Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"Hm?"

Folding her arms with an unmarked crease between her brows was Considie, one of Linos' wives. In front of her, her daughter Piatoris was eating breakfast in a good mood.

She seemed to be of Dwarven descent, with green hair like her mother's and a tight natural perm. Sidhi wonders if he should develop a liquid to straighten her hair for the sake of her beloved daughter. ....... While she was thinking about this, she felt something a little strange.

At first glance, Piatrice looks the same as usual. But Sadie couldn't help but to understand the strange feeling she had in her heart. She had the feeling that something bad was happening to her beloved daughter.

She continues to watch her daughter. Despite her mother's concern, Piatrice is eating the omelette with a fork.

"Pia, come here for a minute."

"Yes, sir."

Sadie waits for her daughter to finish eating and then takes her into her lap.

"Pia, mmmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm," he says.

"Uh-oh."

Piattrice opens her big mouth with a carefree smile.

"...... Mei!"

"What's up, Sadie?"

"Here at Pia's ......"

"...... Oh, you've almost got a cavity."

"I knew it. ......"

Sadie lets out a loud sigh and pulls her daughter off her lap. As she watches her daughter's back flap and run, she asks May to fix the cavity.

Fortunately, the cavity was minor and did not require any extraction or grinding. Sadie was relieved to hear this report. Dental caries was one of the most troublesome diseases for dwarves.

Unlike normal humans, Dwarves look young, but their physical strength far surpasses that of humans. However, one of their most dreaded diseases was tooth decay.

Unlike humans, Dwarves do not have teeth that change. Therefore, they continue to use the teeth they were born with for the rest of their lives. Once they get a cavity, it progresses at a faster rate than that of humans. For this reason, many of them have teeth that become decayed and are soon torn to shreds.

Although Piatrice is half-human, he looks like a Dwarf himself, and his Dwarvish blood is strongly expressed. Her mother, Sidie, knew at the moment of her child's birth that her daughter was of Dwarvish descent, so she was always careful about her cavities.

In the Rinos family, because of Rico's good discipline, the children brushed their teeth after meals without fail and never had cavities. Why did only Piatrice get cavities? Sidi closes his eyes and thinks.

The answer comes quickly.

Sidi takes Piatrice to work as usual at the dwarves' workshop in the capital of Agartha. Recently, the quality of the products made in this workshop has spread by word of mouth and orders are pouring in from all over the place. This has led to a manpower shortage in the workshop, and Sidi has been coming to work to help out.

Sidie's technical skills were outstanding in the workshop, and the finishing touches on difficult jobs were always left in her hands.

"Oh, come here, my dear. And the princess. And the prince."

The old dwarf greets Sidi and Piatrice with a big smile on his face. On this particular day, Idea also came to work with him. He loved the dwarves' workshop and often enjoyed playing and making things with Piatris in the workshop.

"Go play, you two. Don't fight."

"Yes!"

Idea cheerfully replies and walks away, taking her sister Piatrice by the hand. The two siblings were very close. Although I told them not to fight, there was no chance that they would fight. Above all, Idea himself had a gentle temperament, much like his father Rinos, and he was a very loving and caring child to his sisters and brothers.

Sidi watches them playing for a while and then turns his attention to the old dwarf standing by.

"I'm sorry, but I need you to call Nambutsu, Rinshock, and Sankaku for me," he said.

The old dwarf bows his head with a curious expression on his face. Sidi looks at him with folded arms.

"What in the world?　This is a very busy time of the year."

Three dwarves came mumbling and complaining. They were the same dwarves who had traveled to the elven village on Sidi's orders. We had hoped that the long journey would change them in some way, but it had little effect, and they still tried to slack off whenever they could.

Nevertheless, they are good men. Sadie sighs and opens her mouth to them.

"I have a question for you..."

"What is it?"

"You didn't give Pia sweets, did you?"

"...... what are you talking about?"

"Pia was getting a cavity. After thinking about it a lot, I thought maybe it was because someone here was giving him sweets quite often?"

"......Why are we the ones?"

"You guys disappear a lot, don't you?"

"Shush, that's rude!　Don't talk to us as if we don't have a job!

The two old dwarves nodded at Nambutsu's words. But they are clearly acting suspiciously. Their eyes are completely swimming.

"All right," said Nambutsu. But I don't think we should bring Pia here from now on.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not saying that this workshop is the cause, but it's true that Pia almost had a cavity. You guys understand how serious it is for a child that small to get a cavity, don't you?　So I'm going to keep Pia here for a while and see what happens."

Wait a minute!

What is it?

Does that mean we'll never see the princess?

"That's the way it's going to be."

That's no way to live, Great Princess!

Yes. The princess is our healing. To deprive us of that healing, Great Princess, is a terrible thing to do!

"Please, Great Princess, don't take her away from us!"

"...... Hey, can you stop calling me that, "Great Princess"?"

"What are you talking about?　Two princesses are a complication!"

"You must be getting old, Princess. I am grateful that you call me your highness. Well, I don't think it's right to insist on being called Hime-sama forever when you're so old."

"...... tsk."

"You'd better stop clicking your tongue, High Priestess. What if she does the same thing?"

"That's right. Minsi will be angry with you again."

"............"

Sidi glares at the three old dwarves. Then Pia's lovely voice rang out.

"Grandpa!　Ji!"

"Oh, princess~. Ji is here.

The three of them rush to Pia's side and take her in their arms, paying no attention to Sadie. At that moment Nambutu took something out of his pocket and threw it into Pia's mouth.

"Hey!　What did you just feed him?"

"Ugh?　Huh?　Nah, no, just a little ......"

"Let me see."

Sidi takes a paper bag out of Nambutz's pocket. At first glance, it looked like a honey-like substance.

"What are you feeding him?

"No, no, I have medicine ......"

"Medicine?"

"No, I hear honey is good for you. I'm worried about the ...... princess's health. ......"

Listening to Nambutsu's excuses, Sidi pours some solid honey into his mouth.

"Oh my God!　You've been feeding Pia this stuff?"

"Ugh. ......"

"If you've been eating this much sweet stuff,...... that's a lot of cavities,......."

Sadie opens her mouth to the three shivering faces, crossing her arms.

"From now on, you are not allowed to give things to your peers. If you can't do that, I'll stop bringing Pia here.

"u...... u...... u...... u......"

"And this isn't honey. It's made to look like honey, but they've dissolved sugar and added some kind of chemical to it. So this is not exactly honey.

"How dare you!　I paid a lot of money for it!"

Sankaku is holding his head in frustration. Nambutsu looked at him with a sideways glance and fell to his knees.

"This is the true story of what happens when you get found out (buy honey). ......