Chapter 69
The Farming Corps and Three-Eyes asked me to expand the fields.
The others also looked at me expectantly.
Fluffy also wanted the pond expanded... Again?
Right now, I'm turning the area in front of the rock house into fields.
Hmm... Should I just clear the land ahead?
Or what?
For now, I'll go along with everyone's wishes... I regret it already.
We decided to make a wide plaza centered around the house.
The drawing One-Eye made on the ground showed a plaza about ten times the size of the rocky mountain. Surely not.
A pond in one corner of the plaza. It's huge—about the size of the entrance to Shuri's burrow.
We decided on it before checking the size.
Looking at the completed plaza... It was strange to see Core and the others looking so small.
Next came the fields.
There was a part of the fields I didn't really understand.
We weren't communicating very well.
Well, apparently the Farming Corps and Three-Eyes are going to do something.
I believe it'll be okay.
But if I clear the land as requested... It's less 'large' and more 'vast.'
About ten times the size of the current fields... That's settled.
The completed, vast fields... The baby ants and baby spiders were doing an amazing job.
A river was made to surround the whole thing.
That's a bit much... Wait, hadn't that already been decided?
Fluffy was working out where to connect it to the pond? ... I see.
Was the area around the river going to be a plaza, too?
Huh? Were we making it even bigger?
Somehow, while everything was still vague, we ended up building a fairly high fence and a moat.
How did this happen again?
Core, Chai, and the others asked for huts, but...
I was at a loss because I didn't know what they wanted, but One-Eye agreed.
Ten long huts with solid foundations stood along the fence surrounding the completed plaza.
I see. So they wanted huts.
Karen wanted more perches.
One-Eye agreed.
Three-Eyes said the giant insects had no requests.
Big Boss-san wanted a private room on the second floor, so One-Eye built one as requested.
Maybe gesturing to ask what they wanted was my downfall.
...
I worked hard dealing with an enormous number of giant trees.
I really worked hard.
I cut down trees and processed them—cutting, cutting, and cutting.
A short break.
Even though I was the one cutting down the trees, everyone else worked so quickly.
Shuri pulled out the stumps, and Big Boss-san moved them away.
The baby ants made a mass migration underground.
The Farming Corps compacted the soil, while One-Eye divided its efforts between building fences and huts.
Fluffy, the baby ants, and the baby spiders built the river.
They were supposed to be little, but they had grown to about fifty centimeters.
They seemed to be making good progress, too.
At the next site, they made ridges and began preparing the fields.
They planted seed potatoes and seeds as they made the fields.
The baby spiders helped too, speeding up the work.
Meanwhile, I kept cutting and cutting and cutting down trees...
I worked hard processing the wood, too... but I still couldn't keep up.
But I had no choice but to keep going!
The river was completed, and once the water began flowing, everyone played by letting it carry them, then took a break.
There was a strange creature, but I ignored it.
I didn't worry that their numbers had increased, either.
Sometimes, we took a whole day off, too.
Core, Chai, and the others helped by hunting.
Securing food was important, too.
The goblin children learned how to butcher game.
Thanks. They do a more careful job than I do.
I didn't mind.
Outside the river, I cut and processed trees, cut and processed...
We built a bridge... While I watched, the stumps disappeared, the ground was tilled, and the area transformed into a plaza and fields.
Everyone's enthusiasm is frightening.
That day, we had a barbecue party.
At last, I'm free from the trees. Thank goodness. Really, thank goodness.