Chapter 407 – Farm Story: Vespin Town
『Follower Summoning Rights: You can designate a building and summon one of your followers who can operate without restrictions only in that area. If you leave the area, the follower will be forcibly reverse summoned, and can be resummoned after 24 hours. (Only for the Farm Story world. Followers can be changed and summoned after 7 days)』
“Oh… This sounds like fun…?”
Although it is said that it is only active in one building, Seong-il is delighted with the appearance of a special item because it will be of great help to him if he can bring a competent colleague anyway.
‘This… I don’t have to worry about consumables for a while if I summon Yuna to a warehouse or something and ask her to make farm tools or something?’
In any case, the materials needed to make agricultural tools can be sufficiently covered by what he mines in the mine, so Seong-il decides to bring Yuna to this world and let her make miscellaneous items.
“Is everything going well? The farm has been restored to normal levels. When Yuna comes, she will stop worrying about equipment… Now, if you focus only on the main quest, seduce the heroines, and the purpose of purchasing the game, growing branches of the world tree. I’ll be fine.”
Seong-il, who organized the things to be handled like that. One problem arises for him.
“…By the way, how do I resurrect the branches of the World Tree?”
When she thinks about it, Seong-il realizes that she has no idea how to grow the world tree.
“Kkeuh… He’s a rare guy, but it’s a bit disappointing to raise him at random. What is this…”
Seong-il had no intention of neglecting a guy with 10,000 points as rough as a lab rat. Therefore, rather than experimenting with this and that, he decides to meet someone who knows how to revive and seek advice.
“First of all… They said that the branches of the World Tree can live wherever the ‘gnomes’ live in the ‘Divine Tree’, so shall we try meeting the Kukuru? They just happen to be living near the village…”
Thinking so, Seong-il traces his memory and starts moving to find the place where they live.
‘Maybe this is…?’
Holy day arrived at the church outside of Bespin Town. He finds a small side road behind the church and snoops around.
“There is!!!”
A side road that children can walk on comes into his eyes. Seong-il thinks to himself as he roughly pushes the bushes and digs into the side road.
‘Maybe the Kukuru and the others were crazy about ‘sweet snacks’?’
In fact, the way to hire kukuru in-game was to make delicious food and serve it to them steadily.
‘I remember that the more delicious or rare the food or snack was, the more effective it was…’
Instinctively, Seong-il opens his inventory and takes out a set of delicious snacks.
‘Am I going to become this…?’
Since he had no talent for making food, Seong-il hopes to hire them for a series of delicious dishes that are of little use to him.
“Uh…? What is this…?”
While walking along the trail, a thick fog suddenly appeared. Seong-il is embarrassed by the appearance of an effect that did not exist in the game.
‘Is it magic…?’
The magical energy that can be clearly felt in the fog through 『Emotion』. Because of this, Seong-il feels that this fog is not a natural occurrence, but a magical phenomenon.
‘Keuk… Scanning the fog with 『Emotion』, There seems to be a house where Kukuru live nearby…’
‘The problem is, judging from the way things are going, it seems that the Kukuru have used fog magic to hide their hideout, but if they dismantle it at will, they might misunderstand it.’
‘…By the way, come to think of it, during the ‘Typhoon and Warehouse’ event in summer, the main character helped Kukuru, who was trapped in a warehouse, and received a ‘Kukuru’s Stone’ as a gift, right? After getting that, there’s a trail behind the church. In-game, the description was written like useless junk, but in fact, the stone must have been a magic item that allowed you to pass through the fog.’
A causal relationship that was not known because there was no specific explanation in the game. Because of that, Seong-il was trapped in the fog and fell into trouble.
“King!!”
“…Huh?”
A cute puppy made up of shadows protruding from his own shadow. The guy stares at the holy day to get his attention.
“What’s the matter?”
『The King!!』
A messenger of destruction who responds to Seongil’s question with a loud bark. After that, he doesn’t listen to Seongil’s answer and starts running somewhere quickly.
“Hey what are you doing… Huh?”
The messenger of destruction begins to scatter sharp darkness everywhere after slightly falling away from Seongil. Then, the appearance of the fog scattered in all directions.
“Oh…”
Interestingly, behind the disappearing fog, a small cabin catches Seong-il’s eyes.
“Huh? Who are you?!”
A little boy was sweeping the yard with a broom near the hut. When Seong-il appears, the guy dressed only in purple frowns and shoots at him with a sharp tone.
“Uh… Hello?”
“You!! How did you get here? This place is obviously blocked by magic?”
“Uh… That… That’s…”
“Huh? Come to think of it, you smell like magic differently from normal humans?! You can’t believe… A thief who is aiming at our house?!?!”
The child’s voice turned completely hostile in an instant. Seong-il looks puzzled at his attitude.
‘Fuck… What to do? I’m supposed to induce friendly relations with these guys… But I can’t bully them…’
Kukuru, a precious labor force that can be pampered with just a few snacks if you coax them out. For them, the logic of power is counterproductive, so Seong-il feels uncomfortable with the current situation.
“You…!! If we don’t get out of here right now…!!”
“King!!”
“Uh…?”
Kukuru, who always attacked Seongil with a sharp tone. In the meantime, when he hears a dog barking next to Seong-il, he naturally looks down at Seong-il’s waist.
“Huh…? What a cute puppy…?”
Kukuru, who was irritated by Seong-il, is nowhere to be found, runs to Seong-il, crouches down, and faces the messenger of destruction.
“Wow… It’s a shadow spirit right? It’s so cute!!”
Kukuru stretched out her fern-like hand and stroked the messenger of destruction. The messenger also doesn’t show the sharp reaction he showed to humans, perhaps because he doesn’t like his touch with the lineage of the spirits.
“Hey… I didn’t come here on purpose… He just led me this way…”
“Aha! Was it like that? I told you a long time ago~~”
“…”
A lightning-fast stance shift. Seeing Kukuru change his attitude so quickly that he wonders if this is okay, Seong-il puts on a slightly absurd expression.
‘Well… According to the setting, they are said to be innocent like children, is that why?’
However, Seong-il hides his true feelings and quietly listens to what he has to say.
“Ah! I see!! He must have come here because he smelled like us! We’re half spirits too! We can’t stand the smell of our friends!! Right? Friends?”
“King!”
Excluding the contractor Seong-il, the messengers of destruction who showed a harsh side to Professor Anahilo as well as Elaine, who has a very high affinity for spirits.
However, as Kukuru said, he seemed to think that he was similar to himself, so he showed a docile appearance to him.
“Cute!!”
Kukuru had been stroking the messenger of destruction and fiddling with his hand for a long time. Then he looks at him with an apologetic expression, perhaps recognizing the existence of Seongil.
“Aww! Sorry! I forgot you were here! Hehe…”
“No, no. I can.”
“Hehe… Do you want to come over to my house while you’re here? Everyone will love seeing the puppy!!”
“Oh! Nice!!”
Seong-il, who became friendly with them and wanted to hire them as a worker. Because of this, he seems to be pleased with Kukuru’s invitation.
“Ah! I say purple! What about you?”
“Oh, me? Han Seong-il. I just moved here. Nice to meet you.”
“Huh!!”
A couple of people briefly introduce themselves. Kukuru lightly lifts the messenger of destruction and hugs him in his arms, then moves himself to the hut where he resides.
‘Oh… Is it the same as the one I saw in the game?’
The scene inside the cabin, much larger than the exterior, seems to have been enchanted. There were 7 beds in a rather spacious building, and at several tables in the middle, Kukuru dressed in various colors took their seats, playing cards, reading, and drinking tea.
“Hey guys!!”
“Um? Purple. Are you done cleaning? Eh…?”
A strange figure behind Kukuru dressed in purple. At his appearance, Kukuru in yellow, who sang Purple, looks puzzled.
“Who…?”
“My friend!! My friend!! Look at this!!”
“Wow!! It’s a puppy!!!”
The appearance of a stranger coming and being wary for a while, but when the messenger of destruction is seen, the kukuru stop what they are doing in an instant and approach Purple and touch the messenger of destruction.
“Who is he? He’s cute!!”
“He’s the one who signed a contract with Han Seong-il behind him!”
“Oh! Are you friends then?”
‘…Really, they’re kids who feel comfortable with them.’
The appearance of the Kukuru who think among themselves and organize their relationship among themselves.
“Let’s play comfortably!! Spirit’s friends are our friends!!”
“Uh… Yes… And… Thank you.”
“Have you eaten? Would you like some tea and snacks?”
A green-clad Kukuru who behaves favorably towards Seong-il. He hands Seong-Il flat flour cookies and tea made from leaves.
‘…Just looking at it, it doesn’t look appetizing.’
However, Seong-il, who did not mind ignoring the recommendation, tried the food he gave him.
‘Ugh!!’
Cookies and tea taste as bad as they look.
‘Why are you eating this… Ah!!’
A flashing thought flashes through Seong-il’s head when he sees the state of the food the Kukuru are eating.
“Um… Honestly, it’s not a big deal?”
“Eek?! Really…? My… It’s a snack I’ve been working hard on…”
Kukuru in green clothes getting sullen. Instead of answering, Seong-il opens his inventory in the air, takes out a cola series starting with Matna, a set of refreshments, and chocolates and puts them on their table.
“Would you like to try this?”
“Wow… What is this?”
Cuckoos look at the sweets Seongil took out with curious expressions. Due to the nature of Kukuru who like to eat delicious food. They rush to the table in an instant and start eating the food Seong-il brought out one by one.
“Wow!! What is this!? It’s so delicious?!”
“Waaaaa!! It’s sweet!!”
“Hey… This pops right out? It’s delicious!!”
‘…They don’t even ask the owner if it’s okay to eat.’
The Cuckoos roaring to the table and eating food without hesitation. It was absurd, but Seong-il gradually got used to their way of thinking, so he calmly shuts his mouth and watches their banquet.
“Wow!! It’s really delicious…!!”
“Well… How does it taste like this?!
Kukuru, dressed in black, who looks exceptionally fat, mutters while holding a snack in both hands and chewing on it nonstop.
“Ah, that? It’s a magic item. It regenerates once a day in the box and drink barrel there? By the way, the menu changes every day of the week.”
“Ehh?!”
The Kukuru and the others are astonished at the explanation of the holy day.
“Can’t you… Give me this!? Can’t I?! Can’t I!?”
“Yeah!! They’re our friends!! Juraa!!”
‘…We haven’t seen each other in less than ten minutes, haven’t we?’
The Kukuru cling to Seongil like a child. Seong-il does not miss this opportunity and begins to reveal what he was curious about in order to achieve his goal.
“Umm… It’s hard for free… Can you help me?”
“Huh? Help me? What…?”
“Can you look at this?”
Seong-il opens the inventory in front of them and takes out the 『Branch of the World Tree』.
“Uh…?”
After eating the delicious series just a while ago and going into a frenzy, the kukuru and the others looked at the 『Branch of the World Tree』, Stopped making a fuss, and rushed towards the cane all at once.
“Hehe… Is it a mysterious tree? It exudes the spirit’s power!!”
“So? They’re similar to us? They’re only half spirits!!”
Kukuru and others who accurately grasp the essence of the 『Branches of the World Tree』. Seeing this, Seong-il quickly gets to the point by explaining the origin of the cane.
“I got this twig from a friend, but they said it couldn’t grow because of a lack of ‘spirit’. By any chance, do you guys in a similar situation know what ‘spirit’ is?”
“Regular…? What is that…?”
‘Fuck, don’t you know?!’
The time when Seong-il was anxious. Kukuru, Purple, who met him at the entrance, shouted with an expression of understanding.
“Ah!! Isn’t that what it is? Is that it?”
“Ah… That?!”
“That’s right!! That’s it!!”
‘Fuck… What are you talking about?’
Kukuru muttering something while referring to it as ‘that’ without a clear word.
“Seong-il! I think I know! If you plant this friend in a place where ‘that’ is abundant, it will probably grow well!!”
“…What is that?”
“Don’t you know? It’s just what we need when we grow up.”
“…Okay, so where are ‘that’?”
“Hmm… This neighborhood is overflowing with ‘that’? No matter where you go, ‘that’ overflows.”
“!!!!”
Excited by Kukuru’s words that you can grow the “Branches of the World Tree” Virtually anywhere, Seong-il asks them.
“Then… Just like planting a normal tree, you just need to plant this friend and water it?!”
“No? I have to give him fertilizer exclusively for the tree spirits, and give him magic water non-stop once a half day… I have to talk to him and help him develop his ego… And…”
How to nurture the “Branch of the World Tree” That grows endlessly. Seong-il’s face turns white when he hears all of this.
“It’s a big deal…”
“Whoops!!”
“…?”
Purple looks at such a holy day with an elated expression.
“Want to help us grow?!”
“Ohh… Really?”
“Yeah! Instead, I… Get something to eat…”
The coveted look of Purple while glancing at the delicious series. Silk, not only that, but most of the kukuru look at the holy day with twinkling eyes.
‘…Originally, it would have been OK, but since these guys are naive, shall we take a little more?’
Seong-il is stabbed by his conscience, but he has no points, so he wants to take advantage of the difficult situation even slightly.
“Umm… That’s semi-permanent. Growing a simple tree is a bit difficult.”
“Eek?!”
“…Instead, can’t you take care of the trees and our crops every day? If that’s enough…”
“Call!! Call!! There’s nothing to say!?”
“…”
Purple quickly agrees to Seongil’s words. Perhaps the other Kukuru agreed, instead of tackling his words, they cherished the delicious series and looked at Seongil with sparkling eyes.
‘… Live and live, taste like garbage. There are cases where you suck honey with the series!!! It would be a treat if I could hire them permanently with this garbage!!!’
Seong-il disposed of all the Matna series except for the ‘Matna Teapot’ for Elaine. He starts discussing farm management with the Kukuru.
