I am the only one in the building praying to God. Since I had the building built, praying has become a daily routine.
Even if I am not a godchild, or even if I am, I don't think there is anything wrong with praying. I pray at the end of the day with a feeling of "Thank you for letting me live peacefully today. Thank you, God, who may be giving me blessings. He also made a little altar for me, so I pray there.
The child griffons are also praying with me. They seem to be imitating me.
I also pray at two other buildings. I go to the place where I pray to the spirits and the place where I pray to the griffons. I pray to the spirits and to the gryphons, though less often than I pray to God.
The building where they pray to the spirits is built on top of several trees, just like the ones in the previous elven village. I was allowed to enter the building, and I thought it was amazing that the elves were able to create something like this. I wondered if I could paint like them, but I couldn't do it that well.
I thought that people who were good at drawing were amazing. When I told him how great he was, he drew a picture of me, too, and when I told him how proud I was of it, he asked me to draw other people's pictures, too, and I felt a little bad that he had to draw so many pictures. He said he was happy that his picture was wanted.
In the room where they pray for the griffons, there are large figurines of griffons. These are handmade by the beastmen. Incidentally, these are figurines for all the griffons I have contracted. That's why Raymer's figurine is shiny gold. Raymer and the other adult griffons were a little shy. But the child griffons were excited.
At the place for praying to the spirits, we prayed for them to get well soon and to get along with each other.
At the place where they prayed for the gryphons, they prayed for their continued support, and thanked them for making a contract with me.
There are three places to pray, but they don't have specific names. The elves call it "the place to pray to the spirits," the beastmen call it "the place to pray to the gryphons," and I call it "the place to pray to God. I thought it might be better to make a more proper name for it.
Just like when I was in the beastman's village, I spend my time helping everyone. I didn't have a fixed job at the moment. I might be able to say that putting magic into the spirit tree is one job, but other than that, I don't have a set job.
Gaius is not much older than me, but he contributes a lot to the hunting. I sometimes go hunting with him. But I still can't contribute properly, partly because I can't use magic well. In the herb garden, I help Zeshihi and the elves who were in charge of the herb garden in the elven village. I also help them make clothes. But I can't do it as well as everyone else. I am a little worried that I don't have what it takes to be able to say that this is my job.
Lan-san is trying his best to discuss with Dong-san and the others what rules are necessary in this village, and then he tries to summarize them in writing and record them in various ways. So, Mr. Lan has been trying hard to make a paper in this village. He has been writing what he needs to write on the paper he brought from his former place. He still has some left over, but if he is going to stay here forever, he wants paper. He seems to be doing a great job.
What can I ...... do? What is the best thing I can do? The village is just about ready to be built, and we will probably add buildings and other things, but everyone is starting anew, and I can't immediately think of what I can do for the village.
The ultimate goal is to create a place where we can live comfortably. To gain strength so that we don't have to run away. That's why I do practice wind magic. But I feel a little frustrated and almost impatient somehow.
Right now, I am spending very calm and gentle days.
But in the beastman's village, the days that I wanted to last forever are suddenly over.
But in the village of the elves, the threat of demons was behind the calm days.
---I don't think reality is that sweet if we can expect the days to be so peaceful that we don't have to run away before the threat comes.
This feeling made me impatient, and I started praying to God every day, partly for the selfish reason that I wanted to calm my impatience. Every day, I report to God about the events of the day and thank him for letting me have a good time today. Then I feel a little calmer. I talk to God a lot, pray a lot, and get myself fired up to do my best again.
That's my daily routine these days.
---A girl and her prayer
(A girl who is probably a godchild prays to God. Every day, she tells God about today's events and expresses her gratitude to Him. And then she calms her mind.)