Boukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S Rank ni Natteta

126. The snow is hard and frozen, but if you dig a little

Snow is hard and frozen, but if you dig a little, the one near the soil is soft. Looking at the grass that is sprouting a little bit from the soil, it feels that spring is near. The same goes for walking in the forest. If you look closely at the branches of the trees, which are covered with snow, you can see that the buds of the shoots are swelling little by little. Eventually, the thick clouds of winter flow, the snow melts, and the sun-filled trees quickly turn the forest green.

At that time, the village of Tornella becomes noisy. The more the sun shines, the more the thaw is frustrating. You can hear the sounds of the care of the farming tools here and there. At home, they check the stored seed potatoes and sort them out, and again check the worms of beans and vegetable seeds. It's still cold, but when the chill starts to signify spring, the villagers of Tornella suddenly start to be upset.

Bergliff's house is still early in the field. I help somebody's field, but there's still snow in my garden and I haven't cleaned up the last year's vegetable residue. In any case, planting vegetables here is a little further away, so you don't have to worry. But that doesn't mean Bergliffe is free. There is a lot to do. They mainly go into forests and mountains to collect and hunt various things.

Forests in early spring also bring different grace than autumn. The sprouts of the trees that have begun to swell while wrapped in snow are soft and very good when boiled or fried in oil. You can chop it and add it to porridge or soup. It is a bit bitter and habiting taste, but the bitterness in early spring is pleasing to the body that has become hard during the winter.

Some grass buried under the snow can eat rhizomes. He digs it out, relying on the sprout part of his face that looks slightly over his face, and boiled and roasted it. This is also delicious when cooked. The beasts awakened from hibernation are so thin that they don't hunt for big game at this time, but some of the birds from the south are plump and fleshy, and some of them are responsive. Sometimes I aimed at birds.

A group of children walk in a row in a white forest that is still green, squinting on the sunbeams shining in the snow. There is a Bergryph in the group, with Mito at the forefront. For some reason Lucille is also crossing, walking jerking through the snow with an interesting face. Lucille caught her nose.

"Sumerika Ikasupurin" "N?" "Old man said. In the spring, it is on the branch head and smells good enough."

Bergliff smiled and nodded. Even though it is still white with snow, looking at the bud at the tip of the branch that has begun to bulge, above all, feels spring. Although there were stones and tree roots under the snow, it was a surprising step, but all of the children were excited by the snowy forest that usually does not enter.

"It's amazing, this is the first time in the forest" "Look, don't look aside" "Let's go over there" "Kyu" "Oh, Denjaras"

Lucile made a child who slipped and fell on the snow. Snow is used as a cushion, so falling down doesn't hurt much, but just falling down doesn't make it easy. Everyone holds a wooden stick in one hand and supports the body instead of a cane. In places where feet can be taken by snow, people who have support other than feet are easier to walk. Still, of course, children with sweet trunks often fall. Mito turned around.

"Dad, don't you go to the mountains?" "Oh, it's dangerous at this time. I'm afraid of avalanches and don't go too far."

Snow around the hills accumulates more and more during the winter, but eventually a temperature difference occurs between the upper part, which is exposed to the cold atmosphere, and the relatively warm lower part. The lower layer then evaporates slowly, but freezes again when it touches the cold upper layer. Gradually, it loosens the underlying snow to make it soft and slippery, and the upper part heavy and hard. Then, when more snow falls on it, it may cause an avalanche.

I'm spending time in the village of Tornella and sometimes I hear loud noises from the mountains. It is almost the sound of an avalanche. The heavy sound of the stomach squeezing the bottom of the stomach is enough to keep the heart cold from cold, though it never reaches the village. The children turned their faces blue after hearing the word avalanche. Bergglyph laughs when he is clingy.

"I'm OK around here, but I'll listen to what my uncle says."

The children raised their hands and replied “yes” cheerfully. These snows, which cause avalanches in the mountains, are not dangerous in the woods or around lowlands. Rather, the softness of the lower snow layer allows small animals to move around more actively, and above all, spring wildflowers are more likely to sprout under the snow. The sprout protected by a snow futon is waiting for the coming of spring there. I thought it would be bad to dig and eat it, but small animals such as wild rats often eat it without humans. Everyone is working hard to live. And no matter how hard a person works, we can't uproot the wild shoots. That's why the nature around Tornella is rich.

To some extent, they went deep into the forest, chose sparsely populated trees and let the children dig snow. The harder the snow, the easier it will be to dig down. Eventually, when he sees the soil, he squints his eyes, finds the sprout of grass that is only peeking, and digs out the rhizome. It was like a treasure hunt, and the children quickly became engrossed in hunting for sprout. Here and there, there are voices saying, "I found it!"

Mito throws the excavated soiled rhizome into his basket.

"I got a big one." "Oh. Will I go home if I take a little more?" "Yeah."

Mito screams and re-holds the scoop. A red magic stone pendant made by Graham was hanging around his neck. I haven't heard much about it yet, but it seems to control some of the magic that swirls through Mito's body.

Suddenly, Lucille snatched her nose and pulled Belglyph's clothes.

"There's something, Bell-san."

Berglyph narrows his eyes and looks for signs. Certainly something seemed to move slightly. It's not a monster. If you're a demon, you'll feel more savage.

Berggriff, who had been looking around for a while, rushed his children. Make sure everyone is there, and gently touch your mouth. The children are nervously expressing their expressions and looking around at the fear.

"What happened, Uncle Bell?" "Are you scared ...?" "Quiet ... Look over there."

The children looked at the belgryph and showed their eyes. Two black ears peeked out of the snow in a distant grove. Mitto gently grasped Bergriff's hand.

"What are you, Dad?" "Bears. I wake up from hibernation. It's still a little early, but there are some impatient bears."

When the bear woke up, Bergliff felt spring more strongly. The bear slowly emerges from the snow and crawls up as if to stretch out, still sleeping.

"Let's go back. Let's have lunch at a distance."

Bergliff gently urged the children and began the original path with a quiet footstep. I need to tell the lumberjacks about the bear's awakening.

Nevertheless, it's a pleasure to show the kids this sight. Speaking of which, Berglin smiled while watching the frolicking children, saying that Angeline was once too excited to see this scene.

The wind was still cold, but the sunshine was warm and springy. At this time, every house worked hard on laundry, and there was a lot of laundry in the garden.

Saty screams in a humming, stretching the wrinkles of the clothes and hooking it on a rope. Haru and Mar twins aside handed the next piece of laundry, and the rope quickly filled with laundry.

"No, it's a great laundry day" "It's hard because there are many people, isn't it?"

Anessa, holding a laundry basket, said with a bitter smile.

"But it's spring soon. It's been a long time in the northern spring." "I see, Sati has been in the Imperial capital all the time."

Sati smiled and smiled and stacked empty laundry baskets. The twins also took their baskets one by one and brought them into the house.

"Is it okay to go play?" "Hey, it's the end?" "Yeah, good. Ah, but you're not alone. You have to be together."

Saty looked around the house and called out to Bjak, who was doing something around the fireplace.

"Your brother, can I ask for a little girl's talisman?" "Who is your brother ..." "Oh, do you hate me?" "Don't say hate ... wait a minute" "What are you doing?" "

Anessa with her basket looked into. Byak silently showed the pot. It seems that the scorch at the bottom is scraped off. He noticed that he was washing silently by himself, and Anessa felt somewhat loose-minded.

"... Bak, you, you're a hard worker." "Ah, are you stupid?" "Biyak, Biyak, play", "Go out and make a snowman" It has soot. "

Bjarak frowned, protecting the pot from the twins clinging together. Angelin is back at that time. He rolls his arms and wipes his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Now," "Welcome. It looks like you're tired." "It's so hard to remove the snow."

Miriam, coming in from behind Angelin, has her hair tied and a thin tunic instead of the usual thick robe. Apparently, they were shoveling snow outside.

Today we are going all over the place. Bergliff goes into the forest with the children of the village, taking Mitto and Lucille, and Marguerite goes fishing with the yakmo on the river. Angelin and Miriam snowplow with Percival and Kasim. Charlotte wants to learn how to keep sheep and goes to Kelly's house.

Satie tilts her head.

"Percy and Casim? Are they not together?" "Either magic or life is the faster or the better." "Kashim is great, but Percy who is competing with a snowplow shovel is almost always meow."

Miriam grinned and pumped water from the water bottle into the glass. She sat on her forehead as if she was stunned.

"What are you doing with a good age, they are ..." "Isn't it good that you can get along? I'm not bothering you" That's fine, but I wish I could calm down a bit more like Bell. "

Bjaku muttered. Satie shook his hands with a surprise.

"No, I'm not in love! Because it's true!" "Well, yes, but" "But when Sati says, hey?" "Hey!" "Mufu ... Mom is cute"

Angelin grinned and sat behind Satie.

"Ugugu, I'm sorry ... Why are you rubbing my chest?" "Why didn't you inherit this?"

Angelin rubbed Satie's chest with a serious face. It is inconspicuous because you always wear loose clothes with no visible lines, but it is a considerable volume. Maybe more than Helvetica or Miriam. Angelin put his chin on Sati's shoulders and pointed out his mouth with dissatisfaction.

"I'm a real parent and child ... I'm sorry ... I'm so soft ..." "I'm not going to do anything."

Sati smiled and stroked Angeline's head with Yoshiyoshi. Anessa muttered, “I can afford it. Bakak stood up frustrated.

"You guys are delicacy mongane. You guys are going." "Oh" "I'm going"

Byak took her twins out. The remaining four laugh at the faces. Satie rolled her arms.

"Now, we need to get ready for lunch. Will Shal eat it at Kelly?" "Yeah, maybe ..." "Yeah. Well, Bells are lunch boxes ..." "Mary and Yakumo, fish fishing!" "I wonder if he will come back at noon," "Do you want to roll the dough for now?" "Well, dough bread dough!

Miriam screamed so madly that he looked up and saw Graham on the wooden floor. Perhaps you have been there, spreading the map and staring at it.

"Grandpa was there ..." "I'm completely attentive ..."

Graham glanced at him, but soon looked back at the map. So far he has been looking at the map if he has time.

Angelin looked at Graham as he refocused and rolled the dough. Graham sits cross-legged, occasionally tracing something with his fingertips while looking at the map spread out on the floor. It looks like they have decided on a travel route.

"……Grandpa"

Graham looked up.

"I've been looking at the map all the time recently ..." "... I thought I'd have to consult someday."

Graham shook his head slightly.

"I'm not going back to elf. I'll be away for a bit." "Mito?"

Satie said. Graham agreed. Miriam tilts her head.

"Mito's? Magical power? But that magic stone pendant?" "That alone can only temporarily suppress it. You must consume the magical power accumulated in the magic stone in some form." But how ...? "

As Angelin said, Graham stood up and removed a small box from the shelf. Some sort of magical pattern is drawn. When opened, it contained enough red gem to fit in the palm of the hand. It was refined or round and looked like a cone.

"Is that ... the same magic stone as Mito's pendant?" "Um. This is a halved piece refined from the same magic stone."

Graham says that the pendant of Mito absorbs the magic power of Mito so that it does not exceed a certain level, but it alone quickly fills the magic stone's magic capacity. Therefore, through the pendant, it seems that the magic power is transferred to a magic stone engraved with a technique to increase the magic capacity here.

"In other words, does the magic ball have the power of Mito?"

Miriam said. Graham nodded.

"But there is a limit to it. It's OK for a while, but this magic ball won't be able to withstand when it gets full." "... It's the magic power of a real Demon King who doesn't pass through the human body. Homunculus said, "Um ..." "But what does that have to do with Graham going on a trip?" Said Anessa. "I thought a lot, whether to use a magic ball to strengthen the barrier of Tornella or to use it embedded in my sword." "Is that impossible?" The quality of the magic is close to that of the Demon King. If used in the barrier, it will draw the demon beast and will not go well with my sword. "

Certainly, Graham's great sword is so pure and magical that it is called a sacred sword. Even though Mito himself is not evil, it will not be compatible with the magic power originating from the Demon King. Angeline is well aware of his dislike of the sword himself during his last trip. But what to do, Angelin folded his arms. This will also cause the mito to cause unwanted disturbances. He smiled as Saty noticed.

"I see, you take it on the wrong side." "I noticed ... yes, so I'm looking for that place." "On the other hand? Oh, that kind of thing ..."

Anessa also noticed. Angeline and Miriam look away.

"Milliy, do you understand ...?" "What's the matter? ..." "Well, that magic ball attracts the demon beast? Isn't it possible to create a good-looking dungeon by adjusting the amount of magical power released? "

Nodded as Miriam was convinced. Angelin is also impressed with her eyes and keeps her eyes open.

"In other words, let the adventurers defeat the monsters that gather and spawn in the core of the dungeon ..." If it can be installed in a convenient location, it will be profitable enough. "

Anessa also looks into the map. "I too" and Miriam follow. New dungeons are almost always spontaneous. I have never heard of choosing a place and making it intentionally. However, if you can do that, you can safely search the dungeon with the guild's grasp from the beginning. If you can keep checking the dungeon's transformation one by one, the safety level will be even higher.

If there were more accessible and stable dungeons near Orphen, then of course other adventurers would be happy. The dungeon has the best interest rate, considering the collection of monster materials. Even herbs grown in the dungeon under the influence of magic can be more effective.

With that in mind, Angelin was naturally uplifting. Isn't a dungeon made with the magic of his brother wonderful? The type of dungeon will change depending on where you place the magic ball. Whether it's a forest or a cave, or something special like a citadel or an abandoned village, it's always exciting to imagine.

"New dungeon ... me too." "Cho, a little bit, roll the bread."

With her hands still holding the dough pieces, Sati shouted at the three of them trying to pick a place.