Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

"Can we take a look at your food?" Hogot asked curiously.

Hesper nodded, then took out a food similar to bread from the cabinet at home, but this bread was green in color.

Hogot and Peroz broke off a small piece from the top and stuffed it into their mouths.

This taste...Peroz felt like he was chewing wood, and the kind that was rotten and infested with insects.

"It tastes terrible, doesn't it?" Hesper showed a hint of disgust. "Legend has it that long ago, before ovens were built, the food we ate was even more disgusting than this."

Setting up the oven is quite troublesome here. The trouble is not about materials, technology, time, etc., but about people.

Before the establishment, all they could eat was boiled or roasted these things.

Having tried that taste several times, Hesper didn't want to recall it.

"Is this the only food?" Hogot continued to ask.

Hesper nodded. "The only food that can grow here is green wheat. Other things, even if they have seeds, cannot take root and sprout here."

"But green wheat is different. As long as there are seeds, or even without seeds, it will grow directly next to you as long as you are hungry or want to eat it." While speaking, Hesper also demonstrated in front of the two.

His eyes were fixed on the door, and he kept muttering something.

It didn't take long before a bunch of green plants that looked like wheat grew in the yard outside the door and quickly matured.

The two were a little surprised. To be honest, this was the first time they had encountered such a thing.

"So the food and drinks brought by foreign explorers are very valuable to the people here."

"If you regret it now, I can return some of the things I took from you before."

Hogot and Peroz looked at each other and then shook their heads. "There's no point in taking back what you've given away. Besides, we don't have much desire for food and drink."

"But eating just one type of crop isn't very good for your health."

"Are there any necessities like salt?"

People can't survive on just staple food. If there are only staple food without things like salt, it would be difficult for people to survive.

"Salt? What is that?" Hesper looked at the two of them strangely, then thought carefully, "I seem to have heard something similar when I was a child."

"The outside world is different from here. People outside need to eat a lot of things to stay alive. But here, we only need to eat green wheat."

"My uncle once said that green wheat seemed to contain everything a person needs for life."

"He also said that green wheat, which is despised by people here, is a treasure outside." Hesper tried hard to recall some knowledge he knew in the past.

"This thing is indeed a treasure. Although it tastes bad, it can play a huge role in war or disaster relief. Even if it can be grown outside like ordinary wheat, the lives of ordinary people may be easier." Hogot said after thinking for a while.

A staple food contains everything the human body needs, and people do not need to buy items such as salt, so life will naturally become easier.

As for taste...it's not something most people consider.

"Ordinary people?" Hesper's thoughts distorted. "I remember Uncle said before that if Green Wheat could be brought out of here, the nobles and big merchants would go crazy. They would be willing to exchange their food for this."

"Why?" Peroz asked curiously.

"I'm not sure. It seems these foods can prolong life or something." Hesper looked a little bewildered. "I've never quite understood this question. Our lifespans are generally less than two hundred years, but aren't there some strange things in the outside world that, by eating them, can break through this limit and even gain power?"

"I remember others saying that the big merchants and nobles are the ones who rule the city. Why don't they eat those weird things? Instead, they choose such disgusting green wheat?"

200 years old...

If it is really because of this food, then it is indeed an incredible treasure.

Perozzi and Hogot looked at the remaining bread in their hands with some surprise.

"There are many reasons, the most important of which is that not everyone is suitable for taking those weird things you mentioned. Although the effects of those things are weaker than green wheat, they are very dangerous."

"If you're not careful, a lot of people will die from those things."

"Ordinary people in the outside world only live for a few decades. If eating green wheat can help one live that long, then this thing will truly be a treasure."

From a certain perspective, this thing is indeed a treasure.

A treasure that Ciel had spent a lot of effort to create.

This kind of thing can only be produced infinitely here temporarily. If you want to grow it outside, you need many very troublesome conditions.

When Charles is bored, he will study it and make improvements. As for whether he can eventually develop a perfect crop, it will probably take a long time - he is not really interested in this research recently.

After all, he had studied crops for more than ten years when he was in the Church of the Earth. Although he has retired now, compared to this, he prefers to do something else.

If he didn't feel that both Mernade and Reiner might need this new crop in the future, Charles probably wouldn't have allocated time to such things.

"Is life in the outside world so fragile?" Hesper sighed. "People here have always envied the outside world. After all, explorers say that world is countless times better than this one."

"But after hearing what you said, compared to the outside world, this place is pretty good."

"I hope that one day, people outside can also eat green wheat like us."

"No... I should say green wheat, which is more delicious."

"What a gentle and kind child..." Hogot sighed.

Peroz nodded and said with a smile, "After we get out of here, we will bring some seeds outside."

"Maybe these seeds won't germinate and grow anywhere like they do here, but it's a good thing if they can be successfully grown."

Hesper glanced at Peroz and said, "Give up this idea."

"It's impossible to get out of this place."

"Every outsider has tried repeatedly, but in the end they all chose to give up."

"You'd better not waste your time." Hesper said kindly.

"I'm different from them." Peroz is still full of confidence.

Although she enjoys the fun of adventure, she will not risk her life for this fun.

Before deciding to come here, Peroz made sufficient preparations.

What's more, even if she really couldn't leave here, she believed that Charles would take her away!

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Section 347 Chapter 17 Do you need a reason to help others?

Peroz's confidence is beyond words, not to mention Hesper.

Even Hogot on the side was a little confused - Peroz did not tell Hogot anything about Shire.

“When you first arrive here, most people are as confident as you are.”

"But now... most of them have given up." Hesper muttered a few words, but ultimately said nothing more.

In his opinion, there is nothing wrong with being more confident.

It's much better than those people in the town who just eat and wait for death, do nothing and have bad tempers all day long.

"What about you? Do you want to see the outside world?" Peroz asked curiously after taking a sip of water from his cup. Hesper rubbed his chin and began to think seriously about this matter.

"I can't predict the future, after all, I'm still young." He was less than fourteen years old at the time.

"But if I have the chance, I will probably choose to leave here."

"I don't know why, but I always have a special feeling in my heart that urges me on."

"It seems like there's something I haven't done."

Hesper's brows knitted together as he spoke these words. He hadn't felt anything like this before, but recently, the feeling had grown stronger.

"Then when I find a way out, I will take you away with me." Peroz smiled and made an agreement with the young man in front of him.

"But that time is not now. We came here on our own initiative and have our own things we want to do."

Hesper didn't believe she could really do this, but seeing her smile, he didn't continue to argue with her about it.

"What do you want to do?" he asked curiously.

"Looking for two things, one is called the holy garment, and the other is called the ladder."

"Rumor has it they are the sacred objects of the Eternal Blazing Sun sect, and the lifelong pursuit of our Krolov family." Peroz's expression was somewhat sentimental, and then he said thoughtfully, "Speaking of which, you and I have a strong connection. Your name is exactly the same as that of the legendary Eternal Blazing Sun."

"I modified this on purpose." Hesper scratched his head embarrassedly.

"My original name was Hesper, but after I learned about the existence of someone named Eternal Blazing Sun, I changed my name to Hesper."

"I hope that one day I can become the sun of this world like him."

"Guixu is a place where you don't have to worry about survival, but it's also a place that can drive people crazy."

"Some uncles told me that this is because they can't see hope, they can't see the sun."

"I was thinking, if only I could shine here like the sun that my uncles talked about, bringing them hope and light."

"Legend has it that Hesper is the incarnation of the sun, so I changed my name. I wanted to use this name to encourage and support myself."

At this point, Hesper's face turned red and embarrassed.

Although this kind of thing sounds "ambitious", to some extent it can also be seen as a teenager suffering from the onset of "Chuunibyou".

Bringing hope to the world sounds really childish.

But this is indeed the truest thought in Hespel's heart now.

"What a kind child." Peroz did not tease him, but instead showed a gentle smile.

It is a remarkable thing for a child to have such an ideal and work hard to achieve it.

At least that's how it seemed to her.

Hesper's face turned even redder. It was the first time he was praised like this here.

This feeling is just like the mother in his memory...

and many more...

Mother?

Do you have parents?

He fell into deep thought. In the memories Ciel had woven, he probably had no parents, or rather, no impression of them. He had grown up largely thanks to the natural advantages of Green Wheat, and parents... didn't seem to exist.

But for some reason, a picture always appeared in his mind: a woman with a gentle smile and a warm piece of clothing.

"What's wrong? You don't look very well." Looking at Hesper who was frowning, Peroz asked curiously.

He shook his head. "Just thought of something..."

Peroz nodded, then she glanced at Hogot. After exchanging glances, she turned to Hespur and said, "Hespur, we still have some things to investigate in town."

"Where do you think is a good place to go?"

Hesper stopped thinking about the conflicting memories in his mind and focused his eyes on the clothes on the two people.

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to go anywhere right now."

"Your outfit is too...weird."

Peroz wore a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, a shoulder bag containing a gun, and several small bags on her back. Although her attire was simple, the materials and textures made it clear to others that she wasn't someone who had lived here long-term.

As for Hoggart, his outfit was even more fancy, with a printed shirt, tight pants, and a Horcrux jacket that added some charm, which matched his graying hair with mousse...

This trend is obviously not the popular look in the Lost City.

"If you wear this while gathering information, you'll probably be immediately spotted as an outsider. You'll be targeted by many people." "Some of these people are nearing the end of their lives and want to take a chance, while others are interested in the food-like goods you've brought from the outside world. There are even many outside explorers like you."

"If you think you can still get the information you need under these circumstances, then that's fine."

"But if you can't do that, I think you should just change your clothes temporarily."

"Or rather...make the clothes look more normal."

As he spoke, Hesper pulled out a piece of wood from under the stove where water was boiling and drew something on the ground.

"This is probably the most common clothing here."

It was a green dress woven from green wheat branches.

After some processing, the branches of green wheat can be turned into a product similar to linen and used to make new clothes.

"It's probably too late to make clothes now. You can either wait a while or use this green wheat to make juice and paint the clothes green."

"Although this style may seem a little unusual, as long as it exudes the scent of green wheat and its color matches that of green wheat, others probably won't doubt your identity."