Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 63
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Side chapter: The continuation of the aftermath
Uru and I came to Alness village again. The purpose is the continuation of the aftermath clean up.
No, it’s not about the trial in the village, it’s because the contaminated soil that the Evil Treant made hasn’t been replaced yet.
“Since it’s about you, there’s also the fact that you wanted the remaining materials, right?”
In response to Uru’s rebuke, I gave my response by averting my gaze.
Hearing exchange, I heard giggles and laughter from next to me . ……Ugh, how embarrassing……!
We weren’t the only ones who came to clean up, but a young man came with us. Of course, it is positioned as a watcher rather than a monitor. But he said he was interested too.
And that young man is the grandson of Wiega-san, and seems to have a cousin relationship with Fricka. So he had others relatives, huh. That was my impression.
No, maybe it’s because he has someone else that he decided to entrust Fricka to me. She can’t make c-children, if she is with me. It would be different if she said that want to be someone else’s wife.
I replace the soil, Uru collects the contaminated items, and the young man—Marik helps me collect items that are safe to touch, while we chat.
“Are Fricka and Fin doing well at miko-sama’s place?”
“Yes. Both of you are working well.”
As long as they were not secretly crying behind my back. ……T-they weren’t crying, are they?
……Ah, the two of them should have been entrusted to me with in the name of forced labor, but……Is it okay that I answered honestly? No, He asked me “They doing well?” so do he should understand the situation?
“Is that so? I was wondering what would happen when Fricka became a candidate for a bride, but I’m relieved that she was able to find a peaceful life.”
Because she had the position of being a bride candidate, and it seems that all the relatives were concerned about her.
We don’t want a Miko to show up, but we want it to show up because there’s an incident in the forest. I the time where they had such complicated feelings, I appeared.
Since I’m a woman, they were discussing what to do behind the scenes, but in the end it all worked out for the better, It seems that they were in blessing mode even though they will feel lonely that she is gone.
Hmmm… I don’t really have any desire to make Fricka suffer in first place, but I feel like their expectations are starting to weigh on me…?
While talking about such things, the purification of the hall (simply replacing the soil) was completed.
The roots are so wide-ranging that I can’t do it all in one day…Or rather, I think it’s impossible to do it all. I’ll do some part, but let nature take care of the rest.
“However, the power of the Miko-sama is wonderful. I honestly never imagined you would be able to do this much.”
Well, when the precedent is ‘that’…
However, as long as the equipments are in place, I think I can ‘collect’ the whole forest in a few days. I chose to don’t say that.
When you think about it like this, the power of a miko is amazing, isn’t it? Even if I say so myself. If I don’t use it properly, someday I’ll get a painful return.
I used the return stone to return to the Creator God’s statue in front of the village.
“Come to think of it, Fricka was suddenly decided to came to my house, but has the next priest been decided yet?”
“Not yet, but it will be decided in a few days. Even though we escaped out of the weakeness state, we still going to be attacked by monsters without holy water.”
… Rather, by defeating Evil Treant, the monsters will be spawning normally again …. Or rather, even though monsters have returned to normal, the ecosystem of other creatures seems to have been destroyed, at worst case the ordeal of Alness Village may still be in the future.
Oh, I wonder what happened to the automatic holy water spraying device story. I need to hear this too.
Even so, should I make a medicinal herb garden? And put a bit of work in the fields, and then??
When I was confirming what I was going to do, Marik asked me a question in confusion.
“… I heard that Miko-sama would no longer lend her power to Alness Village…”
“Hmm? I have no intention of interfering with the village governance system.”
I told Zagi-san and Wiega-san to “make the village clean”, but it’s not like I want to create a village that’s to my liking. I just don’t like the fact that my knowledge of making things, including medicine, was being suppressed.
If I interfere too much, It can end with the ruler being just changing from the past miko to the current miko. I’m sorry but I have to pass that.
“But I will help promote the creation of things.”
“I see.”
Marik nodded in admiration.
But…Making things itself isn’t compulsory, okay?
“… There is the options that you guys don’t have to make it.”
‘If you guys want, I will lend you a hand, but if you don’t want to, I will leave you guys alone because I don’t have the leeway or obligation to do it from the consciousness reform stage.’
With that in mind, I smiled at him, Marik seemed to have understood it properly, and even though he was sweating coldly, he nodded his head repeatedly, saying, “We’ll work in it with all of our powers.”
……It’s not a threat, okay?
“If you’re a miko, go save the world!” That kind of blame will came out to me someday from somewhere, but It’s right, my first priority is to save the world for the Creator God’s sake.
Just pampering the unmotivated residents, coaxing them to do something, is not included in our duties.
“I don’t know if Rion is naive or not…”
“Is that so?”
In the first place, I don’t think that the soil for creativity will grow in a situation where such dedication is necessary, and I feel that my heart will be broken before long. I’m far from being a saint.
I think I’ll put up with it as much as possible for the sake of the Creator God, Uru, and the people who are important to me, but basically I don’t think I’m that strong mentally.
…… Well, even if I cut these opinions off for my own convenience, I might not be able to get the cooperation that I should be able to get by being seen as just an arrogant miko, so that point to worry about.
Hah… How did a simple gamer end up like this? No, it’s too late complain about it now.
I took a short rest in the reception room of the Zagi family with a heavy feeling. Marik said, “I’m going to report.” and separated from us at the entrance of the mansion, so only Uru and me the two of us were in the room.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was watching except Uru, I slumped down on the desk and let out a big sigh.
“I wonder if I’m tired from using my head too much… I want to be healed by making things without thinking about anything.”
“So, here instead of ‘I want to rest’, it’s about making things, it’s the proof that Rion is a miko to the roots.”
“Well… I just like making things, It’s not like I like politics or anything like that…”
Sometimes I wonder if someone could be my brain and put me in a good state just by making things.
But… That would be bad. As a miko being moved by someone’s arbitrariness, or abandon Its thoughts and responsibilities.
When I was feeling sluggish in my heart, Perhaps trying to distract me, Uru started to say something doesn’t look like Uru (that I selfishly think) would say.
“Rion, why you don’t use this instead of that cold desk?”
And what Uru started tapping on was… Her own lap.
…… In other words, it is a lap pillow.
I impulsively wanted to accept the invitation, but remembering where this place was, swallowed it with a gulp, and asked a question instead.
“…That, who taught you that?”
“Mu? Fricka though.”
That right. I knew it.
That girl, she does weird things from time to time. ……Well, but the lap pillow is perfectly reasonable.
Even now, when I remember what happened to me in the bath last time, I feel like my face is about to burst into flames from embarrassment… Fufufu…
“By saying that, I would like to make a complaint about the bride education in Alness Village.”
“… What is it all of a sudden, Miko-sama?”
I suddenly take it out(?) on Zagi-san who just entered the reception room.
In addition, I had her do it after returning to the base. Fuhehe.