20demayo Chapter 143
Chapter 143
One Day as an Onee-chan
The start of the Special-grade Guild, Part 2!
The first arc will mainly consist of everyday short stories, but it also contains hints for future developments.
If you’d like, please continue to join me!
I hope you enjoy it...!
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“Good morning! Gil-nyan-di-o-shan... Uwaah! I can’t say it! Agh!”
Hi there, it’s Meg!
It’s been 20 years since I reunited with my dad and started living at this guild. It feels like that time has flown by. But my body is growing very slowly. I’m finally about the equivalent of a 5 or 6-year-old human child. Sigh.
But my pronunciation has gotten a lot better! So, taking after Kei-san, I started this plan to call everyone by their full names, but... as you can see, I still have a long way to go.
“If you rush, you’ll just stumble more.”
“I-I know that.”
Gil-san said this with a wry smile. That’s right, my bad habit is that when I stumble once, I get flustered and stumble more. Someday I’ll be able to speak fluently!
There was a certain encounter and event last week that made me start this. It was a very valuable experience, and it made me feel like I need to become a more reliable onee-san! It was an encounter that fired me up.
“Fueh? A baby...?”@@@@
One morning, as I was heading to my usual counter at the guild, Saura-san called out to me from the reception desk and asked me to do a job. She said I was perfect for it, so I wondered what it was, but it was an unexpectedly surprising job.
“That’s right! A baby was born in this town a few years ago, remember? The baby’s parents have to go out for the day due to family circumstances, and it’s difficult for them to take the baby with them, so they’ve requested for someone to look after the baby.”
Among demi-humans, who have an extremely low birth rate, the birth of a new life in this city, where many rare species live, is a very auspicious event. I still remember that the whole city held a birth party at the time, and it continued for about a week. I mean, the people of this city really love festivals... They’ll throw a banquet at the drop of a hat. And every time, Juma-kun gets too excited and ends up being punished.
“B-But why me? I don’t think I can take care of a baby.”
This child is a Rakudi, a demi-human with a large tail, and apparently she’s the type that can breathe fire, which makes it even more challenging. Rakudi are fairly common demi-humans, but each individual has a different specialty in magic attributes. This child’s is fire. Fire is... troublesome! Judging from the shape and pattern of her tail and ears, she’s a raccoon dog. In this world, it’s not strange for a fox to give birth to a raccoon dog. Even after 20 years, I’m still constantly amazed!
“Mmmm, we need Tioris’s help for this!”
“Huh? Tio-nee?”
“Yes! Tioris is a Rakun demi-human with a fire attribute, so she might be able to give us some tips!”
Ah, now that you mention it, I’ve heard that before. Tioris-san is a Rakun, a raccoon demi-human. She certainly has similarities to Miina-chan, who’s a raccoon dog with a fire attribute. We immediately took the crying and screaming Miina-chan to the cafeteria.
“Ah, I don’t know what to do with babies either!”
However, when we asked Tio-nee in the cafeteria, she waved her hands from side to side, looking puzzled. Tio-nee, who has now become the head chef, is always confident and smiling, so this response is somewhat refreshing.
“We’re not asking you to take care of her! We were wondering if you had any tips or tricks... Eek, she breathed fire again!”
Tio-nee crossed her arms and thought for a bit at Maryla-san’s plea. Then, as if she’d thought of something, she clapped her hands once.
“We Rakun demi-humans have relatively weak bases of our tails. If you pet her there, it might suppress her fire breathing.”
Tioris-san said this with a slight frown, saying she wasn’t sure if it would be the same since Rakudi are different, but this was a good find. I immediately tried gently stroking the base of Miina-chan’s tail as she cried, screamed, and breathed fire.
“Oh, she stopped crying!”
Amazing! It’s like magic, she calmed down and got a sleepy look on her face, as if she hadn’t been throwing a tantrum just a moment ago! I was so happy that I kept petting her.
“That only works when they’re infants, so I didn’t remember right away. But I’m glad it was helpful.”
“Thank you so much, Tioris!”
Maryla-san and I thanked her repeatedly, and she kindly told us that she’d have lunch delivered later, so we could eat in shifts. Alright, let’s do our best!
And so, while we were frantically taking care of her, the day flew by. It was almost evening.
“She’s so cute...”
Taking care of her was hard work, but that all gets blown away by this cuteness. I kind of understand how everyone feels when they dote on me. At the same time, I realized that I need to start acting like an onee-san soon! It was a day when that self-awareness sprouted.
Later, I accidentally fell asleep next to Miina-chan out of exhaustion. Apparently, Maryla-san and others from all over the guild enjoyed watching me sleep and found it healing... but I’d like them to stop looking at my sleeping face, it’s embarrassing! Because of that, Miina-chan and her parents ended up staying at the guild overnight... Everyone, please learn some self-control!?