Chapter 176 Chapter 176

Garden and Ojiisama.

“The kids often played hide-and-seek there, Fidia’s skirt got caught on a hedge causing her under—”Kyaaaaa!? Otousama! Don’t tell others my dark history please!”

“Over there, Disk fell into a manur—”Father!”

The dark history of the relatively active aunt and uncle were apparently all over the garden. But Ojiisama, maybe you don’t need to tell us about the incident of a skirt ripping off aunt’s butt and about uncle falling into a heap of manure? The two are bright red with tears in their eyes, you know?

“This is the rose garden Dija loved. Now all the roses had withered…”

Ojiisama looked lonely. I signaled Dirk and he put me down.

“Ojiisama, may I make the garden bloom again?”

“Can you?”

“To be honest, I don’t know whether I can return it perfectly since I don’t know how it originally looked and if the flowers are completely dead, revival would be impossible. However, I will do everything I can.”

“… Please.”

“I heard you! Haku, Kuurin, Sui, Arisa, Haru, Gora-chan! Everyone, come here!”

“Yess. What do you need us to doo?”

“Haku, can you check the soil of the flowerbed and plow the hard soil to soft?”

“Yess… it looks finee. It’s a well-managed soill, so it should be finee with a little helpp.”

Haku started working immediately. I will take a look at the entire gardenn, he said and left.

“Kuurin, you give water to the flowers that have been revived by the Greenery magic.”

“Okay~! Leave it to me, Oneechan!”

The light blue goldfish is cute as ever.

“Sui, Arisa, Gora-chan, I would like you to take a look at the flowers and revive as many as possible. Haru, please support everyone!”

“Can’t be helped. I will do my best.”

Sui flew around in his fairy form because it was easier to maneuver that way.

“Leave it to Arisa! Mama, Arisa will work hard!”

Arisa followed Sui. Those two will be fine left alone.

“Leave it to me. Having my comrades to wilt also brings me sorrow.”

Gora-chan who unexpectedly didn’t look like a pervert flapped his……… wings? that resembled radishes. How surreal.

I asked Sui later, and apparently, most of the spirits have wings. On the other hand, many mixed races don’t have them. I know nothing of such spirits!

“I will follow Gora.”

“Yeah, please do that. I’m worried about (what might) Gora-chan (do), so please keep an eye (so that he doesn’t do anything weird) on him.”

“… You don’t trust Gora at all, huh… it will be fine this time. He’s taking it seriously.”

Hearing the voice of my inner heart, Haru followed Gora-chan with a cramped smile.

Huh? Isn’t everyone staring at me dumbfoundedly?

“T, that just now…”

“They are my divine protection spirits. They are of earth, water, greenery, and all-attributes spirits.”

“I, I see.”

Eh? Did I say something strange? They look dumbfounded even now?

“Spiwits? It’sh my fiwst time seeing thenya!”

“So nyany Spiwits!”

The pipsqueaks came along before I noticed. Oh, I see. The spirits itself are rare in Wolfanea where magic has not been developed properly yet! Dirk later told me that it was impossible to have multiple blessings of the spirits in the first place. Hmm… looks like that was my cheat!

According to Sui, the withering flowers were sleeping due to the suspension of Yggdrasil.

“Blessing of the forest.”

With the magic to revitalize the plants, the wilting roses quickly turned lush green and the buds became golden roses. In the blink of an eye, the golden roses tangled around the arch and spilled golden light. It was a very magical sight.

Eh?

Did I overdo it again or something? Why do the roses feel like they mega-evolved??

“The roses of light have been revived!”

Saaafe! I’m probably safe!! I wasn’t aware of this, but the roses in this garden were magic plants. There apparently are many rare roses from Christia Dirk’s father sent here. Let’s bring Elder brother here the next time. He will be surely super excited.

I made the roses bloom one after another. There were roses with laced petals, ones that were rainbow-colored… the withering flowers were surprisingly this beautiful.

“Huh?”

When I restored the blue roses arch, I discovered something buried at the base of their roots. It was a tiny treasure chest. Inside was… a conch… no, a magic tool. The old type one. It should be recording/playback magic tool. The sage had a similar one. When I triggered it… Ojiisama’s immediately perked up.

“… Fu…”

Tears spilled out of Ojiisama’s eyes.

“Let’s leave him alone for a little.”

The message left on the conch was addressed to Ojiisama. From what Dirk said, it must have been a gentle message. Ojiisama returned after a while and thanked me. I’ve just finished doing the magic, too.

Garden and Ojiisama.

The garden was illuminated with light magic so it could be seen properly. It was a wonderful garden.

“Ohh…”

“This is incredible.”

“It’s back to normal…”

The garden full of colorful flowers was revived. The pipsqueaks were happily running around.

“Rosarin, the flow of Yggdrasil’s mana is not very good around here. It has recovered a bit, but it’s better to make it easier to flow.”

“Oh crap, so it’s just as I thought. I have to report to Jess later… can you help me with this?”

“Naturally.”

“Of course.”

“Sure thing~”

“Arisa will do her best, too!”

It’s going to be busy tomorrow, too. Wolfanea’s Yggdrasil was north of the Wolfanean capital. I made it easier to let its mana flow before, but it doesn’t seem it reached the vicinity of Ojiisama’s residence, which was located north of Yggdrasil.

When I explained it to Ojiisama, he spoke to me with a thoughtful look.

“I understand what you are trying to say, but Dirk aside, what reason do you have for doing this? The Great Tsunami, too. You should have no attachments to Wolfanea. Beastmen and Humans aren’t exactly on friendly terms. What’s your purpose?”

“Otousama!”

“Father!”

The uncles and aunts looked with criticizing looks at Ojiisama. Nono, that’s because Ojiisama is normal. I would also find myself suspicious.

“To put it simply, it for my self-satisfaction.”

“”””Huh?””””

Everyone stared in dumbfoundment. Dirk was chuckling to himself.

“The Great Tsunami was like that, too. I don’t have the courage to watch innocent people get slaughtered when there’s something I can do to prevent it. It’s the same with Yggdrasil. The only difference is that it’s either letting people get slaughtered or starved to death. I just don’t want to abandon the Beastmen without doing what I can.”

“It’s also the thing I love about Rosarin so much.”

Dirk laughed. Yep, but I do not need a ‘good person’ setting. Let’s break it.

“Apart from that, I love mofumofu!”

Yeah, Dirk, Sui, and Haru looked at me as if I was a good-for-nothing! But, this is who I am!

“……… Mofumofu?”

Ojiisama was stunned and he couldn’t comprehend. Hm, he doesn’t understand, huh?

“Yes, mofumofu! To me, Wolfanea is the mofumofu paradise! Mofumofu refers to the wonderfully fluffy fur of the Beastmen’s Beastification. Dirk’s fur is of the finest quality! You could call it the supreme mofumofu! I couldn’t leave Wolfanea in fear of losing the mofumofu… and that’s how it is.”

“… Why did you throw your image out like this?”

Haru seemed to be disappointed from the bottom of his heart.

“Well, I don’t want people to think that I am a charitable person. I also had an ulterior motive of avoiding the war with Wolfanea, though.”

“… I understand it roughly. You really are an amusing young lady. I’m looking forward to getting to know you and Dirk more in the future.”

“Ah, yes. It is I who wish for your everlasting support. We will come to play with your great-grandchildren someday, so please live for the longest time.”

“Ha ha ha! I cannot allow myself to kick the bucket now! Great-grandchildren, huh! I am looking forward to seeing them!”

“Yes! Huh? Dirk?”

My Darling curled up in a ball with his entire face bright red.

“Gr, great-grandchildren… kids…… my… s, surprise attacks are not allowed!”

“Eh? I think making children comes as a set with marriage.”

“Ahhh, geez! I know that!”

“Kyaa!?”

I got embraced. Ehehe, this is happiness.

“I have no doubts now. Miss Rosarin, take care of my grandson. Dirk must have it hard in Christia because of his appearance. You can visit us in Wolfanea whenever you feel like it.”

“”Eh?””

Are there any misunderstandings? The Beastmen… aren’t looked down upon recently.

“Erm… there aren’t any Christia nobles who speak of Dirk badly these days, you know?”

“… What?”

“There might be some shadows of doubt left, but our efforts had paid off… the other day I heard a noble who spoke badly of Beastmen has been verbally beaten to a pulp by a bunch of noble madams.”

“……………”

“Nowadays, there isn’t a noble who doesn’t know of my lovey-dovey engagement with Dirk.”

“………………… I see.”

Ojiisama seemed relieved and resigned… and a bit happy.

“Ojiisama, thank you very much for worrying about me. I may encounter difficulties with diplomacy and such, but I will do my utmost best. I will not run away from my responsibilities, and I will definitely come to see you again. Please give me pointers next time as well.”

“Umu. Come whenever you want.”

“Come to see us too.”

“Of course. I will definitely come with Rosarin again… and I will bring Father next time as well.”

“I will bring delicious souvenirs with me. Is there something you would like to eat again?”

“”””Everything!””””

“Alright, I will bring everything again. I will also bring other sweets I recommend. Let’s all have a cup of tea in this wonderful garden.”

I made a promise with everyone in this calm mood. I’m really looking forward to meeting them the next time.