Chapter 9
My slave No. 2 had incredible strength, speed, and stamina.
“Yaaah!”
With one powerful swing of the axe, the thick tree split apart with a loud crack and fell to the ground with a heavy thud.
For reference, the tool I gave Slave No. 2 was the ‘Skilled Lumberjack’s Axe (D-rank)’.
I used up all the remaining coins I had saved from yesterday to buy it.
The other options were the ‘Poor Lumberjack’s Axe (F-rank)’ and the ‘Inexperienced Lumberjack’s Axe (E-rank)’…
But since I was buying it anyway, I chose the most expensive one with the heart of a generous master.
Crack!
Craaack—
Boom!
What a pleasant rhythm.
It was basically ASMR.
I sat in the shade, sipping cool water while enjoying the sunlight and the breeze.
‘Ahh, this is life.’
Raul probably thinks I’m struggling alone in the cabin, right?
But I have a (suspicious but helpful) system, a (needy but cute) spirit, an adorable rabbit, and a (mysterious but useful) worker.
‘And soon, I’ll upgrade my house too.’
“Fufufu….”
I felt great.
Just imagining Raul’s reaction when he saw me living comfortably already made me happy.
‘And when I’m the one who says I want a divorce first…’
What kind of expression would he make then?
A wicked smile naturally appeared on my face.
He probably never imagined it.
That Muriel would be the one to ask for a divorce first.
Even though he pretends not to notice, Raul knows everything.
He knows that Muriel has feelings for him.
If the woman who used to cling to him suddenly became cold one day…
With his personality, wouldn’t he be quite shocked?
“Gasp… Master, 100 pieces of firewood, complete.”
I snapped out of my thoughts at Lysian’s voice.
Lysian was standing there, his axe stuck into the ground, breathing heavily.
Clear beads of sweat flowed down his hair and skin, sparkling under the light.
…He looked like some celebrity who came here for a photoshoot.
“Your face is seriously ridiculous…”
“Huh?”
“Nothing. Good work.”
I stood up and approached Lysian, patting his shoulder encouragingly.
At the same time, I opened Lysian’s status.
Stamina: 999
Mental Strength: 562
Luck: 314
Charm: 788
Talent: 627
Mana: 891
Divine Power: 0
*All stats MAX: 999
“……”
This was the second time I had checked it since looking at it before coming to the forest…
But even seeing it again, it was ridiculous.
What kind of max-level character was this guy?
‘My stats are completely trash compared to his…!’
I felt a sense of relative defeat.
Anyway, Lysian had completely recovered now and was perfectly fine.
It was probably thanks to ‘The Touch of the Divine Breeder.’
Although the side effect of being tamed happened…
I guess I really did save this guy’s life.
“Let’s move the firewood to the cabin before sunset. I’ll help too.”
“Master, please rest. I’ll do everything.”
“How can you move all of this alone?”
“I’ll just carry as much as I can. Like this.”
Lysian lifted twenty pieces of firewood at once.
I stared at him with my mouth open in shock.
“…You’re really strong.”
As expected, he might not be human….
In the end, Lysian carried all 100 pieces of firewood to the front yard of the house.
The troublesome spirit refused to help, saying he should suffer a little.
And even if I tried to carry some, I could only move one or two pieces.
I stood on my tiptoes and roughly patted Lysian’s cream-colored hair, which was soaked with sweat.
“You really worked hard.”
I should make him something delicious.
Of course, our main food was still potatoes.
But earlier, I found bird eggs in the forest and secretly brought exactly three of them.
Boiled eggs should be enough.
“Nini, give Lysian some water.”
“Yes~ Master.”
The spirit flying around me approached Lysian and splashed water!
Because of that, Lysian became completely soaked from head to toe, looking like a drowned mouse.
‘Crazy…’
I meant drinking water!
This crazy spirit!
I immediately flicked Nina Bell’s forehead.
“Ouch! It hurts, Master!”
“Why would you throw water on someone who worked so hard?!”
“But he needed to wash anyway!”
“Give him proper water now! If you bully him again, you’re going to get punished!”
“Uuu…”
Only then did Nini create several water droplets of a suitable size for drinking.
While Lysian drank water and rested, I purified all 100 pieces of firewood piled in front of the house.
Flash!
A colorful, beautiful light burst from my fingertips and wrapped around the firewood like a veil.
The dark, black-purple contaminated wood regained its original color.
Immediately, a system notification appeared.
<Let’s Upgrade the Living Space!> Quest Complete!
Reward: 3,000 coins have been received.
Using 100 pieces of purified firewood, upgrade the living space.
(Small, shabby cabin → A somewhat livable one-story house)
‘Ohhh…!’
I didn’t know how much it would change, but just the fact that I could escape this old, worn-out cabin made me happy.
With an excited heart, I read the next system message.
Please choose the roof color.
Red
Blue
Green
???
“…?”
What was number 4…?
‘Question marks… Is it random?’
Then it would probably be safer to choose red, blue, or green.
My luck with random draws was horribly bad.
‘Let’s go with a bright red.’
I decided and was about to press option 1.
“Master?”
“…!”
A sudden voice came from behind me.
I was startled, my finger slipped…
‘F*ck…!’
You selected option 4, ‘???’!
I had chosen the option I absolutely should not have picked…!
“No…!!”
“Huh?”
I screamed internally and desperately tried to cancel it.
But it was useless.
The sound of construction began.
Clack, clack, clack.
A strange and colorful ribbon of light wrapped around the cabin.
“What is happening…?”
I heard Lysian’s confused voice for a moment.
Living Space Upgrade Complete!
You obtained ‘A Somewhat Livable One-Story House’!
Enjoy a comfortable life in your new home♡
The system completed the construction anyway.
And finally, when the light disappeared, the new house was revealed.
“This is insane…”
It wasn’t a flower pattern.
It wasn’t a cloud pattern.
It wasn’t a wave pattern.
It was a ridiculous hamster-patterned roof.
“C-crazy… Is this for real? It’s so funny…!”
Brown, white, and dark gray hamsters covered the roof.
A hamster jumping happily.
A hamster eating sunflower seeds.
A hamster making a V sign with its tiny front paws while winking with one eye☆
“What even is this…!”
I collapsed onto the ground, hitting the floor while laughing and crying.
It was so absurd and ridiculous that I couldn’t even get angry.
I had to live in a house with a hamster-patterned roof?
This had to be a dream, right?
‘Be honest… System. You’re not sane, are you…?’
(๑•᎑<๑)ｰ☆
Hey, don’t wink.
You turned someone’s house roof into a hamster pattern…
“…Master?”
“Master! The house became bigger! Is this also your ability?! As expected of my amazing Master~!”
Hearing the voices of Slave No. 1 and No. 2, I quickly regained my senses.
Although I had laughed so much that my soul almost left my body, I needed to explain this situation.
Especially to Lysian.
Ninabel was stupid, so I could probably get away with a vague explanation.
But Lysian didn’t seem like someone I could easily fool.
“Ability…? Master, are you perhaps a mage?”
“Ah, no, not that.”
I couldn’t pretend to be a mage.
I had basically no mana, so the lie would be exposed immediately.
‘But I do have divine power.’
I cleared my throat and naturally brought out the lie I had prepared.
“Actually, I have received the blessing of a god.”
“…!”
But maybe it wasn’t even a lie.
Trait: ■■■ ■■■ ■■’s Blessing (□□ Enhancement)
Anyway, it was true that I had received some kind of (?) blessing, right?
I didn’t know whether it was a god, a demon, or some alien race.
But I thought the chance of it being a god was higher.
Because I possessed divine power.
‘Besides, purification ability is also a branch of divine power.’
A purifier who appeared after a thousand years…
That was what Ninabel said to me.
“Oh my goodness! A purifier who appeared after a thousand years! Please make me your slave!”
At the time, everything was so chaotic that I didn’t pay much attention.
But thinking about it again…
I…
‘…might actually be an incredibly amazing person?’
