The Disenchanted Summoner – Chapter 63

“Hey, Kenta. Can we come to the farm village with you today?”

It had been a while since we started making rice paddies in the former Lindor village and began improving the rice varieties. Meileen asked me that.

“Sure, you can.”

When she said “we,” she meant Leon, Yulia, and Aira too.

Leon and Aira had recently started toddling around, and it was about time I took them to a new place to play.

“H-hey, Maya-san! What we’re doing isn’t playing, you know!?”

Nara-kun complained to me for immediately agreeing to Meileen’s request, but…

“It’s half playing anyway. Nara-kun just wants to eat delicious rice, that’s all.”

He’s not even trying to make a business out of it.

So, it’s a hobby.

And a hobby is half playing.

“Ugh, well, that’s true, but…”
“My Lord Mitsuhiko, I would like to go as well. I want to know what you do on a daily basis.”
“Of course, you can. Then, let’s all go to the village today.”

Hey.

You agreed immediately too.

Well, if your woman asks you, you’d agree right away.

“Ivern is going too, so get ready quickly!”
“Huh!? I’m not interested in rice!”
“Be quiet! I said I’m going with Aira, so you’re going! Got it!?”
“…Got it.”

Some of them reluctantly agreed.

Well, it’s a mixed bag.

So, today, everyone in the house was going to the rice-growing village to play.

When we arrived at the village using Teleportation Magic, Leon and Aira’s eyes lit up.

“Ooh.”
“Wow.”

It was the first time for them to see scenery outside of our house’s surroundings.

I could tell they were incredibly excited to see it.

“Ah, Meileen, Yulia. You can let them play in this rice paddy that doesn’t have anything planted, but not the other one.”
“This one, got it.”
“Ah, and be careful because the mud in the rice paddies is deep. You’ll probably get stuck and…”
“Waaah! Mamaa!!”
“Uwaaah!!”
“…I think they’ll get stuck and cry like that.”

Leon and Aira, who had rushed into the rice paddy I said they could play in, were already crying because they couldn’t move.

Meileen chuckled when she saw that.

“Hehe, I understand. Then, I’ll go help them.”

Meileen said that and went into the rice paddy without caring about getting her clothes dirty.

By the way, both Meileen and Yulia were wearing pants today.

They knew they were going to get dirty.

Following Meileen, Yulia also entered the rice paddy and fell face-first into the mud.

Leon and Aira, amused by Yulia who was covered in mud in an instant, went from crying to laughing.

From there, it was a mud-slinging contest.

Leon, Aira, Meileen, and Yulia were all covered in mud from head to toe.

“P-please let me join too!”

Eva, who had been with Nara-kun until just now, couldn’t resist the fun Meileen and the others were having, so she went into the rice paddy and started playing, getting covered in mud as well.

“…Huh? Weren’t you supposed to come see how I’m doing today…”

Nara-kun said that, shocked that Eva had left him, but he’s still misunderstanding.

“I told you, it’s not work, it’s a hobby.”
“Isn’t this level beyond just a hobby!?”

Nara-kun said that and spread his arms, showing the many rice paddies, and some of the rice paddies already had rice growing because of the Plant Growth Acceleration Magic.

“It’s always a strange sight. This one was just planted, but this one is already bearing fruit.”
“That’s because of the Plant Growth Acceleration Magic.”

At first glance, it’s a very convenient magic, but of course, it can’t be used without drawbacks.

Plants need water and fertilizer to grow, and when this magic is used, the nutrients are rapidly depleted from the soil instead of Magic Power.

So, in addition to the magic, a large amount of fertilizer is also needed.

Ivern bought the fertilizer for us in town as usual.

When he brought in a large amount of fertilizer with the cart I made, the soldiers guarding the entrance of the forest apparently questioned him a lot.

Well, if you start making fields, it means you’re planning to live there permanently.

From that attitude, I can tell that Weimar wants me to leave the country.

But, when they act like that, it makes me not want to leave, right?

So, it was the moment it was decided that I would stay in Weimar for the time being.

Anyway, right now, different types of rice are being grown in each rice paddy in this village.

I don’t really understand the details of variety improvement, but it seems they’re creating new varieties by crossbreeding different ones.

Normally, it takes many years, but thanks to the Plant Growth Acceleration Magic, they’ve already tested several generations of varieties.

By the way, Nara-kun is doing the rice harvesting and threshing as practice for his magic.

Thanks to that, Nara-kun’s magic has become much more accurate.

Well, what I’m trying to say is that right now, I have nothing to do except use Teleportation Magic and Plant Growth Acceleration Magic.

“Oh well. I guess I’ll go play with Leon and the others.”

When I said that, Ivern followed me silently.

Ivern has even less to do than me.

And as for Nara-kun.

“…I’m going too.”

After much deliberation, he followed us.

Well, it’s not like we see this every day.

It’s good to play together like this sometimes.

And so, we were playing with Leon and the others, covered in mud, when it happened.

“…”
“Papa?”

Leon called out to me when I suddenly stopped moving.

But, I couldn’t respond to him right now.

Because…

“!? Whoa! What was that all of a sudden!?”
“Hey! Maya-san! Why did you suddenly shoot magic!?”
“Ooooh!”

Ivern was surprised, Nara-kun complained, and Leon’s eyes sparkled when I shot magic into the sky.

After all, my own child gives the cutest reaction.

“Papa! Amazing!!”
“Haha, is that so? Papa is amazing?”
“Yeah!”

In contrast to Leon, who was smiling happily, Ivern and Nara-kun had suspicious looks on their faces, and the women had puzzled expressions.

“Kenta, what’s wrong?”
“Ah. There were some guys crossing the border ahead, so I shot them with magic.”
“Oh. I’m sorry. I didn’t notice at all.”
“You were playing with Leon, and it’s quite far away. It can’t be helped.”

Meileen can also use magic to sense presences, so she apologized for not being able to sense it herself, but she was taking care of Leon, and it was quite far away, so it couldn’t be helped that she didn’t notice.

The reason why I was able to notice it was because I was so bored that I had expanded the range of my presence detection magic.

And, there was a group of people trying to cross the border that was supposed to be closed, so I intercepted them with magic.

“Border crossing… how far is the border from here?”

Ivern probably doesn’t know because he doesn’t even know where we are.

“The border they were trying to cross was tens of kilometers away.”
“Tens of…”

Ivern was speechless at the distance.

Well, I’m confident that I’m the only one in this world who can sense presences at this distance.

This is also thanks to the Magic Power increase that comes with being a Summoner.

“Um, Maya-san. I think it’s amazing that you can sense people so far away, but…”
“But?”
“…What if they were just ordinary people?”

Ah, Nara-kun was worried about that.

“I told you that the Lindor border is closed right now. They’re trying to cross it. They can’t be normal people.”
“…Refugees or something?”
“Does that mean refugees are allowed to do illegal things?”
“That’s true… but…”

Nara-kun was about to be convinced, but he started to groan, feeling like something was wrong.

Oh well, I guess I’ll explain it to him.

“Well, everyone who crossed the border was a strong adult. They’re definitely a criminal organization.”

The military personnel of each country would avoid unnecessary trouble with other countries, so they wouldn’t do something like this.

Even though it’s a barren land, it’s a land without a ruler.

If they wanted to, they could take it.

So, the countries are keeping each other in check, and the situation is that no one is crossing the border.

In that situation, multiple strong adults crossed the border.

They’re definitely a criminal organization.

“Well, if they weren’t…”
“If they weren’t?”
“Too bad.”

If I was wrong, it can’t be helped.

When I said that, Nara-kun’s shoulders slumped.

“That’s… that’s not something Maya-san should say…”

Is that so?

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