A Gifted Rose: Long Day Ahead

A Gifted Rose: Long Day Ahead is the second part of the World Quest Series A Gifted Rose.
==Start Location==
Start the quest by talking to Affan after the daily reset after finishing A Gifted Rose: Prickly as Thorns.
NPC Location Affan.png|Starting Location
NPC Location Affan Context.png|Additional context
==Steps==
#Water the flowers
#*Apply to the flowers
#Talk to Affan
== Dialogue==
;(Talk to Affan)
:Affan: Come, come, look at these seeds.
: Doesn't look like there's been any change.
:Affan: I've been growing crops for years, but growing flowers must be different.
:Affan: Why else haven't they grown after so long?
:Paimon: Let Paimon see, hmm...
:Paimon: Grandpa Affan, Paimon thinks your nursery is too dry. And there might not be enough nutrients in the soil around Aaru Village.
:Paimon: We've helped a villager grow flowers before, so we have experience.
:Affan: Huh. Is that so...
:Affan: That makes sense. Such rare flowers should be more delicate than normal ones. Indeed, I don't water and fertilize them enough.
:Affan: But this nursery is a little far from any water sources. It's not easy to bring water here.
:Affan: And I don't store much water for daily use either, so it is rather inconvenient to water the seeds in the nursery often.
: I can help.
:Affan: Alright, in that case, please water these three seeds first.
;(Talk to Affan again)
:Affan: Water these three seeds first, and I'll think about what to do about the fertilizer.
:Affan: After growing things for decades, I do know how to make some simple fertilizer.
;(Use Nahida's All Schemes to Know on Affan optional)
:Affan: (The dream he never got to fulfill when he was alive... Allow me to realize it for him.)
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;(After watering the flowers)
:Affan: Good, good, you two are very resourceful.
:Affan: I have a feeling that they will grow well this time, now that I have guidance from the experts.
:Affan: Were the Shawarma and Tahchin good?
: They were delicious.
::Affan: Delicious, eh? I'll make more for you, then.
: I haven't tried them yet.
:Affan: I'm not as good of a cook as my late wife, so forgive my poor cooking. Please take them. The portions are smaller this time, though.
:Paimon: This is so tasty! You're really kind! We'll visit you often.
:Affan: Haha, didn't you children want to ask me what kind of flower this is?
:Affan: I guess I might as well tell you. I'm planting roses.
: As in, Sumeru Roses?
:Affan: This type of flower is called the Golden Rose. It's much more precious than the Sumeru Rose.
:Affan: Remember how I told you that these flower seeds were left to me by a friend?
:Affan: Well, these seeds, and this old house I'm living in now were all left to me by that late "old ghost."
:Affan: Oh, I forgot. You're not from Aaru Village, so you're most likely not familiar with that name.
:Affan: No matter. Just think of that fellow as an old man who used to grow some flowers...
:Affan: ...
:Paimon: Hey, Grandpa Affan, you're spacing out all of a sudden. Hello! Hello?
:Affan: Ah! Oh. I was lost in thought. I'm sorry, I'm old, and my mind has begun to wander. How embarrassing...
:Affan: Thank you again, children. You can have a look around if there's anything else you want to see.
:Affan: I won't drive people away anymore. But be careful not to tread on the nursery.
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;(Talk to Affan after the quest ends)
:Affan: ♪Rose, oh rose, grant me my wish...
:Affan: Hmm? You're still here?
: Why live here?
::Affan: Well, anyway, I'm an old weirdo, and "old weirdos behave in inexplicable ways." Few people ask me questions like you do.
::Affan: I've always wanted to go out and grab the chance to do something with my life.
::Affan: When I was a newlywed, I almost left with the Eremites, but then I thought about it, and I couldn't just leave my wife to take up a life of wandering.
::Affan: Later, I met a traveling merchant and wanted to follow suit and do some business, but that didn't work out because I didn't have enough Mora.
::Affan: Much later, my wife passed and nothing held me back anymore, but by then, I'd gotten too old to leave.
::Affan: I've dragged things out up till now and I've missed out on too much.
::Affan: In retrospect, I've found that I belong neither to this village, nor to anywhere else.
::Affan: So in the end, I moved by myself to the edge of the village, and I found life here to be more comfortable.
::Affan: And decades went by, just like that.
: About the old ghost...
::Affan: Only outsiders ask about the old ghost. The children of the village all know his name.
::Affan: Whenever a child is naughty, their parents will say, "The old ghost will come take you away."
::Affan: These younglings don't know the old ghost at all, but are pretty good at using his name to scare people.
::Affan: I met the old ghost myself as a child. He did dislike children, but he wasn't scary.
::Affan: For some reason, he became known as the old ghost. I thought it was just a bunch of people talking about him behind his back.
:: Weren't you friends?
::Affan: When I was young, I used to sneak close to his garden to play. He'd chase me away with a garden hoe as soon as he saw me.
::Affan: He probably took me for a naughty child looking to cause trouble. Why would he remember me?
::Affan: He might not have known who I was, but I still remember him and his little garden.
::Affan: So I suppose I can call him my friend, right?
::Affan: I want to grow the same flowers, just to recreate that little garden in my memories.
:Affan: I'd like to invite you to come and see these flowers when they bloom. It's probably going to be tomorrow or the day after. Will you be able to make it?
: Sure.
:Affan: Alright, alright...
:Affan: ♪Rose, oh rose, grant me my wish...
==Other Languages==
==Change History==
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