With everyone working together, the entire patch of mature carrots was finally harvested.
Arkz stored the intact carrots, planning to find time to take them to Mondstadt to sell. As for the broken, half-cut carrots, he intended to make a carrot Banquet for lunch today to celebrate the bountiful harvest.
Arkz turned to look at the three people, only to see them lying lazily on the grass resting with their bellies bulging.
Thinking of Amu, who had been frantically eating carrots earlier, he walked up and asked, "Amu, you can't taste food, right? Why are you so interested in these carrots?"
Amu lazily rolled over, struggling to sit up, but failed because he had eaten too much. He finally gave up and just lay there, resigning himself to it:
"All the previous food tasted like nothing, like wood or mud. But these carrots smelled sweet and tasted sweet, and the more I ate, the hungrier I got. Most importantly, after eating them, I feel very comfortable in my body."
"I feel like my body has more strength."
Arkz pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Ellin and Siegfrieda. This time, before Arkz could ask, the two proactively described their feelings.
Ellin: "I feel like these carrots are crisp and sweet, and they smell very fragrant. This fragrance makes me feel very energetic."
Arkz: "Does the aroma of these carrots also have a refreshing effect?"
As an old hand who has been cultivating the culinary world for over a decade, Siegfrieda's description was more professional and detailed, pointing out things that Ellin and Amu had overlooked.
Siegfrieda: "The aroma captures the heart, the taste is sweet upon entry, with a long-lasting aftertaste."
"Furthermore, it seems to have a special effect, just like the food you prepare, Mr. Arkz. After eating it, my stomach feels warm, and my eyes feel warm too; it's very comfortable."
Hearing Siegfrieda's description, Arkz pondered for a moment and thought, "A warm stomach, that's not a problem. The food I make also has this effect. It might be because I used Elemental Power to ripen them, causing residual Elemental Power to remain on the crops."
"But why would my eyes feel warm?"
"Hmm, eating carrots seems to be good for the eyes. Could it be that under the nourishment of Elemental Power, the characteristic of carrots benefiting the eyes has been magnified and strengthened?"
Thinking this, Arkz carefully observed the eyes of the three—Siegfrieda, Ellin, and Amu—and only then did he notice that their eyes seemed brighter than usual. It was just that since it was almost noon and the sunlight was abundant, it wasn't very obvious.
Arkz said to the three, "You three, follow me for a moment."
Siegfrieda and the other two exchanged glances, looking at each other. Although they didn't know what Arkz intended to do, they obediently followed behind him.
Arkz led the three into his small wooden cabin and closed the door, drawing the curtains. The room immediately plunged into pitch blackness. Just as he expected, the exclamations of the three sounded the moment the room was enveloped in darkness.
"Your eyes are glowing!" x 3
"My eyes are glowing too!!!" x 3
Arkz smiled, pulled open the curtain, pushed open the wooden door, and said, "Did you notice? The wooden cabin was very dim just now, but you could all clearly see everything in the room, completely unaffected by the environment."
"To put it simply, you have gained the ability of night vision, just like animals that are active at night."
Ellin exclaimed excitedly, "Night vision! This ability is too useful. An Adventurer eating one of these carrots at night won't have to worry about failing to detect monsters hiding in the darkness in time. Or when exploring a pitch-black Domain, eating one of these carrots can greatly increase the success rate of exploring the Domain."
"I guarantee that these carrots will be extremely popular among Adventurers!"
Amu raised his hand high. Seeing Arkz look at him, he quickly said excitedly, "The Patrol Team can use this too! With these carrots, everyone in the Patrol Team won't need to light torches anymore. This way, they won't have to worry about being ambushed by monsters."
Lighting torches at night was undoubtedly very conspicuous, especially since monsters active at night were extremely sensitive to firelight. Aggressive monsters, upon sensing the light, would lie in ambush to attack members of the Patrol Team.
Amu had personally seen teammates from the Patrol Team being attacked and injured by monsters attracted by firelight.
Seeing that both Ellin and Amu had offered their suggestions, Siegfrieda felt she should also be more sociable. She racked her brain, thinking of practical uses for the carrot's night vision ability, and finally came up with a good idea.
Siegfrieda: "Wait... wait... I thought of something!"
"With the help of the carrot's night vision ability, Amu and I can work overtime at night to earn more Mora and buy more delicious food."
Siegfrieda became more excited as she spoke, and her eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Amu sighed, "Luckily I have my Patrol Team job at night. Otherwise, I'd be dragged by Freya to work overtime, which would be too tragic."
Arkz & Ellin: "6"
Siegfrieda was practically an innate capitalist! She should make friends with Alice; perhaps Alice would give her a shock from the capitalists of another world.
In Teyvat, although items imbued with Elemental Power were everywhere, for ordinary people, Elemental Power was harmful. Food mixed with Elemental Power was like poison.
However, under the magical operation of the System, these carrots Arkz grew, which contained Elemental Power, were not only harmless to the body but also possessed special effects of nourishing the body and providing night vision due to the Elemental Power they contained.
With such miraculous carrots, Arkz was very confident he could sell them at a high price.
This great news put Arkz in an excellent mood, so he immediately announced to the three that they would celebrate the harvest with a carrot Banquet at the farm at noon today.
This wonderful news made the three extremely happy.
Arkz took out a list from his pocket and handed it to the three, who were currently holding hands, surrounding Arkz, spinning in circles, and giggling foolishly.
Arkz: "Alright, alright, stop spinning. I'm getting dizzy."
"The main star of the carrot Banquet is carrots, but we also need other side dishes. This is the shopping list. Please go to Mondstadt and buy some ingredients according to the list. In return, you can invite your friends to attend the carrot Banquet this afternoon."
"There are too many carrots for just the few of us to finish, and the more people, the livelier it will be."
All the complete carrots had been put away by Arkz, but the broken ones couldn't be sold, and because their skins were damaged, they would spoil easily. It was better to eat them while they were fresh tonight.
Some of these incomplete carrots were broken by the three of them digging, and some were broken by Arkz when he was unskilled at controlling the wooden puppets. Moreover, controlling so many wooden puppets, Arkz broke more carrots himself than Ellin and the other two combined.
Hearing this good news, the three became even more excited.
They immediately took the shopping list and the Mora Arkz handed over, and hurried towards Mondstadt in the horse-drawn cart.
Amu drove the cart on the wooden horse, while Ellin and Siegfrieda, the two girls, sat in the back researching the shopping list Arkz had given them. Since Ellin was more familiar with Mondstadt, she took the lead in purchasing the ingredients this time.
Although Siegfrieda often traveled between Mondstadt and Springvale, her home was in Springvale. Even though she frequently delivered goods to Mondstadt, she was only familiar with the streets. She didn't know where the vegetables were cheap in Mondstadt or where the meat was fresh.
Instead, Ellin often helped her family shop in her free time, so she knew exactly where to buy every item on the list.
"Sugar, Fowl, Bacon, Potatoes, Pepper, Cream..."
"Phew, good thing we have this list. Otherwise, with so many things, I wouldn't remember them all."
"I remember Blanche's Mondstadt Department Store sells these seasonings, and the prices are very reasonable. Let's go buy them there."
"Oh right, Freya, how much Mora did Uncle Arkz give us?"
Siegfrieda heard this, took out the Mora pouch Arkz had given her from behind her waist, weighed it in her hand, and then opened it to count roughly: "About ten thousand Mora."
Ellin's tightly furrowed brow relaxed, "That much Mora is enough. After buying the ingredients, there should be quite a bit left over."
"Oh! Right, Freya, who are you planning to invite to Uncle Arkz's carrot Banquet? You absolutely cannot miss out on such good news! I'm telling you, the food Uncle Arkz makes is not only delicious but also has special effects."
"Last time I took my parents to visit the farm, my father's chronic arm injury miraculously healed after eating the meal Uncle Arkz made there."
Siegfrieda was shocked when she heard this, "Really? I just feel especially comfortable after eating the food Mr. Arkz makes every time. I didn't expect it to have this kind of function."
"I plan to... invite Uncle Duraf to attend the banquet at the farm."
"In Springvale, Uncle Duraf and Diona took great care of me. Whenever I was hungry, Diona would always bring me something to eat."
Just then, a nimble figure darted behind Siegfrieda.
"Meow! I think I heard someone calling my name?"
The three turned to look, and Siegfrieda exclaimed in surprise, "It's you, Diona!"
Diona blinked, playfully stuck out her tongue, "It is me! Were you just talking about me?"
Siegfrieda nodded, "We were saying that Diona has always taken care of me like an older sister."
Hearing Siegfrieda say that, Diona instantly soared with joy, her tail wagging like a fan: "Like an older sister, meow~~"
"Ah, hehe, I'm not as great as you say."
Siegfrieda said, "By the way, Diona, we are planning to hold a carrot Banquet. Are you interested in attending? I'm also going to invite Uncle Duraf."
Diona acted aloof, "A carrot Banquet? Have you ever seen a cat that likes to eat carrots? Besides, I have to work at the Cats Tail Tavern, so no way, no way."
Seeing Diona refuse the invitation, Siegfrieda sighed disappointedly, "Oh well, what a pity. Mr. Arkz's cooking is really good."
Hearing the keyword, Diona's cat ears twitched.
Diona: "Wait! Arkz! Is that the Arkz from Springvale, Springvale Farm?"
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