Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

“I was wondering. Is it okay for a rabbit beastman to dismantle a rabbit monster and eats its meat?”

Noein asked Matilda, who was also biting into the meat in front of him, while biting into the roasted meat of the Demon Rabbit.

After defeating it, the Demon Rabbit was drained of blood, gutted, skinned and the corpse was butchered by Matilda herself.

Considering that she had only ever learned how to dismantle monsters through her knowledge gained from Noein’s books, she did a good enough job.

“With all due respect, Noein-sama, the rabbit beastman and the Demon rabbit have similar ears and legs, but that’s where the similarities end. There is no connection between me and this demon rabbit. Just as there is no connection between humans and goblins, even though they stand and walk in the same manner.”

“… Well, I guess that’s true too. I’m sorry for bringing up such a strange topic, Matilda.”

“No, there is nothing strange about it. Noein-sama.”

It is unknown how or where the beastmen came from. Their origin is said to date back to the Mythical Era.

Some say that the gods mixed man and beast together for fun, while others say that beastmen were the ancestors of humans, and from there, the races branched off to create the humans we know of today.

Either way, beastmen and monsters are far apart. They have nothing in common beyond their appearance. What Noein just said was just a foolish question driven by his curiosity.

After a lunch of the demon rabbit meat, the operation to cultivate the land resumed.

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They cleared the forest and ploughed the fields, securing an area large enough for both Noein and Matilda to live on.

They planted potatoes, onions, beans, leafy greens, and other crops as well.

After that, we just kept cutting down trees to increase the area that can be used for residence. If we cut down to the west or south, we’ll run into the river we found in the start, so we cut down the east and north side from the base.

During the day, I cut down trees to turn them into wood, hunt the occasional monsters that approached us, and at night, heal my body and soul by loving Matilda.

And two weeks have passed that way.

“I should probably go to the Viscount Konitz’s estate to buy some things.”

The rest of the food we had stocked up was getting scarce.

It’ll be three months before we can harvest the crops from the fields and we can’t live on monster’s meat until then.

Even though we were in the forest, we wanted to eat some normal food as well. For that purpose, items such as bread, barley, pickled vegetables, salt, and spices are indispensable.

Therefore, we have to leave the forest and go to the village nearby.

“Noein-sama, what shall we do with the fields? …Shall I stay and watch over it?”

“No, You’ll be in danger if any stronger monster comes nearby. I’m not leaving you here alone. Let’s go to the city together.”

It was almost impossible for large and dangerous monsters to appear in the shallow part of the Great Forest of Bezel, but that could not be said to be absolute.y

Even if large and dangerous monsters don’t appear, for example, if several Demon Rabbits appear, Matilda could very well get injured.

So Noein decided to take Matilda, with him and along with his golems to go shopping, leaving the territory completely unattended.

It would be best if the golems could be left on guard, but one of the few drawbacks is that they can only be operated within Noein’s line of sight and magic range.

I’m not sure if I’d be comfortable leaving my farm unprotected. The cut down wood is lined up acting like a wall to surround the settlement, so I suppose there’s little chance of it being raided by the monsters.

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It took us less than an hour to get out of the Arkvist territory, following the trail we made when we entered the forest.

It took half a day more to go east after leaving the forest.

Noein and the others arrived at Letvik, the capital of the territory of Viscount Konitz, to the east of the frontier.

With a population of about five thousand. It wasn’t a big city, but it wasn’t rural either.

A soldier at the gate stopped Noein and the others and asked them who they were, but when he told him his name, “I’m Baron Noein Arkvist”, the soldier said, “I’m sorry, Sir”, saluted and opened the gate.

It seems that Viscount Konitz has informed the soldiers about Noein’s reclamation of the Great Forest of Bezel in the west.

When Noein and his group entered the city, they attracted a lot of attention.

A well-dressed young man walking around with a beastman with a slave crest carved on her neck, controlling two golems that act like real creatures. There’s no way he wouldn’t stand out.

He must have attracted a lot of attention when he came to the northwest from the southern part of the kingdom and stayed in this city before entering the forest, but it seems that they are still a rare sight for the people of the city.

“Look at that …” “Do you know?” “The Lord of the forest?” ” “I don’t know how they ever thought of cultivating a forest like that.”

Noein walked through the city, receiving stares and words that were mostly curious, partly insulting, but he didn’t seem to mind.

As if proud of her master’s dignified behavior, Matilda followed behind with a proud expression on her face.

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“Welcome to the…Oh, it’s the Baron of the Forest, isn’t it?”

“Hello, Eliza-san”

Noein entered a store near the west gate of the city.

Two weeks ago, I had bought some food here before entering the forest, and the cheerful service of the owner, Eliza, had been so pleasant that I chose to come back to this store.

“I came back today to buy more food. I want you to prepare enough for me and Matilda for three weeks. We would also like to buy barley, salt, herbs, pickled vegetables, cabbage and onions, please.”

“Yes, of course, please sit down and wait…Marco! Help me load the goods into Baron knight’s wagon! And Anna! Serve the Baron his tea!”

She cheerfully replied, giving instructions to her own son and daughter, who were also employees of the store.

Since her husband passed away due to illness, Eliza has been running the store by herself with the help of her children.

The store is quite large for a private store, with several employees in addition to her children, and there are even chairs and tables in the store for meetings with the farmers who supply the products.

As I sat down, Eliza’s daughter Anna, brought me a tray with a wooden cup on it, just as she was instructed.

“Here you go, Baron-sama”

Anna, her brown hair tied back in a bun, sets down the cup of tea with a simple but intelligent look on her face.

She also placed a cup of tea in front of Matilda, a slave, in the same way. This is one of the reasons why Noein came to this store, as she did the same when he visited the store before.

“Thank you, Anna. How old are you now?”

“Yes, I’m seventeen years old now, Baron-sama.”

“I see. That makes you older than me. You help in the store, so I assume you can read, write and calculate?”

“Yes, I’m only able to check for purchases and keep the records…”

While I was drinking tea and conversing with Anna, it seemed they had finished loading the wagon in front of the store.

Marco, Eliza’s son and Anna’s brother, an earnest-looking young man, came to call Noein.

He went outside to check the cargo and Eliza told him the contents and price of the food.

“…It will be a total of two-hundred leburos, if that’s okay?”

“Two-hundred leburos it is then. Here you go.”

Noein puts two hundred-leb silver coins in Eliza’s hand.

“…Yes, I have received the full amount.”

“Thank you again for your help. I’ll be back.”

“Yes, please come again.”

“And if you ever want to move into our territory, you’re welcome to do so, just let us know, okay?”

“Ahahaha! That’s a nice invitation. I’ll think about it.”

Noein says this jokingly, and Eliza answers with a lively smile.

Noein didn’t miss the slight glint in Anna’s eyes as she watched Noein walk away with her mother and brother from behind them.

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