Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Gifts
I secretly went to a corner where no one was and used
Cotton art!
And I started to make many, many clothes.
"Hehehe, I'm going to use my imagination on clothing," I said.
After a while, I created a huge pillar of clothes and looked at it.
"This must be enough," I said to myself.
[Uhhh, why so much?] Aries asked.
"What do you mean by so much? It's just a little. They need new clothes, you know," I replied.
"I'm so excited to give them these," I said, and started to walk towards them. When I reached them, I saw they had already started building houses and furniture like chairs, tables, and other things. I roamed around and noticed Shein playing with others. I slowly went behind her and used my vines to tap on her back.
She looked back and saw me. She softly said, "Lady Sumi... Is there something you want?"
I used my vines and softly grabbed her hand, starting to drag her. She followed me and asked, "Where are we going, Lady Sumi?"
I kept dragging her with me, and soon we reached the pillar of clothes.
She saw it and was shocked. "W-What is this?" She asked while looking up at it.
I used my vines and took out a beautiful white dress with pretty patterns on it and gave it to her. She held it and looked at it, her cheeks going red.
"Lady Sumi, is this for me?" She asked.
I nodded. Her face glowed with happiness.
"Thank you very much! This is so pretty!" She said.
I used my vines to write on the ground:
"Call others and tell them to take clothes of their size too."
She saw it and nodded.
"Yes, Lady Sumi! I'll do it!" She replied happily.
She turned back and rushed forward.
After a while, all the Beastmen came and started to take clothes they liked. They all looked very happy, picking out their clothes. Some wives were choosing clothes with their husbands, and some were picking clothes for their children too.
I saw Shein and her mother were also taking some clothes. They both looked very happy. Soon, they were all dressed, and I looked from above and saw everyone looking very pretty and gorgeous.
"What a view," I said.
Then I heard some women saying:
"Dear, please stay safe."
"Dear husband, please return safely."
I looked at them and saw some men holding the axes I made and were about to go somewhere.
I went to them and used vines to write:
"Where are you going?"
They saw it, and one of them replied:
"Oh, Lady Sumi, we are going to do some hunting and gather some meat."
"Oh, I see. But I need to make sure they will be safe," I said.
Then I used:
"Investigation Zone!"
I scanned the 500-meter area and found that there were no monsters.
"Hmm, looks like it's safe," I said.
Then I used my vines and wrote:
"I see, okay then."
After that, they went into the deep jungle.
Then I heard a voice calling me.
"Lady Sumi!"
I turned around and saw it was Shein.
I went to her, and she said, "The mayor is calling you."
"Huh? The mayor?" I said.
I followed her, and she led me to where the mayor was talking with some other men. As soon as he saw me, he came to me and said:
"Lady Sumi! We have prepared something for you."
"Huh? Something for me? What can that be?" I asked.
He took me to a place, and as we reached there, I saw it was a huge pillar made from wood. It was circular in shape, and there were torches around it. It was well-decorated inside, and the floor was made of wood, polished neatly. In the middle, there was a dirt path that led to a square made of dirt. I was amazed by their work.
"Our great carpenters made this small church for you to stay in," the mayor said.
I walked through the dirt path and reached the middle square of dirt. I looked around and saw a small pond filled with water and some wooden decorations.
"This is not that good, but that's all we can do for now," the mayor said.
I then walked outside and looked at the four carpenters who had made this. I used my vines and wrote:
"This is a very beautiful piece of art. Thank you for doing this much hard work for me."
They read it, and one of them said:
"No, no, Lady Sumi. We are trying to repay our debt. We can't thank you enough for all the things you do for our race."
"They really are very kind," I said.
The mayor came and said:
"They worked very hard for this. They even didn't go to take clothes because they wanted to quickly finish this for you."
And as he said that, I looked at the four of them and saw they really were wearing old clothes.
"Oh... they really didn't take those clothes..." I said.
I used my vines and wrote:
"It's okay. I can make many clothes I want."
Then I used Cotton Art and created many clothes for them, handing them out. There were so many that they were struggling to hold them. One of them said:
"Thank you very much, Lady Sumi."
After that, they went away with the clothes. I looked at the church once again and said:
"Hmm, if we had some paint colors, I could have painted this place..."
But from behind, a voice called me.
"Lady Sumi!"
I turned around and saw it was Shein. She was wearing the clothes I had given her and slowly came closer to me.
"L-Lady Sumi, I have a present for you..."
"Huh? A present?" I said.
She put her hand in her pocket and took out a white flower with green at its end.
"Huh, a flower?" I said.
[It's a hairband.] Aries spoke.
"A hairband!" I said.
I used my vines and wrote:
"Why are you giving me this?"
She read it and replied:
"It's a return gift for the beautiful gift you gave me. S-So please accept it..."
I looked at her and then used my vines to take it from her hand and wrote:
"I see. Thank you for this."
Then she slowly stepped back and said:
"Though I wonder where you will wear it."
I looked at her in confusion.
"Well, you are also a flower and you don't have a head to wear it, so I guess it'll be weird to see a flower wearing a flower," she said while chuckling.
Then I started to wiggle my vines in anger. She started to laugh and run away. I also chased her.
"What a kind girl," I said, watching her as she ran.
"I wish I could save her..."