He still couldn’t believe what he was seeing in the mirror. The wrinkles in his face are gone, and some of the scars he earned from certain fights he has won in the past have also faded to the point it is no longer visible.

And the biggest change is that his face returned to the time he was around 40 years old. It was like his age had been reduced, and he returned to his younger self. Of course, he hasn’t returned fully young, as his hair, which is riddled with white hair, is still white. Only his appearance has changed.

"I didn’t expect to see this face again for so long. I would have believed I was looking at my younger self in the mirror if not for my long white hair that stayed the same. Does that mean that the tomato we ate has a rejuvenation effect of some kind?"

Elaina looked at Yona and scratched her head. "But there’s no visible change on Yona, though?"

Yona chuckled. "Of course, there’s nothing. I am forever stuck in my young self like this after becoming immortal. In short, even if my age increases, I will not become an old grandma as a result. I have longevity immortality and can practically live forever. If I have eaten any rejuvenation items, I will not feel the effects at all, but it shows a very effective sign on the Grand Sage’s body."

"Still, isn’t this quite too much? If this kind of fruit shows up in the market, not only will it attract attention from those who plan to remain young, but it might also attract attention to those who have dark intentions. I can see that many people will try their best to grab and get a hold of these fruits and covet them for themselves!" The Grand Sage furrowed his brows while staring at the remaining golden fruits.

"And I am not even sure how these fruits came to be, as I am pretty sure I just planted the same seeds of tomatoes and corn. There is no way I have added a few new seeds among them." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Then you needed to make sure you know how this thing came to be, Elaina. If you are harvesting plants using the tractor, you might include a few of these golden crops, and they might be sold in the market accidentally. It’s best if you get to know how it grows and show it as a preemptive way to prevent such a situation. Also, it is best that you keep this food with you until then. Of course, you are free to do whatever you want on these, but just letting you know," the Grand Sage suggested.

Elaina nodded to his suggestion. It is true that this will cause chaos unintentionally due to the effects of the fruit.

"Still, if these are rejuvenation crops and you have gotten younger as a result, does that mean your body also became younger, or has it retained the same things you experienced back when you were still old? You know, like joint pains and backache from time to time?" Yona asked a question that Elaina wanted to ask as well.

"Huh, let me see...Oh? Hold on...that’s weird, the usual joint pain that I experience from sitting too long seems to have disappeared?" The Grand Sage stood up and moved his legs.

After realizing that his pains were gone, he started stretching and hopping for a bit. He then started throwing light air punches.

"This..." the Grand Sage immediately concluded. "It seems that it hasn’t just made me younger in face, but in body as well. All of the pains I got when I got older are basically gone. It was like time had reverted for me, and restored my body back to when I was still a young man."

"So it doesn’t just effectively make you younger, it even restores your body to the point that you feel young once again?" Elaina asked.

"Yeah. I missed this feeling. This is the time when I was at my prime, so returning to this point felt like I also returned to my prime. Those golden crops you have there are scary, Elaina. I am afraid those fruits might be the key that will solve what many people hope to accomplish. After all, returning to their prime is not something that can be achieved easily by just eating a single crop, yet here I am, and I have returned to my prime."

"At the very least, we have learned of this in advance. I think it is best if we study its effects first, Miss Elaina. There might be other effects it has aside from the rejuvenation effect."

Elaina nodded. Now that a few effects have been shown, there is a chance that there are more than what they have discovered. She needed to consult this matter to the God of Farming as soon as possible, and even the Harvest Goddess as well if they have an idea on how this came to be.

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Around evening, when the God of Farming has responded to Elaina.

"[I apologize if I didn’t get to respond immediately, Elaina. A meeting between the gods happened earlier, and I also have to attend to this matter, which stopped me from responding. Every god is at that meeting, and there is no way for us to just skip it. And since it wasn’t much of an emergency on your side, I decided to prioritize the meeting and focus on it at that time. Hope you understand that.]" the God of Farming is totally sorry for not responding immediately.

"No worries, God of Farming. You also have some godly duties, so I don’t mind that. Anyways, I still needed to talk to you about this matter here that happened earlier, as this has something to do with the crops."

"[Something to do with the crops?]"

"Yeah. Earlier, the Feys harvested a new variant of corn and tomato. These variants are golden in color and look like real gold, sculpted as regular crops. I thought they were just new variants, which is why I called earlier to ask whether these new variants were intended and if they are edible. But it turns into a big thing as soon as a few of them are consumed."

"[What happened? Are they not edible?]"

"Nope, they are edible, alright. Much tastier than the regular variant, according to the local witch resident here on the farm. But that is not the problem here, what I got was that instead of a regular fruit with a better taste than a regular variant turns out much more, as it has other capabilities that even I wasn’t expecting to happen. The Grand Sage, who was an old man, returned to his prime after eating one of the tomatoes. He effectively became young and seems to have staved off a few of his age and became young again."

"[Wait, what?]"

"Why do you seem surprised by this, God of Farming? I thought you had made some sort of effect on these crops, which caused them to become like that? There’s not much of the crops that turned gold, so I thought this might be some sort of secret accomplishment that can randomly happen to a crop?"

"[Nope. This is the first time I have heard of that kind of thing, and I am also quite sure I didn’t add some kind of random effect to a vegetable that became golden. And the rejuvenation effect is seriously big. We don’t grant that kind of effect to regular crops! I might believe that if it were a plant so rare that you cultivated it just to specially grow it. Not on a crop that even a regular farmer can grow. Do you still have them, Elaina?]"

"Yup, the Grand Sage suggested to keep it as a secret for now as the effect is clearly dangerous and can potentially cause chaos if discovered. He didn’t want it to happen since I decided to sell them. Let me get them," Elaina then went to her dimensional storage bag and pulled out the corn and tomato with the gold variant.

"[He is correct, and you did a good action there. Hold on, open your windows, Elaina, and I will send my familiar there to grab those crops.]"

Elaina followed suit and opened the window. A few seconds after she opened the window, two green parrots appeared on her window. Seeing them, Elaina knew that these are the familiars that the God of Farming mentioned. She handed the two crops and the two flies away.

"[Alright, I got it. Let me check this here on my end, and I might take a while to check this properly. But before we stop for the night, I think you also need to know this, Elaina, as what we did in the meeting is somewhat related to you.]"

"Something related to me?" Elaina frowned.

"[Yes. You see, we received news that a human has ascended to a demi-god and is now teaming up with the demi-god who disappeared. You know which god I am talking about. And as for this demi-god human, it turns out it was none other than your sister.]"