“So where is this Deleima and what gossips do you have on this place?” Jai asked Darrion as they flew above the flower meadow in the South Gate.
“Southward from our beautiful castle walls. The famous thing from that village is the Derima fruit. It tastes sweet and sour, and it’s a bit addicting to eat it one by one,” Darrion chuckled, seemingly having reminiscence of him eating the fruit. “You know how small bits it is, and what’s the most charming from it was that it doesn’t have any seeds! The tiny fruits are the seeds, and we can eat them like normal fruit flesh! How cool is that?!”
“Mmhm. I don’t know any of that because I’ve never seen, heard, or eaten one. This is the first time I know it,” Jai replied.
“Aww, man… If I don’t know you better, I would’ve made fun of you with the ‘inside a cave’ joke for
Jai walked into the Deleima Forest with his attention only slightly alert. He had not read about this forest when he was looking for information about the jellyfish beast, but he was sure this forest would not be that harmful. Like he said, if it was that dangerous, the village wouldn’t survive.It might not be the best preparation he had done, but he was only focused on how the beast looks like, and all its behavioral data. He trusted Darrion to give him an explanation about the forest, but he was too dependent on the blonde and it turned out not very helpful. He sure will prepare everything in advance, like, learning about the turf too among the main things needed.Madam Serena gave him two days to search for the beast, but that’s only set as deadline because the beast might relocate somewhere after two days. Jai figured if somehow the beast was visiting the place to change its feeding ground, then it would likely stay for at l
Jai’s eyes went wide when he watched the bird crushed inside the jellyfish’s transparent body. He couldn’t believe he just saw a jellyfish crushing a bird with its… Muscles? Transparent muscles?He didn’t read any carnivorous statistics in the jellyfish’s database, that’s why he was surprised when he saw the bird got destroyed in an instant. But then again, it wouldn’t be in the uncommon section for nothing.‘… Damn. Aren’t jellyfish supposed to be blobby weaklings? Who would suspect that a skinny jellyfish is secretly a bodybuilder?’ Jai thought as he hid behind a tree, now taking the jellyfish to be a threat.He recalled what he read from the book, that the jellyfish was not harmful and that it’s an herbivore. Darrion even helped him gather some of the books that might have information on this particular creature, but it seemed that they looked at the wrong creature.‘
Jai rushed through bushes and dodged past trees as he chased after the flying red jellyfish. For some reason, the peculiar creature went faster than before, and Jai almost lost it if it weren’t for his superb reflexes.‘How can it go faster? It just ate!’ Jai shouted in his mind. He also realized that the forest had taller trees as he ran deeper, and this slightly worries him because the lack of sunlight might hinder the hunt.He felt it strange for a creature that had just finished its meal. If anything, it should be going slower because it was still digesting its food. But it’s not going slower at all, and instead, going faster.This would not be a problem for him in normal circumstances. The circumstances being him chasing it in plains or clear ground and not with so many tall trees and its overgrown roots trying to trip him over. It was a bit hard to catch up since this kind of environment isn’t his everyday route. So he was try
“Psst! Hey! Buddy! Come on!” Ahub the hunter whisper-shouted Jai from below, which of course couldn’t be heard by Jai above. But Jai was done tightening the sack and was now tying it to his waist, though it required a bit of time.“Heeyy…” Ahub whined again, hoping Jai would go faster. He knew what that creature was and he would prefer they got out of there as soon as possible.Jai was done tying up when he heard that weird low volume whine from below. So he looked below him to see the guy occasionally looking on the other side of the tree.“Why is he looking distressed?” Jai frowned as he turned to look at the other side of the tree. There was a peculiar yet familiar looking creature on the ground, approaching their direction. The creature had gorilla like appearance with a long-curved horn on its face that looked very thick and could uppercut anyone or anything that dare
Darrion flew down into the office and gave his co-worker, Gen, the receipt for all the letters he had sent today. Gen was a young man with uneven dark hair and windlet’s formal uniform for office purposes. The attire consisted of dark green shirt with folded collar, black belt, knee“Hiya, Darrion. How many did you send today?” Gen asked.Darrion blew some air from his mouth in an attempt to sigh. Then he pulled out all the receipts in his sling bag. “Here, the receipts. I stopped counting after thirty, and there are five letters that has no receiver. Their houses are empty, possibly they left somewhere because I can’t slip it through their mailboxes.”“Well, we’ll do the usual protocol. Sorry you’ll have to keep sending them until the end of the week,” Gen said, smiling solemnly to Darrion.Darrion nodded nonchalantly. He looked around to see the office almost empty, except for a few more people
Deep gurgling that sounded like rumbling thunder could be heard echoing from the swamp. It was weird and also sounded like a clogged water source. Any of those phrases didn’t sit well at all to those who heard it, and even a bit horrible to some people who knew well where that comes from.“Why are they growling loudly like that, Chief?” a young man asked the elderly beside him as the both of them looked north.There was a swamp in northern area of their village. The swamp wasn’t noticeable because it was in the forest, but the area was quite damp and wet. The swamp received its water supply from the river, which low condition of the geography made the water flow more in that forest before flowing according to its course.The two men were at the hill north of their village, investigating the strange sounds coming from the forest. They contemplated whether they should or not go to the forest to chec
Madam Serena moved closer to the counter and looked at the creature lying on it with full attention. The creature was motionless on the counter with the carcass of its prey still inside it. The blood was mostly out, but there were some in its system, so it’s still a bit red. It was actually a bit uncomfortable to the eyes or normal people like the timid maid in the room, but the scene didn’t affect her mistress at all.The mistress was looking curiously and excitedly at the weird looking creature on the counter. Even the chef and his sous chef were looking at their mistress in confusion from how excited she was despite the captor had told her that it had just crushed a bird in seconds.“Um… Mistress, please do not approach too close to it,” the timid maid with short light blue hair said. She said that while reaching her hand out to stop her mistress, but not all the way because she was afraid she would disturb
The rest of the Honey Pearlets would be ripe in just a few days. But Madam Serena told him she would immediately send a message to let him or Darrion know when they’re ready to pick. The lady also confessed to them that she was only doing it because she wanted to see whether Jai really needed the fruit or not. Although Jai was still confused why she was the one coming to him instead of telling him to come to her, he was glad. This way, one of the rare ingredients could be scratched out of the list.Jai went to the kingdom again in the next two days with Barun. It’s finally shipping day again and Letush had to submit their crops. This was also a week after he registered for his identities, so he had to go to the kingdom all the same. He split up with Barun on the way and went to the Ministry’s Office.Since it was still morning, Jai walked there on foot. He thought it would also serve as his workout. It also helped him get to know the kingdom’s s