Chapter 36: Iris"s Onee-chan"s Skills Want to Rise. Author: Sakurada Family.()
Character Cheat Sheet: For everybody "including me". To help remember all these names and characters.
Minazuki Amane(水無月周 aka あまね) Our protagonist. Ordinary black hair, cut shoulder length. Normal skin, not particularly fair with ordinary eyes. Slightly taller than Alice. And her breast are abit bigger.
Minazuki Alice(ありす) Golden Shiny hair, blue eyes. Fair soft skin. She is pretty much really beautiful. one of the two beauties in school.
Takanashi Rinka(高梨凛花)Aka Rin-chan. Black hair styled in twin tails. Eyes more slanted. Gives impression of strong woman. Is a diligent student who is kind with good looks. Very good athletically.
Kiniwa Ena(砂庭江奈) Aka Enchan. Shoulder length chestnut colored hair.Gives off the impression of a gentle kind girl. Poor with physical activities and got big b.o.o.bies.
Yanomiya Sora(夜乃宮蒼穹) Aka Kuu-chan. Looks like a elementary student at first glance but she is a high school senior. Her long black hair goes down to her waist. She has large cute eyes and a really cute appearance in general. Is manly and reliable. Making her perhaps Amane"s favorite.
Yurizono Arisu-san(百合園 アリス) She has long silver hair which shines brightly in the sunlight. With mysterious red eyes and a clear beautiful voice. Other one of the two beauties in school.百合園 also has the kanji for Yuri as in the lesbian kind in it. Also has pretty decent size breast.
Yurizono Iris (百合園イリス) She has long silver hair that shines. Pure red eyes. She is a gorgeous college student. She is Arisu"s older sister. She is taller and has a bigger bust than Arisu.
Also Even though Arisu and Iris have to same last name. Amane usually refers to Arisu as Yurizono. And Iris as just Iris.
It"s Alice using the super cutesy way of her referring to herself with her own name. I don"t always translate it, but I"ll do it some times, so keep that in mind. Also I don"t always translate the "-sans" but Amane usually uses them.
The fishing pond was larger than expected.
It was a very scenic view. There where sections of water pond connected by waterfalls as the water overflowed into each other. It was like a terraced field of fishing. Stone walkway surrounded each pond and steps connected each sections. So you could walk down and continue to fish. It gave the impression of going up stream.
At fixed interval, fresh mountain fish were released into each step.
Because each step is overflowing and tips off to create a waterfall to the next step, the fish may escape.
Certainly this is much more difficult than an ordinary fishing pond, but these are cultivated fish. They are much less wary than their natural neighbors. They also seems to release a lot of them, so maybe it will be alright.
"C-come here! Hyaa! It is pulling meee!"
It seems like Yanomiya already got a bite.
She was desperately lifting her fishing rod, but the fish"s power was too strong for her little body.
I ran to her. I stood behind Yanomiya. Bent down to reach her height and to help her lift the fishing rod, I supported her hands with my hands.
"You"re okay. Just relax."
I said that as I supported her.
"It"s easier if you guide the fish and not just force it, but it could break off and hide. You need to watch it"s movement and lead it, also lead it away from rocks."(TN:I don"t know anything about fishing so my translations might not be super accurate.)
I explained that to her while supporting the rod.
My father taught me that, so I"m just relaying the information.
"U-Understood! Thank you Amane!"
She thanked me.
I gave her support as she watched the fish carefully and frantically guided it.
"Come onnnnnnnnnnn!"
With a war cry, Yanomiya raised the salmon out of the water. It landed on the ground. She was breathing heavily.
"That was cool. I also want to catch a fish like that."
"Ufufu, Will you not able to catch it alone Rin-chan?"
Takanashi said in an envious voice, then Kiniwa laughed and poked fun at her.
I don"t have a problem with Yanomiya, but if I did that with Takanashi I would be really embarra.s.sed.
It would be very difficult if she got no help, so I need to build up the courage to touch a beautiful girl.
"O-Onee-chan, Help! Uwaa! It"s pulling."
I then heard Alice cry. She seemed to have also got a bite.
"Hold on, I"m coming!"
I quickly helped Yanomiya put her fish in a bucket and ran towards Alice.
"Ahhhhh!"
Alice was fl.u.s.tered as she tried to pull the fish out. I quickly ran behind her and helped her.
"I love you Onee-chan!"
Alice felt really relieved once I supported her. She ended up giving a love confession.
She really is a sis-con.
"This is a large one. We need to pull hard!"
Even though I am supporting her, we are still getting pulled.
I don"t have as much body strength as I did when I was a man, but we still shouldn"t be pulled this hard.
What I do know is that Alice is panicking.
"As expected of Alice! You already caught a big game on your first time! You must be a genius!"
"I really am amazing, but Onee-chan is the best in the world!"
She answered me immediately.
I looked at Alice and she had a dirty smile on her face. However then she noticed me, we both looked at each other and nodded. Then with a huge yell we both pulled the rod up at the same time.
And like that, our great battle finished- – –
"Haa, Haa. . . Amazing."
Alice muttered while out of breath.
It was a huge rainbow trout we pulled out.
"Rin! Ena! Alice got an amazing fish!"
Yanomiya raised an excited voice and Kiniwa and Takanashi looked over to what she was talking about.
They both ran over to see what she was talking about.
"Awesome!"
"I-it"s huge!"
Those two raised a surprised voice once they saw it.
Isn"t it? It"s amazing. That"s my little sister for you.
"Hehehe, it was all thanks to my Onee-chan though."
My cheeks went red once Alice complimented me loudly to those two.
Didn"t even hesitate. What a good little sister.
"It was nothing. I just helped my a little. Alice was the one that caught it."
I said that and brushed Alice"s head. She happily looked at me and rubbed her cheek on my shoulder.
"S-Sweet. Too sweet. I"m jealous."
"Does Rin-chan perhaps want a head pat after getting a fish too?"
"Because I"m already a master at fishing, I"ll give Rin and Ena one next time!"
Takanashi"s cheeks turned red as Kiniwa made her self-conscious. Then Yanomiya raised her voice and flapped her hands.
Oh, I forgot about Alice clinging to me. I have to find a way to remove her.
About after an hour of fishing we were able to catch more than ten fish.
I looked into the bucket and there were around fifteen.
With that many, for the 7 of us, each of us can have two fish.
Yurizono is likely to eat three so she"ll eat the odd number. I"ll also make curry and desert.
I want to finish up so I can start, however. . .
I can"t say that when I look at Yurizono.
"It"s so strange. Why can"t I catch a single fish?. . ."
Yurizono muttered that as she moved her pole around.
She hasn"t caught a single one.
I know why she haven"t caught a single one. It"s because she is restless.
She is nervous and is always moving around. Reeling her hook in and moving where she is fishing constantly.
However right now we are in a difficult position regardless. It"s easier to catch a fish right after releasing them and it becomes harder the longer time goes on.
When we started fishing a person let free a bunch of fish into the fishing pond. So we caught a lot right when it started, but now the fish have calmed down and are more wary.
And if we want to release more it will cost us.
That being said, we already did that twice and still Yurizono was the only one not able to catch one.
"Arisu-chan. I"m sorry."
Iris-san was fl.u.s.tered. She walked over to Yurizono and apologized.
By the way, Iris-san caught the most fish.
"It"s not Onee-chan"s fault, so you don"t need to apologize. . .It will just be more trouble if you apologize. . .”
Yurizono sulked and turned away from Iris-san after she muttered that.
"I-Is that so? It will be more trouble?. . . Sorry I said that. . ."
The completely fl.u.s.tered Iris-san answered Yurizono with an apology and her head hanging in defeat.
"Good grief, even though Onee-chan warned us so many times."
Alice muttered that while she was tidying up her fishing equipment.
It would have been nice if I was there more, but I was removing hooks from the fish everyone caught and was busy dealing with there catches. I couldn"t help Yurizono that much.
In addition to that. Yurizono is Iris-san"s younger sister. And I don"t know if I should over step into her Onee-chan area.
"I wonder if she"ll be able to catch a fish. . ."
"Let"s wait a little longer."
Takanashi and Kiniwa came over after finish cleaning their fishing rods and said to me.
"Arisu-chan. I-I-In order for you to be able to catch a fish you have to be patient."
A fl.u.s.tered Iris-san had hands out holding Yurizono still.
"It"s already too late to catch a fish- – -."
Yurizono grumbled. Then her rod started to rumble.
"Hurry!"
"Alright!"
Takanashi and Kiniwa raised their voice.
"Don"t let it go!"
Alice raised her voice with a smile on her voice.
"Calm down! Watch the movements carefully! Guide the fish and watch out for rocks!"
Yanomiya is frantically relayed the info I told to her earlier, to Yurizono.
"I-I understand what you were saying now Onee-chan! I have to listen to you more often!"
Yurizono yelled that as she was desperately lifting her fishing rod.
"H-Hold it. Hold it Arisu-chan!"
Iris-san is desperately supporting Yurizono.
She is by her side. It"s better if I don"t get involved.
"F-Fish! I"m catching a fish!"
With a desperate expression and a frantic voice. Yurizono yelled that as she lifted her fishing rod.
Do your best Yurizono. I"m sure you can do it.
"Do your best!"
"You can do it!"
"I"m sure you can catch it!"
"Show that idiot spirit!"
Everybody was cheering.
"If anybody can do it, it"s you Arisu-chan!"
Iris-san said to Yurizono when she was helping her. Then fire grew in Yurizono"s eyes.
"Yhaaaaa!"
Yurizono gave a giant yell and the fish flew into the sky.
". . . Eh?"
Alice unintentionally muttered.
The fish flailed on the ground in front of us.
Despite the desperate fight, the fish was small.
"Arisu-chan!"
Iris-san didn"t care about the size of the fish and hugged Yurizono in happiness.
"You did it! You did it Arisu-chan! As I thought, Arisu-chan is amazing!"
Iris-san embraced Yurizono tightly and praised her with tears in her eyes.
"Nfufu, I am a genius."
Yurizono proudly raised her nose.
Everybody just looked at Yurizono dumbfounded.
O-Oh well. It"s fine because she caught a fish.
With her finally catching a fish, we can now stop.
The protagonist for camping trip was suppose to be Yanomiya, but there may also be a hidden Iris-san sub-plot.
Our original plan was to just go to a simple camping trip. However because Yurizono and Iris-san got involved, our plans evolved.
Also Iris-san financed a lot of our trip, so I think we need to find a way to repay her.
"Arisu-chan is a genius! Onee-chan is so proud!"
She continued to embrace and praise Yurizono while crying.
"Of course I"m a genius. Fufufu."
Yurizono continued to boast.
Alice face palmed, and I just lightly brushed her head.
I was having a hard time thinking about what to do if she couldn"t catch a fish, but it"s great that she was able to catch it after getting Iris-san"s help.
I feel like Iris-san"s Onee-chan stock rose.
After that, we returned to the lodge. I washed down the fish and cleaned them, then seasoned it with salt and put it in the cooler box with ice.
The fish meal will be the main dinner dish. So I had to find a good place to set up a fire and grill the fish.
I"m looking forward to it.
Until then we will prepare for the insect collecting.
I absolutely want to see the mountains. I want to see the joy in Yanomiya"s eyes.