Give the child a little shock to the world view

You still have to save water and turn it off after rinsing yourself.

In her opinion, clean water is still very precious.

Mayumi Haga filled the remaining bottles in the bathroom, put them in her backpack, and then walked out wrapped in a bath towel.

Because of the cold water, there was no mist in the bathroom, and her face was no longer red. She simply wiped her hair, which had grown a little longer, and water drops rolled down from the ends of her hair and sank under the bath towel. The black-haired girl stepped barefoot on the non-slip mat at the bathroom door, not feeling the cold of the night at all, and patiently dried her hair and body.

Because she has the ability of night vision and the habits she developed in her previous world, Mayumi Haga usually does not turn on the lights at night.

Holding a torch or carrying a light source at night will serve as a clear coordinate for the bugs.

Now that the guardian, Miss Shanshan Lihua, has left, it stands to reason that the lights in the house should not be on.

However, Mayumi Haga noticed that the lights in the living room were on, and there were some noises, which made her suddenly alert.

Who would come here at this time?

Thinking of this, Mayumi Yuga shook her hand and a soft-shell plastic bottle with "Ultimate Orange Juice" written on it appeared. This brand of orange juice tasted very good, and the packaging was also very careful. You couldn't see what was inside just by looking at it from the outside, so she used it to make her own explosive bottle.

"...Mayumi?" However, the person who came came straight over following the noise.

It was Tono Hitomi who looked depressed.

...By the way, the guardian gave the other party the key to her house.

The pink-haired idiot looked like a dog that was drenched by the rain. No one knew what he was thinking, but he came straight to Mayumi Hanega to chat.

She saw Mayumi Hanega coming out of the bathroom, still wearing only a bath towel, and knew she had come at a bad time: "Well, um, why don't you put on some clothes first? It's still quite cold tonight..."

Mayumi Hanega didn't chat with her and turned into her room to get dressed.

Hitomi Tono was preoccupied. She returned to the living room and waited for Mayumi Hanega to come out, but she felt a little restless, so she went to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and thought about pouring some drinks.

As soon as she opened the refrigerator and saw the glass jugs full of orange juice, Tono Hitomi froze: "..."

Chapter 4: Miss Guardian's Mysterious Drink (k)

Mayumi Hanega changed into home clothes and came out with a towel hanging on her shoulders. What she saw was Hitomi Tono standing blankly in front of the refrigerator.

She was confused: "What's wrong, Xiaotong?"

Tono Hitomi swallowed her saliva for some reason, a little nervous, and pointed tremblingly at the orange juice in the refrigerator: "Mayumi...what are these?"

The not-so-pleasant memories in her heart were evoked, and now her mind was completely blank. Although the refrigerator's cold storage layer clearly contained drinks and there was nothing wrong with it, she always felt that this scene was no less horrifying than opening a refrigerator and seeing three rows of human heads inside.

So is this real orange juice?

"This is the orange juice I bought at the convenience store downstairs. Don't you like it?" Mayumi Hanega didn't realize the problem at all. To her, this scene was much more trivial than the ones she was used to facing.

So, she naively thought that as long as she explained everything clearly to Tohno Hitomi, there shouldn't be any problems.

"...Well, it's not that I don't like it." Under Mayumi Hanega's blank gaze, Hitomi Tohno didn't know how to explain to her that she had a psychological trauma towards "Orange Juice". After all, the other party was the culprit.

She wanted to cry but had no tears: "I just really don't want to drink orange juice recently..."

"I see." Mayumi Haga realized her negligence and did not prepare other drinks at home. After Rika Sugiyama went out again, the variety of food and snacks in her refrigerator was greatly reduced because no one supervised her to replenish them.

But the guests are already at home, and it would be a bit rude to go buy other drinks now and leave Hitomi Touno here alone.

"I'll just drink some water... Mayumi? What did you take out?" When Tono Hitomi saw the other person lost in thought, an ominous premonition suddenly came to her mind.

Sure enough, Mayumi Hanega took out a dark purple fruit from somewhere. The fruit was shaped like a lemon, but about the size of a palm. She took a knife and wanted to cut it open.

Mayumi Yuga looked at the precious night fruit in her hand and explained, "It is a fruit rich in water, and its structure is a bit similar to coconut."

"Eh? It looks like a blue lemon, but is there liquid inside?" Tono Hitomi poked its soft skin curiously and found that the outside was not a hard shell like a coconut. "How amazing... does it taste good?"

Although it was a fruit that looked a little suspicious, as long as it wasn't an orange, Hitomi Toono could accept it now.

Although I'm still a little curious about how Mayumi got this thing, it looks very similar to the legendary magical plant.

Seeing that she was in a low mood, Mayumi Haga generously took out the coins even though there were less than three hundred coins left in her backpack.

He cut a small slit in the skin, poured the liquid inside into a cup, and handed it to Tono Hitomi.

The liquid inside the nightshade fruit is transparent and colorless, with a faint fragrance, and looks no different from ordinary coconut water.

Mayumi Yuga recalled the function of the juice that her friend from the aquatic tribe had introduced to her when he handed her the Night Core Fruit, and she whispered, "Drinking it will make you feel better... maybe it's because it contains sugar."

Perhaps because of the guardian's physique, when Mayumi Yuga drank the night core fruit juice, she felt it was very sweet but there was no other effect.

But since the friend said it would bring good mood and it tastes sweet, she always keeps it with her.

Night Core Fruit is a specialty fruit that grows in the swamp territory of the Water Tribe. Later, due to climate change, the swamp dried up and became no longer suitable for the survival of the Water Tribe, so the Water Tribe later moved to the foot of the snow-capped mountains and lived in the cold place.

The crop that can produce this precious fruit can only grow in the swamp territory with a relatively warm climate and relatively harsh soil environment, and only the water tribe knows how to grow it. Later, the water tribe also tried to grow it in the snow mountain territory, but it was unsuccessful, so this crop gradually disappeared from the world.

The night core fruits in Mayumi Yuga's hand are the last few hundred, which were given to her by her friend before leaving the swamp territory.

"This kind of juice is usually only drunk when something is worth celebrating, and it is often used in festivals. Because of its high alcohol content, it can also be used to clean wounds, but you shouldn't need it."

As the other party spoke, he glanced at Mayumi Yuga who was holding the empty cup with a blank look on her face, and was shocked. He pressed her shoulders and said, "Hey?! Mayumi? You didn't drink it all in one breath, did you?"

Mayumi Haga was confused as to why the other party was so anxious: "I've finished drinking...what's wrong?"

"Do you feel your head light, your body warm, and all your worries go away?" The friend realized something and asked as he looked at the guardian in front of him who swallowed the juice of a whole bottle of Night Core Fruit in one breath without even turning red.

Mayumi Haga was very interested in this effect: "Does this fruit have a psychedelic effect? ​​If I apply it on arrows, can it be used as an anesthetic?"

"...Ah, it doesn't have that kind of effect. At most it will make you feel excited." The friend looked at her clear eyes and felt a little regretful for not being able to see the guardian lose his composure.

Even though the Night Core Fruit didn't smell or taste like alcohol, it was a strong alcohol with a very high alcohol content. Even the aquatic creatures had to carefully mix it with other drinks before drinking it, lest they lose consciousness until the third day after taking a bite.

The reason why it is taken out to treat the guardian in front of him is because the other party will leave tomorrow.

Tsk, I can't get the guardian drunk and force her to have sex with me. It's rare for her to meet such a suitable partner.

But it’s better this way. In this way, even when traveling, the guardian will not get drunk due to the effects of the juice.

Mayumi Yuga looked at the empty cup: "Sweet..."

And it tastes great.

Can quickly replenish the energy needed by the body during travel.

She asked bluntly: "Can you give me some Night Core Fruit?"

"Do you want to drink it?" The water tribe friend did not let go of her shoulders. The chief of the water tribe lazily stretched his fish tail in the special pool, and slowly rubbed the hand on Yuga Mayumi's shoulder. "This is not a specialty that can be bought casually... Mayumi, you have to pay a certain price."

Mayumi Hanega nodded: "I will pay you a satisfactory price."

Then, she took out a fire crystal from her backpack, and the temperature in the pool suddenly rose.

The guardian lady who was soaking in the pool with us said seriously: "After you go to the snowy mountains, you will have to face even more severe cold. I think you will need enough fire crystals."

The aquatic friend twitched his lips, and for some reason he seemed a little angry: "Of course this is necessary, but I want to charge you something else..."

Hua la la la——

Mayumi Hanega poured out a group of fire crystals that she had collected from her backpack. The heat wave that hit her face made the water tribe leader flee to the other side of the pool immediately. What was even more terrifying was that the water in the pool had begun to bubble with boiling water.

She quickly jumped out of the pool, and the fish tail turned into human legs again. She even felt a layer of skin under her feet being burned off.

“Put it away quickly, put it away quickly—” The aquatic friend was about to collapse, “It’s too hot!”

Mayumi Yuga then put the fire crystals back into her backpack and looked at the other person with clear eyes: "Is this amount enough to exchange for Night Core Fruits? I still have about 5 sets, I can sell you 4 sets, about ."

"That's enough. That's absolutely enough." For some reason, the other party gritted his teeth and became angry. "You almost burned all the scales off my tail. That's definitely enough."

Mayumi Yuga became happy: "Then how many of those night core fruits can you give me?"

The result was that we got about five hundred.

It's not that the friend is stingy or that she is angry at Mayumi Haga because she didn't play by the rules, but the yield is really low, only 700 a year. Moreover, this kind of fruit rots very quickly and requires strict storage conditions. It can only be stored in Mayumi Haga's backpack without scruples.

In addition to the needs for sacrifices, there is also the part consumed to maintain body temperature during migration. Five hundred fruits can be given to Mayumi Haga, which is the maximum.

Mayumi Hanega also knew that this might be the last batch of Night Core Fruits, so she did not squander them after getting them.

When I met Senior Urzana on the road, I gave her one hundred of them. I consumed the rest myself, and now I have about three hundred left.

Now, she felt that Tono Hitomi was a little jade-like, not like the usual pink-haired idiot, so she took out the precious Night Core Fruit, intending to make her happy.

Tono Hitomi was also curious about this drink, which Mayumi Haga rarely showed a certain liking for, so she took a big gulp as soon as she got it.

She showed surprise: "It's sweet..."

Then he fell on his back with the cup in his hand and was held up by Mayumi Hanega.

The latter was a little panicked, wondering if the Night Core Fruit was poisonous to the people in this world.

After all, there is no problem for her to drink it herself, but the guardian's body can metabolize the toxins quickly, and the body structure of the aquatic creatures is different from that of ordinary people.

...Is it really poisonous?

She pinched Hitomi Tono's mouth and poured some antidote into her, but found it had no effect.

So, three minutes later, in the magic clinic, Terasaki Ayisa, who was discussing the allocation of future night patrol tasks with Arisu Juri, saw the guardian lady hurriedly carrying the unconscious Touno Hitomi and pushed open the door.

Ayaka Terasaki:?

Why are you knocking on her door?

After checking on Hitomi Tono, Terasaki Ayaka was even more incredulous. She almost glared at Miss Guardian: "You took Tono to drink? She's not even an adult yet!"

Miss Guardian felt that the other party seemed to be looking at some scum, but...

"Wine?" She was puzzled. "It's obviously just juice..."

Now, Arisu Juri, who was standing by and watching, also looked at her as if she were a scum who abducted a minor.

Miss Guardian: “…”

Miss Guardian: “…………”

Miss Guardian: “………………I’m so sorry.”

After realizing what was happening, Miss Guardian apologized very decisively.

Even though she really didn't know it was wine.

It’s better not to just take anything out of your backpack to eat next time... Sorry, I should have given Xiaotong orange juice.

Mayumi Haga was reflecting seriously.

...

[Travel notes.

Alamo calendar year 235, waning moon, day 5.

Before entering the aquatic territory, I bought insect repellent and waterproof shirts in the surrounding villages.

There are many insects and ants in the swamps, which makes the environment harsh for humans. Aquatic creatures are relatively xenophobic, so villagers recommend not trying to get close.

Currently, five stone tablets containing the wizard's fragments have been copied, and the remaining three are in the water tribe's territory. I hope to finish copying them before the full moon and have the messenger return them to the wizard.]

Before she finished writing the last few words, a hand with blue nail polish reached out from behind Mayumi Hanega, grabbed a small cowhide notebook and pulled it out of her hand.

"Let me see what you're writing, Mayumi... You actually have the habit of keeping a diary." The plump aquarium girl with curly blue hair browsed through the diary with interest, but found that this guy was mostly writing about boring things, and suddenly felt bored. "I thought you would write some little secrets on it."

Mayumi Haga didn't think it was a bad thing for her travel notes to be read by others. After all, she didn't write anything shameful in them. She was just confused: "Secret?"

"Like who you like." The water tribe teased, "You've lived for such a long time, haven't you ever liked someone?"

Mayumi Haga said: "Nineteen years... shouldn't be too long."

As for who I have liked, this topic is even more confusing.

Mayumi Haga has no interest in love, or rather, she is born lacking that talent.

"Really? After you came here, many girls in the tribe have been secretly looking at you. Don't you have any crush on any of them?" The blue-haired water tribe member seemed to be trying to find out what Mayumi Yuga was thinking. She leaned closer to admire the guardian's face that could make even the aliens' hearts beat fast. She giggled, "You are always so serious. I am almost falling in love with you."

Mayumi Haga was unmoved: "But they are at least three hundred years older than me. They are my elders and I should use honorifics for them."

The average lifespan of water creatures is about one thousand years, and they grow slowly. Those water creatures who look about the same age as Mayumi Hanega are older than her great-grandmother.

"...You don't have to worry about your life anyway." The friend choked and said unhappily, "What a bummer."

The blue-haired water creature threw the notebook back into Mayumi Haga's arms, jumped into the water, and splashed water all over Mayumi Haga's face.

The latter was not angry, he just wiped his face and continued writing his travel notes.

This notebook has always been with her.

...