Chapter 90: That time when heroes arrived on the island

TL: kizen

PR: Filip/Gecko

The following day after it had been decided that Queen Bee and the others will be living inside the cavity of a large tree, set up a barricade with some signs, a rope, and a few stakes. I drove the stakes on the ground around the tree then connected them with the rope. These were of course taken from the community storage.

This tree is home to Queen Bee and the Honey Bees. They are managing this area so dont be afraid of them and lets all treat them well

Bees are living in this tree. Dont play any pranks on them okay?

This is good enough right? I even wrote sign intended to be read by the children after all

I should also inform Arc-san and Speck next.

Oi. Speck. Are you free?

I met up with Speck first who was in the middle of his patrol.

Hm? What?

Do you know about the bees that came to the village yesterday?

Un. It was that black swarm, right? I saw it. I also heard about it from Reika

Then that makes things quicker. They will be living in that large tree in the middle of the forest. They dont want to be disturbed as much as possible so I put a sign around the tree

Uh huh. Still, shouldnt you go and tell the village chief about that? That way, the whole village would know about it. I cant just decide on it by myself you know?

Ah, thats right. I dont really feel like doing it but Im going to talk with the chief. Who knows? Maybe he has something to say about it

Alright

Anyway, please take care and protect the bees

Umu. Its good that there are more things getting added to the village but what about the island?

Its fine since these bees were originally from the island. It seems like they have to find a separate hive once their numbers increase. Speaking of, this is a simple blueprint of a hive. I think one of the honey bees would inform someone when its time for them to find a different hive so Ill leave them in your care

Then its fine

Well then, please tell everyone else what we just talking about okay?

Alright, I understand. We could get some honey which we can sell in town so theres nothing to complain about

Thanks. Im heading back then

After saying that, I went home and decided to make some snacks with honey. I should make use of it now that we have it.

Hmm, I could make something with flour I guess. Its easy to make as long you have the ingredients after all.

I added 5 parts flour to 1 part sugar, honey, olive oil, milk, and a pinch of salt.

I quickly mixed all of the ingredients then baked it in the oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees.

And with that, the vegan honey cookie is complete.1 Its something you can make without butter and eggs. Its healthier that way. Flour really is all-purpose.2

The children should be playing in the morning so this will be their afternoon snack. I should start preparing for lunch.

In the afternoon, I did the usual training with the kids. Suzuran told me I could fight back using Water balls as long as I only used it to hinder their movements so I aimed it at Lilys face to get her to flinch and at Miels whenever he shoots out a Fireball. I kept using these dirty tactics against the children, or rather, I had to use them.

After that, Latte came back, then we all ate the snacks I made. When evening came, I decided to check on the store.

Good work. How has it been going?

U-um, you see. Three people came to the store. They were humans like us but they were a bit different. They had rare black hair so we were thinking they might be heroes. Their party consists of two elderly men and one that was much younger than them. They had different features so they probably arent related to each other. One of the elderly men even came to the store five times in a day

Were they doing surveillance!?

No, I dont think so. This is just a guess but I think he just really loves coffee. He would even drink it without adding anything and he looked satisfied whenever he left. He also purchased coffee to bring home whenever he came to the store at night

If thats the case then I guess he just really like coffee

Thats right. It was surprising how much he drank. He didnt even add sugar or cows milk. He would just say the usual then take a seat

Oh, thats already at the level of a coffee addict then

However, this evening he purchased more bags than usual. Fifty to be exact

Haa? Fifty bags? Those guys are pretty amazing

Were not sure but doesnt it take five days to get to the island from here? I think that amount is enough to last that amount of time

So that means theyll leave tomorrow and arrive five days later at the island?

Thats what we think

Thank you for this valuable information. Im going back now to prepare

Yes. Please be careful

Because of that, I wont be able to come by for a while. Would you guys be alright?

Well be fine. Leave everything here to us

Thank you

With that in mind, I went back to the island.

And so, theres a high chance that a group of three heroes will be arriving on the island five to six days later

Three huh? Theyre also all old men so they might be skilled. They have lived for that long so we need to be careful of them despite their age

Thats true. There are surprisingly strong grandpas and grandmas after all. It would be better if we acted on the side of caution

Do you have a plan?

Nope. Ill just deal with it when the time comes.

I wont be able to win with just a straightforward attack if theyre a kendo or aikido instructor after all. Takeru-kun is still young but he might get stronger once he matures. Did they give up on his development and just send someone strong, to begin with?

Takeru-kun said hell do his best to help us out though so either they thought he hadnt defeated me yet or they came to make sure. I guess I shouldnt make light of the enemy.

Dont be fooled. They might be the ones teaching swordsmanship and unarmed combat to the soldiers of the castle

Got it. I wont let my guard down even if theyre empty handed

Six days later

Caam-san! Its a ship!

Theyre here! Everyone, please head to the new village

Yes!

Keith and the old men, lets engage the enemy here. There are three of them. Lets do our best!

Yeah

The ship stopped at the entrance of the bay, then a really small rowboat like the ones youll see at a park was lowered. Once it was on the water, the ship raised its sails then sailed towards the demonkin side of the continent.

Oi, looks like they left them

Thats true

The sense of unease kept piling up as the boat got closer.

As per the information I received, an elderly man was rowing the boat. The other old man looked like he was throwing up while a man who looked like he was in his thirties had both of his hands in the air with a white flag raised.

Whats going on there?

I dont know. Do you know what waving a white flag means?

It means theyre surrendering

Ah, so it has the same meaning in this world. Its the first time Ive seen something like that.

Once the rowboat got close enough, the man waving the white flag started speaking in Japanese.

We heard about you from Takeru-kun

What the hell is that guy saying?

Keith had already drawn his bow and was ready to shoot. Ah, this is bad.

Keith! Stop! Lower your bow! Down boy! They are probably related to that hero Rock so Ill deal with them. Keith, you go and tell the others that its okay

I desperately tried to stop Keith.

A-alright. But dont be careless okay?

Its fine! You guys too, lower your weapons. There might be people who are strong even when they are unarmed like you said but these guys are probably different!

Got it. If thats what you say then its fine. We will also go back

Thank you

After saying that, they all went back to where the other villagers were.

Iya, I was scared when he started pointing his bow at us. Thank you, Nagi-kun

That was the first thing they said when they disembarked.

Uh, nice to meet you. You can call me Caam. Ah, this is what my parents named me. Its not like Takeru-kuns which is an alias. And you are?

Im Aida. These two are Enomoto-san and Oda-san

Best regards

Hey, before that, do you have water or tea? The inside of my mouths like a desert right now

I quickly produced a Water Ball then gave it to the old man called Enomoto to drink.

Ahh. So good. Its not shaking like in the ship

So, do any of you speak the continents common language?

We all can. We just spoke in Japanese to gain Nagi-kuns trust

Ah, thats good. Although everyone on the island knows that Im the Demon Lord, they still dont know Im a reincarnated person. Thats why, I would appreciate it if you would speak the common language from now on. Now then, lets not talk here while standing. Follow me to my house

Alright. Weve brought a little something for you so look forward to it

Heres barley tea and coffee

We ran out of coffee on the ship yesterday so this is much appreciated.

Oda-san, you bought fifty bags and had already gone through all of them in five days? Hes a total junkie huh?

Its not something that goes along with barley tea but here is some tsukemono. I made it with a year old nukadoko so its sure to be good

He opened the package he was carrying on his back then took out a pot that had boiled eggs, tomatoes, and cucumbers inside.

Oh, its nukadzuke or to be more specific, picked tomatoes and boiled eggs

The small ones are really good but there werent any in the port town so we just bought the regular ones. We put it in there before we left so it should be ready to go. You just need to wash it first

With the addition of the nukadzuke, the table was filled with stuff you wouldnt usually see in this world.

Waa, its been a while since Ive had nukadzuke. I want some rice now. I used to make malted rice after all

Dont worry, we also brought the seed rice with us

Enomoto-san grinned as he took out a large pouch and put it on the table.

Woooah! I didnt have any knowledge about rice cultivation so I havent tried it out. Does this mean that you have agricultural knowledge, Enomoto-san?

Of course. You seemed to be doing interesting things here from what weve heard so we decided to come

Enomoto-san already said it but I cant stand just drinking roasted dandelions and seeds anymore so Im really thankful that you have coffee

I also came because I was interested after hearing about you from Iwamoto-kun. Well, to be