This is ...... terrible.

　The next day, in the Alexander League territory, a village named Sisk.
　I came to inspect the village named Sisk, in the territory of Alexander the Confederacy, with news of the disaster.

I heard that the whole statue of Alek was broken. ......

　Mia, who had brought us together, said.
　In front of us lay a half-destroyed hollow and here and there a mangled statue of me, devoured like an insect.

　With the breakage of my hoard and the stone statue, the guardian of the fertility goddess, the villagers came to me for help.

What's wrong?　This

　Turn around and ask Laura, the mayor of the village of Sisk, a widow-like woman who is giving off an air of fragility.
　She is a widow-like woman who is giving off a fragile air.

　She looks troubled, and with an increasingly fleeting air, she says, "The monster has appeared.

"The monster is here.
"Monster?
"Yes, it's a monster called a pill bug.

　As she said, one of the villagers, another woman, appeared with a ball.
　No, it's not a ball.

　It's a curled up bug about the size of an apple.

They call it a monster, but can I hold it?
"Yes, this pill bug--

　Just as Laura was about to answer, a curled up pill bug suddenly moved and pounced on Mia, who was nearby.
　Mia quickly brushed it off.

Oh ......, Alec's dress is ......

　A sad look in Mia's eyes.
　The dress I made for her was partially bitten off, exposing half her breasts and her belly button to the air.
　It's a little ...... s*xy.

Are you okay, Mia?
"Yes, the body is nothing.
"I'm glad to hear it.

　Turning to Laura.

"You attacked me.
It's not an attack. Excuse me, but isn't that dress possibly a magic item?

　Laura asked, and I nodded.

"That's very clear,

　Glancing back at Mia.
　The dress, which has the ability to revive like a phoenix, quickly regenerates where it was eaten and returns to its original form as if nothing had happened.

I see, so it's only natural. This is--

　Laura was like nothing happened.
Picking up a pill bug that was nonchalantly squirming around on a piece of Mia's dress, he said, "It's a bug that only eats things that give it a powerful power.

It's a bug that only eats things that have been endowed with powerful powers.
"A powerful force ......

　I saw Mia's dress, I saw Astaroth's hollow.

　I see.
　I even asked the Philosopher's Stone.
　Lola was right, a monster known to mankind as an ecosystem.

They haven't posed a problem or a threat before. Neither crops nor humans, nor ordinary architecture. It is a monster of no interest to us.

　Laura kept the pillbug in the palm of her hand and sighed languidly.
　The knowledge of the Philosopher's Stone says so too. Normally, a monster that poses no threat to the countryside.

But now that we have Alec's cave, we can go to ......

　I see.
　I'm sure the fertility goddess's blessing on your cave or my statue is just a pill bug favorite.

Also, ......
Hmm?
"This too ......

　Laura said that and offered a storage bag made of calamity claws.
　It's a fast fertilizer-generating bag that takes advantage of the weak human nature of magic.

　It's also been eaten by insects and has lost its effectiveness visibly.

I see.

　Nod to me.
　The damage is in this bag and here.
　It's all about me, and it only happens in Alexander's territory.
　We've got to do something about this.

Ah.

　The pill bug jumped out of Laura's hand and jumped on Mia again.
　I ate up a piece of dress and got another.
　I grabbed it and caught it, and it curled up in my hand.

Let's kill it for now.
"It's no use, when it's curled up, it repels all attacks--

　Clenching his fist, he punched the pillbug.
　With a blow that was slowly coming to my senses, I sliced the pillbug in half.

　Though no cure-all, my physical attacks surpassed magic in pure offensive power.
　My hands were a little stiff and chafing, but the pillbug sliced through with no problem.

"So, are you ......?

　A stunned Laura, the woman who carried the pillbug is also stunned.
　The pillbug, cut in half, falls to the ground and twitches.

"Oh, no. Pillbug slashed ......?


"No matter what I did, it didn't work. ......
Wait, that was a fist, a beating, why ......?

　I soon found out why I was so wildly surprised.
　One thing I hadn't gone through with the information I'd gleaned from the Philosopher's Stone was that pillbugs, when curled up, are the hardest of all creatures.
　A pillbug, when curled up, is the hardest of all living things.

　They can't be killed by physical attack.
　I think I've done it, and I play down the fact that I've done it.

Let's just rebuild the box. Let's make the bag too. It's bad for the harvest.
Thank you. But ...... pillbug is ......
"Don't worry, I'll take care of that too.

　　　　　*

　I spent about an hour or so restoring the statue here and there.
　Part of it was still there, so I restored it to its original form.

There you go.
"Thank you.

　Laura thanked me, but the fleeting, worried look on her face didn't change.

Oh, ......

　Her gaze was turned upward.
　With a whirr of wings, a few pillbugs flew in.
　They seemed to have landed on the repaired scales.

Oh, ...... also.
"Master Alec, we have to get rid of that too.
"It's okay.

　After I said that, the pillbug, who had snatched a piece of the cheek, started to squirm on the spot.
　Just after eating it up.

　I heard the sound of a popping balloon and the pillbug popped from inside.

What's this?
That's my magic condensed in it. Maybe a hundred times more than usual.
When you chew on the surface or try to digest it, it expands in one fell swoop - to what you see now.
"I see. ......, but wouldn't that mean that if you could come in numbers, they would eventually eat you up?

　Laura's concern was constant, and rightly so, as she was expecting it.

"See, look what just got eaten.
"Oh ...... goes back to the original ......
"Is the same as my dress?

　Nodding toward Mia.

'Yes, I've allowed myself to repair myself to some extent.
"I didn't know you had thought that far ahead: ...... Oh, a pillbug flew with a piece of it.

　Laura said and we all saw the flying pillbugs in unison.

I wonder what that means.
They bring it back to the nest. It's a worm, and we take it home to store and feed it to our friends in the nest.

　A pillbug flies away, telling his knowledge from the Philosopher's Stone.
　Another pillbug flies away with a larger piece in its mouth.

We should be able to eradicate the whole nest after a while.
Thank you so much for thinking of that ......!
"Thank you!　Mr. Alexander!

　Laura and the other villagers in Sisk village were much happier.

　A new insect problem was created by my providing them with scales and bags of fertilizer.
　The pillbugs that live in this area are partly due to the new type of mats.

　After only three days, they were confirmed to be eradicated.