Chapter 2

Rice fragrance

Most of the humans living in the 21st century have long been free from the trouble of hunger, which is actually due to the industrial revolution and the technological explosion.

In 1975, an old man from China, Yuan Longping, overcomes technical difficulties, and hybrid rice also has an accident. Until this time, the people's grain output also increased rapidly, as if it was in the era of great progress, but this is real.

So, how did the Japanese people lived without hybrid rice 500 years ago?

In fact, most of the Japanese people in this era, even farmers, could only eat two meals a day, and most of them only eat millet rice with two pieces of radish sticks.

Because all life in the Warring States Period revolves around war, eating is for living, living is for war, and fighting is for better food. Japan is a rice producer, and almost all the farmlands in the country are planting rice, but rice is a luxury for ordinary people who grow rice.

However, the situation of Musashi Country, Maple Village, which is a remote place, has been changed.

It is precisely because they are too poor that even bandits, thieves, and soldiers are too lazy to visit this place.

Before Albert arrived, although people's lives were peaceful, they could at least harvest plants and get a lot of food. The witches and some strong young people would also go up the mountain to kill demons and eliminate demons, so they could also bring some wild fruits and hunt some animals to eat.

However, even Platycodon has breathed a lot since Albert remade his wand.

After living, I finally lost the pressure of food.

Because of Albert's random magic, people found that the millet, which should have been heading two months later, matured early. The villagers who were still panicked at the beginning found Platycodon, and then after Platycodon found Albert, the mystery was solved.

From that day on, Albert became a sacrificial god of harvest worship held by Maple Village.

Even Kikyo was asked by the villagers to live in the newly built shrine.

"Anyway, it's a witch, what's wrong with worshiping a god who can bring good harvest to people?"

Although it sounds uncomfortable, Kikyo thinks about it carefully and is actually right. After all, although she calls herself a witch, she doesn’t have to guard any shrine at all. Now, having an extra shrine for herself can be considered as an improvement in the living environment, right?

After all, every villager who had just harvested the grain "sacrificed" some to the gods, and was all put away by Albert and put into the warehouse in the backyard of the shrine.

There are so many grains, you won’t take them out when you are hungry, right? There are so many grains, myself, maple, and the strange man named Albert who can’t finish them even if you eat them for a year, right?

Kikyo looked at Albert, who was sitting opposite the coffee table drinking chrysanthemum tea with some worries.

"Don't worry so much, you can drink some too! Feng is out and will not come back until the evening." He picked up the teacup and poured a cup of tea for Kikyo.

In fact, Albert has only recently developed the habit of drinking tea. He used to drinking coffee, but never thought that the taste of tea is so fragrant. No wonder my mother and grandfather like it.

"That..." Kikyo leaned on the coffee table with one hand and supported her face, looking very lazy, just like the person Albert had always felt that she had forgotten. "I didn't say Feng Girl, you took so much food from the villagers, aren't you worried that they would go hungry? Also, your laws are not a fool, right?"

"Don't worry about it's okay!" While drinking the muffins, eating delicious baked muffins, thanks to the magic wand. With the magic wand, some of them are possible, hahahaha.

"A real man, you are so big-headed! "After having sex, Kikyo hammered the coffee table hard. Fortunately, it was made of wood. If it were made of glass, it might have been broken, right?

"I am a witch who is dedicated to protecting the village, and how can you use your magic to cheat food and drink! Let's go! Go and apologize to the villagers!"

"Hey hey hey hey hey~!" Unexpectedly, Albert was actually grabbed by Kikyo with one hand and dragged it away from the shrine to the village.

"Wait until I swallow the muffin... um..." After finally swallowing the muffin stuck in my throat, Albert hurriedly broke free from the shackles of Platycodon, "No one will be hungry! Is this magical spell good? The villagers are all busy sowing seeds! I have promised that they can harvest three times this year! The food can be accumulated until the next year is endless!"

"You are lying! How can you do that kind of spell?"

Even if Albert said that, Kikyo was unwilling to believe it, nor did she know where the strange power came from, so she dragged Albert to the rice field that had been sown. Because of Albert's promise, the villagers were unwilling to eat millet. Instead, they planted rice that only nobles and warriors could enjoy.

"Oh, they are witches and priests! Have you come out to work?"

"Sir, sacrificial lord..."

Along the way, the villagers watched the two of them and kept saluting.

In this era, everything people do is to survive, and Albert, who can make the grain mature and harvestable day and night, naturally has also been respected by people.

"Here! Now cast the spell and let me see it! Although I am not old, spring and autumn harvest are the same principle. Even teachers and some more famous mages follow this principle. I don't believe that you, a weirdo, can make the rice that is still seed mature immediately!"

Kikyo pouted her mouth, loosened her hands, and put Albert on the ground.

Even the Four Soul Jade, which she had been guarding for several years, did not have such power. Therefore, she did not believe that Albert had such power.

"Tsk! Just look!" After gnawing on the apple that was transformed, Albert threw the apple core onto the small road beside the field and took out his magic wand.

Seven-colored stars rushed out from the top of the wand. Just as Platycodon's shocked gaze, the rice seeds that had just sown had sprouted, and they grew taller and taller, slowly blooming and heading...

"This is not enough!"

Albert intended to surprise Kikyo, and used his magic to point at the discarded fruit core.

The magic is ten times more powerful than rice!

I saw a starlight spread on the road. In just a moment, an apple tree that was not very tall had appeared there. The treetops were covered with red apples, which looked very beautiful.

"Here! Take a bite and you will know if I'm a fool!"

As he said that, Albert picked the apple and threw it to Platycodon.

"Hey hey!" Kikyo also quickly took the apple and put it in his mouth and took a bite.
Chapter completed!