A very strange creature stood before us, resting in the shade of a tree.
A pair of piercing black eyes stared at us. They remind me of a bird's eyes, they remind me of a monster's eyes.
Birch stepped back and raised her hand, and I watched curiously as this thing, this animal, this monster, which looked like a very large mushroom, started to move. It is much larger than an ordinary mushroom. Its head can reach up to Birch's waist, and more interestingly, it can also move.
The same cannot be said for most mushrooms.
--Wow.
Mushrooms are really weird things, aren't they?
"That~!" shouted the strange little and big mushroom monster, and it rushed towards Birch angrily.
(Birch) Usage: [Environmental Energy Wave]
Soul: 16/21
Like her other magic, a burst of energy shot out of my friend's hand. Now, however, it's more prominent in the sky, taking on a bright yellow-green hue.
The monster fell backwards after being hit.
(Bu
ch) is {hit (Mush-Mush{O
a
ge})09 Play DMG [Environmental Energy Wave] with her
Name HP Soul
Birch : 23/23 : 16/21
Sunflower : 17/17 : 13/13
Mush-mush(orange) : 11/20 : 08/08
Birch raised his hand again.
"Bah." The giant mushroom muttered and reluctantly stood up.
poor guy.
He didn't even know he had a chance.
Birch was a killer after all.
(Birch) Usage: [Environmental Energy Wave]
Soul: 11/21
(Bu
ch) attack with {9}DMG (Mush-Mush{O
a
ge})[Environmental Energy Wave]
Name HP Soul
Birch : 23/23 : 11/21
Sunflower : 17/17 : 13/13
Mush-mush (orange): 02/20: 08/08
Like a fish, my friend found a lot of fun in the rich waters of the lake.
The scenery is very peaceful. The grass is bright, green and healthy. Each emerald green leaf shines with the warm yellow light of the sun.
My roots go through the soil, reaching, touching, prodding the roots of others here. The grass, the trees, the mycelium of native fungi; they all whispered to me, these people, they whispered to me that this place was peaceful.
This place is nice.
I gave them some of my candy as a thank you for their exchange and glanced at Bu
ch for a while and then my focus is on the most important things in life.
-sun.
ah.
Its golden brilliance reached me as I raised my head to meet its touch, caressing my body gently as if it were a long-lost lover.
Lustful.
-[sunflower]-
you bathe in the sun
+1 exp
Experience value: 180/310
We had a great rest by the peaceful lake.
Birch built a fire and roasted the meat she had harvested from the giant mushroom monster. Now she started eating and drinking.
As for me, I just watched her eat curiously.
-Eating is a weird thing. The more I think about it, the weirder it gets.
I guess I'm glad that I don't have to be involved in something like this in such a direct way. Although, this also makes me sad.
There are things in this world that I may never experience. Even if there are a million other things, and a million more, this one, the act of eating, is not available to the sunflower.
interesting.
I never knew I could be sad over something so trivial. Feelings are a complicated thing.
-Right, Birch?
Burch didn't hear my thoughts and continued to munch on her prize, her cheeks rosy and plump like a proud squirrel that has found a treasure trove of nuts and seeds.
Um.
Maybe I'm wrong?
Maybe Birch really is the smarter of the two of us?
After all, she looks happy.
-If I'm so smart, why am I always unhappy?
Ha ha.
A difficult question.
I am a sunflower that can guess riddles.
A new day has arrived.
The valley we walked through became narrower and narrower on both sides, and our path became tighter and tighter.
I must say, I have grown to love the nomadic lifestyle.
I wonder, is this what it feels like to be a bird? Flying across the world and seeing something far away and different every day. It's painful for me to think about it, but I think it must be pleasant to be a bird.
A fool. I really am a judgmental sunflower.
I think back to those days of cursing the birds and their ways, and now I realize they were right all along.
Life is indeed interesting. I never knew I could be wrong about so many things.
At the end of the forest passage, there is a cave in front of us.
However, this is a most unusual cave.
Its entrance is oddly square, cleanly carved out of the rock. It reminds me of a "house" in the most unnatural way. Is this the work of her kind? Is the cave just a big house?
--Wow.
She looked at a piece of wood by the entrance, covered in graffiti just like the one in her book. Whether she can decipher it or not, I can't say. But as she walked into the square cave, we moved on.
I will complain. After all, we have once again left the sun and entered a dark place. However, I feel like I've learned that dark places are those where we find the best things and experiences.
ah.
I recall fondly the cave where we hid so many weeks ago.
-really not bad.
We almost died there.
As my friend followed the path through the square cave, I raised my eyes to look at the glassy crystals hanging above our heads.
I hope we almost die again.
This is very exciting.
Birch smiled, her voice echoing around us.
She pressed her face against a huge blue crystal, and the light from the crystal made me so happy.
Her only reflection was in the glass surface, and she contorted her face strangely, watching her reflection give the expression to herself.
She smiled before running to another crystal of a different color and color and repeating the process.
--interesting.
She stopped and stared at a new piece of yellow crystal for a moment.
This is my personal favorite color. It reminds me of the sun. But whatever her reflection brought her this time, it seemed to bring her a little happiness. In fact, it seems to have stolen some.
My friend stopped laughing and just turned around silently to continue walking on the path of the square cave, which was filled with many crystals.
it is very beautiful. But it would be better if my friend was still smiling.
The world is indeed full of strange things and events. Why are the crystals glowing? Why are her kind carving a path here? Why is Birch unhappy? It seems this place is not a house. It seems to be just one road, one road.
-But where to go?
I can't say.
Looking up, I couldn't see the sun, but saw many different crystals of different colors.
It is not the same as the sun. But I'll take what I can get.
I am a satisfied sunflower.
What a peaceful day today is.
No monsters found us. No birds come to steal my seeds.
We had reached the top of a path that sloped upward, and inside the square cave, the sun was shining from the other side, just in front of us.
Birch raised her hands to cover her eyes as she walked forward, the bright light overwhelming.
I spread out the leaves and petals to absorb the last peaceful beauty of the beautiful sunshine of this day.
-[sunflower]-
you bathe in the sun
+1 exp
Experience value: 181/310 EXP(Birch): 30/240
After an uneventful journey we left the Square Cave.
-fine.
Maybe one day I'd like to watch it again.
Or another similar one?
I want to know how many square caves are there? Or is there just one?
Birch and I stood on the top of the cliff, staring at the landscape above. Hues of orange, mixed with many shades of red, cover the dark green world before us, just as the setting sun generously paints it with its light. Birds fly in flocks through the sky and only their silhouettes are visible as they return to their distant nests.
There, on the far horizon, as far as I could see, with the world stretching out toward us from where we stood—there sat something I had never seen before.
"...a city," Birch muttered.
"City"?
interesting. I stared at it. It reminded me of those houses, those villages, only it was...bigger. I guess it's a big swarm of her kind? A hive, of sorts.
wait.
Oh no.
What a fool I am. Maybe I was wrong all along, again? My friend loves hunting. Her species lives in colonies and hives. Yellow brings her no joy, maybe because she finds it ordinary?
I get it now. the truth.
sure.
My friend is a wasp. It all makes sense. That's why she likes to stab animals with her knife and why she spends her time with such a cute flower like me.
I see.
really interesting.
Knowing Birch, I figured we would spend the night somewhere on the cliffs and then spend the next few days carefully monitoring and stalking our prey.
On the contrary, Bu
ch immediately ran to the left and ran along the road, wasting a lot of energy.
She followed the path that led to a road that led to a ruby horizon that led to the city; the hive.
I'm surprised. I was wrong.
oh. I often get it wrong, don't I?
Maybe this surprise, this unexpected change in attitude of my wasp friend, maybe this is the gift life has decided to give me today?
bless. One per day.
life is Beautiful.
