Around noon that same day, after mass-producing Another Mikas.
At the Log House on the Floating Island.
“Umm, let’s see…”
“Fufufu, which one is the Old Maid~?”
Lisia-chan, my adopted daughter, and I were playing Old Maid together.
I haven’t been able to spend much time with her lately, so this is family service.
By the way, the Old Maid members are me, Lisia-chan, and Ferumi, the three of us (two people and one animal).
Ferumi has already finished.
Only Lisia-chan and I are left.
I have two cards left.
Lisia-chan has one. If she draws any card other than the Old Maid from me, she wins.
“Which one should I choose?”
“Umm… let’s see… this one!”
Lisia-chan grabs the Old Maid card.
I activate my ability to turn ideals into reality.
The suit on the card instantly changes.
I altered the design as I wished, creating the ideal playing card.
“Yay! I win!”
“Oh, Lisia-chan is super strong~”
“Ehehehe~♡”
Ferumi sighs and sends a telepathic message.
『…Sister. If you make cards like that, games won’t be fun anymore, will they?』
Certainly, using cards that can be instantly swapped wouldn’t make games enjoyable.
But, well…
Still, I wanted to let Lisia-chan win.
『Even if you let her win, I don’t think Lisia would be happy.』
Well, maybe not. But Lisia-chan is only 10 years old.
Against a 29-year-old me and a super-smart Fenrir, she’s at a disadvantage.
So, it’s a handicap.
『Well, if that’s okay with you, Sister…』
Besides, the Idealization ability can be turned on and off.
I can easily turn them back into normal cards.
『…Really, Sister, your cheating skills are getting more polished. On this floating island, you’re practically invincible.』
Well, yeah.
『Uooooooh! T-This is terrible!』
Feruta stuck his face to the window.
And he seemed panicked.
We stood up and moved to the window.
“What’s wrong?”
『It’s terrible! It’s really terrible!』
“Easy, easy, there, there. So, tell me what’s so terrible?”
Feruta gulped.
He looked very serious. Could it be… did some strong enemy appear?
But if that were the case, Sinri would have told me in advance…
『This mountain… it’s floating in the sky!』
…
…………
…………….Ah.
“Feruta. I explained it to you before, right? About this place.”
After it became the Land of Gods, Ende, I explained the rules here to everyone living on this floating island.
『You did! But I didn’t understand!』
“I see…”
Feruta is a bit of an airhead, isn’t he…?
『Even when you said it started flying when you gave it a name, I didn’t understand!』
“O-oh… I see…”
Yeah, I guess it doesn’t make sense…
『…Feruta, it seems like you didn’t understand not because you couldn’t grasp the situation, but simply because what Mika-nee-san said was incomprehensible.』
Sorry… for being an incomprehensible existence…
『I didn’t think it was really flying! Amazing!』
There’s a Barrier around the floating island, so you can’t fall off the island.
Even if you did fall, you could come back immediately with Greater Teleportation.
So, the children won’t fall and get hurt. It’s a safe and secure design.
『Ah, Fubuki fell.』
“Heyyyyy! Tell me that first!”
That’s dangerous.
And Sinri!
～～～～～～
Sinri: Playing Apex Legends rn, don’t talk to me.
～～～～～～
This useless Home Security Guard is playing games!
“She’s falling! Why didn’t you tell me!”
～～～～～～
Sinri: She’s returning with Greater Teleportation, so it should be fine, right? I didn’t think it was necessary to tell you.
～～～～～～
Seriously, this useless AI.
Doesn’t she know the meaning of communication?
I use Greater Teleportation to go to Fubuki.
She was lying exhausted in front of the Log House.
“Fubuki! Are you okay!?”
Pet sitter Fubuki.
She’s a fox who takes care of the children.
“I thought I was going to die…”
“It’s okay, Fubuki!”
“I could have returned with Greater Teleportation…”
“Even if you die, you can be resurrected right away!”
“…………”
With an exhausted expression, she falls backward.
Fubuki!?
『…Sister. Has your sense of values been bugged recently? When you die, you usually die, right?』
Ah, oh, that’s right, that’s right.
Well, I tend to forget lately, but that’s right.
“I don’t even have the energy to retort anymore…”
By the way, Luciel and Seira-chan are both away right now, so no one will retort.
It’s a little lonely.
“More importantly… Fubuki. What’s wrong? You look exhausted.”
“Recently, that big dog over there has become even more active…”
Certainly, he’s gotten a little bigger again without me noticing.
“He’s been flying around the floating island, and it’s been hard to catch him…”
I see… she’s tired from chasing after Feruta to catch him…
“You must be tired. Are you getting enough rest?”
“…………”
No response. She probably isn’t getting enough rest.
I look at Ferumi.
『…When Sister is away, everyone, including Feruta-niisan, plays around freely. It seems very difficult to control them.』
I see, Fubuki seems exhausted…
“I’m sorry, Fubuki. Okay, I’ll create something good for you.”
With the ability to turn ideals into reality, convenient items are created just by thinking about them.
As I think…
Poof…! A hammock appeared in front of me.
“What is this…?”
“It’s a hammock. Camping gear.”
And it’s not just any hammock.
It’s the ideal hammock.
It’s not the type that hangs from trees.
It’s a self-supporting type that can be hung from both ends of the frame.
“Is this… bedding?”
“That’s right. It’s the ideal hammock.”
I went to the front of the Log House and set up the hammock.
“Come on, Fubuki. Lie down here?”
“Well… I’m a little tired, and I wanted to sleep…”
Fubuki gets on the hammock.
She closes her eyes… and then, she suddenly sits up!
“Fubuki-san, I thought you fell asleep, but you got up right away?”
『What are you trying to do?』
Fubuki stretches and yawns even more.
“I slept well~…”
“Eh? W-What are you saying, Fubuki-san? You got up after sleeping for about a second.”
“What did you say!?”
Fubuki’s eyes widen at Lisia-chan’s words.
“That’s strange. I feel very good, as if I had a good night’s sleep.”
『…Could it be the effect of the ideal hammock?』
As expected of the smart Ferumi.
“That’s right. I call it the [Ideal Hammock]! It achieves eight hours of deep sleep in just one second, truly the ideal hammock!”
When you want to get rid of fatigue quickly, you can sleep here and get eight hours of sleep in one second.
“Wow! Amazing! Mika-okaasama’s hammock~!”
『…How does the principle work?』
Even if you ask me that…
“I don’t know either.”
『…I see.』
Ah, really?
Ferumi-san…?
Aren’t you going to retort…?
『…There’s no point in asking Mika-nee-san, the embodiment of incomprehensibility, for logic.』
“Y-yeah…”
You could retort more fiercely or be more surprised, you know…?
“Thank you, Master. With this, I can work hard.”
“Yeah, yeah, I’m glad. Feel free to use it. You can sleep more, you know?”
“No, I have enough sleep.”
“Oh, is that so… Fwaaa…”
It’s warm, and I’m starting to feel sleepy.
“Can I use it too?”
“Aren’t you the one who made it in the first place?”
“I guess so. Then just for a little bit…”
I get on the hammock and sleep.
Sleep…
Sleep…………
Sleep…………….Goo……..
“How long are you going to sleep…!”
Huh! When I woke up, it was completely dark around me.
Huh…?
“How many hours did I sleep?”
“Eight hours!”
Oh, so it was just one second.
“No! You slept for eight hours in this time!”
…………What?
What are you saying, Fubuki…?
『…Sister. That hammock lets you get eight hours of sleep in one second of reality, right? Sister slept for eight hours in reality.』
…Huh?
Ah, really…?
Wait, wait. That means…
“I… ended up sleeping a lot…?”
Because one second in reality becomes eight hours of sleep (that is, 28800 times).
I actually slept for eight hours in that state… so… in terms of experience… ummm…
『…In terms of experience, you slept for 230,400 hours.』
Two hundred and thirty thousand hours…?
Um, let’s see… if I slept for 240,000 hours.
Since there are 24 hours in a day…
Ten thousand days!? In terms of experience, I slept for 27 years!?
“I certainly slept too much…”
“You slept for 27 years straight and feel nothing…?”
“? Not really.”
More like, ah, I slept well.
“…Your sense of time has completely become that of a God.”
‘…Sis, your sense of time is the same as long-lived races like elves.’
Y-yeah, you’re right… I-I see… That’s true. Normal people can’t sleep for 27 years straight…
‘Sis… you’ve really become a God, haven’t you?’
“This is beyond amazing, it’s terrifying…”