After lunch, I head to the Adventurer’s Guild as planned to accept a request to help with the harvest.
However, most of the requests seem to involve transportation, so this time I’ll be helping with that. After accepting the request at the guild, I head to the farm where the request originated. It seems there’s a carriage service close to the farm, so the trip is quick.
“Hello”
“Oh my, it’s Fina-sama! And what cute girls you’ve come with.”
When we arrived at the farm, an old lady peeked out from between the trees. The old lady was surprised to see Fina-san with us.
First, I explained our purpose coming here.
“Ma’am, we came here after seeing the request from the Adventurers’ Guild. Fina-san is also here today as an adventurer.”
“Oh my, oh my, thank you kindly. Just wait a moment, dearies. Grandpa, come over here!”
“Eh? What is it—oh! Isn’t that Lady Fina?”
After we explained to the old woman why we had come to the orchard, she nodded in understanding and called over the old man who’d been working deeper inside.
When he saw Fina-san, he looked genuinely surprised.
“There’s plenty that needs hauling, you see. But lately, my back’s been giving me trouble. Must be my age.”
“Oh my, that sounds difficult. If you’d like, I can treat you for that.”
“Oh, thank you kindly. In that case, why don’t we leave the hauling to Grandma here?”
“Yes, leave it to me.”
And so, Sue and Pearl took charge of treating the old man’s back, while the rest of us handled the hauling work.
Following the old woman’s lead, we walked deeper into the orchard.
“It smells like peaches.”
“That’s right. We grow all kinds of peaches here, you know.”
“Really?”
“There are still so many of them!”
As we followed along, Shiro and the others looked around curiously. The orchard was filled with peach trees. Judging by the colors and shapes of the fruit, there are several different varieties.
Before long, we arrived at the area where we’d be working.
“Now then, please take the peaches from these baskets and gently place them into these wooden crates. But be careful. Peaches bruise easily, so handle them with care, okay?”
““““Oka~ay!””””
Since peaches are soft and easily bruised, everyone took great care as we transferred them into the wooden crates.
As we worked, the old woman checked each peach, setting aside any that were damaged.
Ao joined in too, carefully helping to move the peaches with the rest of us.
“When a crate is full, we’ll take it to the storage house by the main building.”
The old woman explained.
After about an hour, all the peaches from the baskets had been neatly packed into the special crates.
Now all that was left was to move them.
They looked quite heavy, though…
“This is where Ao comes in.”
“Ao? You mean this slime?”
“That’s right! Ao’s an amazing slime!”
Of course, to the old woman, Ao just looked like an ordinary slime. No matter how much Shiro tried to convince her otherwise, it probably sounded unbelievable.
So, we decided—it was time to show her just how amazing Ao really was.
Whoosh!
“Well, I’ll be! The crate just disappeared!”
“Ao can use an item box!”
“Ao-chan’s an amazing slime!”
“I’ve certainly never heard of a slime that can use an item box before.”
When the old lady saw Ao use the item box, she was so surprised she almost fell over.
Meanwhile, Ao happily waved her tentacles at the astonished old woman. Now all that was left was to head to the house and bring the crates to the storage room.
“Oh? What happened to the crates, dear?”
When we reached the storage house, the old man was already there with Sue and Pearl, his back completely healed.
He looked puzzled, since we weren’t carrying any crates with us.
Just then, Ao slid into the storage house.
Swoosh.
“Whoah! The crates just appeared out of nowhere!”
“Sorry for startling you, sir. This slime here, Ao-chan, can actually use an item box.”
“Heh, well… that’s one amazing slime you’ve got there.”
Seeing Ao pull the crates out of the item box, the old man was taken aback, and Sue hurried to explain. Ao waved a tentacle apologetically toward him, as if to say sorry.
Anyway, the request was successfully completed.
“Okay, the signature is complete. Thank you for making my back better.”
“It’s a little bruised, but you can eat it if you cut off the damaged part. Take it.”
“Thank you very much!”
After receiving the non-standard peaches from the old lady, we headed home.
“That was fun!”
“Yeah, it was fun.”
Shiro and Fina-san happily exchanged their impressions, and even though they didn’t get to experience picking, it still seemed like they had a great time.
We all enjoyed the peaches we received as souvenirs.
If I have the time, I’d like to work in a orchard again.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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