"Um, what do you mean...?"

To my question, Dread leans his neck again.

"Become a friend, Marc... no?"

"I don't like it, it's a bit too sudden...."

"Ah... I'll tell you exactly what just happened!When I thought I caught a vegetable thief, the thief told me to be my friend.Nh... I don't know what you're talking about, but I didn't know what I was doing either... "

Nicolas sends me such a message.Surely this is hypnosis or super-speed or something like that, so I won't say no, maybe it's just a scale of something more horrible.

"Well, as far as I'm concerned, if you don't want to be a vegetable thief anymore, that's all..."

I'll tell you what I think again.Then the dry-ad dropped his shoulders, and then his green hair withered.I wonder if that hair is also made of plants.

"This is Marc's field... I believed it.I won't take it anymore... I'm sorry.... but I want to eat more of Marc's vegetables...So, my friend..... "

Hmm, I mean, would you like to be friends with me and share your vegetables?

But hey... I don't care anymore because you apologized about the vegetable thief, but that's why I'm asking you to feed the spirits you just met, and then I'll give them vegetables.

It won't be over once or twice in terms of friends, and what to do if you can't take care of yourself.Let's try to be as gentle as possible here.

"Um... I'm busy with all kinds of things, so I don't always get to give Mr. Dryad vegetables, so..."

"I'm dry-ad, but... dry-ad, there are others.I want you to call me by my name... "

Dry ads block my words.Well, is it true? I don't think it would be nice to call it a race.

"Well, then, what should I call it?"

"I... don't have a name. Name it...?"

Yeah... If you name it, it'll make you fall in love with me and make you feel like you have to take extra care of me.Well, it's kind of like picking up and keeping a cat.

Now thinking a little bit about what happened, Celine stuck a little on my shoulder.

"Hey, Mark. Doesn't she want to make a deal with you?"

"Contract?"

"Yes, a contract. You've never heard of spiritual magic, which is said to work with spirits, right?"

"Oops! I've heard about Spirit Magic before!The legendary blacksmith signed a contract with the Spirit of Fire to use Spirit Magic to make an awesome armor! "

Is there a yearning for the Spirit of Fire? Nai brightens his eyes and shouts in a moody voice.And then he hid right behind me again.Apparently, even though I accidentally said it, I'm still afraid of dry-ads.

The Spirit Magic they say is the magic that is expressed with the help of the Spirit, as its name suggests.I have heard the outline from Nicolas, but I don't know the details.

"Does your friend want to make a contract with me?"

"Yes, my friend... contract"

"That's right...."

Spirit magic... Spirit magic... ah...I thought it was something that had nothing to do with me, but if it seemed like it would arrive, I was also interested.Let me ask you a few more questions.

Well then, let me ask you something, what can spiritual magic do?

"Nh... I've never made a contract before, so... I don't know"

Suddenly I stumbled on it.But instead of the dry-ads, Nicolas's thoughts resonate in her brain.

Oniichan? I'll teach you as much as I studied before I was reincarnated, but the Spirit Magic of the Tree seems to allow you to use the magic associated with the tree.

Hee, that's right. Like what?

Compatibility with spirits depends on your qualities... but you want to grow trees and grow faster.The affinity with the earth attributes is high and seems to suit oniichan, so I suggest you sign a contract. And... "

And?

Dry Ad-chan is kind of pure, isn't it?I feel like you would forgive me with a decent face if I touch you a little, so I would definitely like to get closer to you. Heh heh heh... "

Oh yeah......

Leaving aside Nicolas's evil aspirations, I really feel that the Spirit Magic of the Tree can be applied in various ways.

"How do I make a contract?"

"I just... just give me a name... so I can make a contract...?"

Oh no! I could have let you contract without knowing anything!I don't know if it's flawed or natural, but it's a critical safeguard, at all.

"Oh, I see. I wish you could tell me that first...So, can we cancel the contract? "

"I don't know... because I've never contracted..."

"That's right...."

With such a conversation, Celine stunned.

"Hey, Marku? You're somehow reluctant to make a deal, but it's not true that spirits like you?Isn't it okay to make a deal with Bashi here? "

"That being said, when it comes to contracts, I get worried about things."

"Hah, I'm still worried about you...."

Celine shrugged her shoulders, but in her previous life she saw and heard people who had been harassed by the contract.The contents of the contract must be scrutinized.

"Dry Ads, if you make a deal, there's something we have to do, right?"

"Is there...?"

"What should I do?"

"Vegetables... Let me eat Marc's grown vegetables every day...?"

"Every day... a cucumber would be fine, but you want to eat a lot, right?"

Dry Ads nods to my question.

"Then maybe it's a little impossible...I also use vegetables in my shop, and I divide them among other things.Even though we haven't had enough vegetables so far, we haven't had much left. "

Magic vegetables are very popular.In particular, many people are looking forward to tomorrow's magical vegetables coming back soon.

Of course, it was scheduled to be shipped to an easy-going kiosk on the road, and the adventurer guild receptionist Lisa recently heard a report of the magical vegetable revival in the cafeteria and announced to her mother that she would continue to go there in the morning, noon and evening for a while.

That's why I tried to be honest about the current situation, but after a while, DryAds thought nothing, and then he pinned his index finger.From there sprouts of gummies and branches of trees stretched out, and as they rolled around, they became ring-shaped.

"Then... if you give me a mana every day for this bracelet, then... okay?I'm glad you eat vegetables once in a while... "

I see. Is it possible to substitute mana?I took a wooden bracelet and put it on my arm.Suddenly, it shrinks to a size that fits your wrist.Hmm... is it simple and not very conspicuous, and even if you wear it, it won't get in the way...?

I'm worried if I can take it off whenever I want to, but... when I think about it, the bracelet spreads out and I can take it off my wrist.Apparently, I can change the size by my own will.It doesn't seem to come off like a cursed outfit.

"I just need to give this a mana.I don't know how much to send, so can I try to flush the mana once? "

"Yeah!... yeah! Send it to me...!"

Dry Ad replied with the highest tension he had ever had and looked at me with anticipation.

I will touch the bracelet back to its optimal size again and pour the mana towards it.There are no attributes specified, but the earth attribute is fine -

"Fuah... ah...! That's enough..."

Instead of doing everything I did in the field earlier, I was thinking of slowly strengthening it a little bit, and at the beginning, it stopped lightly from the dry-ad.

Eh, is that enough?

Even though it's only a little bit, the dry-ad is flushing his face and raising and lowering his shoulders.It's kind of colorful. Nicolas is making a scene, but of course he ignores it.

"Enough... Marc, isn't that amazing...?Even a little mana is thick and thick...... after all, Mark, the Spirit...? Of the earth...? "

"It's a person...."

Nicolas was an angel of earth attributes, and the mixed soul might have something to do with the quality of the mana.

"Anyway, if it's like this every day, it won't be a burden at all, and I don't seem to have any problems either.... DryAd-san, will you make a deal with me? "

"Hmm...! I'm so happy, my friend. Mark, give me a name...?"

"Okay, just give me a second to think about it."

Dry Added, Dry Added... Dry Added Dry Added Dry Added...

"... well then, your name is' Diadora '.Is that okay? "

"Yes, I... 'Diadora'. From now on, thank you... Marc?"

Dry Ads - The moment Diadora answered with a smile, I felt something warm passing between her and me.I'm sure this is a contract with the Spirit.I became what Diadora called a "friend."

Afterwards, we lightly evened out the fields, and we went back to the inn.... by the way, Diadora is following me in person, but I don't know what to do with this...