Chapter 45 – Float Float….Increased!

There is no change in the scenery that can be seen from the wood deck….or at least that’s what I want to say.

I tried blinking several times.

There is no doubt….there’s an angel floating around.

A little further out from the wood deck, near the place where everyone’s training, there’s an angel.

And it’s floating in the air.

The altitude is around 3 meters from the ground.

There is a rope tied around its body to prevent it from flying away.

The end of the rope seems to be firmly held by a one eye.

「Kite flying but with a real angel.」

I unintentionally said what I’m thinking.

I feel it should be someone delicate so, is that okay?

The angel is flying around feeling, flapping its shorthands.

However, its movement is very slow.

Floating, wobbling.

Floating, wobbling.

The wind may have blown it toward the training area….and the rope prevented it.

I see, the purpose of the rope is to prevent it from getting blown away to the training site.

It’s not high but it really looks like a kite.

I can’t see the face of the little angel but I can hear it clapping its hands and laughing so it should be having fun.

Walking in the sky.

It looks a little surreal but it seems to be enjoying itself so I won’t stop it.

「Areh? Come to think of it, where’s the other one?」

There’s only one angle floating.

Judging from its size, it should be the first little angel we protected.

Looking around, I found a little angel who was being held in a place a little away from me.

It looks like it can’t fly yet.

It is raising its arms but its body isn’t floating.

「They can fly before they can walk. Could it be that angels don’t walk?」

The angels I have in mind are children descending from the sky.

The final scene of a famous story.

I’m pretty sure that was in the painting of the church.

….No, that information is not helpful at all.

I left the wood deck and went to the angel that was being carried.

As I get closer, I hear its voice saying “Uuuhhhh”.

It seems to be fretting because it can’t fly.

「One eye, thank you for your hard work. There’s no use in complaining about it. You’ll be able to fly when you get a little older.」

…..probably.

I pat the head of the infant angel a few times as it was making voices of grievances.

Its eyes twinkle and reach out its hand to catch mine.

I gently bring my fingers close to it and it squeezes them tightly and forcefully.

Boom!

「Uwaaaa….what was that?」

An instantaneous pain.

I felt a static electricity-like pain on my fingertips, the one that usually occurred during dry winter.

Did the infant angel feel that pain as well? I panicked but it just stared at me quietly.

It looks like I was the only one who felt the pain.

That’s great.

However, what was it?

I’m pretty sure static electricity only occurs during dry times.

I want to check my fingertips but it is currently being held.

Well, I’m sure it will get bored sooner or later so I only have to wait.

After a while, it cried “Vooooooo!” and then released my finger.

What was that?

Wondering, I checked my fingertip where I felt the pain but there’s nothing.

No burns or scars.

Was it really static electricity?

Well, I don’t seem to be injured so I guess that shouldn’t bother me.

As I was checking my fingertips, I heard a voice above me that seemed to be in a good mood.

When I looked up, I saw the little angel floating.

Looking at it closer, I noticed that its wings had grown a little.

Maybe that’s why it could fly now.

The wings on its back are flapping.

Its arms are flapping too.

I don’t know what it is but I feel a tremendous sense of healing there.

It looked like it was drowning but in midair.

Cute things are cute.

After about five minutes, the floating little angel slowly returned to the arms of the one eye as if tired.

The other infant angel is sleeping.

It seems that the morning walk is over and the angels have returned to the living room, accompanied by the one eyes.

Still, it is interesting to see how angels grow.

For me, it would be the best if they suddenly grew up and started talking to me like a miracle.

….I don’t think that’s ever gonna happen though.

Well, let’s hope that they’ll grow up slowly and healthily.

Well, it’s time for me to start cleaning up what the three idiots left behind.

I’ve spent the last few days relaxing because of everything that’s been going on.

I was about to go a little out of control because of anger so I did something different but experienced some mental shock….

Let’s see, there should be 8 places left, right?

I can’t remember where they were.

I’ll have to look at them again.

But first.

「Absorption stop」

I casted magic to stop the movement of the monster cores that are flying around to absorb divine power.

They were so good that I wouldn’t be able to check the location while they were working.

Last time, as I recall, I had to wait for around an hour before I could look it up.

I guess we’ll have to wait that long this time too.

Come to think of it, the absorbed divine power is supposed to be transferred to the absorbing stone.

Let’s go check to see how much has been collected.

While keeping my eyes on the monster cores that were coming back from the forest, I went to the absorbing stone.

As usual, the field managed by the farming corps is beautiful.

There were weeds but they seemed to be well managed too.

I have heard that vegetables taste better when you put a lot of work into them and I think it’s true.

The vegetables grown by farmers are very delicious.

I think this forest itself is excellent too.

My father told me that the tastes of vegetables depend on the soil.

I guess that means the soil in this forest was suitable for growing vegetables.

We arrived at the absorbing stone, which had grown a little bigger.

However, it’s not as big as when it absorbed the divine power of the pentagram.

That one had swelled up so much that it seemed to burst at the slightest shock.

Holding the absorbing stone in my hand, I examine it for scratches.

If there’s a scratch, it might break from there.

「No problem. So, should I take out the divine power and compress it?」

When the divine power in the absorbing stone is compressed and hardened, it will produce a pearl.

An egg-shaped transparent pearl.

I have already created two of them so this will be the third one.

It’s not as big as when it gathered the divine power of the pentagram so it’s a little smaller this time.

It is very beautiful but it has been neglected because we don’t know its use.

It’s not a good idea to use something that contains a huge amount of divine power.

When god comes, I’ll ask him to take it with him.

I look around the house.

The area around is kept in a really clean condition because the farming corps cleans too.

The one eyes and the farming corps are both mysterious.

I made them though.

It has been a while since I went around the house.

Well, let’s sense divine power now.

「Perception Magic Activate」

An image of the forest floated in my mind.

The forest is too big to see the whole picture but I can see that there are several white glowing areas.

One, two…..9 places.

?

Let’s count again, one, two….9.

It increased!

Seriously?

No matter how many times I look at it, there are 9 white glowing places.

According to the number of places when I first checked, there should only be 8 places left.

「Haa, I guess it can’t be helped. Let’s just do what we can.」

Where’s the nearest place or where was the brightest glow?

Come to think of it, there was a light that gave off an odd feeling.

Last time, there were 5 locations…3 locations.

I have dealt with the two.

Good.

Hnn?

There’s one place where the glow is distinctly different from last time.

And it’s a bit oddly glowing.

Let’s check it out.

I check the area around the light.

We need to find something that we can use as a marking.

「Oh, it’s near a volcano.」

It’s an easy-to-find place.

Volcano….it’s hot but it can’t be helped.

We’ll just have to use magic to protect ourselves.