Jack had woke up and lay on the blanket for a moment to re-adjust and find out what time it was. He then realized that the house was quiet.

Ugh. I slept in and they left me! Jack got up and put on his shoes, grabbed a dog treat from his box of stuff, and exited the house.

Outside, Jack whistled for about a second and a moment later, his dog ran up to his side and barked. "Greg!" Jack kneeled and fed Greg the treat. "Now, stay out of trouble, okay." He said, patting the dog's head. Jack stood up as he watched Greg run off again, bandana flapping.

Well, that's one thing done. He thought. Jill and Claire probably watered the turnips already. Jack realized something he could do that his sisters didn't do yet.

Knocking on Takakura's door, it took about three or four raps before Takakura had opened it. "Jack. How are you doing?"

"I'm doing well, Takakura. I was just wondering where you got those seeds you gave us."

"The turnip seeds? I bought them from Vesta. But she won't be open this early. You should go to Mineral Town instead. You can get there by following the path east through the town."

"Thanks."

Jack re-entered their own house and felt under the bed for the money the three of them had pooled together, about 500G. Taking half, he pushed the money back under the bed and exited the house.

Walking down the path, Jack passed a farm with many fields of turnips growing. Is this Vesta's farm? It's huge. Lost in thought, he walked into a short sign at an intersection of several paths. Jack bent to read it.

Excavation Site ↑

← Main Area/Vesta's Farm

Mineral Town →

↓ Empty Area

He glanced in the direction the Mineral Town arrow pointed. A large hedge rose up on either side of the path. Starting down the path, Jack was several meters down the path when grey sparkles gleamed in front of him. These are just like the sparkles when Karef left. A Harvest Sprite suddenly appeared, wearing an outfit like Karef's, only in grey, and small glasses.

"I'm back? Oh, this is great! Thank you, uh..."

"Jack."

"Your name is Jack? I'm Jackie." He laughed for about minute. "Well, I got to get going. See you later!" Jackie cast sparkles around him and disappeared.

It looks like I just rescued my first sprite. Claire will be excited. Jack began to take another step when Jackie shimmered back.

"What are you doing? You have lots to do back at the farm." The grey sparkles swirled around the pair of them and before Jack could object, he was deposited beside the sign.

What just happened? He looked back towards the path to Mineral Town. Jackie stopped me from getting to town. Might as well go back.

Passing by Vesta's farm, Jack recalled Takakura mention he could buy seeds from Vesta, only she opens late. I best be productive until she opens shop. I could clear some land for the seeds. Jack ran back towards the farm.

Inside the house, he crouched to slide the sickle out from under the other tools. However, by doing so, Jack caused the entire stack to collapse on top of him, pinning him to the floor.

"And then I showed up." Claire interrupted.

"Yes, then you showed up." Jack rubbed the back of his neck and reached for the sickle. "Anyway, I need to get back to work."

Claire snatched the sickle before he could. "I'll do it. I haven't done anything on this farm and I want to help."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Now go, I'm sure Vesta's is open now." Claire shooed Jack outside.

Jack passed through the Main area for the third time today. Crossing over the bridge, he stopped to take a better look at the entire farm.

It was divided in half by the dirt path, the northern half; with a smaller field, two greenhouses, and two wooden houses; and the southern half containing only the large field from earlier. In the field, three people were tending to the turnips, a young brown-haired woman, an older blond-haired woman who looked to be the former's aunt and a black-haired man. Jack leaned against the fence surrounding the larger field.

"Excuse me!" He called, causing the older woman to look his way. "I was wondering where I could buy seeds. Takakura told me Vesta's farm sold them."

The woman came over to Jack by the fence. "You came to the right place, son. I'm Vesta." She checked the sky, hand covering her eyes from the low hanging sun. "Marlin, Celia!" She called to the other two working in the field. "I'm opening the shop!" Exiting the field, Vesta came around to Jack's side. Entering the house on the left, Jack followed her.

The inside of the building had many boxes of various vegetables and fruits lined up against the walls. In the centre, Vesta stood behind a wooden table.

"So, what kind of seeds do you want?" She asked.

Jack realized he never thought of what kind of seed he was going to get. "Well, what kind of seeds do you have?"

"Turnip seeds for 120G, Potato Seeds for 150G, Strawberry seeds also for 150G, and Cucumber Seeds for 200G."

"Strawberry seeds, please." Jack placed 150G on the table and Vesta handed him a light pink seed bag. "Thank you."

"No problem, son."

Jack returned home to find only Claire was there, reading a book.

"Where's Jill?"

She closed her book. "I left her at this large, orange mansion to check on you." She looked at Jack check out the window. "She'll be fine, Jack. It's a ten-minute walk from there to here." Claire put the book down and joined her brother's side. "So... Where are the seeds you bought?" she asked to distract him. "We should plant them; I've cleared and tilled the land."

They left the house together, Claire with the watering can and Jack with the seeds.