Chapter 65 (1/2)

Chapter 65

Chapter 65: That time when I had an in-island adventure Part 5

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TL: kizen

ED: Filip/Gecko

I was woken up at noon .

While I was rubbing my sleepy eyes, I formed a 【Water ball】 above me and dipped my entire head in it as I walked towards the dining area in order to wash my face . Since I didn’t bring a towel with me, I just wiped the water off with my sleeve . When the children saw me and told me off .

「Maou-sama, how sloppy~」

「I’m just doing this to wash my face you know~ . I’ll wipe it off after」

「You will get scolded you knowー?」

「Mnnー? Ahー, sorry, sorry . I’m just really tired . Nnー . My body’s so heavyー」

「That’s because you didn’t sleep early you know~」

Un, that’s true . It would probably have been better if I just slept in the forest where I wouldn’t have been disturbed by those two .

「That’s true, isn’t it~? That’s why I’ll go to bed early from now on」

「Geez, Maou-sama . You shouldn’t do that you know~」

I started patting the head of the child that was close to me as I was being told that by one of the older kids .

「Ahー, yeah . Sorry about that . I was really tired so I took a nap」

「That’s not the point . Maou-sama keeps telling us to take breaks but you aren’t taking breaks yourself, are you?」

「I’m getting my rest you know? I even go back to my home town to relax with my family」

「Then you must be working too much . We understand that you’re doing these things with us in mind but it would be hard even for a Demon Lord to work without rest」

「Ahー, thanks for your concern but I’ll manage somehow if I just drink some of that water with salt and sugar in it you know? Hahaha……」

After that, I arrived at the dining area and slowly ate the bread, steamed fish, and fish soup that was given to me .

Once I was done eating, a slightly nervous Root-san came over to my table to talk with me . 1

「Caam, how big do you want the rabbit’s pen to beー?」

「Hmmー, since it’s going to be used for breeding, why don’t we build a small hut that’s about waist height, that’s 10 paces long and ten paces wide . We’ll just add some dirt in there so that they’ll have somewhere to sleep」

「Gotcha . I’ll try to make something of that scale . Also, we already cleared out a small area but we’re just starting to lay down the stone foundation and build the framework . We still need to put up the walls and the roof after that so even just a single house would take quite some time to complete」

「But even so, we need that to be built . I’m planning to board the s.h.i.+p to the port city and go to the bar and guild to try and recruit more craftsmen the next time they pa.s.s by here . The number of men would increase that way so I also plan to invite about twenty women to migrate here or just buy some women slaves . Because of that, I will have to ask you to build some kind of building where they can sleep in at the very least」

「Uh ohー, looks like things are going to start to get busy over here for us」

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It seems like he’s the type of craftsman who can’t stop moving his hands since he was keeping them busy the entire time we were talking .

「I’ll be counting on you」

「Roger」

「I’m not going to explore the island today so I wonder what I should do……? Do some desk work? Do I even have something like that? Don’t think so . Play with the kids? I guess that wouldn’t really be a good idea . I’m not really sure what to do whenever I have free time」

「Then just help with the reclamation of the fields . What does desuku waーku even mean?」2

With the cat-eared old man’s sudden suggestion, I decided to go and help with the expansion of the fields by cutting the trees and uprooting the stumps . Since the roots can’t be used, it seems like they transport them to the charcoal-making hut where they stack them . I was already done with my part so I just rode on the carriage transporting the stumps on the way back . I was thinking how the wheel is such a wonderful invention .

Well, it depends on how you use it though . You can just attach it to a box and call it a day since it would be good enough to transport things after all .

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Now then, I’m going to explore the south side today but I’ll stop over the hot spring, as usual, to take a quick soak in it .

It’s different this time though since I’m doing this to recover from the time I didn’t get to sleep because of the couple copulating until dawn when I got back from my last exploration . The conversation I had with Cravatte because of that ended up being fun though .

There was a slender female harpy already bathing with a relaxed smile on her face but I just ignored her and used the hot spring to reinvigorate myself before heading south .

Looking at the southern part of the island while I’m still halfway down, I could see that there was a lake on the southwestern side . I can just explore that later . For now, I’ll just try and see if there are any forests or resources above ground I can gather on this side .

This side seems to have more gra.s.s-covered plains instead of forests compared to the other sides of the island . I still can’t see the coast as usual but I can pretty much tell what’s around here so I can now begin my exploration .

There were no particular changes to the terrain so it was pretty peaceful .

Or at least it would have been if there were no red flowers nor those pesky goblins here!

I couldn’t be bothered to deal with them so I just threw an obsidian axe towards the attacker that jumped out from the bushes . After seeing its head split open by the axe, I just left it there and continued with the exploration .

「Hmmー, with how flat the terrain is over here, I wonder how many years has it been since this island was formed?」

While I was wondering that, I scooped up some of the soil to properly examine the quality but I kept hitting quite a few large stones within the wonderfully black soil . It was quite a pain to go through so I used magic to lift the soil up to chest height and was able to determine that the area was a good place to set up a crop field .

It also wouldn’t be a bad idea to start developing more roads, the main road leading to the bay and a wide road along the coastline . In the meantime though, we should finish the road from the coast to the foot of the mountain . I really want that done .

I continued walking while thinking about how I’m going to develop the island even further but I could only find small forests scattered here and there . I decided to investigate them and while I was walking around, I found a tree with a green, acorn-like fruit that looks like those that I frequently saw on TV .

「Oi oi oi oi oi oi oi……… Kami-sama . What the heck are you doing with your world!?」

I shouted that at the heavens upon seeing what was in front of my eyes .

I threw down my luggage, picked several of those fruits, then washed them inside a 【Water ball】 . After I dried it off, I crushed them on top of the frying pan . Since I didn’t have a filter, I just gathered all of the paste in my hand then squeezed the liquid of the fruit into a cup .

My hands were greasy from the oil so I wiped them off on the ground and washed my hands with a 【Water ball】 before tasting the fluid using this morning’s bread .

「Is this actually an olive? Why is there everything on this island……?」

With a hint of excitement, I stuffed my rucksack with olives and began walking back with a spring on my step that was nothing like the time I discovered the Cacao .

I stopped by at the other smaller forest and they also had olives growing there .

I stumbled upon a rabbit by chance so I gladly killed it using an obsidian knife to avoid spilling the olive oil in the cup on my hand . After draining the blood, skinning it, and taking out the internal organs, I rubbed some salt on the meat and seasoned it with some of the fragrant herbs that I found . Then, I started grilling it using plenty of olive oil, carefully scooping the oil from the bottom with a spoon, and sprinkling it on top while having a huge smile on my face .

「Even so, I’m the olive oil」3

While muttering that, the rabbit finished roasting . It was crispy outside but juicy on the inside and the olive oil was dripping from the top .

「Go! Olive oil」

After saying that with a smug look on my face, I covered the roasted rabbit with olive oil then garnished it with some bread before eating it .