Chapter 6: Being Uncle was Tough
(MC POV)
"Can you still keep up? If no, just put it in there."
"I'm a man too... Uncle Kizuato...! I can... do... it...!"
"But we'll never advance if you keep doing that."
Takeo with his perseverance like his big-brother Tanjiro was keeping me at bay to trek down the mountain in the early morning.
I suggested adding his basket to the cart so we could finish this without wasting time but he refused.
So here we are, still not trekking down half-way through the mountain.
I hate to do this but I don't have a choice, so I called the person in the bushes that following us.
"Tanjiro, help your brother. Hurry."
The bushes rustle beside me and the children suddenly frightened and hid behind my back.
"Just out, Tanjiro. I know you're there."
His head appeared in the bushes with a vexed look on his face.
"Sorry, Uncle Kizuato." He apologized.
I sigh. "Just go help your brother, okay."
Tanjiro hastily takes over lifting the basket which Takeo fights over it before losing to his brother's strength. He pouted and followed hs down the mountain.
Hanako and Shigeru were playing above the cart, talking about the last time they'd have been in the town.
Nezuko and Rokuta were not in the group as Nezuko babysit Rokuta to ease her mother's housework.
Before 8, we've arrived at the foot of the mountain and walked into the dirty-dusted road.
As we walked, mix looks would look in us.
I had no mask to hide my pinkish-red scar in my face, and with children on my side, I was concluded or deducted to be swindler or kidnapper.
Worst, I heard I was a pedophile looking at how young and cute the children were.
Yet, even though I was angry inside, I still keep my facade smile while talking to the children.
"Tsk! Pedophile!"
Can you at least hide your contempt, woman!
I was fine physically but mentally, maybe you should ask the god about that.
I would've had to be picky, but still, maybe they've could just or at least change my fate to not burn my face in the hot boiling water.
Among the lookers, were children at the age when they could speculate who is handsome and who is beautiful.
With sweet innocent caring yet amiable face of Hanako that she gets on her parents, it was not surprising that she was a perfect fiance on any boys around her age.
Or those red, piercing yet smooth hair and innocent face of both brothers, Tanjiro and Takeo.
And for Shigure...
Nice round face for him of course!
Hmmm...
It's okay to undergo poverty at an early age.
But having poverty in 20's and 30's was totally unacceptable!
I wanted to face-palm myself as I look to the grown-up adults looking lustfully to Tanjiro and his siblings.
Sigh... Pedophile was really the hidden fetish of humans as I experience it in both worlds...
It's a good thing that human outlasts it by their nature of protecting young ones.
The children were happy sightseeing the town as they point anything that they caught interesting.
Hanako pointed the candy store which was booming with customers as the children would laugh licking the candy stick.
The rest was not exceptional, so I promise them we will buy after we've done delivering the charcoal which they'd became so eager as they tried to lift each basket for themselves and it was pointless.
We've arrived at the high-class house with garden and pavilion, and the zen garden was drawn into countless spiral coiled circles creating a harmonious graceful unending waves.
There were two guards with samurai at their waist, both each sides of the river stream wooden bridge.
They spotted us which I quickly say my business coming here and they called the housekeeper.
Meeting the house-keeper, he tried to huggle some discount for me hinting how strong their guard swordsmanship which I completely oppose.
So...
I give the three an icy-glare before pickpocketing my payment on his waist, and of course his money too.
And I turned around and leaves them petrified.
The children who were waiting for me outside pulled me eagerly towards the direction of the candy store.
I give Tanjiro enough money to buy each sibling four pieces of candy, included Nezuko and Rokuta who were at home.
As we walk towards the exit of the town, Hanako's eyes were glued to varieties of colorful kimono that around her age wore.
If I remembering correctly, Tanjiro birthday is next week and next three weeks from then was Takeo's birthday and the next day of that were Nezuko and Hanako's birthday.
Means, in just one month span, four of the Kamado children will celebrate their birthday.
Looks like I needed to think how to earn money as fast as possible before their birthday, sigh...
...Being Uncle is tough
There's no escape on Uncle's responsibility if all of your nieces were your neighbor, sigh...
In the periphery of the town, after you exited, there is a poster stand where you can take a job to earn money.
Usually, it's always been ignored because of how harsh and dangerous the job was, so many papers were plastered on it.
I took a glance at the recent and fresh paper that's been published.
It was an easy job. The only least you needed to do was lift a patient in norimon along with three more people to the city called "Asakusa".
But the downhill of the job was it'll take time to finish the job.
Asakusa city was a few miles away and you needed to bypass many stiff and terrain mountains which overall would take two-weeks of the journey.
And if your team was fragile, it would've taken more days before the sweet-sweets payment.
The good thing was, the client is quite generous, paying the half payment before the job and the half after.
Which fits on my schedule if I have one.
The meeting place was one week from now on, which I have time to attend Tanjiro birthday and finish the job before Takeo and the rest birthday.
Or I called just suggested that we postpone their birthday and celebrate a big party at the end of the month.
It's a good plan.
But without persuading the children to postpone their birthday, it'll only be an idea in my head.
I didn't tell the children about my gifts for them and just stayed silent as we walked back to the mountain.
[1] Norimon - Japanese Traditional Vehicle for ladies.
BadFacts - Did you know Child Pornography in '80s was legal in Japan? Which Is F*ck-up!
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