Fruits of various colors were in full bloom. Each one was a masterpiece. Serloitte was deeply satisfied. The crops grew and bore fruit just as she had wished.

She caresses the fruit lovingly. This is a very rare fruit called Roof. The sweetness and acidity are well balanced and refreshing in the mouth. In addition to its deliciousness, it is rich in nutrients and was once said to be a cure-all for all illnesses. It is spread out in front of her eyes. These will be sold in the markets of Agartha and Faual. Surely they will all be healthy.

Serloitte takes a small knife from her pocket and holds it to the stem of the roof. Immediately the fruit falls into her palm. She puts it in the basket attached to her waist. Soon the basket is full, but the fruit is still waiting to be harvested.

"Let me help you!"

Suddenly, she sees a figure next to her. Upon closer inspection, it was Yannoli. With a big smile on his face, he harvests the roof berries. Seeing this, Serloitte was filled with an indescribable feeling of happiness. Yes, they had worked hard together to grow these fruits. There have been many hardships and things that have gone wrong, but I am truly happy to be with this man. .......

At that moment, Serloitte woke up with a start.

...... dream?

In a daze, she checks her surroundings. Yes, this is my room. I'm sure your mother was here. ....... With this thought in her mind, she looks for her mother with her eyes only, but she does not see her.

An indescribable feeling of weariness enveloped my whole body. Yesterday evening, Mr. Considine had told me to go home and rest immediately, and had sent me back to my room halfway by force. So I went back to my room, had a short talk with my mother, and went to ...... sleep. Then, I went to ...... the next morning to go to work, but I couldn't move. As I recall, he said he had a fever.......

Gradually the memory comes back. Serloitte had been working almost without sleep for the past few days. Now it was obvious that her high fever was the reason for her immobility.

May, Sidie and Serloitte brought back the friendly flowers and soil they had collected in the Grand Duchy of Foal and cultivated them in Agartha. The flowers multiplied quickly. He had them burned off by the fire magic of Linos and watched them for a while. The flowers cultivated in the soil of Agartha did not sprout, but those cultivated in the soil of Faual sprouted. This revealed that friendly flowers are more vigorous in soil mixed with volcanic ash.

May and his colleagues immediately started research on how to get rid of these flowers. Serloitte was engrossed in her research, trying to find a solution.

It was not without countermeasures. Mei and her team's research had revealed that the flower would be extinguished if Rinos released LV5 fire magic deep into the earth. However, this was a double-edged sword. As soon as the flower disappeared, its soil also died.

It was a strange sight. When Rinos cast his fire magic on the earth, it turned into clay-like soil. Hard, sticky soil....... It was obvious that this was not an environment in which crops could grow. Moreover, even with the fire magic of Linos, the area that could be exterminated at once was so small that it was necessary to do it again and again in order to seriously exterminate them. Therefore, the conclusion was to use the magic of Linos in the worst case, but first, to find a way to get rid of the flowers.

Incidentally, Rinos, accompanied by May and Sidie who were eager to study, was forced to repeatedly cast fire magic into the soil. Once the magic was released, May and Sidie were absorbed in checking the results, and Linos was left alone. This caused him to completely sulk, and when he returned to the house, he shut himself up in his room without saying a word to the others. However, Rico, who sensed this, came up with a plan and worked on him gently, while Mei and Sidi apologized with tears in their eyes, and he soon recovered his mood.

Under these circumstances, Serloitte conducted various experiments to get rid of the flowers. From early in the morning until late at night, she experimented without sleep or food. ....... Her mother watched over her without saying a word. When she came home, she always had a hot meal ready for her. And in the morning, she would put a meal on the table that she had chosen that was good for her health.

Although Serloitte was grateful in her heart to her mother and continued her research, her body became exhausted. Sadie took one look at her and decided that she was in danger. Serloitte was injecting various drugs into the potted friendly flowers. Some of them were highly toxic. There was an attitude of confronting poison with poison. Her hands were shaking slightly, but a small hand gripped them strongly.

"......!"

"Hey, let's not do this."

"Oh ......."

Serloitte, who was suddenly at a loss for words, looked at Considine with a serious look in her eyes. His eyes are heavy. His whole face is swollen. Sidi instantly recognized it as a fever from overwork.

"Let's go home and rest today," he said.

"So ...... but ......"

"I'm fine. I mean, it's just my gut feeling, but I don't think we'll get any results if we continue this experiment in your current condition. I think you'd get better ideas if you go home and take a good rest. Let's go home for today, thinking we've been deceived.

Considine's eyes showed firm conviction. Cerloitte left the place quietly, overcome by the force of his words.

Not only did he have a good idea, but he could not move at all. In such a state, ideas are nothing. With these thoughts in his mind, Serloitte looks up to the sky in a daze. At that moment, she felt the presence of someone. She knew intuitively that it was Yannoli.

"Are you okay?"

It was my mother who peeked out of her face. Staring at her eyes wide open in surprise, she gently placed her hand on her forehead. Her cold hand felt very comfortable.

"You still have a fever, don't you? That's what happens when you suddenly do something you're not used to. You should sleep well today.

With these words, her mother placed a wet towel on her forehead.

"Oh, yes. A messenger from Agartha came just now. They heard that you were sick and brought you some food. Just a little, eat it."

Mother then presented a red-colored food to Serloitte's mouth. It was a sheung nut. A faint sweet aroma tickled his nose. Serloitte slowly opens her mouth.

The cold fruit is popped into his mouth. As he bit into it, a delicate sweetness filled his mouth. This is the crop Jannoly had been studying. He said it lacked sweetness, but it seems that his research is succeeding. I suppose Jannoli must have given it to the messenger.

"I heard that this is very nourishing. Can we still eat it?

She nodded slowly at her mother's question. She felt a little less languid.

In the end, Serloitte ate all the sheeng nuts her mother had prepared for her. With a feeling of satisfaction she had not experienced for a long time, she fell into a deep sleep again. When I feel better, I'll have to thank Mr. Yannoli for his hospitality. ....... She was thinking about this just before she fell asleep. In her mind's eye, she could still picture him smiling like the sun. .......

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