Li Aili was immediately awakened.

When she woke up, she found herself covered in sweat. She threw off the covers, got out of bed, and gulped down a glass of cold water.

"Perhaps... I should go and check out the secret dungeon beneath the castle?"

“This doesn’t count as interfering with him… As things stand, we are partners, and I have an obligation to ensure the physical and mental well-being of my partners.”

"I mean, what if there's something bad in that box?"

"I have an obligation to bring my partner back on the right track in time, don't I..."

After successfully convincing herself, Li Aili, who couldn't fall asleep, ventured into the alchemy shop's back garden at night for the first time.

Many mushrooms that only appear at night have sprouted in your backyard.

Li Aili: "..." On a whim, she actually stumbled upon a 'special event'?!

Mushrooms that only appear at night? Are they available every night?

Please don't let it be, or she'll be heartbroken.

Li Aili arrived at the back garden full of anticipation, only to find that there were only a few scattered mushrooms.

Li Aili: "..."

For the first time, she began to doubt the Alchemist's 'word choice'—was this what they called 'many'?

Do these few "shrimp soldiers and crab generals" deserve the word "many"?

Li Aili walked toward several mushrooms growing in the shadows.

The cap of this mushroom looks like a Doritos, well, a bluish-purple Doritos, and a bluish-purple Doritos with pits and bumps.

The stem of the mushroom is crooked and twisted, like the chimney of a witch's house.

Li Aili had never seen such a magical plant before, so she squatted down and picked one.

Then a night breeze blew by, the dark clouds overhead dispersed, the moonlight dispelled the shadows, and the small patch of mushrooms in front of her disappeared.

Li Aili: "!!"

What the heck?! How can mushrooms that grow out of thin air disappear?!

She searched the entire backyard and finally found the Doritos mushrooms, huddled together in a small patch of shade under the fence, almost like a human pyramid.

Li Aili took direct action and wiped out the entire cluster of mushrooms in one go.

Because it wasn't placed in the refrigerator in time, the "shadow chicken oil mushroom" lost some of its medicinal properties.

So it seems that this thing not only grows at night, but also must grow in the shadows.

Most importantly, this thing doesn't have a shadow, yet it can burrow underground and chase after its shadow...

Li Aili: "..." Every time I come to the back garden, I learn unexpected new knowledge.

After picking all the shadow mushrooms, she discovered a white mushroom that looked a bit scary at night.

This mushroom looks remarkably like the 'White Ghost' covered by a bed sheet in an animated film.

After picking all the mushrooms, Li Aili pinched off a small part of the cap of one of the mushrooms and the Alchemy House notification appeared.

[Due to your improper handling, the Phantom Mushroom has lost some of its medicinal properties.]

Two kinds of mushrooms were put into storage; a total of seventy or eighty.

That's far from the truth.

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