Translator: “Hakou” Editor: “Weasalopes”
I rode the Old lady back to the Royal capital and hugged herbivore mechanic in the hangar and praised him enthusiastically.
Because the performance of his newly developed haze removal magic was so good.
As a result, the shooting range of my long-range attack magic improved dramatically.
「I’m glad to hear that」
The herbivore mechanic smiled happily at my good response.
「I also got some valuable feedback from you, so let’s start the version upgrade immediately」
He sure said something terrifying while smiling. He’s obviously intending to work even harder after this.
「No, um, you’ve been staying up all night right? I think it’s better to go home and take a rest for now」
Rather than staying up all night, he must have stayed up for four days already.
「It’s alright. I’ve been sleeping since a while ago」
He rolled up his sleeves and bend his thin arm.
He probably wanted to show his biceps, but I can see nothing but a thin arm there.
(No good. If this goes on, he seriously going to work non-stop again)
I have to stop this self-employed workaholic man somehow.
So I decided to move ahead of the plan of inviting him to play in a few days.
「Now, now, let’s go to play today! Of course, it’s on me」
I forcibly invited him, pushed his back, and go out to the hallway.
At first, he resisted, but perhaps because of my feeling that I’m worried about him got through, the herbivore mechanic agreed to go out with a bitter smile.
We caught a golem driven carriage and headed for the red-light district. And when we arrived in front of Cione, the boy at the front opened the door for us.
Then, without saying anything to the herbivore mechanic, I chose five people appropriately from the sideline.
The reason I didn’t ask for his opinion was because I assumed he couldn’t choose after seeing his eyes darting around.
The concierge understood and asked whether we want him to prepare a large room. Then I immediately replied with a yes.
I let the girls took the hands of the nervous herbivore mechanic and entered the room on the third floor.
「T-Tauro-san. Wouldn’t all of this cost a lot of money?」
The herbivore mechanic quivered in front of five high-class beautiful girls who he never played with before.
「It’s okay, it’s okay. Just leave it to me」
I answered with a smile.
The demand for recovery potions soared due to the onset of the war. The purchase price has also increased significantly. Furthermore, to meet the demand, I have added a little more to the delivered quantity.
Thanks to that, my pocket is full.
On the other hand, it is said that the number of customers in the brothels are declining, so I would like to help this establishment that has been taking care of me in the past as much as I could.
「But still… they’re so spectacular, aren’t they?」
The herbivore mechanic looks dazzled by looking at the appearance of beautiful girls sitting side by side on the couch.
All of them were wearing casual dress. And they’re also national level beauties.
「Well then, let’s do this. First of all, please let us see each one of you flipping your skirt. Ah, for the hot pants girl, it’s okay to just lower your zipper」
To my sudden remarks, the girls aside, even the herbivore mechanic also blushing.
「U-Umm…… Isn’t it bad to suddenly ask for something like that so suddenly?」
What’s so bad about it? This is a brothel, no matter how the journey goes, there’s only one destination in the end.
I silenced the herbivore mechanic with my hand and continued to talk while watching the girls.
「Now then, for the first one. You there」
Even though they’re young, as expected from a pro. While being shy, they flipped their skirt and showed us the contents.
「Hmm, the third girl. It’s nice to be cheerful and all, but I feel like she’s not embarrassed enough. What do you think?」
To my question, the herbivore mechanic is just mumbling something unclear. It’s really unthinkable that he was the same guy as the great monkey wreaking havoc at the end of century brothel.
「Then, next. Could you comfort yourself from the top of your clothes? This time with everyone. Ready, start!」
I thought that it couldn’t be helped so I proceeded alone.
In this situation, Corneal would have played along with me in high spirits. He would also give various comments.
While feeling a little lonely, I’m going to continue the event I came up with as it is.
(I wonder if he enjoys it?)
I looked at my side while feeling anxious.
He was looking down with a bright red face.
(It’s a bit unsuitable for him it seems)
Did I get the direction wrong?
The lack of consideration was my responsibility. It’s not the herbivore mechanic to blame.
While looking at the boobs train, I’m wondering if there’s a way back from this.
By the way, the boobs train is, where the girl in the back rubs the boobs of the girl in front of her and competes for the power of their defense and offense.
The train becomes a ring by connecting the head and the tail at the end.
I’m sure the circle would be more beautifully completed if there are more people, but it’s already good enough with only five people. Next time I would like to have more people do it.
(Hm?)
But at some point, the herbivore mechanic began to show dramatic changes.
It was when we’re having the girls do a small singing contest.
「Is there something wrong?」
I and the herbivore mechanic each let the girls hold our microphone and check out their throat.
Until that point, the herbivorous mechanic was letting out a voice as though he’s a virgin. But then he suddenly went silent.
I thought it was strange, so I called out to him.
「…….」
The herbivore mechanic didn’t answer and pulled the microphone out of the girl’s mouth in front of him.
He then forcibly pushed her down, stripped off her underwear, and began shoving his microphone without saying anything.
The girl who started to get her lower throat checked all of the sudden. It was too much, she let out boasting voice from her upper throat.
She should’ve been prepared to some extent with how the events went so far, but to do something like this so suddenly, as expected would be too much even for her.
「Whoa, wait, what are you doing!?」
Surprised, I yelled at him.
(This is…)
At that moment, our eyes met and my breathing stopped as if my heart had been grabbed.
It was because of the great wildness that dwelled in those eyes of his.
(What a sudden rise in tension)
It’s like the curves of the letter S.
I knew that he would eventually turn into a monkey, but I didn’t expect him to change so suddenly.
The other four girls, including the one who was holding my microphone, were frightened and put some distance.
(Ah–)
Then the herbivore mechanic pulled out from the girl in front of him and jumped to the girl who escaped the fastest.
And from behind her, he begins to bounce his hips in order to pry in.
A girl’s sharp screams once again echoed throughout the room.
The girls ran away again after seeing that.
(Don’t tell me….)
As if to confirm my fears, the herbivore mechanic jumped to another girl.
(There’s no mistaking it. He reacted to those who tried to escape)
I shouted at the girls.
「Don’t run away! You’ll get attacked!」
Right now, the herbivore mechanic is only moving by instinct.
He has no reasoning or thoughts. Persuasion and restraining him would be impossible to do.
I have to do it by force if I’m going to try and stop him, but the herbivore mechanic probably became like this because the limiter inside of him has been set off.
His slender body will exert muscular strength that cannot be imagined, so he would probably use that to resist.
(…..There are five girls here. Let’s have them take him in turns until he calmed down)
There, I shook my head and corrected my thoughts. There are four instead of five. I forgot my share of girl.
A girl in hot pants who introduced herself as a sports expert. She has beautiful slender legs and thin muscle lines.
I instructed her to stay away from the herbivore mechanic.
However, today, I will get to know. The power of herbivore mechanics, that is.
He hasn’t stopped moving his hips even after making two laps
(As expected from a man who repeatedly works overtime until midnight every day. I can’t make light of his physical and mental strength here)
I can’t help but become terrified.
And on that day, the herbivore mechanic was banned from entering the store.
Fortunately, thanks to the girls’ testimonies I was able to escape another ban.
Their complaint to me for bringing the herbivore mechanic was another story though.
(I misunderstood the potential of the herbivore mechanic)
It seems that I myself still need to learn a lot.
The herbivorous mechanic sleeps comfortably just as he did when we visited the end of century brothel.
I pushed him into the golem carriage and told the driver his home address.
Translator: “Hakou” Editor: “Weasalopes”
The spirit forest that spread over the northern part of the Ost continent.
There was a lake on the north side of the forest, and it was filled with crystal clear water.
Under the light of sunlight at the end of spring, a fragrant breeze blows across the lake surface.
And floating at the center, was an island with a total of two hundred meters in length.
That island began to slowly submerge itself in water, along with the ruins of a stone fort and the trees surrounding it.
Although slow, the waves it produces are great.
The water overcame the stone walls of an elegant small castle on the lakeshore and brought water into the castle.
The humanoid creatures that filled the castle begin to make a fuss, but the island continues to sink into a huge magical circle that unfolds at the bottom of the lake without a care in the world about them.
Then along with the disappearance of the magic circle, that giant figure also disappeared from the water.
『A world tree?』
It has no facial expression on its face that resembles a reptile.
But the island was surprised.
In the distant past, there were multiple world trees. However, it has been a long time since it became the only one in the spirit forest.
But right now, in front of it was a young world tree, greatly expanding its branches on top of the lake.
『Does this mean… it’s a different world?』
The feeling of discomfort that could be felt when using transfer magic.
It was a different one from what you would feel if you moved into the same world.
The island recognizes this as a separate and independent area.
『Is that… an illusion?』
It saw a giant humanoid figure that was as big as the world tree on the other side of the world tree.
The island first thought of it as an illusion and then changed its mind.
That was an existence that exists between the original world and this world.
The two worlds are in contact with each other around that humanoid figure.
That existence who manages the world tree might be controlling it that way so that it can interfere with both.
『This is my size in this world, huh』
The island looks at its own body.
The administrator might have arbitrarily set it this way. The island was impressed by their high skill.
And then, a fragrance reaches the island, making his eyes squint.
『What a nice fragrance…』
The humanoid figure had a huge yellow fruit from the trees on the waterside.
At that time, its scents were scattered around, carried by the wind and reached the island.
This scent is the very thing that led the island to this place.
And the fruit that the island strongly desires to eat again is the yellow fruit that the humanoid figure had.
It instinctively headed to the shore.
***
Tauro’s home.
The third floor of a three-story building near the red light district of the Royal capital.
Unlike the first and second floors, the indoor part is only two-third. The rest is a rooftop garden with a three meters tall tree and shallow ponds.
Right now in that rooftop garden, a man was bending over.
「It’s getting warmer huh」
The weather is good and the sunlight is strong. It was to the point I would sweat a lot during the day of a late spring like now.
I stood in the forest garden while having such a thought while looking at the pond.
I’m off today, so I’m going to do my housework.
「I think it’s about time to clean the pond」
Since I set up a pond in the forest garden, the scenery has become even better.
Moreover, the heavy lancers always drink from it, so it has become indispensable.
「The maintenance is really a pain in the ass though」
Since the pond has no natural flow, it has to be regularly drained, rubbed with a brush, and refilled with water.
Algae was starting to stand out, so I thought it was time for cleaning.
「Dangorou, tell the heavy lancers to stay out of the pond, would you?」
The heavy lancers always listen to what Dangorou says.
So, if I want to make the heavy mount heavy lancer moves, I have to do it via Dangorou.
I took out my favorite pomelo as a replacement for a snack while watching the heavy lancers getting out of the water.
At that time, I saw something that was never in the pond until now.
「Oi… there’s an island coming out of there」
An island about 20 cm in diameter floats in the center of the pond.
Moreover, there were trees and even the remaining of some kind of stone buildings on it.
「A pond miniature island, with ruins theme at that」
It was something that really tickles my heart.
「Since when did you make something like this?」
Imosuke who was on the branch was flustered and Dangorou on top of the stone was impatient, while the heavy lancers who seem to have received some kind of instructions from Dangorou were gathering around the pond.
「So that thing wasn’t something you guys prepared?」
Apparently it wasn’t.
「Then what is that… that island?」
That wasn’t an island, apparently.
「Spirit beast?」
Imosuke and Dangorou are spirit beasts. And the heavy lancers were a demon beast.
I don’t quite get the difference.
「….Hey, it’s coming closer」
The island was silently coming towards us, spreading waves behind it.
The heavy lancers standing on the shore seem nervous. The usual idyllic atmosphere is not there.
Dangorou descended from the stone and puts his body between me and the shore.
I could feel a wave of emotion saying that he will protect me coming from him.
「Is it some kind of dangerous existence?」
As expected even I can tell that something abnormal is going on by looking at the state of my spirit beasts.
Was it an uninvited guest that appeared?
I crouched and focused my eyes on the island as it moves towards the surface of the water.
「…..A turtle?」
That was my first impression of it.
A turtle, about 20 centimeters long, grows trees on its back and mounts a collapsed stone building.
It’s a little bigger than Dangorou.
The island that was approaching the shore lifted its head, which was half submerged in the water, and looks at my hand.
It had a peculiar look of a reptile, but it looks like a turtle no matter how I see it.
「Calm down, Imosuke」
The branches were swaying as Imosuke moves in a hurry, and because of that he also going up and down along with the branches.
It looks like he was about to be shaken off and fell at this rate, so I stood up and took him to my shoulder
After he took a breather, Imosuke began to converse with the thing that looks like a turtle.
「That’s a turtle, right?」
Although I can feel that they were in tension, I didn’t feel any sense of crisis for now.
A turtle that is large enough to be held with both hands. It was because I could only see it as nothing but that.
Those black hollow eyes were looking this way.
「How is it?」
The conversation between Imosuke and the turtle seems to have concluded so I called out to him.
The atmosphere around my spirit beasts has softened, so the talk possibly went in a good way.
『He said he wants that』
At those words, I looked at the pomelo in my right hand.
The turtle’s gaze was still focused on this fruit.
According to Imosuke, he came here because of the scent of this pomelo.
Apparently he will return soon if I’m willing to share some of it with him.
「I see」
I was convinced.
It was a fascinating fruit that impressed Imosuke and Dangorou and captures the heart of the heavy lancers.
Perhaps this turtle was also fascinated by it.
「Is it okay to give it to him?」
This is not the last pomelo. There are still some others.
Besides, it will soon bear fruit again. If Imosuke and Dangorou were fine with it, then I don’t mind sharing some.
Looking at Imosuke who nodded, I put the pomelo on the shore.
It began to shrank rapidly to a size similar to a kumquat, just as when he had been shrinking the heavy lancers.
The turtle’s gaze moves back and forth between me and the kumquat, but it doesn’t move.
「I’ll give that to you」
Hearing my words, the turtle looked at Imosuke.
Then he approaches the pomelo and puts it in his mouth.
He was looking at us for a while. After confirming that we didn’t make a move, he made a gesture as if bowing to us and sank into the water.
In the water, a magic circle of the same size as the turtle suddenly appeared and glowing with blue color while rotating.
When the turtle’s figure sank into the magic circle, the magic circle disappeared.
「Teleportation magic!? That’s awesome」
He disappeared into the magic circle when he said he’s going to return home, so that must be teleportation magic.
I have a feeling that it’s similar to the one that Dangorou and Imosuke used when they invited the heavy lancers.
「A high ranked spirit beast huh」
Imosuke explains.
That it came from a lake near the spirit forest.
It’s probably a race that can be found quickly by going to the library. Not a race like “Imosuke” or “Dangorou”, which are grouped together in the “others” categories.
「So you were surprised that something came even though you properly lock the door」
No wonder you were so flustered.
Everything seems to have been organized to prevent strange things from entering the forest garden.
He seemed confident of it and didn’t expect it to be broken through.
「As expected from the manager and vice-manager of the forest garden. You guys properly protected the forest」
I praised them.
As they felt happy about it, they promised to make it unbreakable next time.
I’m happy that they’re motivated, but I don’t want them to overdo it.
「It’s okay to take your time, you don’t need to rush it」
I said and patted them with my fingers.
Then, I looked at the place where the turtle-like high ranked spirit beast had disappeared to.
The heavy lancers are moving around in the water near it as if they were doing a patrol.
「I wonder if they also have some thought about it」
While thinking about such a thing, I stood up to clean the pond.
Translator: “Hakou” Editor: “Weasalopes”
I rode the Old lady back to the Royal capital and hugged herbivore mechanic in the hangar and praised him enthusiastically.
Because the performance of his newly developed haze removal magic was so good.
As a result, the shooting range of my long-range attack magic improved dramatically.
「I’m glad to hear that」
The herbivore mechanic smiled happily at my good response.
「I also got some valuable feedback from you, so let’s start the version upgrade immediately」
He sure said something terrifying while smiling. He’s obviously intending to work even harder after this.
「No, um, you’ve been staying up all night right? I think it’s better to go home and take a rest for now」
Rather than staying up all night, he must have stayed up for four days already.
「It’s alright. I’ve been sleeping since a while ago」
He rolled up his sleeves and bend his thin arm.
He probably wanted to show his biceps, but I can see nothing but a thin arm there.
(No good. If this goes on, he seriously going to work non-stop again)
I have to stop this self-employed workaholic man somehow.
So I decided to move ahead of the plan of inviting him to play in a few days.
「Now, now, let’s go to play today! Of course, it’s on me」
I forcibly invited him, pushed his back, and go out to the hallway.
At first, he resisted, but perhaps because of my feeling that I’m worried about him got through, the herbivore mechanic agreed to go out with a bitter smile.
We caught a golem driven carriage and headed for the red-light district. And when we arrived in front of Cione, the boy at the front opened the door for us.
Then, without saying anything to the herbivore mechanic, I chose five people appropriately from the sideline.
The reason I didn’t ask for his opinion was because I assumed he couldn’t choose after seeing his eyes darting around.
The concierge understood and asked whether we want him to prepare a large room. Then I immediately replied with a yes.
I let the girls took the hands of the nervous herbivore mechanic and entered the room on the third floor.
「T-Tauro-san. Wouldn’t all of this cost a lot of money?」
The herbivore mechanic quivered in front of five high-class beautiful girls who he never played with before.
「It’s okay, it’s okay. Just leave it to me」
I answered with a smile.
The demand for recovery potions soared due to the onset of the war. The purchase price has also increased significantly. Furthermore, to meet the demand, I have added a little more to the delivered quantity.
Thanks to that, my pocket is full.
On the other hand, it is said that the number of customers in the brothels are declining, so I would like to help this establishment that has been taking care of me in the past as much as I could.
「But still… they’re so spectacular, aren’t they?」
The herbivore mechanic looks dazzled by looking at the appearance of beautiful girls sitting side by side on the couch.
All of them were wearing casual dress. And they’re also national level beauties.
「Well then, let’s do this. First of all, please let us see each one of you flipping your skirt. Ah, for the hot pants girl, it’s okay to just lower your zipper」
To my sudden remarks, the girls aside, even the herbivore mechanic also blushing.
「U-Umm…… Isn’t it bad to suddenly ask for something like that so suddenly?」
What’s so bad about it? This is a brothel, no matter how the journey goes, there’s only one destination in the end.
I silenced the herbivore mechanic with my hand and continued to talk while watching the girls.
「Now then, for the first one. You there」
Even though they’re young, as expected from a pro. While being shy, they flipped their skirt and showed us the contents.
「Hmm, the third girl. It’s nice to be cheerful and all, but I feel like she’s not embarrassed enough. What do you think?」
To my question, the herbivore mechanic is just mumbling something unclear. It’s really unthinkable that he was the same guy as the great monkey wreaking havoc at the end of century brothel.
「Then, next. Could you comfort yourself from the top of your clothes? This time with everyone. Ready, start!」
I thought that it couldn’t be helped so I proceeded alone.
In this situation, Corneal would have played along with me in high spirits. He would also give various comments.
While feeling a little lonely, I’m going to continue the event I came up with as it is.
(I wonder if he enjoys it?)
I looked at my side while feeling anxious.
He was looking down with a bright red face.
(It’s a bit unsuitable for him it seems)
Did I get the direction wrong?
The lack of consideration was my responsibility. It’s not the herbivore mechanic to blame.
While looking at the boobs train, I’m wondering if there’s a way back from this.
By the way, the boobs train is, where the girl in the back rubs the boobs of the girl in front of her and competes for the power of their defense and offense.
The train becomes a ring by connecting the head and the tail at the end.
I’m sure the circle would be more beautifully completed if there are more people, but it’s already good enough with only five people. Next time I would like to have more people do it.
(Hm?)
But at some point, the herbivore mechanic began to show dramatic changes.
It was when we’re having the girls do a small singing contest.
「Is there something wrong?」
I and the herbivore mechanic each let the girls hold our microphone and check out their throat.
Until that point, the herbivorous mechanic was letting out a voice as though he’s a virgin. But then he suddenly went silent.
I thought it was strange, so I called out to him.
「…….」
The herbivore mechanic didn’t answer and pulled the microphone out of the girl’s mouth in front of him.
He then forcibly pushed her down, stripped off her underwear, and began shoving his microphone without saying anything.
The girl who started to get her lower throat checked all of the sudden. It was too much, she let out boasting voice from her upper throat.
She should’ve been prepared to some extent with how the events went so far, but to do something like this so suddenly, as expected would be too much even for her.
「Whoa, wait, what are you doing!?」
Surprised, I yelled at him.
(This is…)
At that moment, our eyes met and my breathing stopped as if my heart had been grabbed.
It was because of the great wildness that dwelled in those eyes of his.
(What a sudden rise in tension)
It’s like the curves of the letter S.
I knew that he would eventually turn into a monkey, but I didn’t expect him to change so suddenly.
The other four girls, including the one who was holding my microphone, were frightened and put some distance.
(Ah–)
Then the herbivore mechanic pulled out from the girl in front of him and jumped to the girl who escaped the fastest.
And from behind her, he begins to bounce his hips in order to pry in.
A girl’s sharp screams once again echoed throughout the room.
The girls ran away again after seeing that.
(Don’t tell me….)
As if to confirm my fears, the herbivore mechanic jumped to another girl.
(There’s no mistaking it. He reacted to those who tried to escape)
I shouted at the girls.
「Don’t run away! You’ll get attacked!」
Right now, the herbivore mechanic is only moving by instinct.
He has no reasoning or thoughts. Persuasion and restraining him would be impossible to do.
I have to do it by force if I’m going to try and stop him, but the herbivore mechanic probably became like this because the limiter inside of him has been set off.
His slender body will exert muscular strength that cannot be imagined, so he would probably use that to resist.
(…..There are five girls here. Let’s have them take him in turns until he calmed down)
There, I shook my head and corrected my thoughts. There are four instead of five. I forgot my share of girl.
A girl in hot pants who introduced herself as a sports expert. She has beautiful slender legs and thin muscle lines.
I instructed her to stay away from the herbivore mechanic.
However, today, I will get to know. The power of herbivore mechanics, that is.
He hasn’t stopped moving his hips even after making two laps
(As expected from a man who repeatedly works overtime until midnight every day. I can’t make light of his physical and mental strength here)
I can’t help but become terrified.
And on that day, the herbivore mechanic was banned from entering the store.
Fortunately, thanks to the girls’ testimonies I was able to escape another ban.
Their complaint to me for bringing the herbivore mechanic was another story though.
(I misunderstood the potential of the herbivore mechanic)
It seems that I myself still need to learn a lot.
The herbivorous mechanic sleeps comfortably just as he did when we visited the end of century brothel.
I pushed him into the golem carriage and told the driver his home address.
Translator: “Hakou” Editor: “Weasalopes”
The spirit forest that spread over the northern part of the Ost continent.
There was a lake on the north side of the forest, and it was filled with crystal clear water.
Under the light of sunlight at the end of spring, a fragrant breeze blows across the lake surface.
And floating at the center, was an island with a total of two hundred meters in length.
That island began to slowly submerge itself in water, along with the ruins of a stone fort and the trees surrounding it.
Although slow, the waves it produces are great.
The water overcame the stone walls of an elegant small castle on the lakeshore and brought water into the castle.
The humanoid creatures that filled the castle begin to make a fuss, but the island continues to sink into a huge magical circle that unfolds at the bottom of the lake without a care in the world about them.
Then along with the disappearance of the magic circle, that giant figure also disappeared from the water.
『A world tree?』
It has no facial expression on its face that resembles a reptile.
But the island was surprised.
In the distant past, there were multiple world trees. However, it has been a long time since it became the only one in the spirit forest.
But right now, in front of it was a young world tree, greatly expanding its branches on top of the lake.
『Does this mean… it’s a different world?』
The feeling of discomfort that could be felt when using transfer magic.
It was a different one from what you would feel if you moved into the same world.
The island recognizes this as a separate and independent area.
『Is that… an illusion?』
It saw a giant humanoid figure that was as big as the world tree on the other side of the world tree.
The island first thought of it as an illusion and then changed its mind.
That was an existence that exists between the original world and this world.
The two worlds are in contact with each other around that humanoid figure.
That existence who manages the world tree might be controlling it that way so that it can interfere with both.
『This is my size in this world, huh』
The island looks at its own body.
The administrator might have arbitrarily set it this way. The island was impressed by their high skill.
And then, a fragrance reaches the island, making his eyes squint.
『What a nice fragrance…』
The humanoid figure had a huge yellow fruit from the trees on the waterside.
At that time, its scents were scattered around, carried by the wind and reached the island.
This scent is the very thing that led the island to this place.
And the fruit that the island strongly desires to eat again is the yellow fruit that the humanoid figure had.
It instinctively headed to the shore.
***
Tauro’s home.
The third floor of a three-story building near the red light district of the Royal capital.
Unlike the first and second floors, the indoor part is only two-third. The rest is a rooftop garden with a three meters tall tree and shallow ponds.
Right now in that rooftop garden, a man was bending over.
「It’s getting warmer huh」
The weather is good and the sunlight is strong. It was to the point I would sweat a lot during the day of a late spring like now.
I stood in the forest garden while having such a thought while looking at the pond.
I’m off today, so I’m going to do my housework.
「I think it’s about time to clean the pond」
Since I set up a pond in the forest garden, the scenery has become even better.
Moreover, the heavy lancers always drink from it, so it has become indispensable.
「The maintenance is really a pain in the ass though」
Since the pond has no natural flow, it has to be regularly drained, rubbed with a brush, and refilled with water.
Algae was starting to stand out, so I thought it was time for cleaning.
「Dangorou, tell the heavy lancers to stay out of the pond, would you?」
The heavy lancers always listen to what Dangorou says.
So, if I want to make the heavy mount heavy lancer moves, I have to do it via Dangorou.
I took out my favorite pomelo as a replacement for a snack while watching the heavy lancers getting out of the water.
At that time, I saw something that was never in the pond until now.
「Oi… there’s an island coming out of there」
An island about 20 cm in diameter floats in the center of the pond.
Moreover, there were trees and even the remaining of some kind of stone buildings on it.
「A pond miniature island, with ruins theme at that」
It was something that really tickles my heart.
「Since when did you make something like this?」
Imosuke who was on the branch was flustered and Dangorou on top of the stone was impatient, while the heavy lancers who seem to have received some kind of instructions from Dangorou were gathering around the pond.
「So that thing wasn’t something you guys prepared?」
Apparently it wasn’t.
「Then what is that… that island?」
That wasn’t an island, apparently.
「Spirit beast?」
Imosuke and Dangorou are spirit beasts. And the heavy lancers were a demon beast.
I don’t quite get the difference.
「….Hey, it’s coming closer」
The island was silently coming towards us, spreading waves behind it.
The heavy lancers standing on the shore seem nervous. The usual idyllic atmosphere is not there.
Dangorou descended from the stone and puts his body between me and the shore.
I could feel a wave of emotion saying that he will protect me coming from him.
「Is it some kind of dangerous existence?」
As expected even I can tell that something abnormal is going on by looking at the state of my spirit beasts.
Was it an uninvited guest that appeared?
I crouched and focused my eyes on the island as it moves towards the surface of the water.
「…..A turtle?」
That was my first impression of it.
A turtle, about 20 centimeters long, grows trees on its back and mounts a collapsed stone building.
It’s a little bigger than Dangorou.
The island that was approaching the shore lifted its head, which was half submerged in the water, and looks at my hand.
It had a peculiar look of a reptile, but it looks like a turtle no matter how I see it.
「Calm down, Imosuke」
The branches were swaying as Imosuke moves in a hurry, and because of that he also going up and down along with the branches.
It looks like he was about to be shaken off and fell at this rate, so I stood up and took him to my shoulder
After he took a breather, Imosuke began to converse with the thing that looks like a turtle.
「That’s a turtle, right?」
Although I can feel that they were in tension, I didn’t feel any sense of crisis for now.
A turtle that is large enough to be held with both hands. It was because I could only see it as nothing but that.
Those black hollow eyes were looking this way.
「How is it?」
The conversation between Imosuke and the turtle seems to have concluded so I called out to him.
The atmosphere around my spirit beasts has softened, so the talk possibly went in a good way.
『He said he wants that』
At those words, I looked at the pomelo in my right hand.
The turtle’s gaze was still focused on this fruit.
According to Imosuke, he came here because of the scent of this pomelo.
Apparently he will return soon if I’m willing to share some of it with him.
「I see」
I was convinced.
It was a fascinating fruit that impressed Imosuke and Dangorou and captures the heart of the heavy lancers.
Perhaps this turtle was also fascinated by it.
「Is it okay to give it to him?」
This is not the last pomelo. There are still some others.
Besides, it will soon bear fruit again. If Imosuke and Dangorou were fine with it, then I don’t mind sharing some.
Looking at Imosuke who nodded, I put the pomelo on the shore.
It began to shrank rapidly to a size similar to a kumquat, just as when he had been shrinking the heavy lancers.
The turtle’s gaze moves back and forth between me and the kumquat, but it doesn’t move.
「I’ll give that to you」
Hearing my words, the turtle looked at Imosuke.
Then he approaches the pomelo and puts it in his mouth.
He was looking at us for a while. After confirming that we didn’t make a move, he made a gesture as if bowing to us and sank into the water.
In the water, a magic circle of the same size as the turtle suddenly appeared and glowing with blue color while rotating.
When the turtle’s figure sank into the magic circle, the magic circle disappeared.
「Teleportation magic!? That’s awesome」
He disappeared into the magic circle when he said he’s going to return home, so that must be teleportation magic.
I have a feeling that it’s similar to the one that Dangorou and Imosuke used when they invited the heavy lancers.
「A high ranked spirit beast huh」
Imosuke explains.
That it came from a lake near the spirit forest.
It’s probably a race that can be found quickly by going to the library. Not a race like “Imosuke” or “Dangorou”, which are grouped together in the “others” categories.
「So you were surprised that something came even though you properly lock the door」
No wonder you were so flustered.
Everything seems to have been organized to prevent strange things from entering the forest garden.
He seemed confident of it and didn’t expect it to be broken through.
「As expected from the manager and vice-manager of the forest garden. You guys properly protected the forest」
I praised them.
As they felt happy about it, they promised to make it unbreakable next time.
I’m happy that they’re motivated, but I don’t want them to overdo it.
「It’s okay to take your time, you don’t need to rush it」
I said and patted them with my fingers.
Then, I looked at the place where the turtle-like high ranked spirit beast had disappeared to.
The heavy lancers are moving around in the water near it as if they were doing a patrol.
「I wonder if they also have some thought about it」
While thinking about such a thing, I stood up to clean the pond.
