My name is Dariel.
　I am a man of many things.

　After a lot of troubles, I am currently the head of a remote village in the village of Lax.
　In other words, I am the village chief.

　The Bashbursa Rebellion, which had been causing a stir in my neighborhood until recently, is finally over, and peace has just returned to the village.
　There is still work to be done on the reconstruction of the Mithril Mine, which was destroyed by that idiot Bashbirza.
　However, I can say that things have generally returned to normalcy.

　I'll concentrate on my job as village chief and spend my days on a steady basis.

　Morning.
　It's a refreshing way to start the day, and I'm off to work.

"Take care of yourself.

　It's Malika who answers the door to see me off.
　She's the woman who led me to this Lax village, and now she's my beloved wife.

'Please come home early today. Dinner is your favorite stew.
All right. I'll be home as soon as I can.

　We exchange a 'I'm going to go' kiss on the way out.
　Lips to lips.

'......
................

　They kept their stance in silence for a few dozen seconds.

　It's a good thing that they've been kissing each other for so long that my breath, Grandma, who is holding my chest, slaps my mother's body in turn as if to say, 'Well, that's all right.

　It's true that we can't stay like this forever, so we parted our lips and.......

''Well, I'm going to go...''
Have a good day.

　This is how I went out.

　Whenever I experienced this kind of commute, I remembered the days of my former employer, the Demon King's Army.

　When I was serving in the Demon King's Army, I was in a very unbalanced state, with a "Position: Assistant to the Four Heavenly Kings" and a "Rank: Dark Soldier", and my room was the crudest room in the barracks according to my rank.

　In an octopus room without even privacy, he would sleep and wake up with the other lowest-ranking soldiers, eat breakfast alone, and go to work alone.

　Compared to those days, what a full life I have now.
　It was such a warm thing to have someone to see me off!

　I went to work, feeling the beauty of having a family.

　The village head doesn't normally come to work every day because of his job.
　His main job is to listen to the complaints of the villagers and put them together.

　Where does a village chief like that sometimes go in the morning?

　He would go to the reclaimed farmland on the outskirts of the village.
　The plan for today was to check the progress of the reclamation work.

The plan for today was to see how the reclamation work was going. Oh, Mr. Mayor, thank you for coming...!
Good luck with your work.

　I had a conversation with an old man wielding a hoe in the clearing.

'How's your progress?'
The soil has grown up a lot, you know. With this kind of soil, we'll be able to start sowing next spring.

　We've been expanding the farmland in our LUX village since I became mayor.
　We want to increase our village's production.

　To increase the amount of food we produce. The more food we can produce, the more food we can provide for the inhabitants.

　The village of Laks is currently undergoing great development and expansion.

　The Mithril Mine is located just beyond our village.

　Until recently, this important facility had been under the control of the demon tribe, but for some reason, the humans have taken over the mine.
　Our village has become an important route for distributing the mithril produced in the area, and what used to be a desolate area has rapidly become a bustling place.

　In order to distribute and process mithril, and to support the population, which had increased dramatically over the past year, food security was an urgent issue.

　In fact, the reason why the village has been so busy since I became the new mayor is because of the rapid development of the village due to the revival of the mithril mine.

　The previous village chief's father-in-law, Malika's father, was also....

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of it. But when Dariel took over, it was good timing.

　.........

　It's inevitable that the development of Lax Village has made the job of village chief a difficult one, and I've decided to work as hard as I can for the village that has become my second home.

　.........
　Well.

　The retaking of the Mithril mine, which was the cause of my hard work, was partly triggered by me.

　It's like I'm making myself the reason why I'm so busy.....

　An old friend of mine who came to visit the other day, Rizzet, asked me, 'Dariel, do you have to be busy all the time?' I was once pointed out to me that.

　........was I born with a destiny to be busy everywhere I go after all?

　Oh well, that's okay.

　In that case, why don't we get busy with making Lax Village more prosperous?

　I want to repay the Lax Village for giving me a new place to live.

　To make it a more prosperous and livable village.

Village chief, village chief...!

　As I was feeling self-conscious about my enthusiasm, I was approached by a villager who was working on the land.

He said, "You've come all this way to inspect the site, so please take some vegetables with you, if you like.
The fields we reclaimed earlier have already started to yield some crops. I'm going to give some of it to the chief to eat...!

　With that said, a lot of leeks, potatoes, turnips, and spinach were stuffed into the woven basket presented to us.
　So much variety, so much quantity!

No, no, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for taking all this...?

　I was puzzled and wanted to decline, but....

Take it. There's no way I can ever repay you, Mr. Mayor...
''It's because of the mayor that the village, which I thought would disappear in the near future, has become so bustling with activity...!
My son, who went to work for a living, has recently returned. He's earned enough money in the village now.
It was all thanks to the chief.

　He was swarmed by a group of old men and women who were engaged in cultivation work.

'....Okay, I understand. Then we'll just take the vegetables without reservation.

　If everyone in the village is happy, I'm happy too.

　I'll take this gift as a token of everyone's shared joy.

''Oh, village chief........''

　I lifted the basket with vegetables so that the old man could add more.

'Please take these too, sir.'

　He handed it to me saying....

'Garlic?'
You're going to run out of steam. The young chief will need it.

　No, I'm already past thirty, so it's about time my strength started to fade.......
　

Thank you. I'll take one as well.

　When I received the garlic, I received yet another........

''Village chief!　You can't take this with you!

　And then they handed it to me as if I was being pushed around.

　I wondered what was handed to me, but it was a fish basket woven of wisteria vine.
　What's that rustling inside?

Does that mean...?

　I looked inside and found a fish in it.
　It's a fish basket, so it's only natural that there are fish in it, but this guy was running amok inside.......
　And the fish inside is.........?

'Eels?'
Unagi is the most accurate fish. Eat it for dinner or something!
Oh, thank you...!

　I've already received it, and I can't not receive more, so I'll take it.

　........but.
　Isn't there some kind of law in the gift?

　Garlic. Eels.
　Both of which are touted in the buildup of power or...!

Chief, please accept this one too!
It's a yam!　I dug it up from the mountain!
I got some Spoons!　We've got life blood!
I made some spirits!　Chief, by all means, drink this before going to bed!
"I roasted a newt for you, Chief!

　What do you say...!
　Are you guys trying to double my energy?

　I can only assume that's what you tend to do when you look at your gift repertoire.
　Why on earth?

Why are you confused, Chief? You've only just had your first baby.
We're still kind of newlyweds, so it's a bit early to take a breather, don't you think?
In order to increase the population of the village, we need the Mayor and his wife to take the lead on this...

　Saying that, the villagers gave some lowly smile.

　.........These guys are urging me and Marika to produce a second person as soon as possible!
　Implicitly!

　In order to live up to the expectations of the villagers, I think I'll start working on it tonight.
　Peace.