I Was Reincarnated As A Dragon
Chapter 7: The Search for Medicinal Plants

"Hey hey Shaly, what are we going to do today?" ask Mary.

"I want to know that too!?" jeane said inquiring.

"I don't know, I'm still thinking about it and maybe I'm not going on a mission today." Answer me while walking.

I was not excited about the mission so I just went home, different from me they were very excited, even though only a few minutes ago they registered to become a member of the adventurer guild.

And also, what the fuck are these guys? why do they follow me all the way and even get to my room, do they intend to stay with me? if only Mary and Jeane don't matter but I don't like this guy, he's acting like he doesn't notice my guilt, which sucks.

"Oi...! why are you here?" I said ask them.

"Hehehe, of course, because we are a team and the team must always be together..." Mary answered with confidence.

"I won't pay your rent, you'll have to pay for it yourself." My words cut out Mary's words.

"Ehhhh...! that's not what I mean, huh, jeane, Han?" said Mary asked Jeane and Han to distract.

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As expected, judging from the expression of Jeane and Han who throw away their faces, they want a free ride, of course, can not be sweet lady, you have to pay for yourself.

"Hahhh, okay, but only one month, then you have to pay for yourself" I said with a sigh.

Ah shit those words came out on their own, even though my finances were in a critical state.

It means that during this one month I have to work twice as hard as usual, it is troublesome.

"Wahhh, thank you, Shaly, you are the best friend" he said with excitement.

"Together, that is an exception for childhood friends." I said with a smile

"Why did you come to this town unprepared?" ask them.

"Not without preparation, but..." Said Jeane, turning her face away.

"There were a few unexpected events on the way here" Han continued.

"Y-yahh, that's how it is" said Jeane.

An unexpected event? ah forget it, not the time to think about it, now the most important thing is how to get the money to pay the rent for this inn, maybe I have to use my savings to pay the rent for the next two months, this is really robbery.

"Where are you going Shaly?" ask Jeane.

"Go to the guild." Answer me briefly.

"Ehhhhhh.. instead we just got out of there!" Mary said in shock.

Indeed we just left the guild about an hour ago and just got to the inn but the current state of affairs is really forcing.

"Yahh.. after a second thought, work is better than just sleeping in the room." My answer opened the door.

The three of them immediately followed me out of the inn and went towards the guild,

as usual throughout the trip people greeted me and asked me how I was, I was famous in the area around here, hehe.

I just answered with 'yes, I'm fine' or just with a smile and a wave of hands, at least that's how I return someone's greeting.

Moments later we reached the front of the guild gate, Jeane and Han just kept quiet the entire way while Mary with her innocent face stared in all directions in amazement.

yahh.

"Hey Lucy, I want to go on that mission, can I?" I asked Lucy.

"Oh.. It turns out Shaly, I thought you were sleeping at home" he said a little mockingly.

"Huh...what the fuck are you!? I'm not a lazy person." I said with a frown.

"Sorry sorry.. So, what's up?" he said with a little laugh.

"I want to take the second one" I replied.

Of all the quest missions he mentioned earlier, I chose to look for medicinal plants even though it was a little difficult because it was a rare type of medicine, but if I managed to find it it would be a promising income.

The pay will be more expensive than growing vegetables and getting rid of pests and again I do not want to deal with pests, they are quite difficult.

"The second? Owhh.. alright, but are you sure this is hard enough...! no one even wants to take on this mission" Lucy told me.

"If no one wants to take it, isn't it good, let me do it." I said innocently.

Although this mission sounds quite simple but actually this mission is quite difficult, because medicinal plants are fairly rare, especially strawberry berries, this one is very difficult to grow in the plantation.

This berry only grows in moist areas, covered and surrounded by mana and again the tree of this berry will wither and die when exposed to sunlight, so it is very difficult to plant them in open areas,

Even until now there has been no successful research to find a way to grow it in open areas, the only way is to let it grow in its natural habitat in caves and inland Maze.

"But, it's not as easy as saying it. You have to enter the 8th floor maze to pluck it, even though we already have a teleport path there, but it's still very difficult, but it's still very difficult, so are you sure about this!?" ask Lucy again.

"Sure, I'm sure! I have acquaintances who can lead me to that place again." I replied by raising my hands.

"Hahhhhhh, it's up to you, but don't blame me if you come home with just a name." He said while scaring me.

After a slight sigh Lucy finally allowed me to take this mission.

"Duhh... Lucy...! don't scare me." I said with a little fear.

"I'm not scaring you, what I'm saying is reality, why do you think no one wants to take on this mission? that was because there were already many adventurer parties that could not return home safely after entering the eighth floor." Lucy replied seriously.

"Well, good luck Shaly, I'll prepare a tombstone for you, good luck." she said with a horrible smile.

Ah. You're a bad friend.

"What kind of mission are we gonna do, Shaly?" ask Mary with feelings.

"I want to know too?" said Han.

"We're going to look for medicinal plants." Answer me briefly.

"Medicine plant?" jeane was confused.

"Yes. there are not many only three types of red mushroom plants, lorus grass and strawberry fruit." I answered Jeane.

"Alright, let's go." said Han excitedly.

Not willing to waste any time the four of us went straight out of the city to look for the medicinal plants in the forest, long enough to walk we finally arrived in front of the forest of course with adequate weaponry, I carried two daggers on my waist while Mary, Jeane and Han carried sticks, swords and spears.

"Hey Shaly, what's the shape of the lorus grass and the red mushroom we're looking for?" ask Han.

"The pointy-shaped lorus grass is dark green with white fins and flowers resembling white rice fruits, usually growing on mossy rocks.

"While the red mushroom is shaped like a semicircle with a stem surrounded by some sort of net" Jeane explained.

"Owh. You know a lot about this plant!" I'm calling on Jeane.

"Not really, I've only heard of it from my parents." Jeane.

I almost forgot that Jeane's parents used to be adventurers, which explains why she knows so much.

Lorus grass only grows on mossy rocks while red mushrooms grow on large wood trees that are weathered and also moist, both of these plants have the same characteristics of a growing place that is a humid place, just need to find a moist and mossy place!?

"Owh... Then how about we find it around the river flow increases where it grows in contact with something moist." I said to them while walking through the forest.

"Ookeh." said Mary in agreement with my proposal.

Moments later, we heard the sound of a rushing stream in front of us and it was true that it was a river.

"Yoshh... Then let's split up to look for him, but be careful with the monsters near here because we've entered the forest, we'll definitely meet the monsters." I said to warn them about monsters.

"Ookeh" answered Mary again.

"All right, let's split up!" jeane said with passion.

I'm going a little further into the woods to look for a weathered tree, while Mary, Han and Jeane I don't know which way they're going, maybe they were around the river.

"That's a big, weathered tree" I said after seeing a weathered tree.

After traveling around the forest far enough I finally found a wooden tree full of red mushrooms.

"Yeeeeeeee!!! I finally found him, Yoshh it's time to come back." I said preparing to meet my group.

"I hope they can find him too" I continued.

"Oiii...!!! Shaly over here!" call Mary to me.

Stttt!!!

"Mary lookout...!!!" I said warn Mary.

Suddenly a snake monster appeared behind Mary, and I immediately warned Mary to dodge.

The duarrrr!!!!

The snake monster instantly bounced away from the explosion and eventually died.

"Thank God you still have time." Said Han while approaching.

"You have to be careful Mary, just a little care you can die don't forget that we're in the woods" Han advised Mary.

It was indeed almost once if Han had not helped Mary would have ended up in the serpent monster's jaw.

"Thank you Han." said Mary thanking Han.

"Where's Jeane?" I asked Han.

Kreskk!! kreskk!!

"I'm here." Jeane answered while coming out of the bushes.

"Hahhhhh... Thank goodness, so how did you get it?" ask them.

"Sure, I got it." Jeane answered by lifting a cloth bag full of lorus grass.

"I can only get a little" Han said as he held two small stalks of lorus grass.

"I can't at all" said Mary a little sad.

"No problem, I've got a lot" I said by showing an office full of red mushrooms.

"Woaahhhh, you're amazing Shaly, hehehe" said Mary, hugging me.

Meaning the rest just looking for strawberries in the labyrinth, it will be very difficult, we are still lucky because there is no monster disturbance in this forest but in the labyrinth, it will be very difficult, we will definitely meet a lot of terrible monsters, I hope nothing bad will happen!

"Let's go to the next place" I said with firm conviction.

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