Chapter 207: Suspected Tail

 

Auro had been both emotionally and physically distant, but for some reason he was here with me stacking up stones.

Just for precaution’s sake, I went up first and took out some building material from 【Storage】. Ah, but I didn’t consider ‘how’ I managed to haul these all up here, but no need to worry about it, I guess.
He’s working on piling the stones high enough so that it’ll be the same height as the soil we’re putting around the stairs and where the bathtub will be installed.

Hey Ikemen, why does it feel like doing construction jobs doesn’t suit you, huh. He rolled up his sleeves — wouldn’t you get tanned at this rate? Like, you’ll be two-toned, with your arm from elbow to fingers and face brown while the rest of you is white?

「Auro, are you alright being sunburned? 」
Except for the workers, the folks in this region mostly avoid the sun. With Nalluahdid as the example, buildings are overcrowded so they’re automatically cast shades.

Buildings here have tiny windows not only because glass is expensive, but also because they want to limit the sunlight pouring in. Well, it’s probably because this place has constant great weather once winter ends, huh.

「Sunlight doesn’t have much meaning to me. I also don’t catch the illnesses that infect most people. Allow me to continue the work while you rest, Milord — 」
「Nah, I’m fine. 」
【Heal】does it’s job even when I’m not actively using it, so I don’t really get sick, much less get sunburned.

And that’s the thing, rather than both of us toiling around, it’s way faster to smear the mortar then use【Storage】to get more then just add it directly right there and then…! The height we’re working on isn’t even as big as the lumber so it should be easy adjusting here and there and doing some fine tuning.

Ah, does that mean I won’t have to do some fine tuning if I did my best and practiced loading and unloading?

「 … Milord, did I hinder you from using your power? 」
It’s really troublesome that he’s so sharp!

「 I vow never to tell anyone about Milord’s affairs, even without the contract. I am Milord’s from head to tail. 」
「 Tail!? 」
You have a tail!?
「 Would you like to see it? 」
「 Nah, I’m fine. 」
I don’t want to look at a man’s bum, in particular.

「 So that’s how it is. 」
Auro grinned.
Ack, he’s teasing me!

Oh right, Dinosso told me that Changelings are formerly partial Divine Beasts. People are stronger so they can’t directly possess a person, apparently. That’s also the reason why they target babies. Anyway, if the divine beast has a cat or a dog form prior to stealing the human’s figure, does that mean it will also have a tail?

…Hey, do they?

「 Would you like me to go down now? 」
Ack, Auro is starting to look like a golden retriever who got scolded because he made a blunder, to me. No, this won’t do.

「 Actually, you can reveal whatever you want, we have a contract after all. Plus, you already know I’m going to abandon this island and escape by myself, right? 」

I already talked about this to Soleil and the people directly contracted under me.
I’m a feudal lord who will probably abandon this island someday, so as long as they keep up appearances when we’re in public then that’s enough for me. They don’t have to revere me.

「 Indeed, I have also inquired about that. When that time comes, I will beautify the surroundings and ensure that there won’t be any problems. Once things have settled down, I will follow after you, Milord. 」

Ah, I think this sounds like that situation with the jaw spirit. He’s obsessed for some reason. Why? I don’t have a cleft chin, nor do I stink like Dean…I think? Did I sweat too much after all the work I did? In that case it’ll be solved once I finish a bath, huh.

「 Ehh, really. Alright then, I’ll do the stones so can you do the fine tuning for me? 」
「 As you wish. 」

I temporarily put the stones into 【Storage】 then took them out again to the spot smeared with mortar.

「 I see, so you do have a 【Storage】. Indeed, it’ll be a troublesome matter if you were to use it in public. 」
He didn’t even flinch and just continued adjusting the stones.

Well, the workers probably didn’t notice that something strange was going on — be it the building materials or the huge amount of glass in the shed — since they don’t handle the entirety of the construction. I can’t say the same for Auro and Soleil, they probably would have figured it out anyway. No, let me correct that. They would have definitely figured it out, right.

Kiel still hadn’t realized I’m the maker of the sweets until now. He really does have a muscle-brain despite looking like that. Marlou seemed to have an idea, but she didn’t have the inclination to be friendly with me. She might make a ruckus, but as long as she got the sweets as stated in the contract then she won’t even say a word to me, or at least that’s how it felt.

The other changelings probably realized it too, but they’re wary of me so they won’t involve themselves with me. After all, it’s the changeling’s ‘parent’ spirit that’s interested in humans, not them. Changelings hate humans.
Kiel probably has a lot of human left in him, it’s just he’s too much of a muscle brain. He probably didn’t think about how a huge amount of glass had been carried here on such tiny boats. He’s got a sharp tongue alright, but he won’t stab me in the back so I like him.

Thanks to Auro the work continued smoothly. I changed the wood into stone pillars, installed the roof again and we’re done. I just reused the roof that had been here before. 【Storage】 really is a life saver.

I plan to add the soil after the mortar dries, so maybe I should do that once there’s water here? I’ll also put the glass tile I got from Van at that time.

「 Alrighty, thanks for the hard work. I finished earlier than planned, so thanks a lot. 」
「 As for the roof, I will inform them that it took me a day to hear back from you. 」
Auro said with a smile.

Ahh, right, he did come here to ask me about that. What a busy roof, disappearing and appearing again just like that…

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Comments (2)

  1. Hikikomori

    Thanks for the treat.

  2. parrjustin777

    thanks for the chapter

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