Heath stood dumbfounded in the forest. He really had not expected Cynthia to ask him that, and now he felt utterly bewildered. How had things come to this? Hadn't he just given her a Viridian Fruit? Why had it suddenly turned into a marriage proposal? But then Heath thought of something: the value of a Viridian Fruit.
Viridian Fruits had not appeared for a very long time, so long that people had come to believe they were something someone had made up. Finding a Viridian Fruit now was basically as absurd as someone in his previous life suddenly insisting on giving him a dozen or so courtyard houses in the imperial capital. And now he had casually handed these things, which could have brought him immense wealth, over to his girlfriend and put her name on them. This was simply...
Although that comparison sounded a little outrageous, a Viridian Fruit really was worth that much. These things had already disappeared entirely. Only people born near Viridian Forest had a chance of obtaining the Viridian Force, but not everyone could obtain it, just as no one could choose who their parents were. A Viridian Fruit, however, gave those people a choice, a chance to choose their own parents.
Of course, that was only a metaphor, but Heath felt it was quite apt. A Viridian Fruit was unquestionably a priceless natural treasure, so it was not really surprising that Cynthia would think that way after he gave it to her.
"I've always been with you with marriage in mind," Heath said very seriously. He really was not joking. He had started dating Cynthia with the intention of marrying her. After all, he was relatively old-fashioned. If dating was not for the sake of marriage, then it was meaningless. Wouldn't that just amount