Chapter 161 (1/2)

I landed in the centre of the village, which was just a grassy square with a well in the middle.

I could see many young men working around the small village.

In my mind, a typical fantasy village would have the men going out hunting and leaving the women and children to protect the village. However, all I could see around me were muscly men busy working here and there.

Where are all of the women and children?

“Ah….”

I lowered the loli bitch onto the ground.

The people of the village soon took notice and began to surround us. All of them were well-built men with intimidating faces.

“What have we done to deserve a visit from a great noble?”

One of them, a man that appeared to be their representative, spoke to us. After noticing Ester-chan’s clothes, the man began acting subservient and even lowered his head, but he also seemed to be carefully watching us.

All of the men had incredible physiques. The shortest among them seemed to be 190 centimetres. They were all more than a head taller than me, had the same dark coloured eyes, brown hair cut short in the same style, and beards of varying lengths. All of this combined to give them a wild appearance.

“Excuse me, but can I use one of your toilets?”

“…?”

He looked completely confused.

It was as if he had no idea what I was talking about.

“Umm, well, I just want to use your toilet….”

“I heard you. That may be something common for people like you, but we don’t possess something so luxurious. We can offer you an area among the trees that’s been blocked off by a sheet, but that’s about it….”

“…that’s good enough.”

“…I-I see.”

All right, toilet get.

I noticed that the men surrounding us were all staring at Ester-chan as if they hadn’t seen a woman in months. They would occasionally glance over at me as if to say, “What’s a guy like you doing with a girl like her?”

It’s a lolicon army.

Since they all look like bodybuilders, I thought they’d be interested in a different type of woman, but it seems I was wrong.

***

I returned to the small square feeling refreshed.

Ester-chan was where I left her and the group of muscular men surrounding her seemed to have increased. She wasn’t acting like the daughter of a great noble surrounded by a bunch of mere peasants. Ester-chan didn’t act like they were beneath her and didn’t seem afraid of them, but they all seemed to be getting along rather well.

It looked like a young girl surrounded by all of her older brothers.

“Sorry for the wait.”

“Welcome back. That didn’t take as long as I expected.”

“Yeah, well.”

That’s thanks to the images the loli bitch provided me before landing.

“By the way, umm, d-do we still have some time to spare?”

“You didn’t seem to think so earlier. Why do you ask?”

Ester-chan was acting as cute as possible. Her head was looking down but her eyes were looking up at me and there were even tears forming in them. She’s going to ask me for something.

“It will only take a little bit of our time, but….”

“What is it?”

Before continuing, she looked at the faces of the gathered men around us.

“They originally lived in a village not far from Tricklis, but the fear of an oncoming war caused them to flee in hopes of finding a safer area to live. That’s why they’re building this village here.”

I remember hearing something similar to this in Kalis.

The Penny Empire lacks any form of social welfare, so I’m sure this is an everyday occurrence.

“So, right now, they’re just getting started on building their new village.”

“Oh, I see. You want us to help them rebuild?”

“No, that’s not it. You’re more important to me than anything else. I know you have more important things to worry about right now and I’d never ask you to do anything that would take you away from such an important task.”

“O-Okay, but you do want to help them, right?”

“Well, when these people were living in their old village, I was still Viscount FitzClarence, lord of the territory they were living in. I may not possess that title anymore, but these were once my people and they’re in trouble. I would never forgive myself if I didn’t help them.”

“I think that is a truly wonderful mentality to have.”

As usual, this bitch possesses a strong moral obligation.

Why couldn’t she have directed this enthusiasm into protecting her hymen?

“…when you praise me…I-I get wet.”

“So, what do you want to do?”

Honestly, I’m not sure where she’s going with this.

The village seems to be coming along well. All of the men of the village seem to be in fine health and great shape. Several houses have already been built, there’s another that’s partially finished, and there’s even a field that’s already been planted and appears to be in good condition.

As I looked at her confused, Ester-chan looked triumphant as she said,

“We’ll go to the women’s village and negotiate on behalf of the men’s village!”

“….”