A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 59

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

To the north of the Royal Capital of the kingdom of Albard was the Rinklat territory. Within the Rinklat territory, there was a district named the 2nd district that housed a small village. 

The name of that village is ‘Selin village’ and it is mainly managed by the daughter of the owner of the territory, the Marquis Rinklat. She is the Lord of that territory. It’s a very peaceful village full of smiles, a good village.

In the village of Selin, the mansion of the Lord of the village was almost nearing it’s completion right about now although it was too small to be called the mansion of the Lord.

The mansion was 2 floors high and a lot of natural light flooded into the mansion by the way of skylights. The appearance from the outside was simple and the entrance of the mansion was lined with flowering plants on its sides with white flowers growing on them. It looked lovely.

Selesina looked at the mansion that was soon going to be complete with tremendous excitement. Her heart was racing.

“Hisui isn’t this a great mansion!”

The one pointing at the mansion in great excitement was Selesina Rinklat. She had silvery white long hair and lovely rose pink eyes. She had a kind yet happy smile on her face, happy about the fact that her mansion was soon to be finished constructing.

Right now Selesina was full of enthusiasm and energy but till sometime back she was always known as the one with no blessings.

In this world, each person receives blessings from either the spirits, Gods or Goddesses. This was the case for each person with an exception, or at least that’s how it’s supposed to be.

The ‘seal of blessings’ that was the sign that appeared on a person’s body once they had received blessings hadn’t appeared anywhere on Selesina’s body.

For that reason, she was always called ‘the one with no blessings’. 

In order to not bring trouble to her parents, Selesina rarely left her house all these years.

However, recently she had been to the great shrine and the chief of the great shrine Lucaria had informed her that she was indeed blessed and that she was blessed by a Goddess.

Therefore she was living her days peacefully at the moment. Well, it wasn’t like she was entirely free…………. of thoughts or concerns.

For example, the fact that she was the villainess or that even though she was the fiancé of the crown prince of this country, the chief of the great shrine had requested to become her fiancé.

Or that the event where she is dumped as the fiancé of the crown prince Soratek hadn’t occurred yet.

Selesina softly sighed in her heart.

About Lucaria’s wish to become her fiancé, it wasn’t something that she could deal with on her own at this point in time so she would leave it to her father, Bethel.

“Ah, they’re giving it the finishing touches! Lady Sele.”

“That’s great.”

[Woof]

Hisui was looking up at the mansion that was near completion with joy.

With amber-colored hair and jade green eyes, Hisui was her apprentice butler. He was pretty short until recently but he had grown taller now. His butler clothing was suiting him much better now too.

As he was Selesina’s butler, he was here with her at the village.

And with them was also Hisui’s friend the divine beast, Toi.

Toi had pure white fur and was soft, super soft that you just felt like hugging him. The ribbon around his neck looked fashionable and gave him a  dignified appearance.

The people constructing Selesina’s mansion were Gatz as the head and some other villagers. She was told earlier that the mansion would be complete very soon after a little more work on the interior.

That’s why Selesina, Hisui, and Toi were here waiting for its completion.

<<Bingo! The great tree has leveled up!>>

<<Bingo! The great tree has leveled up!>>

<<Bingo! The great tree has leveled up!>>

“————–!”

“Lady Sele?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Selesina who was surprised at the sudden notice that the great tree had leveled up, let out a voice subconsciously.

‘That was dangerous……………….no one can hear this other than me.’

However, this kind of a sudden announcement in her mind was bad for her heart as usual. She could only praise herself that she didn’t scream in surprise.

‘The great tree was at Level 5 so it should have reached Level 8 now.’

Selesina had memories from her previous life where she had played this fantasy game for girls named ‘Maiden of Asgarl’. For that reason, she was able to use the game system, the Asgarl system.

The level of the great tree was one of the skills of the system. As you level up, your territory receives many benefits.

If your own house is constructed then it levels up to Level 6. Level 7 when you open a shop in the territory. And Level 8 when you make your own specialty product of the village. It was thanks to the honey and the hand cream made using honey that the tree had reached Level 8.

“Hisui, can you please ask Mr. Gatz how long it will take before the mansion is complete?”

“Yes, I will.”

When Selesina requested that of Hisui he immediately went inside the mansion.

The actual reason why she had sent him away was that she couldn’t check the system screen with Hisui around. 

“Yosh! Asgarl System [Start up].”

Selesina Rinklat

UP! Great Tree Owned: Level 8

Guardian Beast: Toi

Territory Owned: Albard Kingdom, Rinklat Territory District 2

People: 28

Great Tree Skill

Fertility Blessings Level 4 -Vegetation grows well in a 25 meter radius around the great tree and soil quality has improved.

Sweet Nectar: Level 2 – The great tree emits a sweet scent and attracts butterflies and bees.

Blessings of the Amulet Level 2: No monsters come within 3 KM of the great tree.

Territory Named: Yield increases

Primitive Great Tree: The growth rate of the great tree increases

Specialty of the village: The recognition of the village increases

 One-hit KO: Attack power increases

Donation Heart: The shrine shop is available

Child Of The Territory: The physical strength of the people in the village increases

Prayer Heart: The endurance of the people in the village increases

Blessings of the shrine: Yield of the harvest increases

“Yes, yes.  The great tree has safely reached level 8! If I remember it correctly, a new skill is acquired once the great tree reaches level 10. A little bit more………………”

Since she had gained some skills by completing certain quests, the village of Selin had become a better place to live in.

At this rate, the level will go up steadily.

‘Ah! Since the level has increased…………the great tree may also grow. After I’m done looking around the mansion once it’s completed, I’ll go and water it.’

While Selesina was thinking about those things, Gatz and Hisui came out of the mansion.

“Lady Sele, the construction is over! We can go in and look around now.”

“Really? I’m so happy. Mr. Gatz, thank you so much for constructing my mansion. It must have been tiresome right?”

“No, no, not at all! Since I was working for you Lady Selesina, I was really happy, nothing was tiring!”

Gatz was the one that did the carpentry and made the fields in Selin village.

He had dark red-brown hair which was held back with a bandana. He had a stubble on his chin. Working in his prime 30’s he was the leader of all the youngsters.

He immediately guided them into the mansion.

‘Instead of calling it a mansion, it’s cuter to call it ‘the little mansion.’

They entered the mansion that was constructed with light colored wood to find that the entrance hall and the staircase that would lead them to the 2nd floor.

There was no problem even if there were some visitors, the size was big enough.

Gatz began to explain.

“The door to the left of the entrance is the door to the reception room and the guest room. Please use it when you receive guests. To the right is the living room and the dining area is beyond that.”

“It’s amazing.”

The reception was big enough to entertain visitors. She would get the tableware and other essential items from the Royal capital.

The guest room had large windows that allowed a lot of natural light to flow in. It might be good to decorate it with stylish lace curtains.

‘I want to decorate it with paintings as well.’

Thinking about the interior led her into a beautiful daydream.

The living room was one size bigger than the reception room. There was more than enough space to put a sofa for four. Selesina was excited. She wanted to prepare a sofa and a table quickly.

‘I want to place the platinum rose that I received from Lord Soratek here as well.’

The platinum rose plant was a gift from Soratek to her when they were in the flower town of ‘Kuric’. The inner petals of the platinum rose shone brilliantly and they turned a pale blue on the outside.

They went in to find the dining room. The kitchen was further inside.

The atmosphere in the dining area was a peaceful space where food could be eaten in contentment.

Compared to a big lonely dining room where she had to eat silently, she much preferred this smaller room with this kind of atmosphere.

As for the kitchen, she didn’t know anything about cooking in this world so she couldn’t judge. She would ask Odette to check it out later.

“Let’s head to the 2nd floor next. Please be careful while climbing up.”

Gatz went up the staircase to the 2nd floor followed by Selesina, Hisui, and Toi. The 2nd floor had a long corridor with windows at equal intervals. There were 1 large room and 3 smaller rooms.

The large room was Selesina’s and the 3 smaller rooms were for her servants and helpers so they would be used by Hisui and Odette.

‘We must immediately prepare your room Lady Sele.”

“Thank you Hisui but please prioritize the 1st floor first. If we have guests then we can immediately respond.”

“Understood.”

Besides, even though the mansion was done with its construction, Selesina couldn’t live here right now. 

She wanted to do so in the future so she had to prepare several things fitting of a Lord such as a chef and servants.

But she was looking forward to it. Selesina looked relaxed. 

Selesina cheerfully smiled in joy.