Pardon me!
HAKUMEI AND MIKOCHI
Is there anyone here?
B-bones?
Who is it?
This is Konju. Where are you?
Please come down here.
Ah... Konju.
You really came.
That's quite the greeting.
Where's Hakumei?
At work. She's out.
It's late, but this is for your housewarming. It's herb tea.
This is very kind of you.
But, my...
What a nice, spacious house.
Isn't it?
The bones at the entrance are unacceptable, though.
So... Why have you purposefully made such a mess?
It's my job!
I make and sell preserved food and daily commodities wholesale.
It's for a store at the bottom of Jaga Valley though.
Huh? Do you mean the Mujina Store?
Yes, do you know of it?
I'm a frequent customer!
The black soy bean cookies are exquisite!
These are freshly baked.
And, I also made the tea that I received from you earlier.
What?
Yuuyake ni tsukamatte tabi ni deyou
Tsubasa wa itsumo mimamotte kureru no
Bokuratte doko ka
Nika yotte hikareatte no?
Hora sora ga chikazuita sekai no mama de ne
I can't believe you're selling products wholesale to the Mujina Store...
Episode 8 Work Day 2
It's irritating, but now I'm seeing you in a whole different light.
Thank you for that.
What about Hakumei? Where does she work?
She's at a restaurant sharpening knives.
But I'm somehow relieved.
Even though you two are gluttons, I never saw either of you working.
Ow...
What are you making now?
Honey waffles. I'm trying out new items to sell.
Honey... waffles?! How absolutely enticing...
I won't have you snatching food with your fingers.
Let me help you!
What?
At this rate, I won't be able to look you in the eye soon!
I don't know what you mean by that...
Come on, please! I won't be held back!
Clack
Okay, whip the egg and honey together.
Clack
Understood!
Clack
While you warm it in a vessel over low heat, you know.
Clack
What do you mean "warm it in a vessel"?
Huh? We have to start from there?
Fill that pot over there with water, and over low heat, submerge it in water with a bowl to heat it.
I mostly get it.
Now, how do I light the fire?
I'm concerned.
Hmm... Maybe I should decrease the amount of rum. And perhaps a bit more kirsch.
Konju? I just heard something strange...
Huh?!
Burble
The fire... It's too high!
BURBLE
Burble
BURBLE
Burble
BURBLE
Burble
BURBLE
What?! But you said 'low heat'...
How is this 'low heat'?! Put it out, right now!
Egg and
Honey
Lump
COMPLETE
Don't tell me you don't know the meaning of 'low heat'...
Sorry. I'm bad at dealing with fire.
Okay then, can you do some wrapping?
Oh, you're pretty good!
You can leave this type of ladylike job to me.
Alright then.
I'm counting on you for all of these.
What's this?
Ten each of dried sweet potato, dried persimmon, sliced pickled radish, peach jam, and pear jam.
Wheat bun on jasmine tea on pickled ginger. And there are many, many more.
Ah, is that so...
Do you always do this by yourself?
I get Hakumei to help me. I basically do the cooking and buying.
But Hakumei has a job, doesn't she?
She rarely goes out on long trips.
Business hasn't really been thriving for her.
I see...
Well, when someone who works in the repair trade has a lot of time,
that means she's doing a good job every day, I think.
I see, I see.
What is it?
You're happy that I came here today, aren't you?
Yeah, I suppose...
You tend to get lonely, don't you?
Huh?
D-don't say weird things. Look, this one is the last.
Okay, okay.
How to Make Soap
Mikochi, what's this?
Test products. For a soap.
This?
It's so very plain. Even the scent is...
I-it doesn't matter, does it?
It's no good!
The scent of soap is the scent of a maiden!
The appearance of soap is the appearance of a maiden!
Sorry. I don't really understand.
I need potpourri and essential oils. And also prepare some of the tea from earlier, please.
Just what do you intend to do?
This one is exactly my field of expertise.
First, grate the soap.
Even if it's a bit rough that's not a problem.
Mikochi, where are the essential oils?
Um, I have rose and chamomile, and mandarin and mint...
That's sufficient. Brew the tea strong.
O-okay.
Put rose in the potpourri. Crush it finely in a mortar.
Add a few drops of essential oil to the grated soap.
Put a little bit of honey on top.
Stir it very well, while adding the tea a little bit at a time.
Crush about a palm-sized piece of soapberry rind into a paste.
To finish it off...
SQUEEZE!
...use a key or a button to press a pattern into it, and you're done.
Amazing! It looks completely different!
Right? My grandmother taught me how to do it.
She didn't teach you how to cook, though?
It smells good! I think I can take these to the shop!
It suds up pretty well. It would have been better if there was rosemary, though.
Well? Has your opinion of me changed a little?
Oh look, Konju! It's the soap I added chamomile oil to!
Ah, right, right. First, wash away the bubbles.
The mint soap feels extremely nice, too!
My eyes! Stop it, Mikochi! It'll get in my eyes!
Thanks for today, Konju.
Likewise. I saw something quite rare and I had fun.
I'll come to see you all excited and frolicking about again.
Forget that...
Next time I'll remember what low heat is!
MESS
I'll clean this up tomorrow.
Huh, this soap?
It definitely smells good...
Doesn't it?
What's this?
Oh my... my key...
KONJUZAKE
Oh, there it is.
Rosemary...
Mikochi. I found Rosemary.
Episode 9 Horned Owl and
Old Tales
Thanks. Now we can make even better soap.
Thanks to Konju's advice, huh?
SLICE Slice
Speaking of Konju,
SLICE Slice
yesterday, she didn't have the key to her house, so I wonder if she was okay...
SLICE Slice
Oh...
SLICE Slice
KONJUZAKE RAIKA
I don't mind letting my neighbor stay the night, but...
I don't especially like giving you my bed all to yourself all of a sudden...
This bed is hard...
But also, you sleeping completely naked with no hesitation in another person's room I do wonder about...
If I have clothes on, I can't sleep.
Hey, get up!
Hup!
Rocky mountain herbs have a good aroma.
They do.
We got a good haul of basil, too.
On bread or pizza... or pasta sauce or piccata!
It calms me when you space out.
But, I want to get away from here as quickly as possible.
Part of this area over here is a roped-off place where these things called 'Oroshi' live.
Oroshi?
There's a story about them being ferocious hunters.
Would they... eat us?
I can't say...
Well, if we hear them howl we should leave the dried meat behind and run.
Wh-what's the howl like?
Oh. Something like that...
Wha-?!
Mikochi!
Hey, you okay?!
Mikochi!
Ow...
Don't move so quickly...
Where does it hurt?
My leg... My leg hurts.
How about nausea or a headache?
I don't have those.
Once I take the proper emergency measures, I'll move you. Got it?
Yeah.
Ow...
Hang on...
I didn't know there was a cave this close by here.
I've stayed here for a night once before.
The spaciousness is good for easing the tension of having no walls.
But this time is different. I don't want to stay here for very long...
Sorry.
Don't worry about it.
The inside sure is huge.
Yeah. We'll camp out here today.
Does it hurt?
Yeah. I guess I still can't walk yet.
I know. Okay, I'm going to go get the things we brought with us.
Hakumei, can you do it on your own?
That's what I should be saying.
I'll be okay. I'll be back soon.
Now, I'll gather a bit of wild vegetables. That and dead twigs, and...
Whoops.
Maybe I've got too much.
An oroshi...
What?
What do you want? If you eat me, will you be satisfied?
The dried meat?
I'll give you the dried meat, so take it.
Hakumei!
Welcome back...?
Wh-what happened, Hakumei?
Mikochi... That was kinda scary...
Sorry. It got the dried meat.
Oh no. That's fine...
So, what happened?
The oroshi...
I saw it again.
What? Are you okay?!
When I gave it the dried meat it went home.
Phew...
You mean, it was actually a good thing?
I sure hope so.
Well, this is about right.
It's a bit spicy.
I haven't eaten your cooking in so long.
It's delicious. Savory. It warms me up.
I'm glad we brought roasted soybeans.
There are a lot of herbs and I found some wild vegetables,
so with all this, the basket overflowed quick...
Hakumei...
Are you scared?
My pain has mostly eased up, and tomorrow I'll probably be able to walk.
No, I'm not especially...
If the oroshi had attacked, I would've hated to run off and leave you behind.
Oh... I see.
If you're done, go ahead and rest. I'll clean up afterwards.
Hey, Hakumei.
Yeah?
When did you learn to make that dish from earlier?
Oh... When I had no home.
I think that was the time when I had stopped by the business district to the south.
Travelling money, food money, I had lost everything.
What? Why?
You don't feel like sleeping, huh?
It was stolen by a thief.
Wow!
There was the shopkeeper that let me eat for free, which rarely happened.
Seems like while I was focused on eating, that guy's buddy did it.
I had walked for half a day before I realized it.
Everything in my bag was replaced by a rock.
I was on the street on the brink of death at that time.
I was saved by a caravan of wolves.
What I ate at that time was bean soup.
Well, I ate many different types of things back then, both delicious and disgusting.
Is it good?
Is it good That sounds nice.
For things like fermented food, there's no special local flavor or anything.
It's just fermenting.
Do you think I could make some too? For example...
What kind of-
Hakumei, let's go together.
Mikochi...
If anything happens, run back inside.
Right.
Could that... possibly be...?
For us?
It left.
Maybe it's in thanks for the dried meat?
I'm suddenly exhausted...
What do we do with this?
I know. Could you make a midnight snack with this?
I thought you would say that. Leave it to me.
Bean soup by itself really wasn't enough at all.
But it was delicious.
Let me hear another story from your past while I make something.
Well then, I'll give you the best I've got.
How's a story about when I was with a herd of cows sound?
I've never seen a cow before!
Kokochi yoi kaze fuitara soto de gohan tabeyou
"Ryokubirou" Caravan
Kinmokusei kaoru konna kisetsu ni wa
With Ryokubirou, the one-eyed female wolf elder with the green dye tipped tail at the head of the pack,
this caravan is organized under the direction of the trading merchant village of Yashiro.
Akebi iro no sora kara hoshi chirachira kirari
Yukkuri iki wo suikondara utage no maku hirake kaishi
With every large-scale trade between Yashiro and the ancient city of Kiou, they aim to convey a combination of "en route security," and "exchange between the cities."
Smoke cheese dekitate no kisshu hooba de tsutsunda himemasu
Ryokubirou coordinates all things such as self-defense procedures and trade negotiations, and from that combat strength and negotiating power, she is feared and called the "Smiling Heroine" by some.
Smoke cheese dekitate no kisshu hooba de tsutsunda himemasu
Hora sekai ga yorokonderu watashitachi to odoritagatteru
There's a record of her heading in the direction of
the mountain valley town of Makinata only once, but the purpose for that is unknown.
Konna yoru ni au sake tte nandaro?
Botanical ni sanshou nante dou kana?
Chiisana kono te de tsuki mo tsukamechau nante omocchau kibun