[Host has successfully created a sustainable food chain.]
The system voice echoed once more in Tessa's head.
Tessa froze where she stood.
Slowly, very slowly, her eyes narrowed at the glowing panel floating before her.
"…What now?"
Her suspicion rose immediately.
Because this system had a history.
A terrible history.
A history of watching her struggle like an unpaid farm worker while rewarding her with emotional damage and random seeds.
So naturally, she did not trust whatever was happening.
Then suddenly—
[Ding ding ding ding!]
The panel flashed brightly, glowing with a deeper blue light than before.
Tessa blinked rapidly.
The screen expanded wider.
[New function unlocked.]
[Official Beginner Cooking Ingredient Shop Opened.]
[Recipe System Activated.]
[Host can now access Bonus Rewards.]
Silence.
Pure silence.
Tessa stared so hard at the floating screen that her eyes almost dried out.
Then—
"…Huh?"
Her mouth slowly opened.
All this…
For her?
