The next morning. When I went to the living room, there was a lot of food on the table.
“Wow, Lydia! Did something good happen? That looks really good when it’s still morning.”
“What? A-Ahaha ….. Well, I woke up early this morning and had time, so…”
Nina is happy to see so much food, but I’m sorry.
This is because, uh …… we did it this morning, so Lydia was in a good mood, moving in a way that was easy to understand, as if it was a reward.
Well, yesterday when we got out of the bath, Fiine had already used her skills to put everyone to sleep.
So me, Fiine and Lydia went to the small bedroom and continued what we’re doing in the bath before going to bed and in the morning also, so …… Well, that’s how it is.
So we were eating a larger-than-usual breakfast…
“For some reason, I’ve been falling asleep as soon as I go into the bedroom lately …… I wonder why.”
Monica tilted her head.
Last night Lydia didn’t seem to think anything of the fact that everyone was sleeping together …… or perhaps Lydia was preoccupied with the continuation at the bath.
After finishing the meal while ignoring Monica’s questions, we decided to build an additional house today for the six new dolls that were born yesterday.
We are using a lot of wood, but Shelly had expanded the forest when she sent us yesterday, so we should be fine about the lumber.
We decided to spend the morning building a new house, just as we did yesterday, and when we all moved near the cabin…
“Mother. Good morning.”
“Mother, morning!”
The fifth pair of dolls – Arefi and Elle, who looked like Ellie and I’s children, appeared.
But little ones are not with them, like the first set of dolls of Monie and the others we saw yesterday.
“H-Huh? You don’t have a child of a doll that looks like me?”
“Children? What are you talking about?”
“U-Uh, nothing. Never mind.”
Ellie, looking disappointed for some reason, went to the entrance of the cabin…
“What? All three pairs have not had a child yet? Why? Yesterday, all four pairs had children.”
She raised her voice wondering why.
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It seems that none of the three pairs of dolls in the cabin had given birth to a child.
Well, children are a gift from God, or perhaps it is not always possible to have a child if you do the deed, and even if it is a doll, it is probably the same for them.
And they may not have done that in the first place.
…… I was surprised to see all four pairs of children born yesterday, though.
“Mother. Good morning. What should we do for today?”
“Good morning, Mother.”
“Mama Meilin, good morning!”
Meanwhile, the first set of Monie and the others came out from the dolls’ house in the east area to greet us.
As expected, it seems that a second child wasn’t born.
After that, dolls from each of the houses in the east area came out, but again, no more children were born.
The four pairs of dolls born two days ago, their four children, and the three pairs of dolls born yesterday, a total of eighteen dolls, are a fairly large group. I wonder if they are trying to keep the number of dolls from growing too large.
“Alright. Everyone …… I’m sorry, but I need you to build houses and expand the fields again today.”
As we did yesterday, we will extend the wall in the east area, cut down some trees to build a cabin, and use the leftover wood to make accessories.
As the number of people increased, we also expanded the fields, and the dolls cultivates crops, making them grow and harvested in large quantities.
Food consumption has increased, but the labor force has increased even more, so the food situation is stable.
On the contrary, since all my dolls can use earth spirit magic, there is a surplus of crops.
The only ones who can increase new crops are still Lydia and Lydia’s dolls, who can use wood spirit magic, but spirit magic is still amazing.
As I was thinking about this…
“Mama, look! Nia made this!”
Nia, Nina’s doll, made an iron dagger and happily showed it to Meilin.
After Meilin praised Nia…
“Husband. May I give this dagger to my children to carry?”
“Yeah. There are monsters outside the walls, so it would be better to have a weapon just in case.”
The dagger was to be carried by Arefo, who lived in the house with Nia.
It’s the first weapon Nia has ever made, after all.
As I thought, she would want her husband …… or rather the one who lives with her, to use it.
“U-Um …… Mother. Can I have Nia make me a knife?”
“Well. You can be flexible in that area …… isn’t that right? Husband.”
“Yes, of course. And Meilin can also do what she thinks is good without asking my opinion, okay?”
Meilin started to check with me a lot, but I wouldn’t object if it wasn’t something dangerous.
“Big brother. You and Ms. Meilin are getting too close!”
“No, I’m holding Nora in my arms, though.”
“Hmm. How to say this, Ms. Meilin’s attitude is too different from before!”
I guess she felt something, because Nora clung to me tightly and kissed me for quite a long time.