For the past three days, the tribe had followed its established routine: boiling ginger water for the Little Females to drink and preparing pepper-infused water for the older males to soak their feet in.
Three days later, the coconuts were just half an hour away from ripening. Ophelia couldn't wait and ducked into the Farm Space to wait for them, ready to harvest them all at once. In an instant, 3,500 green coconuts filled the warehouse, and she immediately replanted the 350-square-meter plot with more.
Using her old tactic, Ophelia took Taylor out, telling everyone they were heading up the mountain to search for a water source. As if by "sheer luck," she "discovered" a fruit on the ground that contained drinkable liquid. Ophelia sent Taylor back to the stone house to find Laxus, while she—taking advantage of being alone—wandered the mountain under a crude cowhide umbrella, scattering "coconuts" everywhere.
Chapter 44