v5c179.1 - Intermission 69 - Mugi is appointed as a bird keeper
“It’s done!”
“Good work, Nora!”
“Thanks for your help, Mugi-chan!”
Four North Ducks came to this village where Miss Mio lives, so Nora built a house for the poultries to live in.
It is a magnificent house that can withstand rain and wind and has windows with wire mesh-like netting.
Moreover, she asked Lydia to build a watering hole for them later.
……Aren’t they being treated better than Mugi to have a house of their own?
Well, anyway, these birds are said to be an apology of the angels for destroying the house Nora made.
I haven’t seen them yet, but if there are four of them, I wonder if it would be okay if I ate one of them?
As I was thinking that…
“Hey, Mugi-chan. Since you helped me build the cabin, can I ask you to take care of the birds?”
“The caretaker …… you want me to do it?”
“Yes! I also don’t know exactly what we’re supposed to do, but I’m sure it is to feed them and clean up after them?”
“…… can I eat at least one bird?”
“No, not right now! It’s just a guess, but I think we will eat the poultries after increasing their number? If Mugi-chan works hard, I think you will be able to eat a lot of them.”
I see.
If I eat them now, I can eat only four of them, but if I eat after the number of poultries increases …… I can eat a lot!
And if I feed them a lot and make them bigger, I will be able to eat even more!
“I understand! I’ll try my best to increase their number!”
“I’ll talk to brother about it later then.”
“Please do!”
A little while later, Nora brought the poultries to the house.
“Here is your new home! go on, go inside!”
The poultries didn’t want to go into the cabin, probably because the environment was different from before.
Nora looked a little sad, so I looked at them, hoping they would go inside, but it was as if they had heard my thoughts, the poultries suddenly went inside the cabin.
They looked a little frightened, and it was worrisome that it was as if they were running away, but they did go in, so that’s good.
Then Lydia came.
“Something like this?”
She made a watering hole for the poultries.
I went back to the house with Lydia, ate dinner, and then went into the bath. …… I forgot to feed the poultries.
After leaving the bath, I immediately stopped by the field and then went to the birds’ house.
“Hmm, is corn or something good for them? Do they eat leaves and stuff too?”
At dinner, Yudit, who has wings like the birds, told me that they usually eat anything.
I was told that vegetables would be fine for now, so I picked some corn and lettuce from a nearby field.
…… They eat both of them well, but the corn might be difficult for the birds to eat.
But they eat the lettuce well, so if we keep it up, we’ll have lots of tasty meat!
“…… Ehehe …… Hah! No, Mugi is a caretaker now. We’ll eat them when they’re a little older.”
“…………”
“H-Huh? Birds!? Why did you guys suddenly stop eating!? Eat more and lay more eggs.”
Somehow I felt the birds turn pale …… went into the back of the cabin to escape.
Maybe it’s not enough to eat only vegetables?
Do you want to eat fish and meat too?
But aside from meat, fish is not caught in this village, so Lydia is taking good care of it.
The fish is delicious, but even I only get one a day, and we don’t have enough to share with the birds.
“That’s right! I’ll give you some of that delicious stuff. I’m sure there’s still more of it!”
Once back home, everyone was sound asleep, so I went to take a bath.
I don’t know why, but when I go to the bath after everyone is asleep, there is that strange-tasting milk all over the place.
“…… Yummy! Wait, I shouldn’t drink it myself!”
I collected the milk that was on the floor or floating in the hot water and took it to the birds.
When I poured the milk on the leftover lettuce …… ah, they came out from the back and started eating it with great vigor.
“Huh? Only two birds are eating? The …… the female is eating it deliciously, but the male is not trying to eat at all? On the contrary, they are running away?”
Sure, it’s a unique taste and smell, but is it a bad smell for the male bird?
Even though it tastes so good.
At any rate, I’ll start splitting the food between the male and female, and give the female some milk mixed in every day!