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Chapter 9 – Deciding to Establish a Nation!
After being wrapped in the blanket made of mom’s fur for a while, I started to feel calmer.
But I didn’t feel like going there again.
At least, as long as that gatekeeper is there, it’s impossible!
Mom, it’s ridiculous to ask me to rule a town with such scary people!
Already! Already! Already!
I want to see mom.
Since mom has at least put up a barrier around this house, I can’t imagine it’s that far from the cave where she lived.
It’s probably about three or four mountains at most.
If it’s that far, I can get there in a day.
But… it’s impossible~
There don’t seem to be many large magical beasts around here, but at least there are quite a few living near the cave.
It would be suicide to go there while I don’t know how many I’ll encounter.
My brothers might be okay because they can run fast, unlike me…
Ahh~
If I can’t go back and I can’t enter the human town, I have no choice but to live here.
I have a proper house and a barrier, so it shouldn’t be a problem for a while~
…If I think about it carefully, that might not be so bad.
I sit up in bed and think.
Now that I think about it, Mom told me to rule the place we moved to, but she didn’t say to rule the human town.
Huh?
Maybe I jumped to conclusions?
Common sense tells me that a girl like me can’t rule a town that big.
I wouldn’t be able to beat that gatekeeper alone.
I see, Mom told me to use the human town to rule this area!
In my mind, I could see Mom smiling and saying, “My daughter is so careless.”
No doubt about it!
Absolutely!
But, a ruler…
After all, it’s not enough to just live there.
You have to get in shape.
“That’s it!”
I had a great idea.
Let’s make a national anthem!
Of course, Mama will appear in the lyrics!
When Mama comes to see it, I’ll sing it to welcome her!
I’m sure she’ll be happy!
I could picture Mama being happy and saying, “Wow, that’s nice!”
Maybe she’ll be even happier if I show her my dance!
Okay, let’s do our best!
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I’m tired.
Since then, I’ve spent about two hours in front of the house trying and failing.
But it was worth it, and it’s a wonderful product.
…Well, it might be a little unfair because I’m using songs and dances from my past life as reference.
But if it makes Mama happy, I can tolerate this much cheating.
If we just take it easy and refine the rest, I’m sure it will become an even more wonderful national anthem and dance!
I would like to continue a little longer, but I’m a little tired.
I sat down on the steps at the entrance to the house.
Hmm.
To be honest, there will be no problem simply living here.
Mama’s barrier is there, and I tried to sense the presence of my surroundings while I was singing and dancing, but there didn’t seem to be any dragons or other magical beasts that were too difficult to handle.
Of course, there is no absolute in this world.
But if I think about it objectively, I was raised by Mama Fenrir, and I am Mama Fenrir’s daughter after all.
If I want to survive by hunting, I won’t have any problems being thrown out with nothing but the clothes on my back.
I have that much power – I should.
Even controlling this area around the house shouldn’t be that difficult.
But is that really enough?
My mom is kind, so I’m sure she’ll praise me, but I want her to be proud of me and think, “Just like her daughter!”
I look around.
The area around the house is a little open, but the rest is a deep forest.
“Should I try developing the land?”
It’s like the slow-life light novels that were popular on the web.
In those works, the protagonist uses what are called cheats – knowledge from a previous life or things given to them by God – to develop the land while surrounding it with girls and fluffy things.
I’m a reincarnated girl, but I don’t have any convenient cheats.
However, I can learn magic from my mom.
…Hmm, I can do it surprisingly well, can’t I?
I’ve been taught a lot, but I think there are two main things I can use in development.
The first is, of course, white Fluffy!
When I use magic, I basically use it through this.
It can be extended as a hand to pick up objects, or used as a shield during battle.
It can also be shaped into a vessel and filled with boiling water.
It can be shaped into a frying pan to heat up and make fried eggs, or shaped like a stove to bake bread.
It’s a very versatile magic.
The second is plant growth magic.
By channeling healing magical power into seeds or stabbing techniques, it can promote germination and growth.
It requires a lot of magical power, but it can also grow melons in the middle of winter.
I was actually forced by big sister Kelly to make it.
…I feel like I can do it!
I’ll do my best!
I felt the presence of something approaching the barrier a little way ahead.
I turned my gaze and saw a vicious-looking beast peeking out from between the trees towards me.
For a moment, I got the chills of anticipation, thinking it was a bear.
But that thing…
When “that thing” saw me, it took a step forward, looking somehow happy.
However, its face must have hit the barrier, as it bends backwards.
It muttered something like “Gwaaa!” as it hit the barrier.
But there’s no way that would destroy Mama’s barrier like that.
After a while, it seemed to give up and turned its body around.
During that time, it looked at me longingly many times.
“Huh…?”
The corners of its mouth kept twitching.
I wonder who it was behaving towards?
That thing wasn’t the same bear as in the past.
It was a kind of bear called a weak bear.
Well, maybe it was just its big brothers who called it that, but it was a weak bear worthy of that name.
It was a true champion in appearance, about three meters long and had a ridiculously loud roar, but it was weak anyway.
The first time I met him, I was about six years old, walking in the forest with my mom.
I was always clinging to my mom, but by chance, I found some wild grapes and was picking them with all my might, so I was a little away from my mom.
That’s when the weak bear appeared.
Suddenly, I was so shocked that I let myself slip.
I panicked as the weak bear roared, and to my humiliation, I ran away to my mom like a rabbit.
My daughter jumped onto my chest and buried herself in his fur, crying, and my mom burst out laughing.
Then, stroking my back with her front paws as I was stunned by his attitude towards her daughter who had risked her life to run for her, she said,
[My daughter, my dear daughter, don’t worry. He’s a surprisingly weak bear.]
[You’re kidding me!?]
[Just try and kick me]
I cautiously approached the weak bear who was eating nuts with all my might, and gave him a little kick.
He went flying!
Weak!
As I was dumbfounded, Mama rubbed her cheek and said, “I told you so.”, laughing.
Even though he’s a weak bear, there’s something I can’t forgive.
When those bears see Mama or her brothers, they run away trembling, but when they see me, they ignore me as if they’re making fun of me.
Not only do they ignore me, but they even attack me, as if they think I’m food, which is humiliating.
I’m the weakest too, but I’m Fenrir’s daughter after all!
I can’t forgive that.
I stood up, took a run, stepped on my right foot, and jumped!
I delivered a flying kick to the big butt of the weak bear who was rustling around.
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