The SSS class adventurer is a divine cleric-Chapter 82: No, not my potato plant

Derek groaned into his hands. "Three days. Just three days. That’s all I ask. No more drama. No more sudden deaths. No more kaelening."

Kaelen beamed. "You used me as a verb. I’m flattered."

Derek silently handed him a second grinding plate.

"Grind harder."

"Wait, wait, I’ve got treasures to share!" Kaelen suddenly declared, springing to his feet like a man trying to dodge responsibility.

Neal paused mid-grind. Alira tilted her head. Derek looked up with the most exhausted glare he could muster.

"...You remembered now?" Derek asked dryly.

Kaelen beamed. "Hey, I didn’t want to interrupt the vibe. You all looked so focused. Like monks. Angry monks."

Neal rubbed his temples. "Why did you go out again?"

Alira raised a brow. "Treasure hunting. Obviously."

"Oh." Neal blinked. "Right."

Derek narrowed his eyes. "You mean you actually found something?"

Kaelen puffed out his chest. "But of course."

Even Derek looked mildly intrigued now. "Well then... let’s see it."

Kaelen dug into his storage poach with theatrical flair and, pop, out came the little radiant sapling, its three luminous leaves swaying gently as if caressed by a breeze that wasn’t there.

Its tuber glowed faintly like an ember wrapped in moonlight.

Alira leaned forward. "That’s... pretty."

Neal blinked. "It’s glowing."

Derek’s expression shifted from casual interest to sharp appraisal. "That... is not normal. I’ve never seen this in any Origin Record."

Kaelen grinned. "So it’s rare?"

"Possibly unique," Derek murmured, walking over and crouching beside it. "That tuber... it’s too big for the size of the plant. And the light... that’s condensed energy. Pure as it gets."

Alira crossed her arms. "So... what now?"

Derek stood up slowly. "There’s a precedent. Origin fruits and plants are safe to eat. They’re manifestations of refined energy, not biological hazards. There’s no corruption, no side effects, just... pure benefit."

Kaelen was already crouched down beside the tuber. "So we eat it?"

Neal frowned. "You sure we shouldn’t test it first?"

"I’ll go first," Kaelen said without hesitation.

"No.." Derek began, but it was already too late.

With zero ceremony, Kaelen carved a slice of the glowing tuber with a mana thread and popped it into his mouth.

The moment it touched his tongue, his eyes widened.

"...Whoa."

The flavor? Nothing. Yet everything. It felt like tasting color, like swallowing sunlight. Like warmth spreading from the center of his chest and blooming through every fiber of his being.

He fell back with a soft thud, arms wide, eyes closed in bliss. "This... this is heaven."

"Did he just collapse?" Alira asked flatly.

"No. He’s just dramatic," Neal muttered.

Derek pinched the bridge of his nose. "Of course."

But Kaelen’s glow was undeniable. His aura pulsed with clarity. His skin shimmered faintly. Even his hair looked shinier somehow.

"I feel—" Kaelen sat up, a wide grin spreading across his face, "...reforged. Like a freshly smithed sword. Like—like...I’m better than everyone here."

"You already thought that," Alira deadpanned.

Derek sighed but nodded. "No backlash. The records were right. It’s real. Pure Origin produce is safe and potent."

Neal looked at the remaining tuber. "So... do we cut it up evenly or...?"

"No," Derek said firmly. "We wait. We portion it. We log how much we take and track the effects over time."

Kaelen groaned. "Ugh, now it’s a science project."

Derek glared. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime find. You’re lucky I’m not locking it in a vault."

Alira knelt beside the plant and gently stroked its leaves. "It’s still alive..."

Kaelen blinked. "Wait. You mean... it might grow more?"

They all turned to Derek.

He gave a small smirk. "That’s what we’re about to find out."

Alira asked honestly "By the way, where do you find this? I got nothing."

Just as Kaelen was about to boast again about how the plant clearly responded to his charm, something changed.

The glow dimmed.

Its three delicate leaves, once radiant now curled inward.

The stem browned at the edges.

Derek’s eyes widened.

"...No," he muttered, striding forward. "Don’t you dare die on me now."

Alira blinked. "Wait—is it...?"

"It’s withering!" Neal exclaimed, stepping back instinctively.

"Must’ve been because of a specific idiot slicing a part out of it into his stomach," Derek said quickly, staring at Kaelen.

But Kaelen didn’t pay any attention to Derek’s deadly stares.

"Kaelen’s mouth hung open. "No no no, my glowing potato plant!"

"It’s a tuber, not a ....never mind!"

Without wasting another second, Derek summoned a blade of pure precision, a thin mana scalpel, not even visible to the trained eye and carefully cut the tuber into four perfectly equal slices.

Of course one part was smaller than the rest. It was meant for Kaelen because he ate a part of it just now. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Kaelen complained, pointing at the unequal distribution. "Wait, why is one part smaller than the rest."

Derek hurried them. "No questions. Eat it. Now!"

No one hesitated.

Kaelen grabbed his share, Neal took his, Alira bit hers cleanly, and Derek downed his in one motion.

For a second there was complete silence.

Then.

"...Oh." Kaelen blinked.

"Oh," Alira echoed softly.

Neal let out a slow exhale. "Okay."

Derek sat down without a word, arms resting on his knees, as a faint glow began to pulse from under his skin like a heartbeat of light.

Their auras bloomed, slow and gentle at first, then suddenly it surged.

It wasn’t like leveling up. It wasn’t even like mana rush.

This was clarity.

Everything sharpened, their thoughts, senses, the very air around them. Their bodies felt like they had been cleansed from the inside out. Muscles loosened, minds cleared, energy flowed like molten gold beneath their skin.

"I feel like I’ve ascended," Kaelen whispered, eyes wide and unfocused. "Like..like I understand geometry now."

"I can hear... clouds," Alira mumbled.

Neal stared down at his hands. "My mana is glowing. Why is it glowing?"

Derek, voice calm but deep with awe, muttered, "This... this is the highest tier of Origin purity. That plant wasn’t just a treasure. It was a miracle."

Kaelen laid down with a dumb smile. "Worth it. So worth it."

For a good five minutes, nobody moved. The white expanse remained utterly silent as the group bathed in the aftermath of raw, divine energy.

Then Kaelen sat up slowly.

"So... got any more plants to dig up?"

Derek gave him a look that could’ve turned rocks to dust. " You think they grow on the ground like gabbages?"

"But I did find it growing in the ground."

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