Chapter 56
I realized something after planting the potato-type crops.
Does this world have four seasons?
If it has four seasons, there must be a time to plant vegetables...
Um... ever since I came to this world, it's been getting gradually hotter.
So I assume we're heading into summer, but I don't know what summer is like in this world.
Maybe it's summer already.
...This is a problem.
There's also a problem with how to grow vegetables.
I helped my father make organic fertilizer because he needed the extra hands, and the pocket money lured me in.
But I've never grown vegetables.
The things I can think of that are necessary are...
Watering, getting rid of bugs, adding fertilizer... Is that about it?
...Hmm. For now, let's make some rock golems.
Without help, this area is too big for me to manage.
I head back home and bring back some rocks and monster stones.
Experiments have shown that the light-blue and blue stones are for water, while the green ones are for healing.
So I use three light-blue stones, three blue stones, two green stones, and two transparent stones.
I still don't know what the transparent ones do, but I decided to add them this time anyway.
I make rock golems and fit monster stones into their foreheads.
I store magic in each one so they can use it.
Then I picture them doing farm work; the important thing is pest control.
I make the image clear: when they see pests, they'll attack and drive them off.
"Good morning."
I decided to start with a greeting.
...Why is everyone saluting?
Well, they moved, so I guess it worked. I named them the Farming Squad, by the way.
It's a very literal name, but I don't mind.
I'm counting on you.
...
The Farming Squad is amazing.
The ones with light-blue and blue stones send a fine, drizzling rain over the entire field.
Whether this is a success is unclear, though.
The ones with green stones are... wind? A healing wind?
They're creating wind in the field.
I don't know why.
The ones with transparent stones seem to have taken on the role of giving instructions.
Hmm... At their request, I tripled their numbers.
The area they have to look after is too large, after all.
It looks like new planting ridges have appeared, but is that just my imagination?
Boss-san and Shuri bring over white balls.
The one Boss-san is holding is bigger—about the size of three basketballs.
Shuri's is a little more than twice that, I think.
They're now in front of me.
Boss-san and Shuri stand with the white balls between them.
...What's about to happen?
And what are these?
Boss-san places a forepaw on one of the white balls... Oh, is it pouring magic into it?
Then it stops and pushes the white ball toward me with its forepaw.
Shuri does the same.
Does this mean they want me to pour magic into them?
Well, all right.
I place both hands, one on each white ball, and pour magic into them.
It seems the white balls can store magic.
They don't overflow.
Um... How much magic should I put in them?
I've been pouring magic into them for several dozen minutes now.
Crack.
...!
I feared I'd broken them... but what happened next sent me into a full-blown panic.
A whole bunch of baby spiders and baby ants have joined us.
They're about the size of my pinky—the same size the baby spiders were when I first met them.
To think they were eggs.
I had a dream that countless black things emerged from holes and chased me. It was terrifying.