IFH - 5

Besides....

"Wow, when am I going to clean all this up?"

I'm dead when Mom gets home....

Baek Eun looked at her front yard, now completely covered in dirt, with sad eyes.

The stone path she'd prettily laid from the gate to the entrance, and the terrace under the awning—all were messily scattered with soil.

Baek Eun plopped down on the terrace and muttered with a blank face.

"No, if you're a constellation, why didn't you tell me about this skill beforehand?"

If she'd known that once started, it couldn't be stopped, she wouldn't have done this in her front yard.

[Your constellation 'Judge of the Dead' subtly recommends checking the skill detailed description.]

Don't tell me there's something else this time too...?

Still not recovered from the shock of 'see more,' Baek Eun sighed and checked the skill description.

Skill: Seed Sowing (C)

Uses the skill user's body to sow seeds at rapid speed.

To end the skill in auto mode, please shout 'Stop seed sowing!'

Note: Skill automatically ends when used on area exceeding 500 pyeong.

Cooldown: 1 hour

Current mode: Auto (default)

[TIP! Modes include auto and manual.]

'Ah, please shout. Are you kidding me?'

Baek Eun clenched her trembling fist tight and shouted as if arguing.

"You said you'd teach me everything from one to ten step by step! How was I supposed to know there were conditions like that!"

Instead of just urging me to plant, you should've told me this! Are you going to get scolded by Mom in my place?

[The constellation 'Judge of the Dead' consoles you, asking if it would ever be unprepared.]

A solution? What solution? The solution where my back breaks from cleaning this up in the future...?

Sigh, fine. It's my fault for not checking. What's the point of saying anything....

Baek Eun resolved to always check thoroughly before doing anything from now on.

"But what's auto mode and what's manual mode? If I use manual mode, doesn't that defeat the purpose of using the skill?"

[TIP! Using skills for sowing increases cultivation success rate.]

I see. But unless she's doing a farming experience, she probably wouldn't use manual mode.

'Still, when am I going to clean all this up.'

She'd tried to hide her awakening because being a farmer was embarrassing, but now it seemed she'd have to tell at least Baek Dan.

Just as Baek Eun was about to call Baek Dan for damage control after pulling out her phone from her pants pocket.

A quest has arrived!

Congratulations. You've purified contaminated land and finished sowing!

Then now it's time to grow them diligently.

Use the 'Growth Acceleration' skill on the land where you planted lettuce!

Progress: 0%

Success reward: Experience 50, Potato Seeds, Skill: Clean Service

Failure penalty: None

Automatically accepting quest since there is no penalty.

"......."

Why is there no penalty and no 'see more' this time.

Baek Eun couldn't shake the feeling that the first quest was somehow made to trick her.

"What's Clean Service?"

Cannot view information as skill has not been acquired yet.

Just from the name, it seemed like a skill with cleaning functions. Could it be useful for her current situation? Could this be the solution her constellation mentioned earlier...?

Her fists clenched tightly at the intense premonition that struck her mind.

"Growth Acceleration skill description."

Skill: Growth Acceleration (D)

Crop growth speed increases 10 times.

Please provide water in accordance with the increased speed!

To end the skill in auto mode, please shout 'Stop growth acceleration!'

Note: Skill automatically ends when used on area exceeding 100 pyeong.

Cooldown: 1 hour

Current mode: Auto (default)

[TIP! When switching to manual mode, you can designate the range of space to use the skill.]

"...10 times?"

It's D-rank but 10 times?

Baek Eun's face was dyed with shock after reading the skill description.

'How long does lettuce normally take to grow?'

Baek Eun quickly searched for lettuce on a portal site. Even though it was an extinct crop, there was plenty of information.

"Normally about a month."

That meant if she used the skill, she could harvest lettuce in 3 days.

"Crazy. Can I really see lettuce in just 3 days?"

Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Her heart beat rapidly. She was even more excited because she'd never seen real lettuce before.

They said lettuce was everywhere before the Gate Era, but that was a time that didn't exist for her.

"But will lettuce really grow?"

If you're curious, just try it. Baek Eun looked at her ruined garden and used the skill.

Using skill: Growth Acceleration (D).

Searching for suitable area around user to use skill.

Baek Eun, who had been sitting on the terrace, suddenly stood up. Then she began walking around the overturned soil.

Like when using the 'Purification' skill, she was entranced once again by the green light emanating from her fingertips.

Besides, even though this was her first time farming, she strangely didn't get tired. Was it thanks to her S-rank Stamina limited to farming?

Shortly after, Baek Eun's body, which had been walking around every corner of the front yard, stopped dead in its tracks.

No suitable area found around user. Ending skill.

Quest completed!

Use the 'Growth Acceleration' skill on the land where you planted lettuce!

Progress: 100%

Success reward: Experience 50, Potato Seeds, Skill: Clean Service

Failure penalty: None

Acquired 50 experience points.

Acquired Potato Seeds.

Adding Clean Service (C) to skills.

"Whoa, what. Totally a new world...."

Though it was a useless skill for closing gates and beating up monsters, Baek Eun was very pleased with her ability.

Thinking about watering nearly 100 pyeong of land was daunting, but she was still happy.

Then let's check the skill she got as a reward.

"Clean Service skill description."

Skill: Clean Service (C)

We'll clean your garden spotlessly for you!

Note: Cannot be used on area exceeding 500 pyeong.

Cooldown: 1 hour

"Jackpot...!"

I knew it...! I knew Judge of the Dead-oppa wouldn't betray me!

Baek Eun, who had thrown a huge tantrum earlier, smiled broadly as if that had never happened.

Shortly after using the skill, the yard became clean in an instant. Fortunately, it seemed she could avoid Mom's back slap.

But a small problem arose. She'd avoided the dirt-covered yard, but....

'Probably sprouts will grow by tomorrow.'

If this happened, she wouldn't be able to hide her awakening unless she overturned all the soil again.

'...Well, it'll work out somehow.'

Baek Eun looked over her first self-made garden(?) with satisfied eyes and went inside.

∞∞∞

The next day. Finally, something happened.

"Wh-what is thiiiiis!"

Mom screamed upon seeing the sprouted garden through the first-floor glass wall.

"What's wrong, Sanhui!"

Surprised Dad hurried out of the bedroom. His head was still fuzzy from just waking up.

"What! What's going on!"

Even Baek Dan on the second floor rushed down at the scream from downstairs. Kim Sanhui silently pointed to one corner with her finger.

Baek Mungi and Baek Dan's expressions turned stunned as they turned their heads in the direction she pointed.

"Green...?"

Wondering if they were seeing things wrong, they rubbed their eyes and looked again—it was still green.

"What is this...."

And Baek Eun, who had been watching TV peacefully in the living room, smiled awkwardly at the three of them.

"Did everyone sleep well?"

The three people sitting around the living room table made serious expressions. No, to be exact, only her parents were serious.

"Our princess awakened?"

"Oh my, you! Why didn't you tell us you awakened?"

Baek Dan, sitting across from Baek Eun, covered his mouth and snickered. That bastard was definitely mocking her.

"What's so funny! Stop laughing, seriously."

"Novice, keh...! Novice Farmer... kehek. What's with Farmer, bwahaha. Bwahaha!"

Baek Dan rolled on the living room floor holding his stomach.

'Damn it!'

This is why I didn't want to tell!

When Baek Eun pouted with a sulky expression, Kim Sanhui delivered a back slap to Baek Dan.

"Ugh! Mom, your hand stings!"

"You rascal! This is why you always get scolded by Eun! What does it matter what she awakened as! Instead of congratulating her, are you going to keep laughing like that?"

"No no, it's just so cute. Pffhah. Just Farmer isn't enough but Novice Farmer, what's with that. Bwahaha!"

"I. Told. You. To. Stop. Laughing."

At her icy gaze, Baek Dan finally stopped rolling around and ahem, cleared his throat.

"Still, your wish came true. Since you were little, pfft. Your wish was to eat vegetables to your heart's content."

"I wanted to eat vegetables to my heart's content, not grow them myself?"

"Well, anyway... Congratulations, Peanut? In a way, your ability might be the only one in the country, no, the world."

Baek Eun frowned, avoiding the hand that playfully ruffled her hair.

That bastard. I told him not to call me Peanut.

"Yes, that's right. And Mom is so relieved that our Eun didn't awaken as a combat type. At least you won't get hurt."

Kim Sanhui, who hugged her tight, smiled warmly. Baek Eun asked in a small grumbling voice.

"...I'm D-rank, aren't you embarrassed?"

"Oh my, you? What are you talking about?"

Surprised Kim Sanhui opened her eyes wide.

"Are you embarrassed of Mom?"

"Of course not."

"Right. Of course Mom feels the same way. Why would our daughter be embarrassing."

Kim Sanhui had awakened when Baek Eun and Baek Dan entered elementary school. Rank C. It was favorable for someone who awakened at thirty-three.

"Then can Dad eat bibimbap with lots of vegetables thanks to our princess?"

"...Probably."

"My goodness...! Our princess is successful and letting Mom and Dad live in luxury."

"Hey, that's not it."

Dad seemed more important that he could eat vegetables to his heart's content than that his daughter awakened as D-rank.

Baek Eun felt her face turning red with inexplicable embarrassment.

"Hey, aren't I more filial than Eun-ie?"

"Baek Dan, get out of here tactfully."

That bastard. I told you he ruins all my emotions.

"Our princess, should Dad buy you land to commemorate becoming a farmer?"

"No thanks. The front yard is wide enough."

[Your constellation 'Judge of the Dead' speaks lowly, saying it's better to accept when offered.]

[Your constellation advises that you'll need wider land soon.]

Why....

What are you scheming now!