Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0

So, what did Diaz ask for?

What did you make?

The next day.

Dressed in the usual way of walking in the woods, with long boots and gloves and a cape... Senai and Aihan, Alnar and Ayma, walking through the woods with their horses, Senai and Aihan, who were leading the way, ask such questions as they look back.

"I asked Sanato for a fermentation hut.

I asked for a shed to make and store pickles and cheese... and it seems that Sanato and the others dug into the basement and made it right next to the brewery, just like the brewery. "

When I was an orphan, the poor-quality vegetables I received from field work quickly became bad, so I pickled everything that I couldn't eat during the day in salt or vinegar water.

If you do so, it will be preserved to a certain extent, and it will be delicious. And if you eat pickles, you will be able to improve your health for some reason, which I have treasured, but... I just put it there and it won't soak up well, so I made a special hut called a fermentation hut.

At that time, I noticed that there was not too much moisture, and it was well ventilated... I remember that I had just failed when I didn't know anything about it.

Is there a fairy in that cabin?

You're so small and cute, you're making a slobber...

Senai and Aihan asked me more questions about the fermentation hut... and I nodded and affirmed with a smile.

... even if it's a fairy, it's not the kind of fairy that is handed down.

Just calling something "something" that causes a strange phenomenon called fermentation that creates liquor and cheese... we used to call it a spirits prank, and the Narvants seem to call it the work of a fairy... Anyway, it's just that we call that phenomenon by a proper name.

Senai and Aihan didn't want to talk about it, they were invisible, and they couldn't talk about it... I know if it's real, but I think they're dressed like this, or living like this, and they're enjoying it.

I'm sure you're a different fairy than alcohol and pickles!

"I'm sure your mustache is in place!"

What a thing to say, running around the woods... flying and jumping, climbing trees with that momentum, Senai and Aihan enjoyed the woods to the fullest.

In such a spring forest, what should I say... it's completely different from what it was last year.

I've been hanging out with Senai and the others many times before and going to the next realm, but the atmosphere seems to have changed even more than it did then... a refreshing breeze, dazzling rays of sunlight, and small flowers of color blooming in the ground.

"Is this what the forest looks like at this time of year...?"

When I spoke to myself while looking at such a sight... Arnault, who was walking next to me, shook his head silently to the left and right to show his denial.

It seems that the Arunar demons have been getting wood from the forest for many years, and if Arunar denies this...... when they think about it, they walk around in a leisurely manner, and Aima, who was resting her body on the horse's head, returns her voice.

"It looks like Senai and Aihan are doing it because of the logging."

The trees are dwindling, the sunlight is falling to the ground, and small grasshoppers are growing well... It seems that my impressions have changed because the trees are wiping down to the wind without disturbing me.

Thanks to the increase in small grass flowers, it seems that the number of butterflies and the number of bees they are looking for has also increased, and in autumn they will be able to pick a variety of medicinal herbs and berries. I was surprised that just taking care of them will change so much. "

"Hah... I see.

I've been told many times by Senai how important logging is, but I don't think it's going to be effective so far... considering the mushroom fields and the area where the seedlings were planted, it seems that this forest will continue to bring a lot of blessings. "

"I see... it will take years for the trees to grow, but Senai can also use magic to speed up the growth of trees and grasshoppers... maybe this fall will be a big harvest."

... oh, it's time for Senai and the others to help Narvant and the others, but where is the place where they secretly made it? "

In the middle of the conversation, saying such a thing, Aima points to a little hall space in front of her... and after listening to the story of something that seems to be there, Alner, who seems to have been thinking about it all the time, runs to you with a bouncing footsteps.

The horses and I were chasing them... and some of the Shep's young men who were watching them said, "Welcome! To the honey fields!"...... and a number of boxes lined up in the space enter my sight.

A square box with long four legs, a triangular roof, and a small hole at the entrance and exit.

Under such a box, a board was placed in the form of a hook on four legs... and Senai and the others looked at the box from a distance, pose as if they were praying hand in hand, casting something like a spell... and then swinging their hands around, drew a circle several times, and then approached under the box.

"... what was that?"

Looking at it like that... I was afraid of being stung by a bee, and when I raised my voice from a distance, Aima, who had deposited the horses with the Shep clans and moved to my shoulder, returned her words.

"It's a magic that is passed down to the foresters, for conversing with the bees... let's do it."

I don't know, but the bees are having a conversation with a unique dance... maybe they're imitating it.

After that, it seems that if you float your magic power like a fragrance, it can be called a simple conversation, or it can be like communicating...

Well... only Senai and Aihan can communicate with the bees, so it's easier to stay away from them. The watchdogs are just watching the distance...

Arna-san doesn't care, but he's getting closer. "

As Aima said, Alnar rushed to the immediate side of Senai and Aihan, peeking interestingly into the shed... Senai and the others explained to Alnar that the bottle had come out of the back cage and placed it gently on the board under the box with the lid off.

Then, I inserted an iron stick around the roof of the box and lifted the inserted stick...... after a while, I began to see what was going on. Toro and golden honey began to flow into the jar placed on the board.

"... how does that all work?"

As I looked at the sight of it, I asked...... Amma spread out her favorite little book and explained it using the diagram written there.

"Did you know that bees live in hexagonal nests like this?" Sleeping in this hexagon, raising children... and storing honey is also in this hexagon.

And the hexagon inside the box... is made by putting two plates together. "

The left half of the hexagon is lined up vertically, and the right half of the hexagon is lined up vertically to create a hexagon that fits perfectly...... The bees guided by the magic of the Senai live there and store honey.

And there is a hole in the board for hooking an iron bar... hooking and lifting the iron bar there, lifting only one of the boards that makes a hexagon, the board and the hexagon that the board had made cracked, and the honey stored in it flowed out all at once... what a mechanism.

The flowing honey falls down as a matter of course... the honey flowing out of all the vertical hexagons gathered at the bottom of the hive... from the hole drilled in the bottom into the jar placed on the board... If you put the lifted board back together, the bees will store the honey there again.

"It seems to be a mechanism invented in an ancient era called Mukashi."

The foresters told them that as a secret... and Senai and his parents taught him that.

But we can't build the nesting boxes ourselves, so I asked Narvant and the others to do it... and Narvant and the others made these nesting boxes.

Senai and the others are promising to take care of the nest and guard it, and instead they have a contract to get some of the honey... I'll get the honey according to the contract with the magic just now, so it seems that they told me to stay a little away from the nest.

If you take honey bees like this, you don't have to break all the nests... I think it's a good way to do it without the hassle and burden of the bees.

Well, there's also a disadvantage that the beetle can't be removed at all. "

According to Ayma's continuing story, although the Senai tried to build a nest box, they didn't know if it would actually work, so they kept silent with us.

Honey is very precious, sweet, delicious and good for your health.

If we had heard that it would be so easy, we would have been sure of our expectations... I don't think we wanted to have such expectations while there was a chance of failure.

As for the material, it was cutting wood, soil and a few candles, and it was easy workmanship for the Narbants... sometimes it was not a great burden, and it seemed that Aima was cooperating with it.

"... no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! No, no, no, no

When I was a kid, I helped beekeepers a few times, but it was normal for me to get stabbed all over the place..... "

When I heard Aima's explanation, I said that... when I was a child, I crushed the nest box with force and squeezed the honey, and when the amount of honey in the nest box was not enough, I forcibly took the wild beehive, ran around with all my strength and chased the beehive... When I told such a memory story, Aima was half speechless and sent me an indescribable gaze.

After receiving such a gaze, I was puzzled for a moment that I was thinking about something... but after waiting for a while, Aima didn't say anything, so I kept talking about the memories of the fierce fight when I got a large nest with both hands without worrying about it, while immersing myself in a nostalgic mood.