After rummaging through the suitcase for a while, Furina finally found the monocle inside a damaged spectacle case.
The silver frame, paired with a golden chain, gave it quite a luxurious feel.
Furina examined it up and down before clipping it onto his right eye.
Once worn, the frame emitted blue stripes, and a search image appeared on the lens.
Furina watched the small, magnifying glass-like image spinning within the frame, feeling a bit unaccustomed to it for a moment.
“It’s about time.
That Cissia should be back soon.
Let’s head upstairs first~ I’ll start farming after we’ve eaten…
I’ll strive to plant some of all these seeds and test their effects.”
“Besides, the life recovery potion is quite useful in a world with disasters like this…
I should prepare a few more bottles to put on the shelves.”
Having made up his mind, Furina closed the medicinal herb manual and guide in his hands, and the Omniscient Analysis Lens was clipped onto his collar.
He simply tidied up the Alchemy Room, then walked out.
He took a deep breath as he looked at the large underground vegetable plot, turned off the lights, and left the basement.
In the hallway, just as Furina climbed up the stairs, he heard Cissia’s unique, silly voice coming from the main hall.
“Hehehe…
Wagaga~ So many meat buns and freshly fried big chicken legs!”
Leaning against the back door frame, Furina watched the Golden-haired Snake dancing around the table, twisting her waist, and interrupted, “What good thing happened?
You’re laughing like you’re not even normal…”
Turning to look at this White-haired Cat Girl, Cissia rubbed her hands together, her tone very excited.
“Haha~ Furina…
Shopkeeper~ I just happened to run into the last batch of buns coming out of the oven.
Seeing they wouldn’t sell out, the shop owner let me buy them at half price~ Look, a whole big bag.”
“And these freshly baked big chicken legs…
so fragrant~”
Walking over, Furina’s small nose twitched.
The aroma emitted by the meat buns and fried chicken legs was indeed pleasant, and he happened to be hungry too.
The tail behind him couldn’t help but swing and liven up unconsciously.
However, Furina still pretended to be composed and coughed a few times.
“Ahem~ Hmm, you did well…
Let’s eat then~.”
Although the buns were delicious, eating meat buns early in the morning meant two or three were enough for Furina.
After picking up the water he had bought and taking a sip,
Furina watched Cissia, who was still frantically stuffing buns into her mouth, and waved his hand, saying,
“Eat quickly.
We have work to do afterward…”
With both cheeks puffed out, Cissia nodded frantically.
But just then, her expression froze, her face turned pale, and she pounded her chest wildly.
“What’s wrong?
You—you didn’t choke, did you~”
Nodding frantically again, Cissia stood up and saw the half-bottle of water in Furina’s hand.
Without a moment’s hesitation, she rushed over and snatched the water bottle away.
She gulped it down into her mouth.
Gulp, gulp, gulp~
With the half-bottle of water down, Cissia finally let out a sigh of relief.
The tail behind her went stiff as a board, then she slumped onto the ground like liquid.
“Ahh~~~ *Hiccup*!
That feels good…”
Blinking, Furina stared at his empty hands, then looked at the empty water bottle in her hand.
His face flushed slightly, but he didn’t say anything.
After Cissia, that little snake, finally finished off the buns and fried chicken legs, she rubbed her slightly distended belly and licked the corners of her mouth.
“I’m full~ Hehehe, the feeling of being full is so great.”
“Since you’re full, let’s get to work…”
“Eh~ Store Manager Furina~ We just finished eating, why don’t we digest a bit first~ Let’s do it later, okay?”
Moving close to Furina, Cissia reached out and rested her hand on his shoulder, her tone very soft and sweet.
Swatting her hand away, Furina crossed his arms and turned his head to the side.
“Hmph…
Come find me in the water room in half an hour…”
After saying that, the White-haired Cat Girl turned and left, tail swaying, *da da da*~
As the footsteps faded away, watching Furina in his blue-black formal wear leave the hall, Cissia’s pouting mouth instantly curled up.
“Yay~ Thank you, Shopkeeper!”
Sitting on the recliner behind the bar, Cissia hummed a little tune she had heard from the Outer Ring, looking at this slightly classical little shop, narrowing her eyes.
Hmm-hmm~ I originally thought about coming to the city to play and then going back to the Outer Ring.
After all, I can’t afford anything here, and there’s no place to stay.
In the Outer Ring, I could at least find an abandoned house to settle down in.
But with Furina, it’s different.
I have a place to live, a place to eat, and a beautiful, kind-hearted, slightly tsundere White-haired Cat Girl boss~
So why the hell would I go to the Outer Ring?
I’m a city snake now, a snake with a home in a luxurious area like Lumina Square.
I’m a high-class snake!
As she thought about it, Cissia, the Golden-haired Snake, started giggling foolishly.
Little did she know what kind of work she would have to face later—
After the break, Cissia came to the water room and saw Furina leaning against the table, scrolling on his phone.
In front of him were five or six 15-liter water buckets.
At this moment, they were filled with water.
“Yo, you little snake finally arrived.
Let’s go, carry the buckets and follow me to the basement.”
“Ah…
Okay, okay.”
Twitching her lips, Cissia walked up to a bucket of water, reached out, and lifted it with some difficulty, then wobbled as she followed Furina to the basement.
Walking down the stairs, she placed the bucket next to the sprinkler on the side.
Afterward, the silly snake’s expression was quite hideous.
She opened her mouth wide, bent over, and held her knees, her little tongue lolling out as she panted heavily.
“Hah-hoo, hah-hoo, hah-hoo…
Th-this is a bit heavy~”
“Is that so?
Then you can rest for a while.
Go and carry the next bucket in five minutes.”
“A-are all of them to be carried by me?”
Blinking, Furina waved his hand as if it were a matter of course.
“Of course~ Look at my thin arms and legs, looking so delicate, can I move them?
Besides, did I feed you all that food for nothing?”
Twitching her lips, Cissia didn’t argue further.
She looked around, observing the 50-60 square meter basement, where the fields were divided quite neatly.
“…Wh-what is this for?”
“Hmm…
To grow some flowers and plants~ That energy lamp is a special bulb that I, the Shopkeeper, spent a huge amount of money to buy.
The light it emits is comparable to sunlight.”
“This way, we can farm in the basement too.”
The snake naturally had little knowledge or education, so she believed Furina’s casual bluff immediately.
“Wow~!
Shopkeeper, you’re amazing…
Can I take a look?”
“Go ahead, but only look.
If you break it, I suppose this life of yours won’t be yours anymore~”
Hearing Furina’s warning, Cissia shuddered and nodded quickly.
“Ahaha, then I won’t look for now…
I’ll go back to carrying the water buckets.”
With that, Cissia slowly stepped up the stairs with her little snake steps, and before long, she wobbled back down carrying another water bucket.
After about two hours or so, the five big buckets of water were finally finished being moved.
Completely slumped on the small path paved with stone bricks, the Golden-haired Snake felt her stomach churning, as if she were about to throw up those twenty-eight buns.
“Tsk~ You’re already useless after doing just this much?
What a small fry~”
Hearing the mockery from the White-haired Cat Girl, Cissia was instantly displeased.
She looked at his figure and retorted,
“You’re just talking without knowing the pain of standing; it’s very tiring, okay…”
Furina ignored her and went to the side of the water bucket, reached out with both hands to lift one, and then, with his body trembling, slowly poured it into the large water vat on the side.
Splash~!
The water rushed into the vat.
After a while, when all five buckets of water were poured in, the vat was about half full.
Although it wasn’t full, it was enough.
Shaking his numb arms, Furina turned around to look at the Golden-haired Snake who had been staring at him.
“Hmph~ It’s not that heavy…”
“Your hands and feet are still shaking~ If I’m not mistaken—”
“Ahem~ You’ve rested enough, haven’t you?
Here~!”
Throwing three packs of seeds into Cissia’s arms, Furina had put on his monocle at some point.
He reached out and directed,
“Take the pickaxe and till these three plots of land, then plant the three packs of seeds into them separately.”
“Ah~!
There’s more—”
Cissia looked at the White-haired Cat Girl in front of her assigning her more work, and naturally, she was dumbfounded.
“Otherwise what?
Get to it, or I won’t invite you to the hot pot buffet tonight.”
“Hot pot buffet?!!”
Thinking of the fragrant hot pot last night, Cissia licked the corners of her mouth unconsciously.
Shaking her head, she quickly saluted Furina.
“Yes!
Guarantee to complete the mission—”
The little snake quickly started tilling the land, planting seeds, and watering according to Furina’s instructions…
She planted about ten plants of each medicinal herb, not too many and not too few, just right.
After all, Furina had never practiced alchemy, and planting these was enough to practice with without feeling bad.