Editor: King of the End
After my engagement with Faruno was decided, I slept overnight at the Arnold’s mansion, then returned to my village.
Though it was an engagement, Faruno made her own preparations separately by returning to Marquisate of Fernandes.
The villagers greeted me excitedly when I arrived. They already knew that I was the next feudal lord. …The group of villagers who returned earlier must have told them somehow.
I go back to my house once to change clothes, then head out again. There’s a very important job to do today.
“Uwaa, there are so many chickens!” Tina’s eyes sparkle.
In front of her, two carriages arranged by Marquis Fernandes are linied up. One by one, the chickens are carried through trays over to the sheds I’ve prepared for them. Yes, the chickens I’ve been waiting for have finally arrived. Finally, I’ve obtained one of the most important ingredients as a pastry chef: the eggs!
“Not only the quantity, the quality is also great. I’ve expected this the moment I laid my eyes on the eggs, but these chickens are indeed great.”
I’m observing the chickens; they look healthy and young. Surely, they’ll lay a lot of great eggs. I bow deeply towards Marquis Fernandes.
“Yes, these chickens are good. They’re big and plump, they look so tender… Gulps.”
Tina’s drool is dripping.
It’s as if she has entered her fighting mode; her fluffy tail points up rigidly and her fox ears twitches non-stop. Even now, she looks ready to jump at the chickens anytime.
“Tina, you can’t eat them, you know?”
“Wh-what are you talking about? There’s no way I’m… going to do that.” Looking shaken, Tina replies to me. She subtly turns her face away; she’s so easy to understand.
“There’s no need to hurry; we’ll have the chance to eat them soon. For now, more than collecting the eggs, our priority is to increase their numbers. We only need to leave a few roosters behind; our meals will get more lavish soon.”
I received around fifty chickens, but that number is far from enough. In order to distribute the chickens to each village, I should treat the eggs as a precious commodity. For now, I’m determined to focus on increasing their numbers.
The eggs should be left alone aside of a celebration.
“Chicken meat! Uwaa, should we grill them, or make some stew, or… whatever it is, I’m looking forward to it!” The chicks haven’t even hatched, but Tina is already thinking about how to cook them in the future.
I understand her feelings, though. Around here, the only meat we can eat is game meat that comes from hunting wild boars, deer, or ducks. Those are tasty, but the deliciousness of a domesticated source will be different for sure. Moreover, my heart throbs in excitement when I think of how there will be a steady supply of meat, which is a huge relief.
“Yes, I’m looking forward just as much. Or maybe even more, if I think about Tina’s cooking.” I’m brushing Tina’s head unconsciously. Her fluffy hair and ears feel really good.
After a while of that, Tina grips my hem hard.
While wondering what she’s thinking, I’m looking at her, then at the carriage that doesn’t unload any chickens. Instead of chickens, there are piles of lumber and bricks. I’ve been speculating on their purpose for a while now.
“It seems that Faruno-sama’s engagement with Kurt-sama is true.” Somewhere, Tina mumbles solemnly.
“It seems so.”
There are several carpenters who have been working energetically for a while now. The stuff dropped from that carriage are a house’s materials. Somehow, they are bringing materials from a disassembled house, to assemble it again. That’s the method to shorten the assembling process.
It seems that the completed house will be a terribly extravagant one.
The house they are building right now will be inhabited by Faruno and her servants. No matter how much I’ve verbally promised not to lay my hands on her, no one will be able to believe that if we live in the same house. Therefore, Marquis Fernandes is building a house in my village and sending some servants to Faruno for monitoring.
I’m surprised that Marquis Fernandes will go as far as building a house for the sake of the engagement. It seems that Faruno will come to this village when the house is completed. Two weeks after that, I will announce my betrothal to Faruno and go to Marquis Fernandes’ house to make the pastry for the duchess. The details should be discussed at that time.
I have to think of a pastry recipe.
The duchess is a woman who likes roses. Since I’ve told my plans to make cookies that will enliven the beauty and fragrant of roses for a long time, Marquis Fernandes will arrange the ingredients for me. Right now, I’m thinking about the plan to improve it.
“Still, it’s amazing how easy it looks like to build a house.”
“That’s because he’s a marquis. He’s only third in the court after the Emperor; of course he can go to this extent.”
That is the marquis’ status. It’s not something that a baronetcy’s inheritance, one that barely qualifies to enter the court rank like the Arnolds, could even compare to. It’s sufficient to say that they’re like existences above the clouds. The only ones whose status stand beyond it are the imperial family and the ducal house.
“Kurt-sama is amazing, to be able to catch the attention of the daughter of that man.” Tina sounds proud when she says that, but she can’t hide the sadness and loneliness behind those words. She must have thought that I will be taken away.
I wrap my arm around her shoulders.
“Tina, sorry. I wanted to refuse that engagement. I know it’ll make you sad… However, my position doesn’t allow that. I know it’s unfair to you.”
“That, I won’t dare to say that kind of thing. My position and Kurt-sama’s are already different from the start.” Tina’s voice sounds sorrowful.
It’s common sense for a noble to build connections with other nobles. There’s also the tendency to avoid marriage with a beastman like Tina.
I happen to think that it’s such bullshit. I can stay with Tina. I won’t make her sad. That is more important to me than anything. Because Tina was here, I didn’t abandon my dreams. Because she was here, I worked hard to reach this place. I wish I can stay with her from now on too.
“Your feelings are enough. Kurt-sama, please think of what will make you the happiest. That will make me the happiest too.” Tina removes herself.
“Tina, I… All right. I’m going to think about my own happiness.”
Tina nods.
She must have misunderstood somehow. My happiness is to bring her joy. I replied like that, because no matter how much I tried to reach out to her, she only responded in words. I have to think of the best way to stay with her.
☘
After I received all the chickens, I entered the chicken shed and discreetly used Recovery on one of them.
If they were only that many, the sick and injured chickens would mingle together. They might also produce worn-out chicks in the long-term.
My Recovery is effective for non-humans too.
When I used it on wheat before, I was shocked when the wilted wheat was revived. By using Recovery, I was expecting them to grow into healthier chickens as they mature.
But then, a tiny mischievous thought sprouted in my mind. If the target is human, I can enable them to use mana once I heal their mana-producing organ. I had been thinking for a while about whether or not a non-human could also use magic.
I looked at the chickens with my all-seeing eyes, the side effect of Recovery.
Recovery is the power that can return something to its normal condition. Therefore, I must first know what the normal condition constitutes. That’s how I gained this ability to see through everything with my eyes.
“As I thought, they have it.”
The chickens also have a mana-producing organ. It was naturally unusable since it was damaged, but I could heal it. If the chickens can use mana, maybe they will lay more eggs.
[Recovery].
It’s not like I don’t have any bad feelings, but the temptation is too big. I cast Recovery on the weakest-looking chicken. It was not only sick, it also crashed into something when being carried over, resulting in one broken leg. Dying was the only thing left for that one.
“Cluck, cluck, cluckawk, cluckawk!”
The healed chicken jumped. And then, it rushed out straight to the wall with mana in its whole body, smashed through the wall, and escaped. Just like that, it ran out of the village and disappeared into the forest.
“And there it goes. Of course.”
If it can escape, it will. Let’s avoid granting the chickens the ability to use mana next time.
From then, I manually collected the eggs by scanning the shed and returned to the house. If I left them lying around, they’ll get spoiled. Of course, there won’t be any chicks hatching from them either.
Let’s include these eggs in today’s meal. I’m sure Tina will be happy to eat some egg dishes.
Translator’s Notes:
LMAO I don’t know what to think with the chicken-that-uses-magic. I’m pretty sure it will have a part in the future, idk lmfao.
See you next Friday!
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None shall cook this cat!!!
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As expected of Rui-sensei, aside from fox girls, elves won’t disappear from his works.
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The rules of three at the minimum, yeah? The human, the fox, and the elf.
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That chicken…… It won’t become harpy……right?
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Oh god. *rolls in a fit*
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That chicken should go to Fable. Finally the Chicken Chaser title would be honorable. Catch the Mana wielding chicken to earn your first hero title.
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My first thought was, by the end of the volume, it will have leveled up into a cockatrice. 😝
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Thanks for the chapter! It’s somewhat entertaining when it mentioned 50 chickens as I happen to be raising about 50 chickens as well. Which further delineated the difference between a medievalish society, and current first world level society.
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Good for you! Share some delicious eggs with us!
Then again, I think a home-raised ranch(?) is different than those commercial factories, no?
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Quite a bit, we do it more of as a side benefit as I come from former farmers so we still have about 5 acres. So the chickens themselves are pretty much free ranged, and we sell the eggs to coworkers at our main occupation.
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Sounds awesome * 7 * )/
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i think that chicken will none day rule the forest
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Chicken King of the Forest.
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well, we already have a giant hamster being called a King, so why not a chicken too…
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Thanks for the chapter!
Will we see the runaway chicken again? XD
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Let’s cross our fingers! xD
I think it will result in a cute mishap in the future lmfao
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“(Don’t hurry), we’ll have the chance to eat them soon. is it (don’t hurry) or (don’t worry)?
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I think it’s better as “there’s no need to hurry”. Let me edit that part xD
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One day, that chicken and Tina will be having a fight.
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I approve of this headcanon.
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Haha thatchicken will bring something “nice” if it goes like the usual light heath Japanese novel if it decide to comeback
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i can imagine that chicken becoming a field boss in the forest
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I swear, if they have to spend time dealing with that chicken after it becomes OP and starts taking all the game in the forest… Thanks for the chapter!
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Gosh, chickens are always omnivore. I fear their raspberry garden and honey boxes will be no more too, if they don’t hurry!
I’m glad you like it~
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Thanks for the new chapter! I wonder if that chicken will morph into a cockatrice or something with petrifying magic. XD
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I’m rooting for an oversized king of the forest, though. xD
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Based on the cover illustrations, Tina is the true MC of this novel. 😉
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xD Seeing our supposedly MC is missing 1/3 cover already, that’s a very legit conclusion.
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Thanks for the chapter
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Glad you like!
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Thanks for the chapters!
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Chicken-that-uses-magic, ROFLMAO, Links’ nightmare would intensify
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Yeah. New harem but that next volume
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*whistles in denial*
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Maybe it would develope a skill to breath fire and kick enemy with sh*t on it’s feet.
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So how long until this goes Harem and R-15 like Elf Cheat?
That aside, I vote that the runaway chicken instead ends up becoming a Chocobo.
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I don’t think it will go to that point… even if just based on their ages (Tina is still 13).
The titles never suggest anything like that either, but maybe that’s just me.
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+1 for chocobo
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thanks for the chap!!
I think this is the prelude of the Four Heavenly Chicken Kings.
Level up just by eating 😛
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Thanks for doing this chapter!😀
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Superannuated lolicons drool: “Yes, these chicks are good. They’re big and plump, they look so tender… Gulps.”
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