Chapter 163

CHAPTER 163: SECURING A SOURCE OF WATER

「That was a good song . 」

I called out to Manaril after she finished singing and got off the stage .

「Un, thank you Daichi-san . 」

She said smiling happily .

「How should I put it, your songs usually have a lullaby type sound to them, but when you do a concert they sound more energetic . Hearing the difference between them is also a type of enjoyment . 」
「Un, and the fact that you can tell the difference between them is a blessing for me as a singer . 」
「Well, I don’t think my ears are that special but……eh… . huh?」

As I was talking to Manaril I saw something moving from the corner of my eye .

「That water moves even after the song is finished?」

The purified lake water was moving even though there wasn’t any wind .

「Yeah, that should be one part of Katarakta’s body . 」
「Huh? It’s still alive?」
「Hmm, I think it would be more accurate to say it was reborn after being purified . Katarakta was originally an embodiment of the will of water . It wasn’t evil or malicious from the start . 」

Manaril said, poking at the water .
After receiving that stimulus, the water moved a little and that was it .

「After absorbing wicked thoughts and hatred inside its core, it turned into that . 」
「Then it was because of the bad cores?」

I asked and Manaril nodded seeming sad .

「Yes, water itself has a will, but the hatred from the black cores filled it with ill will . That ill will slowly turned it poisonous until eventually it turned purple . Right now it is in a state of low activity……so we need to keep an eye on it so that things like that don’t happen again . 」

So the source of the poison was that main black core .

「Hm? In that case if we replace the cores with regular ones it would be alright?」
「That’s right . But it’s basically impossible . You would need many superior magic stones (better than high grade) that can hold a lot of magic . If not, then any magic stones you try and use will be destroyed . 」
「Fumu fumu…… . in other words, as long as we have a lot of cores, then Katarakta will no longer produce poison?」
「Eh? W-well, now that the black core is destroyed at the moment it is possible to switch them out and that would stop the production of poisonous water… . . 」

I see, I’ve just heard something good .
I have something I need to try .

I thought for a moment and called out to Dianeia, who was relaxing while sipping the water she was given .

「Dianeia, sorry to ask this when you’re tired…but could you teleport me? I have something I need to get . 」
「Umu . Yeah ok, I can Daichi-dono . 」
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I returned from my house with… .

「Umm, these are apples?」
「Yeah, I was thinking that since it has the same structure as a water golem it should work . 」

For now I brought back a full box of freshly picked apples .
There should be about 100 of them .

「—here, how’s this?」

I poured them into the water and it started moving around strangely . Then,

「Oh, it looks like it’s going well . 」

The red fruit that I poured in wasn’t destroyed and instead gathered at the bottom of the lake . That wasn’t all…

「………」

From the surface of the water a small dragon shape appeared .
A highly transparent water dragon, with a long shape, and a large number of apples floating in it .

From it I couldn’t feel anything particularly good or bad .

「Ok then, it seems we’ve made a clean Katarakta . 」
「No way… . the substitution succeeded……?」

The clean water dragon bowed its head in this direction and once again returned back inside the water .

「Now it won’t let out poison water right?」

Manaril was looking on in wide-eyed surprise, but my words seemed to shake her out of it .
She broke out in a cold sweat as she looked at me .

「Y-yeah . I don’t think there should be a problem…… . but for apples to become the cores… . . what happened?」

Now that I think of it, I had never shown Manaril my method of crafting water golems .

「Well, there are various circumstances . They are filled with magic so it worked . 」

At just the right moment a juice server golem was nearby, so I opened up the shell and let her take a look inside . She seemed even more shocked…

「I-is that so? It’s reality so it must be so . It’s reality so it… . . 」
「Mana-dono…I understand your feelings . 」

It seems she was convinced . Also Dianeia was patting her on the shoulder for some reason .

「Well enough about that . We made Katarakta pure again, but is it already to leave it here?」

It’s a lake in the middle of the plains without any connecting tributaries . Would it really be alright to leave it here? After all it was close to town .

When I spoke up Manaril and Dianeia listened before looking at the lake . Manaril nodded .

「I think it will be alright . Katarakta’s become small, it should be connected to the underground stream as well, plus this hole is unexpectedly deep . Since Katarakta has been purified, fresh water will gather in here . With the apple cores it shouldn’t degenerate . 」
「…… . . umu, if Mana-dono says so then I don’t have any problem with it . We will maintain surveillance just in case, but there’s no problem having a source of water here . 」

It seems neither of them have a problem with it .

「I see . I made a mistake in creating this giant hole, but I’m glad that it turned out to be helpful . 」

And so a small and beautiful lake was created near the side of the magic forest .