Giant Village

"Eh?" Milim had only taken one sip of juice when she found that El had already prepared everything and was standing before her again.

Milim's mouth twitched. "El, you really are amazing!"

El beamed. "Big Sister, thank you for the praise. Also, we should head to Mechanical Island as soon as possible, in case anything unexpected happens along the way."

"Then the Demon King sets sail!" Milim tossed aside her juice, leaped aboard the Demon King, and pointed energetically ahead. "This plan shall be called Saving Private!"

At Milim's command, the Demon King sailed toward Mechanical Island.

After several days at sea, the Demon King did not reach Mechanical Island. Instead, it returned near Home of the Lambs, because Milim had suddenly remembered the promise she had made to Bald Giant Uncle aboard the ship.

After Many Countries was established, she had promised to bring him there to become its chief blacksmith. But Many Countries had been developing at such a rapid pace that Milim had forgotten all about it.

It was only when she grew bored during another voyage that she suddenly recalled her old promise, so she had specifically returned to Home of the Lambs this time to pick up Bald Giant Uncle.

Humming a tune, Milim happily headed toward the giant uncle's workshop from her memories. El had gone alone to Giant Village to replenish their food supplies, so he was not with Milim.

Before long, Milim arrived at a familiar room. With practiced ease, she kicked the front door down and walked inside.

"Hm?" Milim scanned the room in confusion. The furnace was still burning, so someone had clearly been here, yet the giant uncle was nowhere to be seen.

It was not until Milim noticed movement beneath her feet that she hurriedly jumped down from the door.

Bald Giant Uncle, his face dark, pushed open the door. He had been about to curse, but when he looked up and saw Milim, he slowly swallowed the profanity that had nearly left his mouth. "Milim, every time I see you, I have to repair my door."

Bald Giant Uncle shook his head with a sigh, propped the door back up and set it aside, then returned to his seat and slowly sat down, looking at Milim.

"What are you here for this time?"

"Uncle, didn't you know that Many Countries has already been established?" Milim frowned in confusion.

"So you still remembered. When I saw that Many Countries had been founded, I waited at the shore for an entire week. Not a single person came." Bald Giant Uncle shot Milim a sidelong glance.

"Hahaha!" Milim laughed awkwardly. "Wasn't there a traffic jam at sea? It's understandable that we were a little late, right?"

"Hehe! A traffic jam at sea? Only a little girl like you could come up with that." Bald Giant Uncle was amused by Milim's excuse. He had not actually blamed her; after knowing Milim for so many years, he understood her personality perfectly well.

There could only have been one reason Milim had not come to get him right away: the little girl had simply forgotten about it.

She had only come this time because she had suddenly remembered, and so had immediately rushed over.

"Since you waited for us, Uncle, you must have decided to come with us, right?" Milim happily patted Bald Giant Uncle's calf.

Bald Giant Uncle gave two haughty snorts. "We giants keep our promises. Since Many Countries has already been established, of course I'll honor our agreement."

"Then let's go already!" Milim grabbed Bald Giant Uncle's clothes and started dragging him outside.

"Wait a minute!" Bald Giant Uncle hurriedly stopped her. "Why are you in such a rush? I haven't brought my tools yet."

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"Then hurry up! I'll go find El in the village first. We'll meet at the shore later." Milim waved, then turned and ran toward the village.

"She's as lively as ever, that little Milim." He swiftly gathered everything he needed to bring.

After walking out of the room, he gave the house he had lived in for nearly half his life one last look. Gritting his teeth, he tossed in a lit match, and the entire house immediately burst into flames.

Bald Giant Uncle stared blankly at everything before him. At last, he let out a long sigh. "Looks like I'll be busy from now on."

"A country that can accommodate every race? Is that for real?"

"Milim, you actually built a country?" One tall giant after another surrounded a short pink-haired girl, talking nonstop.

Milim put her hands on her hips and said proudly, "Why would I lie to you? Lord Milim built a huge country, and there are already nearly twenty or thirty thousand people living there."

"That's incredible! I never thought you, Milim, would actually pull it off." A giant with an axe slung over his shoulder reached out a finger, intending to pat Milim's head.

Milim immediately slapped the finger away. "Hey, you bastard! Don't touch my head! I won't grow taller!"

The giant was not angry at all and merely laughed. "Milim, you weren't going to grow any taller anyway."

"Bastard!" Milim immediately leaped up and threw several punches at the giant's face. She only stopped after beating him black and blue.

"Hahaha! Wino, I told you not to make Milim angry. How many times have you been beaten already, yet you still refuse to learn?" A giant beside them pointed at the battered giant and laughed.

"Honestly, Milim still hits as hard as ever." The giant climbed up from the ground and rubbed his cheek. His swollen face quickly returned to normal.

This was a unique technique called Life Return, which allowed one to perfectly control every cell in the body and achieve rapid recovery.

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck Milim's clever little head. Her eyes immediately lit up, and she ran to the highest point in the middle of Giant Village—the platform!

Then she excitedly shouted, "Everyone, do you want to join Many Countries? Then we can build a huge Giant Royal Palace together!"

As soon as those words were spoken, the previously noisy giants fell silent together.

One giant who seemed to be their leader spoke up. "Milim, stop joking around. How could we possibly leave our home?"

"Hey, you're the one joking. How can home be something so inconvenient?"

"With family, anywhere can be home. Rather than live the same day over and over here, why not come with me and build a country that belongs to us?" Milim's voice was no quieter than the Giant Chief's.

"We are giants. Our Giant King is Harald. We will not betray him and join another country," the Giant Chief said firmly.

Milim took a breath, her voice growing even louder. "That doesn't matter at all! I never asked you to betray your king!"

"I just think that if you aren't in Many Countries, then my dream can never come true. After all, you are already family I recognize."

Every giant was stunned, their eyes widening at those words.