Category: Seeking Out My Mother in Another World

After around three hours, we arrived at our destination. 「Wow, huge!」 「Bark bark!」 Mint and Chocola were the first to get excited. Chocola, who’d been with me when we discovered this place yesterday, was still thrilled—maybe he was happy to show this spot to the family. The lake was so vast that it took a…

Chocola and I spent half a day exploring the surrounding area. After some searching, we discovered a fairly large lake a short way to the east. It’s too far to walk but quick enough to reach at a run—though if it’s just for water, the western river is closer. Basically, it’s a perfect distance for…

Chapter 46 – Winter Picnic 「Kyurururu… kyuuu…」 「There, there. I know, sorry about that.」 Beside the stable, Pochi rubbed against the carriage parked nearby. I stroked his back, trying to soothe him as I wondered what to do. It was a sunny day. Since winter set in, Pochi hadn’t been able to pull the carriage,…

Winter has come, but spring can’t be far behind—or so they say, but the cold days are still dragging on. It hasn’t snowed since the start of the year, but the air is chilling to the bone, and even Pochi’s water bowl has been frozen solid for a while now. The land outside the house’s…

Karen and I stood side by side in the kitchen, setting out the ingredients. I kept the recipe a mystery until the very last moment. 「We’ll need a round yam, cheese, potato starch, milk, sugar, salt, and soy sauce.」 「Yam and soy sauce…? Are we making a snack?」 「Not exactly sure if it qualifies as…

About a month has passed since the New Year arrived. Winter’s chill was in full force, and the cold outside made me shiver. In the morning, it was tough to get out of bed and wait for the living room heater to warm things up. We were using more hot water for cooking, and everyone…

Running alongside the trees, I dodged and weaved through the forest. Grabbing onto a branch, I swung myself into the air, using the momentum to land far ahead. Jumping across stones that dotted the river’s surface, I bounded forward with ease. 「You still look like you’ve got some energy left. Let’s go even faster!」 「Barrkk!」…

Chapter 45 – Lured by the silence of the forest It seems that for Chocola, ‘going for a walk’ is something entirely different—like a separate craving. I didn’t realize this until some time after we returned to this world. For most people who own large dogs in Japan, exercise—especially walks—can be a real headache. Breeds…

Parker was in high spirits. The reason? A spice from her homeland, familiar and cherished, had finally been imported into Sidera. The spice, a slender red pod, was called “Koshou”. Strangely enough, it shared the same name as the widely-used “pepper” in the kingdom, which probably explained why it hadn’t caught on here yet. It…

TN: POV changes from 1st to 3rd for some reason. Awoken in the middle of the night, feeling a bit better, I quietly snuck into the kitchen. But the noise I made gave me away immediately. 「What are you doing up? I told you to stay in bed.」 「I’m hungry.」 「Well, you could’ve woken me,…

The late night gave way to dawn, and with the rising sun came the day of departure. Thus, the month-long visit of Grandma Seralinde had come to an end. Yet, there was no sense of sorrow among the family—not even Mint seemed upset. We had all already said our goodbyes the night before, and more…

Over the course of three days, I adjusted the spice blend bit by bit. After several trial runs and taste tests, I was finally satisfied. To be honest, the thing I was most cautious about was the smell. The rich aroma of curry has a way of spreading through the house like wildfire, almost like…

The rave reviews for my homemade pickled napa cabbage were a delightful surprise. The fact that the practice of ‘eating rice with pickles’ had taken root in our home was a victory. So, I decided to go all out. I wanted to show them how delicious it could be when fermented properly. I also pickled…

One thing I’ve come to realize after returning to this world is that food has seasons—a fact that’s especially clear with fruits and vegetables. On Earth, agriculture is highly advanced. Greenhouses, selective breeding, and advanced preservation and transportation methods ensure that most produce is available year-round in supermarkets. Sure, out-of-season produce might not taste as…

Chapter 44 – Holding Hands in The Cold Weather Since then, the snow had quickly melted. Not only in the fields around our home, where the last of the snowplay had taken place, but also outside, where it had piled over a meter high—within two or three days, the sunlit areas had already started to…

The snowman Mint and the others made was just as much a masterpiece as the first one. A big snowman and a small snowman stood side by side, looking almost like parent and child, I thought to myself. The afternoon passed in the blink of an eye. Especially Mint, who was at full throttle—playing excitedly…

The snowball, which at first had been rolled like a thrown ball, gradually grew in size until it could only be pushed by hand as we wandered around the ranch. The more we wandered, the larger it became, until it finally reached the height of Mint herself. 「Is it done now? You worked hard.」 「Fwooo……

When I returned to the ranch with my containers in hand, I found Four Seasons-san and Color-san, bringing some shared fruit as a kind gesture. So we decided to set up a makeshift table out of a tree stump, arranging our onigiri and drinks alongside the fruit. It wasn’t quite a picnic—it turned into more…

As expected or better than expected? Mint’s mastery of the sled came shockingly fast. 「Whee! Ahahaha, zoom!」  「Bark!」 It took her just thirty minutes to reach mother without losing balance. In an hour, she could stay on the sled even when Chocola sped up, and in about two hours, even when Chocola dashed wildly in…

Chapter 43 – See You Again The snow from last night covered all the traces of our play, piling up just enough to hide them. About five centimeters inside the yard and ten centimeters outside. It wasn’t as bad as last night, and like Ji Liz said, it’ll start melting now. I found it a…