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A little while had passed since the whole uproar in Charis.
Probably because it put quite a burden on the demon queen, her big ranged spells weren’t fired a second time after she had roughly targeted the capitals of all nations, or so I heard. If I believe Edita-sensei’s words, things should probably be alright for some time.
However, that still doesn’t mean that the offensive actions of the demons have ceased. The neighboring countries were still getting invaded by the demon queen and they seem to be extremely busy. I heard beings called demons, who led lesser demons, started to appear all over the place, putting the nations in quite a bind.
Thanks to that, humanity is recently stuck in an end-of-civilization scenario. The letters frequently being sent to Richard-san thoroughly record the situations in the various nations, such as news about the northern major power having formed a demon queen subjugation force or the southern countries, which lost their military balance after getting hit by the demon queen’s attacks, getting embroiled in a war.
The international situation seemed to be as strained as never before.
However, contrary to the world going haywire, Dragon City was a town of bliss. At one point we allowed an invasion by lesser demons, resulting in battles occurring inside the city. But, that’s already a matter of the past. Nowadays, the nui, who accumulated training in group combat, are dealing with such attacks safely. I don’t remember having explicitly asked them to do this, but according to the Loligon, they appear to be doing it for us on their own accord.
When I occasionally walk through the city, I run into plenty of fluffy nui gathering and running about briskly for some reason. They’re popular among the citizens for their cute appearance and people will suddenly gather out of nowhere whenever they spot the nui doing special training. Moreover, it’ll usually take on the character of an event site where people will successively start providing them with food and stuff.
“Umm, Tanaka-san, about this document here…”
“Ah, yes.”
At present, this ordinary Japanese flat-face and Maid-san are alone together inside the office of the mayor’s mansion. While being next to Sophia-chan who was sitting at a desk, I was receiving an explanation about the city’s financial situation.
Recently she’s become completely used to doing calculations and even the accounting checkers under Ester-chan’s hire, who take care of our books once a month, praise her quite a lot. At least when it comes to the city’s financial affairs, I don’t seem to be necessary as long as she’s around.
With such circumstances contributing as well, this ordinary Japanese flat-face has been able to concentrate on the city building. The city’s size is steadily growing and if we continue at this rate, the day when we exceed the city of Trichuris, the neighboring city ruled by Ester-chan, might not be that far off.
“Come to think of it, about the food for the new arrivals…”
For a while I enjoyed Sophia-chan’s upper boobs from right next to her. There’s no time as soothing for this busamen as this.
But, such opportunities will be interrupted by a third party in most cases. Today was no exception to this rule, seeing how I could hear lively footsteps from the corridor on the other side of the door. Someone was heading towards this office, drawing closer at a quick rate.
There’s no mistaking these unique footsteps.
The other party showed up at the same time as the door was slammed open.
『Oiii! Is that guy in here!?』
It was our mayor, Loligon.
“What is the matter, Christina-san?”
『Ah, there you are!』
She walked up to this ordinary Japanese flat-face after spotting him in the office. Planting herself right in front of the desk, she looked up to this busamen.
Now that it’s come to this, it’s time to bid farewell from Maid-san’s upper boobs.
『Say, are there no field in this city?』
“Fields?”
She started to talk about some nonsensical stuff again. Guessing from her dusty dress, she must have come straight to this office from the city building site. She might have received some sort of inspiration from the members of the Twilight Troupe who have become her co-workers. Considering how long she’s been alive, she’s quite susceptible to getting influenced by her surroundings. That honest side of her is troubling for being so damn adorable.
『That’s right. Fields! Humans cannot produce food without fields, correct?』
“We’re procuring produce from outside, so it’s not that much of a problem.”
『……Eh? Is that so?』
“Neumann-san calculates the necessary amount of food every month and Sophia-san orders that amount from the merchants. Thanks to that, we have been able to run a city in such a small territory without having to avail land for fields.”
『But, I hear humans are in a bind without fields…』
“All of this is a result of Richard-san’s kindness, though.”
『……』
Loligon’s eyes wandered to Maid-san. She donned a somewhat dissatisfied expression while staring at Maid-san. Because of that, Maid-san trembled in fear.
“U-Umm, is there something w-wrong…?”
『……We’re not going to create fields?』
The Loligon appears to be eager to cultivate fields. Don’t tell me she didn’t only awaken to public works and construction, but even farming?
This ordinary Japanese flat-face feels like her senses are gradually starting to become less like those of a dragon and at the same time he experiences a sense of impending danger for some reason.
“T-Tanaka-san…”
Maid-san stared at me pleadingly.
Fields were unnecessary in today’s Dragon City. We have been making enough profit with secondary and tertiary industries. Also, the Tanaka Earldom is tiny, so it’ll be difficult to secure the land needed for agriculture. Therefore, it’s more efficient to import all of the grain we need rather than having some half-assed fields.
But, this time Dragon City’s scale has increased and if you consider situations where the territory would grow in order to match that, it’s definitely not a bad idea to inform our mayor about the methods of farming.
The height of the threshold for constructing buildings intended for farm work is yet on an entirely different level. Personally I think the Loligon’s affinity for farm work might not be overly good. For this very reason, I believe it’s one of the matters I ought to leave in her hands during my lifetime. The suggestion from her might actually be a good opportunity.
“Hmm, let’s see. Maybe we should cultivate a field as a test?”
『Seriously!?』
“However, we’d be in a bind if things fail after we suddenly go all-in on a large-scale farm land cultivation, so let us first start with an experimental field in the courtyard of this mansion. It will be set up as a test farm to learn about the quality of the soil around here and I’d like you, Mayor, to take care of its management.”
『I see! If you say you will make it, I-I will help you!』
The Loligon was awfully cute as she started to fidget around, obviously being all excited. Her eyes were sparkling.
“Thank you very much. As long as I have your assistance, Christina-san, it will be a tremendous help.”
『gh…W-Well, that’s only natural! After all is said and done, I’m still the mayor! The mayor!』
“……”
Maid-san directed an uneasy look at me. It’s not like I don’t understand her worries.
If you asked this busamen whether he feels unsure about the Loligon, the most hot-blooded being even in Dragon City, being able to patiently wait until the harvest of crops, it’d be a lie if he answered no there. We should use crops that ripen as quickly as possible for the field.
“Sophia-san, please forgive me, but I will be leaving with the mayor.”
“Ah, o-okay!”
This ordinary Japanese flat-face left the office together with the Loligon after notifying Maid-san.
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The courtyard of the mayor’s mansion was quite spacious. After all, we had designed it after taking into account that the Loligon could land and take-off from here in her dragon form. Thanks to this, it was usually used by everyone for their own convenience, like Gon-chan swinging his ax around in the name of training or sensei running to lose some weight after overeating once again.
We decided to use a section of this big plot for the mayor’s kitchen garden. By applying the public works techniques we fostered during the pioneering of Dragon City, the Loligon’s field was finished in no time. Albeit small, we managed to create a functional farm field that even incorporated drainage. Its appearance was also neat and trim. It had the same vibe as the flowerbed which I built in a corner of my elementary school’s yard. We limited its size to a few dozen square meters as it’d become too hard to manage it properly if it became too big. In the first place, this was intended to check the quality of the soil.
At first the mayor looked rather displeased about the snugly and small feel of the field, but once she saw the finished product, she seemed to actually be satisfied with it. Following the pretext of an experimental field, we tilled the soil in the courtyard and decided to use it without adding any external soil.
Given that the whole region is a grassland area, I believe that crops and other produce will grow here to a certain extent. Despite that, I asked Maid-san to order fertilizer for us. Recently the number of merchants frequenting Dragon City has increased, so it’ll probably be delivered in a few days.
『This is a human field, huh!?』
“Yes, that is indeed the case.”
The Loligon cheerfully cried out while also confirming that we completed the experimental field. Even though both her hands were dirty with soil, she didn’t look like she minded it at all. It was lovely that some mud was also stuck to her cheeks. This sort of natural side of the Loligon makes me somehow feel extremely vexed as I honestly get an urge to rape her. The desire to squeeze her tightly from behind gives me a sense of defeat.
『It’s a bit small, but it still feels kinda like a field!』
“I think this is more than big enough for experimental farming.”
『S-So, what are we going to grow in this place!? Tubers? Leaves?』
“Let’s see…”
I had decided on using plants that grow fast, but I didn’t think about the concrete specimen.
Or rather, this yellow flat-face doesn’t know anything about the agricultural produce in this world over here. Because of that, he’s now struggling with how to answer.
Because the mayor was looking at me with a shining face, her eyes sparkling full of expectations, I hesitated to deceive her with some random answer.
What should I do? How troublesome.
As I was thinking it over from various angles, the right person in the right place showed up…
“You people, what are you doing over there?”
…Edita-sensei.
Spotting us being dirty with soil on the courtyard, she briskly walked over to us. It looked like she woke up just recently as her silky, blond hair was clearly disarranged and messy. Sensei struggled with waking up in the morning more than anyone else, but I feel like this has become even more prominent recently.
I’m sure she’s been up until late in the night yesterday, doing research on magic or something like that.
“Oh, Edita-san, as you can see, I have created a field with the mayor.”
“…A field?”
“We thought we should investigate the soil in this area in light of the city’s future.”
This busamen is sure that our smart sensei knows one or two things about plants suitable for this land and the local climate. Hence he took advantage of her appearance and explained the situation. Speaking of edible vegetation that I have confirmed around, purple chive would appear the best option in my personal opinion.
“I see.”
『Heheen, how about this? It’s amazing, right?』
“As you can see, I was born in another country and thus my perception doesn’t work overly well when it comes to this land. If you like, could you teach us about produce suitable for the climate over here?”
“Hmm, sure. If it’s that much…”
Sensei revealed a brooding face after hearing the question from this ordinary Japanese flat-face.
My blond, thicc, loli sensei, who would seriously consider even such an extremely random topic that was brought up in passing, is a very softhearted person. Thanks to that, I want to propose to her. I want to be married to her for the rest of my life.
Several names of plants immediately left her cute mouth. All of them sounded completely new and foreign to me.
Together with the mayor, this busamen took the liberty to listen to all of this with a meek expression on his face.
“…and if y-you use those plants, I t-think they’ll adapt to the c-climate over here as well.”
“Thank you very much. As expected of you, Edita-san. It was very informative.”
“T-This much is nothing s-special. Any regional farmer probably k-knows this much. Rather, the members of the Twilight Troupe might be able to give you even better advice than I can.”
“In that case, I will later check back with them as well.”
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————– End of Part 1 ————–
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