I Became the Demon Lord and my Territory is an Uninhabited IslandVolume 128
Play Speak 128
Chapter 90: That time when heroes arrived on the island
TL: kizen
PR: Filip/Gecko
The following day after it had been decided that Queen Bee and the others will be living inside the cavity of a large tree, set up a barricade with some signs, a rope, and a few stakes. I drove the stakes on the ground around the tree then connected them with the rope. These were of course taken from the community storage.
ăThis tree is home to Queen Bee and the Honey Bees. They are managing this area so donât be afraid of them and letâs all treat them wellă
ă Bees are living in this tree. Donât play any pranks on them okay?ă
ăThis is good enough right? I even wrote sign intended to be read by the children after allă
I should also inform Arc-san and Speck next.
ăOiăŒ. Speck. Are you freeăŒ?ă
I met up with Speck first who was in the middle of his patrol.
ăHmăŒ? What?ă
ăDo you know about the bees that came to the village yesterday?ă
ăUn. It was that black swarm, right? I saw it. I also heard about it from Reikaă
ăThen that makes things quicker. They will be living in that large tree in the middle of the forest. They donât want to be disturbed as much as possible so I put a sign around the treeă
ăUh huh. Still, shouldnât you go and tell the village chief about that? That way, the whole village would know about it. I canât just decide on it by myself you know?ă
ăAhăŒ, thatâs right. I donât really feel like doing it but Iâm going to talk with the chief. Who knows? Maybe he has something to say about ită
ăAlrightăŒă
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ăAnyway, please take care and protect the beesă
ăUmu. Itâs good that there are more things getting added to the village but what about the island?ă
ăItâs fine since these bees were originally from the island. It seems like they have to find a separate hive once their numbers increase. Speaking of, this is a simple blueprint of a hive. I think one of the honey bees would inform someone when itâs time for them to find a different hive so Iâll leave them in your careă
ăThen itâs fineă
ăWell then, please tell everyone else what we just talking about okay?ă
ăAlright, I understand. We could get some honey which we can sell in town so thereâs nothing to complain aboută
ăThanks. Iâm heading back thenă
After saying that, I went home and decided to make some snacks with honey. I should make use of it now that we have it.
HmmăŒ, I could make something with flour I guess. Itâs easy to make as long you have the ingredients after all.
I added 5 parts flour to 1 part sugar, honey, olive oil, milk, and a pinch of salt.
I quickly mixed all of the ingredients then baked it in the oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees.
And with that, the vegan honey cookie is complete.1 Itâs something you can make without butter and eggs. Itâs healthier that way. Flour really is all-purpose.2
The children should be playing in the morning so this will be their afternoon snack. I should start preparing for lunch.
In the afternoon, I did the usual training with the kids. Suzuran told me I could fight back using ăWater ballsă as long as I only used it to hinder their movements so I aimed it at Lilyâs face to get her to flinch and at Mielâs whenever he shoots out a ăFireballă. I kept using these dirty tactics against the children, or rather, I had to use them.
After that, Latte came back, then we all ate the snacks I made. When evening came, I decided to check on the store.
ăGood work. How has it been going?ă
ăU-um, you see. Three people came to the store. They were humans like us but they were a bit different. They had rare black hair so we were thinking they might be heroes. Their party consists of two elderly men and one that was much younger than them. They had different features so they probably arenât related to each other. One of the elderly men even came to the store five times in a dayă
ăWeâre they doing surveillance!?ă
ăNo, I donât think so. This is just a guess but I think he just really loves coffee. He would even drink it without adding anything and he looked satisfied whenever he left. He also purchased coffee to bring home whenever he came to the store at nightă
ăIf thatâs the case then I guess he just really like coffeeă
ăThatâs right. It was surprising how much he drank. He didnât even add sugar or cowâs milk. He would just say âthe usualâ then take a seată
ăOhăŒ, thatâs already at the level of a coffee addict thenă
ăHowever, this evening he purchased more bags than usual. Fifty to be exactă
ăHaa? Fifty bags? Those guys are pretty amazingă
ăWeâre not sure but doesnât it take five days to get to the island from here? I think that amount is enough to last that amount of timeă
ăSo that means theyâll leave tomorrow and arrive five days later at the islandâŠâŠ?ă
ăThatâs what we thinkă
ăThank you for this valuable information. Iâm going back now to prepareă
ăYes. Please be carefulă
ăBecause of that, I wonât be able to come by for a while. Would you guys be alright?ă
ăWeâll be fine. Leave everything here to usă
ăThank youă
With that in mind, I went back to the island.
ăAnd so, thereâs a high chance that a group of three heroes will be arriving on the island five to six days lateră
ăThree huh? Theyâre also all old men so they might be skilled. They have lived for that long so we need to be careful of them despite their ageă
ăThatâs true. There are surprisingly strong grandpas and grandmas after all. It would be better if we acted on the side of cautionă
ăDo you have a plan?ă
ăNope. Iâll just deal with it when the time comes.ă
I wonât be able to win with just a straightforward attack if theyâre a kendo or aikido instructor after all. Takeru-kun is still young but he might get stronger once he matures. Did they give up on his development and just send someone strong, to begin with?
Takeru-kun said heâll do his best to help us out though so either they thought he hadnât defeated me yet or they came to make sure. I guess I shouldnât make light of the enemy.
ăDonât be fooled. They might be the ones teaching swordsmanship and unarmed combat to the soldiers of the castleă
ăGot it. I wonât let my guard down even if theyâre empty handedă
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Six days later
ăCaam-san! Itâs a ship!ă
ăTheyâre here! Everyone, please head to the new villageă
ăăăYes!ăăă
ăKeith and the old men, letâs engage the enemy here. There are three of them. Letâs do our best!ă
ăYeahă
The ship stopped at the entrance of the bay, then a really small rowboat like the ones youâll see at a park was lowered. Once it was on the water, the ship raised its sails then sailed towards the demonkin side of the continent.
ăOi, looks like they left themă
ăThatâs trueă
The sense of unease kept piling up as the boat got closer.
As per the information I received, an elderly man was rowing the boat. The other old man looked like he was throwing up while a man who looked like he was in his thirties had both of his hands in the air with a white flag raised.
ăWhatâs going on there?ă
ăI donât know. Do you know what waving a white flag means?ă
ăIt means theyâre surrenderingă
Ah, so it has the same meaning in this world. Itâs the first time Iâve seen something like that.
Once the rowboat got close enough, the man waving the white flag started speaking in Japanese.
ăWe heard about you from Takeru-kună
ăWhat the hell is that guy saying?ă
Keith had already drawn his bow and was ready to shoot. Ah, this is bad.
ăKeith! Stop! Lower your bow! Down boy! They are probably related to that hero Rock so Iâll deal with them. Keith, you go and tell the others that itâs okayă
I desperately tried to stop Keith.
ăA-alright. But donât be careless okay?ă
ăItâs fine! You guys too, lower your weapons. There might be people who are strong even when they are unarmed like you said but these guys are probably different!ă
ăGot it. If thatâs what you say then itâs fine. We will also go backă
ăThank youă
After saying that, they all went back to where the other villagers were.
ăIyaăŒ, I was scared when he started pointing his bow at us. Thank you, Nagi-kună
That was the first thing they said when they disembarked.
ăUh, nice to meet you. You can call me Caam. Ah, this is what my parents named me. Itâs not like Takeru-kunâs which is an alias. And you are?ă
ăIâm Aida. These two are Enomoto-san and Oda-sană
ăBest regardsă
ăHey, before that, do you have water or tea? The inside of my mouthâs like a desert right nowă
I quickly produced a ăWater Ballă then gave it to the old man called Enomoto to drink.
ăAhhăŒ. So good. Itâs not shaking like in the shipă
ăSo, do any of you speak the continentâs common language?ă
ăWe all can. We just spoke in Japanese to gain Nagi-kunâs trustă
ăAhăŒ, thatâs good. Although everyone on the island knows that Iâm the Demon Lord, they still donât know Iâm a reincarnated person. Thatâs why, I would appreciate it if you would speak the common language from now on. Now then, letâs not talk here while standing. Follow me to my houseă
ăAlright. Weâve brought a little something for you so look forward to ită
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ăHereâs barley tea and coffeeă
ăWe ran out of coffee on the ship yesterday so this is much appreciated.ă
Oda-san, you bought fifty bags and had already gone through all of them in five days? Heâs a total junkie huhâŠâŠ?
ăItâs not something that goes along with barley tea but here is some tsukemono. I made it with a year old nukadoko so itâs sure to be goodă
He opened the package he was carrying on his back then took out a pot that had boiled eggs, tomatoes, and cucumbers inside.
ăOh, itâs nukadzuke or to be more specific, picked tomatoes and boiled eggsă
ăThe small ones are really good but there werenât any in the port town so we just bought the regular ones. We put it in there before we left so it should be ready to go. You just need to wash it firstă
With the addition of the nukadzuke, the table was filled with stuff you wouldnât usually see in this world.
ăWaa, itâs been a while since Iâve had nukadzuke. I want some rice now. I used to make malted rice after allă
ăDonât worry, we also brought the seed rice with usă
Enomoto-san grinned as he took out a large pouch and put it on the table.
ăWoooah! I didnât have any knowledge about rice cultivation so I havenât tried it out. Does this mean that you have agricultural knowledge, Enomoto-san?ă
ăOf course. You seemed to be doing interesting things here from what weâve heard so we decided to comeă
ăEnomoto-san already said it but I canât stand just drinking roasted dandelions and seeds anymore so Iâm really thankful that you have coffeeă
ăI also came because I was interested after hearing about you from Iwamoto-kun. Well, to be frank, I just wanted to get out of that rotten country but anyway, shall we introduce ourselves? You already know our names so how about our professions? I was a teacheră
ăI worked a mechanicâs job. I stripped down and put together bikes and tinkered a bit with cars. I used to be a mechanic for a nearby agricultural cooperative so I know a bit about it. These are my blueprintsă
Oda-san handed the blueprints over to me.
ăA windmill with a waterwheel, a hand pump, and is this a leaf spring? Itâs also easy to understand. Itâs drawn in a way thatâs easy to understand for people in this worldă
ăI also wanted to make an engine but I donât have the technology to build one. Itâs going to be tough with just smithing after all. Weâre surrounded by water though so I could probably make something if itâs just on the level of a pop pop boată
ăOohăŒ!ă
ăA long and narrow iron pipe would be impossible but I could probably do it if itâs something simpleă
ăOhăŒ, weâve just been getting help from aquatic demonkin when it comes to that up until nowă
ăIf thatâs the case then weâll need to discuss it with them since it concerns their employment. Besides, weâll need fuel. Weâll also need to make improvements to a wooden ship since there will be fire involvedă
ăThen letâs just work that out as we goă
ăAs I said earlier, I worked in agriculture. Iâve done a bit of dairy farming so I can help out with thată
ăIâm really glad youâre here. One of my wives is helping out with the livestock industry in my home town soâŠă
ăăOne of?ăă
ăAh. Well, you seeâŠâŠ Uh, I have two. I really only planned for one butâŠâŠ Well, bigamy is common in this world. The other one fell for me andâŠâŠă
My excuses keep on piling up.
ăArenât you a former Japanese? What are you doing?ă
ăI tried my best to persuade them, you know? But before I knew it, that happenedâŠâŠ Uh, Iâm sorryă
ăNo no no, itâs natural for a man to approach a woman if sheâs beautiful. Thatâs what I used to do in my younger days you know?ă
ăNope, thatâs not true at all. Thatâs just youă
ăYeah yeah. Heâll understand even if you donât say anything. Here, why donât you have a cucumberă
He gave him a cucumber with a smile which he wryly ate.3
After that, we talked for a bit more and I was told about the details of how they came into this world.
ăYou were summoned then treated as a sacrificial pawn huh? Even a mild-mannered Japanese person would get mad after thată
ăThatâs right. If Ugajin hasnât sneaked in, we would still be sharing our knowledge and skills as heroes of that countryă
ăI heard that the previous generation wasnât that bad though. It only went downhill after that brat that they spoiled became king. Even his daughter, you canât hear a single good rumor about her you know? Sheâs a manizer who preys on the summoned men that she likesă
ăShe has no chance to succeed the throne so sheâs probably just playing around as much as she wants before sheâs used as a tool for a political marriage. Sheâs probably already engaged with a nobleman from somewhere that she knows nothing about. She might not even know how her fiancĂ© looks like and if he has a terrible personalityă
ăItâs horrible how not even love can help in that situationă
ăThat would make even heroes run awayă
I drank up my lukewarm tea as I listened to even more of their stories.
ăIf it werenât for you, Caam-kun, we might still be living in that declining village. Because of that, why donât we spread the word out and gather the summoned Japanese people scattered throughout the world?ă
ăHmmăŒ, I donât mind but isnât that just asking for us to get attacked?ă
ăEven if we have cannons? I know when it comes to that you know?ă
ăWe even have the blueprintsă
ăWe should increase the number of pigs and cows to collect their shit thenă
ăWait wait wait, why are you all so eager about this? And donât you need to get a saltpeter for that plan to work? Did already you discuss this among yourselves beforehand?ă
ăThatâs right. At the very least, together with Ugajin who isnât here, we were planning to fire portable cannons made of wood at the castle walls to harass them. If the tree cannons catch fire then weâll stopă
ăPlease donât act like itâs something simple to build when even I canât do ită
ăIt should be easy for Japanese people who know some history or have some knowledge about it right? Didnât you build a distiller and make sake?ă
ăWell yeah. But that was just to develop my home townă
ăStill, donât you think youâll want to make one if your hometown was a war-ridden place? Gunpowder or a musket is a relatively simple thing to make after allă
ăI guess. It wasnât necessary in the place where I was born thoughă
ăSorry, Caam-kunâŠâŠ Can I have some more coffeeâŠâŠ?ă
This person really is that huhâŠ? Even though weâre having a serious conversation, thereâs nothing in his head other than coffee. He even said it in a really low and serious voice. I thought something serious happened for a second there.
ăWell then, letâs discuss this some other timeă
ăLetâs permanently shelf this discussion since the fewer the fires, the better. I want to live in peace you know?ă
ăYou donât understand. Taking such a low cultured world would be childâs playă
ăWhat are you going to do after taking over then?ă
ăJust taking it would be enough for meă
ăAt least think about it. How many people do you think would die before you manage to take over?ă
ăWell, we were used as sacrificial pawns, you know? Just a bit should be fineă
Aida-san said that with an evil smile.
ăPlease donât smile while you say that. What do you plan to do to the demonkin side then?ă
ăIâll destroy them if they decide to attack the humans while theyâre weak from the battle. If not then Iâll already be satisfied taking over the humansâ sideă
ăAida-san, you sure have a wild imagination, donât you?ă
ăWeâre already in another world so I want to have some fun at leastă
ăDonât say that so smugly, please. I really canât tell when youâre serious you know?ă
ăI want to get back at the country that summoned us. At least that part Iâm serious aboută
Hearing that, the other two just nodded quietly. I guess they were pretty pissed off.
ăAh, how does everyone feel about a bath?ă
ăI more or less had them. It sure was tough to dig the well though. I thought that if there was a well, it would be easier to set up the hand-operated pump that I builtă
ăWhen I was a kid, I was in charge of fetching the bathwater but itâs tough now at my ageă
ăItâs also hard for me so I only did it a few timesă
ăWell then, letâs go to the hot spring. Letâs make preparations so we can get in once we get thereă
As I said that, they instantly stood up from their seats. Slow down, you guys.
ăOne overlooking the sea or one thatâs halfway up the mountain, which do you prefer?ă
ăWhy not both?ă
ăThatâs right. Thatâs the only correct choiceă
ăThen itâs settled. We want to visit bothă
ăAlright, after youâve prepared, Iâll use transfer magic to take us thereă
ăIf itâs a change of clothes then we have it right hereă
ăItâs in the innermost part if I remember correctlyă
ăIâve got everything in my small shoulder bag over here so Iâm good to goă
Whatâs this? Theyâre like a three-person comedy act. I wonder why they get along this well even though their ages are different? Must be nice.
ăAlright, first up is the mountain-side hot spring. Harpies sometimes come to play around so there might be feathers floating around andâŠâŠ there sure are a lot huh? Please just ignore ită
ăItâs fine. Itâs just like dead leaves or bugs in an open-air bathă
After he said that, Enomoto-san immediately got undressed and entered the hot spring first.
ăI would have preferred if there was a wall or a hedge but itâs probably impossible with this kind of mountain. It must be hard to get materials here huh?ă
Oda-san immediately followed.
ăItâs such nice scenery, isnât it? It would have been great if that lake was the ocean thoughă
ăHey, youâre already asking for too muchă
ăThatâs rightă
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ăăăăPhewăŒăăăă
ăThis would have been great with some nihonshuă
ăWeâll be able to make it once Enomoto-san succeeds in growing riceă
ăWeâll need a cellar and large barrels for thată
ăWait, wonât that take a lot of time? Why are you talking about it like itâs something made just like that?ă
ăWeâre Japanese people so itâs already decided, right?ă
ăEven I wouldnât drink coffee in a hot springă
ăAn out of bath beer would also be greată
ăOh, thatâs nice tooă
ăRather than just beer, why donât we make a properly managed distillery with a production method thatâs actually established in our world?ă
ăItâs nice to have a goal. Although, even if we have the knowledge, we donât have the technology. It really is a frustrating worldă
ăHow do I even join in on this conversationăŒ?ă
After that, we moved to the hot spring that was close to the beach.
ăA hot spring overlooking the beach. This would have been the complete package if we just had some Nihonshu right nowă
ăI prefer mountain springsă
ăWait, it doesnât sound like you two care about where as long as thereâs nihonshuă
ăăBoth are greatăă
ăYeah yeah. Thanksă
ăAlright, Iâm going to live near this hot spring. The landâs flat, I can even make rice paddies, and it even comes with a hot spring. This place is perfectă
ăIâll help tooă
ăAs for me, Iâll stay at Caam-kunâs village. Come and visit from time to time okay?ă
ăWait, arenât you getting ahead of yourself when we donât even have a house yet? Do you even know where we are on the island?ă
ăBased on the sunâs position, the hot spring we were in before was west of here. As for the bay, itâs to the east right? I donât know how far it is thoughă
ăTeachers are amazing, arenât they? You are correct. The coastline is roughly 150 kilometers across and the mountain we were just at is the center of the islandă
ăItâs quite far, isnât it? So it would take about a day to get there from the village we were in. If it was me, Iâll need two days thoughă
ăDonât say something like that so proudlyâŠâŠă