I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 707

Once the harsh winter passed and the warm spring arrived, we entered our active period again.

Of course, on the first day, we couldn’t do anything because of the fiercely blowing pollen dust storm, but from the next day onward, it was different.

Based on the blueprint Elia had drawn, our house—or rather, our settlement—entered full-scale redevelopment.

Since we practically had to demolish all the buildings I had built so far and rebuild them anew, the labor of the Hobgoblins was essential.

Not only the Hobgoblins, but we also called the gorillas to join in the redevelopment together.

"Come to think of it, the gorillas are living completely like wild beasts, aren’t they?"

"That’s true, but I wonder if that lifestyle is more comfortable for them?"

"Oh, no. That’s not it. To realize inconvenience, one must first experience convenience. There’s a reason they call it a trial version, you know?"

After getting a rough grasp of the basics of the redevelopment, Elia asked to take a look around the gorillas’ territory.

Honestly, it was a hassle, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to take a look.

"Master. The lady of the house is right. I didn’t know what inconvenience was at all until I stayed here."

"Lady of the house?! Please just call me a maid!"

"Neither of those is normal."

Dolsoe also chimed in, as if agreeing with Elia’s words.

Since it was an assertion from none other than Dolsoe, my mind leaned in that direction.

The saying that you don’t know inconvenience until you know convenience. Elia’s words resonated with me quite a bit.

’True, before smartphones became mainstream, I didn’t really feel any inconvenience either.’

Back when I was active on Earth, smartphones were treated as indispensable items in daily life.

If I had to go back to 2G instead of a smartphone, the difference would be massive. Right off the bat, even messaging would be clunky.

In any case, just as Elia said, there was a need to develop the gorillas’ territory at least once.

"Before that, don’t you think it would be better to check on the Hobgoblins first?"

Gorillas are one thing, but the Hobgoblin Village also needed redevelopment.

Moreover, since they had already achieved civilization, it would be much easier.

But surprisingly, Elia voiced a somewhat negative opinion.

"Hmm... wouldn’t it be better to think about that side slowly? If possible, it would be best to guide them to develop on their own."

"Why? You said we’re going to change the gorillas’ territory."

"To make an analogy..."

Elia closed her eyes while holding the blueprint she had drawn.

As she did, she raised her head slightly as if recalling something. I waited quietly for her to speak.

Except for being crazy about planting trees, she was highly competent. Didn’t she just make a very apt analogy?

Soon, Elia slowly opened her eyes, revealing her brilliantly shining blue eyes.

"The gorillas are in a state where they haven’t even learned basic arithmetic yet, so they don’t know how to go from 0 to 1, but the Hobgoblins are different. Looking at the posts you uploaded, Grylls-nim, they’ve already begun full-scale civilization, and have even embraced faith."

"That’s true."

I still remember it clearly. My stone statue erected right in the center of the village.

Didn’t some goblins even start wandering around the forest, saying they were going to proselytize?

The Hobgoblin Village is a place that will progress smoothly even if we don’t interfere.

"Then there won’t be any need to interfere. Unlike the gorillas, it will be more effective to teach the Hobgoblins."

"Hmm... so if they know one thing, they can figure out ten, so there’s no need to do all ten for them. Is that it?"

"Exactly! In fact, when the gods won the war against the dragons, the first thing they did was give humanity freedom. So that we could overcome hardships on our own."

I had also heard that myth well. Out of curiosity, I had looked into the myths of this world before.

The gods who defeated all the dragons that originally ruled as the masters and deities of this world, granting freedom to the world.

Unlike the dragons, the gods did not demand sacrifices, nor did they commit tyranny.

In a way, it looked close to abandonment under the guise of freedom, but they established order through ’doctrines.’

A method of reigning but not directly ruling. Even if hardships arose, they offered direct or indirect help through divine power.

’Though the actual truth is that they were too busy fighting among themselves to have any spare time for reigning or ruling.’

In any case, it seemed Elia wanted to do something similar.

She said that if we interfere too much, they might forget the most important thing, so guiding them is the best policy.

"A leader must lead... is that what you think?"

"No? You lead when you must lead, and you direct when you must direct. My body isn’t split in two, so how could I do both at the same time?"

"You’re really realistic, aren’t you?"

"Please call it wise if you can."

[It seems she obtained madness in exchange for that wisdom.]

Cain (the statue) sitting on my shoulder spoke quietly.

Indeed, it was an evaluation that made me nod automatically. Since her wisdom and madness were practically proportional.

In any case, we decided to leave the Hobgoblin Village alone. For now, taking care of our house was the priority.

"Put that over here! It would be best to stack the basic materials first!"

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"Ah! Be careful! Ants are coming out over there!"

Under Elia’s command, our house quickly began to change.

Although it was a bit bittersweet when the structures built in a slipshod manner were demolished, this was also necessary.

"Dad. Why are you tearing down our house?"

"We’re making a new nest. Bigger and more comfortable."

"Wow! Then can we run around and play even more excitedly than before?"

"Of course."

I looked at our house under redevelopment while holding Wonmo in my arms.

Perhaps thanks to the technique he learned from Quokka. Wonmo, who was originally the size of a large dog, was now the size of a small dog.

I heard that being small makes it easier to match the size of the other kids, and he gets less hungry even when running around excitedly.

Big Wonmo was cute, but Wonmo at a size that fit snugly in my arms was even cuter.

Soon, the basic foundation work was finished, and we began constructing the buildings one by one in earnest.

First, the most important thing to build was the warehouse. The place where we would store a vast amount of food in the future.

We set up not just one, but two locations; one maintained a coolness on par with a refrigerator, while the other was at the level of a freezer.

"Cold storage is one thing, but for frozen storage, it would be best to build it with bricks."

"You mean a Stone Ice Storage, right? Got it."

Since we were building a new food warehouse, I even made bricks for the first time in a while.

I thought I wouldn’t have any use for cement for the time being, but who would have known something like this would happen?

After constructing the most important food warehouses like that, next were the bathhouse and the toilet.

It was regrettable that I had to completely tear out the boiler I had painstakingly crafted by hand, but it was necessary.

The toilet was also reinstalled to make cleanup easier. Seeing this, Elia said:

"Could we perhaps use the waste as fertilizer..."

"Things grow well enough just by planting them, so let’s not go that far."

"Mhm! That makes sense!"

It was even scarier because if it hadn’t made sense, she probably would have actually done it.

Only after time passed and we constructed the forge and the supply room could we finish the day’s work.

Since the Hobgoblins and gorillas helped out with determination, the progress was extremely fast. Coupled with Elia’s efficient command.

"Hmm..."

I looked around the house—no, our area—which was much cleaner than before.

Even though only a single day had passed, more than half of it was already completed.

Perhaps because it was meticulously designed rather than built in a slipshod manner, looking at it like this, it looked less like a house and more like a village.

Of course, the ’house’ which could be called the main part hadn’t even been started yet. We would probably build this last.

’Should I post this on the Gallery?’

Honestly, it was a structure so clean that I wanted to brag about it. Buildings neatly erected around the World Tree in the center.

Moreover, those buildings were not the house I had roughly built, but were raised under Elia’s leadership.

’If I say, "Elia did this!", I don’t know what kind of reaction will come out.’

For one, it definitely won’t be a normal reaction. It could even reach the political realm.

Right now, it’s common for people outside to worship me as the Chief God. Moreover, don’t they ’for now’ treat me as the Chief God even in the Gallery?

If I posted a thread saying I redeveloped our house with Elia, I couldn’t predict what would happen.

’But if I say I did all of this by myself, my conscience will prick me.’

If it were Elia, she would surely agree readily, saying she didn’t mind.

But since it was a matter of conscience, and someone might pry inquisitively, it was difficult to make a decision rashly.

In the end, having no choice, I asked Elia directly. What would you like me to do? If you don’t want to, I won’t post it.

At this, Elia blinked her large eyes, tilted her head as if wondering why I was worrying about such a thing, and answered coolly.

"You can post it, though?"

"But you’re the one who designed it. If I say I built it alone..."

"Hey. You shouldn’t say such shameless things."

"...."

I was left speechless by the terrifying barrage of facts. Since it was none other than Elia who scolded it as a shameless act, it hit even closer to home.

Just when I was wondering if I should hide the redevelopment after all, Elia brought up a compromise.

"Wouldn’t it be good to add the expression ’all together’ instead of ’alone’?"

"All together?"

"Yes. Then everyone will think you built it, Grylls-nim. And they’ll just assume I only planted trees and that was it."Find the original chapter at novelping . com.

"...Surprisingly, you know what kind of image you have?"

"They swear at me so much in the Gallery, wouldn’t it be strange if I didn’t know? And it’s true, after all."

[Some deny it to the very end, while others coolly admit it.]

Cain sneered from the side. Should I just use that guy as a foot callus remover?

In any case, I had to post it. I even included the words ’all together’ just as Elia said.

Title) Redevelopment in Progress

Wild Grylls

(Roughly a photo of the house site under redevelopment 1)

(Roughly a photo of the house site under redevelopment 2)

(Roughly a photo of the house site under redevelopment 3)

The movement paths were inconvenient and it felt like it was built in a slipshod manner, so we’re redeveloping everything.

Since we’re building it all together, the speed is incredibly fast. It seems like it’ll be almost fully completed in 2-3 days?

ㄴHeavenly Demon: You’re decorating the house in earnest. Indeed, before, it had a strong feeling of being roughly built.

ㄴSword Matstar: Are you making a newlywed home with me in advance? Haha

ㄴDon’t Abandon the Hero: A newlywed home?! It’s just building a house, so don’t say strange things!

ㄴSmart Demon: Truly amazing. How does she say things like that right away? lol

ㄴEveryone. This is why you must get married quickly.

ㄴIsn’t it already too late for that person? It’s been almost a year since she started hitting on Grylls lol

ㄴWhat’s the point of hitting on him? He can’t even come outside lol

ㄴPassing Dwarf: Wow. You made it like that? Honestly, tell me. The elf next to you built it all, right?

ㄴWild Grylls: Busted lol

ㄴWhat would the Elf Queen build? lol Obviously she just planted trees next to him lol

ㄴFor real lol Didn’t Grylls do it all?

ㄴSince he must have accumulated house-building know-how, it’s not impossible.

ㄴPassing Dwarf: Hmmm... I don’t think so? There’s no way this bastard would build it like that...

ㄴWild Grylls: What on earth do you take me for?

ㄴPassing Dwarf: If nothing else, I can’t believe you have that kind of aesthetic sense.

This dwarf bastard... is uselessly sharp.

I saved my words, telling him to think what he wanted. The moment I said more here, it would be exposed.

Fortunately, there was practically no one who doubted it, and everyone looked forward to after the redevelopment was finished.

ㄴI hope there’s an earthquake from a Gallery maintenance right after you finish the redevelopment lol

ㄴlolololol

ㄴThis fucking bad bastard lol

ㄴBut isn’t it about time for Gallery maintenance?

ㄴProbably soon? Will they do it during the Heavenly Demon Martial Festival?

Although there was someone with a wicked mind in the middle, it was the Gallery, so I let it slide.

Just when I thought I had safely finished today’s work, someone sent a message.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Um... Grylls-nim! I have something to ask you...!]

It was Asella. After a moment of wonder, I gladly accepted.

[Wild Grylls: What did you contact me about?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Um... did the Elf Queen also help you when you did the redevelopment?]

[Wild Grylls: She helped. I’m telling you honestly because it’s you, Asella, but Elia actually designed all of it.]

It was something I could never reveal in the Gallery, but Asella is different.

She is usually tight-lipped, and since she is a smart person, she would know that nothing good would come from this story leaking out.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: (No response)]

[Wild Grylls: ...?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: (No response)]

[Wild Grylls: Asella?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Ah! I’m sorry! I was thinking about something else for a moment! I absolutely didn’t think about being jealous or anything like that!]

"...."

An answer on the level of ’Don’t think of an elephant’ came back.

I pondered how to respond to this, then quietly opened my mouth.

[Wild Grylls: Hmm... it’s just a what-if, but if I go outside later, it wouldn’t be bad to build something like an orphanage together.]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: You promised, right? Since it’s a promise from the Chief God, I will believe it implicitly, okay? For real, right?]

I think I spoke needlessly.