Isekai Yururi Kikou ~Raising Children While Being an Adventurer~

Elena, look at this.
There are amusing plants growing here!)
“”It’s round and round~””
“Those are… fiddleheads?”

What Joule found was something that looked exactly like the edible fiddleheads.

“”Fiddleheads?””
“Err, its name is… yep, it’s fiddlehead fern.”

It seems it was called fiddlehead fern in this world too.

(Oniichan, is this edible?)
“It is… I have not eaten much of it, though.”

I like stuff like fuki (butterbur) and takenoko (bamboo shoots), but I have not eaten much of zenmai (a type of fern top, more prized than kogomi or warabi), warabi (bracken shoots), kogomi (fernbrakes of kusasotetsu), fukinotou (flower shoots of butterbur), and udo (Japanese spikenard).

(Takumi is talking about Sansai.
Sansai (山菜) is a Japanese word literally meaning “mountain vegetables”, originally referring to vegetables that grew naturally, were foraged in the wild, and not grown and harvested from fields.
However, in modern times, the distinction is somewhat blurred, as some sansai such as warabi have been successfully cultivated.
For example, some of the fern shoots such as bracken (Fiddlehead) and zenmai shipped to market are farm-grown.
– from Wikipedia)

(Then, I’m going to pick more, so make it the next time.)
“Sure, go ahead.”

When I gave my consent, Joule, Allen, Elena, and Mile went to gather more fiddleheads.
However, rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients is better than just boiling something.
In that case, just fiddleheads won’t be enough.

“Mixing it with mushrooms and bamboo shoots would we the best, I really want them~”
(Bamboo shoots (takenoko = bamboo child)? Niisama, you mean that bamboo (take = bamboo)? The long green-colored thingies, right?)
“Eh? There are bamboos here?”
(Yes, there are.
But those are really tough, are they really edible?)
“It’s before they become bamboos.
They are not that tough when they just came out on the surface.”
(Is that so, I didn’t know~ Ahh, that’s why they are called bamboo children, huh.)

Feat was delighted by the new knowledge.

(Bamboo forests are pretty much everywhere.
There might be one around here too, I will go look for it if you’d like.)
“Really?”
(Of course.
You will be happy if I find it, after all.)
(Feat, I will go too!)
(Good, let’s look for it separately.)

Feat and Bolt flew into the sky, looking for a bamboo thicket.

“”We are back~””
(Oniichan, we picked up lots, you know? Huh? Where’s Feat and Bolt?)

Allen, Elena, Mile and Joule returned with plenty of fiddleheads.

“I said that wanted some bamboo shoots——bamboo children, so they went to look for bamboo.”
(Bamboo children? What are you going to use that for?)
“Bamboo shoots are delicious.”
“”Delish!””
(Heeh~ that thing can be eaten? We have to find it then!)

Hearing that it’s delicious, Allen, Elena, and Joule understood why Feat and Bolt left in search of it.

(Then, we will continue after Feat and Bolt return.
Shall we look for more herbs in the meantime?)
“Indeed, let’s do that.
Huh? That reminds me, Vector has been quiet since a while ago.
Where is he?”
“Vector is.”
“Over there~”

I thought I didn’t hear Vector’s voice for a while now.
He was apparently a little further away.

(It looks like he hunted Rocksnake again.)
“Again?”
(Yeah, “again”.
Look, Oniichan, over there.)
“Eh!?”

Looking where Joule was pointing at, I was shocked.

(He has been running all over the place since a while ago, bringing back Rocksnakes.)
“… When did he manage to do that?”

There was a pile of Rocksnakes so big I was at a loss for words.

“Well, as long as he’s not injured.”

It looks like there was no danger here, so I decided to let Vector do as he likes.
Allen, Elena, Joule, Mile, and I decided to resume looking for herbs until Feat and Bolt return.