【☆★Announcement★☆】
There is a very important announcement written in the afterword.
I would be delighted if you could read until the end.
“Lisia-sama! Please step away! That woman is… indeed suspicious!”
Luciel glares at me, her eyes filled with distrust.
I understand her feelings. After all, I’ve brought something as bizarre as a road roller into this world.
In less than a day, the trees of the forest have completely vanished, and the path is now paved.
“My mother is not a suspicious person!”
Lisia-chan stands in front of me, arms outstretched in defense.
“She’s very kind and a good person!”
Lisia-chan is such a good child… If I were in Luciel’s position, I would have called the authorities without hesitation.
The reason Luciel isn’t attacking is likely due to her deep trust in Lisia-chan.
Just then, a loud growl echoes through the air.
“Ah…”
Luciel suddenly drops to her knees. Upon closer inspection, her complexion is quite pale.
I check Luciel’s condition using the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
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Luciel
【Race】Half-Elf
【Level】20
【Condition】Hungry (Extreme)
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“A Half-Elf…?”
“!? Y-you…! How did you know!”
Luciel tries to stand but ends up crouching down again. Lisia-chan rushes over to her in a panic.
“Y-you shouldn’t, Luciel-san! You’re hungry, aren’t you?”
“Y-yes…”
I had thought she was an elf, but it turns out she’s a Half-Elf. And she lives in a forest like this.
If I recall correctly, I’ve heard that elves reside in a place across the sea called Anemosgeave.
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Luciel’s Circumstances
→ Everyone living in the Town of Mateo is a Half-Elf.
This town accepts Half-Elf refugees.
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Half-Elf
→ A hybrid of Elf and Human.
They are despised by pure-blooded elves and treated as impostors by humans.
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Lisia-chan and her parents seem to be kind people (or so it appears), which is why they accepted the Half-Elf refugees. However, since they cannot live outside the forest, they reside in the forest of Mateo…
I can’t help but feel sorry for the Half-Elves in this town, including Luciel. I want to help them.
After all, this is my daughter Lisia-chan’s territory.
In other words, they are family. I want Luciel and the other Half-Elves to be able to smile.
“Luciel, can you eat this?”
I pull out a jelly drink I purchased from KAMIZON and offer it to her.
“W-what is this…?”
“It’s jelly. It’s delicious.”
“Jelly…?”
I guess jelly doesn’t exist here. Well, the civilization level is medieval, after all. I open the cap of the jelly drink and push it towards Luciel’s mouth.
“Just suck it in.”
“Mmmph!”
Not working? Here goes nothing. I squeeze the pouch tightly.
With a slurp, the jelly is forced into her mouth.
“!?”
“How is it? Sweet and delicious, right?”
It’s a muscat-flavored jelly drink. At first, she hesitated, but soon she started sucking it down eagerly.
Before long, the drink was gone.
“Phew…! Ahh…”
“Feeling a bit fuller now?”
“…Ah. That was a strange food. I’ve never had anything like it before.”
I figured as much. I reach out to Luciel.
“Let’s go to the town. There are other hungry elves, right?”
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Food Situation in the Town of Mateo
→ The surrounding forest is filled with monsters, making it difficult to gather food.
Lisia has been providing food aid to help them survive.
However, recently, the barrier of the Town of Mateo was broken, and monsters began to attack.
Their food supplies were destroyed, and they could not seek help from outside, leaving them in a dire situation.
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I conveyed all this information from the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet) to Luciel.
“W-why do you know our situation so accurately!?”
I refrain from saying, “Because I’m a God.” They wouldn’t believe me anyway.
“I’m sorry…”
Lisia-chan looks dejected. As a lord, she must be regretting her inability to sense the crisis facing her people.
“It’s not Lisia-sama’s fault! It is our… Half-Elf weakness that is to blame…”
According to the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet), Half-Elves possess lower magical power than pure-blooded elves and have less magic power within them.
“Well, let’s put that problem aside for now. The priority is to feed our hungry kin, right?”
“……………You’re right.”
So, we arrived at the Town of Mateo…
“Wow… This is terrible…”
Buildings were crumbling everywhere. Injured people lay on the ground.
“It’s the work of monsters, isn’t it? Even with the outer walls?”
“Yeah… We can’t prevent aerial incursions.”
It seems the barrier created by the Great Magus Averell has now vanished. (According to the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet))
“Many injured, but no fatalities… They did well.”
I suspect Luciel and the others fought hard to repel the monsters. But… there are far too many injured.
“What should we do, Mother? We have two problems: treating the injured and feeding the hungry…”
“We can do both at the same time.”
I pull out the Vegetable Familiars from the box.
“You all, gather the injured in one place.”
“““…………!””” Bishii!
The Vegetable Familiars scatter, rushing to the Half-Elves who are injured and unable to move. They are startled to realize their bodies are floating.
(Familiars can only be seen by gods and those similar to them.)
In the meantime, I use Greater Teleportation to return to the Log House.
“Caro-chan, all set.”
“…………” Oh.
I had sent a message ahead. Asking her to prepare everything.
“Seiran.”
“Kyuu!”
Seiran approaches me.
“Thanks for your help.”
“Kyuu-kyuu!”
Thud, splash, clatter…
“Alright, it’s done. Now to store it in the box.”
I use Greater Teleportation once more to return to the Town of Mateo.
“W-wait a minute… You’ve been disappearing and reappearing… You’re not… a user of teleportation magic, are you…?”
Luciel stares at me in astonishment.
“Well, well, let’s save that for later. More importantly, Luciel, can you help distribute the food?”
“Distributing food…?”
I take out a table from the box, placing a portable stove and a pot on top.
I pop the lid open.
“W-what is that smell…?”
“It smells really good…”
Inside was filled with soup, containing soft vegetables and sausages in a pot-au-feu.
Grrr… My stomach growls from all around.
I pour the soup into bowls.
I approach the injured Half-Elves lying in the rescue tent (purchased from KAMIZON).
I crouch down next to a nearby Half-Elf.
“Here, eat this. It’ll make you feel better.”
“Ah, thank you…”
This Half-Elf was also injured. Her left leg was missing.
I scoop some pot-au-feu with a spoon and feed it to her.
“Delicious!”
Her complexion improves immediately after just one bite. I hand her the spoon, and she starts eating vigorously on her own.
“What is this!? It’s so good! The salt is just right… it’s amazing!”
Around her, the other Half-Elves swallow hard.
“Lisia-chan, Luciel, let’s split up and feed the pot-au-feu to everyone.”
“Yes!” “Alright.”
We take turns serving the pot-au-feu. The color returns to the faces of the Half-Elves present.
“Whoa! W-what is this!?”
The first Half-Elf I fed exclaims in shock.
“!? My leg… My missing left leg is back!?”
Luciel looks in the direction of the Half-Elf who was supposed to be injured. He was standing on his own two feet.
A new leg had grown from where he had lost it.
“W-what’s happening!?”
“It’s because you ate this pot-au-feu!”
“What!? Did you put something in the pot-au-feu!?”
“Well, the broth used in this pot-au-feu is made with Azure Dragon’s Water.”
The essence of all things, Azure Dragon’s Water. It has the same effect as a complete recovery potion (Elixir) when used unprocessed.
By using Azure Dragon’s Water in the pot-au-feu, we can fill their bellies while also healing their injuries.
Gasps of astonishment and cries of joy erupt all around. In no time, the treatment and food supply were complete.
“Wow! This is delicious! I’ve never had such flavorful pot-au-feu before!”
Lisia-chan is enjoying the leftover pot-au-feu.
The fluffy potatoes and crispy sausages pair perfectly. The slightly salty broth is a personal triumph.
Luciel bows her head to me.
“Thank you for your help.”
“There’s no need for thanks. You are my people, my comrades. When times are tough, we help each other, right?”
I felt that Luciel’s wariness towards me was beginning to fade.
【☆★Announcement★☆】
Due to popular demand, we have started a serialized version!!
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【Serialized Version】 The Incompetent Noble Lady, Married Off as a Substitute to the “Demon of the Far East” – “I was told by my parents to die in place of my sister, so I decided to leave home. But the people at my new home are all kind, and I am happy.”
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