Chapter 152
As usual, I wake up after being attacked by a one-eyed monster.
...Someday, I'll wake up before I'm attacked!
When I go downstairs for breakfast, I can see the children through the window.
They seem to be helping the farming group.
So they got permission to enter the fields?
...Compared to me... No, thinking about farming just gets me down.
I'll leave it to the farming group.
Yesterday, the god came, and all sorts of things happened that afternoon.
Far too much happened.
Seriously.
I thought about it at night, but... so what?
Even if I became nonhuman, so what? I'm still me.
Apparently, what I did set this world on a better path, but... so what?
It's not as though I'm going to do anything from here on out. It's already over.
In other words, I realized that nothing about me had changed.
Still, I should remember that my magic power is strong.
"Good morning! Breakfast is ready!"
"Good morning."
There was just one thing I regretted from last night.
When I remembered it, I writhed in agony. I'd really gone and done it!
Language!
A god might have made it possible for me to communicate.
Since I'd been speaking normal Japanese with the god, I'd completely forgotten.
I'll never regret this enough.
Apparently, someone will introduce me to this world's god once one has been chosen, so I absolutely won't forget next time!
Solving the language problem is more important than meeting the god!
...
I straddle Core and gaze down at the forest from the sky.
"What a vast forest."
With the influence of the 【Evil Eye】 gone, green covers everything as far as I can see.
Countless rivers are visible between the trees, some of them flowing around the forest.
There are rivers flowing outside the forest, too.
Perhaps because the rivers formed, fields seem to be starting to appear near the forest.
Core and... the Wind Amoeba.
It suddenly appeared high in the sky and startled me, but it's a familiar sight.
...In this world, you mustn't question how an amoeba can fly.
It can fly because it's flying.
"Aren't you the biggest one?"
The amoeba racing alongside Core through the sky is larger than any I've seen before.
Its body sparkles beautifully in the sunlight.
"Oh, there are beastfolk in the forest... An army?"
I can see several beastfolk on an animal trail in the forest.
They're all wearing the same clothes. There must be around forty of them.
Oh, there are beastfolk wearing different clothes, too.
It seems they've noticed us.
I try waving at them.
Things suddenly got awfully hectic. Are they all right?
I have Core stop above them.
I thought they might attack me, but they seem fine.
More importantly, it looks like someone has collapsed...
Oh, the Wind Dragon and Water Dragon are flying over.
I haven't greeted them today.
"Good morning."
If you're going to circle around me, please do it in a smaller form.
They're far too imposing.
Hmm?
Are they really all right?
There are more of them lying on the ground than before.
Oh, maybe they were surprised to see the dragons.
...The Water Dragon and Wind Dragon were both divine beasts.
I feel bad.
"Core, let's move."
I want to interact with the beastfolk outside the forest, but if I go with the dragons, I'll only frighten them.
I'll ask Core to come with me.
Though the beastfolk can't understand me yet.
I plan to ask the god to let me speak when they arrive, so for now, I'll pray they'll come soon.
Come to think of it, there was still a cave I hadn't cleared.
I'll start by clearing that one.
From now on, my goal is to clear every cave in the forest!
I also want to interact with the beastfolk and expand my selection of seasonings!
I want eggs and rice!
I want rice bowls!
I want pancakes!
I don't know what the future holds, but I'm still me, after all.