Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 2] by Aloha Zachou

Author:Aloha Zachou
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: The People Under the Witch’s Protection

The Forest’s council was finally established—although not without some trouble—and their first meeting was a success. I had decided to sit this one out to really teach the council members how to make decisions without my input; currently, I was reading the report Beretta had written.

“I see. So you guys mostly talked about expanding the variety of goods we export,” I summarized when I was done.

“Yes. We plan on adding honey produced by the queen bees and fabric woven by the arachnes to our trade inventory,” Beretta explained.

Melissae and arachnes were two matriarchal demon races. The melissae’s specialty was using flower nectar and pollen to make honey, and the arachnes all lived in tree houses; needless to say, the Forest was the perfect environment for them. As it turned out, the honey bees we had introduced to the Forest a few years back were a very helpful addition, as the melissae relied on them to gather pollen to make high-grade honey and beeswax. The same went for the red-eyed spiders one of the maids had insisted we start raising—which had since then evolved into albino spiders, a completely new subspecies, thanks to the cherry blossom tree’s mana. The arachnes used a mix of the string they produced themselves, webs from the albino spiders, and cocoons from the silkworms to weave glossy cloth that they then dyed using natural pigments. Every single woman living in the Forest dreamt of having clothes made from that fabric.

“Honey would do well as a luxury item. And the arachnes’ fabric has a nice feel to it; you never want to stop petting it,” I noted.

Beretta and the maids had already made several dishes and desserts using the queen bees’ honey, as well as pajamas with the arachnes’ silky fabric. Teto seemed to like the latter as much as I did, as she was always rubbing her face against them.

“The queen bees’ honey is really sweet and yummy!” Teto chimed in. “But the oni people were saying they wanted to use it to make alcohol. Would there still be enough?”

The “oni people” she was talking about were the oni-kin, a humanoid demon race. The men were all burly and strong, while the women looked almost exactly like regular humans if you ignored the horns on their heads. Most oni-kin men were mercenaries, as their superhuman strength allowed them to make short work of most monsters. The women stayed home for the most part, looking after the village and brewing alcohol for supplemental income. Teto was looking forward to tasting the oni-kin women’s mead, so she was worried there wouldn’t be enough honey left if we started exporting it.

“That question came up during the meeting,” Beretta said. “For now, we plan to prioritize local demand by treating it as a luxury item and only trading small quantities. The melissae have also insisted on sending you honey on the regular.”

Apparently, the maids had used the melissae’s honey to make the custard pudding from last time.

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