Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest
Chapter 1773: The Spirit Lake

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“Hello, mister crustaceans! Hello, mister snails! Hello, mister fishes!” Lady Giantess chuckled. “How are you all today? Good? I hope so!”

The animals of the lake showed no fear of her despite her gigantic size. They approached willingly, gently cleaning her body.

“Huh, she’s definitely a goddess. Look how the animals love her,” Gardenia said.

“Yeah, I noticed too,” Mark nodded.

“Heheh, she’s having fun,” Elayne giggled. “Hmm, somehow I feel hungry? Even though we’re astral projections…”

“Me too. I guess we’ve walked quite a lot,” Mark replied. “I wonder if we could eat something here… would she get upset?”

“Ah, right! I can plant seeds of fruits and vegetables and create them using Seed Synthesis!” Elayne said excitedly. “Come on, let’s go back to her!”

As they swam toward her, several shadows followed beneath the water. Large yellow eyes watched the group and the giantess with awe and admiration, silently trailing them.

“Lady Giantess! Would you like me to make a new farm?” Elayne asked. “We’re feeling a little hungry…”

“Oh! I’m so sorry. I didn’t realize it had been so long,” the Lady Giantess replied. “I would feel bad if you ate my animal friends, though…”

“We know. We won’t touch them,” Mark assured her quickly.

“That’s why I thought of making farms here,” Elayne explained. “In the outside world we can’t grow fruits and vegetables from our realm, so we were thinking of growing them here and eating what we harvest.”

“That sounds wonderful! Of course you can,” the Lady Giantess said with a warm nod. “Hmm, there’s an island over there. Why don’t you use that one for now? It’s fairly empty.”

The island was roughly the size of Quebec, the city where Elayne and Mark lived. It had a small forest, wide plains, and grasslands, with little rocky terrain—perfect for farming.

The lake was freshwater too, so the plants would have no trouble growing. Elayne, Gardenia, and Mark swam to the island, arriving exhausted, and immediately got to work.

They summoned shovels, hoes, and other farming tools, then began plowing the land to prepare good soil for planting.

Using Farming Magic—a new school of magic Elayne had created by converting her Farmer Skills into a variety of weaker but very useful spells—they finished the groundwork in just an hour.

Elayne planted everything across the prepared soil. With the Lady Giantess watching curiously, she blessed the seeds by breathing life into them with a gentle sigh.

The seeds sprouted instantly and grew into full plants. Delicious fruits and vegetables appeared one after another. Banana trees, apple trees, orange trees, lemon trees, mango trees, and more rose tall, while lettuce, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, garlic, and many others filled the fields.

“It’s a huge haul!” Elayne cheered, weaving baskets from wooden branches and starting to harvest with Mark and Gardenia. “We could cook them right here. I wonder if it would work?”

“We might as well try,” Mark smiled, waving his hand and conjuring a controlled bonfire that wouldn’t spread. “Let’s cook on this.”

He even crafted pans, pots, large spoons, knives, and forks from his metallic black wood, which was completely fireproof and perfect for cooking.

Elayne prepared a simple salad, boiled potatoes, baked sweet potatoes, and made a rich vegetable stew with tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic, chili, carrots, and more.

For a meat substitute, she added large mushrooms of every variety. She once had no power over mushrooms, but after her experiences in the Netherworld and the bonds she formed there, she could now create spores for any mushroom she had ever tasted.

Combined with cooking magic and salt crystals the Lady Giantess kindly donated from her mountainous body, the result was a delicious, completely vegan meal.

Of course, Elayne and Mark would have loved to add fish or some wild meat to the stew, but this was perfectly fine too. Seeing how the Lady Giantess considered all animals her friends, it was better not to upset her.

“Hmm, it’s so good! I’ve really missed the taste of fruits and veggies from our world! Wow!!!” Elayne said happily, blushing and letting out small, delighted sounds.

“Ooooohh! This all-veggie stew with so many mushroom types is incredible! Can I have more?!” Mark asked.

“Me too! I want seconds!” Gardenia added.

As they ate to their heart’s content, the Lady Giantess watched from afar with curious eyes. She covered her mouth and swallowed, licking her lips as if she wanted a taste.

“Would you like some too?” Elayne offered. “I wasn’t sure if you could eat or would want to, so I didn’t ask… but do you?”

“I-I… Can I? I’m not sure if I can eat…” the Lady Giantess said shyly.

“Just give it a try!” Elayne smiled, handing her an entire pot of stew. “Here, drink from this.”

To the Lady Giantess, it was like a tiny cup. She held it carefully between her fingers and sipped slowly, savoring the mixed flavors. Her eyes widened.

“Hmm?! S-So tasty!” she exclaimed happily. “I can taste the flavors of nature! The salt and garlic give everything such a nice kick! Hmm!” She finished the whole pot in moments. “Oh no, it’s gone already?!”

“Are you still hungry?” Elayne asked. “We can make more. Mark, let’s make a giant pot for her.”

“I don’t know if I can manage that, but I’ll try,” Mark said, creating the largest pot he could—about the size of three cars. “Oof… that’s the biggest I can do.”

“Okay, let’s start!” Elayne nodded.

She dug her bare foot into the soil and spread countless roots underground, shaping them into dozens of helpful hands that chopped ingredients and stirred the stew. Cooking Magic spells flared to life as the Lady Giantess watched and drooled.

At the same time, many eyes watched from the distance. They had left the water and stepped onto land—something these beings never did—just because the smell was too tempting.

“Um, Elayne? I think we have company…” Gardenia said, munching on a banana and staring into the distance.

“Huh?” Elayne turned and gasped, mouth falling open. “EH?!”

There, standing with Mark and Gardenia, she saw dozens of humanoid figures. They looked mostly human but had semi-transparent bodies, and their “hair” resembled jellyfish heads with many tentacles. They also had human-like arms and large yellow eyes. They stared innocently, startled when they were noticed, and took a small step back.

“Wow! Um, hello?” Elayne greeted them.

“Fiufi…”

“Fiawa!”

“Fififiii…”

Like the Leaf People, the Lake People—as Elayne decided to call them—seemed primitive and spoke a language she didn’t understand at all. Still, they looked incredibly cute and harmless, so she didn’t mind them one bit.

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