CHAPTER 325: CHAPTER 33 - MY BLESSING ALREADY FINISHED!

The scout division who exploring the dense forest’s entrances, proceeded swiftly. With the assistance of the stealth slimes, who encountered several species of monsters forming new colonies and wild plants imbued with magical energy, is going well.

Together with the main soldiers moving into the dense forest entrance, I received several brief reports from the stealth slime herd and the scout division who had taken several samples plants for research.

Unlike the previous military expeditions carried out by my father, which used horses as the primary mode of transportation, this military expedition was conducted entirely on foot.

The still-unknown terrain of the forest made it difficult for us to use horses to carry heavy items. To overcome this, my mother had crafted several magic scrolls that could be used as primary storage, with a large capacity equal as a magic circle that activates the magic storage box.

Without the help provided by my mother, it would have increased the workload of the soldiers who participated in this military expedition.

Graapp...

Graapp...

The sound of the soldiers’ boots stomping on the rough, dense forest ground caught my attention as I was observing the situation that was happening at that moment.

It made me to get serious about this, after seeing the changes to the topographic map made by Earl Timoti from the previous winter.

Some new monster herds and new plants growing in the spring were my main concern this time, as that was the task of the soldiers who were with me.

Unlike the scout division, who have a task was to ensure the condition of the dense forest according to the topographic map provided by Earl Timoti, the soldiers who were dispatch with me acted as central command control who would determine the movement of the military expedition and make notes on anything that had just been discovered.

My left hand, which was holding the magic staff and maintaining the magic circle that mapped the conditions of the dense forest that had been explored, felt a little stiff and sweaty.

"Sigh... this is tiring to do. Do you feel the same way, Mio?" I said to Mio, who was currently just following me with a blank stare.

Poop...

I could hear the sound of a balloon popping from Mio’s consciousness, who had returned after walking behind me with a blank stare.

"Ah... Umm... Huh?" Mio tilted her head as if she didn’t hear what I said earlier.

"D-Did Lily-sama say something?" Mio asked after regaining her senses and looking at me.

I smiled wryly at this and moved the position of the magic staff to my right hand.

Huuppp...

Poomm...

After moving the magic staff to my right hand and extending my left hand to Mio, I asked her to do something to my left arm, which was starting to feel numb.

"Mio, can you massage my left arm while we walk?" I asked, giving Mio a command that sounded spoiled me.

"A-Alright, Lily-sama."

Mio didn’t protest as usual and complied with my order by massaging my left arm, which had been used to hold the magic staff that was still actively maintaining my magic circle chant.

My current position is to follow the path that the scouts division have taken and ensure that the remapping is following the reports that have been submitted.

Besides ensuring all that, I also assigned important tasks to Alice and Alyssa, whom played a crucial role in this military expedition. Reports on herds of wild animals and monsters would be handled by Alice, while reports on whether new plants were poisonous or not would be Alyssa’s responsibility. Their crucial tasks significantly reduced my busy work schedule. With their military adjutants from the Black Maid unit, Alice and Alyssa did their jobs properly.

"Ah, this feels funny and ridiculous," I grumbled in a small voice while watching the movements of the scout division and the stealth slime herd.

Those who did not want to lose to each other met at a forest intersection and exchanged information that they already knew.

Bzzzttt...

Zzzrrrtt...

"Lily-sama, we accidentally encountered a herd of stealth slimes who reported a new plant imbued with magical energy. Would you like to give a task for us, to get a few sample of this new magic plant?" asked an soldiers through a magic protofon.

My left arm, which was being massaged by Mio, immediately took out the magic protofon to answer the call.

Bzzztt...

Zzzrrtt...

By pressing a button on the magic protofon, I gave a command to take some necessary samples.

"Yes, please take a few samples about that magic plants. But, you must be careful with the new, unknown magic plant and don’t do anything strange when you are around the place where the new magic plant grows," I replied, giving them some warnings so that they would be careful with the new, unknown magic plant.

"We understand Lily-sama, we will mark the position based on the map that Earl Timoti had previously drawn."

"Yes, we need that location too... to mark the position. Please continue your work without rushing."

"Yes, Lily-sama!"

Bzzzttt...

Zzrrtt...

The report given to me ended well, it made me turn to one of the military officials who was with me to mark the position of the new plant discovery on a copy of the map made by Earl Timoti and calibrate its position using the magic circle that still mapped this area.

The military officer I asked for help immediately observed the small dots on my magic circle that formed a large map floating in the sky.

With a wooden board and a copy of Earl Timoti’s map, the military officer wrote some rough sketches of the positions of the new magic plants that had been reported by the scouts division.

Srraatt...

Srraatt...

The movement of her hand, who holding a pencil and scratching on a copy of Earl Timoti’s map looked skillful, it made me smile softly at her and continue the movement of my feet to explore the path into this dense forest.

The sky suddenly began to show its blue hue as the sun slowly rose.

As we entered the forest at dawn, we were met with warm sunlight that began to reveal the dense growth of the forest trees.

Graapp...

Graapp...

The sound of the soldiers’ footsteps entering the forest sounded enthusiastic after feeling the sunlight slowly rising.

Under the warm sunshine, I felt the fresh morning air from the densely growing forest trees.

By breathing this fresh air, I felt more relaxed after my hands felt stiff and tingling when holding the magic staff.

While I was breathing in the fresh air coming from the dense forest trees, my head was suddenly filled with the loud voice coming from my Goddess.

[ Lily-chaaan! ]

[ I bring good news for you! ]

[ You will be very happy after hearing this good news! ]

My Goddess’s loud voice echoed in my head and gave me an unbearable headache.

Bite...

I bit my lip to hold back the dizziness in my head.

"Lily-sama?"

"Are you okay?"

"Does the massage I did hurt?"

I, who was biting my lip, immediately received various questions from Mio, who was massaging my left arm.

I immediately glanced at her and gave a smile that indicated I was fine.

"Umm, could you massage me more gently, Mio?" I said in response to Mio’s worried look.

My bitten lip immediately stabilized the dizziness in my head.

Even though I am already used to receiving such a large amount of information in my head, the voice of my Goddess still make my head feel dizziness.

I have to maintain my composure so as not to worry the people around me.

Alice and Alyssa glanced at me, but with the excuse I gave and telling Mio to massage me more gently, it made my twin sisters return to their important tasks.

"Ah, sorry if it felt rough earlier, Lily-sama," Mio said as she positioned her hands to give a gentler massage than before.

I don’t know what good news my Goddess wants to convey, and my feeling told me that it was good news that I had to hear directly from my Goddess.

"Please don’t surprise me like that, my Goddess," I said in a whisper to protest to my Goddess.

[ Haha... are you surprised by my voice, Lily-chan? ]

[ We haven’t spoken to each other in a long time, and it makes me a little lonely. ]

[ I feel lonely after so many years of not hearing the voice of my beloved Lily-chan! ]

Just like usual, my Goddess said something that made it difficult for me to understand what she was saying.

We haven’t spoken for only a few days, and my Goddess thinks I haven’t spoken to her in many years. It making me difficult for understanding her meaning choice of words, and my Goddess still enjoys making an exaggerating things that haven’t even happened yet.

[ Fufu... Not hearing Lily-chan’s voice for one day is equivalent to not hearing Lily-chan’s voice for one year, you know! ]

I could even hear her rebuttals in a strange time ratio.

[ That’s what a lonely person feels, Lily-chan. ]

[ By the way, the Goddess of Nature who worshipped by the Elf race has agreed to grant Lily-chan a blessing of nature! ]

[ Isn’t that good news and makes Lily-chan happy? ]

[ I can’t wait to see Lily-chan become an Elf... with light brown skin like that... Lily-chan will be the most beautiful and cutest Dark Elf I’ve ever seen! ]

[ I can’t wait for this! ]

[ Hurry up to the Elf race settlement and help those who Elf, who are dying right now, Lily-chan! ]

"Huh?" I muttered and tilted my head after hearing what my Goddess said.

The dying Elf race?

What has happened?

Why are they dying?

With new information like this, it sounded as if I were receiving a task from the Goddess of Nature to save her followers.

[ If the words of the Goddess of Nature are true, then they are facing a major crisis that is being experienced by their Sacred Tree of Life, which is dying and almost dead. ]

"Aaahhh..." I sighed when I heard this.

"Um, was my massage so good that it made Lily-sama sigh like this?" Mio asked suddenly while massaging my left arm.

"Y-Yes, it feels good, Mio," I replied with a gentle smile.

Tap...

Tap...

I, who was chatting with my Goddess, was suddenly sighed after hearing the dying condition of the Elf race.

I don’t know what’s happening to them, and I don’t feel any good news at all as conveyed by my Goddess, at all.

[ Oh, there’s more good news. The Yurification System blessing, who collaboration with the three Goddesses has been completed! ]

[ Lily-chan can use the Yurifcation System blessing, righ now! ]

With those words from my Goddess, I smiled happily at the good news that I had been waiting for so long time.