Isekai Nonbiri Nouka - Chapter 1022: Spring of the 21st Year
Igu, the Nyunyu-Daphne of Village One, declared that spring had arrived.
In other words, it’s spring.
Alright then, let’s get to work!
With that spirit, the first thing to do is…
Drive out a group of Angels who have barricaded themselves in a corner of the mansion together with the kotatsu.
Their claims are: 「Winter is still ongoing」 and 「Don’t take away our beloved kotatsu.」
We’re not even putting the kotatsu away yet though.
Ah, they’ve built a pretty serious barricade.
The hallway itself has turned into a fortress.
「Leave it to me.」
The one who stepped forward and said that was Suarurou.
Behind her were several Angels who had been retrained by Suarurou.
For now, I decided to leave it to them.
……
Ah… they went straight to using force.
I’d prefer if they avoided using magic.
No fire magic, okay?
Don’t forget we’re indoors.
A pitfall trap?!
When did they make that?!
And make sure to restore it properly later.
Anyway, since this might take a while, I headed off to do some farm work.
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That night.
When I returned to the mansion after fully making use of the AFT, Suarurou and the others had retreated in defeat.
「We are sorry.」
No, well, it’s fine…
But weren’t the opponents pretty strong?
Before Tier arrived, Suarurou was called the strongest among the Angels. And yet they managed to repel her.
「The ones barricaded inside are people considered ‘capable slackers’. But tomorrow, we will definitely… 」
Don’t push yourselves too hard.
If it doesn’t work, we’ll ask Ann and the others.
Normally we could ask Malbit, the chief of the Angels, or Ruincia, the vice chief, but they went to the Six Dragon God Kingdom around the end of winter.
They were asked to act as advisors in negotiations with the human nations.
The request came from Metora, who can’t move around because she’s pregnant, and also from the human nations themselves.
Despite everything people say about Angels, it seems the human nations rely on them quite a lot.
‘When you’re in trouble, call the Angels.’
That phrase is apparently used often.
「Ah, that saying has a continuation.」
Hmm?
What is it, Loo?
「When you’re in trouble, call the Angels. They’re probably the cause of it anyway, so make them come help fix it.」
……
「And the set ends with the Angels shouting that it’s a false accusation.」
…I-I see.
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Next day.
I greeted Zabuton and the spiderlings who had awakened from hibernation.
Long time no see.
Ah, you don’t need to push yourselves.
First, have a meal.
You need to recover the strength you lost during hibernation.
I prepared plenty of dishes made with potatoes, which are your favorite.
It’s something we do every year, after all.
Today you’ll focus on eating and greetings, and start moving around tomorrow?
Yes, that’s fine.
But you’re curious about lace fabric and the Gothic Lolita clothes made from it?
Hahaha.
I secured plenty of lace fabric.
I figured Zabuton and the others would want it.
Some of the children are still wearing Gothic-style clothes, so maybe we’ll have them do a fashion show sometime.
Oh right, I only recently learned this, but Alfred, who went to ancestor-san’s country, is involved in the import and export of this lace fabric.
Yes, he said it’s fabric that Zabuton would love, so it’s bound to sell well.
But apparently his allowance wasn’t enough to purchase it, so he borrowed money from Loo.
He could’ve told me.
As a father, I’m a little dissatisfied.
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The Pond Turtles woke up near the end of winter and broke the ice on the reservoir.
So now that it’s spring, they’re active as usual.
No, actually, maybe even more active than usual.
They’re munching away on cabbage.
This cabbage was harvested last autumn, and Ice, the ice monster, kept it frozen in storage.
It seems thawing it hasn’t caused any problems, since the Pond Turtles haven’t complained about the taste.
Hm?
No complaints, but freshly harvested cabbage tastes better?
That’s true.
This year as well, I’ll grow lots of cabbage and other crops in the Pond Turtle-exclusive field near the pond.
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As for what we grow in the fields, I decide that after discussing it with the civil servant girls.
To help me visualize it, there are signboards with illustrations, and I swing the AFT according to them.
Before I knew it, the sun had already set.
But there’s still a lot more land that needs to be plowed.
Fufufu.
It really feels like spring.
It’s fun.
Let’s keep working hard.
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Since it’s spring, Kuro, Yuki, and the kuros have also come out of the mansion and become active.
Their job is to patrol the area around the village and hunt demon beasts and monsters for meat.
They run around through the forest, which has become a bit livelier with the arrival of spring.
Some of them, however, sunbathe in the ranch area and end up falling asleep there.
Well, it is spring after all.
Whether they’re asleep or awake, the animals in the ranch area normally don’t approach the kuros.
…Or so I thought, but there are some baby goats near a sleeping one of the kuros.
Maybe they think being near a kuro is a safe place.
They’re sleeping peacefully beside it.
They look very defenseless.
It’s heartwarming.
Though the mother goats, unable to get close to the kuro, are watching worriedly from a distance.
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The Angels are lined up neatly and conducting training.
They are the Angels who had been barricaded inside earlier.
The one instructing them is Suarurou.
Which means she must have broken through the barricade.
However, even though Angels can fly, they can’t fully use that ability indoors.
Both sides suffered heavy damage.
It was an outcome that could have been predicted.
If they had asked Ann and the others for help earlier, at least the attackers’ casualties could have been reduced.
And the damage to the building as well.
Now the High Elves and Mountain Elves have more work to do repairing things.
Because of that, the Angels currently staying in the village will be made to work properly.
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Several horses, cows, and goats from the ranch area are being moved to the ranch in Village Five.
It’s for breeding purposes.
Since we explained it to them properly beforehand, there isn’t much resistance.
…….
Well, when some of them resist, they resist with all their might.
In those cases, I’m not the right person to handle it.
If it were me, I’d probably say, 「If you hate it that much, you can stay」.
So instead, the Beastgirls gently calm them down and persuade them.
Once they arrive at the ranch in Village Five, they somehow settle down and behave themselves, so it hasn’t become a major problem.
After spending a year or two there for breeding, they return to Big Tree Village.
Strangely enough, when it’s time to come back, they don’t resist, even though they were treated very well in Village Five.
I think the caretakers in Village Five deserve the right to cry.
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As for me, I continued plowing the fields for about twenty days.
Some of the fields I plowed at the beginning have already started blooming rather than just sprouting.
As expected of the AFT.
It’s reliable.
Let’s work hard together again this year.
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Angels: 「It’s a false accusation!」
Humans: 「Really?」
Angels: 「Probably!」
Humans: 「……」
Angels: 「Surely!」
Humans: 「…………」
Angels: 「I want to believe that’s the case!」
Humans: 「Why did the Garrett Kingdom send people like this…」
Angels: 「You can insult us if you want, but don’t say bad things about the Garrett Kingdom!」
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Lou: 「Isn’t the AFT acting more like the heroine than I am? Or is it just my imagination?」
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