'It's time to pull out.

Urgas nodded quietly when I said so.

The sun was over the middle of the sky, and I was beginning to feel hungry. I had caught five river fish, and that was enough for me.

I got up, and Urgus walked silently away with the bucket. His movements are so natural and smooth.

If Urgus is a man, he must be a gentleman.

He walks away with his fishing rod slung over his shoulder.

When I returned to Letty and Ira, they were sitting by the riverside chatting with each other, perhaps tired from the hard day's work.

'We've got enough food, let's go back to the city.

'That's true. We caught a lot of river shrimps and small fish!

I looked into Ira and the others' buckets and found many river shrimps and small fish.

There must be about 30 river shrimps in the bucket. They were crammed together in the bucket.

You caught a lot of river shrimps,' he said.

'I wanted to eat it right at home!

Letty says somewhat proudly.

It may not be enough for all the guests, but after all this hard work, I feel like the family deserves at least half of it.

Either way, I'm sure Dad will be at the market buying Lettie's favorite, river prawns.

'Let's collect the traps one last time,' he said.

'Oh, that reminds me.

When I said this, Ira muttered as if he had just remembered.

This is the real deal when it comes to harvesting river fish.

'Urgas can wait.

I don't know if the armor of Urgas is water-resistant or not, but I don't need you to go through the trouble of getting water into my armor to help me.

We walk to the traps we have set.

I set the trap, made a hole in it, and as I approached the crate, I saw that many river fish had gathered there. Apparently, they were attracted by the bait dissolved in the water and its scent.

This is promising.

When I approach the box, the wary fish quickly move away, but the fish in the box do not. This is a trap that takes advantage of the fish's habit, so the fish in the box must be circling inside the box all the time by now.

As I lifted the box slowly, I could feel the water leaking through the cracks and bouncing inside.

When I looked into the hole, I found about five river fish, such as ayu and ultramarine fry.

It is not uncommon to get scaup even if it is a trap, so this must be one of the big hits.

We moved on to the next trap site. There we found four river fish, half of which were inedible, so we released them.

Finally, there was a pile of stones that contained three alewives.

There is only one exit, and I am blocking it, so I can scoop them with a net.

I was thinking of asking Letty or Ira to bring a net, when I was poked in the back with a stick-like object.

Hm?

When I turned around, I saw Urgas stretching a net from the opposite shore.

Apparently, he had seen me and brought it to me.

Thank you, that's great. May I have the trap while you're at it?

I took the net and offered him the trap in the crate, which he accepted without any sign of reluctance.

Now free to move my hands, I put the net into the water with a pile of stones.

Ayu is startled and tries to escape, but there is only one way out and I have blocked it.

Even Ayu, who can move fast in the water, has a limit to how far she can escape in such a small area, and all three of them easily fit into the net.

No, traps are easy to use, aren't they?

With a fishing rod, it takes a long time to catch three fish, but with a trap, we can catch them like this with a high probability.

It is best to set traps while fishing at your leisure.

When I put the river fish in the bucket and went ashore, Ira, who had also retrieved the trap, asked me about it.

How many fish did you find over there?

'I checked about three, ten fish.

'Ten fish! You caught a lot. ......'

'Where's Isla?'

'I set up two, but only two ayus. And they're small.

Ira shows me his bucket, looking somewhat sad.

There were two small ayus swimming in it.

They are big enough to eat, but not big enough.

'Are there any fish in the trap Letty set?'

'There were three fish!

That means I caught ten river fish in my trap and three in Lettie's trap. And I caught five more fish, so we have eighteen river fish.

'Well, I'll share five of my river fish with you,' he said.

Yes, let's do it!

Letty agrees to my proposal without objection.

We came all the way to the river to catch shellfish and fish. Of course Ira and his family want to eat river fish too.

What? But that's a trap set by Tori and her friends, and it's not enough for the restaurant to serve ......'

As for the river fish, my father buys enough of them at the market, so it won't be a problem.

Originally, we were expected to provide shellfish and river prawns, not river fish. This is not a problem.

I say this and transfer the ayu and ultramarine fry into Ira's bucket.

Thank you! I'm so glad I got to try the grilled river fish!''

Seeing her smile of honest joy, Letty and I smiled with satisfaction.


We were happy to see her smile and we smiled with satisfaction.

After returning to the city from the river, Ira bought me a fruit juice as promised, and we returned to our house drinking it.

''I'm home!

Welcome home, you two.

When we returned to the inn, we were greeted by my mother, who was wiping down the dining room table.

By the way, Urgus had stopped by the Adventurers' Guild to sell Aigfang's materials, so he would not be back until a little later.

'Did you catch many shellfish and shrimps?

'We caught a lot! Here, look!

In response to Mom's words, Lettie and I simultaneously show her the bucket containing today's results.

'...... you caught a lot of fish. Especially there are so many shellfish. Did you really catch all this just the two of you? You didn't buy it at the market or something?''

Mom seemed a little skeptical, perhaps because we had done so much more than she had imagined.

Urgus helped us catch some river fish along the way, but as for the shellfish and river shrimp, we were on our own.

Yes, my brother caught so many shellfish that it made me sick.

'Tori? Wow, this girl has a surprising talent.

I don't know why, but I don't feel like I'm being praised at all, even though I should be.



Can't you two be more honest in your language?

'At any rate, you both look great. I guess we'll be able to handle the influx of guests with all this.

On the other hand, Mom pats me and Letty on the head and gives us honest compliments.

Her hands are not so fine and beautiful as she works every day, but they are soft and very warm. Above all, the hands that stroked our heads were filled with love.

As I am mentally older than her, I feel a little embarrassed to be stroked, but I do not feel bad about it.

Even though I am a lazy person, my mother's praise made me feel that I would work a little harder.