Quartz and Aster sat watching the white rabbit cross its legs and drink tea very leisurely like a human.
"I'm really sorry for scaring you two. My name is Fenech, I'm one of the human-beast hybrid races. Also one of the weakest species in nature"- Fenech
Aster turned to whisper to her sister.
"Really a beastman?"- Aster
"It's quite similar, most beastmen characters have animal forms and behave like humans"- Quartz
"But trust me, I didn't do anything malicious, I just wanted to do something. You know, we are a big family of rabbits that are migrating, but our new home doesn't have enough space for us, so we're currently wandering around and have no place to stay"- Fenech
"So you snuck into my garden because..."- Quartz
"It's because I was attracted by the smell of carrots, I've never smelled such delicious carrots since I was born. I just wanted to bring some back for my flock"- Fenech
The two sisters looked at the rabbits, all of them looking at them with big round eyes as if begging for food. Seeing such small creatures begging made the two girls' hearts melt with cuteness.
"Big sister, can you..."- Aster
"Okay, okay, let me go get them some food"- Quartz
Hearing that there was food, the rabbits immediately followed the girl to the kitchen in the house, the refrigerator opened, and inside was a very large space. At first, Quartz was surprised when she opened the refrigerator, but now that she thought about it, such a spacious refrigerator would hold more things, so she ignored it and used it.
Quartz took out a lot of boxes of fresh vegetables from the refrigerator, because the vegetables had been washed and refrigerated in the refrigerator, so when eaten, they would feel cool and fresh. She immediately divided the vegetables evenly with the rabbits, each rabbit took the food and ate it greedily.
Fenech took a carrot and took a big bite, as expected, fresh vegetables were very delicious to herbivores.
Watching the rabbits eating, Aster immediately reached out to touch one of the rabbits, her hand approached the rabbit's white fur but it seemed to have no reaction and continued eating. The girl gradually moved closer and gently stroked the rabbit.
"Sorry, there's no place to sleep right now, can you guys sleep here?"- Quartz
"It's no problem, we always sleep close together so you don't have to worry about us getting cold"- Fenech
"Good night then"- Aster
When they returned to the room, the two girls lay down on the bed to continue sleeping, but the older sister immediately locked the door to prevent the rabbits from doing anything shady while they were sleeping.
"Do you think those rabbits are trustworthy?"- Aster
"I don't know, we have to observe them first. After all, our house has a lot of surveillance cameras"- Quartz
And so they fell asleep right after that.
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The rooster crowed loudly, signaling the dawn. Quartz was the first to wake up, so she went downstairs first. Although she was still a bit sleepy, she rubbed her eyes and went to get a cup of warm water to drink.
"Here's your warm water, Miss Quartz."
"Thank you." Quartz
Taking the cup of warm water, she was about to drink it when she realized something and turned around. She saw a brown rabbit walking on two legs and holding up the tray with both hands.
"Oh my god!" Quartz
She was so startled that she almost dropped the cup of water. Luckily, she held it tightly so only a little water spilled out. Quartz calmed down and saw that the brown rabbit in front of her seemed to be walking on four legs yesterday, but only a few hours had passed before it was walking on two legs.
"What's wrong?"
"How...I mean...this?"- Quartz
"Oh, you mean how can I walk on two legs? Thanks to eating the vegetables you gave us, we somehow evolved and became two-legged"
"Impossible!"- Quartz thought
"Oh, you're awake, Miss Quartz"- Fenech
Fenech's voice caught the girl's attention, the white rabbit stepped in front of her.
"Fenech, what's the matter?"- Quartz
"From now on, we will live with you, to repay you!"- Fenech
"Repay me? But what have I done to repay you?"- Quartz
"Are you planning to chase us away?"- Fenech
"No...I mean...you are all rabbits, aren't you animals that should live in nature without being constrained?"- Quartz
"Do you really think we animals live in nature? We have evolved into beastmen now. When we evolved, we gradually separated from nature to start a new life"- Fenech
"But why did you choose my house? There are many places you can go to"- Quartz
"It seems like you still don't understand, we are grateful animals that repay you, you gave us vegetables to eat without complaining. This touched us so we decided to stay help you again!"- Fenech
"Please, let us stay, we will do the housework, we can farm and we can travel here and there. Anything!"
"Please!"
"Please!"
"Please!"
The rabbits begged in unison and looked at her with their big, sparkling eyes, making it impossible for her to refuse them.
So she nodded and accepted them to stay, after all, Quartz had a plan to make money soon. She just didn't know whether to trust these little creatures or not.
Outside, the rabbits divided up a plot of land to grow different types of vegetables.
"Hurry up and bring water here!"
"Get out of the way, we're carrying things!"
"Don't be so slow, Lady Quartz has let us stay, so we have to work hard."
"I heard you!"
It turned out that she was wrong, the rabbits were small but they worked together without confusion or conflict. Her vegetable garden just yesterday In the past, she had to do everything by herself, but now that these rabbits were helping, Quartz didn't need to do anything anymore.
Maybe she was free now, so she decided to practice the skills she had, who knows, maybe she would have to use them soon?
Quartz glanced at the magic mirror to see her current state, besides receiving the grace of the gods, she also had skills that were useful for small support.
For example, the dishes she made would have a strengthening or resistance-increasing property, and there were also foods with multiple properties, so of course the cooking difficulty would increase.
Although she watched a lot of action genres, Quartz herself wasn't a troublemaker, so her initial priority was to protect her and her sister and the house they were living in. The rabbits here would probably help her reinforce the house.
"Thanks to the grace of the God of Food, and also the small benefit of the God of Agriculture. I can improve in making more dishes" - Quartz
Remembering the gods, Quartz realized that she didn't know how to offer thanks to the gods, or should she offer offerings like she usually did in the old world?
So she went to look for Fenech, maybe he knew something. When she got home, Aster had already woken up and seemed to be very happy while petting the rabbits around her.
"Oh, if you ask about offerings to the gods, I see that many people only offer fruits to the gods." - Fenech
"Nothing but fruits?" - Quartz
"At most, cut fruits." - Fenech
"So... what's the difference?" - Aster
"Wait a minute, don't people here have the concept of food?" - Quartz
"This... we don't know much, according to our observations, many species only eat ready-made food and don't cook like you." - Fenech
Hearing that, Quartz could only sigh, this world really has very few people with the concept of cooking. She wondered, if they were to offer fruits to the gods, wouldn't they be too bored to eat?
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The goddess of food, as she watched and listened to the Quartz girl she served confide in the rabbit, nodded in agreement.
"It's just as you thought, young lady. Everyone up here eats only fruits and raw meat, there's no such thing as delicious food!"- Ambrosia
She was actually hoping that someone would care about eating a little, but it seemed that no one did, which made a goddess of food like her existence seem redundant. That's why she had never been recognized as a true god since she was born.
While she was still talking to herself, a spirit flew over. It was the spirit that delivered offerings from the mortal believers, to show respect to their god. Ambrosia definitely didn't receive any since she had only granted grace to one person.
"Goddess of Food Ambrosia, you have an offering from your believer!"
The gods who were still noisy just now suddenly became silent, the delivery spirit flew to the little goddess and placed a box in her hand before disappearing. As for the goddess Ambrosia, her eyes widened in shock, not understanding what was happening. The gods' eyes were all on her, causing the little goddess to quickly run away from there.
When she had run far enough, Ambrosia still didn't understand why that Quartz girl would offer her an offering. It was obvious that she hadn't been here long, but she was already doing this act of gratitude, which made a goddess like her feel a little embarrassed.
After all, this was an offering from a believer, so how could she refuse?
Ambrosia opened the box and inside were the sandwiches that Quartz girl had made. Although she was a bit curious about this food because it looked quite simple. But you can't judge food by its appearance.
Taking a big bite, Ambrosia opened her eyes wide in surprise.
"It's so delicious!" - Ambrosia