v3c83 - A New Companion Found at the Village of the Black-Haired Tribe?
“Here is the village of the Black-Haired Tribe ……”
“Yeah, according to Shelly, black-haired people used to live here.”
With Meilin in tow, we came to the site of the village.
The last time we were here, we didn’t get a chance to check it out properly because of the orc group that showed up right away, so we decided to go deeper this time.
We went on, relying on the light from my shield, and found what appeared to have once been a wall in various places, sometimes with some fragments of something on the ground.
We did not go through the entire village, but it was about three times the size of the east area on the above ground.
I assume a good number of people were living in this area.
At the far end of the village, there was a building that had just barely retained its original form, although it had deteriorated considerably.
“Is this a house …… No, since it has no windows, is it a warehouse?”
“Husband. May I go inside for the first now?”
“Yeah, of course. But I don’t know what’s in there, so you’ll have to follow behind me.”
The worst that could happen is that there could be monsters in here, so as I approached the door with caution, I felt something move.
I quickly backed up and prepared my shield and light at it.
“It’s a golem!”
Where did it come from, right next to the door was a large golem, about three times my height.
It was probably the same type of golem I had encountered before in front of Shelly’s shrine.
I don’t know how it works, but I assume it is guarding this warehouse.
“Ellie! I’ll prevent the golem’s attack, so you’ll use magic …… Wait. What does this mean?”
I readied my shield for the attack, but suddenly the golem stopped moving.
“Alex, did you do something?”
“No, I didn’t do anything.”
“Did it just suddenly break?”
“That’s not out of the question, but the one at Shelly’s shrine was moving normally …… Maybe it’s because Meilin’s here? Like it won’t attack the black-haired tribe.”
Meilin took a step back as a test, and the golem follows her instructions and moved accordingly.
But…
“Then golem. Take one step to the left! …… I guess doesn’t follow my instructions.”
“Golem, jump! …… it’s not moving, is it?”
“Golem. Take one step forward …… it follows my words, huh.”
After trying various things, it seems that it doesn’t obey the words of anyone other than Meilin, but for some reason, it obeys my instructions.
“It obeys the mine and Husband’s order …… doesn’t this mean that it recognizes him as my husband–the king of the black-haired tribe!?”
“That’s not it, though. Isn’t it because Alex has the skill to instruct Ms. Meilin’s dolls?”
“Mu …… well, that’s a possibility, but in any case, it means that Husband has the right qualities to be the king of the black-haired tribe.”
I see. The effect of the Doll Instruction skill, huh.
Certainly, Ellie may be right, but why would a golem obey me?
Golems are also called magic dolls, so was it simply because the skill was applied or because this golem was created by the black-haired tribe?
However, if the black-haired tribe did create the golem, how?
I guess there would be no golem offspring, so how is it working in the first place?
I have many questions, but for the time being, I put the golem on standby and went inside the warehouse.
“There …… don’t seem to be any monsters here.”
“Maybe the golem we saw earlier was keeping the monsters away.”
Nodding at Meilin’s guess, we cautiously examined the inside of the warehouse…
“Perhaps this was a food storage area.”
Although I could not read it, I could tell what this storehouse was from the black-haired tribe’s writing, which was carved in various places.
However, since it was a storehouse from long ago, there is nothing left in it now.
Having nothing to gain in particular, we were about to head back to the above ground…
“Husband. What should we do with this golem? It seems to obey mine and your orders.”
Meilin asked me what to do with the huge golem.
“Let’s see. There’s no point in having it guard a warehouse that has nothing left in it, and let’s let the golem do whatever it wants …… I guess it can’t.”
“If he can do the heavy lifting, why don’t we take him back to the surface?”
“I guess so. First of all, we need to make sure that it won’t go out of control without me and Meilin.”
The first thing to do is to make sure that it will not run out of control and to check what it can do, I will give it a variety of instructions.
For the time being, I gave various instructions to see if it will not run out of control and what it can do.
After trying various things, we found that, unlike Meilin’s dolls, it cannot think and act on their own, but only followed the instructions.
When given unworkable instructions such as “fly in the sky” or “defeat the demon king ……,” it seems to stiffen without moving and doesn’t seem like it will go out of control.
“Then I will give you the name of Gholeim. You will serve the Master and his concubine.”
Meilin gave him a name, and although he didn’t speak, he seemed somewhat pleased with the name.
…… But it still remains a mystery to me how this Golem has been working from long ago to the present day.