The picturesque rice cakes are delicious today

Episode 7: Forests, Villages, and Walls * 6

When I woke up, it was morning.

Chu-chan, and the voice of a bird. And the usual voice, Kyokyo. It seems that the giant bear tsugumi is still alive today.

... hmm?

"What day is it?!

Someday I'm in a hammock means someone brought me here! And because I didn't realize, maybe I was asleep! Probably out of magic!

When I got up in a hurry, I was surrounded by horses. Oh, my usual...

I scratched the horses and ran toward the house from the front door... where I just bumped into Laocles. I bumped into his thick chest muscles, which led me to bump my ass. [M]

"... did it happen?"

"Yeah. Um, how long have I been asleep?

Three and a half days.

Meanwhile, Laocles, who was struck by me but did not move slightly, said so while causing me to suffer.

I see. Three and a half days. That means it's a giraffe! Ah....

"Surprised. Suddenly a wall was born. The farmers were in a hurry."

"Ah, speaking of which, I didn't tell them, but... was it okay?"

"There are no injuries. But they were surprised."

Really? Well, I guess so, but I got up on my feet... and then I felt hungry. Looking at my face like that, Laocles seemed to have sensed my hunger and laughed strangely.

"... eat something. I haven't eaten anything for three and a half days, even though I was out of magic."

"Yeah, I will."

Laocles told me to go to the living room. [M] There was a pancake on the plate that Ange had made with the fairies.

"Ah! Oniichan in Corn!

Ange glanced at me... and offered me a pancake plate.

"Please!"

"Oh, is that okay?

I don't think it was supposed to happen to me, so I think maybe it belonged to someone other than me...

"Just eat the corn. This way, the fairies are still burning...."

... it turns out that in the kitchen, the fairies were baking and stacking pancakes, baking and stacking them, and making pancake towers. From there, Lian appropriately pancakes and hangs something like honey on it. The new plates were served to Laocles.

Pancakes are a little small. It's about the size of my palm. I think this is where the fairies can flip.

Fluffy pancakes are hung with something like mellow honey... but honey has a slightly different fragrance or refreshing sweetness...

"... delicious?

"Yeah, it's delicious."

The syrup is soaked in a fluffy pancake and is delicious.... but I don't know who this syrup is. As I leaned my neck, Ange told me with a little cheek. [M]

The flowers that the fairies collected, they sprayed.

... fairies do things like bees. Oh, I didn't know.

The honey of the flowers collected by the fairies is mellow and refreshing, and the fragrance is very good. What a luxurious taste. Happy breakfast.

I thought of eating fairy pancakes and drinking tea after dinner, and someday there was an example tree nut by the window, so I decided to drink that. I think the dragon gave it to Komatsugumi and Komatsugumi brought it to the window.... when I looked out the window, there was a tight cigarette looking at me like it was sticking to the window. Yeah, I'm surprised...

... while I'm being watched by Tsugumi Komatsu, I hear from Laocles and Claire about the wall.

Um... For now, Fei, you guys seem a little busy. Because the walls were born suddenly. "

First of all, that's what Claire said... Yeah, no, I think it's necessary, but I'm sorry about Faye.

"The farmers were confused, too." The Spirit must be angry because I built a field near the forest. "... well, you wouldn't normally think that Spirit Master was the one who built the wall."

Yeah.... I'm not angry, but I'd rather make a field. [M] But it seems difficult to convey this feeling.

"Well, on the contrary, it led me to fear the forest. The inviolability of the forest will be protected. It proved that the woods weren't just silent."

I hope the woods and humans can get along, but I wonder if that's difficult.... then perhaps it would be easier to separate them by the wall from the beginning.

... the farmers were building a small shrine that day. And there were a few... quick picked fruits, bread baked with powder from the city of Red Gard, small bottles of wine, and so on.

It seemed like I was offering it to the spirits, so I sneaked it in while people were away and tried to eat it with the birds. It was delicious. As a bird, he liked the aroma of baked bread. Yeah, I like bread, too.

However... after drinking wine, my body became hot, relaxed, and I fell asleep. When they woke me up, the birds were asleep beside me. Apparently, both I and the birds are vulnerable to alcohol.

And when I found out that I had drunk alcohol, Laocles got a little angry. No, but I was promised, and if I didn't drink it, I'd be rude...

... after all, I decided to tell the villagers, "I can't drink to the spirits." After that, I was able to serve water and juice, so I also enjoyed it. I'm glad.

I was so happy that I kept flowers in bloom to thank you. Then I mixed the fruit juice of the tree nut with the water flowing toward the field. I hope it's fertilizer for the field.

... so the wall that suddenly appeared suddenly became a bit of a topic.

Not only were the farmers surprised, but the people who were going from town to town through the side of the forest noticed something strange about the forest. You think there's a lot of talk going on? In such a state, the story of 'suddenly a wall formed in the forest' was spreading...

... so a tourist came out looking at the wall.

"I didn't think it would be a tourist attraction."

I was going to be the main point of traffic, and I thought it would be nice to have a town around the forest. But I didn't expect the walls to be a tourist attraction!

"Well... this can't be normal. It's supposed to be the help of the Spirit. That's why it's so unusual and curious!

Faye is laughing at what she says, but this is pretty tough. In other words, Fei will cross the wall with a red dragon to visit the forest, so it will be a bit noticeable... But if you don't make an entrance to the wall, that's a problem. Maybe we should build a gate quickly and connect the woods with the outside...

"Oh, well, it's okay to have more people. Either way, I was wondering what would happen if we built a town next to the forest, and eventually we're going to be more prosperous here. You can't avoid it. It's a road."

I see... Yeah, well, yeah. This is a required expense. Don't worry if you wake up. It would be nice if people came together to talk about it. One way or the other is to avoid more trouble. Yeah, from the front.

Well then, maybe we should leave the gate before too many people come.

Then I suggested it to Faye.

It's been about 10 days since the wall was built, but that's why I think we should build the gate by now.

... I mean, come on. Now, if you make the gate, you can only stand out once by talking about the wall and the gate. However, if this happens because the walls get more familiar with it, it will make a lot of noise again when the gate is opened.

And at that time, there will be a lot of mountain people around the forest, so now it will become more noisy than it becomes noisy. That's why I think it's inside now.

"... are you sure you're okay? You've been sleeping on the wall for three and a half days.

"Yeah, but this is the only way to avoid it."

To keep the woods out of the way. so that we can repay generations of thanks. People gather around the woods to make them like the woods more. After all, I think the forest needs a gate. It may not be necessary, but it is decided that it should be, and I would like to try it.

... Faye thought, thought and came to a conclusion.

"... okay."

That's what Faye says and nods.

Well then, I'll talk to my father and brother.... and I think you'll do it as soon as you can. Ready? "

"Yeah."

Hooray for you to do that! I'm drawing!

When I was motivated, all of a sudden, Faye pointed her finger at me.

"... so! One condition from your best friend, Fai!

"Conditions?"

I wondered what it was...

"Now draw with the dragon! Draw with that big bird, your phoenix, the tube fox, and Laocles' alicorn if you can!

... that's what I was told.

"... a dragon? Uh, uh, why?

Dragon... that dragon is very reliable. I took great care of Lyla, and even before that, it rained magical rain on Red Gard territory. But... um...

"That's right! A dragon!... maybe the most magical dragon in the woods right now? How about that big bird next?

Yeah, I think so. Because that dragon is a dragon that can replace the spiritual pulse. That bird is also an ancestral spirit. I know that. But... uhh. When that dragon runs out of magic, it'll tease me... but I can't help it...

So, the next day. I began drawing the gates surrounded by dragons and birds, phoenix and tube foxes, alicorn of Laocles, and red dragons of Fay.

... it's an incredible big place. Besides, everyone except the tube fox and the phoenix is much bigger than me. I feel a lot of pressure.

And since everyone's peeking into the drawing paper, it's really hard to draw...

However, as soon as I started drawing, I was able to concentrate, and within that, I became uncomfortable with everyone's gaze.

... it's a room to draw. A building in the middle of the forest. A domed ceiling in a circular room. I want to fill this building with murals someday. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to take the wall wide.

So I drew up the room, and the room was born. Buildings that are close to the middle of the forest, but not covered by our habitat, bird nests, or dragon lakes, are in very good shape. I'm glad to have the building as imagined.

Then I draw a gate on all sides of the building. Nothing yet, just a gate. There is a full entrance and a view of the forest beyond it.

The gates became solid, and the wind came in from all sides of the building... from here on out. I will now turn this gate into a magical gate. [M]

I'll be carried by the Phoenix and out over the forest. [M]

And I decided where to build the gates in all directions of the forest. Once you have made your decision, you will now sketch the scenery from each point with your back against the wall.

... the point is, the view from the gate of the central building, which becomes the "view on the other side". Without this, you can't draw a magical gate.

I managed to finish drawing a simple sketch in four directions within the day. And the next day... I will finally draw the magic gate.

Surrounded by oppressive people, I paint a view of the central building, the gates on both sides of the building, and the other side of the gate.

... I also wanted to feel heavy and dark in the oil painting to express the heaviness of the inside of the building and the gate. However, because the method I am most accustomed to is watercolour, I decided to draw it with watercolour. Besides, I feel that the kanji beyond the gate can be expressed more by the watercolour.

The inside of the building is dim, just the light that plugs in from the other side of the gate. Because of this state, the other side of the gate is very bright and clear, and the structure is such that you can see that each gate leads to a different place.

Then, of course, only three gates can be drawn in one painting. What happened to the last gate can't be put into one composition. So, the last gate... the gate behind the point of view has decided to express itself in the light that falls on the floor.

I even drew it down. One of the building's stone seams. Digged text. Light from the outside falling over the dust on the floor. One swaying grass, one branch at a time, in the view that extends beyond the gate.

Draw up a fictional scenery by layering four sketches of the scenery directly in front of you.

Then, until I was satisfied with it, I drew it, and the painting I drew... did not materialize.

"... can't I?"

Somehow, I didn't really feel like failing, but this is a failure.... maybe this is the first time I've failed to make a picture a reality like this.

So, somehow... it was a shock, or I don't know what to do...

Looking at the other side of the gate where nothing had changed, I decided to blur for a while. My head is blurred because I concentrated on the painting.

I stopped thinking about what didn't work, because it was getting sad gradually. The teacher said you shouldn't reflect when you're tired. If you don't think about it when you rest and get well, you'll just feel sad.

... when I slightly knocked my back down, I just buried it in the belly of the bird.

It was kind of pleasant, and I decided to take a nap in disappointment. [M] Good night...