Chapter 89: A Left Hook

Chapter 89: A Left Hook

First thing I do before relaxing is head over to the farm area and heal the plants there. Ive been leaving an extremely low power heal on them.

All the plants are doing well in every area.

Surprisingly, the ones that naturally grow underground are not benefiting from the healing more than the ones that do not.

Spiders continued to scurry around, taking care of the plants. I go up to one and hand them a few seeds of the common plants that I had used for the concoction and elixirs earlier. I direct it to be brought to Gong for a place to be farmed, with an instruction to gather more seeds, when possible.

The recipes that I have given out will cause the supply for these to go down, so its important that we stock up. Not taking their abundance for granted, is something that will pay dividends later, when it inevitably leaks. Well also have the only already consistent supply, since we are making this readily available for ourselves early on and have an already setup farm.

I could easily use my scan to find a place to plant the seeds that would be of benefit for these plants, but I dont know the plans Gong has for this area and could inadvertently mess them up by trying to achieve perfection.

Not only that, but even at their best, the increase would be marginal for this level of products and ingredients. They just need to not be bad to achieve excellent results.

I can just drop these off now and we can discuss how to use these in the upcoming days. I mean its not like Im going anywhere for the next few days, right?

As I head back toward the main room, I notice my scan picks up both Lin and Ai hanging out in my room.

Uh what are they doing in there?

A quick, deeper look shows Ai watching by the door, while Lin is on the bed.

On the side of the bed, I usually lay on.

For sake of knowing what Im walking into, I wait and listen in.

Lin speaks muffled into the bed, and youre telling me nothing happened?

Ai responds quickly, No, nothing. We just laid there. I think he may have been sleeping, but I couldnt tell.

So, what are you going to do now?

Im going to lie down with him again. If he gives in, well have a deeper hold on him. Im sure of it.

thats not what I mean.

She gets up from the bed, looking at her sister.

Are you sure this is helping you? I wish I knew earl

Ais voice comes in fast, with a frosty edge.

Stop.

Silence falls between them, with Ai seemingly surprised how that sounded. But her face scrunches up seriously. Her voice now soft.

Ill be fine. Just let me handle this. He doesnt seem bad. And he heals me every night, which feels like its helping.

okay.

Lins voice is even softer and weaker, sounding almost defeated.

no. I suppose avoiding the situation isnt the best option. Plus, Id actually really like to sleep at some point.

A man can only go off of zero sleep for so long. Even if my body can handle it.

For now, though I might want to just grab some food first.

Yeah

Lets do that.

And so, I left to go to a separate branch of the main area to find the food stores.

In my casual talks with Gong, she mentioned that we have quite a bit of food storage here. It seems, primarily, she has something that resembles onions, called poiyos.

They seem to last just as long as well in hot conditions, which is about a year. In these conditions, in her cold rooms, it lasts quite a bit longer. Nutritionally, they seem to provide quite a lot for the body, but not as much as everyone would need for a balanced diet.

These primarily grow deep underground and seem to be rare on the surface. These naturally grow by the underground light stones.

Stopping by there, I grab one of the poiyos and take a bite of it, while drinking some water from the nearby storage.

Huh. This thing is pretty sweet.

Ive already chatted with Gong, and even though I dont have to eat, she agrees I still should, just in case there might be some adverse effects to not doing so.

Monitoring the situation in my body, it seems to be a net benefit to eat things. By eating and drinking more, my healing wont have to compensate for the deficiency. Also, the benefits of the food and water are added, while the downsides removed.

Still a little OP. Makes me want to pig out a bit.

Maybe when we can afford it. I dont want to eat all of her stock, as she mentioned she does have some plans for it. Some of which, I can already guess at.

The entire time, I keep my eye out on the situation happening in my room. Which honestly doesnt seem to be improving.

By the time Im done, Lin is already under the bed, with Ai looking exasperated on top of it.

Well, looks like I have no way out of this.

Walking over to the room, I see a defeated Ai sitting there looking at me on my side of the bed. Lin has actually done a good job of hiding herself partially in the tunnels. It looks like it would be a difficult to get out of, but not impossible. Shes listening in.

Walking over to her, I ask, So, you want to go to sleep? Im tired.

She looks up at me, sighs in defeat, and walks over to her side of the bed.

Yep. None of us are getting sleep tonight.