Want to be human, but cube-like

You can tell how much she likes him just from her tone of voice.

"That's it..."

Xiangzi closed her eyes slightly; for some reason, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

It's okay, it's just friendly affection anyway, and besides, it has nothing to do with me...

"But I don't really understand why I like her..."

But then, Alex began to speak to her with a slightly confused tone.

"So, before we parted, I mustered up my courage and asked Ai-yin."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Xiangzi, sensing that something was amiss, suddenly opened his eyes.

What does it mean to muster up the courage to ask Ai Yin?

I asked her why I liked her so much.

Xiangzi didn't need to ask further.

Alex has already said it outright.

"I said I don't understand why I like her, so I wanted her to tell me, but it seems like Aine doesn't know either."

Xiangzi could clearly hear the faint sense of disappointment in Alex's words.

"However, I feel that she feels the same way I do... but she just doesn't know how to express it?"

Is this some weird game of "I like you, you like me"?

Unconsciously, Xiangzi gripped the bed sheet so tightly that her fingertips turned white. She bit her lower lip, her mind filled with complicated emotions.

"Because when I held her in my arms at the end, I felt that our heartbeats were exactly the same. That feeling was a bit magical."

You two are even hugging?!

Suddenly sitting up again, Xiangzi felt a strange sensation upon hearing these words.

However, it was probably different from what Alex experienced; it was sour and astringent.

"Ellie..."

"Ah! The adventurer has spawned!"

Xiangzi hesitated for a long time before opening his slightly dry lips, wanting to speak, but then he heard Alex suddenly shout out happily.

"Xiangzi? Do you want to come down and take a look?"

She seemed completely oblivious to the fact that their conversation had just taken anything seriously.

It doesn't seem as important as the appearance of this adventurer.

"Ah... I'm coming down now..."

After a few seconds of silence, Xiangzi sighed helplessly, temporarily suppressing his chaotic thoughts.

She turned around, reached out and picked up the still-warm white socks she had just taken off, put them back on, and slipped her small feet into her shoes. Xiangzi took a deep breath and stood up.

As soon as I went downstairs, I saw Alex standing in front of a blocky figure that looked much like the villager from before, seemingly deep in thought.

"This is the adventurer?"

Walking up to Alex, Xiangzi curiously examined the adventurer's appearance and asked.

"Well, actually they don't seem much different from the villagers."

After glancing at the interaction options briefly, I couldn't discern many different versions of Alex, so I replied with a comment.

"It just adds a trading option."

As she spoke, she clicked on the link.

"Oh! They sell saplings, and these... tea seeds?"

She glanced at the sapling briefly. It was a red-leaved sapling that Alex had never seen before, called the Fiery Flower Sapling. She couldn't tell if it had any effect, but its crimson color seemed quite pretty. Perhaps it could replace the cherry blossom tree that Xiangzi had asked about before, which she didn't have yet.

As for these tea seeds, they might be used to make beverages later.

“They all seem very useful. We can buy one sapling and one tea seed first, and then let it change to another profession.”

Alex pondered for a moment, then spoke to Xiangzi beside her.

The trading interface will refresh after you change jobs.

"And this sapling is quite similar in color to a cherry blossom tree, Xiangzi, you might really like it."

She added with a smile.

"Will it be beautiful?"

Upon hearing this, Xiangzi felt a slight surge of anticipation and asked.

"Probably? We'll find out soon enough."

As she spoke, Alex glanced at the prices on the side.

“…Xiangzi.”

Then, she paused for a moment.

"How much money did we just exchange?"

Only then did he open his mouth to ask.

"I just took down 60,000 yen in coins and exchanged them for five gold coins..."

Xiangzi paused for a moment, blinked, and replied.

This was all the coins they had in the entire burger shop, usually just for making change, and it was more than enough for them to live on for half a month.

After all, people don't use cash for transactions much anymore.

Alex did not reply; she simply drew her sharp blade, the White Sheath.

"Huh? Alex?!"

Xiangzi was somewhat surprised, but she still instinctively grabbed Alex's sleeve.

"Don't be impulsive! What's wrong with it?"

Fearing that Alex might kill the adventurer she had finally waited for, Xiangzi quickly asked.

"They sell me a sapling for three gold coins! Tea seeds cost four gold coins!"

Xiangzi froze, and she subconsciously let go of her hand.

"Let's wait for the next adventurer. The saplings aren't really in a rush..."

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P.S. Sorry for the late second update today.

Volume 1: Chapter 127 The Child Who Wanted to Give a Gift to His Best Friend

Although Alex felt that the unscrupulous merchant should be executed on the spot, Xiangzi also abandoned his intention to stop her.

In the end, however, she didn't kill him.

After all, even if you don't buy the adventurer's stuff, you can still change it to another villager's profession and put it in the small room. The prices of those villagers who changed professions should be quite stable. For example, the shepherd just now, the price of dye is not expensive, so there is no need to waste it.

Moreover, even if you kill one, you still have to wait for the next adventurer to spawn.

"If Mom were here, it definitely wouldn't have survived."

Muttering a dissatisfied remark, Alex pulled out a few gold coins, caught in a dilemma.

Should we buy saplings or tea seeds?

I thought I could buy one of each, but now it seems I can only choose one.

Alex was even hesitant about whether to buy one of them. She didn't know if all adventurers' items were this expensive, and if she overpaid, there would be no way to back out.

Xiangzi, who was standing to the side, was also a little shocked. She hadn't expected that the prices of the adventurer's goods would be so outrageous.

They exchanged 60,000 yen for five gold coins. Alex had told her that the gold coin's item attribute said: 100C, which means that one gold coin is equivalent to one hundred copper coins, which is 12,000 yen.

The saplings cost three gold coins, equivalent to 36,000 yen, while the tea seeds were even more expensive, costing 48,000 yen.

Based on Tokyo's minimum hourly wage, this is almost equivalent to a week's wages for an average person.

For Xiangzi now, that's an absolute luxury.

"Actually, I don't think that sapling is that important..."

He shrank his neck slightly and said in a low voice.

"Alex, if you really need those tea seeds, why don't you buy them?"

Seeing the white-haired girl's hesitant expression, she softly made a suggestion.

"It's not a huge rush... but with this, we should be able to grow tea trees."

Alex counted out four gold coins, frowned, and said hesitantly.

"Tea trees should be able to produce tea leaves through picking and drying, which can then be processed into matcha. Lena mentioned that she really likes matcha, so I'm wondering if we should go to Sky Island..."

Try to get some out.

This was something she discovered when she entered the cooker's recipe through the water bucket's synthesis recipe and searched through the cooker's various food recipes to see if there were any foods that could be cooked. It was a food called matcha mochi.

The recipe is quite simple; all you need is matcha and rice. You can buy rice directly from the farmer, who can now change the villagers' job level at any time.

"...Then let's buy it. Renai will be very happy to know."

Xiangzi was taken aback. She hadn't expected that Alex was only struggling with such a simple thought. After a moment, she smiled and gently offered some words of advice.

A strange feeling, like the joy of discovering that one's child has begun to give gifts to good friends, suddenly welled up in Xiangzi's heart.

Now it seems that Alex isn't so cold after all.

"I was just wondering if other adventurers' items would be cheaper than his."

After all, she didn't have many gold coins on hand. Even if she could go to the bank to get coins, she would have to wait until the bank opened the next day before she could go. So she still wanted to save some money.

"Then let's wait a little longer?"

Upon hearing this, Xiangzi also felt there was no problem. In any case, judging from what they had just seen, the frequency of adventurers appearing was not very low, and they could simply wait for the next one to appear.

"Ah."

To prevent the adventurer from wandering off and getting lost, Alex gave it the command to stay put and then sat back down on the cushion.

"After we buy the tea seeds, is there anything else you need to do?"

The waiting time was a bit boring, and Xiangzi didn't want to go back upstairs to lie down, so she casually started a conversation.

"Now, we need four more adventurers to change jobs: a weaponsmith to buy minerals, a stonemason to buy building materials, and a farmer and a butcher to buy more ingredients."

After thinking for a moment, Alex raised her little hand, counted her four delicate fingers, and introduced them to Xiangzi one by one.

"By the way, let me see what extra ingredients we can get tonight. Tomorrow morning, Xiangzi, could you help me write a new menu?"

As she counted, she remembered something and made another request.

"Of course, isn't that why I'm here to help you with these things?"

Nodding, Xiangzi said with a slight smile.

"This is a good opportunity to write another Valentine's Day promotional package."

Alex blinked and added.

"But I still don't really understand what a Valentine's Day set meal should be like. The menus outside all have weird names, and I don't see how the Valentine's Day set meal has anything to do with Valentine's Day."

She looked somewhat troubled.

"Well, except for that drink for two, which only comes with one straw."

"I...I don't really know either, I'm sorry, Alex..."

Upon hearing this, Xiangzi's expression immediately became somewhat unnatural. She glanced at him, turned her eyes to the side, and said softly.