Fruits are Delicious ^q^

Well, we'd replenished our DP… With everything prepared, let's start searching for the managed dungeon or whatever it was called.

"Maybe today I'll go check out the orchard, but first… I'mma use restroom."

I didn't want to have an accident while I'm possessing someone.

It's crucial to take care of everything before detaching my consciousness from my body, even more so than before going to bed. After all, Ereka in the Master Room wouldn't know about it until there's an accident.

If I don't periodically end the possession and go to the restroom, a long possession could result in a disaster.

… Yeah, when I visited the dungeon ruins the other day, Ereka secretly used [Purify] for me. Thank you, Ereka. And thanks for keeping quiet about it, Rokuko. She herself was a Dungeon Core, so she was fine not using the restroom.

I never thought that [Possession] would have such a trap in it…

From now on! Restrooms! Are important! … Very important!! (So important that it had to be said twice)

So, I went back to my room in the village chief's house from the Master Room and headed to the restroom.

"Oh, Goshujin-sama!"

"Hmm?"

As I walked down the hallway of the village chief's house to go to the restroom, Ichika suddenly spoke to me.

"Have you been investigatin' the Holy Kingdom recently? How's that goin'?"

"Ah, well, I'm thinking of checking out the orchard for now."

"The orchard?"

"Yeah, we got some unusual… or rather, out-of-season fruits."

Speaking of which, those fruits were in Narikin's [Storage]. Maybe I should have Soto bring them to show to Ichika…

"Oh, the ones Soto-sama was eating?"

"… Hmm?"

"Hmm? They weren't? I also had some that Soto-sama used [Minor Duplication] to give me and they were super delicious. An orange, banana, apple, and melon."

"… Huh??"

Alright, it seems I have some business with Soto. I told Rokuko that I needed to cancel the possession thing for now and started looking for Soto.

 

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"Sorry for eating them without permission!"

Soto, who had been elegantly reading a manga (apparently brought from Rokuko's room) in the newly expanded room in the village chief's house, admitted to snacking on the fruits as soon as I asked about them. It seemed that the fruits ended up in Soto's dungeon, which was connected to my [Storage] space, when we connected Narikin's [Storage] to the space for the first time. I see, so Soto just couldn't resist eating them.

"… Well, it seems like you're reflecting on it, so I'll forgive you this time. But next time just tell me if you want to eat something, okay?"

"Ugh, sorry, Papa."

"More importantly, the fruits for the investigation are gone, which is a bit painful, isn't it?"

Well, I guess I could ask Soto to [Minor Duplicate] them for me.

"… I can only do one, you know?"

"Ah, right. Well, we can produce fruits like bananas and oranges with DP, so it's not a big deal. It's just a bit different from the real thing…"

As a test, I produced a banana with DP. It cost 2 DP per bunch.

"Papa! This is even tastier than the one I ate!"

"… Well, this one is an improved variety available in Japan, so that makes sense… How about this?"

As a test, I produced a Shining Muscat for 20 DP (it wasn't actually shining). It was a large, green, seedless muscat with rich aroma and sweetness, which could be eaten with the skin. It was like a jelly growing on a tree. In Japan, it would cost over 2,000 yen in a supermarket.

I handed a bunch to Soto to try and after eating one, her eyes opened wide in surprise.

"—!? D-Papa!? This… is on a whole different level!!"

"If we start selling these in this world, it'd cause a commotion. It would definitely attract trouble, so it's for family use only. Don't let anyone else eat it or see you eating it."

"Okay!"

We ended up with a fruit assortment that was of somewhat better quality than what we bought with silver coins… Hmm, would it be unnatural to show this and ask [Where did you make this]?

"… Wait, I can just say I enjoyed it and came back to buy more, and then buy it at the Commerce Guild. Soto, please deliver the fruit payment to Narikin and the others."

"Okay! It's just a matter of connecting [Storage] and tossing it in, so it's an easy job! But in return, I request more muscat."

"I'll just give you whatever's here in this fruit assortment… And make sure to brush your teeth properly later, okay?"

"Yay!"

So, I also gave Soto a letter with instructions for Narikin.

Guess I'll have go to the Sunstar orchard tomorrow.