"Status." Chiaki mumbled as she woke, raising a hand up instinctively. A blue status screen appeared, a bit different than what she had originally seen. This one simply had a list:

Beast Language (Fully Upgraded)

See the World (Fully Upgraded)

Item Box (Fully Upgraded)

Item Shop (Level 1)

Okay, so the changes she had Tobi do had already taken effect. Now she could see her divine gifts. That was good. She rolled over onto her side and tapped the 'Item Box' choice. She knew only another person from Earth could see the menu, so it probably looked to anyone who was awake that she was just moving a bit in her sleep. It was still dark out, it seemed like very little time had passed in the world while she was in the Beast God's Domain.

The window changed a little, now 'Item Box' was at the top of the screen. Below it was just empty. Guess it was time to try it out. Chiaki touched a plant with a finger. "Store." In a blue flash the plant disappeared. The screen now said 'Clover (3-leaf) x1' on it.

It worked! Chiaki giggled. She had magic. Was it magic? This world was already pretty magical. So, yeah, she'd call it magic. She had magic! She'd poured most of the praise left that she'd gathered into this. The Item Box skill was fully maxed out, allowing her unlimited space and keeping everything in perfect stasis.

She tapped the back arrow at the bottom of the screen, returning to the listed options. This time she tapped the 'Item Shop' choice. She'd used the remaining praise for this skill. And it was not upgraded at all. As is was, she found out that if it was something that Tobi couldn't understand, he couldn't replicate it for her. So this skill was limited to things of this world, blocking her from many advancements that she'd only be able to enjoy once she'd recreated them for the first time.

A list of items appeared. The top one was 'Clover (3-leaf) x1' just like in her Item Box, there was no price though. She knew anything she dropped into the Item Box would add to the Item Shop, but well at least it wasn't asking for anything to buy another? Chiaki shook her head and pushed the back button again. Then returned to her Item Box.

This time she touched a fresh clover flower. "Store." In a blue flash the plant disappeared. The screen now said 'Clover (3-leaf) x1' with 'Clover (Red Flower) x1' below it. She touched another flower. "Store." Now 'Clover (White Flower) x1' was at the bottom of the list.

A few clicks later she was looking at the Item Store again. The 'Clover (3-leaf)' was not there, but the option for getting both the white flower and red flower versions were. Along with that, there were other new things. Red Clover Syrup x1 - 1 Clear Spar, White Clover Syrup x1 - 1 Clear Spar, Mixed Clover Syrup - 1 Clear Spar. Clover Seed Mix, Clover Blossom Jam, Clover Blossom Jelly, Clover Sprouts, and on and on and on.

This was going to take some getting use to, it looked like items related to things she had just added to her box were suggested at the top of the store. She exited the Item Store and then reentered it without adding anything new to her box. This time there were no suggestions. Instead row after row of pictures and names were there.

'Seeds' brought up a list of basic plant seeds, carrot and potato, wild onion and clover. All the seeds were one-hundred seeds for one Clear Spar. This was the biggest section of the store so far. The more she put into the box the bigger the selection would get. Once she got enough praise saved up she could level up the store and expand out of basic plant items.

It was sad she wouldn't be able to fully explore either system until they made it to the horse village, but all their things suddenly disappearing would cause too many questions and lead to problems. And just the thought of how many males would want to be her mate because of them. A nightmare.

There was nothing else in arms reach where she lay, just the bed of clover she'd fell asleep in. So she couldn't add more to her inventory unless she just wanted to collect all the clover itself. She closed the status screen with a wave of her hand. She closed her eyes and went back to sleep. This time with no dreams or visits.

o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o

Chiaki made a point of going around the camp the next morning picking every different weed and flower she could find. While her mates were a little curious at the action the rest of the caravan just saw a female playing around as she waited to be fed. These plants had disappeared by the time they left, but they had probably just been tossed aside after she'd gotten bored of them. Chiaki was so happy she could now collect pretty much anything and it would be safely stored away from everything else! No more sorting! She grinned.

She sat atop Winston's back today, with the basket of cubs. The guys had agreed to each taking a turn at carrying their mate for a day before another had the privilege. All the others either had a pack or was part of the hunting and scouting party that traveled about half a kilometer (or about a third a mile) ahead of the main group.

Travel was slow. They walked instead of running. Chiaki didn't know how much distance they covered, but at the end of the fifth day they were still in a wooded area. True to their word none of her mates had tried to instigate sex. They were curious to her new habit of plant collecting any time they stopped, be it a midday rest or for sleep at night. However there was never time to ask with the family surrounded by others as it was obviously something she would have brought up herself had she been able to talk freely.