Volume 2 Chapter 18: I Can’t Watch!


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 2 Chapter 18: I Can’t Watch!


    <span style="font-weight:400">White beet.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The vegetable Keith obtained from the spirit was white beet. It wasn''t like the red beet. The sugar content in white beet was high.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I couldn''t find sugar cane. That was the mostmon method to make sugar. But white beets work the same way as well!


    <span style="font-weight:400">But these look different from ordinary white beets. Keith stared at them. They were a perfect sphere. It almost looked like a pearl instead of a vegetable.


    <span style="font-weight:400">How does it taste?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith smiled as he sliced the white beet. But this was surprising. The juices from the beet overflowed. He didn''t even bite into it. Yet, the juices were overflowing onto his hand!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let me try a piece," Michael asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Me too!" "Po!" "Hoho." Fira, Mir, and Aria shouted too.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Sure." Keith cut thin slices for all of them to try. Keith bit into it. There was a crunch. And as he chewed,


    <span style="font-weight:400">Woah.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He remembered white beets had a mild and sweet vor. But this one had a strong and pronounced vor. The sweet vor was enhanced.


    <span style="font-weight:400">This is perfect!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith smiled as he took out his pot and a cutting board. The first step was to cut the skin. Originally, the process was to cut off all the ck parts from the vegetable.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But there weren''t any dark spots on the vegetable.


    <span style="font-weight:400">All of his vegetables became like this with Fira here. They were perfect. Once he peeled the skin, Keith started to dice the beets. He chopped them thinly. That way, he was able to extract the sugar content even more.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He tossed the beets into the pot with the water.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"How long are we letting this boil?" "For 1-2 hours," Keith answered Michael''s question.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That long?!" Michael blinked a few times when he heard that. But Keith stated,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You can''t rush greatness. Also, we need to work on the ceiling of thest section of the resting area! I have an interesting idea."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm? What do you want to do?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I think thest one should have a ss top! That way, sunlight woulde down!" Keith stated. It would be a good idea for sunlight to shine into the area.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But I think we need strong ss. I''m afraid something might happen if it''s regr." Keith thought. A rock could crack it by ident.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You don''t have to worry about that. I''ll get the ss." Michael had an idea of where to get it. Michael turned to the knights,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Now get to work! The young master has new ideas!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Understood!" The knights shouted as they got to work. As they worked, Derek and May came to help out as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Michael asked Keith, "Kid, I heard you have gotten some interesting fruits."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"When did you hear that?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I heard that you and Gus were messing around with it. And you guys were screaming." Michael heard that Gus and Keith were screaming.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was because of a fruit the two ate.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We were." Keith needed Gus''s help in experimenting with the lemon. They kept screaming about how sour it was.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And what do you want from me?" Keith questioned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I want to taste it," Michael stated!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...Are you sure you want it?" Keith asked. Keith made a devious smile as he asked this. But Michael was undisturbed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you think you can scare me?" Michael stated with a huff. This man had brought back so many delicious things. I bet they were screaming because of how delicious it was! There was no way he could believe him!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We want to try too!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We''re not afraid."


    <span style="font-weight:400">The knights added too. They were curious about the taste. Derek grabbed Keith''s shoulder, "Little brother, sharing is caring. Don''t hog all of it."


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith shrugged, "Alright, but don''t me me for it." Keith took some lemons out of his storage. He cut them into wedges to taste.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Derek, May, Michael, and the knights were interested.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Fira shouted, "I can''t watch!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">And there was no need to. Aria covered Fira and Mir''s faces with her wings, not wanting them to watch the horrible scene that was about to unfold.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And they bit into it at the same time!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Argh!!!!!" All of them screamed out! They couldn''t believe the taste of it! Their lips were pursed shut. Keith took a step back when he saw that. Derek and May looked fine.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was cute.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But when a bunch of middle-aged people do it...yeah. There was no need for a description.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Kid! How could you do this to us!" Michael was the first person to roar. This kid was too mischievous!


    <span style="font-weight:400">May was also in tears from how sour it was. But Keith exined, "But don''t you guys feel more refreshed?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?" Their expression turned nk.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Now that he mentioned it."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I feel a lot lighter!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I think I can work for hours!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">The knights couldn''t help but move their arms around like windmills! They felt much lighter and refreshed after all of that screaming.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Maybe we can use this as a ration," Michael questioned. This fruit would give a boost to tired knights. But the knights interjected,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"No!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t do this to us!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Are you trying to get us killed?!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...But it''s useful." Michael couldn''t deny it. But the taste was something he couldn''t agree on either!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I have some ideas to reduce the sourness," Keith stated calmly. He had been working with Gus on this. Michael picked the child up,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Really?!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm! I know a few ways. But I have to do a lot more testing on it." Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s good." Michael stated, "Also, let''s hand this to others."


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