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#978 Norito’s Growth

Seasons come and go.

It’s me again.

After a long winter filled with all sorts of events, spring has finally returned to our farm.

“Our season has come backkkkkkkk!!!”

“Yayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!”

Even the cherry blossom and plum trees are excited.

They’re so loud.

I didn’t think plants were supposed to make that much noise.

But, oh well.

What’s important n...

#977 Getting Wild

I’m Clemon, your everyday demoness, happily rescued.

All those nasty people who tried to kidnap us got nabbed.

There were dozens, but not one got away.

All thanks to the army troops swarming in.

“Hey, Gray Silva! Great job again!”

“You’re late again! Waiting until everything’s over to barge in? Isn’t this your turf? Shouldn’t you be handling this?”

“Does it matter who tak...

#976 Downtown Hunter

It’s me, Clemon.

Who would’ve thought I’d get caught up in a kidnapping?

Being a young, naïve girl really didn’t help.

“Man, these chicks are real suckers. Falling for such an obvious scam...”

“That’s why we like them dumb. If they had any brains, they wouldn’t be cute or worth much.”

The crooks who nabbed me are laughing at my expense.

What are they talking about?! I’m a top student...

#975 The Café Barista’s Secret

I’m Clemon.

I’m a vibrant and lively young girl living in the Demon Capital!

However, my life plan is set in stone.

My dream is to become a bureaucrat and work for the Demon Kingdom. So right now, I’m studying hard at school!

But before I can dream long-term, I have to deal with reality.

To live healthily and with a bit of excitement every day, I need money more than anything!

The allowa...

#974 He Who Has Never Caught a Cold...

Y’know...

If you call yourself a mountaineering expert, you should at least know how dangerous winter mountains can be!!!

Even a newbie like me knows that much from hearsay!

Out of the blue, this S-rank adventurer (or former), Golden Bat, shows up.

Then, he invites me to join his newly formed mountain climbing club. I almost lost it right then and there when he said the first activity was to climb a mountain.

Even though I...

#973 Mountain Climbing Club

It’s still the dead of winter.

Uninvited guests have a knack for showing up at the worst times.

“It’s me, Golden Bat.”

“Go home.”

Here we go again with this S-class adventurer.

Ever since he discovered my farm, he’s been dropping by unannounced whenever he pleases.

S-class adventurer Golden Bat.

One of the strongest representatives of the human race.

He’s one of the few who can ...

#972 Where Santa Returns

On a night when soybeans piled up like snow...

The relentless soybean gift campaign by Letasreit is still going strong.

“Master, this is bad! At this rate, the town will be buried in beans!!!”

Even Veil feels the urgency of the situation.

Enough, Letasreit! Is this the utopia you dreamed of?!

“Huh? Is that even a question?”

She responded like it was the most obvious thing ...

#971 Christmas Eve’s Crusade

t’s me. Or rather, I’m not quite my ordinary self tonight.

I’m Santa Claus.

Yes, the one and only, bringing dreams and gifts to children around the world.

I’m Santa Claus.

I arrived in town to deliver presents and was greeted with weapons drawn.

I’m Santa Claus.

I’m Santa Claus.

Santa Claus…!

“Now’s not the time to be sad, Master! These humans are firing at us like crazy. Not ...

#970 Reindeer Visit

I’m Jiteo.

I’m an eight-year-old boy living in the Human Kingdom.

I really don’t like winter.

Why? Because there’s nothing to do.

Spring is warm, full of blooming flowers, and so much fun.

Summer is hot, but you get to play in the river and go hiking, which is awesome.

Autumn means harvest time, and you get to eat all sorts of delicious things, which is amazing.

But winter has nothing.

...

#969 To the Sacred Night Sky

The Christmas party, mistaken for my birthday celebration, is in full swing.

First, come the barrage of presents for me.

Since birthdays mean gifts, lots of people brought me presents.

“Lord Saint, I present a portion of our demon territory! Use it however you like!”

“For Lord Saint, I’ve prepared an official title from the Mermaid Kingdom! It’s purely honorary, so no need to worry about obligations!”

“From our New Human Re...

#968 A Gift to the Saint

Continuing with the Christmas preparations.

We’ve got our hands on a nice, sturdy conifer for the Christmas tree, but we can’t just leave it bare. We need to think about decorations too.

If we go about this haphazardly, we’ll end up with paper strips hanging off the tree.

When you think of Christmas tree decorations, the first things that come to mind are cotton snow, something gold and shiny, and, of course, a star on top!

...

#967 The God Governing Christmas

I was completely engrossed in my Christmas preparations.

Then, a visitor arrived.

Just when I’m pouring my heart and soul into this, who dares to interrupt me?!

“It is I.”

Great, the gods have shown up again!!!

Who else but a god would have the nerve to butt in while a human is hard at work?!

Curse you, gods! Always messing with our fates!!!

Now, when we ...

#966 The True Seven-Faced Body

We have secured a Christmas tree!

Well, the foundation for it, anyway.

We still need to decorate it with ornaments and other trinkets. The sakura, plum, and palm trees are still causing quite a ruckus, though, refusing to accept their fate.

But for now, we can say the Christmas tree issue is more or less sorted.

Time to move on to the next Christmas prep task.

Other than the tree and the cake, what else screams ...

#965 A Tree’s Qualifications

Here we are, gearing up to celebrate Christmas.

With great solemnity, by the way.

We must prepare a Christmas party where everyone can have a pure and enjoyable time.

...I’ve given up correcting the misconception that Christmas is my birthday.

Well, everyone has a birthday, so I guess it doesn’t really matter.

But more importantly, it’s Christmas.

What preparations should we make to have a proper, fe...

#964 The Forgotten Sabbath

And so, the saintess, left dazed and confused, was taken home by Sensei.

Though it’s unclear what kind of life she’ll lead from now on, I hope she enjoys this new chance, considering her young and tragic fate.

Now, let’s turn the spotlight back to our lives.

It’s winter, and boy, is it cold.

Though we’ve beefed up our farm’s heating over the years, this bone-chilling cold still gets to us.

#963 Relics  

I’d say that was a bit careless.

I should have been more mindful of the fact that Saintess Maradona, having returned to our world after generations of absence, has a touchy history with the royal family of the old Human Kingdom.

Maybe I should’ve waited for a better moment to bring it up?

...But hey, Letasreit is now one of the biggest presences on this farm.

She’s right up there with Sensei, Veil, and Platy.

And it’s not because...

#962 The Saintess’ Farm Study

Yes, Saintess Maradona has returned to our world.

But she’s not here to rest in peace. She’s here to stay.

First things first, she needs a crash course on what’s changed over the past few centuries.

“Well, the Human Kingdom has fallen.”

“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!”

As expected, she’s absolutely stunned.

Oh, but it did come back recently.

“Phew! Don’t sca...

#961 The Saintess’ Apprenticeship

By the way, the legendary figure known as Thomack Moore...

...Is actually Sensei.

Even though he’s now a Lifeless King, the most powerful undead around, he used to be quite famous in his living days. So famous that history remembers him as Thomack Moore.

And someone who admired him set out to defeat Lifeless Kings, only to find out their hero was the very undead king they aimed to destroy. How ironic.

“Hey, about ...

#960 The True History

I couldn’t shake off the suspicion that it might be someone else with the same name, so I decided to check directly with the saintess herself, Maradona.

“Yes, that’s right. I am the very same Saintess Maradona.”

Rrrrrreallyyyyy?

Even though I can’t fully believe it, our devout friend Yartellens, on the other hand, immediately falls prostrate in awe.

“Saintesssssssssssssssssss! I can’t believe I’m meeting y...

#959 Legend of the Saintess

Saintess Maradona.

I quickly turn my head to look at the self-proclaimed saintess rolling around over there.

“Gyaaahhh!!! The flames bursting out for my regeneration won’t go outtttttttttttttttt!!!”

That woman is supposed to be Saintess Maradona, right…?!

Compared to the history lesson from Yartellens earlier…

Maybe it’s someone else with the same name?

“So, what happened to this...

#958 The Saintess According to History  

What’s the deal with this saintess?

She suddenly came back to life from mere bones and started causing chaos everywhere. But her actual strength was nothing special. She got repeatedly beaten up by an average Lifeless King, the Earl.

Well, average or not, running into a Lifeless King usually means most of the strongest humans would be turned to dust.

Anyway, this lady barged into Sensei’s dungeon, the one feared as the strongest amo...

#957 The Saintess of Old

“Don’t worry! I’m a saintess! The fact that I came back to life is because of the blessings of the sacred gods! I’m not an evil undead! Therefore, I’m innocent! Case closed!”

Looks Like this saintess avoided a complete mental breakdown with her own convoluted logic.

Seriously, what’s up with her?

And what even is a saintess, anyway?

“You’ve asked a good question! Allow me, Saintess Maradona, who has returned afte...

#956 Resurrection is a Saintly Pursuit

The story thus far:

While tending to a cremation, the deceased decided to come back to life.

You might be wondering what I’m talking about, but trust me, I’m just as clueless as you are.

Doesn’t fire turn everything to ashes and then help them be reborn?

This rebirth cycle is too damn quick.

Besides, are we really to believe that the girl who leaped from the flames was once that pile of bones?

 ...

#955 The Saintess’ Funeral

This season’s Orkubo’s Castle wrapped up early.

Hip-hip-hooray! It’s me again.

Winter has set in over at the farm, and everyone’s lounging about in a relaxed mood.

After all, winter = downtime for farming.

Time gently flows by as everyone indulges in their little worlds.

Even Sensei, the Lifeless King, is among them, seemingly tidying up his place.

“I’m getting on in years, so I be...

#954 The Deities’ Frolic After the Party – Second Half

The story thus far:

The naïve otaku, Hephaestus, finds himself close to losing his self-composure, pressed sorely by his former wife, the not-so-otaku-friendly gyaru goddess known as Ishtar, who in another life bore the name Aphrodite.

There is but one course to extricate him from this dire strait.

One must seek the aid of Ereshkigal, the Sumerian goddess of the netherworld and sister to Ishtar.

Though Ishtar, being the goddess o...

#953 The Deities’ Frolic After the Party – First Half

“Waaaaaaaah! Vulcaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!”

Such a scream from Brother Hephaestus is unheard of till now.

Ah, introductions art due belatedly—it is I, Hermes, the god of wisdom.

And here we art in the celestial realm.

Witnessing through the art of far-seeing the pulverization of Hephaestus’ prized giant robot by terrestrial forces.

...Er, it was reduced to nothing but splinters.

As expected of ...

#952 Otherworldly Robot War

Phew, it’s me again.

This year’s Orkubo’s Castle event wrapped up without a hitch.

There were moments when I wondered how things would turn out, but thanks to Ritheseus’ unexpectedly adept maneuvering, everything settled down nicely.

The problem of professional players finding stable jobs was finally resolved when they were recruited by the Human Republic’s government-run army.

They’re civil servants now,...

#951 Count Your Sins

Continuing, I am Hermes, a celestial deity.

The cause of Hephaestus’ mental turmoil, it would seem... are giant robots!!!

“...Huh?”

So sudden was this revelation, I could scarcely follow.

What is a giant robot?

Nay, I am familiar with the term ‘robot,’ yes?

It refers to a machine created by the forbidden powers of science, a concept foreign to this world.

Especially those machines that mimi...

#950 The Strongest Deity

Bonjour to all, ‘tis Hermes, the celestial deity.

In recent times, the heavens have been most tranquil.

The reason is that the celestial king Zeus, the root cause of nearly all troubles, hath been imprisoned.

Without that troublesome old man, the celestial realm is rid of nearly eighty percent of its disasters.

Hence, the theory that Zeus = trouble.

Nay, not a theory but a fact.

The remaining twenty percent of misfor...

#949 Aotagai

Yes, it’s me again.

The prelims at Orkubo’s Castle had me wondering how it would all pan out.

But it ended on a high note with a bang.

I thought it was all over when Ritheseus, called up in a hurry, unexpectedly got eliminated in the first round.

Yet, someone from the general crowd stepped up and filled the gap with daring feats.

What was that young lad’s name again?

Neyote?

Anyway, Neyote, wit...