Jelly Alien Will Save You!
Chapter : 4
Chapter: Someone Has Started Farming at My House
After the trespasser left the house,
I sat a little distance away with my spaceship, glaring fiercely at my home.
Should I confront him when he comes back? Tell him this is my house?
Grrr…
Ugh. If I try that, I might just get smacked flat into jelly.
Grrrrrr…!
And if I’m lucky, I’ll just become flat jelly. Worst case, I might get completely splattered.
Grrrrrrrrrr!
Why am I hungry even though I’ve turned into jelly?
I tried to ignore it, but my stomach, empty all day, was throwing a full-blown tantrum.
I want to eat something…
I smacked my lips and looked around.
The reddish-orange carrots in the field looked incredibly appetizing.
And the wide-open gate looked like it was practically waving me in.
Ahem.
Maybe he wouldn’t notice if I just ate one.
A bad voice whispered in my head.
Yeah… just one.
My decision was quick.
I crawled forward carefully, making sure not to make any squeaking sounds.
Let’s go like this. Like a stealth fighter… undetectable by radar.
As I slipped through the gate, I saw a tiny field at a glance. Carrots were sparsely planted—like the hair on that guy’s head.
Like a water deer raiding a field, I would move silently and swiftly. That was my plan!
I pulled out a carrot and swallowed hard.
But then—
…?
No matter how I looked at it, this wasn’t something grown in a field. It looked like a neatly cleaned carrot from a supermarket.
It felt strange, but my hunger came first. I blew off the dirt and started munching.
Just one. Just one.
But one became two, two became three… and before I knew it, I’d lost control…
“…?”
Wait. I ate them all?
When I came to my senses, every single carrot had been pulled out and eaten.
All that remained in the field were scattered carrot tops.
I chewed the last carrot in my hand and looked around.
I don’t know when the trespasser will return, so I should leave quickly.
I started crawling again.
That’s when—
Creak—
The sound of the gate opening.
Startled, I quickly hid behind it.
Thud. Thud.
The sound of military boots stepping inside.
Gulp.
I peeked out from beside the gate to observe the man. He moved with the straight, disciplined gait of a soldier.
Yeah, just go inside already.
The moment he enters the house, I’ll slip away like a stealth fighter.
That’s what I thought…
Thud. Thud. Thud.
The man, who had been heading inside, stopped next to the field.
Did he notice?
Well… I completely wrecked the carrot patch. No way he wouldn’t.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
My heart began pounding loudly.
He crouched down and picked up one of the carrot tops I had left behind.
It spun lightly between his fingers.
A brief silence fell.
It felt like he could hear my pounding heart in this stillness. My vision started spinning.
Then, as if he’d thought of something, the man suddenly stood up.
‘He didn’t notice… right?’
Step. Step. Step. Step.
For a moment, I trembled in fear—
Then he walked right past the gate and left.
“…Oh?”
He didn’t notice?
Maybe the trespasser is kind of an idiot.
I stifled the grin spreading across my face.
All I have to do is get out safely now.
After waiting a bit and hearing nothing, I started to crawl out from behind the gate—
Snap—
A large hand grabbed both my ears and lifted me up.
“Huh?”
The man looked down at me, dangling like a rabbit.
“…?”
“…?”
We stared at each other, both with question marks practically floating above our heads.
I was hanging from a tree, swaying side to side.
Spin to the left.
Spin to the right.
“I-I’m dizzy…”
“Be quiet.”
I groaned, but the owner of the field was merciless.
“You’re the one who stole the carrots, right?”
“Carrots? I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
I shook my head innocently.
I didn’t want to become flat jelly. I had to deny it no matter what.
I couldn’t see his expression because of the gas mask, but I could clearly feel his suspicion.
“If you lie, I won’t let you go.”
“It was me.”
“I knew it.”
Tch.
Since I was already caught, I kept chewing the carrot still in my mouth.
Seeing my shamelessness, the field owner looked dumbfounded, and I rolled my eyes.
“Ugh, I’m dizzy…”
“You think I’ll let you go just because of that?”
I narrowed my eyes and spoke in a sulky tone.
“You said you would. If you lie, you’re a bad human.”
“A bad human?”
The man let out a short laugh and, instead of answering, drove his shovel into the ground.
As if to say, If I really were a bad human, you’d already be dead.
Eek!
The man narrowed his eyes and poked my trembling ear. My long rabbit-like ear squished in and popped back out.
He scanned me from head to toe and asked suspiciously,
“What exactly are you?”
I understood him.
Yeah, if I saw a talking round jelly, I’d find it strange too. I find myself strange.
As I lamented what I’d become, a quest window appeared.
[You have encountered a native species of Earth.]
[Quest]
Form a friendly relationship with the native species of Earth
[Reward]
- Cosmic Coin +1
…Form a friendly relationship? Is that even possible?
But for the sake of the quest, I cleared my throat and said,
“Don’t worry. I’m an ordinary alien. I won’t harm humans.”
“You don’t look like you could harm anyone.”
Fair point.
I drooped a little.
But whether I sulked or not, he kept observing me and muttered,
“Did you come out of a dungeon?”
“Not exactly…”
“Was there another dungeon break that released low-level monsters like this?”
He wasn’t listening to me at all.
Whether I denied it or not, he seemed to have concluded on his own that I was some kind of monster.
Well… technically, monsters are alien species too…
But calling me low-level? That’s too much!
I’m a top-tier species in the universe!
I pouted, but quickly held back my anger.
Right now, I have a secret mission.
Build a friendly relationship—and take back my house.
“Hey, field owner.”
“…?”
“Want me to help you?”
He scoffed.
“With what?”
“I can help with your stupid carrot farming.”
“….”
His sharp gaze turned to me.
I flinched but continued calmly,
“What kind of idiot plants whole carrots? They’ll rot instead of growing. That’s why I ate them for you.”
“That’s…”
“Obviously. The only farming you’ve ever done is probably sticking onions in a cup of water in kindergarten.”
“Well—”
“With that kind of mindset, do you think you can farm in a place this harsh?”
“….”
“That kind of naïve thinking won’t work. That’s why I’m offering to help.”
Of course, I didn’t actually know anything either. The onion-in-a-cup thing? That was my experience too.
But I had an alien cheat ability, so I could be endlessly shameless.
There’s no way I’m giving up a comfortable house.
“Got it now?”
I wiggled my eyebrows and gestured toward the rope.
“…?”
He didn’t understand right away.
So I declared confidently,
“You should untie me, partner.”
“Who said we’re partners?”
The man, suddenly becoming my partner, seemed frustrated and removed his gas mask.
Underneath was a much younger face than I expected.
Seeing his fully revealed face, I gasped in shock. My heart felt like it stopped.
‘…Why is this person here?’
