Chapter 767 – Beast Shrines
When the officials of Village Five got used to Youko’s cute appearance and behavior, asures were thoroughly taken to prevent her from speaking as much as possible. Seiten also decided to leave.
He stayed in Village Five for around five days.
He seed to have thoroughly enjoyed the food and entertainnt in Village Five.
When he ca to say goodbye to , I gave him “Village Five Alcohol Alternative” as souvenir.
Seiten had the silver foxes, who were supposed to be his guards, carry his luggage so he managed to bring back quite a lot.
Well, it’s just a small amount compared to how much we produce.
I really don’t mind.
There was no place to stop on the way so I prayed for their safe return.
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The silver foxes said they’ll co back to Village Five with their whole race as soon as they were done escorting Seiten.
Before Seiten’s departure, Youko, Kon, and Kitsu carefully checked and discussed the place.
They had chosen the mountain which will be a protected area.
There are still so non-aggressive monsters and demon beasts there but living with them seed to be fine.
However, that mountain certainly lacks sothing.
Houses.
Of course, I don’t think giving them a mountain and turning it into a protected area is enough.
Since they can transform, they should need houses, right?
Plus, they also need ways to make money.
I’m not going to approve their assassination business which ans I have to give them another job.
If I’ll just throw them in the mountain and tell them to live as they like, what’s the point of migrating?
Also, there are things that need to be considered such as setting the boundary of the protected area.
We don’t want people wandering in and tearing up the protected area because they didn’t know they were there.
It’s not practical to enclose the entire protected area with ropes.
It’s a mountain after all.
A signboard would have been good but not everyone could read.
What should we do then?
Also, we need a reason as to why this place is a protected area.
We could honestly say that the reason is to protect animals but if there will ever be a food shortage, that reason wouldn’t matter to others.
I suppose we could ask the demon king to invoke his authority but we still would need a suitable reason.
While I was thinking about what to do, Niz ca to Youko’s mansion which made an idea pop out of my head.
Shrine.
I decided to build a shrine in the protected area to turn it into a sacred ground.
Fortunately, there were requests for shrines.
And they are from the gods themselves.
Since there was even a separate table prepared for the gods in a banquet, there shouldn’t be any problem in preparing a mountain for the gods.
…….
There shouldn’t be, right?
I asked Niz to make sure.
「I think it’s a wonderful idea since beast gods are more pleased around nature.」
Is that so?
「I can vouch that the serpent god prefers to be with nature.」
….okay.
In my mind, snakes are indeed more likely to be found in the forest or by the river than in a city.
Then, let’s say we built shrines in that protected area….
How many shrines are we going to build?
Ah, yeah, more than I could count with both hands.
It would be difficult to build shrines for all of them.
In other words….
Can we put them all together?
How about building one majestic shrine and worshiping them all together there?
…..will there be a fight?
「Ah, I don’t know. There might be a fight if they are all in the sa place but if we put them into different rooms, I think everything will be fine….also, it might be nice to put have so take a leading role as the main attraction.」
Different rooms.
Ah, yeah.
It is better to be able to relax in a room of your own than in a big room with many others.
I can relate.
Then, what should we do with the…. leading role?
It will be “god sothing is the best”.
Won’t there be a problem then?
Hnn?
Right.
Why don’t we make it like the chinese zodiac?
Every year, we would choose a god of the year that will take the leading role.
Let’s see, the twelve chinese zodiac signs are…..
Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake…..
Ehto, dragon….snake….what’s next?
Wait a minute.
Calm down.
Breath in….
Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake….horse, sheep!
I got it!
I always get stuck at horse.
But I rembered.
Good.
The rest is easy.
Monkey, rooster, dog, and boar.
The Momotaro trio and the boar.
To sum it up…..
Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar.
Let’s write them down so I won’t forget them again.
Co to think of it, I am sowhat related to these chinese zodiac signs.
Rat – No, I don’t have any
Ox – There are cows in the ranch area and there are also minotaurs.
Tiger – Sangetsu and Sougetsu
Rabbit – I eat them quite often
Dragon – The dragon race
Snake – The familiar of the serpent god Niz, the lamias, and bloody vipers
Horse – There are horses in the ranch area and there are also centaurs
Sheep – Can be found in Shashaato City and Village Five. Should we include the goat in this group?
Monkey – I got acquainted with Seiten
Rooster – There’s the phoenix chick Aegis, eagle, chickens, and harpies
Dog – Inferno wolves, fenrir, and orthros
Boar – I eat them quite often
……
I’m only not related to rats?
As a farr, rats are my enemies.
Do I replace it with cats?
No no no, it’s not good to change sothing like that because of personal likes or dislikes.
Thinking about rats, we can consider squirrels and beavers.
I have never encountered a squirrel or a beaver though.
Maa, we can adopt the twelve signs of chinese zodiac but that doesn’t an we have to stick with them.
It would be better to decide this matter according to whether there is a shintai for them or not.
Depending on the existence of gods, there is a possibility that we might not be able to adopt the chinese zodiac.
After all, the only thing that has been confird is the snake.
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In any case, I decided to build the shrine imdiately.
Yeah, the more I think about it, the better it becos.
Aside from being a place to live in, it will also be the job of the silver foxes.
Yeah, managing the shrine.
That way, it would be justifiable for Village Five to pay their salary.
If they want to earn money themselves, they can also earn money by selling oracles and votive pictures.
If they want to make a specialty of their own, I can give them ideas.
Good good.
The plan is now confird.
I just asked Youko and she said there’s no problem with those so let’s start.
I want this place to take shape before the silver foxes co.
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However, I don’t think the carpenters around will understand if I ask them to build sothing like a shrine.
I can imagine them building sothing like a western style temple.
I want an eastern shrine perhaps because it fits the twelve chinese zodiacs more.
Because of that, I’ll build a miniature plan.
The concept is to have the main shrine halfway up the mountain and that place is where the main god of the year be worshiped.
At the foot of the mountain, a worship hall would be prepared and it would be where the believers would pray.
Visitors are not allowed to approach the main shrine.
Otherwise, there’s no point in making this place a protected area.
Next to the worship hall will be the dormitory of the silver foxes but it’s for those who can transform to humanoid forms. It will also be the place where they work and the shrine’s office.
Near the worship hall will be a big shrine similar to the main shrine. The inside of the shrine will be divided into smaller rooms where the gods can be worshiped one by one.
The gods are basically worshiped in this large shrine and only the main god of the year will be moved to the main shrine.
However, that would make the main god of the year less worshiped….
I discussed the arrangent with Niz and Youko.
「Considering that the number of gods worshiped will increase in the future, I think it would be best to make the shrine as big as possible.」
「I agree kon.」
There’s a possibility it would increase?
「Did you think it won’t?」
Sorry.
I also thought of that.
「This is actually a perfect opportunity for those gods who were not usually worshiped kon! They will surely, certainly, positively co kon!」
Okay, let’s make the temple as big as we can.
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And when I finished the miniature plan after five days, the construction of the shrine had already begun.
Why is that?
Not only the carpenters of Village Five but even the high elves of Big Tree Village are participating.
「From the ti we started building the miniature, the high elves already ca and were making arrangents.」
Really?
「They were very motivated since it was the first large-scale construction project after a long ti. Ah, the general site construction manager is Ria-san desu.」
I-I see.
That saved us a lot….right?
Well, it’s good to shorten the period of ti the silver foxes should wait.
「That’s right kon. I’m sure they’ll be pleased kon.」
……Youko.
「What kon?」
Your punishnt period should be over, right?
Why do you still dress and act like that?
「There was a strong demand from the residents of Village Five to have stay like this for a little longer….I have to stay like this for a while to ensure Village Five will run fine kon.」
I see.
Ehto….hang in there.
「I will kon.」
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Narration: Nothing must happen in the next 240 hrs (10 days)!
Village Council: Huh?
Narration: Now, extended!
Village Council: Huhhhhhh!
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