"Not only that, but these vegetables are delicious."
We were on our way back from the farm.
We carried a lot of vegetables.
With all this, we won't have to worry about food for a while.
"Glup! Glup!"
I love cucumbers with salt sprinkled on them.
The tomatoes are also fresh and would be delicious in a salad.
"Glup! Glup!"
I hear a familiar voice from somewhere.
"I think that's Sharkboy's voice."
"He sounds frightened."
When I stopped by the creek, the kids had caught Sharkboy in a net.
To curious children, the pink shark looked like nothing more than a toy.
Luna runs towards them and asks them to release him.
However, the children shook their heads, as if they had not played with him enough.
Luna gives the children a copper coin and Sharkboy is returned to us.
"Glup, glup"
"I was really worried..."
I thought the water was deep enough that no one would catch him or try to do anything to him. Seems I underestimated the children's curiosity.
I'll put him in a tub today to keep him close by.
The next day, Alusha said something strange.
"I want to go to the forest to look for a spirit. Please come with me."
"Fwuaaah~! A spirit?"
"Stop yawning! I'm serious!"
The sun had just risen.
I stayed up late last night talking to the girls, and then did some muscle and sword training. In the end, I left at around dawn.
If they hadn't woken me up, I would have slept until around noon.
I took a sip of the coffee that Kaede prepared.
"Calm down, Alusha-San. Master hasn't said no yet, so you should explain yourself better."
"Guu, Guuu"
"That's also true. I'm sorry, I spoke without thinking."
Alusha sits back in her chair.
At the table, there was also Frau, who slept with Panda as a futon.
Panda seems annoyed by all of Frau's drool.
Kaede, who brought cookies, sat at the table.
''So why are you looking for a spirit?"
"I would like to take this opportunity to make a contract with a new spirit. I'm sure you don't know this, so I'll explain: to borrow a spirit's power, compatibility is important. It is this chemistry that determines to what extent you can harness their power."
By making a contract with the spirits, they provide Alusha with magical power, as well as life force. The better the compatibility, the greater the power comeback.
In addition, the rate of increase in the contractor's skill will also be high.
"I can use other spirits as well, but there wasn't a spirit in the village that was compatible enough to make a contract, so I want to find that spirit here."
"I understand. All right, I'll accompany you."
"Toru-Dono! I knew you'd say that!"
Alusha's long ears flap in a way that matches with her joyful expression.
Actually, Nei's father asked me to get rid of the monsters that are running amok in the area.
While I'm at it, it won't be a problem to accompany Alusha.
"By the way, why me? Couldn't you have gone alone?"
"It is dangerous for an elf to enter an unfamiliar forest. And Toru has the dragon's eye that allows him to see spirits. I can only sense them, so I don't know what attributes they have until I use them."
"Wow, even elves get lost in the woods."
"Don't be ridiculous, of course even elves can get lost too."