Chapter 76

After returning from the construction of the store and having a deep sleep, I decided to move some apples from my home's storage to the store.

With a festival coming up in a few days, I needed to stock up on apple juice for it.

I thought about getting help from Sakura and the golems to take out an appropriate amount,

"Now that I think about it, how many floors are filled with just apples...?"

"K-Kind of a lot, huh?"

I never expected that five floors would be filled with apples. I knew that occasionally, red fruits would spill out from the windows of my house.

The golems have been harvesting too much.

"Maybe it was a mistake to set up automatic harvesting for the golems..."

"Taking advantage of the fact that they don't rot, they over-harvested, saying it was for storage."

There's plenty of space, so I've never run out of room.

However, I was mildly shocked by the sheer amount that had accumulated.

"I don't know, it feels like I'm wasting the house, called Sakura."

"No, no, being used as a storage is one of the roles of a house, so it's completely fine."

The house has dozens of floors, including the basement, so it's nice to hear her say that, but it's time to seriously start shaping the house.

"I'm thinking of burying a castle in the ground, and then building a reasonably tall tower on the surface."

"Wow, that sounds great!"

Sakura looks happy, but unfortunately, I can't do it yet.

"It's my construction sense or building ability that's lacking. I can't create the shape of a castle properly..."

"Well, well, that's just like the golems. You'll get used to it as you build more."

Indeed, I've heard that building is a matter of getting used to it. I've gotten used to visualizing it, so the next step is to actually build it.

Recently, I've been busy with the golems, the garden, and expanding the basement, so I haven't had time to work on the house.

"It would be nice to be able to restart soon."

"The best thing is to do it as you like. And when you decide on the shape, please let me help you."

"Sure, I'll ask you then."

However, the priority right now is to deal with this apple paradise.

If I turn them into juice, the consumption rate will increase, and I think it can be resolved quickly.

I don't know how many people from that town will come, so I shouldn't get my hopes up too much. While I was thinking about this and moving the apple crates,

"Master, something is falling from the sky. What should we do?"

"From the sky?"

Looking up, I can see a black dot getting closer.

"Hmm... Well, it's dangerous, so I'll deflect it. — Extend and spread out."

I extended a few trees towards the sky.

The trees spread out like a shield,

"——"

and with a creaking sound, they caught whatever was falling from the sky.

"Master, your defense is quick."

"I noticed it because of Sakura. Well, what is it?"

From the back, it looks like a fairly large object.

I'll retract the trees and lower the fallen object into the garden.

"A rock?"

It was a smooth, gray rock about three meters in diameter.

However, there are some geometric patterns on the surface.

"No, I don't know what it is. I don't have much knowledge about it either."

"It feels metallic, but why would it fall from the sky?"

Maybe a dragon that likes shiny things was carrying it and dropped it for some reason. I looked up, but there were no dragons.

"Is there any dangerous vibe or something?"

"No, nothing. It feels like a shell or truly inorganic. It doesn't seem dangerous for now."

I see, it's not dangerous.

"Could this be the rock that destroyed the rabbits' store?"

"It might be."

"What, the culprit hasn't been caught yet?"

In the end, I'll ask Dianeya what this rock is. It almost hit my apple field.

"Right. How about asking while we're moving these apples?"

"......Ah...... But, that means I have to go to the town during the day."

I don't really feel like going when there are a lot of people.

I've heard that area is lively, and it's hard to move around when it's too lively.

"Should we move it to the night?"

"Yeah. I'll go to the store at night and meet Dianeya if I can."

There's no immediate harm right now.

I'll ask when I have free time.

"Okay, I'll start moving them then!"

"Sure, take your time."

So, while setting the fallen object aside in the garden, we continued with the transportation work.