Alright, I'll wait until nightfall, and I'll face him...

The map of the city of Asteria revealed about 6 smaller areas and 3 large areas, the smaller areas were usually for cultivation. The map they were looking at was a small wooden plaque in the shape of a rectangle with several colorful hand-drawn images by a possibly very skilled artist. There were several other versions of this map with more parts and fewer parts, but both of them were crouched down looking at the plaque extremely curious. "It wasn't all that, it wasn't that big by a long shot, Asteria has grown a lot since the last time I was here," said the extremely radiant goddess, seeing that the place was evolving after so long.

"We have to go to this area here, it's a wheat field, what could be happening?" asked the boy rhetorically, getting up along with the goddess, and they both then looked at each other as if they were both lost, despite everything, the map helped them well, it was to the northwest of there, about a 20-minute walk away, however, their goal was only for the night, so they still had part of the afternoon to get to the place and understand what could be happening.

As the two walked slowly through the city after knowing what needed to be done from that moment on, in theory, it was just to understand what that creature could be and kill it, but not everything was so simple, Runegard was a universe quite filled with creatures of the most treacherous types, even among the simplest creatures like roaches on the ground could be completely affected by the powers of the runes and become true killing monsters, everything would depend on what fate and the mood of the runes were willing to do at that moment.

As both of them walked, Morrigan noticed that some people greeted him as if they knew him in respect, perhaps because he was a knight, despite being reincarnated in his clothes, there was a curious brooch that made some people when they saw him greet him in respect. "I would like to understand why it seems that I am so famous," said the boy somewhat embarrassed with his hands above his head supporting his neck, while the goddess said, "It must be this symbol on your chest, apparently being a knight is a very honorable profession in Asteria," said the goddess totally disregarding the boy, who was left with several droplets on his head.

The whole walk took them to a kind of open field with 2 large blocks of 4 parts divided in the middle and on the sides forming 4 fields of wheat, 2 on the left, and 2 on the right, they were very large and numerous coming from the water of a stream so dense that it seemed to be a mini wheat forest in the open sky, it was even kind of astonishing to see wheat in such abundance, usually they used to be small and shallow in a stream.

"Wheat of this size is new to me, look at this, it's almost the size of a banana, and there are several, it looks like corn!" he said impressed with bright eyes, while the goddess with semi-open lips analyzed it and said, "they must have been altered, so there is something here, this wheat is not normal, it must be magic!" the goddess said very smart on her part, it was really that, somehow that plantation was magically affected, because of the owner of the place, an old man, who had been blessed by the runes, and everything he planted would grow a lot and he would always have plenty in his house.

As they approached the farm, they noticed that not only the wheat but many things in the farm's plantation were larger than usual and had many plantations of vegetables and fruits around the place, but none as impressive as the wheat fields.

An old man then on top of a horse passed slowly with a watering can in his hands and a cowboy hat attached to the neck hanging back, he was a man with a big belly and a simple look, bald on the top of his head and with white hair on the sides and back of his head, he smiled with a wooden branch in his mouth, sowing his fields until he noticed the two, and then got off the horse slowly and funnily...

"Hey-ya!" he said excitedly waving his hat vigorously, getting their attention, as he approached... "Are you from Asteria? Did you come to buy something in my plantation? We need money, recently, things haven't been good... it's really difficult...," he said excitedly despite the tragic words, he seemed to be dealing well with it...

"My name is Morrigan, I'm a Knight of Asteria, I came to help you, they say your plantation is having problems, it's a creature, isn't it? I can stop it..." Morrigan said making the old man laugh, while the goddess turned aside somewhat embarrassed because of Morrigan's confident assertion... "You alone can't deal with him, young man, other knights have come here and all have been defeated or fled in fear, and in a group, it's a big pest, if I don't give him what he asks for, he kills my animals, and my family is at risk, he's living here... I've lost so much money that I could have two farms if it weren't for this monster plague, it's very strong and agile, the service to kill him would be very expensive, and not everything is roses when you're short of money..." said the old man explaining he would be waiting for them, the goddess seemed to get a little apprehensive, and looked at the boy believing that there was no chance of victory, and maybe there really wasn't...

"And what does he look like?" asked Morrigan curious about the monster they would be dealing with, the old man then adjusted his belt shaking his belly and replied pointing his finger at him with a very strong accent "A big monster, greenish, a big cricket, it has sharp teeth and eyes that see a lot, its jumps break the ground, it's very hard to beat, bullets don't pierce its skin, if someone could attack it directly maybe it would work, but it's very fast... even bullets it can avoid..." Morrigan couldn't help but imagine himself dying to the creature, with anxiety dominating his body he heard the description and thought if maybe it would be possible to defeat it, the answer every time was negative, however, seeing the goddess's distress beside him, he decided to hide his fear and say "Alright, I'll wait until nightfall, and I'll face him..."

The old man then, wide-eyed, swallowed hard and said, "Alright, I'll prepare an afternoon coffee, come with me, let's meet my family..." he said this, calling both of them inside, and the goddess seemed anxious about that decision the whole time... As they walked into the main house of the farm, she approached Morrigan and said, "Don't you think this is a job for someone stronger? What are you going to do if these stronger things can't stop it? Are you going to die now, after making me want to stay, I'll be upset if after all this I have to deal with Asteria's problems without you to deceive people..." The goddess's words were selfish but sincere, they were so sincere that she herself didn't realize what she had just said, and soon Zi'o, even saddened, said... "Look, I gave my word that I would help in this story... And I don't want to back down. If I die, you can find another reincarnated one and move on with your life. It's not like you care that much about me at this point, don't be sad."

 Sincere and somewhat hurt, he responded, making the goddess recoil, a little shaken by his response, her shaken was because they were true words, she perhaps just didn't want to feel alone and defenseless in her current state of strength. Deep down, Morrigan wouldn't abandon her, and even though they hadn't known each other for long, he had an honest heart and would never leave anyone behind, be it a little friendly ant or a reincarnated goddess...