My House Is a Magic Power Spot ~Just by Living There I Become the Strongest in the World~ - Chapter 167

Chapter 167

I walked to the rear of my house . There, within an area marked by a rope, shining golden rice plants had sprung up .

「I planted it to try…but it seems like they grow alright . 」
「Yes, there’s a lot of water and it seems like the rice is growing well . 」

Lately my stock of rice had been diminishing, so I had attempted to plant and grow some . Just in case I had confirmed that there was a similar type of crop sold in town .

More precisely, I had the wolf people search for it and deliver it to me… . .

However, I thought it’d be best to grow it myself .

With those thoughts in mind I planted the unmilled rice inside a plot of land with lots of water .

Then using magic I pulled more water towards it, and before I noticed, it had sprouted .

… . . it had a different feeling from apples .

The amount of power to grow a tree and to raise rice had a subtle difference . Despite that, it wasn’t especially hard .

Even without land like paddy fields, I could still grow it if there was suitable water and land . This was a good result .

I had already collected it once and checked its taste . It was pretty delicious .

「Master’s hand grown rice is good and delicious . 」
「Well, it is fresh after all . 」

Depending on how long I grew it the taste would change .

Furthermore the amount of water, how I induced it, the amount of magic, and the way I used it would change the flavor noticeably .
If I used water thick with magic power, the taste would become deeper and thicker . If I adjusted how much water I used, then it would gain a purer and cleaner flavor .

Those slight changes were interesting, so over the past few days I’d made a lot .

One of my rooms had been converted into a grain storehouse . One corner of it was dedicated to the rice I harvested though soon it would fill up the room .

「Ok then, let’s harvest this area and stop our rice cultivation for right now . Even if we gather more, we’re the only ones eating it after all . 」

It’d be troublesome if we gathered enough to fill up a house like we did with apples .

「Ok, then let’s go put it inside the storehouse . 」

And so we began harvesting the rice with the golems but…

「Fuu…… . it’s hot . 」

It was a little before noon and my forehead was pouring with sweat .

「Master, I have tea here so please have some . 」
「Thank you… . . lately it’s been getting hotter and hotter . 」

I quenched my thirst with the tea…but immediately after I just started sweating more .
It was really hot .

Though it wasn’t hot and muggy, but a dry heat that made sweating slightly pleasant .

…… . the sun was cheerfully shining today .

I thought and looked at the sky while taking a break on a small wooden bench .

「Ah, I wanted to help a bit, but you finished?」

Hesty walked over from the garden with small steps .

「Yeah, though the golems did most of it . Even so, I only did a little and look how sweaty I got . 」
「n~, it’s the hottest time, for this region, after all . 」
「Is that so? Well I’m pretty ignorant of this place’s seasons . 」

Last month was pretty warm too, but this month was even hotter . It seems I should have learned a little more about this region’s weather and climate .

I was thinking about that as Hesty took out a small bag .

「Hesty? Are you going somewhere?」
「n, I’m going bathing in the cold lake water, on the plains . This is, for that……I was also, wondering if you’d like to, come?」
「You mean Manaril and Katarakta’s place?」

It should be noted that I had made that place . Certainly it was pretty small for a lake, it was more the size of a large pool .

…… . . it was both larger and deeper than our cold water bath here at home, huh?

In that case we should be able to swim a bit .

「But, can we just use it like that?」

Katarakta was living in it…so could we really just jump in without saying anything?

「n, it’s fine . I got permission, from Manaril . 」
「Ohh, you’re prepared aren’t you?」

If she’d gotten permission beforehand then there wasn’t a problem .

「Ok then, shall we go Sakura?」
「Ah, understood Master . There should be a swimsuit inside the closet so I’ll go grab it . 」

Sakura said and ran towards the house .

「Yeah, thank you Sakura . 」
「No no, it’s one of my joys . 」

And so we carried our swimsuits towards the lake .