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Chapter 46: Grace’s proposal

When Vigna and I entered the village chief’s house, we were shown into the guest room. Although it was a guest room, it was just a simple room with a desk and some ores.　

It certainly doesn’t look very rich. When I entered the room, Ein introduced me to the village chief.

“Chief, this is Grace-sama.”

“Thank you for coming all the way from far away. First of all, thank you for saving my daughter. I tried to stop her, but when we found out about the food shortage for the villagers, she went hunting and ended up in this situation.”

“It’s nothing. We just happened to be passing by, so please don’t mind us, we’re just glad that your daughter was able to make it.”

The village chief sighed heavily. The only people in that carriage, except for Miranda, were all middle-aged and old. The absence of young men, who would normally be hunting, suggests that they are probably being sent to fight mineral ants. They had gotten so desperate that they had to go hunting.

“I heard about the situation from Ein-san. Fortunately, there are many vacant houses, so please take a good rest. However, I’m very sorry, but it is difficult for us to provide food and other assistance. Please forgive us.”

“Yes, of course. We are here to help you. It would be a mistake to make you suffer by making unreasonable demands.”

The village chief blatantly breathed a sigh of relief at my answer. I wondered how to proceed with the conversation, thinking that the village chief here is still a human being.　

I had come all the way to Dwell for this expedition. I want to leave something behind that will lead to the development of Asgard, not just help.

“Thank you for your understanding. I don’t mean to sound like I’m taking your place, but please leave it to me to maintain the armaments and provide the alcohol. We have only women and old men, but we also have dwarves, so I’m sure we can be of service.”

I was inwardly grumbling that they had no food, but they had alcohol, and I realized that they were confident in their blacksmithing skills.

“I see, thank you very much. I’ve had a chance to look around the village a little, and it’s true that there aren’t many young men here. Must be hard for them to do farm work.”

“Yes, it is as you say…. Although there are dwarves who boast of their strength, even though they are women, they’re still too hungry to exert their true strength.”

“Dwarves are powerful, but they eat a lot because of that. They probably don’t have much strength when they don’t have enough food to satisfy their needs. My master used to complain about it.”

It’s just as I thought. Dwarves drink and eat a lot. It seems that Bowman isn’t the only one. But I’ve never heard that you need to eat food to get strength.

But then what I brought is more useful.

“I see, that’s tough. Food is a lifeline. Then I’ll give you what I have brought from Asgard.”

“Grace…. you don’t mean….”

I hold up a hidden potato and Vigna grunts in disbelief, while I reply with a big smile on my face.

They even asked other countries for reinforcements. I was thinking not only of their strength, but also of the possibility that they might be in a state of poverty. And if I suddenly said, “Shall we help?” It would have made them wary. That’s why I went to the trouble of obtaining a statement that the other party was in need before making the proposal.

“I brought potatoes, hoe and fertilizer. Now I’m going to start cooking with a demonstration!”

“I wondered what you were carrying in your steam car, and what you were thinking on an expedition.”

I was so elated that I asked the village chief to have a party outside, even though he was amazed. Of course, I don’t just want to make a fuss. This is another way for Asgard to grow.

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