Ange was happily digging up beets, a root crop buried deep in the soil that could easily be missed if not dug carefully. Broken lateral roots were also often left behind in the mud. Ange's soul could detect them with a sweep.
He was very pleased because he knew beets all too well, having grown them for over a thousand years at the Resting Camp, where they were the main 'vegetable' cultivated, aside from other grains.
It was a pity he hadn't been able to find beet seeds here; encountering them suddenly was an unexpected delight.
"So there are beets here? I've never bought any with silver coins, but they grow here, so it's very likely they're a special product of the Divine Light Alliance that the Friel Empire doesn't have," Negris speculated.
