Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts With a Village

Nothing, I wasn't afraid to know the look of the same blame or the look on Miss Micah's face, but I hurried to the temple.

Recently, Father Yae, who has become more and more beautiful, smiled at me.

"Is this the recipe the prince died of tomatoes eating? Yes, it's still there. Here's a copy too."

What a shame.

Maybe I have a guardian angel with me today. As in the present world, there is the protection of the monkey god.

"That's great! However, you used to keep such things deliberately. Now it's supposed to be poisonous food, right?

"I'm sure the prince really liked tomatoes. A royal diary, a nobleman's diary, is a percentage, but they always mention the tomato dishes they ate that day."

I see, did you keep a diary, not a cookbook?

In that case, I am satisfied that it is stored.

"Still, it's a little strange to find copies in temples in regional cities with limited libraries."

For some reason, I tilt my neck to Father Yae.

"That's probably because tomatoes are grown very widely. Even this sacchara is often seen in gardens everywhere in the summer."

"Even in dormitories, they were planted for viewing, knowing they couldn't eat. In other words, to avoid accidentally eating such a common sight, they came all over the place to alert them."

"That's what I accept. When the manuscript came out, it was thought to have been grown extensively for food."

There was information from Father Yae that it was still being eaten, but only on some frontiers.

It was eaten in my village, but when I think about it, I feel that I was eating a lot from my generation to the lower age.

Maybe everyone who saw me eating and didn't know the tomato toxicology theory was eating it.

That's what some adults said when they learned about it, especially the village chief and his wife.

Secretly, it was soft.

No, it was Prince Tomato who softened it. Definitely not me.

It is no exaggeration to say that a beneficial source of nutrition has been wasted as non-edible for many years as a rebellion against civilization.

Forgive me, Prince Tomato.

As a punishment, you will be passed on to future generations as someone who can no longer eat tomatoes.

"Now, let's look at the Prince's problems."

"Here's the book."

Father Yae presents the book of interest to me, familiar with my method of investigation.

It can't be found in any other book in the temple, and this is also an old copy. I think fifty years is light, but in the books of this world it still falls into the category of young.

Check it out.

"I really like tomatoes, this guy."

From the spring when the tomatoes are planted to the end of the summer when the tomato harvest is expected to be finished, I only write about the tomatoes in my diary.

In autumn and winter, there is a huge gap because there are only serious statements about the administration of the territory that seems to be entrusted with management.

Existence itself is like a joke.

To thank you for entertaining me, let me sublimate you to a joke that shines in agricultural and culinary history.

If you like tomatoes so much, you'll want them to be eaten again, and you'll want them to be spoken with you.

Even if it's not, the dead's objection won't reach me.

"There was. This is where the description gets suspicious."

Since the year when the recipe for tomato dishes began to stand out, the contents of the diary have started to get confused.

Apparently the typeface is also disturbed, and there is a gradual increase in precautions that copywriters cannot read the original text.

The contents settle somewhat at a time when tomatoes are not harvested, but there is a clear discrepancy when compared to the previous description as a good politician.

"Judging from the recipes in this diary and the anomalies in the description... the cause is not tomato fruit."

"Ash's view is always exciting. Ah, before you go any further, please take a moment."

The Yae priest is breathing deeply in a tone that says it's bad for his heart.

After repeated several times, he held his fist and put his temper into it.

You only listen to my logical and sober views, but do something puzzling.

"So how does Ash see it?"

"The cause is probably tomato stems or flowers. This guy says he likes tomatoes, so he cooks them even where he doesn't normally eat them."

According to the diary, cooks are always ordered to serve new tomato dishes.

I don't know how much pressure I put on you, but I think you were quite the one who insisted on tomatoes so much that you could make a cooking evaluation every day.

As a result, the cook started cooking not only tomato fruit, but also other parts, stems and flowers.

It is a fine tomato dish because it is not only tomato but also fruit.

However, if it can be said that it is poisonous, I won't tell you.

"There's been a disturbance in the description since we started cooking with other than tomato fruit. I haven't had a problem for years, so it's hard to say that there was a problem with the tomato fruit itself."

"I see. This is certainly... if the tomatoes are really poisonous, it's strange that they haven't had any problems since before."

"Besides, you think tomato fruit was commonly eaten at the time, right?

"Yeah, that's right. Ash's reasoning is consistent with that information."

But Father Yae asks me.

"I'm not very familiar with plants, but is it conceivable that some are poisonous and some are not?"

"Oh, I see. Certainly, that's not impossible without knowing."

However, the presence or absence of poison and the concentration of poison vary from plant to plant.

Especially when ripe fruit is not poisonous.

"Basically, plants can't be attacked by external enemies, run away, or wave their hands around to get rid of them. So, by poisoning your body, you seem to be preventing it from eating."

Natural poisons... are pesticides produced independently by plants against pests and beasts.

The structure of the food chain, if it exists strictly, means that there is no life to take advantage of others.

All of these are competing for survival on an equal footing.

"On the other hand, you should have found it advantageous for plants to plant as widely as possible. If it breeds in a small area, there is a risk that the species will be extinct in a single fire."

"That's true.... so that plants use other animals to carry seeds more than they can move themselves?

"That's what it is. There are parts of plants that are in trouble if they are eaten and parts that are better eaten. If eaten, bitter poison is given to the troubled part, and sweet nutrients are given to the better part. Why don't the birds come to pick up tomato fruit?

I see!

Father Yae makes an excited voice to understand how nature works.

"This is a very good story! So, the ripe fruit of the tomato... that means that the red fruit of the next generation of seeds is poisonous. It's a part of being eaten by other animals."

"That's what it is. However, not all ripe fruit can be eaten. Some plants have decided to be eaten by animals that are not resistant to humans because only some animals carry seeds."

"Yeah, that's right. However, there is a history that tomatoes in this case were commonly eaten before. Probably the same as the tomatoes currently grown."

If so, Father Yae nods loudly.

"Tomato red fruit is poisonous. This is a very credible story."

"I'm glad you said that to Father Yae. As a matter of fact, I was eating in the village, and I ate earlier today. I'll experiment a little bit more and put it together as a report."

"I'll leave it to you from there. I am responsible for evaluating this temple."

The assessment of a temple with a facet of academic institutions is very effective for the intellectual class.

Mr. Itsuki would have been more reluctant to approve the agricultural improvement plan if it hadn't been "logical and well documented" from the shrine.

Father Yae is familiar with the area and is very energetic in his assessment and certification within the temple.

We were very helpful because Professor Volke did not teach us this system.

"Thank you very much. If this goes well, I'll make a delicious meat dish with tomatoes, so please use the recipe if you'd like."

You don't have to say what you're going to use it for.

This is obvious to me as a lieutenant apprentice who knows about Sir George's recent diet.

"That would be very helpful. After all, he likes meat better."

Father Yae, who has an unhidden heat on "that man", is no longer breathing air close to his new wife.

Sir Georges is still up to speed, but most importantly, he seems to have been steadily buried in the outer borehole by the aggressive and courageous offensive of Father Yae.

Father Yae glanced at Prince Tomato's diary to see if he was in a good mood for a new attack (recipe).

"That's right. I can also summarize the relationship between stem and flower dishes and when the description went crazy. I'll make a plan for Arthur and Reina."

"If you'll let Father Yae be willing, please."

After all, you should return favors with favors.

The desired cooperation is highly efficient.

Both I and Yae nodded with a bright smile.