"Nope, nope, nope, nope, why would you go into this forest to grow plants? It's not here!

Shut up, they're not plants, they're demons. You grow them.

I was complaining about it, but in front of me, Lily thrusts her sword at the wolf pack.
Hi! We're from the jukai. It's the jukai near the city. It's a so-called dungeon. First, the adventurer first went to kill goblins or gather herbs.

The story goes back a little bit now.






Let's start with a jack-o'-lantern.

What?

What is this kid talking about all of a sudden . A jack-o'-lantern? That's what you're talking about, isn't it, the pumpkin monster? What is this girl talking about?

"First of all, you grew a killer plant that is one of the most violent plant-type monsters ever. It knows how to attack anyone without looking. A jack-o'-lantern, on the other hand, is relatively safe. They rarely attack people unless we attack them.

But if I attacked you, you would attack me, right? I don't want to eat a live pumpkin! I don't want to eat it!

If you pick the jack-o-lanterns at the right time, you can get them before they have personality. I've picked a few myself, so I know exactly what I'm talking about.

Huh? Do people in this world normally do that kind of monster harvesting? It's a very dangerous world, isn't it?





I'm in the sea of trees in search of jack-o-lantern seeds. I want to go home.

"Keogh

I'm not sure why the enthusiastic Lily has found something and calls out my name, ignoring the voice in my mind.
Oh, Kyou is my Kyoji, right?
It's easier to call me Kyoji, so that's what she calls me.

Here it is...the carcass of a jack-o'-lantern.

There was something on it that was so-called rotten and lumpy as to melt into the ground.
Was this originally a pumpkin? Hmm, well, it's not invisible.

Another monster killed her, or an adventurer cut her down, or her life. Either way, it's just as well.

Then Lily pulls something out of a brown blob. Yeah, maybe those are the seeds, but they're kind of gross.

Hold on to it. Kyou.

"What? I'll have it?

Of course you do. You're the one who grows them, so you have to take care of the seeds.

Saying that, Lily throws the seeds. Well, the sludge from the main body is still attached to the pumpkin. There are quite a lot of seeds, because it's a pumpkin.
I wonder if this will grow after planting.





So here we go, guys! Time to sow!
Last time I forgot to acclimate the soil because I had to plant first, but this time I acclimate from the soil!
I found a helper named Lily, so I used the money she gave me to get down on my knees to buy a mulberry tree or something! Now it's all starting to feel like farm life!
And I've used compost and stuff! However, I just mixed it with something that I picked up from the city garbage dump.
But if you mix these garbage and dead leaves into the ground and bury them, they can be used as fertilizer, right? I don't know about that. Well, I guess it's better than nothing.

And the jack-o'-lantern seeds I picked, the next day after I sowed them, they had already sprouted! Maybe it's because plants in this world are demonic, but they grow like ee!

By the way, Lily, who came to check on me that day, was somewhat surprised.

I didn't think it was possible, but you can really cultivate demons. What kind of magic are you using?

No, these guys are just planted normally, but that's it?
Compost? Did yesterday's taming and composting still do the trick?
I did not think too much about it, though I was surprised at the fact that I did not think too much about it.
Oh, and this time, not from a fountain, but from a public water source.
You should have told me first if there's a place like this.

And so, a few days later, we have a pumpkin patch! Nice job!

"You really have a jack-o'-lantern in your hand.

I'm amazed and intrigued by Lily. Could it be that people in this world have no talent for agriculture in general?
Ah, but I see. So there are no vegetables and only demons? No one likes to plant and grow demons that are enemies of humans... That's true... Who would farm that kind of thing?
When I was thinking about this, Lily took a reasonably sized pumpkin in front of me.

Yes, this looks good. It's just a little bit before your ego comes out, and it's got plenty of fruit in it. Let's take this one.

Then you cut out a jack-o'-lantern that wasn't a pumpkin.
I see...so you can take a jack-o-lantern that size now? It's smaller than my two fists put together, but that's good enough.
If it grows any larger than that, will it have a personality and become troublesome? I'll just look for similar sized ones and reap them too.

Well, that's a first for you. I got four at once.

There are a couple of other smaller ones as well, but you might want to grow a few more before you harvest them.

Well, now that you've harvested them, you can cook with them!



I'm going to ask you to do something for me. Then you'll do something for me!

Hmm? Now that was a decidedly awkward conversation.
Maybe this guy.

...... Lily, you can't cook?

...... and you like that too?

No, no, no, these guys live in a shack and don't even cook. We don't have gas or anything to make a fire.
Oh, that's right. I forgot to mention that we don't have the tools to cook for ourselves here.
I can make ingredients, but I can't cook for myself. What are you going to do? You're stuck again!