The Farming Saint in the Starry Wasteland (Elizabeth Schofield) novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5 There Are No Seeds

The queue was a jagged, snaking line of misery.

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Men, women, and the elderly alike–every soul there was skeletal, their frames whittled down to skin and bone.

Years of grime had caked onto their faces like a second skin, their eyes hollowed out by a dull, relentless exhaustion.

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Beside them, homemade carts shrieked with every rusted rotation, while others dragged bulging sacks stitched together from a patchwork of industrial scraps.

Elizabeth felt a heavy ache of sympathy. It seemed that no matter the era or the universe, the life of a scavenger remained the same–a desperate, unending struggle for survival.

She stood there in silence as the crowd’s frantic chatter forced its way into her ears.

The air was thick with a single name, repeated in a feverish, reverent loop, Cristian Hewitt, the general of the kingdom.

“Did you see the Starnet headline? General Cristian Hewitt’s perfect genetic match finally surfaced!”

“I saw it! The Kingdom hasn’t seen a perfect match in over a century. Especially for an SSS- level titan like the General–if they bond, their offspring is practically a guaranteed SSS–level powerhouse from birth!”

“I remember Princess Lucille back then. She had SS–level mental power, a royal bloodline, and her match with him was only 69%. So who is this ‘Elizabeth‘ who just materialized out of nowhere? What kind of monstrous mental power must she have?”

“Is there even a doubt? Her mental power has to be at least SS–level! There’s no other way the Genetic Registry would ever match her with an SSS–level Hewitt.”

Elizabeth listened with quiet amusement, piecing together the logic of this strange new world.

So, to optimize the species, they had engineered a mandatory genetic matching system.

Truly, the universe never ceased to offer up new absurdities.

As she was marveling at the strangeness of it all, she caught the sound of her own name–or rather, a name that was phonetically identical to hers.

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Her first thought was one of genuine surprise at the coincidence. The general’s perfect match actually had the same name as her.

As for why she didn’t even entertain the possibility that it was her?

It was blindingly obvious, wasn’t it? As the gossip suggested, anyone deemed a match for an SSS–level titan had to be at least SS–level themselves.

And this body of hers? It was just a pathetic, D–level washback.

Same name, entirely different fates.

Talk about a cosmic joke, she mused.

For a moment, Elizabeth wasn’t sure who to pity more. Here she was–technically a free woman, yet starving and clinging to survival on this Garbage Planet.

Or perhaps she should pity that faceless counterpart–a woman gifted enough to enchant the entire Kingdom, yet so thoroughly stripped of her agency that her very heart was a matter of perfect match.

Still, with such juicy high–society scandals to pass the time, the long wait felt considerably shorter.

Before she could even finish eavesdropping on the best parts, she had reached the front of the line.

She stepped quickly up to the counter. The moment she came to a halt, an opaque isolation barrier silently dropped behind her, sealing her off from the world.

It was one of the few mercies the station’s owner extended to the scavengers.

A shred of privacy meant to prevent them from being marked and ambushed the moment they stepped away with a valuable haul.

On a world like the Garbage Planet, where the law was a dead letter, violent robbery was as common as breathing.

Still, that flickering barrier offered a fragile, if only psychological, sense of security. ychological, sense of security.

Behind the counter stood a simply designed robot, handling all the station’s daily work.

“Hello. How may I assist you?” the robot asked.

“Recycling these,” Elizabeth replied, following the cold prompts. She emptied the jumble of scrap metal from her storage button onto the scanning platform.

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Two sharp pings echoed. A digital readout flickered on the screen–29 stellar coins.

It was a pitiful sum—not even enough for the cheapest liquid supplement

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With a heavy sigh, she pulled the wristband device from her pocket, the one she’d pried off the corpse’s wrist. “Add this to the pile.”

The robot took the device, its eyes flickering with a crimson light as it scanned the hardware. A flat, synthesized voice followed, “Level–2 device. Zero physical damage. Operational status stable. Condition assessed at 70%. Recycling value 425 stellar coins. Confirm transaction?”

“Confirm.” Elizabeth said without a second’s hesitation.

The robot finalized the data wipe and extended its mechanical arm, signaling for her to present her wrist for the transfer. “Transaction successful. Total 454 stellar coins. Please verify the deposit.”

A subtle haptic pulse vibrated against her skin, confirming the funds had hit her account.

Elizabeth didn’t leave right away. Instead, she asked, “Do you have any crop seeds for sale here? Any kind will do.”

The light in the robot’s eyes blinked rhythmically. “Food seeds are classified as Kingdom strategic, rare resources. To purchase them, you must submit an application to the Kingdom Agricultural Research Center. Once approved, you may proceed to a designated location to buy them. This station is not authorized to sell biological seeds of any kind.”

Elizabeth was stunned.

They were just ordinary seeds. How were they considered “strategic, rare resources“?

And she had to apply for them? How ridiculous was that?

Still unwilling to give up, she pressed, “Then… where do I apply?”

Without a trace of emotion, the robot replied, “You may log on to the official website of the Kingdom Agricultural Research Center to submit an online application.“nomous

Her heart sank at the answer.

The Garbage Planet’s environment was harsh?

That was fine. She had already found energy stones to replenish her spiritual power.

The soil was barren and saturated with toxins?

That was also fine. Her spiritual power was more than enough to purify the earth and

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