Book 3: Sunflowers, Chapter 1: I Am Sunflowers

This is unusual.

It's calming. The world is bright. As the gentle wind blows through the tranquil spring tide landscape, the verdant grass moves. My "body", my leaves, my stems, my petals are all blown by the breeze.

This is also unusual.

The wind doesn't blow on me very often. I'm in the middle of many sunflowers. On normal days, they block out the wind and keep it from reaching me, and there's usually nothing I can do but listen to the soft rustle of their slender, chubby bodies.

I'm the second, and I can't see it from any angle. But today, their voices are quiet. I didn't hear them. Today, the wind blew on me.

- It's unusual.

The strangest thing yet, however, is that here I am. I know that.

I swayed, moving my many large leaves up and down, green and red. During the day, my round, flat face, always facing the bright sun above our heads, now did something unusual; I told it to turn, and it turned.

- I turned my round face to the left and it did so. There was not a single person there.

I turned my warm face to the right of what I am now. Many of my honey-golden petals are only now beginning to sprout, for the season of my life has just begun. There was no one there either.

In the entire sunflower field, I was the only one left. They are all missing. They're gone.

How unusual. Very, very unusual.

I "looked" around myself. I feel like this field, this meadow, I feel like this is what I've always been home. I was not transferred, nor was I taken anywhere else. I am where I have always been, I have always been who I am; Sunflower.

But, for some reason, I was alone.

My kind is gone. There was no sign of them on the ground. I don't know why. I didn't feel their roots, nor did I feel any cavities in the soil, they might have been there before I woke up.

For some reason, I was awake and I realized that I was alive.

I don't think I ever realized I was alive before. Honestly, it's calm here. It doesn't look that bad. However, I don't know why this is happening either. Is this normal? Do all sunflowers end up being self-aware?

I slowly raised my head and looked at the sky, at the sun.

-[Sunflower]-

You are bathed in the sun

+ 1 exp

Experience Points: 1/20

For a moment, the shadows obscured the fiery warmth of my bath, as if something had swooped down from the beautiful blue sky, something terrible, something small, furry; A tiny, blue monster.

It chirped and landed in my face. A bird. I know it's a bird. I could hear it twitching. However, I screamed.

- Calm down, pay attention.

I screamed peacefully as it stuck its beak in my face and began tearing at my body. It ate my precious seed and was still young. They need more time.

-[Sunflower]-

Health Essentials: "You're a sunflower." Sunflowers have no health. ”

Ouch. I don't know what that means. Is that bird talking to me? I don't understand.

Slowly, my body swayed from side to side, moving as fast as I could, which was the speed at which my body could move no matter what, if there was a strong wind blowing it.

The birds are unmoved. This terrible monster continues to steal more from me, greedily devouring my life essence. I could only watch in silent horror as the restless creatures dangled in front of the space I saw, their disgusting little bird-like feet pinched between my stems, pecking and pecking.

-[Sunflower]-

Health-poi

TS: "I just told you. You are a sunflower. You don't get health. Stop wasting my time and die, okay?"

It continued to peck at me, and I screamed silently. After all, I don't want to disturb the world. It was a calm day, and it would be rude if I broke everyone's peace.

Something rustled in the nearby forest.

The devil bird flew away, and when it was disturbed, it chirped in fear. I was saved.

I straightened up, wondering how I had survived such a terrible endeavor. Will I forget these twisted nightmares that leave a scar in my mind? These vicious beasts, gnawing at my flesh, and I am powerless to stop it?

-I do not know. I'm a sunflower. But now I'm missing a lot of seeds. They are also good seeds. I still have a lot of good seeds. But I used to have more.

I hope some of them will escape and grow somewhere good. I want to see the same sun as them.

I looked up into the forest, at my savior. The thing sprang out of a row of tall trees.

I love trees. They are strong, tall, and intelligent. I'm just a sunflower, I'm not small, but I'm not as important as a tree. But that's okay. I'm calm. However, trees tend to be rude. They like to steal the sun and take it for themselves.

I calmly watched as this strange thing approached me, and part of my face was missing. It also looks like a sunflower, but its body is not green. Its head is not yellow. It has only two large seeds on its strange face, one on each side. They are white and round with green spots inside. It pulls something behind itself; A large wooden object that rolls smoothly on the ground.

How unusual.

- You are an ugly sunflower.

I didn't want to be rude to my savior, but I couldn't help but think so. Their long, curly brown petals pull back to the back of their heads and do little to attract pollinators. Their two seeds, though large and important on their faces, could not be taken away by any bird of reasonable size. In fact, when I saw these strange things, I began to suspect that this might just be a flaw in nature. It even looks like there's only one set of reproductive organs, but I can't be sure. I'm just a sunflower.

We have both male and female reproductive characteristics.

My savior stopped in front of me, looked around at the landscape, and then looked back at myself.

I looked down at her. I'm taller. I would rather see the sun, though. Would you like to sit with me? We can watch the sun together for a while. It hasn't fully risen yet, and today is going to be a very calm day.

- If the bird does not come back, that is.

The message I was sending through my roots didn't seem to reach her. I couldn't help but notice that she, the stranger, wasn't sinking into the dirt. She doesn't seem to have any roots. Instead, she has only two slender trunks, branching off from her stems and pressing against the ground.

I feel like she's more of a bird than a sunflower.

Am I wrong? Oh.

I faltered, slowly looking up at the sun. I was calm and the sun was bright. Let's be calm together, even if you are ugly and deformed.

The breeze continued to blow, blowing my petals and leaves. The warm summer breeze gently enveloped me, a feeling I hadn't felt since I was a little seed, buried deep in the warm and soft earth.

-[Sunflower]-

Health Essentials: "I told you to beat it. Well, if you want it so much, then give it to you. Enjoy. ”

HP: 04/06

Oh.

I lowered my head, calmly feeling the terrible, unbelievable, debilitating pain, and I gazed at my future savior.

The strange thing burrowed into the ground, tearing at the dirt like some kind of animal. She was digging around me and hurt my roots because she was a little careless.

This is unfortunate. I love my roots. They are widely distributed and sturdy. They helped me find water. When the weather is dry, they go deep into the depths of the world. When the dirt is wet, they stretch wider.

However, she dug up the dirt, and then, I found that the most unusual thing had happened; I was impressed. She grabbed my body and thick stem, pulled me and a chunk of my roots out of the ground, and placed them on the big wooden thing she was pulling behind her.

- It hurts.

But at least I'm standing taller now. This means that I am closer to the sun than before.

My roots can't find water here. However, there is still a lot more in my heart. But I can't dig through the wood I have on it. I looked up a little indifferently and looked at the sun, which was indeed closer than before.

How to please.

-[Sunflower]-

You are bathed in the sun

+ 1 exp + 1 Health-Poi

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XP: 2/20 HP: 05/06

OUR ACTIONS. She went back to the front of the wood, pulled it behind her, and led me somewhere else.

This is the most unusual.

Oh. I spread out the leaves and continued to bask in the bright morning sun.

What a day.

-[Sunflower]-

🌻

Health-Poi

ts: 05/06 Soul-Poi

ts: 01/01

Level: 1 Experience: 02/20

Class: You are a sunflower. Subclass: Not one

Competition: You are a sunflower. Opel: 000

-[Statistics]-

STR: 01 Dexterity: 01

Wisconsin: 05 INT: 04

Lu: 06 List of values: 04

-[Skill]-

(Sunburning)

Direct sunlight will allow you to experience as well as restore your lost health and soul

I'm a sunflower.