The Jelly Alien Will Save You! Chapter 5

The boy with the pale face and delicate, pretty features was undeniably ‘him.’ 

 

He looked a bit more grown up than the last time I saw him, but looking from any angle…

 

‘It’s Cha Haeeon.’

 

The very person who once caused a worldwide uproar when he emerged as an S-class with dual attributes.

 

A youngest-ever officer who had been deployed to countless military operations since his awakening and sparked controversy by being commissioned as a captain the moment he turned eighteen.

 

And he was the vice-team leader of the Special Response Team (SRT) who entered the Yongsan dungeon with the guild Quasar in a joint civil-military operation.

 

‘…Quasar.’

 

I rolled the name around in my mind, a name I had kept away from for a long time.

 

Quasar was my older brother’s guild.

 

My brother, along with his guild members, was clearing the dungeon in Yongsan when he went missing due to a Dungeon Break… and was pronounced dead shortly after. Along with all his guild members.

 

At that time, some of the Special Forces team survived, but Cha Haeeon was supposed to have gone missing with Quasar and been pronounced dead.

 

But such a Cha Haeeon is alive?

 

If so, what about Quasar? What happened to my brother? Is Cha Haeeon the only one here?

 

I didn’t sense the presence of anyone else inside the house. If so…

 

I opened and closed my mouth, wanting to ask what happened to my brother and if the guild members were alive.

 

“Excuse me, Cha Hae—”

 

“…”

 

In an instant, Cha Haeeon’s eyes narrowed, and a sharp gaze was directed at me.

 

He looked guarded, as if questioning how I knew his name.

 

Receiving the suffocating gaze of an S-class, I stammered.

 

“Cha, Cha-ha… It’s cha-ha-cold, so don’t be so cold to me.” 

 

Only then did the murderous intent vanish in an instant, and Cha Haeeon snorted.

 

I quietly cast my eyes downward.

 

I could see my feet, without even any toes.

 

Right now, I am just a suspicious alien. It would be strange to pretend to know Cha Haeeon.

 

Asking about Quasar would require a ton of explanations, but I can’t answer anything.

 

Should I say I’m the sister of Quasar’s guild master? That when I opened my eyes, I had become an alien?

 

Even if I revealed the truth, I would only be suspected more.

 

If I were in my original form, could I have asked what happened to my brother? Even if I couldn’t, if I could have at least subdued him with force…

 

“What are you staring at?”

 

“I—I wasn’t staring.” 

 

I quickly bowed my head deeply.

 

Meanwhile, the guy put me down from the tree.

 

“Go. And don’t think about stealing food. It’s hard enough to get carrots around here.”

 

A light snort was mixed in at the end of his words.

 

I blankly opened my mouth.

 

He’s telling me to just go? Just like this?

 

Cha Haeeon might be the only person who knows my brother’s whereabouts.

 

The words that had risen to my throat clashed and were swallowed back down.

 

There were tens of thousands of reasons why I couldn’t leave this place.

 

A place where I could be safe from the danger of monsters.

 

Plus, a place where there’s a person who knows my brother’s whereabouts.

 

And above all, this is my house! (Although it’s a setting in a game.)

 

“What are you doing?”

 

“…I’m going, so don’t rush me.”

 

Squeak, squeak, squeak. I walked to the front gate. Then, as soon as I crossed the threshold, I took out my spaceship.

 

Cha Haeeon seemed a little surprised when the small piece of paper instantly grew as big as me.

 

I gave a short, mocking laugh and placed the box down in front of the gate.

 

Squeak, squeak, squeak.

 

Then, I went inside the box and sat down.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

The staring contest between Cha Haeeon and me went on a bit long.

 

“What do you think you’re doing?”

 

“You told me to go, so I came outside.”

 

“And what is that.”

 

“A UFO.”

 

“…”

 

I gave an additional explanation to Cha Haeeon, who seemed to be at a loss for words.

 

“It’s cozy.”

 

Cha Haeeon wiped his face with his hands. 

 

The guy, after sweeping a hand down his face, glared at me through his fingers. It was a look that said exactly, ‘I said I’d let you go quietly, are you messing with me?’

 

I didn’t back down and glared right back. 

 

For a moment, Cha Haeeon looked like he was pondering, ‘Should I just throw that thing away?’, but then he just swiftly went inside the house.

 

I stared blankly at his retreating back, then pouted my lips.

 

“Hmph.”

 

Foolish Cha Haeeon.

 

I shall show you from now on just how useful an alien I can be.

 

* * *

 

Pyo pyo pyo pyok. 

 

I went inside the wide-open gate and stood in front of the small field.

 

In the field where a few carrots had been lined up, nothing remained.

 

Naturally. Because I ate them all.

 

I wiped my mouth.

 

Still, I coincidentally had one seed I got from purifying a monster.

 

I squatted down and planted the F-rank seed in the field.

 

Normally, one would have to water it and wait, but—

 

Farming in <Squishy Squishy! Planetmon!> is different from real-life farming.

 

“Hehehe.”

 

I laughed wickedly and rubbed my hands together.

 

After waiting a little while, sprouts rapidly shot up in an instant.

 

Sprouts emerged, and thick, long stems shot up.

 

Long… longer… even longer…?

 

The stem shooting upwards started to sway.

 

‘I-It’s falling over!’

 

I hurriedly opened the Authority window in the <Survival Handbook>.

 

<Authorities>

– Purification (Lv.1)

– Decorate

 

‘It’s unlocked, Decorate!’

 

When I pressed Decorate, a few options to decorate the cherry tomatoes appeared.

 

[Decorate]

-Ordinary Support (1cc)

-Iron Core Support (10cc)

-Big Ribbon Support (20cc)

 

I immediately chose ‘Ordinary Support’. Because I only had 6 coins right now.

 

Soon, seeing the tomatoes starting to ripen red on the cherry tomato stem where I had installed the support, I smiled with satisfaction.

 

To think I could make cherry tomatoes grow in an instant in a place like this. 

 

Plus, they were much bigger than ordinary cherry tomatoes.

 

Hehe, even Cha Haeeon will be surprised by the immense ability of an alien like me, right?

 

Feeling puffed up, I went back inside the spaceship.

 

Pyok, pyok, pyok, pyok. 

 

I had picked two cherry tomatoes and brought them in my hands.

 

I curled up my body in a ball and lay down in the box.

 

It was time for the sun to start setting. As I put a cherry tomato in my mouth and munched on it, an encroaching chill made my shoulders tremble slightly.

 

‘It’s cold.’

 

It was unfamiliar and funny that a jelly like this could feel the cold.

 

What in the world happened to my brother?

 

I was more curious about what happened to my brother than the fact that I had suddenly become an alien and dropped into a contaminated zone.

 

Is my brother alive?

 

‘When will I be able to ask him.’

 

I closed my eyes, imagining Cha Haeeon warmly welcoming me.

 

“Brother…”

 

Beyond my quiet mumble, I thought I heard the sound of a door.

 

* * *

 

Clack, clack, clack!

 

Clack, clack, clack, clack!

 

I rubbed my sleepy eyes at the loud clattering noise.

 

But for some reason, a cozy blanket was covering my body. I didn’t know the reason, but I snuggled deeper into the soft blanket and curled up.

 

I tried to get some more sleep, but the unpleasant noise disturbed my slumber.

 

Clack, clack, clack, clack!

 

‘Why is there such a creepy noise?’

 

As I opened my blurry eyes, what I saw was a green stem.

 

Clack, clack, clack!

 

Teeth were clattering on the appetizing cherry tomatoes hanging from that stem.

 

I rubbed my eyes.

 

“Oh…”

 

Is this still a dream?

 

But no matter how much I rubbed my eyes, the teeth on the cherry tomatoes didn’t disappear.

 

Clack, clack, clack, clack!

 

What is this? I definitely purified the teeth mold monster? Could it have gotten contaminated again because it’s inside a contaminated zone?

 

Maybe fast-forwarding the crop’s time made it absorb that much more contamination…

 

‘I think this is it.’

 

Just as I was putting together a plausible hypothesis.

 

Cha Haeeon, who had approached at some point, looked at me askance with an ax resting on his shoulder.

 

He’s cold today, too. I greeted Cha Haeeon’s cold face.

 

“Hello, farm owner.”

 

“Hey. Did you do this?”

 

“No?”

 

Without a word, Cha Haeeon dragged the cherry tomato stem over and held it out in front of me.

 

Clack, clack, clack, clack!

 

The teeth of the cherry tomatoes were trying to bite me.

 

“Stop it!”

 

“It was you, wasn’t it?”

 

Clack, clack, clack, clack!

 

“I said stop it!”

 

“It was you.”

 

Clack, clack, clack, clack, clack!

 

“Uh… come to think of it, I guess it might be!”

 

Only then did Cha Haeeon free me from the cherry tomato stem.

 

I pouted and stepped out of my spaceship.

 

Pyok, pyok, pyok, pyok.

 

Cha Haeeon was indifferently striking away the toothed tomatoes with his ax.

 

Fortunately, not all the tomatoes had teeth.

 

‘Is it fortunate?’

 

I tilted my head while tidying up the blanket.

 

But why is there a blanket?

 

I was startled looking at the blanket, but soon realized that the place I was in was not outside the gate, but on the wooden porch inside the house.

 

It’s not like I could have flown here while sleeping.

 

Did Cha Ha-eon put me inside, box and all, while I was sleeping? And even covered me with a blanket?

 

‘What is this…’

 

I rubbed my nose while watching Cha Haeeon chopping with his ax.

 

‘He’s not such a bad guy after all.’

 

“Hey, you, get out.”

 

“…”