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On August 20th, Jin and Elsa were relaxing when they received an urgent call from the old man.
"What? What is it?
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"......What's wrong?"
It was just before 11:00 a.m. Jin and Elsa were dozing on the sofa, still exhausted.
"What?
Really?"
Jin woke up clearly when he heard that. Elsa also woke up.
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"Isn't she about a week ahead of schedule?"
That seems to be the case with first-time mothers.
The two hurriedly got dressed and washed their faces.
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"So, what are the details?"
Jin asks the old man who is in charge of the information.
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"Dr. Sally told me. The first time you go into labor, it will take about half a day."
There is a time difference of about 5 hours and a half between Karz Village and Horai Island.
It is now 11:00 a.m. in Horai Island time and around 6:30 a.m. in Karuzu village.
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I'm going to go now. Jin, you can come later."
"Okay."
Erza is a healer, so we can count on her.
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Using the warp gate, Erza moved to the village of Kurtz.
"Well, what should I do ......?"
Jin wondered if there was anything he could do indirectly, even if he could not do anything directly.
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"Well, recovery medicine."
Jin thought of bringing some Persica juice and recovery medicine made in Horaijima.
"Let's bring some fruits anyway.
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Jin puts Persica, Apurul, Citran, Ramon, and other fruits from Horai Island into the basket.
"All right, I'll go with you."
Jin, realizing that Reinhardt would probably be apprehensive, jumps to the village of Kurtz accompanied by Reiko.
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"Reinhard ......"
Jin! Beltje, Beltje!
Jin arrived at the lord's house and headed for Reinhardt's office, where he met Reinhardt in the hallway.
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"Calm down, Reinhardt. Erza is here too, right?"
"Oh, yeah. But... but...!"
She's not at all comfortable.
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Jin has never been present at a birth before, so he doesn't know what to do.
"Don't make too much noise, both of you."
Just then, Elsa came in and chided him.
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"Erza, what about Bertsche?
But Reinhardt didn't seem to hear her.
"...... is all right. The midwife is here."
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Of course, the village midwife had been there for a few days, ready to help in case of an emergency.
"According to the midwife, everything is going well.
"I see."
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Reinhardt seemed to relax a little.
Erza found Reiko behind Jin holding a basket of fruit.
"I've been having periodic contractions," she said, "and they're calming down now. I'd like to give her Persica juice if I can."
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"Oh, I've got some of that too."
Reiko is carrying that on her back.
"Good, give me a bottle."
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"Yes, take it."
Elsa took the Persica juice and went back down the hall.
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"Reinhard, where is Bertsche?"
"Oh, yeah. I remodeled the guest room, there ......."
"I see."
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Reinhardt, who still looked uncomfortable, was dragged a little too forcefully into the office by Jin.
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"Well, calm down."
"Jin is someone else's problem. ......"
Reinhardt protests, but Jin is having none of it.
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"There have been a lot of babies born in the village of Kaina recently, and Erza has helped me out a few times. So you can rest assured that we'll take care of it."
"......"
"Here, drink this. You haven't eaten anything since this morning, have you?"
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Jin offered the Persica juice he had brought with him. After that, he also took out an april and peeled it for her.
"...... wind."
After drinking the Persica juice and eating the april, Reinhardt seemed to calm down a little.
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"People get nervous when they are hungry," he said.
Jin, too, hadn't had lunch yet, so he ate one après-ski.
"Come to think of it, I'm sure Elsa hasn't had hers yet either.
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Jin and Reiko went to the kitchen to get something easy to eat.
Reinhardt, who had nothing to do, followed them.
"Onigiri here," he said.
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Reinhardt and the others are well stocked since they eat rice regularly.
Jin has also provided them with a rice kettle to cook rice.
Reiko, prepare the cooking stove.
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"Yes."
Hitoshi decided to wash the rice.
He washed the rice three times, and asked Reiko to check the level of water.
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Then he put it on the stove and lit the fire.
He left the heat to Reiko.
The rice would be cooked soon.
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In the meantime, Jin decides to make something to eat.
"Oh, there are bread ears.
There were some ears of bread that were almost hard, so Jin decided to make rusks.
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There are several recipes, but Jin's method is as follows.
Put unsalted butter in a frying pan, heat it, and when it is melted, add sugar, then bread ears.
He is careful not to burn the bread, but to coat it with the butter and sugar, and voila!
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"Oh, that smells good.
Reinhardt's nose twitches at the smell of butter and sugar.
"Come on, let's eat!
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Jin picks one up and puts it in his mouth. It is crispy and crunchy.
"Yes, it's okay."
Reinhard sees this and puts a rusk in his mouth.
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"This is delicious!
I guess one après-ski was not enough to satisfy his hunger. Reinhardt ate more than half of the plate full of rusks.
"Ah, I feel at home. Thank you, Jin.
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"Ha, I'm glad it suits your taste."
Jin was relieved to see Reinhardt, who seemed to have finally regained his composure.