The Cheat Plant Mage Hides to Live a Slow Life!! ～ I’ve Been Banished from the Court and Want to Raise a World Tree but my Territory is too Strong～

Plant Mage 28

Artificial Spirit and Mysterious Seed X (3)

「…..please, master.
Even though I have my own will, even though I have my own personality, in the end, I am nothing but a tool.」

「Don’t say that! Even if you feel down, don’t ever say that about yourself!」

When I said that, I felt Navi smile happily.

「— I await your order, master.」

Artificial spirit, Navi.

Navi is a navigator.

When I came to this world, Harmonia, as a reincarnated person, I noticed that there’s a voice that can only be heard by me.

It’s a system message similar to a navigator in a game.

For me, even before I got into plant magic, the voice was like my partner, helping me with small tasks such as appraisal, searching for enemies, mapping, and so on.

Since I reincarnated, I had always kept the Navi’s existence a secret.

It was not something to show off and I didn’t even want to stand out in the first place.
Also, the navigation’s existence was unrecognizable to others.

And above all.

It would be boring if everything goes well.

Trial and error is fun.

Yes, I am someone who can go on even without the navigation system which activates almost automatically.
That’s the reason why I chose an artificial spirit to be my navigation system—not because I wanted the convenience but because I wanted it to be a companion who I could feel at ease with.

A companion who would wake the sleepy me without my permission while making a smug face even though she insisted she’s just a tool.

She is also an artificial spirit that will refuse to do something I ask for if she doesn’t feel like it.
However, I’ll ask her something after a long time.

「Activate mapping, please.」

「Affirmative.
I’ll start surveying the topography in a semicircle centered on you—」

Navi proudly and happily activates her magic.

She seems to be in a good mood today.

As expected, Navi is not just a tool

—Scene Change—

I made a small map using the navigation system’s simple mapping.

Satisfied with being useful to me after a long time, Navi went back to sleep mode.
Artificial spirits are linked to the will of their masters.
They will activate when they are called upon otherwise, they’ll stay dormant.

「Well…」

With a map and pen in my hand, I walk around.

My favorite part of this is correcting the details of the map.

「This is the only flat land here and the rest is either forest or mountain….looking at the river, there should be a spring in the mountains.」