With three master gardeners teaching me, I somewhat managed to do it well enough. And, if my skill improved, they said that they would let me maintain some garden trees by myself. Someday I would like to prune the very thick tree at the front gate.
[Fay, how have you been?]
When I consulted about it with the Black Sword Greed, he just said [How should I know? Think for yourself] while mocking me. So, whenever Roxy calls me Fay, I had a feeling of discontent.
[It’s nothing, Roxy-sama]
I suppress the pain of hunger down so as to not worry Roxy during this tea time.
[Is that so…? But, you have a bad complexion]
[No, I’m really alright!]
I hear Roxy’s voice calling my name faintly. But in the end, I cannot hear anything at all.
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Apparently, during the tea time with Roxy, I had fainted being able to endure the hunger from my Glutton skill. Now I feel comfortable because that unbearable pain is suppressed.
[Take a good rest from work tomorrow morning. From Roxy]
[Hey, Greed. My hunger increases with every passing day. In the past, I had been able to endure and there was no issue like this. What do you think?]
Greed answered while laughing hard.
[It’s natural. You, have thrown the dice]
[What do you mean?]
[After the Glutton skill experiences consuming a soul once, it cannot be stopped. You will be urged to eat more]
[As you eat souls, you will become stronger. And after you eat the soul, you will get an urge to want more souls to eat. That’s the characteristic of this skill. Until you die, you need to keep getting stronger. The skill won’t let you off. If you are unable to continue, you will simply starve to death. You might also lose your will and ego, and start to attack anything]
[No way… It can’t be]
[I will also tell you something good. When you are reaching the critical limit, something will happen to your eyes. Take a look in the mirror]
[It seems you have reached the limit. You can enjoy a peaceful employee life here. But do not forget what you should do. I’ll say it once more, the dice have been thrown]
I change my clothes in the room, sling on my black sword Greed. And then, under everyone’s eyes, I went out stealthily from Heart Family’s Mansion. To satisfy my hunger….
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