Episode 2

**The First Villager** (第一村人, *Daiichi Murabito*) is the 2nd episode of Farming Life in Another World anime series.

## Synopsis

As the weeks turn into months, Hiraku's loneliness grows. He thought he desired a life of solitude, but his wish for companionship grows stronger by the day.

## Summary

God decides to check on Hiraku on how he is doing as he is sorry for giving him a life fit for a sinner. As he checks on him, he realizes he put him in a dangerous forest known as Forest of Death as realizes he made a mistake yet again.

Hiraku had realized that while preparing the ground for farming, if he wishes to plant certain plan, that plant magically starts growing. Hiraku is happy with his life and knows its thanks to the gods that bestowed it to him. He makes some statues of the two gods so that he can thank them. Hiraku decides to try planting some fruits. While they grow, he plays with the dogs, realizing that without them he would feel much more lonely. As the dogs also help him find his way back to his camp, Hiraku is able to travel further into the forest and eventually finds a river. He decides to make a tunnel and get water to his place, but since its a 30min walk distance, he will be digging for a while and decides to first make a toilet near the river.

Hiraku figures that if he turns his tool into a wheelbarrow, he can run around with it and not get tired because of the tool. Hiraku also expanses his crop fields, adding more veggies. He grows soybeans and wants to eat them, but doesn't have salt.

Time passes and weather starts to get cold. Seeing snow on the mountains, Hiraku wonders how cold it gets here. He decides to start preparing for the winter and gathers some food and wood. A giant spider shows up, however its friendly and makes a handkerchief for Hiraku. The spider then decides to live in the large tree and loves eating potatoes. In exchange, the spider makes him clothes using the animal pelts Hiraku gives him. Gaining cloth, Hiraku feels more civilized as he now has a good bed, curtains and clothes. Hiraku decides to name the spider Zabuton.

The winter starts. Zabuton no longer comes down the tree and Hiraku guesses he is hibernating. Hiraku feels a bit lonely, but finally the summer comes. The small dogs had grown up and one day they left, however they soon returned with partners. Soon, Zabuton showed up as well and also had kids. As there are now more mouths to feed, Hiraku decides to expand his crops again. Zabuton rings the alarm and Kuro leads Hiraku into the forest. Kuro takes him to a child girl who is naked and entangled in spiderweb. The dogs and spiders are wary of her, but as she asks for help, Hiraku decides to help her. As he gets close, she jumps and bites his neck and then grows up to a young woman. Hiraku wonders if she is a monster. The dogs then attack her and as they beat her up, she turns into a small girl again. Hiraku wonders if she is their enemy as she sucked his blood, but the girl explains she isn't and she had to do it to recover her strength. As she used too much energy, she can't maintain her adult form and clothes. Hiraku wonders why the dogs attacked them and she explains she wanted to take one of them. Feeling bad for her, Hiraku lets her suck more of his blood so that she can recover.

Hiraku takes her to his place. The girls is surprised to see a crop field in the forest, but also so many new crops. Hiraku gives her a tomato and she ends up enjoying it and wants to try some other crops as well. The girl reveals her name is Ru Rurushi, a vampire, and is excited to be able to try so many new veggies. Ru explains she is researching medical plans and ran away as she got in a fight with some nobles, who tried to steal her research. Since they kept chasing her and she heard of this forest, she decided to hide in it for a while until things calm down, but also hoped to find some new plants to inspect. She is surprised that Hiraku is living in this dangerous forest and even tamed the beasts. He is also using some strange magic which allows him to create some tools, all of which excites her even more.

Hiraku realizes how rare his chance is as this is the first person he came in contact with. As it may take even more to meet someone else, Hiraku decides to ask Ru to stay and live with him. Ru tries to explain that there are people after her and she is a vampire, but Hiraku doesn't care. Hiraku explains he came here to live alone as he can't deal with people, but now realized he doesn't want to live alone and isn't sure how much more he can handle. Ru agrees, explaining that she doesn't really have a place to go, although she feels embarrassed by his proposal.

Next morning, Ru turns a little younger. Hiraku wonders why and she explains that in this form, he will restrain himself from touching her and Hiraku agrees. Hiraku explains he wants to grow some sweet potatoes next. He also tells that Ru is the first villagers. Kuro disagrees and Hiraku then corrects himself stating she is more like 30th villager. Ru wonders if Hiraku can grow some medical herbs and Hiraku agrees to try. Ru states they need to find somehow the right seeds, but Hiraku states he doesn't need seeds.

## Characters

* Hiraku Machio
* Kuro & Yuki
* Kuroichi
* Kuroni
* Kurosan
* Kuroyon
* Zabuton
* Ru Rurushi
* Tia