Chapter 1326: Coco doesn’t know

Idan couldn’t take his eyes off the fruit that Coco was holding in her paws. There was no doubt— it was the Fruit of the Foundation.

As he watched him, the little fox opened its mouth and took a bite.

"Stop!" — Idan’s heart almost jumped out of his chest at the sight of this action.

Coco froze with her mouth full, staring at Idan.

And he was looking at her.

Crunch! Crunch!

Coco began to slowly chew what she had already bitten off, and then swallowed.

Idan raised his gaze and looked around.

So far, no one has paid attention to his communication with Coco. Except for Arabel, who noticed it and apparently guessed his interaction with the little fox. In order to avoid attracting attention, she decided not to join them, but instead tried to distract Saelis and the others by talking.

After making sure that everything was in order, he turned his gaze to Coco, who was carefully holding the bitten-off fruit to herself. There was concern in her eyes, and her tail stopped wagging.

Idan, giving her his usual friendly smile, addressed her using a mental link.:

"Coco, where did you get this fruit from?"

"Huh?" — Coco asked, blinking her eyes. She looked touching and innocent, clutching the fetus to herself.

"I picked it," she replied, looking down at the fruit. "Coco collected this."

Idan’s smile faltered.

"Have you collected it? Didn’t you steal it?" he thought.

He decided not to voice it. Instead, he asked, "From where?"

The fox lifted her gaze and looked at him. Then, her tail darted towards the majestic Magic Tree.

"Coco picked this from that big branch over there," she replied.

"FUUUCK!" Idan’s smile faded as his terrible assumption proved true.

And then Coco’s innocent words came, which made him freeze.

"Master, there were so many of them!"

Many... Many...

Coco’s words echoed in his head.

"Master, they’re so delicious," she said, — "Crunch!"

With that, she took another bite and started chewing on it. This time, Idan didn’t stop her. His mind was preoccupied with the scale of what had happened.

"Coco, didn’t I forbid you to steal..." Idan began, but then stopped when he realized what an irreparable mistake he had made.

He covered his face with his hands, and it was only now that he realized what had been bothering him back then. What happened was, in fact, his fault.

Removing his hands, he glanced at Coco, who was happily eating a rare fruit, the Fruit of the Foundation.

"But why did she choose the Magic Tree?" lamented Idan. "Why didn’t she go somewhere else?"

"Oh, shit!" he swore and sighed. "Okay, what’s done is done."

Coco stopped chewing and looked at Idan.

Seeing his condition, Coco looked at the remains of the fetus in her paws, then back at him. With a slight doubt, Coco handed him the remains of the fruit.

"Master," she called. "Do you want to try it? It’s delicious."

"Not everything, but just a piece," Coco clarified, and this caused him not to get annoyed, but to laugh. Even now, this little rascal was thinking about sweets.

"Thank you, Coco, but eat it yourself," Idan smiled and then asked, "How much have you eaten?"

Crunch!

After taking a bite and chewing, Coco, noticing that Idan wasn’t angry with her, perked up.

"Two, that’s three," she replied with her mouth full.

"Three?" wondered Idan. "Did she manage to eat three whole Foundation fruits?"

A sharp pain shot through Idan’s heart at this news. So many valuable resources were eaten like candy.

"Coco, how many more of these goodies do you have left?"

Coco tilted her head to the side and squinted, trying to remember.

"Coco doesn’t know," she shook her head. "Coco is confused. There are so many of them."

This confession by Coco testified to the scale of what she had done. Idan, overcoming his panic, focused on how they could get out of this situation now.

In fact, no one should have suspected them.

While all this was happening, he and Arabel were in the arena where everyone could see them.

They could just wait it out and leave with Coco’s loot.

Idan was sure that since Coco hadn’t even noticed a Rank 9 creature, no one else would be able to spot her and link her to them.

However, despite this, for some reason, Idan was doubtful.

As before, he was filled with anxiety about this matter. It was as if his intuition was telling him not to do it.

And for some reason, his conscience did not allow him to steal something valuable from the whole Kingdom.

Even if no one found out now, it didn’t guarantee that everything would be forgotten and there wouldn’t be some clairvoyant or someone else special who could figure out the culprit and connect her to them.

First of all, Idan decided to take the following actions:

"Coco, how about we trade these fruits for candy?"

As soon as Coco heard the word "candy," her eyes lit up. "Candy?"

"Exactly, candies and other sweets. You know, I also have a delicious cake," Idan added.

"I want to, I want to," Coco started jumping up and down excitedly.

What could be better than sweets from the System? Of course, nothing.

Yes, these fruits were delicious and enjoyable, but in Coco’s personal opinion, they couldn’t compare to the candies bought from the System.

As a result, Idan had to spend System Points to exchange candies for fruits. A total of 9,000 System points.

As it turned out, Coco had "collected" about 20 Foundation Fruits, 9 Law Fruits, 2 Dominion Fruits, and one unique Fusion Fruit.

At the sight of their descriptions, Idan was speechless from the realization of the full value of the loot.

At that moment, several of the Tree’s Guardians returned, including Severin.

He approached his disciples and invited Idan and the others to join them.

When everyone had gathered, Severin said in a serious tone:

"An unknown intruder entered the forbidden area of the Magic Tree and plucked all the ripe fruits of the Tree."

Everyone was shocked by this news. Idan, who pretended to be surprised, was no exception.

"Are all the fruits stolen?" asked Lavena.

Severin nodded and added:

"The only consolation is that the intruder picked only the ripe fruits without touching the unripe ones."

This calmed everyone down a bit.

Severin then continued:

"No one knows who or what it was. But the intruder left a hint in the form of several multi-colored crumpled pieces of paper."

With these words, Severin took out one crumpled piece of paper and showed it to everyone. Idan and Arabel were speechless when they saw this.

This piece of paper turned out to be a candy wrapper purchased from the System.

Coco not only "harvested" the fruits, but also "polluted" this sacred place.

Idan turned around and just caught the moment when Coco took out the candy, removed the wrapper from it and began to chew with pleasure until the wrapper smoothly fell to the floor at her feet.