138 - - Episode 136 Moffmoff Kingdom Scheduled Site

After a hearty dinner, we returned to the fountain house with the animals.

"......Momonga and little monkey's house is missing."

When I got back to the fountain house, I put Sarah and the others to bed and then I realized that I had to go back to the house. While holding Belle and the others who had been repatriated earlier, I was troubled by a conundrum that I had not considered. The ball rabbits and ordinary rabbits would be no problem if I dug a hole for them, and if they didn't like it, they would dig their own hole.

The problem is with the momonga and the little monkeys. Momonga used to live in tree caves, but the trees in our forest were grown by Dolly, so we don't have tree caves. The little monkey was caught in a tree, so I don't even know where he sleeps.

If I can build a nest box or something for the flying squirrels, the little monkeys will be fine, but what should I do for the little monkeys?

"Dolly, the monkeys will be fine if we build a nest box, but do you know how the little monkeys are sleeping?"

"Little monkeys... This continent is too warm for them to take up residence on it. I think they chose a place where they could shelter from the wind and rain and escape easily.

Then why bother to build dwellings at all, since it never even rains in the land of the dead? But then, it would be easier to just prepare a nest box for the flying squirrels. Let's hurry up and get a nest box.

...... Is there any trees that the flying squirrels like?　Well, I don't know what kind of wood they will like, so we can make them out of various kinds of wood. Maybe a little monkey will get in, so I'll make one with a bigger entrance.

We take the wood we collected in the forest before and cut it into round slices with the magic saw. After that, make a hole with a hand auger to a reasonable size and hollow out the contents with a magic chisel. The smaller the entrance, the harder it will be to hollow out the contents. Hmmm, is the hole too big for my hand to fit in?　I think it would have been easier to build and assemble a box.

Hmm?　Well, the Momonga will be more comfortable if the entrance part is narrower, so if we fit the wood into the mouth part with a larger hole ...... this method is also troublesome after all. Let's hollow it out as usual. I finish making six nest boxes in a hurry.

......After all this time, if we had asked Dolly to make a cave in the tree, we wouldn't have had any problems. ....... Wouldn't that damage the tree and Dolly wouldn't like that?

"Hey, Dory, could you possibly mess with the tree and make a hollow in it?　I don't have to do it if it's something Dolly doesn't want to do, do you?"

"A cave in a tree... well, that's not a good idea, but we can make a cave in a tree that won't be too hard on the tree. Do you want me to make it?"

It's not my favorite thing to do, but it doesn't seem to be a problem to make a cave.

"I'll use the nest box I made this time, but if the momongas don't like it, I may ask them to make a wooden cave for me. If they don't like it, I may ask you to make a wooden cave for them.

"Yes, I understand."

I hope they like the birdhouse I built for them. We all move to the forest and fix the birdhouses to the trees where nuts are growing.

We put the flying squirrels one by one into the nest box and see how they like it. I hope they wake up and stay there. After that, we dig a hole in the ground and put the rabbits in it, and the little monkeys lie down at the base of the tree because we don't know what to do with them. Will that help?

"Sylphy, when do you think these kids will wake up?"

"I don't know. But I'm sure he'll wake up in time.

Well, I'd like to wait and see if they wake up, but I'm sure they'll be scared if I'm around, so I'll just leave them alone.

"Okay, I'll offer you some drinks after all you've done for us today. Which of the two kegs do you want?"

Sylphy and the others shout with joy. Huh?　Before I knew it, Nomos had joined us. I wonder when he got back.

"Hmm, Yuta, we'll have red and white wine today."

Okay, I'll put some snacks on the table as well.

After placing the barrels of red and white wine and snacks on the table, I bid everyone good night and leave. Bell and the others look at me as if they want to try drinking, so I warn them not to, but I'm a little nervous.

Well, I guess Sylphy and the others won't make Belle and the others drink, since they said there was a danger of them running out of control. We've been moving around in the woods today. I think I'll sleep soundly.

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After waking up and greeting everyone, I go to check on the animals. I sneak a peek inside from behind a rock, but no animals are moving around.

Hmmm... I think the animals might be scared if Sara and I go inside, so we might as well stay out of their way at least until they get settled in.

"Belle, Rain, Tulu, Tamamo, can you go check on the animals we brought yesterday?"

I know it would be easier if I asked Sylphy to do it, but I want Bell and the others to do their best as much as possible. It should be a piece of cake for Belle and her friends to check on the animals.

"Catch?"

Belle is wringing her hands happily. I'm getting a little nervous.

"No, I don't want you to catch them, I want you to go and see how they are doing. Are they all right?"

Okay... ckew... ckew... I'll go check it out... ckew...　

The belles fly around in all directions, checking on the animals. They seem to stop occasionally to hum and nod. They must have found the animals.

They fly around in the fluffy kingdom for a while, then put their heads together and discuss something. Is something funny?　Oh, the Bells have returned, as if they've finished discussing.

"How did it go?"

"You know, Momon was sleeping at home..." "Coo-coo-coo..."

By "home," I guess that means they were sleeping in the birdhouse. Unless they have been sleeping since I let them in, they might have recognized the nest box as their residence. It is possible that they have never woken up, so we need to continue to observe them.

Tama-usagi and hare are pulling inside the hole.

Looks like the rabbits are awake. The reason why they are pulling might be that they are frightened by the change of environment. We'll have to keep an eye on them too.

"The monkey's sitting still on the tree..."

Hmm, the little monkey seems to be on his guard. I wonder if they will calm down after a night's sleep. I think it will be easy for them to live in the absence of foreign enemies, but it is a question whether they will get used to it or not.

If they know that there is plenty of food and there are no enemies, they will probably calm down and we have to take our time to get them accustomed.

It is said that wild animals don't get attached to each other, but I hope they get used to me so much that they don't run away when I come inside. Otherwise, I won't be able to get the healing effect.

"You've made your point. Thank you all."

I thank him and stroke him around. It's becoming a tradition. When I was satisfied with all the noise, Sarah called out to me.

"Master, what happened to the animals?"

Oh, right, I haven't explained it to Sara and the others yet.

"Yeah, they're still a little wary. I think it's best if Sara and I stay away from the forest until they get a little more used to the place.

Sara and Kikka looked a little disappointed when I said that. I guess they were a little disappointed not to be able to get closer to the tama-usagi, since they liked tama-usagi so much that they were nudging them while they were sleeping.

"Do you mind if I watch from a distance?"

I know it's hard for her to relax if there are too many people around, but I want her to get used to people as much as possible, and I think she'll be less afraid of animals with Sarah and the others than she is with me. They say that small animals are good for their emotional education, and I hope they'll be a good influence on Sarah and the others.

"From afar is fine. But I'd like to give them a week or so, and then we'll see. We'll get them used to it."

"Yes, sir."

Sarah and Kikka nodded. After Tulu, a new Mohler may be born. Fukuhicans can't see and can't touch, so they can't mooch, can they?

"Well, I guess it's time for breakfast..."

At the word "breakfast," the belles, who had been watching the animals, "swooped in" and gathered around. I'm hungry," Belle says, "but I'm not supposed to be hungry.

Marco often says he is hungry after training, so maybe he has learned that he gets hungry before dinner.　I feel like I'm remembering more and more strange things.

I put the food on the table. I've been having rice and fish for breakfast lately, but today I'm going to start my breakfast with meat. I exercised a lot last night, and dinner was simple.

I watch the kids start their breakfasts, and I bite into a thick sandwich from Rough Bird's. I've been eating a lot of meat for the past few days, but today I'm going to start with meat. It's quite a luxury to be able to choose what I'm in the mood for in the morning.

Come to think of it, now that we have a good base, we might want to rethink how we want to develop it. It's a mess and we are planning to add more houses, more animals and more fish. I'm going to lose track of things if I don't check it out.

Let's see, there are twenty-five blocks of one hundred meter squares, which is a big square. There is a big fountain in the middle of it, and a house, a field, and a swimming pool.

The waterway runs from the fountain to all the blocks in a counterclockwise square spiral. In the forest of the lower block in the center, which I now call Mohammed Kingdom, there is a round pond and a large pond with a fishing pond at the end of the channel. So they turned the block in front of the big pond into a rice field.

One block above the center of the pond, Dolly has planted a big genie tree, so we made a lawn around it and it became my favorite spot where I can lie on the grass under the shade of the big genie tree.

And then he made the area behind the genie tree into a forest for more animals. I plan to release carnivorous animals here. We will divide the area into two areas, one for herbivores and the other for carnivores. One area will be for cute little animals. In the other forest, we will gather cute carnivorous small animals, and meat for food will be ...... more rats. ...... No, that's too hard.

Rats are surprisingly cute. If I stay in the base all the time, it is possible to provide meat every day, but it is difficult because I am often away from the base. This is a problem to be solved in the future.

And then there's ...... and then there's ...... and then there's ...... and then there's .......　I can't think of any more. I thought I did a pretty good job, but I guess I only used five blocks out of twenty-five.

Well, we can add forests, rice fields, farms, etc. at once to make use of the land, but I don't know what will happen if it becomes a sanctuary... Maybe we should have a more serious discussion with Sylphy and the others about the location. Maybe we should have a more serious discussion with Sylphy and the others about the base.

It's better to have a certain plan than to develop a project haphazardly. After breakfast today, I'll let Sarah and the others go to destroy the nests, and I'll look around to see what we should do with the base.