I walk from one corner of the yard to the other. Calling for the Maro. I want to find Maro but I didnât find Maro anywhere I looked. Ikuru also went to look at the rooftop, but he came down immediately and told me that he wasnât there.
âI couldnât be, did he walked into the forestâŠ?â
âI donât know. Well, I donât think Maro would have a problem going out into the woods⊠but Iâm worried about her.â
I nodded in agreement to Ikuruâs words. I looked around the garden once more. No, theyâre gone.
âIf sheâs in the forest, Maro will be fine. She has snow magic and sheâs fast on the run⊠but there will a problem if someone took her away, right?â
âE-e-EH!?â
Indeed, Maro is cute and theyâre rare.
They could be kidnapped in a haphazard manner. A stray rabbit? I wondered if they had taken her by mistake or something. Anxiety flared up in my brain and it seemed to show on my face. Then, Ikuru called out to me, âItâs okay.â He said consoling me.
âWell, itâs unlikely that she would be taken. Snow bunnies are hard to catch. Besides⊠this house and garden are safe, right?â
âE-?â
âItâs made from Hinami-samaâs skills.â
Ah!
The Godâs <<Miniature Garden>>!
âThatâs right!â
âDid you forget? Seriously. Though, I donât know how it works for me.â
âGod said this skill doesnât let enemies inâŠâ
âSo thereâs no chance of Maro being taken. Heâs either hiding somewhere in the house or out in the woods.â
Hmm?
Maro wasnât kidnapped. But I thought this Miniature Garden skill wouldnât let demons in⊠what?
I see.
Maro is a demon too. Then what exactly does the âenemyâ mean?
Mmm. When I was pondering this, Ikuru also had a puzzled look on his face. I wondered if Ikuru understood the reason.
âIt means that Hinami-samaâs âenemiesâ are not allowed in, right? Whether itâs people, demons, or animals.â
âAh, I seeâŠâ
Indeed, the hard wolf that had attacked me before had been played by the barrier. But Maro is not affected. When I think about it, blocking the skill userâs enemies⊠is the correct answer.
I feel like Iâm being protected by God very much.
âMi~â
âMaro!?â
As I was thinking about the skill ăGodâs Miniature Gardenă, Maroâs voice reached my ears out of nowhere. However, I look around, but Maro is nowhere to be found.
âMaro, where are you!?â
âMi!â
Normally he would have jumped on me, but now I can only hear his voice. Where on earth is the voice coming fromâŠthe grass?ăNo, heâs not there.
The area with a little grass in the garden is a snack area for the chickens. I thought they were playing hide-and-seek there, but Maro was nowhere to be found.
ââŠâ
âE!?ăIkuru, did you find out where Maro is?â
ââŠun.â
âWhere?ăWhere?â
I wonder if Ikuru can see everything⊠even though I have no idea where Maro is at all. I wonder if this is also thanks to the search for wind magic.
âMi~!â
ââŠare?â
Itâs Maroâs voice, coming from Ikuru.
I looked at Ikuru and Maro came out of Ikuruâs back. She climbed onto Ikuruâs shoulder.
Maro was holding a small flower in her mouth.
âMi!â
âE?ăCan I have it?â
âMi~!â
âThank you!â
I took the flower from Maro and gently sniff the small yellow flower. Immediately, the sweet scent of the flowers spreads through me, creating a gentle atmosphere.
With a pion, Maro jumps down from Ikuruâs shoulder and performs a magnificent jump. As it is, I tap the ground with my small hands.
âHmm?â
âI thought you wanted me to plant it there.â
âAah!â
I gently plant the flowers where Maro indicates. Then Maro sniffs the flower with satisfaction. She jumped to me, and I held her firmly in my arms.
Illustration (By Mitemin)
âMaroâs flowers are beautiful!â
âMi!â
âOf course!â Maro made a high, pretty voice as if to say so.
Ah, right. Itâs a Maro flower. Wouldnât it be wonderful if we could make a flower garden with these flowers?
âYosh!ăA lovely story that Maro brought to me. A beautiful flower in full bloom!ăThe Angelic Voice Sanctuary!â
In response to my voice, a sweet scent rose from the ground all at once. The little yellow flowers spread out all around our feet.
âMi!â
âAs always, itâs amazing.â
Somehow, I felt a little shyâŠehehe.
âMaroâs flowers are beautiful.â
âMi!â
âThatâs right.â
It was like a yellow carpet of small flowers. It would be cute to make a flower crown out of these flowers.
That, are-
I think Iâve forgotten something important.
âHinami-sama, letâs go inside and have tea.â
âAh, unâŠâ
âLetâs fry up some bread today.â
âMii~!â
As Ikuru head towards the house, Maro slipped out of my arms and head towards the house too. Maro loves sweet bread.
Ah, right! I remember now!
âRight!ăWhere have you been, Maro!?â
I shout that out loud and run after Ikuru and Maro.
No, I know that. The flowers that Maro brought meâŠthey donât bloom in my garden, you canât get them unless you go into the forest. In other words, you canât get it unless you go into the forest.
âMi~?â
âAh!ăMaro, donât try to fool me!â
âMi!â
Maro, who is in an easy-going mood, seemed to have tried to distract me.
Well, Iâm glad heâs okayâŠ
Illustration by Hiyori-sama.
(TLNote: thereâs no other picture except the first one, though)
A/N: I received an image illustration for this novel, so I used it.