Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Just in time with Puu who came up and the new recruit the three of us went to check Leila.

Leila wrapped in something like purple cabbage leaves was already emitting a sweet smell.

No, it was a subtle scent that was fragrant yet not stimulating insufficient with just saying sweet.

“This could even be used as perfume?”

It was a thought that suddenly came but I wondered what if really doing it.

No need for me to make directly.

Just picking those leaves and commissioning a perfume manufacturer would do right? Recently there seemed to be such custom perfume workshops too.

“Harvest those leaves separately too. Don’t throw away.”

Wriggle!

Puu-

Here, since it’s become like that.

For now I don’t know the harvest method. So I have to watch the demonstration of the skilled assistant first.

“Who wants to try harvesting first?”

Wriggle?

Puu!

Puu pointed at the new recruit.

The new recruit while popping attached to Leila’s purple leaves. Soon after started peeling one by one while wriggling, unexpectedly delicate and careful body movements.

Puu!

Puu who was watching together also made a sound as if bursting admiration then soon started participating in the work.

“Can’t lose to a slime.”

I also harvested Leila’s fruit while glancing at what the guys were doing. Unexpectedly it wasn’t difficult so just carefully peeling the layered surrounding leaves in order was enough.

“Slimes do the work more delicately because they have no hands.”

Looking now I realized it felt easy because I was working with hands. The slime doing such works without hands felt amazing anew.

Following while watching the work beside like that I first faced Leila’s fruit. The fruit revealed outside as the leaves were removed was emitting a thick fragrance.

Gulp.

I swallowed saliva without knowing.

I liked fruits even usually but it was a shock to the extent of wondering if this could be simply dismissed with the word fruit.

“Now what do I do with this.”

Just picking would do but just in case I waited.

For now let’s watch the rest of the skilled assistant’s demonstration.

Tok!

However unlike my grand expectation the new recruit detached Leila’s fruit with a tok. A thin base was visible and it seemed just snapped that.

“Then me too.”

Tok!

Holding the fruit and gently bending sideways the base broke and separated.

“Ooh.”

Leila of glossy purple outer skin.

If someone who doesn’t know saw it would look like a giant purple acorn.

“Since the flesh isn’t revealed outside storage would be convenient.”

Soon the three of us diligently picking Leila could collect 30 fruits quickly.

Seeing the neatly stacked Leila my heart also felt abundant.

“Kyaa.”

But wondering if this also became an item looking closely once...

[Leila imbued with mana LV.1]

Faint mana is contained.

Upon intake, monster affinity rises for 1 minute according to the amount of mana possessed. Thereafter permanent minute affinity rise.

I knew ordinary Leila clearly wasn’t an item but anyway the crops I, no the slimes grew seemed to become special.

And like last time this time too a completely unexpected effect was attached.

If saying monster affinity does it mean can become friendly with monsters?

‘This I can’t use.’

Carrots or tomatoes still showed some ways to utilize but this was a bit...

“Just if the taste is good.”

Thinking so forcibly I held one Leila fruit. Since harvested now it’s the turn to taste!

“Call the kids below too.”

Puu!

While Puu went to call I cracked a total of 6 Leila skins including the slimes’ share. Removing the hard outer skin and the flesh revealed a sweet scent wrapped the entire dungeon.

“Keu.”

When I finished preparations while forcibly swallowing the gathering saliva Puu brought all the other slimes up.

“Here! Good work, kids! Let’s eat!”

Undulate!

Wriggle~!

Mark Two, Dokdok, Running, Puu, new recruit.

A total of five slimes and me all took one Leila each.

“The flesh is quite a lot.”

Since the kernel was about an armful size the amount of flesh hidden in the skin was also considerable. Of course I know the proportion of seeds located inside the flesh is large, but still an amount to eat full.

‘Not the level of full but the stomach will burst.’

Anyway I who barely endured until the slimes came immediately bit one mouthful.

Splash!

Juice burst out and filled the inside of the mouth.

At the same time a tremendous army of fragrance started attacking my brain through the nose.

Gulp!

Texture? Taste?

No, it was the form of ultimate gourmet beyond that.

Exactly the scent.

“Haa...”

I had only bitten one mouthful but couldn’t escape the aftertaste. Even though the Leila that already passed the throat and settled in the stomach, still the feeling of Leila full in the mouth.

Undulate-

It seemed not only me feeling so as the slimes also stopped as if feeling the aftertaste. A different reaction from the carrots or cherry tomatoes eaten in an instant.

“Uh?”

Then suddenly.

In an instant the aftertaste disappeared and the scent of Leila remaining in the mouth disappeared. At the scent of Leila that disappeared to the extent of feeling clean I was surprised again.

‘Not disappeared but exactly like mouth rinsing...’

Ah, certain.

Not disappeared but another scent covered in an instant. The inside of the mouth became gorgeous like eating mint and felt refreshing.

Leila was something where various scents were complexly mixed.

“Wow. Amazing?!”

I brought my mouth to Leila again.

Once more the same emotion as the first surged and a long aftertaste continued.

Afterwards it was infinite repetition.

Thanks to the mouth rinsing scent remaining at the end I could always eat without tiring like eating for the first time.

Thanks to that my stomach that polished off one Leila in a flash had already become bulging.

“Ugh.”

Undulaaate--

Even eating as if addicted, because it was so delicious I overdid it.

“This don’t tell me there’s really an addiction component?”

Ordinary Leila was already known to be harmless to the human body, rather rich in nutrients but the Leila imbued with mana I grew who knows.

Should I commission this too.

Looking around the slimes also polished off all the Leila the size of their own bodies and were wriggling with satisfaction of fullness.

“Since all seeds will be planted again gather them well.”

Undulaaang-

“By the way aren’t the ones planted below about time for a reaction to come now?”

I commanded the slimes to rest for a moment and went down alone.

Then tomatoes? with flower buds formed before I knew it were visible.

“Tomatoes... right?”

Somehow they looked a bit different from the ones planted above.

The height was also much taller almost to under my chin.

Thanks to that the appearance of weaving two supports and using as one.

“You guys did even things like this on your own. Really omnipotent workers?”

Recently because I went out so often I left almost all farm work to the slimes.

There was no time to care, but seeing the appearances of doing so well one by one it felt too commendable.

Looking beside other crops were also gradually showing reactions. From ones where sprouts just sprouted to appearances that seemed to have grown quite a bit before I knew it.

“Tomatoes are still the fastest.”

Maybe tomatoes could even be harvested by tomorrow.

The appearance was a bit strange unlike ordinary tomatoes but if the detoxification ability was better I was also thinking of treating sister-in-law with this.

“Here is eggplant, this strawberries? Wow, cucumbers still only grew this much?”

The concept of growth speed was broken.

Already growing sufficiently fast but I grumbled without knowing.

“Oh, Ambergrill! I’m expecting you too.”

Unexpectedly the growth speed of the dungeon plant Ambergrill was fast. Honestly I didn’t know when it would fully grow, but just looking at the grown appearance it felt fast.

Wriggle?

While I was examining for a long time Mark Two who got tired of resting stuck its head out. Even though I said to rest looking at it doing that it seemed not thinking of this farm work as work but as play.

“What, all rested?”

Wriggle!

“Yeah. Do as you like.”

As soon as hearing the words Mark Two and Dokdok, and Puu came down. Soon even while looking around the field they swam in the pond and spent peacefully.

“Still it doesn’t seem as busy as last time.”

The leisurely appearance was good to see.

Sitting like that and blankly looking sleep gradually poured without knowing.

Checking the time it had become sleep time.

“Tomorrow is expected. Kids, if there’s something to harvest here wake me a bit too. Let me watch for experience.”

Undulate!

Every day was rewarding.

Helping hyung Yeongseong and making acquaintance with a famous awakener. At the same time earning money too.

Very good!

* * *

Wriggle!

Ding-a-ling-

Along with a wet feeling the alarm sound came.

Stretching and getting up Mark Two that had climbed on my stomach was visible.

“Oh, good morning. Mark Two.”

Wriggle!

I had said to wake me when harvest time comes and just in time it was time to get up. Was the timing amazing.

“Um, in 10 minutes the cooldown comes around.”

Following the leading Mark Two and going down below tomatoes that had grown taller were visible. At the same time fruits sparkling like jewels were visible.

“Now too different?”

Last cherry tomatoes I expressed as jewel-like metaphorically. But this time it was really the jewel itself.

The colors were also various.

There were ones like red jewels and orange, yellow, even purple or black.

“...Is it okay to eat.”

Since it was harvest time for now I decided to harvest together.

Then Mark Two wriggled and brought something.

“Oh, there’s already harvested ones?”

Of all things chose black.

Anyway I picked the cherry tomato Mark Two handed and checked.

-Pabam!

[Discovered a new crop.]

Please give a name.

What is this again.

Surprised at the system notification sound that suddenly came. Soon after examining the phrase surprised again at the unexpected message.

“Oh? I can give a name.”

[?? LV.1]

A crop containing mana.

Harmless to the human body.

Upon intake, poison resistance is obtained for 3 minutes.

Upon intake, detoxification action occurs.

Upon intake, a small amount of mana increases for 3 seconds.

Because the name wasn’t given it was displayed as question mark. And unexpectedly kind phrases could also be discovered.

“Oh, for once the display that it’s harmless to the human body appears.”

Service?

Anyway the effect itself also wasn’t ordinary.

Taking out the notebook and examining what effect the previous cherry tomatoes had...

[Cherry tomato imbued with mana LV.1]

Faint mana is contained.

Upon intake, poison resistance is obtained for 3 minutes according to the amount of mana possessed. Thereafter permanent minute poison resistance rise.

There were things that disappeared and things that increased.

But in my view the efficacy of the newly obtained tomatoes would unconditionally be better.

‘I read the materials commissioned this time as soon as receiving from hyung Yeongseong.’

The previous cherry tomatoes were said to obtain poison resistance according to the amount of mana possessed but the efficiency was too not good.

In one word even if the awakener with the most mana amount in this world intakes this the poison resistance only rises about 0.1.

The permanently obtained poison resistance is a much smaller amount than that so to the extent that before and after eating isn’t noticeable.

“But this will have quite an effect. No, it has to!”

I firmly believed the absolute effect would be good. Please let it be so.

Even if the effect that increases according to the amount of mana possessed disappeared, just showing efficiency of 0.1 or more with the intake itself is enough.

“Before deciding the name shall I try eating once?”

Since it said harmless to the human body I immediately brought the tomato to my mouth.

Soon after as if there was no skin it melted and disappeared in an instant in the mouth and the concentrated tomato taste occupied the entire mouth and esophagus, and even the stomach.

“Huh...”

At the same time the status window appearing before the eyes.

[Poison resistance rises for 3 minutes.]

[Mana increases for 3 seconds.]

Rise of mana.

Honestly I wasn’t a combat awakener so I had never clearly felt the existence of mana but now I could know.

“This is mana?”

The strange sense of depletion felt when using liquid synthesis or slime summon. But this time conversely the feeling of energy filling up.

“Ah...”

But that too was about 3 seconds.

“Still jackpot? To the extent of feeling this clearly?”

The exact numbers would be known by commissioning the research institute again but in my view it was an unusual item.

And just in time in the situation of having to treat sister-in-law the discovery of this mana tomato was a ray of light.

“Yeah. Let’s just call the name mana tomato too.”

[Will you register as ‘just mana tomato’?]

“A, no. Mana cherry tomato.”

[Will you register as ‘mana cherry tomato’?]

“Yeah.”

[The name of the new crop has been decided as ‘mana cherry tomato’.]

What, is there no reward or something?

I casually waited but there was nothing else besides that.

“...Was the naming too ordinary.”

Rather should I have named something like Lee Gyuseong’s tasty tomato.

But right then.

[Hidden quest has been created.]

Instead of reward work came in.