Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 61

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Side chapter: Rion observation record 2

It was the same when she was resting in Alness Village, but Rion-sama’s morning starts early. She usually wake up with the dawn.
As for me, I wanted to try ‘how to wake up my husband’ which I was taught as a bride education in the past… but it’s a little disappointing because she wake up before I can even try.

“Ah, Fricka, good morning.”

“… Good morning…”

“Rion-sama, Uru-san, good morning.”

As soon as I left the room, the next room’s door opened and the two of them came out.…… I’m a little envious of Uru-san, who can sleep together with her, but as expected, I can’t leave Fin alone in the current situation.
However, I didn’t see her state like that in Alness Village, but the story that Uru becomes sick at night and continued until morning was true. While rubbing her eyes sleepily, she grabbed the hem of Rion-sama’s clothes and walked absentmindedly, that appearance looking unexpectedly young and for a moment overlapped with Fin, I can understand why Rion-sama says “She sometimes stimulate my protective instincts…”.
In addition, Fin is still sleeping. Rion-sama said “Children need to sleep properly to grow.” so I let her do as she please. Sometimes she wake up early, but mostly is the smell of breakfast that wakes her.…… I don’t remember letting her have any inconvenience with food , but …… Do you that means that Rion-sama’s food is that much delicious.

I head to the altar with the two and pray to the Creator God together.
…… It seems that the Creator God will not descend today. I am very grateful to be able to see that figure… But if that happens too often, I feel like I my mind wouldn’t endure long.
After praying, I polish the statue of the Creator God and help take care of the flower bed. Rion-sama said that whe was saved by the sacred flowers I raised, but the flowers that a miko can raise are in a different level. Even I can feel that ‘this is a sacred thing’ from just looking at them.
And when the work ended, Rion-sama headed to the corner of the flowerbed … To that grave, and without putting her hands together to pray or doing something like that, she just stared at it without doing anything for a while. I can’t comprehend what is going in her mind.

“… I want love.”

That day, while holding to a pillow, the words that she uttered were just like “just a normal hyuman”.
Of course, she is using the miko’s skills, and the words and ways of thinking that come out from her time to time seemed to be imbued with a consciousness that she is a miko, but… That’s not the all of her.
Rion-sama is… It seems that even she herself didn’t realized it, but in the literal sense of the word she was “Not just a human being.”, that said, she is so human that looks pretty unbalanced.

“Now then, let’s go check the outside wall.”

There’s no shadow in that smiling face, and surprisingly (I too think that’s rude to say that, but) there was nothing from the sharp Uru-san, so I’m sure it’s okay.

After the outside wall patrol, I start to preparing breakfast while receiving a lecture from Rion-sama.
I took pride in being able to cook somewhat…… But it seems that it was a mistake, and the difference is obvious when I look at Rion-sama work.
She said, “I didn’t do anything special.” but each and every gesture is precise, and what she is doing seems normal, but my skills can’t keep up with her.

“It’s fine to use a miko(me) as a goal, but it’s tough to use it as a standard, so let’s stop, shall we?”

If I hadn’t been told these words beforehand, I might have run away before It even started.
In addition, she don’t get angry even if I fail, and she honestly praise me for what I did well.
I’m very thankful that she is being considerate to me and practicing is not being a hardship. …… In this case, it seems that there is a high possibility that it is not intentional. And from the bottom of her heart, it seems that she like “making things”.

To be honest, I myself didn’t have much hope for the existence called miko. Even though I knew in my head that the past one was the peculiar, my heart rejected it, and I even thought that it would be better if it didn’t even show up in first place.
But still, deep down in my heart, I still wanted to believe. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have continued to pray to the Creator God.
I couldn’t have been so happy to have my prayers answered.
…… Well, that too might be because what this person told me.

Actually when I first met the Miko(Rion-sama), It was only at first that I felt gloomy.
She exercised her abilities without being overbearing, she didn’t ask for excessive compensation for the items she offered, she generously disclosed her knowledge to us, and in addition, she didn’t have any ulterior motives.
There seems to be a difference in treatment depending on her likes and dislikes, but it doesn’t seem like she’s deviating as a miko, Rather, I am Impressed by the fact that she have saved Alness Village that was in that terrible state.
And… She saved me too.
Without demanding any compensation, as if it were the norm to do so. ……It was very different from my father-in-law who asked for my mother in exchange for the medicine that saved me.
No, I should not compare them. Probably people like Rion-sama are in the minority.

Although it was a short-lived relationship, too many things have happened, and I think it’s only natural for me love her… Does Rion-sama have a low self-esteem?
……It might be because she don’t have enough trust in me yet. Let’s be diligent.

After eating, I take care of animals and crops with Fin.
Even though she was a little nervous, It may be the first time I have seen Fin working so hard. This is also something I am grateful for. As someone who knows the time when she was frightened and cowered by our father, it is deeply moving.
But… Did crops grow so quickly…?

“I don’t think this is normal either…”

“Right…”

Uru-san and I nodded deeply.
Fin should also be careful not to take this as a ‘normal’ thing.

After that, Fin and I were stunned by Uru-san’s dynamic hunting, then we finished eating a lunch, and went to our own free-time.

“There are a lot of things I can teach you about making things, but other than that, I don’t know that much. Rather I think you should talk to Wiega-san about how to educate Fin.”

“… Magic aside, my education is special, so it won’t be helpful…”

In Alness Village, magic and the education necessary for life are basically given, but in my case, it was magic, priestly duties, and bride education.
When I did what I’ve been taught, even if she didn’t hated it, It often confused her, made her hold her head with her hands, and don’t really look like she welcomed them. Regarding what happened in the bath the other day, I was denied with all her strength, saying “No! Absolutely!!”. It must have been too much for her, because she was so angry that her face became red. I have to reflect more about it…
I can’t tell what’s common sense and what’s not, so I need to learn more too.

Fin and I have nothing to do, so today we’re going to see Rion-sama’s craftsmanship, but… The scene unfolds before our eyes makes us even more stunned than Uru-san’s hunt.
This day was an extension of the building, but it was completed in no time. I never thought that a house large enough to accommodate twenty people would be completed in less than a day would come. As expected the interior was only partially done.
Even so…How can you make a simple blocks of wood to stick together…Why does it change into a single wall…I don’t think the buildings that miko made in Alness Village were like this. But, is it a technique unique to Rion-sama…?
Anyway, all them were too heterogeneous and can’t be made as reference at all.

The construction work that day an irregular thing. Rion-sama often create items or research in the workshop all the other days.
I definitely want to know how to make the medicine, so while watching my work, Rion-sama will work next to me. I really appreciate being able to be teached in person…But sometimes it can be very distracting.
For example, she laughs strangely in front of the molten iron. Lights and explosions sometimes occur and almost makes my hands go crazy. And… I was sometimes fascinated by her earnestness while making things.
Uru-san is sometimes not in the work building, but she gave me this kind of advice.

“I don’t think you can do anything unless you can ignore her moderately, you know?”

……Am I being forced to undergo spiritual training as well?
While sometimes feeling a little sad that my existence is being forgotten, I thought that I should concentrate more and do my best.
And then, One day.

“Hmm…”

There was Rion-sama groaning with her arms folded in front of the workbench.

“What’s the matter?”

“Fricka. Just right. Can you use this?”

I was handed something like a small stone by Rion-sama–a return stone. It is an amazing item that can instantly move you to the statue of the Creator God when it is filled with mana. but I couldn’t use it.

“That’s right. I want to make this somehow usable even if it’s not me using it…”

“Isn’t this because it was created with Rion-sama’s mana? I felt a repulsive force when I used it.”

“… What?”

After blinking her eyes a few times, she took the return stone that I was holding in his hand.

“This is something that can be created through prayer… In other words, the blessing of the earth…The same thing as a magic stone…? Come to think of it, when I created it… This is… And then…”

She rolls the return stone in the palm of her hand, try look closer, try look further away. I didn’t quite understand what she was doing or what she was saying.
Then all of a sudden.

“Thank you! I might be able to do something about it thanks to you!”

“?Huh?”

Rion-sama showed me a bright smile, hugged me and slapped my back with a bang bang sound.
Before my brain could comprehend what had happened, the warmth left—?

“By the way, Fricka, can you put mana into this magic stone!”

“Eh? Eh?”

Pushed by her momentum, I put my mana into ten magic stones and returned them without knowing what was happening.
Rion-sama shouted “Thank you!” and headed back to the workbench. Her concentration is so strong that my voice doesn’t seem to reach her anymore.
…Huh…Just now…

“When you thought that Rion is making a fuss she becames quiet again. It happens often.”

“Eh, so it happens often…”

When I was staring at the air with a blank-head, before I knew it Uru-san and Fin have come next to me.
This was also surprising, but Fin is also attached to Uru-san. When I asked her why later, she said, “Because it was amazing when she knocked down the bad people.” So that’s why she is going to exercise together more and more. ……She will someday become a hot blooded warrior?
When I looked back slowly, I can see Uru-san tilt her head as if saying, “What’s wrong?” Did I made a face so strange?

“It’s nothing… I just thought that Rion-sama was very cute.”

“Well… That’s right.”

Uru-san, who watches over Rion-sama with a wry smile, strangely looks older at times like this. It seems that she doesn’t know how old she is, but in fact, it might be possible that she is very old.
When I was thinking about such a thing, Uru-san said, “By the way.” and spoke to me.

“How long will you use sama to refer Rion? You already know that she doesn’t care about courtesy or status, right?”

“……This is something with a ‘danna-sama'(Husband) nuance.”

“…………I-I see.”

Uru-san was at a loss for words for some reason, and Fin puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, but I won’t give up on this one, you know?