Ch.30 A Shadow on The Water Surface

Speaking of food hunting, I couldn't find any wild vegetables yesterday, because I didn't even know what they looked like.

All I know is Royal Fern and Butterbur.

If I don't know the shape but still want to get my hands on it, there is only one way to do it: the appraisal magic roller strategy.

As long as I have 1 MP left, I can maintain my body, so I'll perform 12 appraisals, which use 5 MP each, and then wait until I recover and do it again.

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I immediately head to the forest and start appraising anything suspicious.

Grass, grass, grass branches, grass, bracken branches, bracken sprouts, bracken.

There were many cases where I thought they were wild vegetables but they turned out to be ordinary grass. There were also branches that looked like wild vegetables. Still, I was able to harvest a few.

"It's hard for an amateur like me to tell the difference."

Using the recovered magical power, I use mist water to remove dirt from the wild vegetables. I'm usually relying on rainwater though.

I want to raise my level, so I need to use it occasionally even in situations where it's not useful.

Then I spent about an hour collecting wild vegetables.

I'm putting away the grasses and branches that aren't wild vegetables into my bag, as I think I'll have a chance to use them someday .

The branches could be used for cooking outdoors, and the grass could be crushed to make a useful medicine.

Having gathered enough wild vegetables, I headed to the place where I had picked the mandarin oranges. There were still mandarin oranges in stock, but I was trying to see if there were any other fruits or nuts.

Yesterday I was satisfied with picking the oranges and flying straight ahead, but today I'll try flying a little higher up the trees.

I look at the tips of the branches, but all I see are small, growing plants.

"I can't pick these."

Perhaps animals are eating them, but it's difficult to find any large ones that are ripe to eat.

I moved on to the next tree. It was the same situation. Since the ones next to each other looked like they had been eaten, I skipped five trees and found an Akebia. However, I don't know how to eat this. The appraisal didn't show me how.

Are those little things seeds? They look pretty amazing. I'm sure they're food, so I'll harvest them. I'll ask someone from the guild about them sometime soon.

I also found a pear tree. I wondered if it can even grow in the wild, but this is a game, so I guess that happens.

Other than that, there's no other harvest. I'll have to wait until those little fruits grow. I'm looking forward to seeing them grow. It seems like animals are eating them, so I guess they're not poisonous.

"Let's take some of these."

Small fruits that have fallen to the ground. I pick up the remains of nuts that animals must have eaten. I don't eat them, but there are no bugs around so they might be useful.

I also pull and tear off some of the vines.

Hoping that this would work, I flew into the air and headed towards the lake.

Standing on the edge and peering in, I could see a fair number of fish. I nodded, thinking there were fish there, and took out the dead branches, vines, and half-eaten nuts from my bag and placed them on the ground.

It's my first time fishing. I'm not sure if I'll be able to catch anything, but I'll give it a try.

"Doing it this way is, hnn, so difficult."

I wrapped the vine around the branch and tied it, but it was hard to make it strong and secure. I held both arms out straight and did my best to tie it tightly. It'd be stupid If the vine slipped off the branch and the fish escaped even though I had caught it.

Once I've tied it tightly, I attach a nut to the other end of the vine. If that doesn't work, I'll try a small insect.

"All right, it's raining, but I hope I can catch some fish."

Hold the branch in my hand and let the vine hang down into the water.

There are still many ripples spreading across the water's surface.

"Let's wait patiently without rushing."

Since it's a split body, I don't think I'll catch a cold no matter how wet I get, so I just wait patiently until I get a bite.

I was worried about what to do while I was waiting for the fish to come, because I had heard that fishing is something to enjoy in your free time.

The sky is overcast, so it's impossible to enjoy the scenery. It's not bad to just sit and daydream, though...

As I was wondering what to do, I heard a tinkling sound.

But that's it, no window or anything pops up. That means there's a message coming. There's only one person who could send a message to me.

"Menu"

I opened the menu screen and checked the message box. It was indeed from Sakidori Midori.

I touch it to open it.

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<Subject>: Good morning

<Sender>: Sakidori Midori

<Main text>

If you have time today, why don't we go on a subjugation quest together?

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An invitation to go hunting. Hmm, what should I do?

If the rain stays light, I might go...

"Whoa. Ughhh, I'm being pulled!"

The pull was sudden. I didn't even have time to close the window. I braced myself, the translucent message floating before my eyes. However, my small body couldn't even brace myself.

Unable to do anything, I got pulled into the lake by what appears to be a fish and thrown into the air.

With my hands still holding onto the branches, I danced through the air...

"I won't let you get away!"

So I used my telekinesis. I secured the tree branches and vines and pulled them up. I used moderate force.

In that instant, the prey is pulled out of the water with a jerk, and the fish's body appears just above the surface. That's fine. If I can see the body this far, I can do the rest with telekinesis.

"You lose if you show your body."

I grabbed the fish's tail with my telekinesis and pulled it towards my back.

The fish was released from the water with a small splashing sound, then flew into the air and dived into the flower field.

Oh no, I slipped.

I close the message window and jump off the tree branch in the direction of the fish.

There was a fish thrashing about, scattering soil and trying to cover itself with it.

"You have legs on that body?!"

It has a thin body like a saury and slender legs.

It looks like It doesn't have any hands and can't stand up though.

Is it breathing through gills, lungs, or both? Judging from how it's thrashing around, it looks like it's breathing through gills.

I'll give it an appraisal. Yep, it's a monster. It wasn't a spirit or anything like that. Let's kill it then.

i push aside the tree branch that had come off the fishing rod due to the struggle, and use telekinesis to hold down the fish's face and gills to prevent it from breathing.

I could crush its face, but that would be too grotesque, so I won't do that. I'll go with the ruthless assassin style.

After a while, it began to twitch and spasm, and foam at the mouth. I continued to hold it down for a little while longer.

After about 2 minutes, the fish carcass is ready.

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〘Book Item: Cooking Recipe〙

These can be purchased at the recipe shop in the Cooking Guild.

There are thousands of different types, each with a different price.

You won't instantly be able to make it just because you bought it, it's just a regular piece of paper with the ingredients and instructions written on it.

It seems that a book compiling recipes has been published, but it is not sold within the guild. Let's go to the bookstore.

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Author's note :

Reached episode 30.

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