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  • I Try To Enjoy My Life But These People Keep Calling Me A Hidden Boss (Chapter 2 - 5)

    Chapter by Taylor_Herbert · 25 Jan 2023
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  • [Chapter 2]

    The next thing I know, I'm inside a run-down house in the middle of the forest. I blink for a few seconds before a rush of knowledge appears inside my head. After a few seconds, the headache is gone, and I know who and where I am.

    My name is Yuuji Takano, and I'm in a world where mythology is roaming free. Gods, angels, devils, and even demonic beasts exist in this world.

    I don't know if my previous world had magical beasts, but if that overworked guy told the truth, Gods exist on Earth. So it was not too far-fetched to assume that Earth was also some kind of monster hiding in plain sight.

    I shake my head and look around the run-down house given to me by my parents. Yuuji Takano is a pitiful young man. The Takano family is an Onmyouji family. All of the family is blessed with a mana core. Sadly, I don't have any of it.

    Well, I have it. However, it was so small it can be considered non-existence. Even with the help of potions and rituals, it will not grow past Low-Class Onmyouji. What is a low class? Well, there are rankings that separate all beings in this world.

    Non-Class -> Low-Class -> Middle-Class -> High-Class ->Ultimate-Class -> Special-Class.

    The highest level is the ultimate class, and the special class is only for those who are too powerful to be classified as an ultimate class. I know a couple of people in this class, like Izanagi-sama, Amaterasu-sama, and Susanoo-sama.

    However, there is an unofficial power scale called the Top Ten. They are the most powerful beings in the world, and the top two beings have never changed since the beginning.

    Anyway, the reason why I'm in this place is because of my almost non-existence mana core. I'm an exile from the clan.

    Lucky for me, the Takano clan forbids killing kin. Because of this, I'm given a piece of land far away in the northern part of Japan, somewhere inside Soya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, while they live in Kyoto.

    While they are forbidden from killing me directly, sending me to a dangerous place is okay. They hope to kill me by sending me to this place. It is known that the northern part of Hokkaido is where wild magical beasts and demonic beasts lived.

    Basically, they want me to starve to Death or get killed by the animal. The previous owner of this body decided to die on his terms and killed himself.

    I look at the bloody knife on the ground and touch my neck. I look at the window and see the wound already closed up but still leaves a scar.

    "Well, off to a good start, I guess."

    I shake my head and walk out of my home. I can see that my home is located in the middle of a clearing surrounded by a thick forest. Hmmm, I can use this. However, I don't think I can cultivate the land without equipment.

    |That is where I come from, host|

    Holy shit! Who are you?! Where are you?!

    |I'm your system host. I will be your assistant from now on. You can call me F.A.S or Farming Assistant System.|

    I see. What can you do?

    |Assisting you and answering your question.|

    I see. So, what do I need to do now?

    |Right! Let's start the tutorial, shall we?|

    Sure.

    |First thing first, can you say 'Status' for me?|

    Do I need to say it out loud?

    |No. You can say it mentally, but for the sake of a tutorial, please say it out loud.|

    Sure.

    "Status"

    =||=

    [Host: Yuuji Takano]

    [Title: Exiled Heir, Void Traveler]

    [Age: 18 years old]

    {Body: F}

    {Spirit: F}

    {Luck: F}

    ~~~~

    [Farm Management]

    {Farm Rank: F}

    {Farming Points: 1,000}

    ~~~

    [Skill]

    {Farming skill: F}

    {Cooking skill: F}

    ~~~

    {Shop}

    {Summon}

    {Inventory}

    =||=

    Alright, I see the stats. Can you explain them to me?

    |Gladly! You are my host, so your name is in there. It is easy enough. The title is your title. It did not do much and is only a special title that can affect real life.|

    Are my titles special?

    |One of them is special! Void Traveler will protect your mind from being controlled.|

    Neat.

    |Next! Age is your age. You are an adult in this country. So you can buy a house and other things if you want.|

    Good.

    |Now, let's get to your stats! The body is your physical strength. The bigger it is, the stronger your physical strength is. Spirit is your magical strength. The higher it is, the more mana, ki, and spiritual energy you can use. Luck is your luck.|

    Easy enough to understand.

    |Now, into the farming management section! Farm rank is the ranking of your farm. The higher it is, the more seeds you can buy from the shop. To raise your farm rank, you need to fulfill a requirement. Here are the requirements you need to do.|

    =||=

    [Farm Rank-Up!]

    {1.) Need 100,000 square meters of land}

    {2.) Need Body, Spirit, Luck stats to E-rank}

    {3.) Need 10,000 Farming Points}

    =||=

    Two hundred fifty thousand square meters of land? Can I make it square? I don't want to make it another shape, too much trouble.

    |Of course! As long as you reach it, you are good.|

    Good. I know how to increase my body stats, but how can I increase my spirit and luck stats?

    |Easy enough! Eating. The farming system has a lot of unique seeds you can use. For a beginner like you, I recommend planting Golden Star Fruit to increase your luck stats and planting Water Potato to increase your spirit stats.|

    That is why I have cooking skills, huh?

    |We are getting there! Skill! The next one is cooking skills! As a farmer, you must know how to prepare the ingredients you get from your farm. The more you cook, the more this Skill increases. However, you will not get an 'EXP' if you cook food below the skill rank. As for the farming skill, just continue to plant a lot of seeds and harvest them when they are ready, and you are ready to go. The higher the level, the more knowledge you will get.|

    I see. This Skill will not level up if I continue to cook something below F-rank, huh? I need to cook at least something with the same rank.

    |Correct! Now into the last section! The first one is |Shop|. The shop is a shop where you can buy seeds you can plant and sell your harvest to get more Farming Points. Not only that, but you can also buy other things as well. For example, you can buy a powerful fighting style if you have enough Farming Points.|

    I don't think I need them, but I will try some of them if I have enough points.

    |The next one is |Summon|! [Summon| let you summon a minion that makes your life easier. A normal summon usually takes the form of an animal. A special-summon helps you outside of farming, like selling your goods for this world's money or gathering information from the outside world while you are busy farming.|

    I have a feeling they are all living beings.

    |Yes. They will be completely loyal to you, but they are living beings. Treat them right, and they will not mess with your order.|

    Don't be an asshole, and they will treat me well. Got it.

    |The last one is [Inventory]! You can store any non-living being inside this. The size of your Inventory is the same as your farm. The bigger your farm, the bigger your Inventory will be.|

    So if I have a thousand square meters farm, I will have a thousand cubic meters inventory?

    |No. Divide them by a hundred, and you will get your inventory size.|

    So I will get ten cubic meters from the thousand square meters of the farm.

    |That is correct|

    Hmmm, I got it. So, what now?

    |Now? You need to claim your reward for completing the tutorial!|

    Oh?

    |Do you want to claim your beginner reward?|

    |Y/N|

    I press the Y button and see a panel of items I get.

    =||=

    [Congratulations!]

    [You get {Farming Tools (F)}, {F-rank Seed Set}, {F-rank Fertilizer}, {Cooking Tools (F)} and, {9,000 Farming Points}]

    =||=

    I nod and take out all the farming tools from my Inventory. I take out a hoe, pickaxe, ax, watering can, and scythe. Huh, it is the same starting tool as Stardew Valley. Neat.

    I take my hoe and start to work. Farming is a hard job, but I'm willing to do it.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    [Chapter 3]

    I wipe the sweat from my forehead and nod my head. It has been a week since I came to this world, and I must say that I have made great progress! I look at the farm in front of me and smile.

    Ten thousand square meter farm is ready. First, I fertilized the land using the F-rank Fertilizer I got from the beginner reward. I need to mix the fertilizer with water, and it can cover twenty thousand square meters of land.

    Lucky for me, this place has a lot of snow because it is winter. I take a lot of the snow and melt it down in the kitchen. I really need to chop more wood and dry them. My firewood is about to get empty.

    Lucky for me, this body's previous owner bought a lot of food before he got exiled to this place. I have a lot of canned food, dried meat, and a lot of rice.

    I shake my head and look at the plants on the ground. I smile a little at the sight in front of me.

    After fertilizing the land, I plant something called Golden Carrot and Silver Radish. Golden Carrot has a golden outer appearance that increases individual training results. It boosts the body's adaptability to boost the consumer's training.

    Silver Radish restores the consumer's stamina and slightly boosts the consumer's cell regeneration. It is a great food to heal injuries and restore my stamina so I can continue caring for my plant.

    ~Two weeks later~

    It has been almost a month since I arrived in this world, and I must say that I have enjoyed my life so far. Farm life is hard but a fulfilling job. Seeing your seed grow into a plant is something else; they are now ready to harvest.

    I slowly took out the carrot, and the seed did not lie. After taking them from the ground, I can see the Golden Carrots shine a little under the sun.

    I blink a little at the number of carrots coming from the ground. There are three carrots from a single seed. Huh. The system really did not have something normal, huh? As far as I know, one carrot seed will produce one carrot, but this time it produces three carrots.

    Oh, well.

    I clean the carrot and open up the [Shop]. I put them inside the [Shop] and looked at the price.

    "Really? Only five points per carrot?"

    There are forty-five Golden Carrot seeds and fifty-five Silver Radish seeds. I will get… six hundred and seventy-five points if each seed yields three carrots. I already checked the [Shop] and saw one bag of Golden Carrot seeds (10 seeds) is fifty points.

    That means I will get one hundred and fifty from each bag if each seed yields at least three carrots. Not the most profitable plant, but that will do.

    ~Sometimes later~

    It takes an hour to harvest all the vegetables. It looks like one seed can yield more than three vegetables. The most carrots I got from a single seed are seven, and I get at most five radishes per seed.

    I get over two hundred Golden Carrots and one hundred and fifty Silver Radishes.

    Hmmm, should I sell them all? Or should I store all of them? I think I will sell two hundred Golden Carrots and One hundred Silver Radishes.

    =||=

    [Selling 200 Golden Carrots = 1000 Farming Points]

    [Selling 100 Silver Radishes = 700 Farming Points]

    [Farming Points: 11,700 Farming Points]

    =||=

    That left me with only thirty-seven Golden Carrots and fifty Silver Radishes to eat. Eating dried meat and rice every day starts to get boring. I want to save canned food for emergency use.

    I take my harvest back to my house and store them inside the storage room. I decided to use one of the empty bedrooms as a storeroom.

    I take five Golden Carrots and three Silver Radishes for me to cook and leave the rest inside the room. I put them on the table and walked outside with a steel bucket. I take a lot of snow and get back inside.

    I put firewood inside the stove and lit them on fire. I take the bucket and put it on the stove. While waiting for the water to boil, I open up the [Shop] and look around for a few minutes. I have more than ten thousand points I can use.

    I need to buy another Golden Carrot seed and a Silver Radish seed.

    =||=

    [Buying ten bags of Golden Carrot seeds = 500 Farming Points]

    [Buying ten bags of Silver Radish seeds = 700 Farming Points]

    [Farming Points: 11,700 - 1,200 = 10, 500 Farming Points]

    =||=

    That only leaves me with five hundred profit for the harvest, huh? I really need to train my body and buy plants that increase my [SPIRIT] and [LUCK] points.

    ~Three months later~

    I wipe the sweat from my forehead and smile at my farm. My farm has grown. From ten thousand square meters to twenty thousand square meters, double the previous size. Not only that, but I also plant a lot of different kinds of seeds now.

    I now have Golden Carrot, Silver Radish, Fire Potato (Increase Fire resistance), five Roast Banana trees, and Water Tree.

    The Water Tree is the most important tree in this place because its leaves produce water that drops to the ground like a waterfall. I needed to make a water system, but it was worth it. I did not need to continue to take a lot of snow and let it melt on the stove overnight, so I had water the next day.

    The water produced is not too much for now, but it will grow the higher my farming rank is. I need to make a water system that lets the water go to the ocean at some point or magic that allows me to contain the water in this area.

    Maybe evaporate them when reaching a certain point? That is a great idea.

    Or I can search for a plant that absorbs a lot of water or something. However, I don't think I can buy them at the moment. That Water Tree alone cost me five thousand farming points, and I don't think my current income can buy me that.

    Maybe later. For now, I need to focus on my training. That's right. I have been training my body and spirit. It looks like the Golden Carrot did not only increase my physical training but also my magical training.

    I can feel and see my [SPIRIT] stats increase by doing meditation and breath control.

    "Status"

    =||=

    [Host: Yuuji Takano]

    [Title: Exiled Heir, Void Traveler]

    [Age: 18 years old]

    {Body: E}

    {Spirit: F+}

    {Luck: F}

    ~~~~

    [Farm Management]

    {Farm Rank: F}

    {Farming Points: 12,500}

    ~~~

    [Skill]

    {Farming skill: F+}

    {Cooking skill: E}

    {Hunting skill: F}

    =||=

    Most things have stayed the same since the day I came here. However, my body gets stronger from all the hard work I do.

    I don't think I can wrestle with a bear, but I'm getting there. I want to get stronger just a little bit more so I can defend myself against the wildlife of Hokkaido. From my memory, bears start coming out from their hibernation in April, and I think I can reach at least a D- in [BODY] stats. I have two months to prepare.

    I got a hunting skill after I hunted three wild boars in the past. It was not really hunting but putting a simple trap around my farm with the lure of Silver Radish. What kind of trap? A hole trap. I dug a three meters tall hole and put the Silver Radish in the middle of the hole.

    It was the perfect trap because it had a very delicious aroma.

    It was a huge success. That day, I ate well.

    Anyway, today is the day I decide to summon someone or something from the summoning system. I need to pay twelve thousand points to use the summoning function, which will be a random summon.

    In the summoning function, there are four categories you can choose; random summoning, helper, supporter, and guard.

    Random summoning will randomize who I summon. A Helper will summon a helper that can help me on the farm, like a watering person, for example, or maybe a harvester. A Supporter will summon someone who will help me outside the farm, like an animal handler or merchant. A Guard let me summon someone who is strong in fighting that will guard the farm.

    To summon a specific category, I need to pay fifteen thousand points. I want to save more points, but the harvest season is in two weeks, which is too long for me. As a gacha player, it is hard for me. It is because of my fiance that I managed to uninstall my FGO. If I can cry tears of blood, I will. Seeing all your waifu gone in an instant… hurts.

    I shake my head and press the summon button.

    I cover my eyes when a bright light appears in front of me. While covering my eyes, I can see three stars above the light. Wait! This is really a gacha?! What the hell?! I shake my head and see the light disappear, and I can see a beautiful woman appear in front of me.

    I can see a panel next to her, showing her stats to me.

    =||=

    [Name: Tamika Sato]

    [Class: Merchant]

    {Body: D+}

    {Spirit: C}

    {Luck: B+}

    ~~~

    [Skill]

    {Information Gathering: B-}

    {Haggling: B+}

    {Sweet Talk: B}

    {Senjutsu: D+}

    {Inventory: EX}

    =||=

    "Fufufufu~ Are my new master?~"

    I shudder a little at her voice. I summoned someone very troublesome.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    [Chapter 4]

    "Fufufufu~ Are my new master?~"

    I shudder a little at her voice and the way she talks.

    "My name is Tamika Sato, and I will be in your care, master~."

    Bloody hell. I don't think I can survive if she stays in this place for a long time. Tamika is a beautiful woman with a body many women will envy. She has beautiful silver hair, and her alluring clear light blue eyes will capture many men instantly.

    However, what catches my attention is a pair of tails behind her back.

    Seeing me looking at her tails, she smirked and let her tail fall on her hand.

    "Ara~ Do you want to touch them?"

    "Can I?"

    "Of course~."

    I walk to her and slowly caress her tail. I gently touch her tail and feel her soft fur. It is so soft… Even the most expensive silk cannot compare to her fur.

    "Ahn~"

    I snap from my thoughts when I hear Tamika moaning next to me.

    "Are you alright?"

    "I-I'm okay, master~ My tail is sensitive, you know?~"

    "If you don't want me to touch it, you should say it. I will not force you."

    "Fufufufufu~ I don't mind it, master. However, the next time you want to touch my tail, you need to do it in the bedroom, okay?~ I don't think I can hold myself back if you touch my tail that gently."

    I look at her for a few seconds before sighing.

    "Please don't always tease me, Tamika. Can I call you Tamika?"

    "Fufufufu~ Of course, master~"

    "Also, please call me Yuuji. Master is too much for me."

    "Fufufufu~ Very well~ I only use it for special occasions~."

    I sigh once again.

    "Whatever. Can I ask what you can do?"

    "Anything you want, Yuuji~ However, my speciality in trading~ As a Merchant, I get an ability called Inventory! It was given to me by the Supreme God."

    I look at her and blink for a few seconds.

    "Merchant? Is that some kind of class? Also! A Supreme God?"

    "Yes. Merchant is my class. Before I get reincarnated into this world, I gain knowledge of what class is and what it can do. Merchant is a class that will help you sell your goods worldwide. We will help you get the most profitable trade! Not only that, but some of us also can gather information for you. As a merchant, we have access to a special ability called Inventory, where we can store a lot of items in a pocket dimension. The Supreme God told me that my Inventory is tied to you. The more your Inventory grows, the bigger my Inventory will be."

    I nod my head in understanding. It follows a game system, huh? Maybe like the FGO system? Hmmm, I will ask her later.

    "As for the Supreme God, he is the ruler of the void. He is the keeper of balance. He is the order and chaos of the universe. He is Death and he is Life. He was there before the universe was even born and he will be there when the universe dies. He said that you already meet him before you arrive in this world."

    Wait! Is that guy the Supreme God?! I can hear Tamika chuckling. I look at her and see her covering her mouth while she chuckles.

    "What?"

    "You have an expression saying that you know who I am talking about but you just realize his real identity."

    I nod my head and say.

    "Yeah, that's about right."

    I release a large breath and say.

    "So, what now? Will you stay here and wait until the field is ready? Or will you go to the city and try your luck there?"

    "Well~ I will obey all your commands, Yuuuji~ Do you want me to stay and be your slave, I cannot complain for I already agree to be your loyal subject."

    "No."

    I quickly shake my head and her statement.

    "No. You are Tamika Sato and you are a free person, not a slave. I will never order something you did not want just because the system that calls you here forces you to be loyal to me."

    When she hears me say that, I can see her smiling. It was beautiful.

    "Fufufufu~ Thank you, Yuuji. That is the kind of you. Then if you don't mind, I will go to the city and make a connection."

    "Very well. Do you know the basics of this world?"

    "Yes. The Supreme God already gives the basic knowledge of this world. I know the race and major faction of this world."

    I nod in understanding. Yup. It was like the Fate system. Each servant summoned will have a basic knowledge of the world. That makes this easy.

    "I see. Anyway, just make sure you did not show any magical presence to the mundane people, okay?"

    "Of course, Yuuji."

    With a wave of her hand, her Youkai feature is gone. Her fox ears and tails are gone, leaving her to look like a human. Hmmm, I don't see Shapeshift in her Skill… Does that mean it was her Senjutsu?

    Oh well.

    "Also, make sure to not cause any trouble, okay?"

    "Fufufufu~ You don't need to worry, Yuuji~ I will make sure I will not make any trouble."

    "Good. Do you need me to come with you? Or do you want to go alone? Also, when will you go?"

    "I will go alone, Yuuji. The farm needs you. Hmmm, I think I will go tomorrow morning."

    "Very well. I will cook something for you and you can take all the money I have."

    I still have the money from my family after they expelled me. It was not much, only a million Yen. However, I feel it was enough for her to make a great trading network.

    ~Two weeks later~

    I wipe the sweat from my forehead and take all my harvested goods inside my home. The harvest is on time, and I have more than a thousand goods this time. I spent most of the points in the early days buying more seeds and expanding the land for me to plant more.

    I look at the pile of vegetables and fruit in front and decide to sell some of them for more seeds. I decide to sell half of them for seeds and half for Tamika to bring to the city.

    Speaking of Tamika, it has been two weeks since she arrived in Asahikawa city. She somehow manages to send me a magical phone that has a signal even when I'm in the middle of nowhere.

    It was a burner phone, but it was good enough for me. I can communicate with Tamika and know the progress she has made. She managed to start a company and start a small business to support her main objective, selling vegetables from the farm.

    She said that she would arrive in the afternoon. That leaves me enough time to clean myself and cook something.

    I go to the bathroom, and after cleaning myself, I go to the kitchen. I take a good chunk of meat from my Inventory and a lot of vegetables. While cutting the vegetables and preparing the meat, I open up my stats.

    =||=

    [Host: Yuuji Takano]

    [Title: Exiled Heir, Void Traveler]

    [Age: 18 years old]

    {Body: E+}

    {Spirit: E-}

    {Luck: F+}

    ~~~~

    [Farm Management]

    {Farm Rank: F}

    {Farming Points: 5,700}

    ~~~

    [Skill]

    {Farming skill: F+}

    {Cooking skill: D-}

    {Hunting skill: E-}

    =||=

    The highest rank I have is my cooking skill because of how often I cook and experiment with all the ingredients I have. However, I feel it will start to slow down if I do not get higher-level ingredients.

    My [Body] stats steadily grow because of the training I do every day. Most of my training is carrying all the dirt I dig and then filling the hole with the same dirt after the training is done. I have yet to train in any fighting style, but it will change today.

    I open the [Shop] and quickly search for a fighting style. To my surprise, there are only a few of them, and they are weird.

    =||=

    [Farming Fighting Style: Hoe] [5,000 Farming Points]

    [Farming Fighting Style: Watering Can] [10,000 Farming Points]

    [Farming Fighting Style: Pickaxe] [15,000 Farming Points]

    [Farming Fighting Style: Ax] [25,000 Farming Points]

    [Farming Fighting Style: Hammer] [35,000 Farming Points]

    [Farming Fighting Style: Scythe] [50,000 Farming Points]

    [Farming Fighting Style: Almighty Farmer] [100,000 Farming Points]

    =||=

    I blink for a few seconds while looking at the list of fighting styles in front of me. All of them are related to farming! I chuckle a little at the sight in front of me. It is truly a farming system, huh? I don't know how powerful they are, but at least I have something to defend myself.

    I buy the first fighting style, and a rush of knowledge gets inside my brain. I grit my teeth as the headache is hurting my brain. It lasts for a few seconds, and I release a relieved breath.

    [Farming Fighting Style: Hoe] is a fighting style that relies on terraforming the land and making use of it to my advantage. However, what got my attention is how this fighting style did not really rely on my hoe. I can use it without a weapon.

    I shake my head and focus on my cooking. Tamika will arrive in a few hours.

    ~A few hours later~

    "Yuuji~ I miss you~"

    Tamika throws herself at me, and I can smell the shampoo she uses. I smile at her and spin her around before putting her down.

    "Hello, Tamika. How are you?"

    "I'm doing great! I manage to make a company and have a decent amount of income! Here is your share, Yuuji~."

    Without letting me say anything, she pushes the envelope to me. I open the envelope and see a stack of ten thousand yen bills. There are at least three hundred of them.

    "Three million Yen? Are you sure? You need this more than me, you know? I'm in the middle of nowhere. I have no use for this. How about this? Take this money and use it to buy whatever you think I need from the city and you can take them here using your Inventory."

    She looks at me, nods her head, and takes the money.

    "Good. Now, let's eat first and talk about how you sell all these goods."

    "Of course, Yuuji~."

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    [Chapter 5]

    "Are you going to sell all of this?"

    "I will take a couple hundred for my own use but that is basically it."

    "Can you tell me the effect of consuming these vegetables? Are there any side effects? How long will the effect last?"

    I blink a little at her words. Holy moly! She is a different person when she is in business mode.

    "Let's start with this one first."

    We walk to the first stack of vegetables.

    "This is the Golden Carrot for an obvious reason, as you can see. The effect of this carrot is to boost your training by quite a bit for a full 12 hours. It did not have side effects but you need to tell your customer that they will not get results if they do not train. The harder they train, the more results they get."

    "Got it."

    "The second one is called Silver Radish. You can see why."

    "Yup."

    "It has the effect of restoring someone's stamina."

    "How much? Full? Half? Quarter?"

    "Yes and no. It depends on their stamina. The bigger it was, the more this vegetable restored your stamina."

    "How much does it restore your stamina when you eat them?"

    "If I push myself to exhaustion, half of them will restore all my stamina. When I start it only takes a bite to restore my stamina."

    She nods her head and takes out a notepad from her pocket. She writes them all and says.

    "The next one?"

    "Ah, that one is a weird one. It is called Roast Banana."

    "Roast Banana?"

    I nod and take one of the bananas. I peel the banana and give it to Tamika. She smells the banana for a second before taking a bite. Her eyes light up and say.

    "It tastes like meat! However, unlike normal meat, it tastes a little bit sweet."

    "That's right. However, the taste will change if you roast it, hence the name."

    "Really?"

    I blink for a few seconds when she takes a grill out of her inventory. What kind of items are inside her inventory?! I shake my head and see her start to roast the banana. After a few seconds, I can smell the nice aroma of meat being roasted.

    After a few more seconds, she takes the banana out of the grill and eats it.

    "Ohh! You are right! It does taste more like meat if we roast it! How many bananas do you have?"

    "At the moment? One hundred. I sell most of them in the shop."

    They are my money-making fruit. Unlike the other plants, Roast Bananas can bear fruit multiple times. As long as the soil is good and I feed it fertilizer from the shop every month, it will make three stalks of bananas per tree.

    Each stalk of banana contains fifteen hands which contain forty bananas per hand. The roast Banana tree is massive. It is thirty meters tall. That stalk of banana is long and heavy. If not for my new physique, my back would break each time I took them from the tree.

    "I see. Hmmm, the first trade will not do much but when the next harvest happens, please do not sell most of them."

    "Will do."

    I will buy more Roast Banana seeds.

    "What is next?"

    "The next one is Shadow Eggplant."

    I walk to the next pile, and it is a pile of eggplant that releases a shadowy smoke from its body. This is my newest vegetable in the field.

    "You can see the reason why it was called that. Anyway, Shadow Eggplant has the effect of increasing your shadow affinity. Not only that, this eggplant also made sure the werewolf did not lose their mind when the full moon appeared."

    "Oh? I hear the potion that can prevent it from happening is expensive and you say this vegetable can do it?"

    "That's right."

    I blink a second as I swear I see a Yen symbol inside her eyes.

    "Fufufufu~ This will make a lot of money!"

    "Really? Is there really that many werewolves in Japan?"

    "In Japan? No. Not many, but there are at least a hundred of them in Hokkaido. That alone will make us a lot of money."

    "I see. That many, huh?"

    "Yes. Japan is one of the few countries that accept werewolves in their territory. This country is the only country with the least Christianity influence. They are the ones who hunt the werewolf after all."

    I nod my head. I know this information.

    "Anyway, there is another item but it is not yet ready."

    "What kind of item?"

    "It is called Frozen Pear. It increases someone's ice affinity by a good amount. It will be ready on the next harvest cycle and just like the others, it did not have any side effects."

    "I see. That's good. I can work with this but there is one problem."

    "Huh? What is it?"

    "We cannot sell all of them to the market."

    "Why? These kinds of goods are not suitable to be sold at once. We need to sell them in pieces. An auction will be good."

    "Auction? For these vegetables and fruit?"

    "Not all of them, of course. The roast banana can be sold in bulk because it does not have any effect other than being delicious. The other, on the other hand, is different. If we sell them in bulk, it will gather unwanted attention."

    "I see."

    Fair enough. I also don't want too much attention on myself.

    "Very well. Sell them as you see fit."

    "Thank you, Yuuji. I will make you proud."

    "You already are."

    She smiles at me for a few seconds before suddenly saying.

    "Anyway, what will you do with all the money? I cannot just take all the money from your hard work."

    I did not know what to do with all the money I got. Hey, system, can this country's currency be used to buy something from the [Shop]?

    |Yes. One hundred thousand Yen is equal to ten points.|

    That expensive? That means one million Yen can only get me a hundred points! That is a highway robbery.

    |No. It is not, host. You will know when you manage to sell all of your goods|

    Tch. Fine.

    "Yuuji?"

    I look at Tamika, who has a worried expression.

    "Ah, it is nothing, Tamika. I just had a conversation with the system, and it says that I can use the money from this country to buy Farming Points to buy more seeds."

    "Oh! Great! The conversion?"

    "One hundred thousand Yen for ten points."

    "Is it too cheap or good enough?"

    "One bag of Golden Carrot seeds is worth fifty points."

    "How many seeds are inside one bag?"

    "Ten and each harvest yields at least three carrots."

    She nods her head and says.

    "I can work with this. Don't worry, it will still result in profit. I will make sure of it."

    "If you say so."

    After that, Tamika takes all the goods and puts them inside her inventory. After snacking more roast bananas, Tamika needs to get back to doing her job, leaving me behind. I look at where she leaves and sigh a little.

    I know she is strong, but I'm still afraid for her well-being. I really need to gather more points and summon a guard for her. Now I'm really regretting giving that three million back. Three hundred points is a great way to buy more seeds.

    Oh, well. There is no point in regretting the decision.

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    |3rd POV|

    It has been a week since Tamika departed from the farm to take the goods, and now she is waiting inside a room full of people. With her new connection and network, she makes an acquaintance with the local auction house.

    She now sits in the VIP room, watching the list of goods being sold by the auctioneer.

    "Now, ladies and gentlemen! We have a great and new product!"

    The Red Oni opens up the blind and displays the Golden Carrot to the attendant.

    "These are called Golden Carrots for the obvious reason! However, what makes them special is not their golden appearance! No! These carrots have a special ability to increase the result of someone's training! That's right! With these babies, you can increase your strength!"

    Tamika's smile gets even bigger when she hears the muttering from the attendant.

    "The effect will last for twelve hours and what makes this effect even more powerful is that it works on magical training as well!"

    Now the entire building is filled with people talking to each other.

    "We already tested the effect and the result is one hundred percent true. The more you train, the bigger the result of your training. However, we need to inform you that this is not an automatic power increase. You need to train to get a result."

    The auctioneer waited for a few seconds before continuing.

    "The starting price is 1.2 million Yen for these five carrots! The bid starts now!"

    Tamika's smile gets even bigger when she hears the price continues to rise, and her smile gets even bigger and threatens to split her mouth if it gets bigger when the price reaches ten million Yen.

    "Fufufufu~ I cannot wait to see Master's face when he hears about the price~ Fufufu~."
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