Spiders have eight eyes.
Raider and Birch turned to look at the strange creature, at the spider following us.
Birch has two eyes.
It is said that this spider is a very normal spider. It's not very big, about the size one would expect from a spider. It was not very threatening and always kept a certain distance from us.
However, this spider is different from all other spiders we have seen before because it follows us.
Birch turned and walked on, while the skittering behind us continued.
-I like spiders.
They eat little insects and critters that eat my roots and petals. Spiders are the protectors of flowers.
I have no eyes.
curious.
Even though the spider has eight eyes, it sees us clearly.
Even though Birch only had two eyes, she saw clearly, just like I did.
With me?
I, without eyes, see them both just fine. One might ask, what exactly is the role of the eyes in this situation?
Can a spider with eight eyes see better than Birch?
With two children, can she see it more clearly than me?
-A puzzle.
As we walked, I fell into deep thought.
We both sat by the stove, lighting a fire with wood and dragging it into the cave from the outside. The spider had followed us in, and now it had spun a web of its own and hung between the rocks.
-really weird.
Hello, little spider.
Why are you here?
Why are you following us?
I can't say. This is not what Himawari knows. Judging from the current situation, Birch can't tell.
-She's tried to use magic to flatten it before.
But the spider just flashed past, and came back after a while, always running in a flash, at a safe distance from her. But not so far that we can’t notice it.
It sat on its web, distracted by the breeze from the rising heat of the fire we had blasted from the cave. Its emerald shell was dotted with traces of rubies, sparkling in the light of the flames.
Spiders are one of the most fascinating creatures.
Birch was afraid of sleeping.
However, I don't quite understand what her dilemma is?
Rest, friend. Spider and I will watch over you tonight.
I'm not sure if she heard me, but Burch glanced at me and lay down to rest without taking his eyes off the spider.
As for me, I don't really like being in a cave, let alone one at night.
-The sun is farther away from me now than ever before.
-[sunflower]-
you bathe in the sun
+1 exp
Experience value: 228/310 EXP(Birch): 47/240
One may ask, what is the purpose of spiders?
I don't have an answer to this question.
But, one might ask, what is Birch's purpose?
I don't have an answer to this question either.
However, if one asks, what is the purpose of sunflowers?
-this is very simple.
My purpose as a sunflower is very simple, to be a sunflower. My purpose is to bask in the sunshine of love, scatter my petals, and then, later in life, sow my seeds.
That's it.
this is all.
Simple life is so beautiful, isn't it?
Well, the answers to my other questions are also obvious.
The purpose of a spider is to do what spiders do.
It eats insects.
It spins a web.
It lays thousands of eggs and then guards its nest until it dies.
Birch's purpose in life was to do what Birch was supposed to do.
she left.
She eats.
She has feelings, good and bad.
There are good and bad things she does.
-That's all we all have.
I think this is the most beautiful.
The most important question, why are we here, can be answered with the simplest answer in the world.
-Do what we have to do. That's it. There is nothing else but life's greatest gift. In fact, we are free because we are too simple to be imprisoned.
I am a philosophical sunflower.
Spider Hunter yelped in surprise as he and Birch approached. She runs.
The fat bee buzzes, trying to escape the spider's web.
Its strings are thick and smooth, and the handmade strings contain a deep beauty.
Night fell again, and Birch and I sat and watched the bees engage in a most beautiful battle. It buzzed, writhed, buzzed, pulled in every direction, shaking the web violently.
However, our spider friend is quiet. It sits on the edge of the net, just jumps a little, and waits. Just like Birch and I wait for the sun to rise, the spider waits for the bees to stop.
Instead of waiting, the bee chooses to continue its futile actions until its energy is exhausted.
Another minute passed, and the chubby golden creature ran out of strength.
-The spider is moving.
(Birch) Use: (Small Pulse)
A ripple rippled through the air. The web split open and the spider was hanging from it by a thread. The bee rolled to the ground, hitting the floor with a loud thud.
It buzzed and fought, somehow managing to remove the loose webbing from itself and into the air, then fly away.
--curious.
I looked at my friend with eyes I didn't have. I stared into her eyes.
Her two eyes stared at the spider's eight eyes in turn. Spiders are still spiders and don't do anything of note.
-This is a summary of the encounter.
Nothing else happened.
The spider hangs there and Birch and I sit here.
I comfort the spider. I am sorry friend. Birch is aggressive, you know? I think she needs a little more sunshine.
maybe tomorrow?
Yes.
I straightened up, trusting that tomorrow's sunshine would bring life back to my friend's face.
Two days passed.
The spider is dead.
Birch and I stood there, looking back at the spider's body, curled up and twitching as it succumbed to hunger. From that night on, it never hunted successfully again.
-this is life.
-[sunflower]-
you bathe in the sun
+1 exp
Experience value: 287/310 EXP(Birch): 106/240
We stood there and watched for a while, the light shining from the spider's eight eyes.
Birch didn't know it, but the spider looked at me and I looked at it.
Don't worry, my spider friend.
I'll handle the rest.
It's the least I can do because you saved me from being pollinated by that bee.
Another day passed.
Then, another one.
Then, do it again.
-[sunflower]-
you bathe in the sun
+1 exp
Experience value: 310/310 EXP(Birch): 129/240
Level!
Congratulations! You are now level {8}!
-[sunflower]-
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Health-Poi
ts: 19/19↗ Soul-Poi
ts: 15/15↗
Level: 08 years ↗ Experience: 0/450
Category: You are a sunflower. Subcategories: none
Competition: You are a sunflower. Opel: 000
-[statistics]-
STR: 03 ↗ Agility: 03 ↗
Wisconsin: 09 INT: 08
Lu: 08 Value List: 06
new
-[Floral Resonance]{Switch}-
Cost of fighting: maximum soul -50%, when switching
And Positive: Attracts territorial spiders to your location from a distance of (LOV/2) kilometers from you.
All living things emit a low energy buzz. By tuning into your natural resonance with a familiar species, more people can be drawn to you.
Hello, wo
d-wood.
Long time no see, isn't it?
Birch seemed happy to see you at first, but then her smile seemed to fade.
I don't quite understand her mood swings.
Maybe Sunflower doesn't know at all.
"Please don't use that," Birch said, speaking to me for the first time in many, many days.
ah.
Life gave me a gift, but she didn't appreciate it.
-Maybe she just doesn't like spiders?
Um.
This can be a problem.
I was so wrapped up in my past actions that I didn't take this into consideration.
Friend Birch.
You see.
The problem is, well
-There's something moving on my stem.
oh.
Speaking of timing.
I lifted up the leaves to reveal a nest of spider eggs that had been buried there for safekeeping by the mother spider, whom we had lost along the way. She has been following us to protect her children.
Birch's eyes widened with a fear I rarely see from them as thousands of eggs began to hatch. She screamed, dropped me and ran away, shaking herself off.
It reminded me of the dance she did once when bees were chasing her.
Ha ha.
I love so much.
I looked down at myself and watched a nest of spider eggs hatch on me.
I felt the most precious gift in life.
——It feels like ten thousand tiny needle-prick legs crawling all over my body, from top to bottom.
Really, I'm lucky.
After all, who else can say that they have experienced this most beautiful event?
-A hundred spiders crawled across my face.
this is the best.
I only wish I had eyes too so I could know what it felt like to walk over them with their little, sharp, nimble feet.
Birch whined and cursed, but I was enjoying myself and the moment, in all its simplicity.
