“Well then, I’ll set up the Goddess Statue now.”
Lisia-chan, the lord of the territory, explained the Goddess Statue to Luciel and the other Half-Elves.
“An automatic Barrier deployment device just by setting it up!? Does such a thing really exist…?”
“Yes! It’s absolutely amazing!”
She took out the Goddess Statue crafted by Grandpa da Vinci from the box and began to set it up.
“Just watch, Luciel-san! Mika-sama’s incredible Barrier is going to spread out right now! Look, it’s going to go ‘whoosh’!”
Silence…
“Huh…?”
Lisia-chan tilted her head in confusion. What could be going wrong?
Curious, I decided to investigate using the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
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Reasons the Goddess Statue is not activating:
→ The activation of the Goddess Statue requires the faith of its believers.
The Half-Elves worship a different God, so the Goddess Statue does not activate.
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So the Goddess Statue requires faith in the God (me). That explains why it activated in Averell, where Lisia-chan and the Twilight Dragon were present.
“Do you and the others worship any God?”
“Yes. The Elf tribe are followers of the Forest Goddess.”
“The Forest… Goddess?”
“She is a benevolent goddess who bestows blessings upon the forest.”
Now that I think about it, there are quite a few gods in this world. But the Forest Goddess, huh… I wonder what she’s like. Well, that’s something to ponder later.
“It seems the Goddess Statue won’t activate if you believe in a different God.”
“Then… does that mean the Barrier won’t activate in the Town of Mateo…?”
Now, what should we do? We need to protect the townspeople from monsters without using the Barrier device.
Should we create a Barrier using Holy Ash? That would last for a few months… but on the flip side, it means we would have to sprinkle Holy Ash every few months.
Once you know the convenience of a Goddess Statue that automatically constructs a Barrier, though…
“If only we had a Monster-Repelling Sachet right now…”
Luciel muttered softly.
“A Monster-Repelling Sachet?”
“It’s a special pouch that emits a fragrance to repel monsters, which used to exist in the Dead End Territory a long time ago.”
“Such a thing exists? So it used to exist… does that mean it doesn’t anymore?”
“Yes… It seems the method of making it was lost long ago.”
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Reasons the Monster-Repelling Sachet was lost:
The Barrier created by the Great Mage Averell protected the citizens of Dead End Territory.
As the necessity for the sachet diminished, the makers and the method were ultimately lost.
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“Well, if you look it up on the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet), the recipe will pop right up.”
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Recipe for the Monster-Repelling Sachet:
→ The necessary materials are as follows:
– Blue Moon Grass
– Divine Beast fur
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Divine Beast fur, huh…
“Ugh, where on earth would I find such a rare thing as Divine Beast fur!?”
“There is a way.”
“What…!? What do you mean!?”
“Come here, Roomba-chan.”
From the box, Roomba appeared.
“Wha-what is this!?”
“This is a Magic Doll (Golem).”
“Th-this is a Magic Doll (Golem)!?”
Roomba, the Magic Doll (Golem), was on a mission to gather fur. It then released the fluffy fur it had collected outside.
My pets, especially the long-haired ones, shed fur like crazy. Thanks to Roomba, the inside of my house is clean, though.
I collected the fur from Roomba.
“Here you go, Divine Beast fur.”
Luciel squatted down and picked up a tuft of fur. Her eyes widened in surprise.
“Th-this is real…! I can’t believe there’s so much fresh Divine Beast fur…!”
“You recognized it as real right away.”
“The Holy Magic contained in this fur is undoubtedly from a Divine Beast…!”
So you can tell just by looking at the magic power (not that I care).
“W-where did you get so much fur…?”
“It’s a trade secret.”
“Ugh…! That’s way too suspicious!”
There were several Roombas, and I took them out to gather more fur.
“Divine Beast fur aside… Blue Moon Grass. That’s going to be difficult to gather!”
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Blue Moon Grass:
→ A special blue flower that emits purifying Divine Energy.
It only blooms in pure places where humans do not reside.
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…Wait, huh?
“What’s wrong, Mika-okaasan?”
“I just looked up this Blue Moon Grass on the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet)…”
The screen displayed a beautiful blue flower. Its heart-shaped petals were quite distinctive.
“I’ve seen this before.”
I think I had it displayed on the table.
“That can’t be! Blue Moon Grass only grows in pure places where humans do not reside!”
“I’ll go take a look.”
Using Greater Teleportation, I returned home. I headed to the vegetable garden in front of the Log House.
The Vegetable Familiars were watering the garden.
“Everyone, can I ask you something?”
The Vegetable Familiars gathered around.
“Didn’t we have flowers like this?”
I showed them the picture of Blue Moon Grass I found on the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
They nodded and led me to the back of the Log House.
“Here it is! Blue Moon Grass!”
A whole bunch of blue flowers were blooming abundantly. That’s right. I remember seeing them when I was picking strawberries.
“But when did we grow Blue Moon Grass?”
““““…………””” Huh?”
The Familiars tilted their heads in confusion. Hmm, I guess I’ll look it up on the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
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Reasons Blue Moon Grass is growing:
→ Tomato-kun planted the flowers for Mika, to make her happy.
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“Tomato-kun… Nice job!”
Tomato-kun hopped onto my shoulder. I patted his shiny head.
“By the way, you prepared a flowerbed for me.”
In addition to Blue Moon Grass, various other flowers were blooming. Each one was vibrant and beautiful.
It seemed he had picked them from somewhere and planted them to enrich my heart, living here.
Leaving the rest to the Vegetable Familiars, I returned to the Town of Mateo.
“I’m back! I found Blue Moon Grass!”
I took out the flowers I had picked from home and showed them to the two.
“W-w-wait, this can’t be happening!?”
Luciel’s expression was one of shock.
“Is that… Blue Moon Grass!? I can’t believe it! This purifying magic power… it must be Blue Moon Grass!”
It seems I was right. Since I checked the real thing on the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet), there’s no way I could be wrong.
“But Blue Moon Grass was supposed to be extinct! Where did you get it!?”
“My house.”
“It’s a trade secret.”
“That’s way too suspicious!!”
I can’t deny that.
“Well, with this, it seems we can make the Monster-Repelling Sachet. Here’s the recipe.”
“But why do you know the recipe that was supposed to be lost!?”
“It’s a trade secret.”
“Ughhhhhh!”
This girl is amusing. Making the sachet itself is simple. Just stuff the materials into a cloth pouch.
I bought a pouch for the sachet on KAMIZON and filled it.
“Alright, it’s complete.”
Looking at the Monster-Repelling Sachet I made, Luciel sighed.
“Indeed, I can feel a strong power to repel evil magic from this…”
“Great! Then that solves our problem.”
All we need to do is place these around the town… Wait, huh? Luciel is glaring at me.
What’s going on?
“What’s wrong?”
“You… are way too suspicious.”
Well, I guess that’s true. Even I think my identity is pretty shady at this point.
“I appreciate you for making the Monster-Repelling Sachet. However! The fact that everything about you is unknown is just too suspicious!”
Just as I was pondering what to do, a bright light suddenly shone down from above.
“Mika~~~~~~~~~~~~!”
A woman with wings and glasses descended from the sky and hugged me.
“Oh, it’s Morrigan. Long time no see.”
“It’s been a while! I finally managed to get some time off, so I came to visit!”
Morrigan nuzzled against me. Did she really want to see her friend that badly?
“Oh…!”
Luciel trembled and pointed at Morrigan.
“T-the Forest Goddess…!?”
…Wait, what? The Forest Goddess…?
“Who?”
“I’m talking about Morrigan-sama!”
Morrigan is the Forest Goddess revered by the Half-Elves?
Lisia-chan suddenly knelt down.
“I deeply apologize…!!!!!!!”
Lisia-chan spoke to me.
“I had no idea you were acquainted with our Forest Goddess, Morrigan-sama! I sincerely apologize for my rudeness!!!!!!!”
Now that I think about it, these kids are followers of Morrigan. That’s why they’re apologizing to me, who seems to know a God.
“It’s fine, I don’t mind.”
“Ah, now it all makes sense! If they are under the God’s command, then acquiring such rare items would be a piece of cake!”
Well, that works out better for me, so let’s just go with that.
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