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#6
“Ugh… Thank you, Panda!”
I blew a flurry of hand-kisses towards the panda.
Despite cleaning so intensely yesterday, the state of those grimy bedding sets showed no sign of improvement, which was worrying.
Honestly, those were items that should already be in a dump.
“Hehehe, this is a great success.”
The remaining items also seemed like they’d be useful someday, if not right now.
No, if the Normal and Rare tickets gave items of this caliber…
I quietly looked down at the item window.
[Special Ticket 1]
Just what kind of amazing item is this going to give?
Barely suppressing expectations that shot through the stratosphere, I firmly pressed the panda’s front paw.
Upon pressing the paw, the Special Ticket changed into a bamboo shoot.
<Panda: “Wow, delicious shoot!”>
Along with the panda’s joyous voice, its body flashed with a bright light.
“Ugh, my, my eyes…!”
At the risk of losing my eyesight from the incredible light show, I squeezed my eyes shut.
[<System> Congratulations! You have acquired a Legendary-grade (SSS) Ancient Item!]
-ITEM: Aqua Mystica
A legendary item said to have been used by an ancient guardian.
Grade: SSS+
Ability: ???
This item contains the power of an ancient mystical spirit.
It is a mysterious item whose usage method and abilities are not recorded in any ancient tome.
Only then did I slowly open my eyes at the system’s cheerful voice.
‘Insane. A legendary item? Me, who got possessed into a game, am I really overpowered?’
As if all the luck in my life had been poured into this one moment, the aura of ‘M! A! J! O! R! S! U! C! C! E! S! S!’ even made my eyes well up with tears.
With a face full of immense expectation, I finally faced the legendary item now settled in my palm, radiating light in all directions. As the halo of light gradually faded, what appeared was…
“Th-this is the legendary item?”
The legendary item said to have been used by an ancient guardian exuded an atmosphere more beautiful and mystical than imagined.
Its round body, shining brilliantly in gold, was like a spoonful of moonlight floating on a tranquil lake. Its gracefully curved silhouette was in perfect harmony with colorful petals and fresh green stems adorned with thorns.
Moreover, the gemstones embedded here and there each added their own purpose, even creating a sparkling optical illusion as if spirits were flying around the item, bestowing a legitimacy worthy of the name ‘legendary item.’
Having thoroughly examined this legendary SSS-grade item right before my eyes, I was finally convinced.
Yes, this is…
“It’s just a watering can!”
And a very, extremely, immensely, extraordinarily, incredibly pretty watering can at that.
[<System> Thump-thump, the Lucky Gacha service is now concluded.]
As if it couldn’t see me frozen in place with a dumbfounded expression, the system ruthlessly ended the gacha service.
“W-wait a minute. Operator! System window!”
I hurriedly called out for the system window, but it remained silent as if nothing had happened.
This was a truly desperate crisis.
I thought that with an SSS legendary weapon, only an overpowered path would unfold before me.
But this… this…
‘It is a mysterious item whose usage method and abilities are not recorded in any ancient tome.’
“Ah, damn it! At least tell me how to use it before you go!”
My resentful voice echoed and rumbled across the vast field.
Of course. My luck was too good for someone with hands cursed to get trash.
“Sigh……”
I let out a shallow sigh.
‘No, but it’s still SSS-grade, so it must have some use, right?’
I decided to try spinning my hope circuit hard and carefully set down the ‘Aqua Mystica…’ – the legendary watering can that had been pointlessly sparkling since earlier.
“First, let’s start digging…”
That was a fairly rational judgment.
I had to think about the child I’d taken in. Even now, Ruby was looking only at me.
“Huff huff huff! Kyuu~!”
“……Yeah, you look happy.”
Unlike me, who had just finished my desperate resolve, I momentarily felt the loneliness of a head of household as I looked at Ruby, now a dirt-covered ‘earth-dog’ rolling around in the field. I quietly opened the item window.
“Let’s see… It’s convenient since it’s stored in the item window and I don’t need to carry it separately. But how do I take it out?”
Let’s try pressing it.
I clicked on the Vegetable Garden Kit with my hand.
Poof!
Then, with a poof sound, a box appeared sparkling before my eyes.
It was the box containing the Vegetable Garden Kit.
“Wow, it comes out like this? That’s amazing, it’s just like a real game!”
Of course, this is inside a game.
“Then, the Crop Seed Set too…”
I paused my hand as I was about to click the Crop Seed Set.
Unlike the Vegetable Garden Kit, which had a helpful description of its contents, there was no description for the Crop Seed Set.
‘Why isn’t this written? Is it maybe random…?’
I stared at the item window with an increasingly uneasy gaze.
What if it contains instant-death poison that sends you straight to high-five the Grim Reaper upon ingestion, or strange plants that eat people?
“……It’s all the same once it goes into your stomach anyway.”
Better than starving.
With a ‘beggars can’t be choosers’ mindset, I clicked the Crop Seed Set.
[<System> Will you open the Crop Seed Set (Random)?] [ YES ] [ NO ]
My hunch was spot on.
This damn random, random, random. Can’t you just give me something ordinary?!
“……Please! Give me something edible, Operator!”
Holding my earnest wish, I pressed my palms together in prayer and hit YES.
[<System> (Random) Crop Seed Set results.]
-Wish Seeds (100 pieces)
These seeds, imbued with the magic of the Forest Guardian, transform into the crop you desire when planted with the user’s ‘wish.’
-Rare Crop Seeds (20 pieces)
These seeds randomly grow into crops with special abilities.
“What’s this? It says if I plant them with a wish, they transform into the crop I want…?”
After checking the random results, I was engulfed in tremendous regret.
Regret over why I hadn’t moved my finger faster!
My heart, which had fallen into the abyss with the watering can, swelled grandly once again.
“Ruby, it looks like we don’t have to worry about starving to death.”
“Kyuuuu!”
Yeah, yeah, you’re happy too, right? Suppressing my highly elevated emotions, I picked up the shovel.
[<System> Joe Blanche, you have completed the ‘My Own Vegetable Garden Project!’ quest.]
-Reward: Acquired the title! ‘Novice Farmer’
A novice farmer with accumulated farming experience. (Crop growth speed +10%, Harvest yield +10%)
-Stamina, Strength, Agility, Magic Power, and Luck increased by +5.
“Burned through it all…”
Time flew by as I planted various crops in the garden and dug around.
This was like deja vu. The same scene as the first day.
“Now, I need to water them… Speaking of which, why isn’t there a watering can in the garden set?”
No matter how thoroughly I searched the box, I couldn’t find the whereabouts of a watering can.
If things continued like this, all my efforts so far would be in vain.
“……No other choice?”
Muttering softly, I looked at the splendid piece of scrap metal—no, the Aqua Mystica—placed grandly on the ground.
“…….”
That is also a watering can…
I’ll probably be the only person using a legendary-grade weapon as a watering can, but I have no choice.
But this solution was short-lived, as I soon ran into another major obstacle.
What does one need to water a garden with a watering can? Water, of course.
But this is an abandoned cabin with no plumbing facilities, and what little water was stored in the pantry was all used up yesterday for cleaning and cooking.
Sigh… Solve one problem, and another appears.
Is this the law of yin and yang?
“Huff huff, kyuu?”
Just then, Ruby, now an earth-dog, approached me and tilted its head.
Unable to bring myself to hug the dirt-covered—I mean, Ruby—I stroked its head softly and grumbled.
“……Ruby, your lost worked all day digging with only a rat’s tail worth of food, so I’ve lost muscle mass.”
“Kyu…?”
“Why did I wake up in an abandoned cabin with no plumbing, only to suffer Ruby-hard labor?”
There’s nothing here. Ah, was there originally? No, there’s just nothing…
As I self-deprecatingly petted Ruby vigorously, Ruby seemed to ponder something deeply, then suddenly grabbed my pant leg with its mouth and began leading me somewhere.
“Ru, Ruby. What’s wrong?!”
