Volume 2 Chapter 6: An Apple

What kinds of ingredients am I going to find? As Keith looked around, this was something he was curious about. He found some interesting herbs and spices from the outer perimeters.

But there weren't many ingredients. Keith found things like mushrooms. But that was about it.

Keith walked with his hand on the hilt of his sword. He was wary of everything around him. Even if he was excited, his wariness was on high alert. Michael told him the deeper they entered, the stronger the monsters they would face.

While his wariness was high, Aria flew above him. She covered him from all angles. The three continued to move forward.

"Po!" Mir shouted.

"What's wrong?" Keith was curious.

"Po! Po! Po!" Mir rambled on his shoulders.

"You smell something good?" Keith was surprised when he heard that. He turned to Aria, who shook her head. She didn't smell anything.

Does a Samui have better noses than Blizzard Owls? That may be true. Mir was able to follow him after he left. And he was pretty far away from the herd.

Looking at Mir's excited expression, it seemed it was something delicious.

"Lead the way, Mir." Keith decided to follow Mir's lead.

"Po!" Mir nodded as he started to lead the way! And the location wasn't easy. There were many turns to get there. Even Keith was surprised.

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"Hohoho!" Aria started to make sounds! It seemed she smelled it too now!

After a while, he spotted something off.

What in the world?! The entire area was lush and vibrant. It wasn't normal in a climate like this!

It was as if the entire area wasn't affected by everything around it! Keith was shocked by this phenomenon. It wasn't cold at all. In fact, it was warm.

What could cause something like that? While he was lost in thought,

"PO!" That way! Mir used all the motions he could muster from his body to point towards the destination! Keith nodded as he quickly moved. And the place they arrived at was a tree.

More specifically, an apple tree.

"Woah!" Keith could smell it now. The smell from the apple tree was strong. It was a sweet scent. But it was enhanced.

Like honey was drizzled all over it, letting it marinate!

Keith turned to Aria. The latter flew into the sky to scan for any monsters approaching them. She flew right back down and shook her head. There were no monsters in sight.

"Alright." There was nothing holding them back as Keith dashed over to the tree. He was drooling from the smell.

Keith picked one for each of them. And when he did, he realized the size of it.

It was twice the size of his fist! And it was glistening from the sun shining down.

How does it taste? Keith marveled for a few seconds before taking a bite!

And he wasn't the only one as Aria and Mir took a bite!

"So good!" "PO!" "HOOOOO!" The three of them screamed in unison! Keith had never tasted something like this!

It was very delicious!

It was like the apple was concentrated with the flavor of 10 apples! And that wasn't all. A couple of other fruits were thrown into the mix!

This was an apple.

No, this was ten times more delicious than it! This was what Keith expected when he thought about reincarnating into another world!

Keith stopped eating and had a thought. What could have caused it to taste so good? He was curious. He was able to grow vegetables to this size. But the taste didn't even compare!

It was squat!

As Keith wondered what was going on,

"Who are these people?" Far away, there was something staring at them.

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"Alright! I think we don't need to go in anymore." Keith said as he turned to Aria and Mir. There was no need for them to continue forward. That was because he obtained a good amount of ingredients.

More specifically, the apples.

These apples were so delicious compared to anything they ate.

"Po!" "Hoho!" Mir and Aria shouted. They wanted to go deeper into the forest.

Keith shook his head, "We can go later. We need to eat something first before we head off." They had been searching for quite some time now.

Keith smiled as he took out a pot. This was going to be a quick lunch.