The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 7] by Fuurou

Author:Fuurou
Language: eng
Format: epub

With my enthusiasm at a high, I looked through the forest like a hawk, and in no time at all I found a thick tree with forest potato vines around it. I dug into the earth around the base of the vines, and used some fallen tree branches to dig up more of the earth too. I had to get through tree roots and grass, and some rocks too, but in the end I had a vine with some ten potatoes on it.

I guess I should leave some of them, what with the rules and all, right?

The twins finished gathering their rowan berries while I wondered how many potatoes to leave behind. They came running over to me, their eyes sparkling as they looked at the potatoes. They took some of them in hand and wiped off the dirt, inspected them closely, smelled them carefully, and picked out about half to put in their baskets.

“Are you girls separating the potatoes by which taste better?” I asked.

The twins were poking at the ground with branches and digging holes for the other potatoes.

“It’s not about their taste, but their power!” said Senai.

“It’s whether they’ve got growing power or not!” added Ayhan.

“We eat the ones that don’t! We plant the ones that do!”

“It’s so we can eat them next year too.”

“I see,” I replied. “So you’re going to plant the potatoes that can grow in those holes you’re digging? You can’t just put them back where we got them?”

“We’ll put one there, and the others elsewhere!” explained Senai.

“We’ll put them in different places so we have more!” added Ayhan.

“Then we’ll have lots of potatoes! They’ll grow strong, together with the trees!”

“If they’re all together, they won’t grow well! They need space!”

The girls went on earnestly digging their holes. Alna and I looked at each other and shared a nod. If the twins said so, then it was probably the best way to handle them, so we followed their instructions and helped plant the remaining potatoes. Once we were done we had a short break. We gathered up some big old leaves to use as a mat, then we sat down alongside one another and sipped some herbal tea that Alna had brought in a leather sack. And all the while, the girls looked lovingly at the walnuts in their baskets.

“By the way, is what you said true of trees too?” I asked. “Is less better?”

The twins looked a bit confused by my question.

“Too few is no good, but too many is no good too,” said Senai.

“They have to be just right,” added Ayhan. “The branches should let in just a bit of sunlight.”

“Hmm...” I murmured, looking up at the ceiling of branches and leaves. “So I guess there are maybe too many trees where we are.”

We couldn’t even see the sky, let alone the sun.

“Yes, without sunlight you won’t get healthy trees or herbs,” said Senai, looking up. “The forest will be all shriveled.”

“There are lots of mushrooms, but that’s not good,” said Ayhan.

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