Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

Fremay saw the harmonious movement between the two of them, and awkwardly turned her gaze away, nodding silently.

"...Um."

Alright, he really noticed it.

With the interruption, the two couldn't carry on with their antics, falling back to their usual selves.

Herbert no longer pursued the "explanation," and Fremay habitually hooked her arm around his neck, naturally leaning against Herbert's back.

And this strong contrast with the previous tension left the spectators utterly bewildered.

Eh, is it over just like that?

No more arguing from you two?

If you two aren't arguing, then who is going to fill this void in our entertainment?

Or maybe... you two were actually showing off your affection earlier on purpose?

Open fight, hidden romance, eh!?!!?

"Ahem!"

Joanna lightly coughed, clapping her hands to interrupt the girls' thoughts, and said "seriously," "Okay, stop dawdling, let's get back to work."

Mind your own business, stop watching.

Watching too much isn't good for you.

"Oh, alright..."

The priestess girls were reluctant but knew that it was indeed impolite to watch any longer.

Reluctantly, they withdrew their gazes one by one and continued casting divine skills to construct their residence—a small Ice and Snow Divine Hall.

Yes, Joanna and the others had considered it; they needed to build a residence anyway, so why not directly build a basic divine hall entirely made of divine skill ice blocks.

Of course, constructing the Ice and Snow Goddess Divine Hall began only after Herbert's permission, with a location chosen in the northern region of the Elda Territory.

But since this place is within the Misty Mountains, a Divine Forbidden Area, their connection to the Divine Spirit is very weak, greatly diminishing the effectiveness of divine skills.

The blessings from the Divine Spirit were largely ineffective, and they relied entirely on their own abilities to perform the divine skills.

It took them a day and a night to complete only one-tenth of the building.

"..."

Joanna was the last to withdraw her gaze, she paid extra attention to the atmosphere between Herbert and Fremay.

It was not the awkwardness she imagined after a quarrel, but... kind of ambiguous?

What did you two do?

Why are you two not cold and distant after arguing, but rather have become more intimate?

This... is this right?

At that moment, she suddenly recalled her parents' arguments when she was young...

It seemed every time they argued, she would go back to her room to sleep alone.

At the time, she didn't give it much thought, thinking her parents were having a cold war, unwilling to let her get caught in between.

But looking back now, it doesn't seem to be the case... hiss!

Joanna shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off those imagined pictures from her mind.

No!

Stop thinking about it!

However, Herbert and Fremay's reactions just now did make her a bit surprised.

From the current situation, this mysterious lord seems to be quite approachable.

Hmm, let's observe a bit longer.

Compared to Joanna, who's lost in imagination, Yunier, rather than watching Herbert and Fremay's romantic comedy, was evidently more interested in the newly arrived giant egg.

"What is that thing?"

She stared at the giant egg leisurely floating in the water, as puzzled as Nenasha was when she first discovered it.

Is this thing right?

But after struggling for a while, Uphemia figured it out herself.

"Tsk, this avatar's power is too weak, it can't even sense its soul."

Rather than thinking the other is a novelty, she felt she couldn't see through to its essence.

Hmm, it must be my problem.

And being able to possess something even the Divine Spirit couldn't comprehend, Herbert's mystique in her heart was slightly elevated another notch.

"Hmm, where does he find these things? No, his true identity, who exactly is he?"

Unlike Joanna, who had some doubts, she almost believed that Herbert was an incarnation of the Divine Spirit.

It's just that that person's caution level was a little beyond his expectation; even after probing for so long, not a trace of evidence could be found.

"Hmm, maybe clues can be found from it."

If no clues can be found on the subject itself, then why not change the approach and start with other aspects.

The egg in front of us, perhaps, is a relatively good starting point.

Yunier stared intently at the egg, trying to discern something from its patterns.

Stare——

As if it felt Yunier's overly intense investigative gaze, the egg trembled slightly, wagged its tail, and changed direction.

The girl stood on the shore, the giant egg floated in the water—eyes met, neither made any more moves.

Meanwhile, Herbert was also watching the giant egg soak in the water, a food suddenly came to mind.

"A hot spring egg?"

"No, it's already hatched; this must be a hot spring embryo... cough."

Herbert contemplated, while Fremay, having adjusted her mood, curiously asked, "By the way, what exactly is it?"

Even if it wasn't Herbert's illegitimate egg, it was a very peculiar existence.

What creatures remain in the eggshell after hatching? Also, move in such a manner?

She wasn't very familiar with land creature types, unsure if it was normal on land.

"Who knows? I'm certainly not sure."

"Even you don't know?"

"Hmm, I'm also unclear about its origins, but since it's not hostile towards us and has always lived nearby, why not make it one of the inhabitants of the territory?"

Regarding this question, Herbert was also a bit helpless, shrugging: