Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 4

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 4

Chapter Someone Moved to My House.

After the trespasser left the house.

I sat with my spaceship placed a little distance away, glaring fiercely at my house.

Should I confront the trespasser when they return? Tell them this is my house?

Grumble…

Hmm. But if I get hit, I’ll probably become a flat jelly.

Grumble grumble…!

If I’m lucky it’ll just be flat jelly, but I might become a burst jelly instead.

Grumble grumble grumble!

Why do I feel hungry even though I became a jelly?

I tried to ignore it, but my stomach, which hadn’t eaten anything all day, was throwing a tantrum.

I want to eat something.

I licked my lips and looked around.

The crimson carrots in the farmfield looked very appetizing.

Moreover, the wide-open gate seemed to be beckoning me to come in.

Ahem.

Maybe they won’t notice if I just eat one.

A wicked voice echoed in my head.

Right. If I just eat one…

My decision was quick.

I moved in a crawling position so I wouldn’t make any bouncing sounds.

Let’s crawl like this. Like a stealth fighter (a combat aircraft undetectable by radar)…

As I entered through the gate, a very small farmfield came into view. Carrots were sparsely planted like an old man’s hair.

Move quietly and swiftly like a deer raiding a farmfield. That was my plan!

I pulled out a carrot and gulped down my saliva.

But.

…?

No matter how I looked at it, this wasn’t grown in a farmfield, but a well-trimmed carrot sold at a mart.

I thought it was strange, but my hunger was more urgent. I brushed off the dirt and started munching on the carrot.

Let’s just eat one. Just one.

But one became two, and two became three, and I lost my mind…

‘…?’

I ate them all?

When I came to my senses, I had pulled out and eaten all the few carrots that were there.

All that remained on the farmfield were scattered carrot tops.

I chewed on the last carrot in my hand while looking around.

Since I don’t know when the trespasser will return, let’s get out of here quickly.

I crawled away again.

That’s when it happened.

A sound that made my ears perk up was heard.

Creak-

The sound of the gate opening.

I was startled and hid behind the gate.

Thud. Thud.

The sound of military boots crossing the gate was heard.

Gulp.

I peeked my eyes out from beside the gate to observe the man. The man was moving with a straight, refined gait like a soldier.

Yes, hurry up and go into the house.

As soon as he enters the house, I’ll escape from this place like a stealth fighter.

That’s what I was thinking.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The man’s feet, which were heading toward the house, stopped beside the farmfield.

Did he catch me?

Well, I did mess up the entire carrot field, so there’s no way he wouldn’t notice.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

My heart started beating loudly.

He crouched down and picked up the carrot tops I had left behind.

The carrot tops spun around in the man’s grip.

A moment of silence lingered.

I felt dizzy thinking the man might hear my pounding heartbeat in this quiet.

Then, the man, who seemed to be thinking about something, suddenly stood up.

‘I’m not really going to get caught, am I?’

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

I was trembling with fear for just a moment.

The man passed through the gate and went outside.

‘Oh…?’

Didn’t he catch me?

The trespasser might be a bit stupid.

I suppressed the laughter that was leaking out.

I just need to get out of here safely.

When I waited a bit and heard no sound, I was about to secretly crawl out from behind the gate.

Grab-

Large hands grabbed both my ears and lifted me up.

“Huh?”

The man was looking down at me, caught like a rabbit.

“…?”

“…?”

Both of us, making eye contact, had question marks floating above our heads.

* * *

I dangled from the tree, spinning left and right.

Spinning round and round to the left.

Spinning round and round to the right.

“Ugh, I’m dizzy…”

“Shut up.”

I tried groaning, but the Farmer was ruthless.

“You’re the one who stole the carrots, right?”

“Carrots? I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

I shook my head with innocent eyes, pretending not to know.

I didn’t want to become a flat jelly. I absolutely had to deny it.

I couldn’t see the expression of the man wearing a gas mask, but I could clearly feel that he was suspicious of me.

“If you lie, I won’t let you go.”

“Actually, it was me.”

“I knew it.”

Tch.

Since I was caught anyway, I chewed on the remaining carrot in my mouth.

At my shameless attitude, the Farmer was dumbfounded, so I rolled my eyes around.

“Ugh, I’m dizzy…”

“You think I’ll let you go just because you do that?”

I opened my eyes fiercely and spoke in an indignant voice.

“You said you’d let me go. If you lie, you’re a bad human.”

“A bad human?”

The man chuckled and instead of continuing to speak, stabbed the ground hard with his shovel.

As if to say that if he really were a bad human, I would have been done for with one blow.

Eek!

The man with narrowed eyes poked my trembling ear once. My long rabbit-like ear went in with a poke and popped back out.

The man looked me up and down, then asked in a very suspicious tone.

“What exactly are you?”

I understood him.

Right, even I would find it strange if a round jelly started talking. Even I find this version of myself unfamiliar.

As I was lamenting why I had ended up like this, a Quest window appeared.

[You have encountered a native Earth species.]

[Quest]

Establish friendly relations with native Earth species

[Reward]

-Cosmic Coin +1

…Establish friendly relations? Is that even possible?

But for the Quest, I cleared my throat loudly and said.

“Don’t worry. I’m just an ordinary alien. I won’t harm Earthlings.”

“You don’t look like you could harm anyone anyway.”

That was true. I became a little dejected.

But whether I was dejected or not, he looked me over while muttering.

“Did you come from a dungeon?”

“No, strictly speaking, that’s not quite right.”

“Was there another dungeon break that spawned low-grade monsters like this?”

The man wasn’t listening to me at all.

Whether I denied it or not, the man seemed to understand me as some kind of monster in his own way.

Well, technically speaking, monsters are also alien species…

But treating me as low-grade, that’s too much!

I’ll have you know I’m a supreme cosmic species!

I pouted but soon suppressed my anger.

Right now I need to carry out a covert operation.

An operation to build friendly relations and get my home back from this guy.

“Hey, Farmer.”

“…?”

“Should I help you?”

The Farmer snorted at my suggestion.

“Help with what exactly?”

“I can help you with your stupid carrot farming.”

“…”

Sharp eyes turned toward me.

Though I was intimidated, I forced myself to continue speaking nonchalantly.

“How can you plant whole carrots? Instead of growing, they’ll just rot. That’s why I ate them for you.”

“That’s…”

“It’s obvious. The only farming you’ve ever done was probably putting onions in water cups in kindergarten.”

“Well-“

“How can you expect to make a living farming in such a barren place like this?”

“…”

“With such a naive mindset, it’s impossible. That’s why I’m graciously offering to help you.”

Of course, I don’t know how to do it either. The bit about only putting onions in water cups in kindergarten was actually about me.

But I had my alien cheat code, so I could be endlessly shameless.

I had absolutely no intention of giving up the house that guaranteed comfort.

“Now do you understand?”

I wiggled my eyebrows and gestured toward the rope with my head.

“…?”

He didn’t immediately understand my signal.

So I said confidently.

“You should untie me, partner.”

“Who said we were partners?”

The man who had instantly become my partner seemed frustrated and took off his gas mask. A younger face than expected appeared.

I looked at his fully revealed face and gasped in shock. For a moment, it felt like my heart stopped.

‘…Why is this person here?’

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