The Jelly Alien Will Save You! Chapter 57

Before long, a savory aroma wafted from the kitchen.

 

It seemed Bora Unnie and Captain Gong Juwon were frying eggs.

 

Just as I was about to head to the kitchen, wearing a satisfied smile.

 

Ding!

 

[Cumulative Coins Reached 100,000!] 

 

[A new menu has been unlocked.]

 

‘100,000?!’

 

Goosebumps prickled all over my body like I’d been struck by lightning. 

 

I hurriedly opened the Survival Handbook.

 

Flip—

 

[Cosmic Coin Balance: 112,035cc]

 

‘110,000 coins!’

 

I covered my mouth with both hands.

 

Does this mean I only have to earn this much nine more times?

 

[Your eyes are sparkling with life.] 

 

[Has something good happened?]

 

I nodded at the hamster, who was tilting its head.

 

“Just wait a bit. I think I might be able to create that new product you’re looking forward to.”

 

[…!] 

 

[Yay! ଘ( ≧▽≦ )ଓ]

 

I checked the event from earlier in the Survival Handbook.

 

[Accumulated 100,000 Coins Reached!] 

 

[A new menu has been unlocked.] 

 

[New crop ‘Galactic Two-Two Pepper’ has been unlocked.]

 

Question marks popped up over my beaming face.

 

‘Galactic Two-Two Pepper?’

 

Is it an alien plant? Is it edible?

 

I had my doubts, but I decided to check it out first.

 

Since even the star-shaped mushrooms had tasted good. 

 

Squeak-squeak-squeak-squeak.

 

I walked over and stood in front of the vegetable garden. 

 

I gathered the seeds and planted them in a row in the empty patch.

 

After waiting a short while, the crops quickly grew up tall and fast. 

 

“Hmm. Onion, zucchini, corn……”

 

Fail, fail, fail…

 

Forget Galactic Two-Two Peppers, I didn’t even see a regular pepper.

 

[Incredible, Master!] 

 

[It’s my first time seeing seeds grow so quickly!] 

 

[I am deeply moved to witness such alien technology with my own eyes!]

 

“Heheh!”

 

I laughed wickedly and tilted my nose up high. Keep the compliments coming.

 

But was being turned away from the crops the problem?

 

[Master, about that over there…] 

 

[Is it supposed to grow like that?]

 

Hmm? What? While I was wondering, I saw a long shadow being cast over my head.

 

“…?”

 

I turned around.

 

A plant with teeth on its fruit was approaching me.

 

Th-this is!

 

“Aaaaagh!”

 

A Piranha Plant (or at least a plant that looked just like one) from Super Mario!

 

I was snatched up in an instant.

 

In truth, rather than being eaten, it had merely snapped its teeth and lifted me up, but I was thrown into a complete panic.

 

“Save meeee!”

 

I flailed my arms and legs.

 

The hamster spun around in circles, not knowing what to do.

 

[Help!] 

[Help!]

 

Don’t write it on the tablet, shout! I said shout!

 

“Help! Cha Haeeooooon!”

 

It was right then. 

 

Thud. My body began to fall through the air.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

The dizzying sensation of a vertical drop made my vision spin.

 

Just as I thought I was going to crash, my ankle was caught.

 

‘Am I alive?!’

 

Tears welled up in my eyes.

 

“Cha Haeeooooon…”

 

“Sigh…”

 

“Hold me properlyyy…”

 

As I struggled while dangling by my ankle, Cha Haeeon scooped me up with an annoyed expression.

 

I wiggled around and hugged Cha Haeeon’s neck.

 

“I really thought I was going to die…”

 

When I checked the Piranha Plant, it was collapsed on the ground; Cha Haeeon must have done something.

 

“Are you going to keep doing this kind of crap?!”

 

Cha Haeeon raised his voice.

 

Hing. I lowered the corners of my mouth.

 

“…I’ll only do it a little bit from now on.”

 

I couldn’t bring myself to lie and say I wouldn’t do it at all.

 

I felt like I could sense Cha Haeeon clenching his fist. Was it just my imagination?

 

Just then, sensing the commotion, Bora Unnie, Captain Gong Juwon, and Brother came outside.

 

Brother slapped Cha Haeeon, who was holding me, a few times and then lifted me up with his tentacles. It was like he was lifting Simba in The Lion King.

 

Then, Captain Gong Juwon observed the Piranha Plant and asked.

 

“Is this… edible?”

 

“I don’t know. Want to try?”

 

“Would it be alright to eat?”

 

“We’re Star Mushroom Allies who ate Star Mushrooms together, Captain Gong!”

 

Captain Gong Juwon fell for it easily whenever I emphasized our bond like this. 

 

“Fine! Let’s just give it a try!”

 

As expected.

 

We decided to try the Piranha Plant for dinner.

 

I glared at the field, thinking about feeding it to Captain Gong Juwon first.

 

‘Opening seed packs was a failure.’

 

Then is that the only remaining method? 

 

I was stroking my chin with a grave expression when Bora Unnie called me for breakfast.

 

Brother, still holding me like Simba, moved quickly and sat me down in front of the table.

 

Today’s menu was a mountain of fried eggs and steamed eggs. Since none of us were good at cooking, we were rotating through simple menus every day.

 

I took a sniff of the savory scent and then gave my greeting.

 

“Thank you for the meal!” 

 

The other way to get Galactic Two-Two Peppers, and the way Cha Haeeon was glaring at me—I’ll think about those after I eat.

 

* * *

 

Once the meal was over, Cha Haeeon went to do the dishes.

 

Cleaning up was supposed to be done on a rotation, but I was excluded.

 

This was because I had once fallen into the water while doing the dishes.

 

Cha Haeeon, who had saved me from flailing in the water, snapped at me, saying I was truly useless. But it wasn’t my choice to end up in this short, stubby body, was it?

 

Bora Unnie and Captain Gong Juwon prepared for the hunt, and left alone on the porch, I spread out the map.

 

There is a place I must visit to obtain Galactic Two-Two Pepper seeds.

 

I clearly remember seeing it on the map last time…

 

I scanned the map and found the mark with a ‘$’ sign!

 

Found it!

 

The map labeled it the ‘Central Bank,’ but seeing the leaf drawn on the mark, I was certain it was the place I was looking for.

 

‘The Seed Bank!’

 

In <Squishy Squishy! Planetmon!>, seeds appeared randomly, so it was hard to get the specific ones you wanted. That’s why the ‘Seed Bank’ was a mandatory visit.

 

It was a bank that exchanged seeds for the ones you desired.

 

Conveniently, it wasn’t far away.

 

I hopped into my spaceship and headed straight for the kitchen. I couldn’t go to a place with Calamities alone.

 

“Cha Haeeon, want to go to the Central Bank with me?”

 

“No.”

 

Cha Haeeon answered bluntly without even looking at me.

 

I pouted.

 

“It’s the Seed Bank, though… I want to go to the Seed Bank…”

 

I spun around in my spot in the spaceship.

 

“If we go to the Seed Bank, I can grow other crops and we can eat delicious food…”

 

The spaceship began to fly around Cha Haeeon, who was still feigning ignorance.

 

“Is there no one who will go with me?”

 

“You’re being distracting.”

 

Cha Haeeon waved his hand around as if shooing away a fly.

 

The spaceship dodged his hand, spun around, and stopped right in front of Cha Haeeon’s eyes.

 

I pouted and said.

 

“Is there really no one who has nothing to do and wants to go with me?”

 

Then Cha Haeeon said loudly.

 

“I have to go do the laundry now. Since there’s a certain nuisance in this house, there’s a lot of work to do.”

 

“…!”

 

Cha Haeeon immediately passed by me and stepped outside.

 

‘This cold-hearted guy!’ 

 

A guy who would slay an alien with a verbal attack!

 

I followed after Cha Haeeon, huffing. Cha Haeeon was heading toward the nearby stream with the laundry.

 

What should I do?

 

Should I ask the others? Should I just go alone if all else fails? But Cha Haeeon, who knows every nook and cranny of the contaminated zone, is the perfect choice.

 

While I was agonizing, a good idea suddenly struck me.

 

I shouted to Cha Haeeon.

 

“A washing machine!”

 

“…?”

 

“I’ll make you a washing machine!”