The Cheat Plant Mage Hides to Live a Slow Life!! ～ I’ve Been Banished from the Court and Want to Raise a World Tree but my Territory is too Strong～ - Chapter 44

Plant Mage 44

I’m Going to Accept Residents (4)

Her pink hair, like Frau’s, is longer. It goes down to her waist and she’s also taller. Her gorgeous flower crown is divine – she’s a fantasy beauty.

Frau opens her mouth slowly.

「Ano, th,attt」

It seems like she’s trying to translate what her mother, who’s standing next to her, is saying so that I could understand.

She’s an interpreter.

「Eh, to, could you please, tell, your name, nano desu.」

「Ah」

I scratch my cheek.

We’ve done all of those things and everything and I never said my name. I’m disrespectful.

「I’m Riito. Riito Ricart.」

「Ri, ito, sama!」

「No, “sama” is unnecessary….」

As if deliberately interrupting what I’m saying, Frau called out to me saying, “Riito-sama, Riito-sama”. It’s like “stupid Ivan game”, pizza pizza pizza.

TN: It’s a tiktok trend in Japan.

As the representative of the flowerkin, Frau bowed.

「Riito-sama. In your field, want to work, us desu!」

Her words are rough but what she wants to convey was painfully clear.

—Scene  Change—

That night.

After returning to my hut as I escaped from the banquet of the flowerkins, I absentmindedly think about something. I look at the starry sky through the window.

When I turned on my navigation system, a cold voice asked me a question.

「Question, does master want to subordinate the flowerkins?」

「Not subordinates but….peasants of the field?」

「Those aren’t that different.」

「…..that may be so.」

「Master said that you want to live freely by doing only what you want without interfering with anyone. If you get them involved in your field, wouldn’t that contradict your goal?」

I can only shrug my shoulders.

Of course, I know it is impossible to live alone without communicating with anyone.

Food, clothing, and shelter are something I can have with the help of my plant magic but real meat, for example, can only be obtained from a store. If I want to eat meat, I can only go out and buy it from a store.

「….they are necessary manpower to cultivate the land I bought while they want my help to raise spring berries. I can also ask them to plant berries other than spring berries. Since free manpower is available, why should I say no? I think it’s a win-win situation.」

「You need manpower?」

「Yeah, I promised a merchant in the city that I’ll give her a steady supply of red berries. I don’t really care how much manpower we have but I care about using what’s available.」