Miraculously, Blake hadn't fallen asleep that time and came out of the bath refreshed once he'd finished giving himself that deep clean.
To his surprise, he didn't run into the inn's mother-daughter duo, only saying goodbye to the smiling Pia who was still behind the counter enticing every guest she saw to take a nightly swim.
Once he returned to his humble home, Blake remembered that he had seeds with him and prepared a new area of the field to plant them and rest those in need. He had repeated the same steps he followed every morning and got everything ready, but the moment he was looking at his inventory, he noticed the two green bottles that were something new to him.
"If I remember correctly, Shara said that these formulas help crops grow faster... I guess I'll try them and see how they work." Choosing both cherry grass and moondrop, he dropped the liquid from the bottle onto each one's plot, then noticed how the liquid was quickly absorbed by the soil and a small glow seemed to surround each stem it came into contact with. 'There doesn't seem to be much change, maybe I have to leave it for a while.'
With that as his last thought, he went upstairs to the top floor and dropped his body on his beloved bed for after a few seconds until the melody of his snoring was the only thing heard in the whole place.
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/Thursday, Spring 11/7:00 AM/
The same morning was repeated and Blake was already focused on doing his tasks, which basically consisted of taking care of the field. The toyherbs that were yet to fully grow and several of the new flowers he had bought also seemed to have increased in size but were yet to fully grow.
It seemed that that day there would not be much to put in the shipping box, and going to see the result of his experiment, he realized that it was as he thought.
In front of him were two fully-grown flowers, one was small and its pink petals and smell were enough to remind you of spring, while the other consisted of two twin pairs with yellow petals slowly swaying from side to side at the same time that the center of these had a dim glow that illuminated their surroundings a little.
{Moondrop. Level 1.
A mysterious flower that grows thanks to the light of the moon. Its brightness is enough to illuminate the darkest night.
Consume effect: RP Rec +15%, INT +6%
Duration: 3 hours
Selling price: 600G.}
{Cherry grass. Level 1.
A flower covered in pink petals. Watching it is like watching a bard sing brilliantly of the wonders of spring.
Consume effect: RP Rec +15%
Duration: 3 hours
Selling price: 860G.}
"Okay, I should plant Cherry grass from now on." The decision came to Blake too quickly once he saw the sale price of each flower, he had already been growing a lot of toyherbs and it was comfortable to make a profit every two days, but it wasn't efficient enough, so he only needed to think about it for a second to realize that cultivating cherry grass was the best, plus that it wasn't even level two, so he could still improve his harvests even more.
Keeping both flowers in his inventory, he went upstairs to drink his morning apple juice, and it was at this moment that he realized something.
"Now that I think about it, I'm rarely hungry." That idea continued in his head for a long time, he remembered that he rarely felt really hungry, he realized that in recent days he had not eaten like a normal person, but it seemed that it didn't affect him at all.
The few times he actually felt hungry was when his runic energy was nearly depleted, but aside from that, it was as if he didn't need to eat to stay alive.
"Don't I need to eat as long as I still have runic energy inside of me? How strange, although it actually seems like I can eat normally if I want to..." Leaving his existential doubts for another time, he left his house and opened his mailbox to find a letter with what seemed to be a new request for him.
[Orc archer.
Client: Shino
Can you come to see me first?]
"I guess I have no choice." Accepting the request, he continued on his way through the streets of the town while giving some greetings to the people who were walking by the same place.
His legs were not long in taking him to his first destination and seeing the huge sign with the sword just as big, he only opened the door so that the sound of a small bell alerted the person behind the counter.
"Welcome... Oh, it's you, Blake."
"Yes, good morning."
"Same here, what brings you here? Are you coming for a team or to see Raven?" Blake couldn't help but ignore the laugh Gaius let out just as he said that last bit, but despite that, he could only answer truthfully.
"You could say both, how is she?"
"She is fine, I made her stay in bed all day, she must be upstairs right now."
"That's good, although I think she's not comfortable with that decision."
"I've already dealt with her for quite some time, so don't worry about it. So, you said you're not just here for Raven, I guess you want to buy something, right?"
"Yeah, you see..." Moving his hands behind his back quickly, Blake took something out of his inventory and placed it on the counter for later watching Gaius's reaction.
"That was an incredibly clean cut, what did you go up against to make it this way?" The object was none other than the small shield that fell victim to the raccoon's wind attack. Unchanged since last time, the same shield divided into two similar pieces was before Gaius's eyes and he seemed to be analyzing it as if it were a precious piece.