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A long time ago, or perhaps this is a memory from a previous life.
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When I was a child in a previous life, I once picked up an abandoned dog in my neighborhood.
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It must have really been a newborn puppy.
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I met a dog whose small body was so dirty and so skinny that its ribs stood out, and its body was shaking.
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I brought the puppy home with me, eager to save him.
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I had no doubt in my mind that the dog would be saved when I got home.
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But the parents were very calm.
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Who is going to take care of him? Can you do it? You can't raise a child responsibly, can you?"
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When I heard these words, I thought my own parents were bloodless ogres.
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I insisted that I would definitely take good care of the puppy, and somehow I managed to get them to agree to raise it.
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Looking back on it now, I realize that my parents' words were right.
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Taking care of a living thing is a hard thing.
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Back then, I felt like I was taking care of them because I was the one feeding them.
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But now I realize that my parents were paying for everything, from the cost of buying food, to the supplies for keeping the dog, to the vaccinations, to the fees when the dog got sick, and so on, and not me.
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I now know this firsthand.
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I now know that firsthand.
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"As you can see, the more you have, the more you eat. ......"
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I got the eggs of a beast of burden from a peddler, and set about the business of breeding them.
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First of all, the first step was successfully completed.
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All five eggs hatched.
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By the way, I and Valkyrie had to inject the magic power separately, but there was no problem in the end.
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Because the eggs that Valkyrie hatched also produced children who looked just like Valkyrie.
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However, their body size might be a little smaller than the one born from the egg I raised.
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But they have the same two reindeer-like horns, muscular body, and beautiful white fur.
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I wonder what happened to the characteristic of the messenger animals that they would have a different ecology if they were raised by another human being.
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It's a subtle head-scratcher, but that's OK.
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But that's okay, because we have a bigger problem than that.
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And by problem, I mean the food supply for the handmaidens.
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It is no small task to feed a total of six animals every day.
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No matter how quickly the hatzkas I raise grow, there is a limit to the number of them.
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I still have a stockpile of food, but at this rate I'm sure to run out of food.
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"In this case, we'll have to cultivate the forest. We have no choice but to cultivate more fields. Let's go, boys!"
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Cue """"""!""""""
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Seeing the decreasing number of hatzkas, I made a decision.
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The field I had built around my hideout in the forest to eat as an emergency ration was not enough.
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If we are going to continue the beast-of-usage business, expanding the farm is a must.
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I stand up and send out a message to the Valkyries.
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And they all squealed in unison in response.
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"No, no, no, no, wait a minute. That's crazy."
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Expanding a field in the forest.
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Normally this would be a very time-consuming task, but I have a track record.
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I soften the soil at the base of a tree in the forest and knock down the tree by its roots.
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Then, the fallen trees are moved, and now, if you [soil preparation] and [soil improvement] are done, you will have a beautiful field.
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Of course, I had intended to use the same method this time as I did last time.
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But as soon as I started the work, I saw something impossible.
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It was magic.
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The beasts had used magic.
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"How can you guys use magic? We haven't even named them yet."
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Yes, I'm surprised that it wasn't Valkyrie who did the magic.
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Valkyrie Junior, who was only a few days old and still growing, was using magic in a normal way.
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Moreover, the lineup is the same as Valkyrie's, but with the same magic for daily life, plus my original magic.
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What does this mean?
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Isn't magic something you learn the moment you are named?
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Could it be that there is a different law for the beast that uses them than for human beings?
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I don't understand it at all.
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But from what I observed, it seems that all of them can use magic in the same way.
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Whether they were born from eggs I hatched by giving them magic power or those raised by Valkyrie, there seems to be no difference in their magic.
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Does this mean that all of their kind that will be born from the eggs of the messenger beasts in the future will be able to use magic in the same way?
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What is this all about?
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For the time being, we may have to wait and see if we can increase the number of them without selling them to peddlers.
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If I find out that all the children to be born in the future can use magic, I will think about it then.
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Faced with this unforeseen situation, I abandoned my thoughts and set about expanding the farm.
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