"You know, Blake? If I was a couple of years younger, maybe I would have fallen in love with you because of what you said." And those very words caught Blake off guard.
"E-Eh?! W-well, I-I..." But he was able to calm down easily after hearing Evelyn's laugh.
"Hahaha! I'm just kidding, you don't need to get so nervous, hehe... But seriously, thanks for what you said, it's enough for me that you liked them, and don't worry, in the future I'll have the perfect clothes for you."
"I will be looking forward to it."
"Hehe... Yawn... Well, I think I'll go to sleep, I've been awake for two days and I feel a bit tired."
'So she really didn't sleep these days.' "I'm sorry about that."
"No need to apologize, by the way, I guess you're looking for dad, right?"
"Yes, I was looking for him to finish a request."
"I see, I think he said that he was going to be in the square for a walk, you should go see if he is still there."
"Thanks for the information, I think I'll go right now."
"Hehe, see you."
"Goodbye, I hope you rest." And once Blake said goodbye to Evelyn and put his new sets of clothes in his inventory, it was not long before he reached the huge square and saw the robust green-haired man under the tree while calling his attention. "Sherman!"
"Ah, Blake, I don't see you're back. something happened?"
"That's all right, I was able to get all the pieces of wood, the ax was a great help."
"Jojojo! I knew it would be inconvenient." Then Blake took the pieces of wood and left them on the ground without Sherman noticing that they appeared out of nowhere, and then gave them to him. "There are nine exact pieces, I hate you, Blake. Now I can't eat my sea gratin!"
"I'm happy for you, hmm... That would be all?"
"Of course! I knew what I would do without the wood, I appreciate it, it's not much, but this is not for you, please take it." Saying that Sherman placed a large bag that seemed to contain many coins in Blake's hands.
[Acquired: 3000G.]
"This... This is too much! I can't accept it."
"Don't say that, it's the most I can do for your help, I don't expect you to help me any other time."
"I... It's fine, thank you very much." And just when he thought to say goodbye, Blake saw how Sherman took the pieces of wood in his hands and they disappeared in the next moment.
'Huh? Did they disappear? But I didn't see Sherman use a bag." Sherman could see the look of confusion on Blake's face and it didn't take him long to figure out why and explain what happened.
"You may be wondering why they appeared if I didn't use a sack, right? The reason is that I have this ring that doesn't work the same way, but it has more storage capacity than the sacks that everyone doesn't use."
'Oh, so that was it, for a second I thought Sherman had his own inventory.' "So that's it, it must be really valuable and expensive if so."
"Jojojo!, not at all, it's just a jewel, it cost only half a million coins, nothing to write home about. See you then, Blake, I'm not going with Blaise to start preparing this disgusting dish." Blake didn't even manage to say goodbye to Sherman as he was still processing in his mind how half a million coins wasn't a big deal to the grinning green-haired man.
After a few seconds and him keeping from going crazy, he sighed and thought about taking advantage of the coins he had earned that day, but before he moved, everyone's favorite voice appeared.
[Request completed.]
"Oh, I had already forgotten about the system reward." And repeating the same scene, three boxes with different designs appeared in front of him, Blake didn't think about it much and took the first one he saw, it had a design of black rocks and purple, but it didn't take long and he began to open it to rejoice with what had appeared this time.
[Do you want to learn the "Dark ball" spell?]
Without lengthening the explanation too much, Blake was lucky that a scroll already familiar to him appeared and he did not take long to open it and then assent to the system's question.
"So it's a dark spell… That makes me worry, I still remember the feeling of being close to that dark thread… I'd better try it later when there aren't any living beings around." And after seeing that he had nothing else to do and that most of the shops should be open by now, Blake headed for the flower shop while he did calculations in his head.
'Let's see, each bag of toyherb seeds costs sixty coins, and each fully grown toyherb can be sold for one hundred and eighty coins, so... Hehe, maybe money won't be an issue in the future.' Once he reached his destination, he quickly went to the counter and bought seeds until he was down to less than a thousand coins.
'I guess they will be enough.'
"Wow, you really bought a lot, Blake, next time you come, I'll give you a discount." Breaking out of his thoughts by Shara's voice, Blake gave a small laugh at her expression and he was about to leave with everything that he had bought when he suddenly remembered something he wanted to ask her.
"Shara, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, go ahead."
"How long does it take for toyherbs to grow?"
"Ah, now that I remember, I forgot to tell you, they usually take about two weeks to fully bloom, of course, you can speed up the process by using formula A, B, or C."
"Formula?"
"Yes, these enhance the growth of plants and make them grow faster and healthier, here in the store we have formula A if you are interested."
"I see... Well, thanks for the explanation, maybe I'll try it in the future, I'll let you keep working."
"It was nothing, see you soon." And once Blake said goodbye, he began to walk unconsciously while several things were in his mind. 'So yes it was because of the system that they take such a short time to grow... But it is exaggerating too much! basically, it's like six times faster, if I use the formulas that Shara talked about, doesn't that mean they would only take a single day to grow? this really is cheating!... But I'm not going to complain.'
Since he finished with his idea to get rich as soon as possible, he realized where he had come from, and without thinking, he entered the place in total calm.
"Okay, let's see who juices who now... Okay, that sounded better in my head."
[Progress... Saved.]