[Cozy Fantasy] [Farming LitRPG] The Chronicles of Emberstone Farm

Chapter 154 - Having a fairy exciting time

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Back at the farm, we washed up and changed into our work clothes. It was already evening when Fengying handed me the flowers I had requested.

I put the [Vineheart Fairy House] on its stand and set the whole thing down in the middle of an empty field. Then I planted the evening primrose and mini parasol trees in two neat rows behind the fairy house. The nine [Spell Stones] were buried in the soil around the stand.

[Fairy Summoning: Quest Complete]

The System notification was a welcome sight, as was the Magic exp I got as a reward.

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Congratulations, you just advanced a Magic level!]

[Your Magic level is now 11.]

I wanted to dance around in sheer joy when I got the system notifications. Eight whole levels! My Magic level was quite low, which meant that the quest reward of Magic exp made me level up a lot.

[Violet

Level 42

HP: 4,200/4,200

MP: 35/35

Strength: 30/99

Attack: 31/99

Archery: 42/99

Magic: 3→11/99]

Many spells in Adventure Incarnate were not easy to cast. Spells had a chance of failure unless the player was at least 10 levels higher than the requirement. Now that I was level 11, I could cast the most basic spells without fear of them failing, which was my requirement for me to use Magic in combat. After all, I only had one life and I didn’t want to die if a spell failed to cast while I was fighting. That would be a lame way to go!

I was lost in my thoughts, scrolling through my inventory for the equips I could use now that I leveled up magic, when Fengying cleared her throat loudly, making me start in surprise.

“Sorry, I was thinking of something.” I looked around and saw that my apprentices and staff were all giving me questioning looks. Even Cutie was looking up at me with her slime strand in the shape of a question mark. “Uh, stand back and stay calm. Remember not to scream or try to touch them if they come out, okay?”

I waited until they all nodded or said “Yes, my lady” before turning back to the item in front of us.

[Vineheart Fairy House:

The home of playful guardian fairies. Farmers who are able to build a harmonious relationship with these spiritual beings will enjoy increased yields and other benefits.

Status: Inactive]

Now, when I examined it, there was an [Activate] button. I removed the glass dome that was covering the wooden fairy treehouse and then mentally clicked the button.

Everyone gasped when the wooden dollhouse lit up with a soft golden glow. The side and roof of the house swung open, and three balls of light flew out of it, each one stopping in front of one of my apprentices.

The first ball of light coalesced into a shining figure. The male fairy who appeared did not have wings and was stout and sturdy, with long red hair and a bushy beard that was intricately braided. His dark eyes were keen and discerning, and he was wearing brown robes and a leather apron with lots of pockets full of various crafting tools like a chisel, hammer, carving knife, wooden saw, etc.

We barely had time to see the fairy before it dove into Kharli’s forehead, leaving behind a red mark shaped like a triple spiral.

Kharli touched her forehead. “What happened?”

I didn’t have time to reply because the ball of light in front of Mo flashed thrice and turned into a cute little yellow puff ball with a green leaf on its head. That one dove into Mo’s hand, leaving behind a leaf-shaped green mark on the back of her hand.

“Teacher, look!” Mo held up her hand for me and the others to see.

However, I didn’t have time to comment because the ball of light in front of Lari started pulsing. It dimmed slowly and we all held our breath, waiting for the fairy to appear.

“Eh?” Lari exclaimed when a little animal appeared.

It was the size of my palm and had four long legs like a deer, but the head had tusks like a wild boar, and its fur was striped white and black like a zebra. Was it a chimera? This fairy opened its mouth in a silent roar and then leaped into Lari’s left eye.

Lari reared back in shock and fell flat on his butt, one hand covering his eye.

“Wait, let me see.” I pried his hand away and looked into the affected eye. There was now a faint golden spot in his iris. “Okay, take a look.”

Taking out a mirror from my inventory, I held it up for Lari and Kharli to look at their new fairy marks.

Lari turned to the staff. “I have a fairy eye!”

While the others congratulated him, Kharli traced the mark on her forehead. “It’s pretty, right?”

Mo and I rushed to assure her that it was very attractive. We were so busy looking at and discussing Mo and Kharli’s marks that I almost missed it when the [Vineheart Fairy House] glowed again and two golden balls of light appeared.

“There’s more?!” But why? I only had three apprentices. As far as I knew, in Adventure Incarnate, only three fairies appeared, one for each farm hand.

One ball of light flew out of the house and turned into a little chibi girl wearing a French maid outfit. She was holding a broom in her right hand and had a pair of knuckledusters equipped in her left hand. Her long blonde hair was gathered into two ponytails on either side of her head, and her blue eyes were quite lovely.

The fairy looked around until her eyes met Fengying’s, and I felt honored to witness how a fairy fell in love at first sight with a human.

“Oh my…” I breathed.

When she flew out of the house in Fengying’s direction, her path was blocked by Deming.

The Demon Chef only said one word. “No.”

The fairy’s eyes narrowed, and she tried to fly over him, but Deming jumped up and his flying kick hit the fairy on the side of her head, driving her back several feet. She was no pushover though and what followed was an epic high-speed battle of Fairy vs Demon Chef. Of course, the fairy had the advantage because she could fly, but it wasn’t of much use since her goal was Fengying. Every time she came close to her target, the chef drove her away with powerful punches and kicks.

Lari whispered, “Teacher, didn’t you say we shouldn't offend the fairies?”

I covered my mouth with a hand and whispered, “Do you wanna be the one to tell Deming to stop?”

Lari shook his head and we continued to watch the battle in silence. The fairy was swinging her broom to good effect. When she got in a good punch with her knuckledusters on Deming’s side, Fengying reached the limit of her patience.

“Enough, you two,” she said.

Fengying rarely raised her voice, and we all instinctively recoiled at her fed-up tone of voice. Deming and the fairy lowered their hands reluctantly.

Husband and wife exchanged a few words, too low for the rest of us to hear, and he stepped back. The fairy raised her arms in a victory pose and then dove into Fengying’s body, leaving behind an abstract mark of two curved lines at the base of her throat. Deming immediately took out a handkerchief and tried to wipe it away as though it was dirt, but gave up when nothing happened.

"The mark should fade soon," said Fengying.

Deming nodded.

The battle had been so exciting that I had forgotten about the last ball of light that was still in the fairy house. Mo tugged on my sleeve and wordlessly pointed at it. “There’s one more left. I wonder who it will bless?”

A few minutes later, the ball of light flew down. To my surprise, it stopped right in front of Cutie.

“Chu?” Cutie poked it a few times with her slime strand.

The light coalesced into a familiar figure.

“Wow!” I said.

My staff were also bewildered by this strange turn of events.

“What is that?”

“Is that even a fairy?”

“Could it be a monster fairy?”

“Impossible.”

I could understand their confusion because what appeared out of the ball of light was a golden slime. It was a mini version of the Boss Monster I had fought in the Chitinous Cavern, the [Winged Golden Slime Queen]. Golden in color, it seemed to be made of squishy jelly and had white feathered wings on each side and a tiny slime strand on top of its body.

After poking it a few more times, Cutie seemed to decide it was a new type of food and opened her mouth wide to swallow it.

I was about to stop her when the slime fairy swelled to ten times its size and chomped down on Cutie, swallowing my pet whole.

“No!” I screamed, but it must have been an illusion because Cutie was unharmed. The fairy had disappeared, leaving behind two wing-shaped markings on Cutie’s sides. “Oh, she’s okay.”

I picked my pet up and examined her closely, but everything seemed normal. We were about to leave when the [Vineheart Fairy House] glowed brightly and rained down beams of light on everyone there except for me.

My staff all got fairy markings which were tiny golden marks on the skin. Most of them were on the hands or forehead.

I waited for a few more minutes but nothing happened, so I put the glass dome back and we left to eat our evening meal.

Lari kept blinking rapidly and looking around. “I’m the only one who got one in my eyes. I wonder if it means I’ll be able to see fairies now?”

“Check your System. I got a five percent exp bonus!” Mo's face lit up with pleasure. Her eyes sparkled and a wide smile played across her lips.

Kharli didn’t say anything, but her expression was radiating happiness and satisfaction.

“Sweet,” I said.

“Teacher, did you also get an exp bonus?” asked Mo.

“Not directly, but the item gives ‘increased yields’ when it’s active so we’ll all get more exp during harvest time.”

“I wonder what Madam Fengying and the rest got? They couldn’t have gotten an exp bonus,” said Lari.

Yinuo, who had been listening to us, said, “According to legends the fairy blessing gives a person ‘good fortune.’ I hope it gives me a charmed love life. I’m still looking for a handsome husband.”

“Good fortune? That sounds nice.” I joined arms with Mo and Kharli as we walked back to the house in the moonlit darkness. “Let’s eat and go to bed early. Tomorrow we have to harvest the crocus flowers and go back to Peach Blossom Isle.”