34 - commander of Patra






"You can take that over there. Oh, Mr. Warren, that would be so helpful. Can I ask you to go that way?



"Yes, Patra, I'll take care of it."



 Back in the village, the villagers and gargoyles were working under Patra's direction.

 Patra's talent is too great.



 Since there was no inn for adventurers in the village, Patra and the village chief had been planning to build one.



 The lumber is cut by Lucky and put together by Mr. Gargoyle, so there is no cost. Mr. Gargoyle was cooperating in the construction, but Patra seemed to be doing the designing.



 As might be expected from someone who has built a dungeon in a box garden by themselves.



"Chief, the adventurers who just happened to come by hunted down all the goblins, so there's no need to be afraid anymore.



"Really? Are you sure? Did you exterminate the goblins from the swamps in the green garden?

 The swamp in the green garden the chief was referring to was the new green dungeon we had visited.



 When we first went to the village chief's house, he showed us a map.

 At that time, I knew that it was actually the same place, but with a different name.



 The map that the chief had was a little old and had the names of the swamps on it.

 With this, the chief's request to kill the goblins and the food shortage were solved.



 Now all we have to do is to have the chief go to King's Landing every day to sell the cavets, and we can start cultivating them. Of course, if there is another specialty, that would be fine too.



 Cabbages are difficult to grow, but once you get used to it, you will have no problem.

 Now if only the giant caterpillars don't target our fields.



 However, since there are so many Cavetes growing wild in this area, it seems unlikely that there are any demons that would devour Cavetes nearby.



 I also need to fix the broken parts of the village walls. At first I was going to make it out of wood, but the orange-antes got carried away and made the fence out of dungeon stones.



 It was made so sturdy that it would be difficult to rebuild it, but since it had been expanded to about twice the size of the existing village site, it should be fine for the time being.



 With such a large area, it would be possible to keep a demon cow in the village.



 However, when I touched the fence, it didn't move at all. If a demon were to run into it head first, its head would surely cave in.

 Are you going to build a fortress?



 After that, I wanted to look around the village and give some advice, but I had nothing to do because Patra was leading most of the time and moving things efficiently.



"Patra, do you have something to do?"

"Dad, ...... take me on your shoulders."

"Hi."



 Patra was still in the mood to be spoiled and asked me to give her a ride on my shoulders.

 The orange-antes who saw this abandoned their work and started to climb on my body.



 They've been working all day and they need a break.

"Patras have been working all day, let's take a break."



 I agree. I want to give something back to the patras. We should also offer something to the villagers to take away the fatigue.



"Is Patras still in charge after this?"

"Well... I think we're almost done. I think we can ask the villagers to take care of the rest.



"Well then, I guess I'll just slip out for a bit and look for some goodies for the others."

"Sure! I'll be there!



 The other orange-antes came to look at me.

"Sure, let's go together!

 The other Orange Clients give me high-fives and raise their hands in my direction.



 I give them a high-five too, and they look very happy to see me.

 Well, I believe there are bananas planted in the forest near the dungeon.



 Last time I came here, I made a pie with it and Isaac threw it at my face.

 I thought sweet things made everyone feel better, except Isaac.



"Lucky, can you do me a favor?"

--Yes.

 Patra and I ride Lucky to Banana's place.



 Banana is a dungeon and it would take quite a long time to get there on foot, but with Lucky's help, we were there in no time at all.



 The bananas were just ripe and colored.

 I peeled one for Patra.



 Patra was comparing my face with the banana, which she had never seen before, but when she took a bite, she looked so happy.



"Dad, these are so sweet!

"I know it is!"

 I gave some to the other orange-antes and they were all happy to eat them.



--This yellow one is delicious. I've never tasted it before.

"Let's take some to Shannon and the others so they can eat them too. I'm going to bring some more to Skybird.



 When I entered the box yard, Skybird was hard at work warming the 10 wyvern eggs I had just put in.



"Are they going to hatch?"

 Skybird nodded in agreement with my question.



 It must be hard to take care of 10 eggs that are bigger than you are.




 Well, it's best to let the skybirds do what they want to do even if they're not born.



 I've got one of them sitting in a box all the time.



"Here's a sweet fruit called banana, if you'd like to try it."

 Skybird perches on my shoulder and rubs her cheek in a gesture of affection.



 I set aside a bunch for Skybird and went back to Patra and the others.

 I'm going to make banana pie for you.