「That was awful… I never want to see it again, it’s too scary」
Since Jisrare-san clearly disliked it, I put the New Model Mother doll away in my magic bag.
If I kept it stored in there all the time, my room wouldn’t feel so cramped, but wasting magic power like that just didn’t sit right with me…
「Aah… the normal Miriam feels so calming…」
Jisrare-san was admiring one of the old Mother dolls. Same reaction as Father. For some reason, after seeing the New Model Mother doll, people found comfort in the old one…
「Looking at them like this, you can really see Alec’s technique improving bit by bit. It’s kind of amusing」
「Haah, thank you very much」
Comparing the line of Mother dolls, Jisrare-san gave her impression.
It was true. After making so many, my work had become more refined. The very first dolls I made were embarrassing to look at now.
That said, I’d only been carving dolls for just over a year. Maybe in a few years, even my latest ones would make me think, “What is this supposed to be?”
…Well, the New Model Mother doll already had me thinking “What is this?” right now though.
「By the way, you don’t have dolls of anyone besides Miriam?」
「Aside from Mother? I made ones of Ralina-chan and Laudette-san, but I gave them to the people themselves, so I don’t have them anymore」
There was also the “Sergent Drop”, but I doubted that really counted as a doll.
「I see, presents…」
「Yes, they both said they wanted one, so I… what is it?」
Jisrare-san was staring straight at me. …What was that supposed to mean? Could it be that she wanted a doll of herself too? Maybe…?
Back on Earth, giving someone a doll of themselves would be straight-up creepy, but here it seemed to be taken as something positive.
「Uh, would you like one too, Jisrare-san?」
「Not really…」
「I see…」
I couldn’t tell…
Which was it? Was she just being polite, or did she really not want one…?
She was still staring right at me though. Maybe that meant she did want one after all?
Personally, I kind of want to try making a doll of Jisrare-san.
I’d like to equip it with a lab coat and glasses… but if I added those options without asking, would she get angry?
「Ano,『Woodworking』 skill is also for practice, so for me, making dolls isn’t a burden at all」
「…Really? Then, if it isn’t too much trouble, could you make one for me too…」
「Yes, it’s no problem. Understood」
So she really does want one. Then I’ll make it. Well, even if I have one more doll I need to make, it’s not really an issue—
The moment I thought that, the worst possible future flashed in my mind: after the 『Infinite Reversi Hell』 comes the 『Infinite Doll Hell』.
Ugh… making one for every villager would be unbearable…
And honestly, I have no desire to make male dolls. Besides, no matter how much of a help Jered papa usually is, I doubt he’d join me in doll-making…
「Alec?」
「Ah, nothing. Well, dolls do take some time, so I’d appreciate it if you could wait patiently」
「That’s fine. Whenever is okay」
「I see…. Well then, thank you very much for today」
「Yes. If anything happens again, don’t hesitate to rely on me」
For now, I’ll make a doll for Jisrare-san, as thanks for healing me. …After all, it seems she’ll be patching up my stomach like a bicycle tire every time I end up with a hole in it.
But still, you know… it’s true that Jisrare-san doesn’t seem suited for being a counselor, yet talking with her somehow calmed me down a little. Maybe it’s because my condition has improved?
――Thinking about it, maybe I was just overreacting.
That advertisement about Yggdrasil that Ralina papa put out was basically, “A child dreamed that Yggdrasil taught them something.” Honestly, that kind of claim is pretty dubious, isn’t it?
Would a child ever really be punished for something like that…? Probably not, right?
What happens to Ralina papa for actually putting out the ad, I’m not sure about… but it’ll probably be fine. It has to be fine.
Yeah. I think it’s going to be okay.
Now that I see it this way, I just wasted energy panicking, worrying my parents and Ralina-chan, and even troubling Jisrare-san.
Seriously, what was I so frantic about? At the end of the day, it was nothing more than a child’s nonsense in a dream. Yggdrasil-sama has better things to do than get worked up over something like that――
next chapter: Yggdrasil’s Visit
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