I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 364

Flowers had bloomed on the World Tree. It sounded ordinary enough on paper, but the situation was definitely unusual.

I had heard something from Let’s Grow Trees before. That it was extremely rare for the World Tree to bloom flowers.

Does a disaster happen when flowers bloom? Something like that does happen, actually.

In fact, right before a disaster struck Alfheim, there was a superstition that flowers would bloom on the World Tree.

’That’s just a rumor though... Could it simply be because of energy absorption?’

It wasn’t just a single blossom; it was in full, magnificent bloom. A stark contrast to before.

On top of that, the flowers were multicolored, as if showcasing their pure beauty.

’First, I should post a photo, right?’

I had stopped the real-time stream when I returned to the Shelter.

I planned to take a break soon and butcher the carcass at the same time.

But an unexpected situation had arisen, so I should ask for opinions.

"Lackey. Hold onto that tightly so it doesn’t fly away."

"Should I start butchering it in advance?"

"Sure, you can do that."

I left the butchering to Lackey and the hobgoblins. The hobgoblins were expert butchers, so it would be fine.

Meanwhile, I stared at the World Tree with a complicated expression. The World Tree, blooming as beautifully as cherry blossoms.

I didn’t know if it was really a sign of disaster or simply due to absorbing energy.

’Let’s Grow Trees should know best, right?’

I posted a picture of the blooming World Tree on the Gallery.

I expected experts, especially elves, to show a tremendous amount of interest.

Title) Flowers bloomed on the World Tree

Wild Grylls

(Photo of flowers blooming on the World Tree)

(Video of the blooming World Tree)

(Photo of the nuke purified by the World Tree)

Title says it all. Flowers bloomed on the World Tree.

Those who watched the stream earlier might know, but it absorbed that black pearl-like thing I found earlier.

The 3rd photo is after it absorbed and purified it. And then flowers bloomed.

Someone mentioned a rumor before that disasters happen when the World Tree blooms—is that true?

└ Heavenly Demon) They are more beautiful than cherry blossoms. The scene when the petals fall must be magnificent.

└ Sword Matstar) They really are pretty. Just like me right now.

└ Heavenly Demon) ?

└ Sword Matstar) What.

└ Look at how baffled Heavenly Demon-nim was to just type ? LOL

└ It’s just hilarious because it’s so absurd LOL

└ Sometimes Matstar this guy chooses the weirdest things to say ;

└ Leave her alone, seems like she’s desperate LOL

└ How old did they say Sword Matstar was?

└ Seeing how she freaks out over marriage talk, probably around 23? 24? Something like that.

└ Sword Matstar) If you’re pretty and have a great body, age doesn’t matter, does it?

└ Heavenly Demon) I shall speak not in a single word, but in a single character: lol

└ Sword Matstar) Where do you live?

└ LOL

└ LOL

└ LOL

└ Instant freakout LOL

└ Let’s Grow Trees) Flowers bloomed on the World Tree! You must have raised it with love and care! That’s truly amazing!

└ Wild Grylls) It just ate stuff on its own and grew fine though?

└ Let’s Grow Trees) You can’t deny that you gave it care! Anyway, there IS a connection between the blooming flowers and disaster!

└ Wild Grylls) Hearing you say that with such a cheerful tone makes me even more depressed...

└ Let’s Grow Trees) Don’t worry! In terms of causality, the germination of flowers on the World Tree is a result, not a cause!

Let’s Grow Trees explained in detail like a true expert.

When the World Tree blooms, it is true that a disaster—namely a natural disaster—is occurring.

However, the true role of the World Tree is to mitigate the ’power’ of the natural disaster.

So if an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or higher was supposed to occur, it reduces its power down to around a 5.0.

└ Let’s Grow Trees) Therefore, you can estimate the scale of the disaster based on how much it blooms.

└ Wild Grylls) I see. But when there was an earthquake last time, no flowers bloomed?

└ Let’s Grow Trees) Since the Forest of the Four Seasons is rich in nutrients, it probably didn’t even pay attention to it.

└ It’s already constantly full, so there’s no reason to eat more.

└ It’s gonna gain weight at this rate lol

└ Do trees gain weight too?

└ Not sure about that. Maybe it bears better fruit?

At any rate, it meant there was no need to worry too much.

While flowers blooming on the World Tree outside meant huge trouble, it was different here.

It was easier to think of it as blooming flowers simply because it consumed too much energy.

’Come to think of it, before it bore fruit without even blooming flowers, didn’t it?’

Since it was a Sacred Tree, it was hard to compare to ordinary trees.

Looking at the beautifully blooming World Tree, I checked the Gallery.

Whether Let’s Grow Trees was right, everyone was saying similar things.This chapter is updated first at nov​elping.com.

Heavenly Demon and Sword Matstar bickering was a familiar sight by now.

Though it was a bit disappointing that Allfather couldn’t leave a comment, I could let it pass.

└ Starlight Lady) What effects do the World Tree flowers have? Could we craft medicine with them?

└ Let’s Grow Trees) It’s practically a chunk of pure energy. Though not quite like an Inner Core, if ground up well into spiritual medicine, it’ll have a massive effect!

└ Passing Dwarf) Could it be made into booze too?

└ Let’s Grow Trees) There is liquor brewed from World Tree flowers. It’s extremely precious, so only high-ranking officials can drink it.

└ Passing Dwarf) Is it tasty?

└ Let’s Grow Trees) It’s a liquor that boosts the birth rate of elves who have fallen into the abyss!

└ What? You mean it’s good for stamina? LOL

└ That too, but it sounds like people just got drunk and caused accidents LOL

└ Looking at how they put it, seriously LOL

└ Reliability soaring LOL

It seemed that if it was good for the body, it certainly couldn’t be bad.

Watching Let’s Grow Trees start praising the World Tree, I smirked.

Then I quietly reached my arm out while staring at the World Tree.

Pluck-

After picking a flower, I examined it closely. Amazingly, its color shifted depending on the angle of light reflection.

Tilting it to the side turned it blue, while tilting it elsewhere turned it green.

’It didn’t absorb radiation, did it?’

If it really absorbed radiation, this Shelter was done for.

I smelled the flower. A fragrance of sweetness and floral aroma coexisted.

It was enough to wipe away all memory of the foul stench I smelled in that forest earlier.

’I could use this as an air freshener. Should I ask Starlight Lady-nim?’

The Shelter—or more accurately, the house—was generally comfortable.

But with 4 males living together, the smell was no joke.

You could say a bachelor scent hung heavy in the air. A damp, musky smell that wasn’t pleasant.

On top of that, three cute animals. Adding their unique savory animal scent made it even worse.

It was fortunate I used charcoal to deodorize, but since there were no windows, proper ventilation was impossible.

[Wild Grylls: Starlight Lady-nim. May I ask a favor of you?]

[Starlight Lady: Yes! If it’s your request, Grylls-nim, I’ll grant it anytime. What is it?]

[Wild Grylls: I’ll give you World Tree flowers; could you make them into air fresheners for me?]

[Starlight Lady: Huh? Air fresheners?]

[Wild Grylls: Yes.]

[Starlight Lady: Aren’t there some on the auction house?]

Starlight Lady was right—there were air fresheners on the auction house.

But the problem was that the scent was ’too’ strong.

Emitting a strong scent here was like advertising "I’m right here!" to predators.

You could argue the World Tree was similar, but this was slightly different.

Now that flowers had bloomed on the World Tree, the fragrance would spread everywhere anyway.

A similar scent would likely be less irritating.

[Wild Grylls: There are, but they’re too overpowering. Plus, since flowers have already bloomed on the World Tree, I think this level should be fine.]

[Starlight Lady: That makes sense. I can research it while making them. No need to add other substances, right?]

[Wild Grylls: Yes. Just serving as an air freshener is enough.]

[Starlight Lady: Understood! But... if you don’t mind, could I ask a favor too?]

[Wild Grylls: What favor? Please, go ahead.]

[Starlight Lady: Um... I’d like to make perfume out of it too, if that’s okay...]

[Starlight Lady: (Emoticon looking around nervously)]

Wanting to craft perfume alongside air fresheners. Hearing this, I smiled.

Even if she was a researcher, a woman was a woman. She was bound to be interested in cosmetics.

There were plenty of flowers, so I could willingly grant a favor like that.

[Wild Grylls: Yes, that’s fine. There are plenty of flowers. Consider that my repayment.]

[Starlight Lady: Thank you! Perfume made from World Tree flowers... I’m really looking forward to it!]

[Starlight Lady: (Joyful emoticon)]

That emoticon was unexpectedly cute. Should I make one separately too?

After saying goodbye to Starlight Lady, I turned my head.

Wonmo caught my eye, sniffing the fragrance of a fallen petal on the ground.

"Wonmo-ya."

"Ggyu?"

When I called his name, Wonmo looked at me with his signature round eyes.

After snapping a picture of that, I took another photo of him tilting his head.

"Aww. Just looking at you is adorable."

"Ggyuuuu~"

I took photos of his brightly smiling face while petting him to my heart’s content.

Now I just needed to convert these into emoticons. After all, the Gallery Master of the Gallery was still Wonmo.

’Still, the other kids might feel left out.’

I took photos of Tyranno and Cheongseol too.

Furthermore, this wasn’t the end. A scene-stealer of sorts remained.

"Can you only make that one facial expression?"

"...."

"Yeah. That’s better."

Bbareumbo, who always wore a relaxed, lazy expression. A single photo was enough for him.Find the original chapter at nоvelping.com.

I’d edit them later, and for now, I decided to help butcher the wild boar.

While I was doing various things, Lackey and the hobgoblins had progressed to the intermediate stage of their work.

Because the wild boar was the size of a house, even draining the blood took a long time.

"Just in case, dump the blood and entrails in the upper river, not here. Otherwise, a disaster will happen."

"Master. Let’s use a few entrails as bait."

"That sounds good. Do you have a fishing rod?"

"I have this staff."

"...."

Mistilteinn wasn’t originally intended for that purpose. Somehow, it had turned into an all-purpose stick.

At any rate, fishing would be done later, and we thoroughly butchered the wild boar.

There was so much meat that we had to build another food storage unit.

Still, thanks to the hobgoblins, we could erect the food storage unit quickly.

’Is this the pork belly cut? I’ve butchered everything else, but this is my first time doing a pig.’

I gave some cuts to the hobgoblins. They worked hard, so they deserved some.

Soon, the time it took to finish butchering everything was about an hour.

Although the weather was warm since it was early summer, decay had not set in yet.

"Good work. Now let’s eat lunch."

"Meat! Meat!"

"Meat! Master! Meat!"

When I said it was time to eat, the hobgoblins raised a ruckus.

Where on earth did they learn the word ’meat’?

Looking at them like this, each of them was now a proper worker. I should treat them well continuously from now on.

"I’ll give you meat other than what we just butchered. Cooking it without aging makes it taste bad."

This was something I learned after a few experiences. Eating meat right after slaughtering tastes bad.

Partly due to rigor mortis, and partly because the muscle fibers were tight and too tough. I only realized this recently too.

A short while later, after clearing everything up, I plucked World Tree flowers one by one.

Surprisingly, when I plucked a flower, a new flower germinated in its place. It seemed the amount of energy absorbed was immense.

’With this, I can make plenty of air fresheners.’

Thinking so, I sent the plucked flowers to Starlight Lady.

Aside from that, I received gauntlet molds from the dwarf and proceeded step by step.

As time passed like that, evening soon arrived. Since it was summer, the sun didn’t set early, but it had already grown dark.

’Should I try editing emoticons tonight?’

The newly applied editing feature in the Gallery was very useful.

Not only could you pick out just the fun parts, but you could even add subtitles.

A new toy with boundless potential. The emoticon Starlight Lady used earlier was part of that.

’Points are meant to be used at times like this.’

The usage for points was extremely limited. Betting at most.

But even betting was meaningless unless it was a day with sports matches.

Because of that, many people had accumulated tons of points; an outlet for spending was needed.

’Mini-games will probably open soon too.’

I began working on emoticons through editing.

The main character of the emoticons was, of course, the mascot and Gallery Master, Wonmo.

Although the other kids appeared here and there, their role was slightly smaller.

’I’ll stop here for today.’

Editing whenever I had free time before going to sleep wouldn’t take long.

In the first place, there was no need to draw pictures. I just stuck the originals right in.

After confirming that the kids were fast asleep, I slowly closed my eyes.

Tomorrow, I planned to craft gauntlets using the molds given by the dwarf.

’Time flies fast like this.’

In the beginning, time dragged painfully, but lately it felt fast.

Slowly closing my eyes, I looked forward to tomorrow’s tasks.

Hopefully, it would be a peaceful day without incidents.

Bzzzzzz-

"...."

Bzzzzzz!

"...?"

What’s this sound? Sounds like a drone flying around.

I slowly opened my eyes at the sound coming near my ear.

Feeling refreshed meant a day had definitely passed. The problem was the sound.

It was definitely the sound of something flying around. Did I forget to apply bug repellent before sleeping?

"What is it...?"

Opening my eyes gently, I turned my head toward the direction of the sound.

And....

BZZZZZZ!

I locked eyes with an enormous golden ’bee’.

"...."

If I get stung by that needle, it’s gonna punch a wind tunnel through me.