episode_0222

“Achacha….”

I came to my senses late and hit my head at the horror that unfolded before my eyes.

After washing the two women who were lying dead, I cleaned up the messy bedroom.

At this point, the other personalities could have popped out one by one, but looking at the silence, it looks like they are discussing the merging of Orha’s mind and body.

Or maybe he had already come out, and while I was drunk on Orha’s milk, he did something stupid without me knowing and sent me back.

Whatever it was, after having some alone time, I watched Arjen and Orha sleeping while hugging each other for a while and then left the room.

“Hehe~ Eugene~”

“Ahh… Eugene, it’s so intense…”

It was not only because he couldn’t bear to watch Arjen talk in his sleep while sucking on Orha’s cheek as if he were swallowing him, but also because he had someone to talk to about the future.

“Ah. Eugene.”

I met Wayne as soon as I left the bedroom. Coincidentally, he was the subject of the business I just mentioned.

“Wayne.”

“It looks like the work was completed well. If you look at the fact that it ultimately came down to sex.”

“Ahaha… When did you disappear? I had no idea.”

“After listening to Kaela’s explanation, I thought things would get complicated, so I decided to finish my own work first. Anyway, I confirmed that Orha opened her eyes.”

Wayne’s very cool attitude makes me nod my head.

“…I’m really glad I survived.”

One way or another, it seems that it was true that he was worried about Orha, and Wayne breathed a sigh of relief.

“I’m glad that Arjen accepted Orha better than I expected.”

“Fit! Look at the pitch black inside. So you immediately touched Orha?”

“No, it just happened to be in the flow of work… so I shouldn’t say anything. No matter what I say, it seems weird.”

Whatever the excuse, it doesn’t change the fact that Wayne had fun while working hard.

“So, has there been a lot of work accumulated over the past 50 years?”

“What kind of work could there be? It was just a lot of dust. First of all, the most urgent thing, as I said before, is the rice fields.”

Yes. Arjen originally supplied food to all mankind.

This fact alone caused the population decline caused by the decline of the old granary area of Eletrove to return to recovery.

Of course, unlike Earth, the ecosystem here is not dominated by humans, so explosive population growth has not occurred.

But apart from that, it was also true that today’s humanity owes a great deal to Arzen.

Unfortunately, for nearly 50 years, Arjen has been unable to produce food using automatons due to a serious problem with egg production.

There were reserves, and humanity has not completely abandoned food self-sufficiency, so it was not a big hit right away, but that doesn’t mean we can ignore it.

“My bone hurts… When I came back, I took a quick look and couldn’t tell where the rice fields were.”

Yes. The rice fields that had not been managed for 50 years were no different from ordinary forests.

No, the condition of the plants growing there was unusual enough to be glossed over as a forest.

This is because the green land does not discriminate against growing life.

In other words, unnecessary plants that should have been cleared out originally. A so-called weed removal process was necessary.

“It’s such a large land… I think Arjen should step in.”

Of course, normally I would have left it to Arjen without hesitation. However, what bothered me was that it hadn’t been long since they gave birth.

Even if you are able to use your strength again, you will not be able to say that you have regained the same condition as before, as spawning itself requires a lot of energy.

My true intention is to make you feel at ease.

Wayne must have been aware of my feelings and brought up the story about crops.

“I don’t want to overwork Arjen, at least until the kids are born.”

“About 5 years….”

Wayne seemed to be assessing humanity’s food situation in his own way. In fact, it would not be something she would like to do as a warrior.

The decline in food supply will ultimately come as a penance for mankind, a situation that is difficult to accept from the perspective of a utilitarian warrior.

However, while living a lifespan that surpasses that of a human, her identity as the subject of Arjen’s oath became clearer, and she agreed with my idea that Arjen should stabilize.

“Good. Then, let’s start organizing as much as we can.”

“……Okay.”

The desire to lend a human hand was strong, but Arjen’s pride was hurt.

The only ones left are the elves, and no matter how much I am Titania, what might happen if I order them to uproot the plants growing in the green forest.

In the first place, I can’t even imagine an elf weeding.

“Good. I heard that the ox horn was too sweet, so should we start right now?”

“Huh? Now?”

I was startled when I saw Wayne immediately throw up his sleeves.

It was an inevitable instinct to want to postpone simple, repetitive labor as much as possible.

“I don’t have time to procrastinate?”

“That’s right….”

In the end, the first thing I started after putting Arjen and Orha to bed was pulling weeds.

Of course, reviving a dense jungle into farmland was more difficult than rendering the land unusable at all.

Although weeds grew, there were also plenty of harvestable crops, so it was necessary to distinguish them.

“Wouldn’t it be better to take care of these crops?”

At Wayne’s words, I nodded, looking at the vegetables growing under my feet. Some of them I didn’t know the names of, but there were others I knew right away.

“Huh? Soybeans? uh? It’s a bean?”

“What, why are you saying it twice?”

“Hmm… I don’t know. Stop unconsciously without even knowing…”

“It’s bland.”

Neither Wayne nor I, as God, were exhausted from simple physical labor, but we only cleared 1 square kilometer on the first day.

The resistance of the weeds that had stubbornly taken root for 50 years was not only strong, but more than anything, the mental fatigue was considerable.

I thought I knew the fear of repetitive work that seemed to never end because I had already experienced it in the military, but I guess I was mistaken.

“Queu……”

In the end, it took over 100 days to clear the entire field.

Actually, I learned some tricks along the way, so I could have finished it much faster, but Arjen kept insisting that I stay with him, so I felt a bit late.

Anyway, all the fires were extinguished in such a hurry.

There is nothing more to be done or anything additional to happen.

So, now is the time to prepare.

Cleaning the inside of the rare is the only time I can spend a moment away from Arjen, who has been stuck to me like a gumball all day.

“Wow… I think I’ll get motion sick.”

I was shivering in a corner of the lair, holding a ring I had commissioned from dwarves.

Propose. The time has come to do that.

“Eugene? What are you doing in a place like this?”

I ran into Wayne, who was cleaning the rare with me. She looked at the ring in my hand and nodded as if she recognized it.

“Aha.”

“Aha, no. It was nice to meet you. Come here.”

“What, what is it?”

Just looking at the picture, it looks like a man is dragging a woman to a dark place. Wayne seemed to have recognized that, and approached me at a brisk pace.

“I’m going to propose to Arjen.”

“It seems so. That’s good. Arjen seems to be secretly looking forward to it too.”

“Really? Did Arjen show off a lot?”

“I made it known… I guess I am influenced to some extent by Arjen’s feelings. It may be because of the oath.”

“That’s right…? I have a favor to ask.”

I just happened to find the perfect talent. If Arjen’s feelings are influenced, Wayne could probably be a good practice partner.

“Wait a minute, I think I know what you’re asking me to do, but I can’t believe it…”

“Okay. Please help me propose.”

“Ugh… Eugene. It seemed awkward for me to say something like this with my own mouth, so I tried to avoid it as much as possible…”

“What are you saying?”

“If you think about it, I like you too. Whether it’s the emotion that started Arjen’s pledge or something… But if you ask for help in confessing to someone so openly…”

“Ah……”

When I thought about it, I felt like I was being too indifferent. I tried to at least offer an apology as the atmosphere was starting to sink.

“Foot, just kidding.”

However, before that, Wayne laughed first and missed the timing.

“What, it was a joke.”

“Of course it’s a joke. It’s not my personality to get depressed over things like that. You know it too.”

“…Well, you know.”

Wayne is both front and back. She is a woman who looks sturdy on the outside and is strong on the inside. I don’t know if it’s because he’s a hero, or if he’s a hero.

“Now, tell me what you’re going to do to Arjen!”

At Wayne’s words, I walked up to her and held her in my arms. Suddenly, Wayne’s voice softens as I hug him tightly.

“Well, what is it? Does it start with just hugging you like this? Of course, Arzen won’t hate it, but…”

“It’s not like that.”

“Oh, no? What?”

“This is not practice for a proposal.”

“…Eh, but why are you hugging me?”

“You seem to think of me as a very foolish person. Do you believe you can get away with saying something like that? Even if he looks like this, he is a god.”

Just because you have a strong inner self doesn’t mean you’ll be okay with anything.

It wasn’t that I was so clueless that I just believed the woman’s pretentious words like others.

“…How did you know?”

“I think the oath definitely had an effect. Dragons don’t live without lying, so they can’t tell you a lie either.”

“Ugh….”

“Well, it’s true that I was so indifferent that I blurted out my sincerity without even thinking about it. Sorry, Wayne.”

“…….”

I just hugged Wayne for a while.

Wayne didn’t really kick me out either.

In the end, I couldn’t clean the rare at all today.