/Spring, Holiday 7/6:00 AM/
[sleeping skill, increased.]
And as always, the system showed its presence indicating that a new day had arrived so that, although he does not want it, Blake had to wake up completely.
"Sigh... I think I have to forget about the idea of waking up late." After that sigh, Blake got ready to do everything he's been doing for the last few days, he made apple juice for breakfast, he saw that all the things he needed were in his inventory and he went downstairs to water the crops there, but when he did, he realized he couldn't do that. "It's true, yesterday I grew all the toyherbs and I couldn't buy more seeds because of the festival, I guess I'll have to go to the florist before doing anything."
Having the goal, Blake left the house and went to his destination realizing that all the decorations and stalls of the previous day were nowhere to be seen.
'They seem to be very efficient at cleaning.' Just as he arrived in front of the flower shop building, he saw the door open and walked in to be greeted by a cheerful Shara.
"Good morning, Blake! What brings you here so early?"
"Morning. I just realized I'm out of seeds and thought I'd buy some." Blake had to say that Shara's joy was quite refreshing.
"I see, by the way, I saw your performance at yesterday's event, you were so close, but the super fail spares no one."
"Yeah, it really wasn't nice, but there's always next year, I won't make it easy on others."
"Hehe, that's the attitude, so what seeds are you going to want?"
"Well, I was just thinking of taking toyherb seeds, but what other types do you have?"
"So, you're looking for variety, so let me show you this season's flower seeds." After a bit of searching, Shara had pulled out several bags of seeds with different pictures on each, some had a picture of a pink flower, another had a blue and several white. "These are all the seeds we have at the moment, but since it is spring, only these three are the best option to grow."
She said that as she handed Blake the three bags she was talking about.
"You already know the toyherbs, so I don't need to explain to you what they are like, but these two are different, this one that has the image of a yellow flower is called a moondrop, it takes about twenty days to grow completely, but they are really beautiful, especially when you look at them under the moon, they seem to shine at that moment." Blake listened carefully to what Shara said, but his thoughts were very different when he heard that it would take 20 days to grow.
'Twenty days? I think not.'
"And this one is called cherry grass, it has that name because its petals are the same color as the leaves of cherry trees in spring, it takes fifteen days to grow, but it is a little more expensive than toyherb and moondrop seeds, although they are also very beautiful to decorate in spring, plus they smell delicious."
"I see." And hearing that basic explanation, Blake knew what he had to do. 'I guess I just have to experiment.'
Seeing that Shara was done with her explanation, Blake bought the toyherb seeds he needed, in addition to the other types Shara taught him.
[Acquired: Moondrop Seed.]
[Acquired: Cherry Grass Seed.]
"Thanks for your purchase!" Shara's smile got even bigger after that sale, making Blake realize that she, too, is a business girl at heart.
"Thanks to you, see you..." But before saying goodbye to her, Blake remembered to ask something. "Excuse, Shara, but the other day I saw something that seemed strange to me and I wanted to ask you if you knew anything about it."
"What thing?" The interest in Shara's face was quite noticeable, so it didn't take long for Blake to explain what was on her mind.
"When I was in the Privera forest I found an area where there was farmland, I don't know why it is there and I wanted to ask you if you knew anything, does it belong to someone?"
"Oh, that!" Seeing her reaction, Blake understood that she really knew something. "You are correct, what you found is farmland and no, it does not belong to anyone."
"So, what is it doing there?"
"Well... Nobody really knows, they just appeared from one day to the next and stayed there, but they are really special."
"Specials?"
"Yes, let me explain. The special thing about them is that all year round you can plant seeds that grow spring no matter what season it is." That comment caused Blake to raise an eyebrow expectantly.
"In any? but how is it possible they do not wither or something like that."
"No, they grow normally as if it really is spring. I don't quite get it either, but according to Marjorie, in the Privera forest, there is a high concentration of runes that make the forest feel like it's spring all year round, making it the perfect place to plant spring crops carefree"
"But, if that's true, why they're empty? Shouldn't they be taken advantage of?"
"What happens is that nobody dares to do it with a large number of monsters in the forest, in addition to the fact that the same monsters could ruin the crops or steal them, that's why nobody is really interested in farming in the forest."
"I see..." Blake understood the situation perfectly and realized that what Shara said was true, but for some reason, it was really a waste for him not to take advantage of those areas. "Then there would be no problem with trying to cultivate in them, right?"
"No, there would be no problem, but... Are you even thinking of using them?"
"Not really, there is still a lot of space on the farm and I don't think I will use it all, I was just wondering if in the future I wanted any flowers or vegetables that grow in spring, I wouldn't want to have to wait a whole year to get them."
"I understand, I don't know if it's really a good idea, but you can try it sometime, then tell me how everything turned out."
"I will, thanks for everything once again, see you."
"See you soon, hehe, thanks for the talk."