Chapter 49
“ I'm home."
As I entered the farm building, I announced that I had returned.
The first person that welcomed me was Speranza.
As if she had been waiting, she jumped out of nowhere and jumped into my arms.
"Oh, you were waiting for me Speranza darling. Sorry. I was a little late…. right ?"
Speranza seems to be sad since I came back late, so Speranza cling on to me without letting me go.
Lia came out later and welcomed me.
"Sihyeon, you're a bit late.”
“ Yes. I had a little work to do…"
While I was getting ready to explain the situation, someone who was on my right shoulder showed their face.
“Is this where Sihyeon lives popi?"
"Oh my?"
"…?"
Lia and Speranza looked surprised at the sudden appearance of the fairy.
“Why are you looking at me like that popi.?”
"Tsk, so did you come back once again with a problem?"
"It wasn't a problem, it was a solution. A solution to save the garden."
“Yes popi. If Sihyeon helps me, I promised to help with the garden popi.”
Kaneff looked at me and the fairy alternately and sighed slightly.
I didn't do anything wrong, but I felt uncomfortable for no reason.
"Haah, it's definitely not anything dangerous, right?"
"Don't worry, Boss. I was just asked to take care of the Bees."
"There was also an order from the Demon Lord. Do it on your own again this time. Let me know if you need anything."
When Kaneff gave me permission more easily than I thought, I was shocked, and the emotion got expressed in my face.
“ What.? Why are you so shocked when I gave you permission?"
“ No…..You usually nag me a lot, saying why I got myself involved into useless things. So…….”
“ I've experienced a lot of things and went to lot of places in Demon world, but this is my first time I've seen a fairy in person. On top of that, I've never heard of a fairy asking for a favor to anyone. So I don’t know how to nag at you in this issue.?”
“ That’s right. Me too. This is the first time seeing a fairy. I didn't know I'd see a fairy in person like this."
Judging from Kaneff and Lia's reactions, it seemed like fairies were mysterious to them as they were to me.
And there was also a being who showed great interest in the fairy.
Poke
Poke
Speranza couldn't hold back her curiosity and poked the fairy's wing slightly with her fingers.
"What are you doing popi.?”
Of course, the fairy jumped and got angry.
However, that was not enough to shake off the interest of a little fox girl.
Speranza continued to reach out to the fairy with sparkling eyes.
The fairy ran back to my shoulder to avoid the annoying touch.
Speranza stared at me with a sad face.
“ Speranza, you can't touch her like that. The fairy seems to hate it."
"Uh… I'm sorry."
"Hmph!"
The fairy snorted and turned her head even after hearing Speranza's apology.
It seemed that it would take a little time for the two to get close.
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The next day. I went out to the Flower field with Fairy, Lia, and Speranza.
Even today, numerous honeybees were busy collecting honey in the flower field.
I left Speranza to Lia for a while, and I went to see the honeybees in the flower garden in earnest.
Burrrr
Swooooosh
Burrrrrr
Swooosh
However, no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't get a sense of how to start.
The queen asked for control so that honeybees don't ruin the flowers.
How can I control dozens or hundreds of bees that are hard to capture at a glance?
When I was in a bind, a familiar honeybee approached me.
It was the honeybee that kept following me yesterday.
Burrrrrrr
"It's you! Are you here to collect honey again today?"
The honeybee gently sat on my palm and moved around.
Through my ability to communicate, I felt that honeybee was welcoming me.
“Okay, let's start with this guy. Let's try to control them one by one. Fairy! Are you there?”
"Why are you calling me, Popi?"
“ I'm trying to teach this honeybee how to collect honey without ruining the flowers. Can you help me?"
"Okay, Popi!"
I started training the honeybee with the help of the fairy.
Swoosh
"That's not it popi. If you do that, the flower will break popi."
"Don't make it too rough Popi.”
Somehow we tried to make the honeybee not to hurt the flower, but the bee's behavior did not improve at all despite the efforts of me and the fairy.
Rather, the more I and the fairy pointed out, the more awkward the bee's behavior seemed to be.
‘What's the problem?’
My face gradually blurred with frustration.
The fairy also had a similar expression to me.
Brrrrrr
Brrrrrr
The honeybee wandered around us anxiously, perhaps feeling sorry.
While struggling to find a solution, Speranza, who was playing with Lia, came this way.
"Papa, whatcha Doin’ ?"
“ Hmm. I was telling the honeybee something."
"Honeybee?"
When I reached out my hand, the honeybee sat on my palm.
Speranza clung to my left arm and watched a cute honeybee.
"Whatcha teaching ?"
“ I told him how to collect honey from flowers."
Speranza heard me and looked strange.
"Why should he learn that?"
"……?"
“Wouldn't honeybee would know better…?"
"….?!"
The innocent question made me feel like I was hit on the head.
It didn't make sense for me to teach honeybees how to collect honey in the first place.
I forgot the most important fact because I thought I had to control honeybee.
I tried to communicate with the honeybee once again.
It connected my consciousness to the depths of the bee's heart much more than when I first tried to communicate.
[Trying to communicate with Demon Beast]
[The subject has "affection" for you]
[The subject is under the influence of the Queen]
[The subject is anxious]
I realized the anxiety that the honeybee was feeling deep in his consciousness.
The influence of the Queen Bee, commanding the combat forces was affecting the worker Bees.
After thinking for a while about what to do, I approached the Bee’s anxiety carefully.
I Patted him slowly, controlling myself not to be too hasty.
I patted the honeybee as if I was soothing Speranza.
And after a while, the anxiety in the Bee’s mind gradually decreased, and at the end, it disappeared without a trace.
When I opened my eyes slowly, I saw the honeybee looking up at me from my palm.
After a while, the honeybee left my hand and headed to the place where the flowers were.
Honeybee that gently landed on flowers began to collect honey stably, unlike before.
"Wow! The honeybee finally started working properly, Popi.”
The fairy was also very happy to see the honeybee returning to normal.
I also laughed satisfactorily as I finally found a solution to the problem.
‘What should I do with all those other bees now?’
I stared blankly for a while at the appearance of honeybees that are still left.
Then I asked Speranza and the fairy to get away from me and they went to the middle of the flower garden.
I sat there in a comfortable position and closed my eyes with a calm expression.
I'm not sure if it'll work or not, but still I wanted to give it a try.
The Queen Bee definitely told me that I had a similar ability to her.
I focused my mind, recalling the energy that was constantly flowing around the Queen Bee.
Unlike usual, I activated the ability to communicate by myself.
I spread my will widely as if I was spreading a net.
When I spread my will enough to cover a large flower garden, one side of my head began to tingle.
‘Is this too much?’
I tried to maintain my widespread communication skills to the extent that I didn't overdo it.
Gradually, I felt the countless honeybees' emotions were connecting to my will.
Little by little, I instilled my will into the emotions of honeybees.
The tingling on the head got worse, but I did not stop maintaining the ability to communicate.
And at one point, all the pain disappeared and my body and mind entered a very comfortable state.
Not only the flowers in the wide flower field and numerous honeybees, but also the passing wind and the sound of the Earth felt connected to my will.
The joy of being a part of nature.
I felt a sense of accomplishment that was difficult to compare with anything.
But after a while, my consciousness naturally fell into the sea of unconsciousness.
Just before the last communication was cut off, the sound of the status window rang in my head.
[Communication ability Levelled up.]
[A part of Earth's soul is transferred]
And I completely lost my consciousness.
"…… “
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I regained consciousness and slowly opened my eyes.
The surroundings had already started to darken, and the stars began to appear one by one in the sky.
Seeing that the sound of bees flying around disappeared, it seemed like everyone had returned to their nests.
"Huh? I feel like he’s opening his eyes eppi."
"It's real ippi.”
"He opened his eyes, pippi"
In a very short time, the surroundings turned very noisy.
I stood up and looked around.
The owners of the disturbance was the numerous fairies surrounding me.
"Wow!"
"The village's savior has risen pippi"
I made a blank face for a moment because of the sudden cheers of the fairies.
When I heard the cheers, Lia and Speranza came towards me.
“Sihyeon. I was surprised when I saw you suddenly collapse."
“It’s okay. It feels like I just woke up from a good sleep."
"Are you okay Papa?"
“Yes darling, I'm okay."
I hugged Speranza, who had an anxious expression.
Fortunately, the anxiety from Speranza's face disappeared quickly.
“As expected popi. My eyes that recognized Sihyeon were not wrong, Popi!"
The orange hair colored fairy boasted herself to the surrounding fairies with a proud look.
“ Fairy, what happened?"
"Thanks to Sihyeon, honeybees are back to normal popi. And they won't ruin the flowers anymore popi."
"Really?"
“Really popi. Because of that, all of the village's friends came out to meet Sihyeon Popi.!”
Looking around, the many fairies began to pour out words at the same time.
"Thank you, eppi.”
“You're our savior pippi"
“Sihyeon? It's a strange name, ippi.”
As my head was about to get dizzy from the chatter here and there, the orange hair colored fairy stepped forward and stopped the other fairies.
"Sihyeon is my friend popi. Don't talk freely to him popi.”
Thanks to the fairy's childish jealousy, the fuss of other fairies got quickly cleared up.
I felt a little sorry for the other fairies who were anxious to talk to me, but now I decided to pass it quietly.
"Then what you asked for ended well, right?"
“Yes popi. It's time for me and my friends to pay back the grace, popi.”
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The next day, the fairies came to the strawberry garden to keep their promise.
Sprinkle
Twinkle
Twinkle
Dozens of fairies flew over the garden and poured out sparkling powder.
Then the magically withered strawberry seedlings regained vivid energy.
The farm members, including me, watched the scene as if possessed.
Looking at the garden that regained vitality, Speranza smiled brightly.
The orange hair colored fairy flew toward us, who were delighted.
"Sihyeon! We decided to make this a new area of the village popi."
"Are you making it an area of your village?”
"When it becomes a new area of the village, the fairies will be obligated to take care of the plants here, popi.”
“ Really?"
"I decided to be in charge of this garden popi. Please take care of me in the future popi."
Plop
The fairy flew towards my side, sat on my right shoulder and smiled.
“ Yes, please take care of me, too."
Like this, the cute little fairy became the new member of the Farm Family.