[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-899":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Isekai Nonbiri Nouka",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1395354,1848,"Chapter 899: Mysterious House?","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-899",899,"\u003Cp>Shirukine-san had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked like she had something to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Ehto… first of all, that beast?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirukine-san glanced at the young beast, curled up in the corner of the Mereo enclosure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a cub from the local territorial beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it would be a problem if the Mereo enclosure got attacked again like this, I planned to have it work as a guard. For now, it was on standby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were the Big Tree Village, I could make the decision on my own, but since Shirukine-san was managing this place, I had to defer to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Beezel couldn’t grant permission on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Is it going to live here?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, I’ll have it stay a little farther away, so it won’t be in plain sight most of the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also said there was no need to worry about food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, it would manage that on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「What about compensation?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, its main reason for doing this is as an apology, so I’m fine with it being free…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But making it work for nothing doesn’t sit right with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll figure out some form of payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「And what about us?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When danger comes, I’ll have it fight alongside you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, if someone tries to hunt the beast, I’d like you to stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if the beast causes trouble, I’ll take responsibility for dealing with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「…Understood. Bee-kun… My husband told me that a male Mereo would be staying here. So this beast will serve as its guard, then.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That helps a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Next… well, it seems like the facilities have changed a bit?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just reinforced the defensive walls around the Mereo enclosure and repaired some of the damaged structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The materials were leftovers from when I made Hakuren’s pack saddle, so it wasn’t much trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, and I dug two new wells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water supply will come from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the power of the AFT.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, over there, I set up a small field for the Mereo and Net Turtles’ food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I wouldn’t call that ‘small’…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t think it’s that big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About the size of two of my mansions in the Big Tree Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that big?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it couldn’t be helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Mereo and Net Turtles need space to move around and tend to the field themselves, I left wide gaps between the trees, which made the field larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be difficult to ask the caretakers to maintain it on top of everything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Mereo and Net Turtles will be the ones eating the crops, they should take care of them too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It won’t be ready this year, but by next year or the year after, they should be able to harvest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, before I built the wells and fields, I got permission from the caretakers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the wells were their request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Ehto… Can the Mereo and Net Turtles really take care of a field?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They said they would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re determined to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirukine-san nodded with a smile, then headed toward Beezel, who had come to pick her up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, she’s hugging Beezel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re so lovey-dovey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to ask Shirukine-san about the information she gathered in the forest, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess I’ll wait until later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hakuren, the young beast, and I moved to a location a bit farther from the Mereo enclosure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was to build a home for the young beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We decided on a spot while listening to the young beast’s preferences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wanted a cave, but since we couldn’t find a suitable one, we decided to dig one ourselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the AFT, it was a simple task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, I cut down some trees on a suitable slope and turned them into lumber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, I quickly dug into the exposed slope…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Might as well make it a bit bigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young beast will grow into a full-sized one eventually, and it might even find a partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, and it would be better to have a water source nearby, so I’ll dig around here…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It said it could handle its own food, but having some fruit-bearing trees wouldn’t hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll plant a few—maybe a few dozen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, more would be better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Village Chief. It seems the cave floor should be a little harder.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hnn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, then—I’ll tamp it down with the hammer function of the AFT.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How about this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Looks good.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, why is the young beast relaying its requests to me through Hakuren?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was speaking to me directly just a while ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It says talking to the god who reshapes the land is too frightening.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god who reshapes the land… is that supposed to be me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m just a normal human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「A normal human wouldn’t reshape a forest this much in such a short time.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the young beast saw me working at the Mereo enclosure, didn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it a little late for this reaction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It thought it was easy for you because that was human land.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just don’t be too formal with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it may make me look arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I’ve set up most of the environment, but is there anything else missing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t hold back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, I see—you want that small hill leveled to improve visibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Got it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hnn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I was leveling the small hill, something emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a man-made stone structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Could it be an old house?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Digging further, I uncovered a well-built house—not exactly new, but still intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like the kind of home where an elderly couple might have lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden roof showed no signs of rot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly enchanted with magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did something happen that caused it to be buried?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Aren’t you going in?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>W-Well… even if the house itself is protected by magic, the people inside… you know…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the trees growing around the hill, it’s obvious that this house didn’t just get buried yesterday or the day before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least a hundred, maybe two hundred years must have passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t mind seeing the remains of hunted animals, but I have no desire to see human remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Hmm… then should I just burn the house down with my breath?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There might be valuable items inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「A normal house wouldn’t have anything like that.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t look like the kind of place where treasures would be hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if we burned it from the outside, we’d at least be able to see what was inside….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「My breath wouldn’t leave anything behind, you know… Ah! How about I breathe fire through the chimney? That way, it’ll burn from the inside, and we won’t have to see anything.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was indeed a chimney… and surprisingly, it wasn’t blocked by dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another sign of magic at work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「So, what’s the plan?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Alright, let’s do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Okay」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Hakuren replied, the house’s door suddenly swung open from the inside—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「You will do no such thing!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A short elderly woman stormed out, gripping a broom in one hand, shouting in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alive….no, I mean, someone’s living here after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirukine: 「I had heard the rumors, but this defies common sense…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beezel: 「Welcome to our world. There’s no turning back now.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Village Chief: 「I really don’t want to see a corpse.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Beast: 「Then maybe you just shouldn’t look when she breathes fire?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Village Chief: 「If I don’t watch, Hakuren will sulk.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hakuren: 「Ehehe.」\u003C\u002Fp>",1254,"2026-06-05T23:08:36.483Z",1,"novelbin.me","33eadbc8728c08c41129832a3447f034261cfbc8a619100bd3cee54eedf4bfe4","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-900","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-898",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]