Chapter 12- Dragon Vein

Usual life has continued and there was a lot to do in the fields once again, but with elves joined in the family, the workload has become much easier.

Even though the spiderlings and the dogs helped a lot, they are not really suited for these kinds of jobs so Wisp was happy that Tia brought the elves.

And also, the elves also brought their wandering kins around and looked for them, they were very rugged and thin, Wisp felt pity for them, so when they arrived, he gave each of them a good delicious food for them to fill up their stomachs and be relaxed.

But somehow, he found that all of the elves that came here were all women, where did the guy elves go? are they extinct?

No, it's not that Wisp swing that way but it feels strange to see a race that is full of women maybe except for fairies and dryads that Wisp had read back in his past life?

With curiosity, Wisp decided to ask the elves, and their answer is that almost all men died in the war, some of the surviving once were either captured as a slave.

Wisp didn't ask any more after he had heard that.

In the end, there are about 108 female elves that joined the family, all-female, except for the increased activity in the night, the mornings are spent mostly working on building houses and tending the farms.

While Wisp was also at it, he tried learning the culture of the Elves, living in the forest was very harsh for them, they try to survive by doing everything they could.

Unlike the friendly natured elves that are friends with the animals, these elves hunt animals, set up traps, and cut wood if it allows them to live safely, though that rarely happens because they always have to move around, they are also quite proficient in magic.

Though not at the same level as Tia and Ruu.

A hierarchy has also been established in the family, which Wisp refused to input in their family, he almost got angry at that point, so the girls only dropped it that but they still decided to recognize the first 3 girls as Wisp's official wives.

Moving on from that, Wisp also discovered that the elves knew how to forge, which is surprising.

According to them, it was a necessity to live in the wild since they couldn't also look for help in settlements which will put them in trouble.

Before that though, they have to build a smithy, building a smithy was new for Wisp but he has the knowledge about it, he can even make it easier for them to raise the fire to a high degree.

First Wisp made a blueprint along with the girls who will be handling the smithy and put their ideas together, Wisp wanted the smithy to be safe so he planned to use bricks, then also add a tall chimney, he made three chimneys so girls have a lot of space.

Next are the tools, the elves have some tools with them but there are still a lot of things missing, such as the anvil and some more things, but Wisp was able to make those things though the anvil took quite a lot of metal to make.

It took a few weeks to finish building the smithy and the elves were elated when they heard it was finally finished.

Wisp watched them forge tools and was surprised by how skillful they were, these girls aren't letting dwarves have any spotlight.

Though, even if Wisp said he is finished with the smithy, there are still a lot of jobs to do.

The dogs also went out for their mating season, and along with some spiderlings, though what surprised Wisp is that Zafu's children increased once again, so with the increase of members, Wisp decided to increase the field once again while also working with elves building what they needed.

By the end they were almost finished with everything, it was already winter, the dogs who have gone out to find mates returned, and this is also the season where the mana fruits could be harvested, it was advised by Tohru which surprised Wisp since she doesn't know a thing about farming.

But she learned after a few days of learning, she is very intelligent and could also intake a lot of knowledge in her head, as expected of a dragon.

So in winter, Wisp harvested all of the mana fruit and brought it to the house, this time there is a lot than it was last year, Wisp ended up filling 8 boxes of mana fruit, anyway, like what he did last year, he gave everyone each.

The 3 girls and the residents who received it last year happily accepted it from Wisp while the elves were confused on what the fruit was.

"Umm... Village Chief what is this?"

"Ah, that is a fruit called Mana Fruit"

"I-I know that, but this is very precious!"

"Just take it, we have a lot"

"Eh?"

The elves did not partake in harvesting the mana fruits as Wisp did it all as it was very cold outside, it was after all his job in the first place and the girls are just helping.

The elves then looked at the boxes full of mana fruits and shock could be seen in their faces.

"H-how?"

"I don't know, Ruu, Tia, do you know ?"

Wisp asked the two girls.

"We don't know honeybuns"

"Hmm, maybe Tohru knows about it, she seems familiar with it"

They then went to the dragon who was sleeping on the bed all day long after winter started.

"You guys don't know despite living in this place?"

Tohru looked at them in confusion, especially to Wisp who seemed clueless about everything.

"Okay, let me explain, the land Honeybuns is living is a land with an abundance of mana, from its quality to quantity, it was all top-notch, the reason for that is this land is just beneath a dragon vein, no, actually 3 dragon veins.

They are the reason why mana fruits grow in this place and also make everyone who lives here healthy and powerful"

Everyone was shocked except for Wisp when they heard what Tohru has said and they all exclaimed at the same time.

"A DRAGON VEIN!?"

Wisp who was confused looked at them.

"What is a dragon vein?"

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Sorry for the late updates, also only 1k words, I just got my first dose of vaccination and I had a fever for a few days and my body is still hurting.

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A villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told yet.