"Let's see, ......."

Jin's eyes swam at the unexpected question.

It was a very successful question in terms of changing the mood of the meeting.

When Licia asked him when he came back from the Shoro Kingdom, Jin was at a loss. Reiko saved him.

"Licia-san, your father was brought here by Deus ex Machina-sama.

"What?　Master Machina?

"Yes. Yes. Master Machina has excellent means of transportation. Makina-sama has forbidden me to tell you the details.

Is that so? ...... Jin-san, you're really great. I can't believe you know that Makina-sama.

That's right!　Jin-dono is amazing!

It seems that Reiko has been secretly communicating with the old man via manacam and made up an excuse to save the day.

For the time being, we will use the setting that we decided at the meeting the other day, that <>.

"And now, I'm sorry for the delay, but I'll return the golem horse and the magical tool for healing. Thank you very much!　They helped me a lot."

Licia was relieved to see that Jin's mood had changed.

"I'm glad to hear that. Now I have to return the horse.

Licia and Pascoe's horses had been entrusted to the village head.

Originally, the chief had more than 10 horses, but when he was drafted into the army 10 years ago, all the horses were taken away, and he had stopped keeping them since then. However, he decided to keep only one horse because it would be inconvenient if something happened without one. So the village head is used to taking care of horses.

"Thank you very much. Mr. Pascoe went from being an apprentice knight to a knight, and now he has a new horse, so we will take him in.

That's about all I have to say for the moment, so I ask him to check the horse before it gets dark. Jin knew nothing about horses, after all.

"Let's go check on the horses for now.

It is still before 4:00 p.m., and the summer sun is just beginning to set.

It was Gloria's first visit to the village of Kaina, so she gave us a brief explanation as we slowly made our way through the village.

Over there are wheat fields, and over here are vegetable fields. Most of the fields in the village of Kaina are taken care of by the community."

"Collectively?　You mean to say that they are not individual fields, but truly village fields?

"Yes. So it is taken care of jointly. The harvest is distributed fairly. It's a difficult thing to do.

"Hmmm, so we don't have to take care of the fields to share in the harvest?"

Gloria's question is a natural one. Jin thought the same thing when he first arrived in the village of Kaina.

"Jin-san, what about that?"

So it was not difficult to answer Licia and the others.

"It's a small village. We have to help each other to get by, so there is a natural division of labor. The village head distributes the work according to the amount of work done, and everyone is a hard worker, so they don't slack off.

"Well, that's kind of an ideal community in a way. ......"

Licia is surprised at Jin's explanation. Normally, in such an organization, people would always think of taking it easy by being lazy, or trying to increase their share as much as possible. But here in the village of Kaina, there was none of that. No wonder they were surprised.

"That's Martha's house that I'm taking care of. ......"

"Hey, girl!"

Hannah, who was weeding in front of the house, spotted Jin and came running.

"Oh, you're the knight lady!　And, um, ......."

Hanna's face breaks into a smile when she sees Gloria, whom she knows. She looks at Licia and tilts her head, remembering her face but not her name.

"I am Licia, Hannah.

"Oh, yes!　You're the girl from the school!"

"Hannah, you're not a tax collector, you're a tax collector."

"Yes, the tax collector's daughter."

Hannah joined the group and soon the group arrived at the village chief's house. There, a small signboard read <>.

"Mireshan Clinic?　What kind of place is this clinic, Mister Jin?

The words "doctor," "physician," "hospital," and "clinic" do not exist in this world, so it is not surprising that Gloria was taken aback.

After consulting with Sally about a new start, we decided on the name <>.

"I think it is generally known as a healing center, isn't it?"

Gloria nodded, "That makes sense. Licia was also impressed.

"So Mr. Jin has invited a healer to the village. It is certainly necessary, isn't it ......?

Licia, who used to be a member of the rescue knight corps and could use healing magic herself, thought for a moment.

She went around to the back of the village headman's house, where she found a small, spacious room with three horses running free.

"Let's see, my horse is ......, eh, eh?"

Pascoe's horse was a chestnut stallion (male). Licia's horse was a female chestnut mare with a white nose. The chief of the village originally had a chestnut mare.

The two mares' bellies were getting a little bigger.

"Oh, Jin. ...... and Miss Licia."

Chief Giebeck had just come out to put the horses in the stables. When he saw Licia, he looked terribly sorry.

"I'd like to get an apology from Jin as well. ......"

With that preface, Giebeck bowed to Licia.

"I'm sorry!　Licia's horse was bred to Pascoe's horse when we left them together!"

"What?

Licia turns red.

"It was spring, just in time for the breeding season, and I found myself at ......."

"Hmmm, Pascoe's horses are so unprincipled that he impregnated two of them."

Gloria is saying something like that beside me. Licia blushed more and more when she heard that.

"Oh, ...... what should I do?"

Jin also looked a little troubled.

"Are you going to have a baby?"

Hannah is the only one who is excited.

"What should we do?　I'm still okay enough to go for a ride.

"Well, I don't want to push you too hard ......, but would you mind keeping the horse until the foal is born?　I will pay for it.

"No, thank you, I'm sorry to have to do this to your horse. ......

"Licia, then you can keep the golem horse that Licia was using.

After much deliberation, Jin decided to give one of his golem horses to Licia.

"Is that okay?"

"Yes. I just want to do a little maintenance first. It's late in the evening and you're staying the night, right?

"Yes, I guess so. Yes, we will.

So, one of the golem horses was given to Licia.

While Licia and Jin were talking about this, Gloria was casually watching the villagers returning from their farm work.

Her eyes widened. It was because she saw a machete held by one of the villagers.

"Oh, that!　What if ...... no, no, no!"

"What?　What's wrong, Gloria?"

She ran out of the house, seemingly oblivious to Licia's voice. She stood in front of the villager,

"Let me see that machete!

The villagers were startled. The villagers noticed the village headman and Jin standing nearby and called out for help.

"Hey, chief!

Jin, Licia, and the village chief, Gibek, heard the voice.

"...... Gloria-san ......"

Jin and Licia were a bit annoyed with Gloria, who was still the same as before, but advised the villager ...... Jeff.

"I'm sorry. Well, he's not a bad guy, so why don't you show him your machete for a minute?"

"Huh?　Yes. ......"

Licia, who was a friend of Jeff's, said yes, and Jeff held out the machete in his hand to Gloria.

Upon receiving it, Gloria was surprised to see that the blade of the machete was made of adamantite.

"What is this?　Only the blade is made of adamantite!

The machete was one of the ones Jin had made last year in response to the emergency situation in the village of Kaina.

"Such a use of adamantite ......!"

Gloria's tension is rising.

"Mister Jin!　I will stay in Toka for a week or so. I will stay in Toka village for about a week.　Please make me a like this!"

"......?"

Licia and Jin smiled and let out a sigh at the same time.

Jin was amazed at Gloria's unchanging personality.

Licia then asked Jin-san, who is a senior member of the estate management team, to teach her a few things about running a Toka village,......> and the timing of her request never seemed to come.

It was a summer evening, and the sky over the village of Kaina was filled with clouds that had begun to change color.