What's wrong with me, a mage, loving to farm?

Chapter 394. Venus Gemstone, an ingredient for the Emperor's birthday banquet.

At first, King Atreus was just trying to show off his "wealth," since spending a million to buy a bunch of grilled octopus legs was indeed a foolish and extravagant act.

But after taking a few bites, he realized something was wrong.

This... the taste of these octopus tentacles is a bit outrageous.

It was even better than the legendary dragon meat he had eaten at the emperor's birthday banquet, from a dragon raised in a special enclosure. The satisfaction from the oil and aroma was so exhilarating that he wanted to fly.

"Could these really be the appendages of some evil god?"

He had even eaten the flesh of a god once.

At that time, the emperor was in high spirits and went to the depths of the starry sea to hunt down a god in the form of a giant serpent. After roasting it, he distributed it to them, and each person only received a small piece.

It was a piece the size of a palm, and it took him two days to finish it.

He finished a one-meter-long strip in just a few bites, so he was a little unsure and continued eating. By the time he came to his senses, all ten strips were completely gone.

"..."

He rubbed his stomach and then went to buy ten more.

Atreus ate nonchalantly, while the surrounding guests were already looking at him with an extremely complex, godlike gaze—a twenty-meter-long dish, a dish worth two million… not just anyone could casually produce such a thing.

However, this is just the beginning.

King Atreus spent the rest of the day in this shop, consuming octopus tentacles worth a staggering fifty million.

He ate quite a lot, and the message was relayed to Kroya through the tower spirit. Kroya was currently participating in a "hunt" with the other members of the squad.

He was genuinely surprised when he heard the news.

"They really can eat a lot."

"But the more you eat, the better."

It was quite a coincidence that the other hunting party was led by Robert, a group of elderly people with white hair.

The weapons they carried were bows and arrows, crossbows, and the most common scimitars and spears, which looked far less fancy than the weapons in the hands of the other apprentices.

However, all those weapons were living weapons, and they had undergone a lot of various enchantments. They looked ordinary, but in fact, their damage and accuracy were extremely exaggerated.

They once survived in this ocean, the most remote area of ​​the Kingdom of Norland. Although they were far less beautiful than apprentices who had received professional training, they were far more ruthless and cunning.

You have to understand that when they were living, they had to hunt and fish without the help of magic, relying solely on their own strength and experience—but now, with the help of the Eden Terminal's orbal magic, their shortcomings have been made up, making them even more powerful.

They have successfully reached the third level and anchored hundreds of nests and mineral sites, currently ranking first in the pioneering team's points.

Their grandchildren, sons, and great-grandchildren all sighed and complained, but they could only muster their energy and continue to work hard, otherwise it would be shameful to be suppressed by their nearly eighty or ninety-year-old grandparents!

Rob looked at Chloe, who was hiding at the back flipping through the holy book and adding blessings. He didn't feel as uneasy as Jamie did. Instead, he felt a little emotional. He had served Chloe the longest and knew that Chloe hadn't even left the island of Han Reef for a long time.

That magnificent castle was the mage's tower, but there were not many people inside. Kroya was accompanied only by magical beasts, magical plants, and the tower spirit.

He didn't know if other mages were also like this, but he thought it was good that Chloe could come out; she had both strength and time, and staying at home every day was indeed not good.

Thinking this, he saw the seashells on the ground that had just been processed and remembered the gifts that the islanders had given to Kroya a long time ago.

Suddenly, a bold idea came to me.

"Pastor Arkady".

Rob moved closer and pointed to the tiny silver seashell on the ground, no bigger than a fingernail: "Do you think the lord would like a wind chime made from this seashell?"

Kroya looked puzzled, but when he saw the obvious smile in Rob's eyes, he instantly understood.

You actually dared to make fun of me!

However, he found it quite amusing. He had just been making fun of Jamie, and now Rob was pretending not to know him.

So he pretended to think about it seriously for a moment.

"We can give it a try."

"Although what we hand over is all for the lord, he would probably like it if we sent a gift."

This entire plane contains all sorts of shellfish. If we could collect them all and then use some methods to make them into wind chimes, we should be able to depict and record some of the laws governing this place.

If you go out to have fun on your own, you should at least gain something.

Why not treat yourself to a string of wind chimes?

After making his decision, he reached out and tore a page from the Radiant Scripture. "I have a special musical rune here that should be able to be used to make a wind chime."

After the page left the sacred text, it transformed into a ripple of light composed of runes, which Kroa held in his fingers and imprinted onto the silver seashell.

A gentle breeze seemed to pass through the cracks in the seashell, making a sound like waves lapping against the shore, accompanied by a peculiar silvery glow.

"Alright, please take these pages to the other people."

"I believe the lord will like it."

Without any hesitation, he tore off another stack, which at a rough glance should have been several hundred pages, but the pages inside the big book didn't seem to have decreased at all.

After distributing the pages to everyone, he said, "I need to go and do my daily prayers. You go ahead and embark on your adventure. I will catch up with you tomorrow."

It wasn't that he was really tired and wanted to end the role-playing game, but King Atreus had contacted him about a big business deal, and at the same time, some changes had occurred at the farm that he had to deal with.

The others expressed their understanding.

Or rather, this is normal. What kind of powerful chosen one doesn't pray? It's said that some gods even descend in the middle of the night and chat with their chosen ones all night long.

……

After entering the mansion and closing the door, Kroya drew a circle in front of him with his hand. As he stepped inside, his ordinary white robe transformed into the star-studded robes of Phobos.

He arrived at his Starry Sea Farm and then saw... the jellyfish that were originally small had grown to be incredibly huge, each one as big as a mountain, or even a mountain thousands of meters high.

And at this moment, only a week has passed since he released the jellyfish larvae.

It's only been a week, and it's already grown so huge.

They were huddled together, sucking on the strange tentacles growing around the sun, while also sucking the golden liquid that flowed from their bodies.

After leaving their bodies, the liquids floated in the starry sky, turning into shimmering orbs of light that converged and connected, shining like a golden galaxy.

After Kroya arrived, the Tower Spirit appeared and handed him the recent magic monitoring report, saying in a strange tone: "Master, in theory, this kind of star beast jellyfish will only be reborn once every seven years, and will not produce anything at other times."

But look at these tears.

The tower spirit used magic to draw a drop of water to land in front of Chloe.

That tiny drop, so clear and bright, if you didn't know it was a tear, you'd think it was some kind of fine golden gemstone.

"That's easy, just do an identification."

He couldn't figure out what it was either, so he simply used a legendary-level appraisal skill. To prevent any errors in the appraisal results, he even used a wishing spell to help.

The identification results showed that this was a special mineral called "Venus Gem," a legendary gem type that is useful in crafting fire and light attribute magical artifacts, as well as some special scrolls and rituals.

Incidentally, this "Venus Gem" is a representative substance of the "Venus Heaven" in the "Nine Heavens" where the Creator resides, as described in a poem called "Divine Comedy" that circulates in the astral realm.

"Secular and sacred love."

"Why are these jellyfish able to produce the creations of Venus?"

"The Divine Comedy...was it written by Dante?"

In his memory, Dante wrote the Divine Comedy, but the legends of the stars do not explicitly state this, so he cannot be certain.

The only thing that is certain is that this gemstone is very precious.

The warm, sacred aura it emitted alone was enough to make Kroya feel good, so its spiritual power must be quite formidable.

But the question is, why would the Star Beast Jellyfish produce such a gem?

He had already investigated and found that the only thing the Star Beast Jellyfish could produce was tears when it died. None of the many breeding records mentioned that the Star Beast Jellyfish could produce Venus Gems.

"Has it mutated?"

"I'll try to communicate with them."

He flew to the front of the Star Beast Jellyfish and tried to communicate with it using Star Spirit Imprinting, All-Encompassing Communication, and various other spells for taming beasts and communicating with magical creatures.

The result was nothing.

The Star Beast Jellyfish doesn't seem to have a complete "spirituality." Even the Star Spirit Imprint Technique can only sense the beautiful emotions with a warm halo deep within the other's Star Spirit body.

Without communication, there is naturally no way to help.

He sighed and said to the tower spirit, "You continue to monitor them for me. Notify me immediately if there are any changes. I'll go and talk to King Atreus first, and also ask him if he knows anything about it."

"OK."

The tower spirit nodded, and its magical body vanished.

Kroya took one last look at the star beast jellyfish drifting in the starry sky like balloons, shedding tears, before turning and leaving.

It seems he still needs to continue learning and improving himself. Once things are settled with Atreus, he'll ask Iris if there are any "tutoring classes" available.

……

"You've arrived."

"I've been waiting for you for so long!"

Inside the private room of the magical food shop, Atreus saw Kroya come out and gestured to a woman beside him, introducing her as "Queen Tiria."

Another emperor being chosen.

However, you two seem to have a pretty good relationship.

Kroya discreetly sized up the elector who was at least two meters tall, wearing simple leather armor, with a ponytail, and looking extremely fit.

"Hello, I'm K..."

Before he could finish speaking, the emperor candidate said directly, "Are you married? If not, consider marrying me. I will let you sit on the throne with me, and you will also receive half of my wealth."

"And my nine sons and five daughters also call you father. They are all doing well in their respective fields and don't need us to raise them."

"Master Chloe, I quite like you."

"..."

Kroya's expression immediately became indescribable. He glanced at King Atreus beside him, his eyes filled with obvious condemnation and questioning.

The latter is also in an awkward position.

Tiria does indeed have a lot of fun, but she has never said that she has ever been married to anyone, since the selection of a royal marriage requires the emperor's personal decree.

Playing around and having a real marital relationship are two different things.

"Tiriya, you're acting like a pervert," Atreus retorted. "It's so embarrassing."

Corteria shook her head: "Of course, liking someone starts with their appearance. If someone's appearance doesn't appeal to me, I'm not willing to compromise myself."

She smiled and pointed at Chloe: "It looks great."

Then, with a look of disdain, she pointed at Atreus and said, "So-so."

Now, not only was Chloe speechless, but even Atreus was furious. He roared, "You've come here to buy ingredients for the Emperor's birthday banquet!"

Clearly, his status and other aspects were inferior to Tiria's, so he could only use the emperor to suppress her. But what was even more obvious was that she didn't care at all.

"If my grandfather knew I had found someone I liked, he would probably officiate the wedding himself."

My goodness, the emperor's granddaughter?

And it's about choosing an emperor? What a strange aristocratic relationship this is.

He felt he couldn't dwell on this issue any longer, but the ingredients didn't seem to appeal to the other party either, so he had no choice but to take out the Venus gem.

"I have some questions that I would like to ask you two to answer."

"Venus Gem...the representative substance of Venus in the Divine Comedy."

The gemstone immediately drew their attention. Tiria stared at the small gemstone and exclaimed in surprise, "Wasn't the Nine Heavens of Divine Comedy closed?"

"I remember only Purgatory was still open."

"The Demon Grand Duke and the demons all yearn to undergo transformation within it."

"You... you actually possess a gem from Venus?"

Queen Tiria's gaze sharpened, but softened after a few seconds, and she said in a more fervent tone, "Mage Kroya, I've changed my mind. To let you share power with me would be an insult to you."

"If you're willing to join the Starsea Empire, I'm willing to ask my grandfather to grant you the title of Duke. Then you can choose any position you like, whether it's a knightly order within the empire or a fleet position outside!"

Atreus's eyes lit up.

But he said nothing, only looking at Kroya with the same eager gaze, as if to say: Hurry up and agree! The title of Duke in the Empire is very valuable!

"..."

Speechless.

Kroya felt she shouldn't have come today; she should have canceled.

Thank you all for your support!

(End of this chapter)