we began to travel together.

Sometime after that,

her belly started to grow,

and soon she gave birth

to our children.

There are animals in this

forest who lead around

packs of their little ones.

When I thought about how that

would become my life one day,

it didn't seem so bad.

But then, our luck

took a turn for worse.

[wolf whining]

We ran into the one they

call the grappler bear,

the king of this forest.

I don't know if he decided

on a whim to spare us,

or if he was just full,

but he didn't eat us.

We were still gravely injured,

and as a result,

we couldn't hunt for food.

We'd become so weak that our

former prey had driven us away.

We found ourselves at

the center of this forest,

a place where even the grappler

bear doesn't dare to tread.

[footsteps approaching]

[Hiraku humming]

What we did find there

was a human male.

- Hm?

- [Kuro] I always thought that

people living in the forest

kept themselves hidden,

and never stayed in

one place for too long.

How could someone

so obviously weak-looking

survive here all by himself?

It was that.

I felt a limitless power

coming from that tool.

We thought our lives

were over,

and we'd already made

our peace with that.

- Hm.

[wolves chewing]

- [Kuro] But he shared

his prey with us.

He took care of us.

[lighthearted music playing]

This is the meat of a gate boar.

I'm impressed that he was able

to hunt such a great beast.

We don't have any desire

to fight him.

The female and I have

decided that this male

will be our master.

Our master gave us names,

as well as a home to live in.

The meat he cleans for us

and the vegetables

he cooks are delicious.

But the most delicious part

of an animal is the innards.

Throwing that away

is a terrible waste.

Before long, our children grew

up and our family got bigger.

Our master also became

the leader

of a large pack of his own.

Looking at all the

females he leads,

I can't help but think

that he must be more

than just a weak human,

as I once thought he was.

My only concern now

is our master doesn't

seem to understand.

He's unaware that we are

the terrifying monsters

known as the inferno wolves.

Well, I'm sure it'll be fine.

[Kuro barking]

Right now,

I'm just thankful that my good

fortune led me here to him.

["Feel the winds"

by Yui Hizuki plays]

[rustic music playing]