Chapter 285: Apri fruit

"Uuhh"

While bathing in the light of the sun on the whole body, Inpika stretches comfortably.

"Good morning!"

"Oh, good morning. Don't go to the forest anymore"

"Good morning～"

"Good morning. I'm always fine"

Inpika greets the villagers she meets one after another. School is closed today, so she usually plays with Reteru and Mururu――

"Waoohh"

Inpika inhales the air to the limit and howls toward the mountains where the mountain castle is located.

"Waoohh, waoohh"

She goes on and repeats it again and again. The voice echoes in the mountains and valleys and a cute howl echoes. Then――

"Waoohh, waoohh!"

A black wolf´s howl comes back. Inpika smiles at the familiar howl.

"Waoohh! Inpika is here～"

After a while, a black wolf appears on Inpika´s side.

"Wahuu"

Inpika and the black wolf rub their faces while sniffing each other.

"Hee, guide me to king´s cultivated land"

"Uoh......"

It was a pitiful reply. It's almost like saying, 「If I do that, he'll get angry......」.

"Please"

When Inpika rubs her cheeks against the black wolf's face, the black wolf crawls with its pitiful voice and begins to walk toward the mountain where the mountain castle is located. Inpika happily chased behind.

"Odono-sama"

Namari runs up to the basket with freshly picked corn. On the harbor side of the hillside of the mountain castle, there is Yuu´s cultivated land, where the seeds of plants purchased from merchants and various crops and fruit trees obtained in the labyrinths are grown.

"This looks really good!"

"It's the corn I raised"

Koro and Ran on both sides of Namari are eye-catching to the corn in Namari's basket.

"This nectar corn is sweet and edible like a peach, even raw"

Momo, who misunderstood that her name was called, looks out of Yuu's flying cap.

"Odono-sama, can I eat it?"

"Well, do you want to try it?"

Yuu picks up the nectar corn from Namari's basket, removes the skin and beard and hands it to Namari.

"Sweet! This is so sweet!!"

Namari who bites into the nectar corn is surprised at its sweetness. Before she knew it, Momo that jumped down from Yuu's head to Namari's head slammed Namari's head to feed her.

"Hey, Koro and Ran try it too. Ah, it's just the fruit"

Koro, who has been waiting for that word for a long time, bites into the nectar corn that Yuu offers. The momentum seems to eat to the core as it is. Ran, on the other hand, waits for Yuu to pick up the nectar corn grains. It's a sloppy face that even says, 「I don't bite into it and imitate Koro」. Even though Pixies and others have a residence in the opposite place, they come at will and eat until their small bellies are full.

"King～"

There is a familiar voice from the depths of the forest.

"It's Inpika"

Inpika with grass and branches entwined in the hair of her whole body pops out.

"It's Inpika~"

Inpika hugs Yuu's legs as it is.

"How did you get here?"

Due to Russ´s magic casted on the forest, the villagers would not normally be able to reach this point.

"I got here with Belobee"

"Belobee?"

Black wolf, looking apologetically, has his tongue hanging loosely.

"Huu......"

"Why did you get it?"

"You don't have a sense of names"

When Yuu saw the black wolf with 『Evil Eye of the Spirit World』,his name was certainly displayed as 『Belobee』.

"That's not the case. Hey, Belobee"

Inpika embraces Belobee's neck. When Koro, who was eating corn, appeared between Yuu's legs asking, 「What's wrong?」, Belobee immediately showed his belly and took an obedient posture. Koro is usually a spoiled boy, but even if it looks like this, he reigns as the boss of wolves in Nameless.

"So what did you come to do?"

"That's right. Inpika came to help getting fruits"

With that said, Inpika bows her head cutely. Even if she doesn't come to Yuu's field, if she wants fruits, she can help the orchard that extends to the south of the village. But Inpika knew. The crops and fruits in this field are the most delicious in the Nameless Kingdom.

"You......"

Yuu is sure she has come this far without telling her parents and villagers. Still, to Inpika who asks with serious eyes――

"Help me properly"

Reluctantly, Yuu agreed.

"Yeah! Inpika will do her best!"

"I won't lose!"

Inpika and Namari run to the cornfield with Hisui and Nina. Then Ran chased after Momo and Koro.

"Do you want the Apri fruit?"

"Yeah. I think this is the most sweet and delicious"

"Be careful not to drop it"

"No problem"

Inpika, who worked hard while sweating as she declared, smiled with a big smile when she received from Marifa the Apri fruit, which was packed with her reward so that it could overflow from her cloth bag. And when she picks up one of them.

"Belobee, this is yours"

She thanked Belobee for guiding her with the Apri fruit.

"King, thank you!"

"I understand, go home now"

"Thank you Namari-chan. Nina-neechan and Mari-neechan both Ran and Koro"

"It's okay, so go home quickly"

Inpika and Belobee disappear in the direction of the village, waving at Yuu and others all the time.

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The mountain north of the Nameless Kingdom is now home to the Snow Dragon Uragano――although there is a mountain to rule.

"Won! Wonn!!"

"Why don't you keep quiet about this?"

Uragano orders the barking snow wolves to calm down.

"What can you bark so much? With your voices you will cause an avalanche. I'm okay, but you guys might die? If that happens, what will I say to that little human boy......"

Even if Uragano advises, the snow wolves continue to bark.

"I'm telling you to stop this――muu?"

Two shadows popped out from the snow-covered white snow field.

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"K, King!"

"What happened?"

A male beastman rushes to Yuu who comes to see the state of the village.

"Inpika isn't here, maybe she is at the king's place?"

"She came to my field, but she should have returned a long time ago"

"That's......she didnt. No matter where we look in the village! No way, in the west forest again!?"

"She wouldn't. What about Inpika's mother?"

"I can't say that. If she knows, she'll be frantic and won't know what to do"

"Did you see anyone?"

"Someone has seen her with her good friend black wolf"

"Can't you chase with the smell?"

"It seems that she uses a skill to eliminate the smell."

"I can't be helped......"

With that said, Yuu creates a gate with space-time magic.

"Koro, come!"

Koro, whose name was called behind the gate, rushed to Yuu, happily fluttering its tail. Naturally, Marifa and Ran are about to come――

"No, I just need Koro"

Yuu closes the gate, releasing Marifa and Ran, who look shocked.

"Koro, can you follow the smell of Inpika?"

Immediately Koro sniffs with his nose.

"Tell me where the odor is unnaturally faint or disappears"

"Vonn!"

To that word, Koro guides Yuu with 「This way」.

"North......"

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"What did you come to do?"

Snow Dragon Uragano asks Yuu, who suddenly appears at his place of residence.

"You know"

"............I don't know what it is"

Its appearance was just called a dragon, but it wasn't dignified. The eyes are swimming unnaturally and the snow wolves have been moving back and forth between Uragano and Yuu. It seems as if they are wondering which one to attach to.

"It's very clear"

"Vonn!!"

When Koro barks loudly, the snow wolves quickly move to Yuu's side. At the speed of the change, Uragano murmured, 「Traitors」.

"Inpika, I know you're here!"

Inpika and Belobee pop out from between Uragano's forefoot.

"Mom, did she get upset?"

"If you know she is angry, what would you do"

"I´m sorry......"

Inpika escapes from Uragano's forefoot, hanging her ears down. At that time, the bag gets caught and the Apri fruit of the application overflows.

"Ah, this is eaten. It's so delicious! It's the one who fixed everyone's feelings!"

Inpika brought the Apri fruit to Uragano in gratitude for healing herself and her friend's beastman fever. She went to Yuu's field early in the morning for that and got sweaty and helped the field. She just took the Apri fruit and went a long way to the northern mountain.

"Isn't it good about one?"

Uragano mutters while staring at Inpika with a pitiful face and voice.

"Hey!"

"God, I'll bring you one again!"

Inpika, whose neck is held by Koro, waves her hand to Uragano.

"You can come again anytime, I forgive you"

"You......"

"It's just that the small child did a little mess. It's not something that makes you worried"

"If you go a little more than a hundred kilometers away, you're in trouble"

"See you later"

"Umm. I'll be waiting"

Yuu sighs at Inpika waving innocently.