The ‘finishing-off’ meals (as Deles named them) made by the five angels were surprisingly delicious.
Instead of making overly elaborate dishes, they simply brought out the natural flavors of the ingredients. That “simplicity” is actually quite difficult.
However, it seems angels tend to prefer eating right away, so they also wanted to finish cooking quickly.
(And while they were eating, they contacted their village, and a whole bunch of helper angels gathered.)
While we were having dessert, Ah, Amari is half asleep!
Helen conjured a random succubus and carried her to the bedroom.
Leaving that aside, a whole line of angels appeared. Yes, all sorts of angels.
“Alright, introduce yourselves by name and a brief self-introduction,” said Nina.
They went in order from the end.
“I’m Harmy! Everyone tells me I’m good at anything I do! To get the Great Tree, I’ll do anything, so please give me your orders!!”
Yes, she’s motivated.
“I’m Themely. I’m confident in my speed. I was mainly in charge of intelligence operations for the village. I want to stop planning to steal crops, so I’ll do what it takes to be allowed to live in the Great Tree.”
Yes, she seems cool and perfect for the job. Wait, was she the mastermind behind the theft!
“It’s Cottonne! Can I stop being so formal now? It’s Cottonne! Hey, is it that bento box again? If I can eat it, I’ll fight again!!”
Yes, good to be energetic.
“I’m Neary. Ask me anything about the angel race. I can use healing magic, but I can’t heal myself when I’m hungry. Ah, thank you for the Donajin!”
She seems a bit more mature than the others.
“I’m Milina. I work at the library in my village. I can read human books too. If push comes to shove, I’ll throw books to fight. Of course, I can handle swords and axes to some extent too.”
Does she drop them from above? Compared to the others, she seems more like an older sister than just mature.
“I’m Shune. If I go all out, I can do anything. I can’t go all out unless I’m full. If I can go all out, I can do anything. I said it twice because it’s important.”
So, she’s saying to keep her stomach full at all times, and then we can talk.
“It’s Tochana. I’m not cut out for combat. I’m not particularly fast either. I’m not good at cooking either. But if you need an extra person, leave it to me!”
What did she come here for? Well, she can probably do basic cleaning.
“Shi-nosa… I… have trouble speaking… I don’t like humans… Please don’t make me talk… If it’s a place without humans… I’ll… try…”
What is “try”? She’s thin and dark-looking, so she might look sickly.
“I’m Lilia. Please stop punishing me. Um, what was it? It’s not a big story, but my mother is from another village.”
I don’t know about that. She seems to understand things fairly well.
“I’m Lamao! Aren’t you all dizzied by my handsomeness yet? If you want to get burned, I welcome it! Hey, stop conjuring a succubus, that’s a cold-water type, right?”
Ah, she said “burned”… and she’s caught Helen’s eye, poor girl.
(One, two, three… Huh, there are ten people. They’ve increased again???)
I can’t quite remember who I’m meeting for the first time, but it seems like no one really minds or thinks about it. Nina quickly scanned the lined-up angels from end to end.
“Who can speak on behalf of everyone?”
“I… ”
“It’s me. I’m the only one here in my mid-200s.”
Mid-200s!
Besides, poor Harmy, who tried to volunteer but was cut off. The one who pushed her way forward was, uh, Neary, right? She does seem mature.
“You’re not stealing crops anymore, are you?”
“Uh, w-well, some of my companions are still… ”
“Stop them.”
“Yes!”
As expected of Nina, she’s quite intimidating.
“If necessary, I’ll speak with your village chief.”
“We don’t have a chief in our village right now. Only males can become chief by tradition… Ah, because I’m lonely, we’ve temporarily placed Donajin in the chief’s seat. Thank you.”
What are they playing at? Though that fairy does seem male.
“Well, I’ve heard most of it, but I’ll ask again. What is your objective?”
“We don’t have any objective. We were just asked to look after the place.”
“That’s not what I’m asking. Do you have any demands?”
Neary took a breath and raised her voice.
“Allow us to live in the Great Tree!!”
“Hmm, and what’s in it for us?”
“We can manage the Great Tree!”
“Does it need managing?”
“By having the angel race live there, the Great Tree can learn many things!”
Ah, I kind of understand.
Actually, it felt like the tree had a will even before they lived there, but maybe that was just like a baby.
“Um, based on what I’ve seen,”
Oh, Clarice has an opinion!
“Yes, please tell me.”
“That tree, I feel like it can educate people. Rather, it’s like that tree can be customized by its owner.”
Ah, Neary’s expression faltered!
“So, if you leave it to the angel race, it will become a tree convenient for the angel race?”
“Yes. If things go badly, it could be taken over. I suspect this, but probably.”
As expected of Clarice, her insight and deduction are amazing. I’ll offer my opinion too.
“Certainly, that Great Tree hated angels and was kind to humans. If the angel race is in charge, there’s a possibility of that reversing. Especially since it’s so attached to us.”
I feel more like a master than an owner.
“Alright, angel race, stay away from that tree. That’s all.”
“But! If we can’t eat the fruit of the Great Tree, we’ll have to go back to damaging the farmland!”
“Understood. We will annihilate your village. Considering what you’ve done so far, it’s unavoidable.”
It’s like burning down the nests of bad birds that ruin farmland.
“Wait! If things continue like this, as the Great Tree grows, it will be attacked by monsters!”
“… What do you mean?”
“The Great Tree we lived in was also attacked by monsters from a mid-air dungeon… ”
That changes things.
“Tell me more.”
Hearing “mid-air dungeon” makes me think of floating islands, but let’s see.
