Zabuton and her spiderlings came to me for their salutations before hibernating.
Is it already that time?
Saddening.
See you again in spring.
I know.
I’m also looking forward to the costumes you made for the spring parade.
And the spiderlings who won’t hibernate, don’t overdo it.
Don’t forget your thermal insulation stone when you go out.
I know Red Armor and White Armor are resistant to cold but you don’t have to be outside the gate even if you are the gatekeepers.
It’s okay.
You’re still the gatekeepers inside.
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Then, the pond turtles came.
Are you guys going to hibernate now too?
Do you really have to hibernate all at once….No, I shouldn’t stop you.
See you in spring.
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Looking around the village, the number of slimes walking around is small.
They are likely moving to a warmer place.
The slimes that are walking around now are slimes that are resistant to cold.
Even if you are strong against cold, you shouldn’t go out when it is about to snow.
Oh, I saw a slime that’s trembling in the cold and is already sluggish.
I took it and released it in the mansion.
There’s no problem if I leave it outside but the slimes are also villagers.
I want to help them too.
…..
There may be others like it.
Let’s look around.
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It is now officially winter.
It’s cold.
However, it is warm inside my mansion.
It’s hard to go out though.
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There are three kotatsus installed in the guest receiving room.
The first kotatsu is being used by Malbit, Ruincia, Suarurou, and Raz Maria.
It looks like all of their work is over so they are in complete relaxation
mode
.
Each of them is holding alcohol made by the dwarves.
And there’s also
roast beef
on top of the kotatsu.
No, it’s
roasted
rabbit meat,
so roast rabbit
?
Also, there’s a board of Sugoroku there so I guess they’re playing sugoroku….
It looks like they are dissatisfied with the content written on the board so they threw it away.
It’s just a game, don’t take it seriously.
However, who the heck made that?
Who the heck wrote “My daughter took my place”, “My grandson was caught by an evil heterosexual”, etc. on that sugoroku board?
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The second kotatsu is being used by Dors, Raimeiren, Doraim, and Guronde.
The kotatsu became a mahjong table.
Are they betting something? Everyone looks serious.
I’m afraid that they’ll crush the tiles.
Grafaloon seems to have to go home soon but can’t part with Rananon.
I heard that she should have left two days ago but why is she still here?
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The last kotatsu is being occupied by Doraim’s butler, Gucci, Bulga, and Stifano.
On the kotatsu are youkan and tea.
The youkan is still at the trial stage but I think it is already satisfactory as it is.
As for the villagers, it is pretty popular.
Sweets are favorites of the fairy queen and the children.
It is also popular with some adults who like sweets that are not that sweet.
And Gucci, who likes not that sweet sweets like youkan, talks about how great it is to Bulga and Stifano.
That’s Gucci’s opinion but sweets should be really sweet like zenzai.
That’s according to someone who thinks mochi is great.
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The kotatsu in my room is being occupied by Kuro and Yuki.
Kuro moved a little when he saw me so I went in for a while.
……..
On the other side, sleeping in someone else’s room, is the fairy queen.
Sleeping in someone else’s room is quite a big deal you know.
On the right and left of the fairy queen are Hitoe on her little fox form and the kitten Samael. They are sleeping while being snuggled by the fairy queen.
Hitoe has a good relationship with the cats.
The cats also treat Hitoe as if she’s their elder sister.
I don’t mind but it seems like Hitoe doesn’t like to interact with the children that much.
When she’s in her human form, she looks like a three-year-old girl.
I can’t force her to play with the children if she looks like that.
In terms of age, she’s far older than me.
According to her mother Youko, she will immediately transform into an adult when the time comes.
It is unknown when it will be.
However, Youko’s not being impatient at all because the longer her child period is, the stronger she will be.
As for me, it’s kind of saddening if you can’t see the growth of a child.
I only muttered that but Youko changed her age in front of me.