Chapter 328: The Hermit Peach tastes heavenly

Chapter 328: The Hermit Peach tastes heavenly

The search continued as we encountered the phenomenon known as the Mana Spot.

「For some reason, there’s fewer monster presences.」

「Master, they don’t come near this place.」

We always felt the presence of monsters to the point of hating it when we were exploring inside the Forest of Death, yet I sensed that there were fewer of them around for some reason, but if even Kaede sensed this then there was no doubt about it.

「Less miasma? No, I can barely feel any.」

「For there to be hardly any miasma inside a monster nest, that is unusual.」

As Sophia said, monster nests where monsters run rampant are fundamentally areas encroached by miasma. Even when exterminating the monsters of a small monster nest and liberating the land in order to reclaim it, it is necessary to first purify the land.

We headed in the direction that wasn’t monster nest-like.

I could feel the air gradually becoming purer until we reached a mysterious space.

In one of the vastest monster nests in the continent, a mysterious space where mana was dense but miasma couldn’t be felt existed.

「............amazing.」

「......how beautiful.」

「Uwaa! So pretty!」

A marvelous tree.

It was about 10 meters high, but its trunk was thick and the branches protruded sideways and spread greatly.

「What a wonderous tree.」

「Yes, this must be the Hermit Peach Tree.」

「Yup, no doubt.」

According to Dryas, even if we take all the ripe fruits this tree has right now, it would bear fruit to a new batch before long so it would be alright.

Since we got Dryas’ seal of approval, in addition to the ones to be used for the Soma, we harvested all the peaches that caught our eye.

「Everyone, hand me the seeds of the Hermit Peach that you ate.」

Dryas gathered the seeds from everyone. I asked about what she would use the seeds for.

「What will you do with the seeds?」

「Grow it in the Sanctuary.」

「Eh? Grow it in the Sanctuary?」

Wasn’t it some legendary fruit? Seeing my surprised face, Dryas shook her head.

「Takumi, what are you saying? The Sanctuary has the most legendary tree there is, the Spirit Tree.」

「Takumi-sama, I think it is much too late.」

「Eh, what do you mean?」

When I asked Sophia what was too late, apparently there were already a lot of rare plants being raised in the Sanctuary without me knowing it. So rare that some were said to have been extinct in this world......

「I didn’t know......」

「My apologies.」

「Sophia-chan isn’t at fault. It was because I asked the Elves to manage the vegetation in the Sanctuary.」

「Well, it’s not like there’s a harm in it so it’s fine.」

In the Sanctuary, there was no one who would aim for the rare plants, so what’s a few more?

At Dryas’ instructions we collected several leaves, flowers, and branches for grafting, and just to be sure, I placed a marker down and then teleported back into the Sanctuary.

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