Chapter 297
The cold winter has come .
Yeah, it is already winter .
This year’s fall has been so busy that it was already over before I noticed it .
The reason for its busyness is the construction of Village Five and the rescue operation of Pirika’s fellow disciples .
Though we’re busy, we properly harvest all the autumn crops and hold the martial arts tournament .
This year’s martial arts tournament, Loo and Tier were not able to participate because they are preparing for the rescue mission .
The angel Kierbit worked really hard at the martial arts tournament .
「Since Tier won’t participate, there won’t be a problem for me!」
That said, she really became the winner of the knight division .
It looks like she researched a lot about the jump attack of the lamias, the string shot of the spiderlings, and the extreme speed of the kuros . She managed to perfect her counterattacks .
Though she had a time-consuming match against her fellow angel Gran Maria .
Gran Maria, at that time, was exhausted from her previous battle against the chief warrior of the lamias, Sunea .
Kierbit seemed to have been lucky this year .
The person in question is aware of it but she’s still so happy when she was awarded with the trophy . She’s literally jumping in joy .
That was something nice to see .
By the way, the defeated lamia, the spiderlings, and the kuros who were defeated by Kierbit started their own research against Kierbit too .
Their victims… . I mean practicing partners are the angels Suaruriu and Suarukou .
Hang in there you two .
There’s another person who worked really hard at the martial arts tournament… . the demon king .
Yeah, he’s incredibly lucky with the draw lots .
But he also showed guts too .
The four heavenly kings, Beezel, Glatts, and Randan were even crying as if they were the ones who won .
Each of them has a glass of alcohol in one hand .
As for the last remaining member of the four heavenly kings, Hou, she did not go to the coliseum and spent all her time in the dwarves’ stall .
I thought she’s there for a drink but it looks like she brought alcohol brewed from her territory this year to hear their opinion about it .
Ah, she drinks after that .
The martial arts tournament… . . maa, though a lot of things happened, no one was seriously injured so there was no problem .
Let’s get back in time a little . The construction of Village Five ended about mid-autumn too .
At the same time, the major part of the management system of Village Five was decided .
The nine-tailed fox Youko officially takes office as Village Five’s village chief .
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn addition, the holy maiden was appointed as the head of religious affairs of Village Five .
Youko herself volunteered .
She’s the person in charge of the Village Five’s construction on our side and I won’t refuse her request since for me, it is a good thing for the village to be independent .
However, she wants Hitoe to stay in Big Tree Village to prevent anything from happening .
I understand .
As for Village Five’s side, they don’t have any problem with that arrangement . Rather, they prefer Big Tree Village to dispatch someone to be their village chief .
Everything else was decided as if going with the flow .
For the time being, she became the lord of my mansion in Village Five but she often returns to Big Tree Village at night .
It is probably because her daughter, Hitoe, is staying at Big Tree Village .
As for why the holy maiden was assigned like that, it is because of ancestor-san .
Originally, it seems like the destination of the holy maiden was decided to some degree but trouble seems to come continuously so it did not go well .
As for the cause, there seems to be a dark feud . Some people want to increase their authority and they want the holy maiden for that purpose .
I thought that they were trying to take ancestor-san’s authority but it seems like whether they succeed or not, it will only tickle ancestor-san . It seems like the power struggle is at the lower part of their organization .
According to ancestor-san, some of them don’t even know of his existence .
By the way, he said that those guys are really disappointed since they don’t even know where the holy maiden is .
It seems like Fushu is already enough to clean them up but Fushu is busy with a lot of things . It is a good thing that something good happened .
That something is Village Five .
It’s good if there’s a church of Korin religion in Village Five .
And since the holy maiden is there, it is even better .
The holy maiden herself also wants to work there so which seals the deal .
Presently, she’s working at the church of Village Five .
Though she returns to Big Tree Village at night with Youko .
Is this okay?
Several priests were selected by Fushu and were sent to the church .
They live in the church .
We built a church that can be easy to live in .
However, why are they crying at the sight of their private room and bed?
What kind of life have they been living in… . .
I don’t know what’s happening so I let the holy maiden take care of them .
Pirika’s fellow disciples’ rescue took place after the martial arts tournament .
The most important part of the mission is how much attention can the dragon Maxbergak catch .
I asked Hakuren to invite him to attend the martial arts tournament .
I have already asked him what I need of him beforehand so I’m not tricking him .
The rewards are alcohol, crops, and desserts .
I think the desserts are for his wife and daughter .
According to our formulated strategy, while Maxbergak is flying and catching everyone’s attention, we will open a teleportation gate in the disciples’ village .
Though it might not be necessary to catch the attention of the Fullheart Kingdom since they are presently at war with the demon king’s kingdom, I don’t want to take a risk .
Because of that, the plan of catching the enemy’s attention before rescuing the disciples was formulated .
I feel sorry for Maxbergak but please do your best .
To open a teleportation gate, Pirika needs to return to the village .
She’s carrying the coordinate specification stone for the teleportation gate .
That is the main reason why it took us a very long time before commencing the rescue .
It would have been faster if I had cooperated with either ancestor-san or Beezel who can use teleportation magic however……I can’t ask them this time since this is something that we must do .
We can’t ask for help from others .
TN: Maxbergak is commissioned to do his part so I guess that’s not help .
Loo and Tier acted as Pirika’s escorts .
Though they are her escorts, they did not travel by her side . They followed her through the shadow .
We don’t know when will Pirika be able to return to her village so I decided the time and date .
Maxbergak will fly on that day .
On that day, Pirika should have already been to the village and should have already persuaded her fellow disciples .
Though Pirika said that it will be fine, it is not like we’re only going to rescue her fellow disciples, we need to rescue their families too .
I even thought that there would be someone who’ll oppose and escape .
Fortunately, I’m wrong .
All of them agreed to escape .
Thanks to the Fullheart Kingdom .
The disciples lived their lives like there’s nothing unusual until the designated date and time .
An hour before the designated time, Loo sets up the coordinate specification stone of the teleportation gate .
As soon as the teleportation gate opened up, a total of 20 high elves and lizardmen entered together with me .
Those high elves and lizardmen are supposed to be my guards but I asked them to help out the disciples
I put out the AFT in its hoe form .
If we just take the disciples with us, it might look like they run away so I thought of making them think that the whole village disappeared .
If they only run away, Fullheart Kingdom might think that there’s something fishy .
After escorting the disciples and their families to the teleportation gate, me and my high elves and lizardmen guards entered the teleportation gate to return too .
After us, Tier and Pirika moved .
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe last one to enter the teleportation gate back is Loo and she’s holding the coordinate specification stone .
I was surprised . I didn’t know that it was possible . It seems like it is not that important given our current situation since it is only needed when the teleportation gate opens .
The gate is still open but it will close by itself after a while so there’s no problem . Loo hands over the coordinate specification stone on her hand and I used the AFT to destroy it .
The teleportation gate immediately shuts down after that .
It was a huge success .
Though Tier almost did nothing, if there was an emergency, she can carry Pirika .
What we didn’t expect was that it took one month before the Fullheart Kingdom discovered that the village disappeared .
Was I too cautious?
Or maybe because Maxbergak stood out too much .
In any case, Pirika and her fellow disciples’ problem is now solved and they have emigrated to Village Five .
Work hard .
There’s one problem .
After disposing off the teleportation gate, Miyo, who’s supposed to be the manager of that supposed gate, has nothing to do .
Because of that, the civil servant girls asked for her loudly . The person in question agreed so her new job is to be one of the civil servant girls .
A lot of things happened this autumn .
…… .
Miyo, why are your eyes look so dead… . are you okay?
Ah, thinking about it, the civil servant girls have the same eyes .
Got it .
Frau is fully utilizing her .
She doesn’t look good because of that .
Let’s bake a pastry called stollen .
Do you want it?
I’m not boasting but it’s delicious .
If you want, you can increase its number by cutting it .
You don’t have to hold back… . yes, it’s fine .
Eat .
Yup, like that .
Paperwork .
I have been notified about the severe shortage of demonpower .
I can calculate myself but I can’t do what they are doing .
I wonder if I was lucky .
No, I really have to look for additional civil servants .
There seem to be a lot of them in Village Five, let’s scout .
I’ll ask Youko about it .