100. A Field That Cannot Fail [BONUS]

Carlos did not let anyone plant the Clearwater Cucumber Seeds that night.

Tarin had already asked twice if the frames could be made in the dark. Sela had asked whether they should check again which seed might be a dud from the start.

Boro and Elias had both looked at the pouch like it was going to vanish if they stopped watching it.

Carlos put the seeds inside his inventory. He could feel it, they were feeling pressure just because it was their first big project.

"Nobody is touching them until morning," he said. "We have twenty. If one goes missing because somebody is tired, Rowan will blame me first."

"He will," Boro said honestly without even thinking.

Carlos nodded. The next morning, the four Farmers showed him the place they had chosen. It was a patch of empty ground north of the Farmer's Lodge. The old wheat field was far enough away that nobody would step into the new bed by mistake, and it was not close to the Spirit Farmland either.