A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 11

Translator: Darling | Editor: Coming soon…

This village that wasn’t even on the map had 5 wooden houses. 

All of them were 1 story house that looked the same. The exterior was very simple, without any decorations or flowering plants. It seemed to be fit for living though.

Selesina, Hisui, and Toi went further inside. There saw 3 small children, 2 young women in their twenties. They were preparing food in a large pot.

The looked towards us with wary eyes.

‘Thank God they have food……..’

Selesina breathed a sigh of relief and called out to the women.

“I’m Selesina Rinklat. I would like to meet the person in charge of this village, could you please guide me.

“A noble, here….”

“Umm, I’ll guide you. Please come this way.”

“Thank you.”

One of the women was shocked and the other hurriedly guided us in.

The children looked at us curiously and trembled a little when they laid their eyes on Toi. Looks like they were scared of him since he was a huge dog.

“I’ll take them to Grandpa Anton so you finish making the food.”

“Understood.”

“Yes.”

The young woman took us to the house that right in the center.

There was no magic tool to light up the inside of the house but light flooded into the house through the window on the ceiling.

There were two men inside the house.

“It’s been several months since we started living here……….we’ve tried making fields but as expected it didn’t work out.”

“The soil isn’t very good.”

“If we could only pump some water from the river over here…….”

The man looked like he was in his fifties as he let out a huge sigh. The one who agreed with him was an even older man. They seemed to be extremely worried about this village.

“That’s not all there is to be worried about……….The landowner may have an objection.”

“That’s right. But staying in the slums in the city……..wouldn’t have been good for the future of those kids.”

She was reminded of the children in this village.

If they were to grow up in those slums, they wouldn’t be able to turn into decent adults. In order for them to grow up properly and get decent jobs, they should grow up in a better……….environment. That’s what these men seemed to wish for.

There was a hurried knock on their door. 

A voice called out, “grandpa Anton!” 

Anton, being the old man.

“What is it? So noisy.”

“Umm, we have some honored guests.”

“Guests? Honored?”

That’s a very respectful way of speaking, Anton, the old man laughed and said. Although his eyes flew open when he saw Selesina at the back.

‘Is this the person in charge of this village?’

Selesina curtseyed gracefully and said.

“It’s my first time meeting you. I’m Selesina Rinklat. I was entrusted to the 7th district by my father- the Marquis. Nice to meet you.”

“The daughter of the Lord……!?”

“This is Gatz. Let’s do the introductions first. I’m Anton, the person in charge of this village.”

“Ex, Excuse me…….! I’m Gatz. I make homes and fields.”

Selesina was relieved from the bottom of her heart that they introduced themselves so easily. She was worried that they may………….be hostile towards her.

She thought that since they came from the slums, they may dislike nobles.

‘………..They want to protect the children.’

Maybe that’s also the reason why they are being so nice.

“That, is the Lord angry that we constructed……..homes here?”

Gatz’s hands were trembling a little when he asked Selesina. What if they were asked to leave immediately?

Selesina shook her head while smiling in order to relieve him.

“No, father has entrusted this land to me.”

“To Lady Selesina…..?”

“Yes.”

Gatz widened his eyes when he heard that.

Why? Because it was a very famous story that the daughter of the lord wasn’t given any divine blessings – There was probably no one in the country who didn’t know about it.

That’s why Gatz thought that………..this land must have been abandoned.

“That’s, umm, that…..”

“Gatz. First, let her have a seat. We can’t talk with her standing there…….”

“Thank you for letting us in.”

Selesina sat down on the chair and Gatz prepared tea. After thanking him, she turned.……….and looked behind.

“Hisui and Toi……..”

“We’ll wait outside.”

“Is that so? Thank you.”

It wouldn’t be good to have a large dog come into the house so she let them wait outside apologetically.

She introduced Hisui to Anton and Gatz and then moved on to the main subject.

“Let me tell you straight away.”

“Ye, yes….”

Selesina looked straight at Anton and Gatz and took in a deep breath.

“I would like to plant a great tree here and manage this place as the Lady of this land.”

“Does that mean that you will…………recognize this place as a village?”

“Yes.”

Selesina cheerfully nodded to Anton’s question.

Selesina would become the Lord and Anton would be the village chief and this village would be officially recognized. It will be named and receive a place on the map.

For a person like Anton who lived such a humble life, this was great news.

‘There was the fact that Selesina didn’t have any blessings but……………this land is already not very good so it most likely wouldn’t deteriorate further by having a Lord that didn’t possess any blessings.

Moreover, the actual owner of this land is Bethel.

So this land should be under the protection of Bethel’s blessings.’ Anton thought.

Moreover, the fact that this village could be recognized was very welcome. He lowered his head.

“Thank you Lady Selesina. There are very few people here other than me and Gatz but……….but we’ll cooperate with you to become your strength.”

“Thank you for your help and nice to meet you, Mr. Anton.”

There were 14 people in this village including Anton and Gatz.

There were 2 men in their twenties, 3 women in their twenties, and 7 children. They helped each other out and cooperated with each other for daily living including cooking etc.

‘They were preparing food outside in that large pot.’

She happily thought that this was a warm place. If it’s here then she may be able to do well even without blessings.

‘Even if it’s just a little, she wanted to be acknowledged by the people in this village.’

She aimed to turn this into a big town!

Of course, it would be great if this place could be developed into a big city……but for now, she was the oversee this place for a year. Most likely, within that time, she here engagement would also be broken.

At that time she didn’t want to be alone, she wanted to have more allies.

“In that case, let’s plant the great tree. Mr. Anton, can I plant the seed in the center of this village?”

“Of course! I would have never imagined that I would be able to witness the planting of the great tree………..”

Anton and Gatz swallowed hard. They couldn’t hide their surprise that a great tree………..would actually be planted in this village.

The great tree protects and blesses the land around it within a certain radius.

The effect is proportional to the blessings of the owner of the land.

For example, it could shield the village or city from an enemy invasion, help the growth of vegetation, or give good health to the citizens of the town.

More important is the Asgarl system that players can use.