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The Tycoon Wolf, its core destroyed, fell toward the ground.

The massive body hit with a quake and, this time for certain, stopped moving completely.

“We… won…?”

The remaining Wood Golems came to a halt.

Aira looked toward me.

Nadja raised her fist high over her head in a triumphant pose.

Only then did my heart finally catch up with the reality that until now had felt strangely unreal.

I see… we really did win.

Aira and Nadja approached.

Before I knew it, the three of us were wrapped in a tight embrace.

The enemy had been truly formidable. Nadja alone could not have defeated it.

I stalled for time, Aira locked its movements, and Nadja unleashed her full-power strike—only then were we able to defeat that monster.

I checked my remaining points.

Only 54 points left.

But honestly, who cared?

I could just earn more points later.

“Well now, I feel like I just watched a fine performance.”

While we were sharing our victory, Wheel-san walked over.

A “performance,” huh…

Well, I guessed that was how a Divine Beast would see it.

We were actually pretty desperate, you know…

“It… it was amazing…”

The noble-lady guinea pig girl looked up at us with sparkling eyes, her tiny hands clasped together.

Cute… I almost used my Harvest Bag on reflex just to give her a treat.

—Ah, right.

“Could you tell me your name?”

“M-My name?”

I nodded firmly.

I’d been curious for a long time.

And this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

“Rebecca… My name is Rebecca.”

“I see, that’s a lovely name.”

“Th-Thank you…”

The noble-lady guinea pig—Rebecca—lowered her face for some reason.

As I wondered why and moved closer—ow!?

A sharp pain hit me from both sides of my ribs!

“Woody-sama… have you started charming Divine Beasts now…?”

“I really didn’t see this one coming… I never imagined Woody’s strike zone was this wide… even though I’m the fiancée… mumble mumble…”

As I tried soothing the suddenly grumpy Aira and Nadja, Wheel-san began sniffing the ground intensely.

Then he marched over to the area where the Tycoon Wolf had been sleeping earlier, nodded, and stood tall like a champion.

“Good… we can make a Sanctuary around here! I wanna finish this quick, so could ya call the villagers?”

It felt like the ending fizzled out a bit awkwardly, but—well, whatever.

In any case, with this, all preparations were finally complete.

Alright, now… we could create a Sanctuary!