Chapter 107

Chapter 107

[Onii-chan, is that it? Is that your village?]

Leelan peeked out from the carriage .

At the end of the road was the entrance to our village .

[Yeah, it is]

[Leelan, stop sticking out your head like that, its dangerous]

When Amy reprimanded her, Leelan promptly hid behind Ayla .

Holding a rose in one hand, she hugged Ruby with her other hand like plush toys .

[Ayla-ane, Amy-san is bullying me~]

There there, Ayla stroke Leelans hair . Actually, Leelan wasnt really afraid of Amy .

She just feigned being scared, very obvious from the fact that when shes sleeping at night, she usually sleeps closer to Amy than to Ayla .

[Ho, is that the village that master has built?]

Gina also peeked out to check, but that caused the carriage to be out of balance and shook slightly .

[Gina!! Please stop acting like a kid!!]

Amys reproof flew out once more . Causing Gina to quietly shrunk herself at the corner of the carriage .

[Now now, its the first time for the both of them, just let them be]

I put my hand on Ginas shoulder and comforted her to not be worried about it too much .

As for Amy, I knew she does not actually hate it if people acted childish around her .

Anyways, Amy was the first one trying to secure Gina when the carriage rocked just now .

She didnt reprimand people because she hates something, its just her acting as the teams mom because she likes taking care of others .

[Hibiki-dono, can we enter the village as is?]

The male centaur of the centaurs couple, s.h.i.+ron, whod been running alongside the carriage, asked .

[Yeah . Sorry to make you two run all the way here . Ill arrange a resting place right away as soon as we arrived at the village]

[Its alright . We are part-horse, so its not really bad to act as one . ]

Apparently, that does not only apply to endurance but also fighting capability .

By the way, Brigit is sleeping . These elves seemed to be indifferent to anything once they lost interest .

They are declining in number, perhaps because they are also indifferent to their own kinds .

As soon as we entered the village, we received a warm welcome from the villagers .

At the front was the lizardman Pinot, who greeted us with a smile .

The goblin and vampire combined force seemed to be in the middle of training, waving spears and pikes .

[I, Im not lying, you see!? Horon, I will gallop ahead with you no matter what!!]

s.h.i.+ron suddenly kneeled on the ground . In front of him was Horon, his wife, who was shaking her head while in tears .

[We will always be together, s.h.i.+ron!!]

[Horon!!]

The two then hugged each other . They are in their own world right now .

Well, lets just leave them be .

[Welcome back . Hibiki-san]

A voice came up from behind .

It was Latia .

[Welcome, Hibiki~]

And Yaku is also here, eh?

[You two, Im back . Something happened while I was away?]

[Lets see]

[There is!!]

Unlike Latia, Yaku replied vigorously .

In any case, it didnt seem to be urgent, so I decided to let everyone to have some rest .

Especially for the centaurs couple . Lets prepare a room for them first .

[How about you, Hibiki-niichan?]

I still need to take Sai back, so I stroke Yakus head while telling that I would go back home afterwards .

Right then,

Leelan came out with such great momentum .

She knocked Yaku away before clinging to my arm .

[O, oi, Leelan]

[Onii-chan is MY Onii-chan!!]

Not taking Leelans action kindly, Yaku stood back up .

[What was that for!!]

And then, they started to fight .

[Ho, hold, hold it right there you two~]

Latia desperately tried to break them off in vain .

[Both of you, stop it!!]

Again, Amy-kaasan struck like lightning .

[Leelan, if you want to be my husbands sister, you should be more obedient . ]

[Yes]

[Yaku, wouldnt your onii-chan be disappointed by your action just now?]

Seeing her dealing with the kids skillfully, I left the matter to Amy and I headed back home .

Latia waited quietly until I finished my slow and relaxing bath .

[So, what really happened?]

After finis.h.i.+ng my bath, I asked Latia about what actually happened while I was away over a meal .

[Its about Hibiki-sans pool on the gra.s.s field]

Apparently, a monster had settled in the light and darkness pool I built on the gra.s.s field while we were away .

The creature itself didnt disturb the village, and I had forewarned the goblins to not approach the area, so apparently, thats why they let it be .

[It appears to be taking care of the area . It would be a pity if we drive it out . ]

Latia apologized .

[Well, if its really harmless, then I have nothing to complain]

And so we decided to check the pool .

[What is happening here?]

Its clear to me that ahead of us were lots of trees different from those on the forest nearby .

The experimental field was originally not that wide, but who knows that by manipulating the terrain into a mortar-shape would help to focus the magic power?

Checking up the tree in front of me, the name Wickys Tree was displayed .

[What is a Wickys tree?]

When I cut its leaf, it read Pool gra.s.sDark

[Its actually the pool gra.s.s after all . Then whats with the Wickys tree?]

Hearing my voice, a naked beauty unfurls from the tree that I cut the leaf from .

[I am Wicky]

[So its an Alraune . So rare to see one being so close to a village like this . ]

Brigit seemed to be familiar with this creatures ident.i.ty .

Looking closely at Wicky, it has a form of a beautiful woman but made entirely from plants .

So I asked why it ended up here since it seemed to be capable of communication .

[Wicky, was captured by humans]

Alraunes sap is an ingredient for a magical potion . Perhaps thats why .

[Its a felony to forcefully strip an Alraune away from the forest . Could it be a smuggled good?]

Amy added .

[Cage broke, so I escaped]

So it managed to escape because its cage was broken .

[But, Wicky was hungry]

It was stripped away from the forest, so no wonder it lacked energy .

[In here, lots of delicious foods]

Magic power is like food for Wicky . Its been feeding on the magic power in the area .

[The food here, the most delicious]

So that means it liked my magic .

[Here, Wickys forest]

Because of that, you claimed this place as your own? Are you kidding me?

[But, this field is mine though]

It tilted her head cutely .

Took a lot of patience, but I finally managed to explain things to it after an hour or so .

[Im sorry . I just want to eat]

In any case, it was me who infused this land with magic power, as well as the gra.s.ses (now trees) .

[Isnt it alright? Dont the plants on the forest with Alraune always grow well?]

As Brigit said, the pool gra.s.ses previous growing in the area had become trees, and the tree leaves itself are pool gra.s.ses .

Moreover, as expected from a plant spirit, Alraune . It could even grow a tree without regard to light or dark attributes .

[I see . Should we just leave this place to Wicky then? ]

Perhaps listening to our conversation, its face brightened as it raised both of its hands .

And from there grew two fruits .

[Do you like plant girl?]

Amy-san, thats scary .

And once again, the residents of my village is increased .

Well, this fellow will be just fine since people rarely come here .

But first, I need to tell Gillen about this Wickys existence .

I want to ask if he knew anything about this smuggling . If he does, then well have something more to discuss .

Hes already swamped in his works, I actually dont want to add even more things .

And just like that, we found a way to ma.s.s-produce pool gra.s.s . But who wouldve guessed that itll bring more trouble to me later on?