Chapter 127

While walking on the highway, a creature resembling a squirrel appeared before us . Its ears were slightly longish for a squirrel, and above all, its entire body was emerald-green .

That very Forest Rat is for some reason running towards us .

Far from being vigilant, Allen and Elena stared with their eyes open wide at the approaching adorable animal . Anyhow, preparing for battle doesn’t seem necessary .

But, today seems to be the day of encountering small animals .

『Kyui』

「Uniyu!」

「Oh~」

The Forest Rat who came up to our feet climbed up on Allen and sat on his head .

Allen let out a startled voice while Elena looked at Allen enviously .

《Ah~…… can you hear me?》

「Eh!?」

《How do you do? I’m the Earth God Nomoodle》

「Pardon!?」

Ehh-!? This squirrel is the Earth God Nomoodle-sama!?

《This Forest Rat is a monster . My voice is only reaching through this Forest Rat as I’m actually in the Sanctuary》

「Oh!!」

A reply came for what I was thinking in my mind .

Come to think of it, Gods are able to read minds . That ability is effective even when not meeting directly, huh……

「Excuse me . How do you do, Nomoodle-sama . I’m called Takumi」

《Yes, yes . I’m aware . You have been a hot topic within the Sanctuary recently . I’ve heard that you are Sylphreel’s retainer and have received Marianora-sama’s divine protection . Moreover, you are raising Windell’s children, and even received Salamanteel’s favor . Wouldn’t that make me an outcast? Therefore, I thought of talking to you like this》

「……」

It seems that Nomoodle-sama has contacted me with appropriately terrific reason .

He gives off a calm impression from his way of talking and the tone of his voice, but he seems to be quite a bold God .

Rather, wait a moment! The hot topic of the Sanctuary…… what that might be about!? As for others…… well, they are all true~

Still, I didn’t think a God would contact me in a way like this!

With this, I got involved with all of the Gods in some way or shape, huh~

「…… Is that all right?」

《By all right you mean? There’s no problem with talking to you through a living being like this, you know?》

「…… Is that so?」

《Yeah》

I see, it’s all right…… I thought it might be done through overbearing means, but that doesn’t seem to be the case . Rather, the Forest Rat has moved from Allen’s head to Elena’s head before I noticed .

「Err…… did you take this form just because you wanted to talk with me, Nomoodle-sama?」

《I heard that you made contributions with many dishes》

「Yes, looks like it」

Talking about cooking? I heard that cooking is the domain of the Fire God Salamanteel’s, so it should be unrelated to the Earth God Nomoodle-sama, right?

《That’s not the case, you know?》

「……!」

Nomoodle-sama denied what I was thinking about .

It seems he has read my mind again .

《The ingredients――in other words, the crops are part of my domain . Seeing them getting widely utilized is a joyous thing》

「I, is that so? I’m glad I could be of help」

I see, I can consent to that .

《There are still many ingredients that this world hasn’t seen yet . Ah, of course, there are things similar to Takumi-san’s world and things unique to this world . I have expectations for the future, so please do your best》

「…… I will work hard」

Although I say that, the things I can do are limited~

《Letting the children eat delicious stuff while living carefreely like you were up until now . That’s enough》

「……」

I would like you to stop reading my mind so naturally……

《Ah, right, right, Takumi-san . Please contract this Forest Rat by all means》

Ah, yeah, he smoothly ignored me, huh~

《It’s combat power isn’t that high, but it’s of a dexterous race, so I believe it will be useful to you in various ways》

「…… Thank you very much」

Haa…… first of all, let’s use【Appraisal】on the Forest Rat .

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【Name】

【Race】Forest Rat［Takumi’s Contracted Beast］

【Age】5

【Level】20

Earth Magic

Wood Magic

Seclusion

Telepathy

Oracle

Presence Detection

Abnormal Status Resistance

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Ah~ yeah . This Forest Rat does indeed posses【Earth Magic】and【Wood Magic】skills that we don’t . As Nomoodle-sama said, it will be quite useful .

Rather, it has already become my Contracted Beast, so returning it would be impossible!

《Ahh, let’s make Takumi-san able to use Earth magic too》

「T, thank you very much」

《All that’s left are items, huh . I will choose suitable things later and send them to you, alright?》

「No, no, you don’t have to go that far……」

《Don’t say that . It’s not like I can fall behind the others . Please look forward to it》

「……」

Nomoodle-sama unexpectedly hates to lose, it seems? No, is that his pride?

Well, if he decided on giving me items, then I will quietly receive them .

《It was a worthwhile time today . Well then, let’s meet again》

Probably feeling satisfied, Nomoodle-sama left . The Forest Rat he used as the vessel curiously looked around .

「N?」

…… Huhh? Just now, did Nomoodle-sama say「Again」? Eh, there’s「Again」!?

At that time, will this Forest Rat become his vessel once again?

『Kyui?』

When I looked at the Forest Rat who moved back on Allen’s head…… it curiously returned my stare .

「Ahh, sorry, sorry . Right, we have to name you」

『Kyui!』

Remembering that I have not named the Forest Rat yet, I hurriedly started thinking of a name .

「N~ right . Mairu…… how about that?」

《Un, it’s Mairu nano! Takumi Nii, please take care of me nano!》

「Oh?」

Ah, come to think of it, Mairu already has the【Telepathy】skill . Although you feel somewhat connected after making the contract, being able to talk directly is several times more convenient~

「「Mairu~?」」

「That’s right . Mairu is our child starting today as well . Get along with her you two」

「「Un!」」

When I introduced Allen and Elena to Mairu, Mairu who was on Allen’s head moved to his arms .

《I’m Mairu nano! Let’s get along nano!》

「Allen nano~」

「Elena nano~」

After introducing themselves to Mairu, they were playing with her while moving her from arms to arms . Allen and Elena played by mimicking Mairu’s way of speaking .

It seems they will get along with no problems .