Exiled Villainess: They Threw Me Out, Now Every Beastman Wants Me novel Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Where The Water Went

That was nearly a decade ago!

No wonder the ground was perpetually moist. Water had been draining into the land all this time.

Tera was disturbed. She didn’t know when they moved here, but the entire wolf pack had spent years rationing water from the rain while a perfectly good stream flowed uselessly beneath their feet.

"Take me to the pond."

Calis looked confused.

"Why? There is no water there—"

"I think I know why you have no water."

The murmuring that followed was sceptical, but after the meat fest, nobody laughed. Calis studied her for a long moment, then took her to the pond, which was roughly a four-minute walk away from where they were.

A few wolves followed behind, and when they arrived, Tera saw exactly what she expected.

The pond was a wide, shallow depression carved into the earth, bordered by exposed rock formations. It sat directly in the path of where the stream should have been flowing, essentially acting as a wide basin in the middle of the stream’s natural course.

And it was empty.

The stream and pond bed were mulchy and wet, but there was nothing in it.

"The water is here," Tera said. "It is flowing under the ground instead of over it."

Calis frowned. "Under?"

"Your stream is being swallowed underground before it reaches this pond." Tera straightened and pointed upstream. "Something is pulling the water down instead of letting it flow forward."

’System, I need to see that layout again.’

[Mapping subsurface features...]

The detailed map unfolded across her vision again, and she saw the sinkhole where the stream vanished underground, but there was something else in the cavern system that made Tera’s heart beat faster.

How could she have overlooked what the system had mentioned earlier? She had been too focused on the underground water stream that she had forgotten about the limestone!

Limestone formations lined the cavern walls and floor.

This was premium construction material she could use. There was no cement, but Tera could sure as hell use refined limestone as a binding agent!

’Oh my God...’

[Host?]

’Nothing. Hold on.’

Tera quickly focused on the issue at hand. The collapsed limestone shelf aside, the small cavern system led to another opening which was partially collapsed and clogged with rocks, more limestone, soil, and root debris.

It was located a considerable distance from the sinkhole but was much closer to the main dry stream bed.

If Tera could clear that exit, the underground water would have a path back to the surface. From there, a short artificial channel would connect the new exit point to the dried stream bed, and water would flow to the pond again.

Even better was the fact that the water flowing through was being naturally filtered through layer after layer of mineral rock. Whatever came out of that secondary exit would be cleaner and more mineral-rich than ordinary stream water.

These wolves would be drinking better water than her own clan.

Tera’s mind was already assembling the solution when the system interrupted her.

[This system has noticed that Host has already formulated a plan]

[(⊙_⊙)]

[Would Host like to share it with this system, or shall this system present its own recommendation first?]

’The cavern has a second exit that is blocked. Clearing the blockage works. Plus, I could have the wolves dig a short channel to connect it back to the main stream path. That way the water would continue the path it was supposed to take and get to the pond and beyond.’

[...]

[(꒪⌓꒪)]

[That is more effective than what this system was going to suggest]

’What were you going to suggest?’

[Something less efficient involving the sinkhole]

[Host’s solution is better]

[This system is... impressed]

[( -᷅ ⤙ -᷄ )=3]

Tera fought back a smirk.

[In light of Host’s initiative, this system has decided to formalise this as a task!]

’You are giving me a task for something I was already going to do?!’

’How many things have I done in the past that could have been tasks?! HOW MANY NIPPLES HAVE I MISSED OUT ON?!’

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