5 Chapter 5 - Why (1/2)

Before I could reach the door to the shack I felt Vanessa grab my hand and stop me. I looked back at her curiously.

”Over here first.” she told me indicating the second building.

I looked at it curious as to what it was so I nodded and followed her to the other building. It looked identical to my shack making me wonder if it was the place Vanessa was intending to stay?” However the moment we stepped inside I knew I was wrong.

”It is a normal perk of being sent here. That asshole wanted to make your stay as uncomfortable as possible, probably thought it would help the Neglism grow.” Vanessa told me as I nearly cried at the sight of a toilet and a bathtub. Yes I nearly cried. After several days of having to take care of business behind the tool shed and coming up with creative and not necessarily effective means to clean myself. Plus several days of having to pull up buckets to douse myself in to wash myself, the sight of a relatively modern bathroom was heavenly.

”It still isn't perfect yet, there isn't a heater on the water so it's pretty cold, and the toilet is just a hole in the ground like those you see at campsites, just not as smelly, but it is better than nothing.” Vanessa told me.

I nodded, ”We can upgrade that right?” I asked.

”Once we have the money yeah.” Vanessa replied.

”Good. What about the cleaning supplies, soap, shampoo, toilet paper?” I asked emphasising the last one.

”We can buy it in the general store. Though there is an initial stock in here now.” she replied.

I nodded then pulled off my shirt as I headed to the tub, there was a shower head attached to the tub, and even if it would be cold I was determined to get clean.

”Hold up.” Vanessa called out.

I looked back at her a pleading look in my eyes. I was never a fan of camping back home. I also made sure to bath daily. While I wasn't obsessive about it I prefered to be clean.

”How about we handle the planting then get you some new clothes before you get clean.” Vanessa suggested.

I considered it for a moment, then considered the fact that after I cleaned up now while in my clothes so they got clean too, I could just wash again before I changed. I turned the faucet of the tub and stuck my hand under the water. It came out icy cold, maybe even worse than the water I pulled out of the well with the bucket. As much as I wanted to be clean I didn't think I could handle more than one icy cold shower.

I reluctantly followed Vanessa out of the building and back to the shack.

”We can also merge the two buildings into one so we don't have to go outside to bathe or use the restroom.” Vanessa told me as we walked.

I nodded, it would be nice, but I would have to see what the price was for that. At the moment I didn't have a ton to spare until I had a chance to separate out the Neglism pods from the rest of the tree.

”Let's see what you have available for planting.” Vanessa commented.

I gave her a look, did she always have to phrase it like she was giving me an order?

Vanessa didn't seem to notice, instead she looked rather distracted.

I touched the crystal and noticed a few notifications had appeared.

[Sorting complete.]

[312 Neglism pods placed in storage bin. 1832 Neglism leaves placed in storage bin, Neglism trunk and branch system placed in storage bin, Neglism stump and root system placed in storage bin.]

I stared at the notification stupidly for a moment before smiling. It seemed the bins had an even more useful feature than I thought. Out of curiosity I tried to shift the pods and leaves to the sale pin. The crystal flashed then a prompt appeared.

[Action requested requires transfer upgrade of storage and sale bin. Do you wish to purchase this upgrade for 200 iron coins.(Price can be deducted from sale of merchandise.)]

I gave it some thought then agreed to the upgrade and sales of the two items.

Storage bin transfer feature: Cost 100 iron coins.

Sale bin transfer feature:Cost 100 iron coins.

312 Neglism Pods:Sale price 5 iron/15 silver 60 iron

1832 Neglism leaves:Sale price 10 Bronze/183 silver 20 bronze

Total profit:15 Silver 43 Silver 20 Bronze]

Seeing the money that poured into my account I smiled.

”That should help out a lot.” Vanessa commented.

I looked over at her only to see her still distracted. I rolled my eyes then pulled up the available crops in the crop store. The menu had changed a bit since the last time I saw it.

Crops Available

Blue Dandelion5 Bronze/ 25 seeds/10 Bronze

Silver Shamrock20 Bronze/ 30 seeds/ 50 Bronze

Amber Mint1 Iron / 16 seeds/ 60 Bronze