“Hey, big brother, welcome back! Did you see any monsters or anything?”
“Oh, yeah. We didn’t meet any, so don’t worry.”
“I’m so glad!”
Saying that, Nora hugged me …… and before I knew it, Nina also clings to me.
And now that we’ve reassured both of them…
“Nora, Nina. I’m sorry to rush into this, but a lot happened and we need you to build a little house.”
“A little house? What do you mean?”
I’m going to change today’s activity.
It’s because I saw the thing with Ares and Monie, the dolls in the shape of children of me and Monica, at the cabin.
And then Meilin created two new dolls, Alec and Mocha, who are the second dolls, respectively.
I don’t know how it happened, but it seems like they started doing that thing as soon as I left the cabin.
Ares and Monie didn’t show any signs of it at first, and it was only because Monica taught them how to do it that it happened.
I can understand that, but why did Alec and Mocha, the second one, suddenly start doing that thing without being taught?
…… Well, reasons aside, the fact is that they are in such a state that Ares and Monie and Alec and Mocha are supposedly in love with each other, so I decided they should split the house.
“I thought I’d give Meilin’s dolls their own little home.”
“Mr. Alex!? That’s ……”
“Well, that’s how it is. It’s not like we can have those four dolls be in the same room.”
“C-Certainly. The two against two is …… Ahem. I think they should split up.”
I have a feeling that Meilin is thinking differently than I am but …… Well, anyway, I think it’s better to keep that they split the house.
“I don’t really understand, but it’s the dolls’ house, right? OK! But can I have some help with the wood?”
“Of course, but can I ask you to help me? I need to cut some wood.”
This time, since it was for the dolls, we decided to make a house that was just a smaller version of the cabin we already had.
It is a simple structure with no particular floor plan, so as long as they have the right materials, Nora and Nina can make it by themselves.
We decided to use the east side of the cabin as a housing area for the dolls, and when Lydia and I were about to expand the stone wall…
“Mother, I’m sorry. Just in case, I’ve made some kind of clothes.”
The first two dolls, Ares and Monie, appeared with fur covering their chests and waists to Meilin, who had been following us.
The second dolls, Alec and Mocha, did not appear, probably because their clothes were not yet …… ready …… surely.
“Mm. When you work, make sure you work hard and diligently. Now, you two will tend to the crops …… Mr. Alex. What should my children do?”
“Well, I’ll explain it to you when I’m done expanding this place, so just wait a bit.”
Meilin and the dolls were waiting, and while we were expanding the walls with Lydia’s spirit magic…
“Mother. I think I can do that too …… [Stone Wall]”
Ares activated spirit magic!?
“What!? How can I use spirit magic!?”
“Mr. Alex. Ms. Shelly said before that when kissed me, you are able to use earth spirit magic.”
“Oh …… come to think of it, I’m pretty sure she said something like that. [Stone Wall] …… Wow, I could do it too!”
I hadn’t realized it before, but I was able to use earth spirit magic too, so Lydia, Ares, and I were able to complete the wall faster than the Shadow Wolves showed up.
The only spirit magic we could use was earth, which means that we could not produce water, but we could grow the seedlings of the crops that Lydia had grown for us.
However, it will be a problem when the Shadow Wolves come, so we forbid letting the dolls expand the wall alone.
“…… Wait a minute. Meilin’s dolls can use my current skills, right? Does that mean she can also use my Slave Release?”
“Mr. Alex. What is Slave Release?”
“It’s the extra skill I got when I defeated a demon, the skill that saved Meilin.”
I gave a brief explanation of the Slave Release skill…
“In other words, you can help those who are enslaved like me. All right, Ares. Use that Slave Release Skill.”
“Uh, the Slave Release skill is an extra skill, so maybe it’s not inherited by the doll. He can use the other skills, right?”
I asked her to use some skills under Meilin’s instruction, but although the paladin skill was activated, the Slave Release skill was still not activated.
Nevertheless, just being entrusted with growing and harvesting the crops would be quite helpful, so I was about to reconsider what I wanted the dolls to do, when I suddenly realized.
“…… Wait. The fact that my skills can be used, with the exception of extra skill, means that they can also use my Super Resilience and Peerless …… I, I have to stop Alec and Mocha!”
I rushed to the cabin with Meilin and found the second doll, Alec, lying down and Mocha sitting on top of him …… Mocha’s eyes were completely heart-marked!
Apparently, these two dolls had been like this for a long time after we left the cabin.
(T/N: I guess what they’re doing is different from what the others do to Alex to relieve him, you know what I mean.)