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Volume 4 Chapter 70

My Growing Family

[Yum!]

Shouting, Shiro is eating his curry.

He’s already on his third plate.

[Hey, don’t yell with food in your mouth.]

[I’m sorry, but I’m not very good at this.]

Saying that, Shiro continued to eat the curry, burying his face in his plate, with the curry sticky around his mouth.

The curry that Tina made was a big hit with everyone except Shiro.

[This is so good!

Merdi is at our house today.

Like Shiro, he was tucking into Tina’s curry.

He also seems to change his endings when he gets excited.

Merdi is a beastman race.

The beastman race in this world has a role to play in taking care of the divine beasts when they wake up and work as their limbs.

That’s why they claimed to take care of Shiro and followed him to my mansion.

I’m supposed to be here to take care of him, but I’m taking care of Tina.

Merdi is already on his third plate of curry.

[I thought I made quite a lot of it, but it’s going to be gone.

Oops, that’s not good.

[Tina, I’ll get another one.

[I want one too!

We need you to do the same.

It’s sold out.

It was a close call.

The four of us just ran out of curry.

[What?　Are they gone too?

Shiro, who has finished the third plate, looks despairing.

No, you’ve eaten that much, you should be satisfied.

Shiro looks at Merdi, who is still eating.

Merdi is a beastman.

He is a caretaker of the divine beasts.

The divine beast that should be taken care of is looking at Merdi’s curry as if he wants it.

Merdi noticed that gaze.

And looking at the curry and Shiro in turn──.

Do you want it?

[Are you sure?!”

Shiro said, and without restraint, he began to gobble down the curry offered by Merdi.

Merdi has a very complicated look on her face.

It’s a bit of a pity.

Merdi, do you want some for me?

I offer the curry that Tina has put in for me to Meldi.

[You sure you want it?

[Well, I’m always ready to eat.

[Yeah, I’ll make more.

Hearing me and Tina’s words, Merdi also enjoyed the last of the curry.

[That was good!

[It was delicious.

Shiro and Merdi liked Tina’s food.

Rifa, Yoko, Mai and May also love Tina’s cooking.

Tina is a skilled maid and her food is all top-notch.

[I’ve decided, Haruto, that I’m going to live here forever! I’m going to live here forever!

What about ……?

What, it’s not until you fall asleep or something?

I mean, when does a divine beast get sleepy?

If you’re here, Shiro, I’d like to live here too!

You know Merdi has a dormitory to go back to: …….

Yeah, but wait.

I’ve come up with a deal.

[Merdi, when I’m home, it ends in ‘nya’. And you must help Tina with Rifa and Yoko. If that’s okay with you, you can live there.

When I was in my former world, there was a time when I longed to be a cat-eared maid.

I didn’t bother trying to hire one since I was rather fulfilled with Tina, the elf maid, by my side, but if there was an opportunity like this, I’d reach for it.

[Alright nyah!　It’s nice to meet you!

It was easy okay.

[Come on!　We got a maid with cat ears!
I somehow managed to start thinking about the math of getting Merdi to wear the maid’s outfit as well.

I felt some kind of gaze.

Rifa was staring at me.

What’s going on?

Rifa came up to me and spoke to me in a whisper.

[Um, you’re not going to sleep with Merdi-san, are you?　You know, I don’t want my rotation to get any longer than this. ……

Rifa’s ears are bright red.

When we went to bed, Tina was always on my left side, and the right side was rotated between Rifa, Yoko, Mai and May.

Then Merdi joined in, and she doesn’t seem to want to extend the order.

Isn’t she cute?

Well, Merdi doesn’t have any fondness for me, she just got caught up in Tina’s cooking, so she’s not going to want to sleep with me.

Besides, Rifa is now officially my wife, so I think she should be more selfish.

I’m sorry for Yoko and the others, but I’m going to ask for more Rifa days.

[Don’t worry, I like Rifa. I won’t reduce the number of days I have to sleep with Rifa.

Then he patted Rifa’s head.

That seemed to satisfy Rifa.

At that time, Shiro had moved onto the couch, curled up and started to sleep.

A free guy.

It just makes my heart feel so much better to see a little wolf like a pup sleeping on the couch.

He’s probably just sleeping in a curled up position like this, since the divine beast is supposed to disappear when he’s done his divine business and gone to sleep.

For what it’s worth, Shiro has already gotten used to being my family, so I think I’ll miss him if he suddenly disappears.

I don’t want you to disappear.

Tere’s one more thing I need to protect.

I’m not sure if I have to protect the divine beasts in the first place, but at least I want to protect the ones that are within my reach.

Watching Rifa, Meldi and the others clean up the dishes while helping Tina, I’m reminded of my family from my former world.

My sister helped my mother like that, too.

My sweet mother.

My father, who was strict, but raised me upright.

And my sister, who was always there for me.

I hope they are doing well.

I think my sister cried when I died.

We were rather close, I guess.

I looked at Tina and the others as I stroked Shiro gently.

This is my family now.

The number of people and pets has increased quite rapidly, but I don’t mind the buzz.

When I reincarnated, I wondered what would happen, but now I’m quite happy.

I want to continue to protect this happiness.

In order to do that, I have to become stronger.

Tomorrow, I will be able to take a lecture from the wise man Luano.

The things we need to protect, no one can take away from us – let’s get the power to do that.

With this thought in my mind, I decided to attend the next day’s lecture.