Chapter 29 – Voice

「Your lordship, I want to build a square near the lake. Is that alright?」

Hnn?

Is the lake you are referring to the lake with that floating island?

As I was enjoying my breakfast fruit, a one eye spoke to me.

This is probably the leader.

I drink fruit water and swallow it.

「Why do you even need a square in that place?」

The square we built right before our home is quite large.

Do we really need another square?

「Because we are running out of place to train.」

Train?

I look at the square from the living room.

There is certainly a long queue of users waiting to use the square.

The number of Koa’s fenrirs, Chai’s direwolves, and Ai’s garms has increased.

It’s cute seeing them neatly lined up in a row though.

「That’s indeed a queue longer than it used to be.」

It seems like the spiderling and antlings are queuing up too.

Come to think of it, sometimes, dragons join the line too and when that happens, those who were in the queue sometimes leave.

I see a direwolf and a garm training in the square.

Just like in the past, once they start fighting, it will take some time so I guess it contributes to the long line too.

Everyone’s getting stronger every day. Is it even necessary to train that hard?

「Okay, let’s make a square. Should I cut the trees?」

It seems like I’m the only one who can cut the big trees that are growing in this forest.

The one eyes said they could process cut down trees but they couldn’t cut one no matter how hard they tried.

I look at the one eye who looks quite disappointed but secretly made a guts pose since I finally have something to do.

「How big are you going to build? We need to make sure it doesn’t affect the forest.」

「It’s okay. I asked Tron’s team to make adjustments.」

….Tron’s team will make adjustments?

Somehow, I don’t know what it means but it should be fine, right?

It should still be something normal, right?

I didn’t want to make a fuss because I didn’t know what would happen so I said it was something normal.

Let’s pray it’s business as usual.

That’s all I wish and a little unusual is acceptable.

….areh?

Why do I even need to prepare for the worst if I only need to cut trees?

「Prepare the place where I need to cut trees and tell me about it later.」

「Understood!」

Oh, you sound happy.

I eat what’s left of my fruits.

Speaking of which, Usa and Kuuhi had finished eating breakfast early today because they were going to participate in the training.

I’ll check on them later.

 

After breakfast, I look at the plaza from the wood deck.

Various kinds of magic are flying around.

It’s still amazing as ever.

「Ah, there’s Usa…..she must be getting strong.」

Is that a garm…..that she is fighting now?

I’m pretty sure that ash-gray fur is a garm’s fur.

One on one and they are almost evenly matched.

No, Usa seems to be at a little more advantage.

Come to think of it, both Usa and Kuuhi have suddenly grown taller.

I’m still taller than them but when I think of all the beastkins I’ve met…..I’m sure they’ll soon surpass me.

Kuuhi’s body is getting a lot stouter too.

I was worried about his growth since he was a slave but I’m glad to see he’s doing okay.

Ah, the garm was blown away.

Usa seems to be good at close combat.

But still, she blew a garm away with a kick?

That’s amazing.

「Ah, your lordship～!」

Usa’s smile at me was as cute as ever as she waved her hands to me.

As I waved back, the garm, who had just flown, came back in tatters.

Usa is like a daughter to me but….I feel a bit complicated.

I can’t tell her not to be too strong, can I?

 

Well, it’s time to go to the lake to cut down some trees to make a square.

「Your lordship, are you going somewhere?」

「Light Blue? They want to build a square near the lake and I’m going to help them.」

Light Blue’s tail wags as it hears what I say.

I heard that dogs and cats show their emotions through their tails.

「Can I go with you?」

「Of course. Let’s go.」

I ran through the forest toward the lake.

I noticed that four Fenrirs were also running around me.

They are probably my guards.

It looks like I still can’t move alone….

「Ah, whoah, something changed again.」

The number of floating islands has not increased but one of the floating islands has grown big.

How big will it get?

It shouldn’t be growing as big as this lake, right?

「Your lordship, this way.」

The one eyes calls me to come to the left side of the lake.

The one eye who called me pointed to the far side of the forest so I turned my gaze to that place.

In the distance, I can see flags swinging from side to side.

「You want me to cut the trees in between?」

「Yes.」

Yes, is it….but I can’t even see the one eyes who were holding those flags from here.

How big of a square are you planning to make?

Are you sure this will be fine?

「It’s pretty big. Are you sure there won’t be any problem?」

「Affirmative. The river over there has been moved so nothing should be affected.」

The river over there has been moved?

Speaking of which, there should be a river around there and it’s gone.

「A river can be moved?」

The one eye looks confused.

「The river was moved by the water spirits and earth spirits.」

The one eye looks at me with a curious expression.

The river in this world can be moved freely if the spirits will it?

…..I imagined a river being carried and moved by amoebas.

Maybe not.

Definitely not like that.

「Okay, so, ah, I just need to cut those trees.」

Come to think of it, when the forest was changing, the river was changing with it.

I was surprised during that time. Suddenly, rivers appeared and flowed in all directions of the forest.

If they ever move another river, I wish they’d show me.

 

Now, let’s cut them.

I look at the flags….that’s pretty vast.

How many big trees do I need to cut?….I can’t help but look at it.

Let’s work hard.

Cut, cut, cut the big trees of the forest with magic.

I reconcentrate and cut, cut, cut.

The big trees we cut did not collapse like before because the parent spiders and parent ants moved them immediately.

However, the flags are still far away no matter how much I cut.

Can we take a break?

Speaking of which, where are they taking the cut trees?

I followed a parent ant, who was moving a big tree, with my gaze and saw the one eyes were already waiting for it.

Then, they started processing the big tree that was sent to them.

「What are they doing? It looks like they are attacking the big tree.」

After a while, the big tree was turned into planks of various sizes.

Then, the one eyes waited for the next big tree.

As I stared at them, they stared at me.

I shuddered.

For some reason, my body trembled.

I gently averted my gaze and stood up.

Okay, break is over.

Let’s get it on.

 

Shake shake.

「Ah, earthquake.」

It’s been a few days since we had one.

I asked Rope to let me know if it found the exact location of the source of the quake.

I’m sure it will identify the location soon.

 

Pop, pop, pop

「Hnn?」

The sound of the lake was kind of strange.

It sounded like something was coming from below.

I looked over and saw that a part of the lake was full of air bubbles coming up from below as if it’s boiling.

「What’s happening?」

Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.

Could the cause of the earthquake be under the lake?

Should I look it up?

How? It’s not like the water will run out.

As I approach the lake, it turns black in an instant.

「Eh!」

Pop

Unlike before, a big bubble floated in the lake.

「「「「「「Gyaaaa」」」」」」

「Hiii…………What the? What was that?」

A scream resounded the moment the bubble popped.

The voice sounded quite distressed and although it was only for a moment, I would refrain from continuing to listen to it.

That’s the kind of voice it is.

「It sounded like the scream of those people who were trapped in this world.」

The pained voices I heard from the cave.

The voice reminded me of that one and made my body tremble.

「I have a very bad feeling about this.」