Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Receiving Prey’s guidance I headed to the cultivation site of Meluca flowers. The cultivation site was located outside the tree but a place not that far.

“Here is...?”

-It looks like nothing but seeds are planted.

It was an empty vacant lot.

Still an appearance of removing weeds in its own way but excluding soil nothing was visible.

Before I knew it fairies who came out to sightsee following us the surroundings were noisy. I thought they were scared guys but actually getting familiar with faces they were extremely talkative.

“Hmm, Mark Two! How is it?”

Wriggle?

Mark Two who was called tilted his head.

It seemed saying what do you want me to do with this.

“Can Meluca flowers be cultivated here?”

Wriggle...?

An appearance without certainty.

Then soon wriggling he continued expressing something.

“...Ara, what’s that guy saying?”

“Have to see the seeds!”

“Yeah?”

Looking at Prey as if did you hear she soon nodded and headed somewhere.

It was a place located near the cultivation site and dried flowers gathered were visible. Beside that fairies who seemed working were bowing their heads with grateful expressions.

“Are there living flowers too?”

-There are no living ones but there are dried flowers left to collect seeds.

“That’s regrettable.”

I examined the flower’s seeds.

As expected not even item display appearing so no information I can find out.

“Can I eat?”

-Th, that a bit... a, no of course possible.

Leaving Prey who was filming a skit with Ara I handed the seeds to Mark Two.

Watching Ara eating dried flowers for a moment I casually examined wondering if Mark Two found out something.

Ptooey!

He was repeating eating and spitting the seeds.

‘His own analysis... right?’

An action whose meaning I couldn’t know but I recalled he did the same action even in our field sometime.

Because of leaving thinking he’ll do regarding the field I never saw in detail how Mark Two does farm work until now.

Undulate!

“Oh, found out something?”

Mark Two nodded and approached.

Is this resolving easier than expected?

“Ara! Interpret Mark Two’s words a bit.”

“Huhu! Understood!”

Ara who was playing pranks on Prey for no reason whether dried flowers weren’t tasty quickly ran.

Undulate! Wriggle!

“A unique plant!”

Wriggle- Wriggle- Undulate!

“Have to plant in a place light doesn’t enter!”

Indeed Mark Two!

Didn’t betray expectations.

Undulate!

“But if sprouts grow light is needed!”

Wondering why a rare plant the growth conditions were quite picky.

When seed light shouldn’t touch and after sprout grows light is needed. In the wild it seemed hard to equip such an environment.

Wriiiiiggle!

“Not only that!”

“What else is needed?”

Wriggle Undulate Wriggle-

“To bloom flowers strong poison and intense light are needed!”

“What, that?!”

No conceding one step intense light can be so. But why is poison needed suddenly?

“Dokdok! Has your turn come!?”

Wriggle?

Dokdok whose name was suddenly called tilted his purple body. But Dokdok’s poison isn’t strong poison right.

Anyway I found out all the flowering conditions of Meluca flowers. Prey who was listening to the story together was to the extent unable to hide surprise.

-In, indeed Slime Great Lord! To resolve the task our Alpheheim researched for 200 years at once!

-(｡˃́⌔˂̀｡)!!

-\( ˙▿˙ )/!!

At Prey’s words the fairies watching also all cheered and rejoiced together. But isn’t it early to rejoice yet?

“Not ended yet. Can you equip all the conditions just said?”

-A, that...”

First let’s say planting in a place without light.

If sprout grows transplanting to a place with light would be fine.

But that strong poison and intense light are the problem.

What’s the standard of strong and what is intense light again?

“Difficult, difficult.”

-A, Great Lord. About poison I don’t know but there is an answer about intense light.

“Hm? What?”

-This tree we thankfully think, that is the World Tree emits intense light.

“Ah! Sparkle sparkle tree!”

A bit the puzzle seemed to fit.

To begin with Meluca flowers also bloomed somewhere so until now Alpheheim didn’t starve to death, that means ultimately here was an environment that can receive strong light and poison.

“Then what’s the poison?”

-Um, by any chance have you seen a star bear?

“Star bear? Don’t know.”

-A bear that lives in the area of this World Tree.

“Bear?”

There was a bear here too?

That’s a bit scary...

-Star bear has no poison when living but after dying the corpse emits strong toxicity. Was Meluca flower blooming around the star bear’s corpse?

“Ooh, plausible.”

All the puzzle was completed.

The environment where Meluca can bloom was all formed here.

“Since knowing the method now only the matter of trying cultivation remains.”

Undulate!

“Why again?”

Mark Two undulated and stepped forward.

It seemed he would try cultivation himself.

“Hmm, gradually have to return...”

-A, returning?

“I also have a base and family.”

I couldn’t know how long Meluca flower cultivation would take. Even that great Mark Two seemed not guessing up to the crop’s harvest time so a bit ambiguous.

‘Even round trip is 4 days. To begin with thinking about a week and entered but...’

!!

Suddenly lightning struck in the head.

Wouldn’t this work?

“Wait a bit.”

I used the ability I temporarily forgot while going around the dungeon. Then one slime was generated with a pop.

Wriggle?

At the same time to turn the cooldown of liquid synthesis I made one fruit and vegetable juice with the materials I brought.

“Hoo. Still barely didn’t see a big loss.”

I confirmed exactly 25 hours passed since entering the dungeon. Lost about 1 hour but this degree, well.

-Indeed Slime Great Lord! Creating something from nothing!

-(ू˃ o˂ू )!

-⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝

When the slime was generated to the fairies fussing I handed the slime recruit.

-Th, this is?

“My employee who will work here. From now this guy will manage the Meluca cultivation site.”

Slimes are basically all farmers.

Mark Two who has farming ability is outstanding among them but other guys also did the basics.

Making him learn the cultivation method of Meluca flowers from Mark Two and making him work seemed fine.

‘Have to rotate once each setting a period.’

Later if fairies become able to self-sufficient among themselves no need for that.

-Th, really is it okay even so?

“Yeah. Instead there is a condition.”

-Please tell.

Prey’s both eyes were full of resolve.

An expression of accepting even an unreasonable demand so I wanted to know what condition to say.

‘How much honey should I demand?’

Thinking for a moment I asked Prey.

“I want honey instead of helping Meluca cultivation. But I don’t know how much honey you guys produce so I don’t know how much I can receive.”

-Wanting Meluca honey?

“No, no. Just the honeys you guys can’t eat.”

-If that!

Prey fell into worry with a happy expression then soon gathered the fairies. For a moment gathering among themselves and whispering then soon approached me.

-Planning to visit often?

“Well. Once a month? Exactly I don’t know.”

Anyway because there is distance visiting often was a bit hard. But about once a month seemed possible.

-By any chance do you have something like an empty bottle?

“Um, no bottle but empty container.”

It was Ara’s snack container. Because I carried various crops portioned there were a bit of empty containers.

Asking Bokkeum, roughly a container of a size about three fairies can lie down came out. A bit big size but thinking of Ara’s appetite a natural size.

-In one month we can roughly produce two such containers.

“Not overdoing?”

-No. Calculated only the spare. Probably if overdoing over five containers... huk.

Whether Prey made a slip of the tongue she hurriedly closed her mouth. An expression of what if I ask for five containers.

“Eeh?”

-Th, that...”

“It’s a joke. Just ask for two, then.”

-Th, really is it okay even obtaining only two containers?

“Uh.”

Two such containers a month?

Of course if little it can be said little but not doing business with honey so it didn’t matter.

-Huk.

“What, why crying?”

-At Great Lord’s heart like the sea I ended up being moved. Really thank you, Great Lord.

“...”

Wondering if filming a skit again now but thinking well the feelings were understandable. A crisis of the race came due to food shortage and a method to resolve that crisis is visible so emotions can be intense.

Fairies approached near the crying Prey and showed tears together. Then all showed actions of expressing thanks to me.

“Not even resolved yet so express thanks later.”

“Huhuhu! Lee Gyuseong Gyuseong is amazing. Now realizing the dignity of the Great Lord! Everyone kneel!”

Ara, what is that villain-like line.

Like that after a round of a sea of tears swept, we properly tried cultivation of Meluca flowers.

Even if not seeing up to sprout growing can plant about seeds right?

“For now making a space without light and planting inside is fine.”

-Hmm, then shall we raise inside the tree?

“I thought a bit how about making a sealed space with soil?”

-Sealed space?

“Uh. Making a space light doesn’t enter with soil outside, later if sprout grows just collapse the soil.”

-Ah! Then no need to move the seedlings.

“Later a better method might appear but right now only this method comes to mind.”

-Seems good! I’ll try once!

I didn’t help directly beside and only added opinions. Ultimately the ones who have to grow personally are the fairies and the slime recruit so I only supervised.

“Oh, made quite plausibly.”

-Hehe.

Above the land where seeds were planted I made soil in a semicircle and left an empty space inside. One semicircle was needed per one seed, but making all didn’t take as long as expected.

‘The slime moistened the ground in advance that would help too.’

Still don’t know why slime’s body fluid helps plant growth but results are good so okay.

“Regrettable that seeds aren’t many more than expected.”

-Yes.

Seeds were actually many.

But Mark Two distinguished the seeds, and the seeds that came out that way were at most a bit under 100. The rest were ones that already received too much light and germination impossible.

-Still if not Great Lord and Mark Two nim we almost lost all seeds. Almost a big problem.

“Luck was good.”

Watching up to planting seeds we decided to rest inside the tree.

Second day since entering Gluttony’s dungeon, met the deer herd Ara named Pururuk and the fairies called Alpheheim.

Including the time walked the forest it was a sufficiently tiring time.

“Uung.”

“Why not sleeping.”

But Ara even making a sleepy face endured and held back sleep. Asking why...

“Will watch sparkle sparkle and sleep.”

“Said soon right?”

“That’s it.”

Even though already spent over a day in the dungeon I didn’t see the light of the sparkle sparkle tree. Ara expressed as day and night but the day and night here felt much longer than Earth.

-Great Lord! Ara nim! Soon the World Tree shines!

“Ooh! Going to see, Lee Gyuseong Gyuseong!”

The face full of sleepiness unfolded brightly and Ara pulled my hand. Like that going outside the tree...

“...Haa.”

The whole world was bright.

Nevertheless we were wrapped in pitch-black darkness.

The sun disappeared and the stars also disappeared.

Only a black night sky existed but the sky as if descended to the ground wrapped the surroundings.

But that darkness was a cozy feeling.

An amazing matter. Cozy darkness? Felt only inside a blanket not thinking I’d feel such emotion outdoors.

Not long after I could know the reason.

Warm light!

Vivid various lights full of vitality were shaking. But not light to the extent dazzling the eyes but contradictorily illuminating the world brightly.

“This is the sparkle sparkle tree...”

“Pretty!”

I know the reason Ara endured without sleeping.

The tree was the same but the appearance of all the leaves attached to the tree shining in various colors. Between them the fairies were dancing and wandering.

-When the World Tree shines we hold a modest festival. How is it? Beautiful isn’t it?

“Beautiful. Worth boasting.”

An unforgettable scenery.

Probably remembered long, forever...