Divine Protection of Many Gods

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[Onii-chan, is that it? Is that your village?]

Leelan peeked out from the carriage .

At the end of the road was the entrance to our village .

[Yeah, it is]

[Leelan, stop sticking out your head like that, it’s dangerous]

When Amy reprimanded her, Leelan promptly hid behind Ayla .

Holding a rose in one hand, she hugged Ruby with her other hand like plush toys .

[Ayla-ane, Amy-san is bullying me~]

There there, Ayla stroke Leelan’s hair . Actually, Leelan wasn’t really afraid of Amy .

She just feigned being scared, very obvious from the fact that when she’s sleeping at night, she usually sleeps closer to Amy than to Ayla .

[Ho, is that the village that master has built?]

Gina also peeked out to check, but that caused the carriage to be out of balance and shook slightly .

[Gina!! Please stop acting like a kid!!]

Amy’s reproof flew out once more . Causing Gina to quietly shrunk herself at the corner of the carriage .

[Now now, it’s the first time for the both of them, just let them be]

I put my hand on Gina’s shoulder and comforted her to not be worried about it too much .

As for Amy, I knew she does not actually hate it if people acted childish around her .

Anyways, Amy was the first one trying to secure Gina when the carriage rocked just now .

She didn’t reprimand people because she hates something, it’s just her acting as the team’s mom because she likes taking care of others .

[Hibiki-dono, can we enter the village as is?]

The male centaur of the centaurs couple, Shiron, who’d been running alongside the carriage, asked .

[Yeah . Sorry to make you two run all the way here . I’ll arrange a resting place right away as soon as we arrived at the village]

[It’s alright . We are part-horse, so it’s not really bad to act as one . ]

Apparently, that does not only apply to endurance but also fighting capability .

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Centaurs seemed to be an all-around player in terms of offense and defense . (TL Note: the author used ‘Multiplayer’, which is weird)

By the way, Brigit is sleeping . These elves seemed to be indifferent to anything once they lost interest .

They are declining in number, perhaps because they are also indifferent to their own kinds .

As soon as we entered the village, we received a warm welcome from the villagers .

At the front was the lizardman Pinot, who greeted us with a smile .

The goblin and vampire combined force seemed to be in the middle of training, waving spears and pikes .

[I, I’m not lying, you see!? Horon, I will gallop ahead with you no matter what!!]

Shiron suddenly kneeled on the ground . In front of him was Horon, his wife, who was shaking her head while in tears .

[We will always be together, Shiron!!]

[Horon!!]

The two then hugged each other . They are in their own world right now .

Well, let’s just leave them be .

[Welcome back . Hibiki-san]

A voice came up from behind .

It was Latia .

[Welcome, Hibiki~]

And Yaku is also here, eh?

[You two, I’m back . Something happened while I was away?]

[Let’s see]

[There is!!]

Unlike Latia, Yaku replied vigorously .

In any case, it didn’t seem to be urgent, so I decided to let everyone to have some rest .

Especially for the centaurs couple . Let’s prepare a room for them first .

[How about you, Hibiki-niichan?]

I still need to take Sai back, so I stroke Yaku’s head while telling that I would go back home afterwards .

Right then,

Leelan came out with such great momentum .

She knocked Yaku away before clinging to my arm .

[O, oi, Leelan]

[Onii-chan is MY Onii-chan!!]

Not taking Leelan’s action kindly, Yaku stood back up .

[What was that for!!]

And then, they started to fight .

[Ho, hold, hold it right there you two~]

Latia desperately tried to break them off in vain .

[Both of you, stop it!!]

Again, Amy-kaasan struck like lightning .

[Leelan, if you want to be my husband’s sister, you should be more obedient . ]

[Yes]

[Yaku, wouldn’t your onii-chan be disappointed by your action just now?]

Seeing her dealing with the kids skillfully, I left the matter to Amy and I headed back home .

Latia waited quietly until I finished my slow and relaxing bath .

[So, what really happened?]

After finishing my bath, I asked Latia about what actually happened while I was away over a meal .

[It’s about Hibiki-san’s pool on the grass field]

Apparently, a monster had settled in the light and darkness pool I built on the grass field while we were away .

The creature itself didn’t disturb the village, and I had forewarned the goblins to not approach the area, so apparently, that’s why they let it be .

[It appears to be taking care of the area . It would be a pity if we drive it out . ]

Latia apologized .

[Well, if it’s really harmless, then I have nothing to complain]

And so we decided to check the pool .

[What is happening here?]

It’s clear to me that ahead of us were lots of trees different from those on the forest nearby .

The experimental field was originally not that wide, but who knows that by manipulating the terrain into a mortar-shape would help to focus the magic power?

Checking up the tree in front of me, the name 『Wicky’s Tree』 was displayed .

[What is a Wicky’s tree?]

When I cut its leaf, it read 『Pool grass（Dark）』

[It’s actually the pool grass after all . Then what’s with the Wicky’s tree?]

Hearing my voice, a naked beauty unfurls from the tree that I cut the leaf from .

[I am Wicky]

[So it’s an Alraune . So rare to see one being so close to a village like this . ]

Brigit seemed to be familiar with this creature’s identity .

Looking closely at Wicky, it has a form of a beautiful woman but made entirely from plants .

So I asked why it ended up here since it seemed to be capable of communication .

[Wicky, was captured by humans]

Alraune’s sap is an ingredient for a magical potion . Perhaps that’s why .

[It’s a felony to forcefully strip an Alraune away from the forest . Could it be a smuggled good?]

Amy added .

[Cage broke, so I escaped]

So it managed to escape because its cage was broken .

[But, Wicky was hungry]

It was stripped away from the forest, so no wonder it lacked energy .

[In here, lots of delicious foods]

Magic power is like food for Wicky . It’s been feeding on the magic power in the area .

[The food here, the most delicious]

So that means it liked my magic .

[Here, Wicky’s forest]

Because of that, you claimed this place as your own? Are you kidding me?

[But, this field is mine though]

It tilted her head cutely .

Took a lot of patience, but I finally managed to explain things to it after an hour or so .

[I’m sorry . I just want to eat]

In any case, it was me who infused this land with magic power, as well as the grasses (now trees) .

[Isn’t it alright? Don’t the plants on the forest with Alraune always grow well?]

As Brigit said, the pool grasses previous growing in the area had become trees, and the tree leaves itself are pool grasses .

Moreover, as expected from a plant spirit, Alraune . It could even grow a tree without regard to light or dark attributes .

[I see . Should we just leave this place to Wicky then? ]

Perhaps listening to our conversation, its face brightened as it raised both of its hands .

And from there grew two fruits .

[Do you like plant girl?]

Amy-san, that’s scary .

And once again, the residents of my village is increased .

Well, this fellow will be just fine since people rarely come here .

But first, I need to tell Gillen about this Wicky’s existence .

I want to ask if he knew anything about this smuggling . If he does, then we’ll have something more to discuss .

He’s already swamped in his works, I actually don’t want to add even more things .

And just like that, we found a way to mass-produce pool grass . But who would’ve guessed that it’ll bring more trouble to me later on?