Volume 4 Chapter 81

A Day in the Life of Shiro (2/4)

I ate the breakfast that Tina made for me until I was full.

The food was joyous.

I was anxious at first because I woke up with a call from God.

But now that I can eat Tina’s home-cooked food like this, I am glad that Haruto woke me up. I expressed my gratitude to Tina and left Haruto’s mansion.

 ──***──
I’ve been taking a walk to the Steel Forest near the Ifrus Academy of Magic for some post-meal exercise.

This is my daily routine.

Haruto and the other were worried about me, but since there weren’t many demon beasts that could hurt me here, I usually just walk alone.

The demons in this forest are relatively high level and intelligent.

Therefore, they seemed to be aware of my power and none of them attacked me.

Once I entered the forest, most of the demons would flee from my path.

So, I walked through the forest with ease.

By the way, I’m still in my small form.

Originally, I would have looked much cooler, but since I’ve been in this form for so long at Haruto’s mansion, I’ve gotten used to it.

This way, Tina and Rifa can pamper me more.

I came to the center of the Steel Forest.

There was a part of the forest that was dimly lit. In the sunlight, there was a large stone lying like a pedestal.

I lay down on the pedestal.

It’s not as comfortable as the soft sofa in Haruto’s house, but it’s quite comfortable.

The sunlight was soft and warmed me slightly.

This place was originally the territory of a huge bear-shaped magical beast called King Bear, the owner of this forest.

──***──
About three days ago, I happened to find this place when I was taking a walk.

「Oh, I didn’t know this place existed.」

「….」

At first, King Bear, lying on a stone pedestal, looked at me with an expression that said, 「What the hell is this?」

I released a little bit of my aura.

Then, for some reason, King Bear gave me the spot.

I didn’t threaten him to take the place.

It was King Bear who realized my power and offered me this place.

Since then, my daily routine has been to come here and sleep until noon.

At some point, King Bear and other demons began to bring me fruits and nuts from the forest.

I usually eat them, but today I was already full from all the food Tina had cooked for me.

「I don’t want any of that today. You can eat it yourselves.」

King Bear and the others started to get impatient, as if they thought I didn’t like their offerings.

「Oh, no, I’m already full today. It’s not that they didn’t like the offering, don’t worry.」

I tried to say so, but King Bear and the other magical beasts around me seemed uneasy.

The King Bear spoke to me.

「… What? I told you I’m not going to eat you. You’re lucky because I’ve discovered something that tastes better than you demon beasts. I’m not going to eat you now.」

With these words, the beast seemed to be relieved.

 With these words, the Demon beasts seemed to be relieved and disappeared into the depths of the forest, taking with them the fruits they had gathered.

I decided to sleep for a while.

── *** ──

「Oh no, I overslept!」

It was past noon when I awoke. Belatedly, I realized I could have eaten Tina’s cooking for lunch today.

What a mess…

──Hmm?

I can find a wooden basket on top of the stone pedestal on which I sleep.

「T-This is!!」

In the basket, there were three rice balls and some browned sausages.

It smelled so good.

「Shiro, are you awake?」

As I was going through the basket, I heard Haruto’s voice from behind me.

「Is that you Haruto?」

「Oh, this is the meal Tina made. Tina made this meal for us, and since you didn’t come back, I brought it to you. I think it’s still warm.」

Oh, so this is Tina’s cooking!

I’ll be grateful to eat it.

The rice that Tina made was delicious.

「It would have been nice to have a little more, but…」

By the way, Haruto came from the depths of the forest, did he have something to do?

「Haruto, what were you doing deep in the woods?」

「Oh, my magic burned part of the forest a while ago. I wanted to see if it had recovered.」

I heard the conversation between the monsters and knew that a part of the forest had burned down a few months ago.

So it was Haruto’s work.

In addition, he said that many monsters were hunted and some high-ranking beasts living deep in the forest were also killed.

Well, I’m not on the side of the monsters, and I don’t care how many of them are killed.

However, I don’t like the idea of destroying nature.

I am a Divine Beast, allied with the creator of this world. Therefore I am also responsible for protecting his creations.

Nature, of course, is one of those things.

「Is the forest recovering? I have the power to speed up the growth of the trees, let’s go check it out.」

「Don’t worry, this guy helped me.」

Haruto shifted his body and then appeared a small old man with a white beard.

「Are you …. Gnome?」

「It is as you say. I’m sure you’re the divine beast Fenrir. What a pretty sight you’ve become.」

I’ve met the gnome a long time ago.

Apparently, he and Haruto had completed a summoning contract.

If the gnome really wanted to, it would be easy for him to make the trees grow in an instant and revive the forest.

Haruto has finally completed the list of spirit kings.

By the way, we divine beasts and spirit kings are almost equal in this world.

So I feel a bit threatened.

「… I’m older than you.」

「Hmm?」

I’ve been under Haruto’s command for a while, so I’m his senior. I should be given preferential treatment when it comes to meals. Also, Haruto should be more attentive to me!

「What are you talking about?」

Haruto is puzzled.

But for me, it is a matter of life and death.

Haruto has made contracts with three spirit kings so far.

In contrast, I am the only divine beast, so I have the disadvantage in terms of power.

The spirit kings that he has signed contracts with are scattered all over the world, and they only come to him when they are called upon.

However, Undine and Sylph insisted that they wanted to stay by Haruto’’s side.

If that happens, Haruto may not be able to take care of me since I am a newcomer.

I can’t let that happen.

Haruto treats me like a friend, whether I’m a spirit king or a divine beast.

That’s why I feel comfortable around him.

I don’t want to have more rivals for this position, so I have to keep the gnome in check.

「Hohohoho. Fenrir, don’t worry. It’s true that I’m comfortable with Haruto’s magic, but I also have a job to do. I can’t be around him all the time.」

The gnome seemed to understand what I was thinking.

I’m sure he’s a good guy.

Well, then I will always be by his side to protect him.

「Will you do that for me, sir?」

「Yes, you may.」

After a short conversation with Haruto, the gnome left for the depths of the forest.

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