"So now I'm going to try growing a mandragora.

"Mandragora? Why again?

And in front of me a questioning look appears on Lily's face.
Since then, I've noticed that she often shows up here, and now she sits on the other side of the wooden desk in my ramshackle hut in broad daylight with her cheekbones in front of me.
By the way, this guy is an adventurer, right? I didn't ask you about your occupation in detail, but I don't know if you have time to spend here in the daytime like this.

"Actually, I just bought this guy from a street vendor in town a while ago.

And then scattered on the table are a few seeds. Lily looks at it with a dubious face.

The old man at the stall said they were rare mandragora seeds, apparently they were unsold and I bought them for a very good price. It seems that they were unsold and I got a good price for them.

"If you have time to buy it, why don't you start by restoring this raggedy house?

I'll pass through Lily's comment in a brilliant manner.
Since then, the jack-o-lanterns have been growing well, and now I can get a good price at Mina's. But the economy over there is still very difficult, and I'm not getting paid for it.
However, the economy is still in a tough spot over there, so I'm not getting that much money, but at least I've got enough money to live in this world.
So the new investment for my money is, yes! Buy a new vegetable tinder demon!
I will continue to cultivate various monsters in my field and become one of the pioneers in this world!

For what it's worth, I don't really recommend the mandragora.

But as if to put a damper on my motivation, my usual reluctant Lily.

It's not a good idea. Could it be that the mandragora is bad?

No, it's not. Rather, it's a rare and precious commodity that even adventurers rarely find. In fact, it's worth a hundred times more than a jack-o'-lantern.

Jesus Christ. This is a hell of a price. You don't have a choice not to grow this one.

But I wouldn't recommend it: ...... especially for you.

Why? Could it be that? Because if you pull it out, you'll scream and die?

And I recall the lore of mandragora that has been handed down here on earth.
A mandragora. The mandragora is made into a humanoid root that can be pulled out of the ground with a scream, leading to death for anyone who hears it.
Is the mandragora a staple of the fantasy world, and is the mandragora that dangerous, even in this world?
I thought, but Lily shook her head.

"No, it's not that the screaming won't kill you, but ......

"Then it's not a problem. I'll do it. I just had a vacancy in the partially harvested jack-o-lantern zone. I'm going to grow one there to test it out. Then we'll make sure it's ready to harvest, and then we'll grow the mandragora.

I'm not sure if it was me, but she finally gave in and said, "Well, I'm all yours.
What in the world is she so bothered about?





I see. Okay. So that's what happened.
Now I have a successfully grown and matured mandragora in front of me.
Yeah, of course I already pulled it out of the ground.
I let out a scream as I did so. But the screaming reaction was different from what I imagined. It was a different screaming reaction.

Hiccup ...... and no, please don't ...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry. ...... I'm sorry... ...Oh, I'm sorry, please forgive me. ...... Oh, please. I'll do anything, anything, I'll do anything. ......

Right now, in front of me is a naked little girl the size of the palm of my hand with a huge patch of grass on her head, crying and begging for help.
Hey! This is not what I asked for. It's more humanoid than I expected. And she's cute.
A mandragora is more like a creepy, barely human or not, obviously demonic creature.
Whoever designed it to look like a fairy!

Please don't kill me. ...... Don't kill me. ...... Don't kill me..." "Oh, please ...... I won't scream anymore. ...

As soon as she saw me, she screamed at me and then begged me desperately for help.
Well, I had a sickle in one hand and was ready to cut off your head, but this is a bit unexpected.

I told you. As I said, these kids are basically harmless, and there are too many adventurers who pull them out and kill them every time they find them, but they are scared of humans and beg them to do it.

...... Hey, the simple question is: "......, hey, the simple question is: can't we make food out of it if we don't kill it?

Of course. Mandragora is very tasty in the body, but not so much in the head. They're usually cut off before they're cooked. Otherwise, it's too bad you have to cook it alive.

You're right.
Oh no, the mandragora in front of me was crying with real frightened eyes while I was having that conversation.
Hmmm, this is impossible.
I'd rather it was a screaming monster with no consciousness. You can't kill a girl who looks like she's begging you not to kill her.
So this is what Lily meant....

I'm not going to kill you...or at least I can't kill you. I'm not going to kill you.

I was slightly relieved by my words, but the confusion was greater than ever at Mandragora.

"Huh? But didn't you raise ...... to eat me?

"At first I was going to do that, but I'm not going to kill you if I see you.

I wouldn't want to kill him if I could. If I was on the verge of life or death, I'd still be able to make a decent living, and I couldn't kill a creature that begged me to do this.

You're still so kind. I'm always ready to be your cook.



Yeah, yeah. I forgot to mention that since then, the mature jack-o'-lantern has been floating around next to me as if possessed by me.
I thought I could cut it off from the branch to see if I could manage it, but it just floated there and acted autonomously, so I decided to ignore it.
The pumpkin is pestering me to eat it whenever necessary, but who would eat a pumpkin with such a strong personality?

Oh, um, so I'm ......?

With a sigh, I declare to the mandragora, which is still confused and clinging to me.

"Do what you want. I'm not going to kill you, and if you want to stay here, you can stay in the garden.

Mandragora, in response to my answer, desperately thanked me over and over again, spilling tears of joy.
I didn't do anything to be thanked, but I felt embarrassed and embarrassed.
You can see from the atmosphere that Lily knew that I was laughing at her from behind.