NOVEL NEXT 2: Skill Verification
After breakfast, I quickly return to my room.
A toddler wandering around is just a nuisance.
I haven’t started studying yet, and there’s not much for me to do.
I’m practicing letters little by little while looking at picture books.
In other noble families, education should have started long ago.
I’m glad to be from a poor noble family in the countryside.
My room is a small, cozy space.
There’s a small desk and chair by the window. A small bookshelf and a place for knick-knacks against the wall. Other than that, there’s just a small bed for children and a closet.
It’s about the size of an eight-tatami mat room from my previous life.
It’s small, but it feels comfortable. In fact, I think it’s precisely because it’s small that it feels so cozy.
I sit on the chair with a little effort.
Since I’m tiny, my feet dangle, which is quite charming.
Alright then.
I mentally chant “Status Open” without saying it out loud this time.
First, what is Plant Cultivation Magic?
I tap the ※ mark next to the skill name.
Plant Cultivation Magic ※
Magic necessary for growing plants
Can create plant seeds and seedlings
Earth Magic, Water Magic, Light Magic, Wind Magic
Life Magic ※
Purification, Lamp, Kindling
Wow!
There are quite a few useful spells.
Being able to create seeds and seedlings is kind of a subtle cheat, isn’t it?
With the purification in Life Magic, I wouldn’t even need a bath or to do laundry (well, I still would, but), and with kindling, I can start a fire too!
There aren’t any flashy attack spells, but I think it’s enough.
Well, it’s a miss for a noble family.
It’s ridiculously shabby.
If I were born into a different family, I might be treated poorly at this level.
But my family would never do that!
So, what is the last unique skill, Botanical Garden?
I tap the ※ mark.
Botanical Garden ※
An alternate space garden for plant cultivation (expandable)
Storage (time-stop, capacity limit)
What?
It includes land for cultivation and even a storage space?
That means I can store harvested items, right?
It seems the capacity isn’t unlimited, though…
The blood of my past life as a pseudo-gardener is stirring!
Can I create and cultivate plants that I grew in my previous life?
Like the rose garden I’ve dreamed of, or a natural garden!
My dream is to spend my days leisurely with the plants in a spacious garden!
I’m fine with being a farmer already!
I feel like dancing with joy~~
Wait, calm down for a moment, me.
Take a deep breath, in and out.
A five-year-old has plenty of free time, so there’s no need to rush.
I glance out the open window.
In the garden, my older brothers were practicing swordsmanship with their squires.
The two children were easily outmaneuvered by the squires and tumbled into the weedy garden.
Even so, they immediately stand up, brandishing their wooden swords and bravely facing the challenge.
I can’t imitate that.
The Radcliffe family will be inherited by my brother Ren, and my brother Riol, with his talent for attack magic, is sure to rise in status.
Both of them have impeccable looks too.
They’ll definitely be popular in the future.
Though, since we’re a poor baron family on the frontier, I’m worried if they’ll be able to find wives…
On the other hand, being the third son, I’m considered a dud in terms of abilities, right? Though there’s no miso in this world.
Hehe.
As you may have noticed, I have memories of my previous life.
However, I don’t remember who I was, what kind of life I led, or when I died.
But my memories of what I liked are vivid…
I loved gardening, growing everything from vegetables to flowers in a small, messy garden.
Oh, and I also remember playing a relaxing farming game.
In this life, ever since I became aware, I’ve enjoyed looking at the flowers and plants in the garden, playing with the soil, and sometimes leisurely observing insects.
I just loved being in the garden.
While doing so, I gradually started to recall my past life.
There wasn’t any typical event like getting a high fever and falling unconscious.
Because of this, I sometimes said strange things and was treated as an odd child.
That’s why my family watches over me warmly.
The more troublesome a child is, the cuter they are, right?
Is it okay to say that myself?
Mufufu~
Alright then, let’s sit properly and start the verification!
“Um, how do I activate ‘Botanical Garden’?”
Simultaneously, a mechanical sound buzzed in my mind.
It seems to respond to my voice.
Then the status screen changed.
On the green screen, a 3×3 grid of brown squares appeared.
This green probably represents the earth, and the squares are fields, right?
This looks like the farming game I played in my previous life.
If that’s the case…
When I placed my finger on one square, a picture of a potato appeared.
The word ‘Potato’ popped up in my mind.
When I slid my finger, lo and behold, a potato was planted.
“Wow… it’s just like a game.”
It seems that the only thing I can plant right now is potatoes.
This is roughly the same as the farming game. Wheat, corn, or potatoes were the staples in the game.
If that’s the case, does it mean more plants will be available as I level up?
So, the time until the potato harvest… looks like it takes a whole day.
This part doesn’t grow in a few minutes like in the game.
It’s not that easy.
Still, in reality, it takes about a hundred days from planting to harvest, so being able to do it in a day is amazing.
By the way, time in this world goes like this:
One day is twenty-four hours
Six days make a week
Five weeks make a month
Twelve months make a year (360 days)
There are no leap years like on Earth.
Let’s plant potatoes in all nine squares and wait until tomorrow.
Everything depends on whether I can take the harvested items out of this storage.
If I can’t take them out into the real world, it’s useless.
Alright, that’s it for today’s easy verification.
Now, my job is to play leisurely and take a nap.