'What did you mean, difficulty changed to Hard?' Blake's face could be described as confused, terrified, and bewildered, by what he had just heard.
"Is something wrong, Blake?"
"Shara, I hope you don't think I'm crazy or something like that, but did you not hear a voice?"
"No, I'm sorry, but I didn't hear anything... What did you manage to hear?" Blake wondered whether to tell her what was happening to him and in the end, he decided it was best not to think about it.
"No, excuse me, I think I'm just tired, this losing memory could be affecting me a bit."
"Are you sure? If you think it's serious..."
"Don't worry, it should be fine after resting a bit, fighting against those orcs was exhausting." After he convinced her that it was nothing important, Shara got excited again and began to explain what they came to do there down.
"So I guess you must be fine... Well, how about I show you how to farm right now?"
"It would be great!"
"Then follow me... First, we are going to start cleaning the field a little." Thus, both approached one of the plots that made up the field where there were only several herbs that did not allow them to see the land that was under them. "This looks like a good place… Hi-ay!… Done, now it's a much bigger mess!"
What had happened is that Shara jumped in the same place where the herbs were while from her small sack, she drew even more spreading them all over the plot, causing a drop of sweat to fall down Blake's forehead as a sign of not understanding why did.
"I want you to clean the weeds, all you have to do is collect them, it's easy!" Blake didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the situation he was in, and he wondered if Shara was having fun with what she was doing.
"Was it necessary to add more weeds throughout the field?"
"Of course not, but this will help you practice even more!" That comment that came out of her while she had a beaming smile on her face confused Blake even more. Already resigned, he advanced towards the field, collected and saved all the weeds that he managed to find, and left the plot as new.
[Acquired: Weeds.]
'Again?'
"Good work, Blake! Now put all the weeds in the shipping box over there." Her finger pointed to a large wooden chest that was in the middle of the path that divided the two fields, and once Blake got all the herbs in the chest, he returned to Shara who was holding the hoe he had used to defeat that orc that almost ended his life. "Excellent, Blake! You just cleaned. I'll be waiting here."
Blake took the hoe and began tilling all the areas of the plots, creating small paths and mounds to give it a better structure thinking that he would use them for cultivation.
"Wow, you're already an expert!... Once you've worked, it's time to sow. Take this." Shara walked over to Blake and handed him what appeared to be some small bags with the image of a white flower.
[Acquired: Toyherb Seeds.]
'Now I'm completely sure I'm not crazy, I keep hearing that voice in my head.'
"Okay, Blake! Now plant the seeds in the plot you have prepared." Already with the seeds in hand, Blake began to spread them making sure that each bag fell in an area of the field that he had prepared, thus achieving everything the land was used to its maximum capacity. "Great, Blake! I knew you had talent. As you can see, each plot is divided into nine spaces, and the optimal thing is that you use a bag of seeds in each one, and now that they are sown, it is time to water them. Go for the waterpot."
Blake, who for some strange reason felt like he was in a kind of tutorial, went to look for the waterpot that Shara had given him earlier, but he could not find it anywhere, so he spent a long time and was about to give up until something new happened.
"Where will the waterpot? It shouldn't be too far, I wish I had it in my hands right now." And before shifting his attention away, that strange voice in his head sounded again.
[The "Old Waterpot" item is in inventory. Do you want to equip it?]
Once out of his not-so-much surprise, Blake could only accept that this would become normal for him.
"What do you mean by inventory?" And once again, that voice didn't let his thoughts end.
[Opening inventory.]
After that voice finished speaking, what seemed like a kind of screen divided into small squares appeared in front of Blake where you could see that there was both the waterpot and the short sword that he had used a few moments ago.
'What the hell is this?' Blake's face expressed the greatest confusion he had ever had in his life, as well as a bit of panic about the things that were happening to him, but after trying to analyze everything, he calmed down a little by little and wanted to understand what all that meant. 'From what I can understand, this is a kind of place where I can keep objects like the trunk that Shara explained to me... Is this all due to some kind of magic?... Well, I was wondering where was the sword, now I know where it ended up... So how can I get the waterpot out of my inventory?'
And as if asked, the voice once again made a presence in his head.
[To equip an item, all you have to do is think about equipping it or touching the icon in the inventory.]
'Hmm, so... Equip old waterpot.' Just as he finished that thought, the little brown old waterpot appeared in his hands at the same time as surprise appeared on Blake. 'Wow, this can be very useful, it seems like there are many spaces where I can keep things, and apparently, it doesn't affect how big the objects are... Maybe it's not so bad after all to be hearing that voice in my head.'
"Did you find it, Blake?" Shara's voice caused Blake to snap out of his thoughts of the future and turn his attention back to what he was doing.
"Yes, Shara! I was under a log, hehe." Blake didn't feel comfortable lying to her, but he thought that maybe what was happening to him was something out of the ordinary.
"Perfect! The waterpot should be empty right now, if you want to fill it, you can do it in the fountain there and there." It pointed to small areas filled with water, the first on one side of the staircase they came down from and the other along the path that led to the outside of the low floor. Blake walked over to the first one and dipped the waterpot until it was full, and went back to the area where he had planted the seeds. "Now you are ready to water the seeds!"
And as something that would make him monotonous, Blake began to water each of the nine areas of the plot that he had already prepared, making the soil moisten and the smell of moisture entering his nose while he felt strangely relaxed with all that.