Ardis, who took nearly ten times as long to return to the village as the outbound route (Ouro), saw a strangely vibrant sight.
Large quantities of wood have been cut out of the surrounding forests and houses have been built one after another in places previously vacant.
It's not my fault the population density is rising.
In fact, when Ardis magically explores his surroundings, he notices an obvious increase in the number of people.
"What the hell is this..."
"Let's just say hello to the village chief for the return."
"... right"
When Rona urged me to go to the village chief's house, there was the village chief himself and his red-brown-haired woman standing there - Sarah waiting.
"Sorry, village chief. As Rona told me, there are two kids in the village who would like us to put them there."
When the village chief smiles bitterly at Ardis, who cuts it out so much, he speaks of his willingness to consent in such a tone.
"Oh, I'm listening. Well, there's no big difference between just one more person or two more."
It's been about three months since Ardis and the others came to the village.
The Ardis, who were initially treated as customers because of their relationship with Saira and Nele, are now completely part of the village.
Ardis was so melted in that he asked safely.
"Appreciate it.... though there seems to be a lot of unfamiliar faces?
The gaze turns to the men who are building simple houses outside the village.
"There's about thirty more."
"Thirty more?
It was originally a village with only about a hundred people.
All of a sudden I hear as many as thirty more humans, and Ardis's mouth repeats the words of the village chief.
"There are a lot of people out there who lost their way in Alburn's civil war. Even if you can't do everything, you won't be punished if someone saves you a little bit, will you?
Sarah pinched her mouth from the side.
She's the one who brought the refugees from the outside, apparently from the mouth.
Most of all, I can easily imagine that if it wasn't for Aldis himself, it would have been either Saira or Nele, than normal humans could have done, such as demons roaming through the Canobis Mountains.
"I see. So 'where's about two more now'?
Aldis remembers what Rona said about the village chief.
Surely compared to as many as thirty more humans, there won't be as much difference where we've added them as there are two.
Glancing to blame his partner for not reporting the key thing, Ardis turned his gaze back to the village chief and spoke sympathetically, perceiving his hard work.
"That's tough. And the village chief."
"I'm sure it's tough. Your mercy is heavily stained."
Though I answer that with my mouth, the colour of fatigue can be seen darkly in the face of the village chief.
"But in fact, the problem is, is it okay to add thirty more people at a time? Like storing food."
"As for the food, Nele's out buying it right now. You'll be back by the end of the day."
"Where you live is not exactly what you see. Built by the villagers, but for the time being, we just have to get them to sleep in the church."
Sarah and the village chief have each returned an answer to Ardis's inquiry.
"Just because there's plenty of church. Why don't you two stay at the Lord's house?
Of course I don't mind that.
I temporarily had my twin room used by my sister and brother, and Phyllia and Liana were in the same room as Nele, which is no problem.
Either Philia or Liana would be in a situation where they would dive into Aldis' bed in the morning.
It would be like it didn't originally have its own room or something for the twins.
"Those kids brought Ardis here, right?
I turn my attention to Hal and his sister, whom Sarah was holding back behind Aldis.
Without waiting for Ardis to reply, Saila peeks into Hal's eyes as she advances in front of both of them.
"... yeah, you're fine"
I don't know what's okay, but apparently they have set a standard for welcoming you into this village as Saila.
"Then I'll leave these two to you."
Looking back, Saila turned her gaze to Ardis.
"I need to talk to you a little bit when Nele gets back, okay?
"Talk?"
"Yes, it's important."
Ardis had a bad feeling for no reason about Saila, who smiles and affirms.
Nehre returned from sourcing food, and it was not long before the Ardis surrounded the dinner table.
Seven people are at the table.
Among them were Hal and his sister, who had been brought from Alburn.
My sister and brother were brought far (all the way) to the foot (foot) of the Canobis Mountains without knowing, but I am completely broken with Philia and Rona on the road.
My sister fully understood her position, and she was also actively trying to help Nehre to secure her place when preparing dinner.
I guess Hal, on the other hand, is new to seeing twins.
I looked at Liana just like Filia and circled my eyes, and I could still see her bewildered by the sight in front of me by moving her gaze without busy (causing her) every sip of soup.
Filia takes good care of Hal, and Liana looks at it with strange eyes.
Ever since Nele heard about the situation from Ardis, he hasn't mentioned it in this matter, changed his expression, and he's always looking the same.
I was consistently unassociated with Shall.
It's an unspeakable air, but it's never an unpleasant atmosphere.
When Nele and Hal's sister began to prepare tea after dinner, after a more soothing dinner than they thought, a red-eyed servant visited the house.
"We don't have enough land."
When Sarah came, she sat in the chair recommended by Nehre and said so without a mouthful of tea served.
"The land, is it from this village?
"That's right."
Nodding to Aldis' confirmation, Sarah closes her eyes so that Hal's sister enjoys the scent of her brewed tea.
"Well, I guess so. Originally only the range protected by the junction will be extended, and if there are more than thirty human beings, it is only natural that there will be not enough places to build houses or expand fields"
But that is more of a story.
Such an understanding would have brought people from Alburn with Saila.
Without knowing Saila's intent to say such a thing on purpose, Ardis wrinkled between her eyebrows.
"So I'm going to expand the village."
"You're expanding the boundaries?
It is up to her to expand or narrow it, beyond the fact that it was Sarah who surrounded the village in the junction.
Although of course it presupposes that she has all that power, the fact that she herself spoke would mean that she can do it without any problems.
"You can't just broaden the boundaries."
"What do you mean?
Ardis asks further without knowing what it means.
"You can't just spread it out on your own."
To the word Aldis leans his inner neck.
I don't even think the people who live in this village would disagree with Saila's intentions.
Of course, there's no way an outside human being would come up with a mouth for such an enchantment.
Because the foothills of the Canobis Mountains, where villages exist, do not belong to any country, but naturally lie outside the realm of human authority.
"On your own......? You think I need someone's permission?
"Exactly. Aldis, have you ever heard of 'King of Warcraft'?
"Warcraft King?... No, that's your first ear."
Ardis shook his head, without a verse that came to mind with the word Warcraft King, which Sarah uttered.
"Is it a demon from the sound of the name?
"You're a little different than the demon. Quite frankly, it's like the Lord of the Canobis Mountains. Both the grinder and the yellow spring roaches are like featherworms compared to the King of Warcraft."
"See you then..."
Indeed, neither Grinder nor Yellow Springs Roaches are enough opponents for Aldis to take.
But in general they are both known as very vicious and dangerous demons.
As we can see from the fact that once the entire Grinder Army was devastated by no hands or feet, it is an indescribable threat to mercenaries and soldiers who make the battle work.
If you were to treat it like a feather, you would have some power with the Warcraft King.
"The Canobis Mountains are like gardens to him. If you just keep the status quo, you'll throw it away, but if this one expands the survival zone on its own, you'll lose your temper."
Ardis learned a little caught up in Saila's choice of words.
"So you want to expand the village, you want to come to him and negotiate."
"... intelligent enough to negotiate?
Saila affirms Ardis' words by nodding.
"So I want Ardis to accompany me to the negotiations. Of course, you'll take it on, won't you?