I Thought It Was a Healing Farming Game - Chapter 101

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I thought this was supposed to be a healing farming game.
101

Yueun and Eunyu had both grown to nearly my height without my noticing.
‘Do they have heels on their shoes or something?’
I glanced down at the Twins’ feet, and Eunyu, who’d been scanning the surroundings with an expressionless face, murmured softly.
“I don’t want Miel taken away.”
“Huh?”
The moment I looked up in confusion, Yueun grabbed my arm firmly, Parasol in hand.
“Miel. Let’s go have fun.”
“Oh? Um, yeah. I was actually about to go see Priam first…”
“Miel!”
They say even a tiger comes running when you speak its name.
A familiar cry echoed from a distance.
Priam came rushing over in a flurry of unruly hair and swept me into an embrace.
Both my arms were pinned by the Twins, and I was cradled against Priam’s chest with nowhere to move.
I buried my face in Priam’s collar and murmured.
“Weren’t you supposed to be working at the Gelato Cart today?”
“I just helped them open and came back. They want me to return when it gets busy at lunch.”
Priam added with a pleased tone.
“Let’s eat together later. It’s made from our orchard fruit, so it’ll be delicious.”
“Yeah. Sounds good.”
I was calmly accepting Priam rubbing his cheek against my hair when the Twins yanked my arms from both sides.
“Miel. Let’s go.”
“Right, right! So we’ll hit the Gelato Cart later… where should we start?”
I opened the Stamp Card, and the nearest location was the Meadow.
“Let’s go there first.”
I somehow managed to peel off the three clinging figures and began walking together down the path.
By the time we’d admired the Festival decorations, we soon reached the Meadow.
With perfect timing, a breeze rolled in, and the flower-filled Meadow swayed all at once.
“Wow, there really are so many flowers…!”
Flowers of every color rippled in the wind.
As we walked carefully along the path to avoid stepping on the blossoms, I spotted Siard standing in the middle of the Meadow.
“Welcome. You’ve come, Miel. And Priam, Yueun and Eunyu as well.”
The Twins waved at Siard.
“Siard!”
As I approached cheerfully, Siard examined my outfit first and spoke.
“The Festival attire suits you quite well.”
“Thanks! And you…”
I gave Siard’s clothing a quick look over.
Today, instead of the usual robes, he wore a white shirt and trousers—an unfamiliar sight that looked all the more refined for it.
“You look great!”
I gave him a thumbs up, and Siard answered with a smile.
“Thank you. Since I’ll be outside all day, I dressed for comfort.”
Siard gestured to the flowers around us and continued.
“Since you’re here, would you like to make a Flower Crown? There’s a custom here of giving a handmade Flower Crown to someone close to you or someone you’d like to become closer to.”
“How romantic! I’d love to. Can I use any of the flowers here?”
“Of course. The instructions are written on the back of the Stamp Card, but if you find it difficult, please ask for my help.”
“Okay!”
We each scattered to find flowers we liked.
I moved carefully to avoid trampling the blossoms, my eyes sharp as a hawk’s as I surveyed the area.
“Let’s see… oh, these are pretty.”
The Meadow was filled with flowers of all kinds, and I selected only those with pale, delicate colors.
I decided to think about who to give it to later and focused on making the Flower Crown properly first.
I picked enough flowers and plumped down onto the grass.

[How to Make a Flower Crown]

I glanced at the instructions on the back of the Stamp Card and set my fingers to work with practiced haste.
After a fumbling start, my hands soon found their rhythm.
Once I’d woven the flower stems together and tucked leaves between them, a surprisingly elegant flower crown took shape.
“Mm. I like it. It’s beautiful.”
I turned the finished crown over in my hands, weighing who deserved to receive it.
‘Close friends, though…’
Choosing only one name proved harder than I’d expected.
“Miel!”
Just then, I spotted Priam rushing toward me, a finished flower crown in hand.
He stopped short before me, breath coming fast, and as I looked up at him, the Twins came ambling over in this direction as well.
Each of them held a flower crown of their own.
Though the workmanship was rather… uneven.
But imagining those small hands carefully crafting each one was unbearably endearing.
“Miel.”
Priam spoke my name softly.
“I was happy when I received flowers from you, so I want to give you that same happiness.”
Priam held out a flower crown made of yellow blooms—bright and spring-like despite the autumn season.
“The colors are so lovely! The flowers suit it perfectly.”
“I made it while thinking of you.”
As Priam and I spoke, the Twins edged closer and suddenly thrust their crown forward.
Flutter.
A few petals scattered to the ground in the movement. The Twins’ eyes snapped downward in unison.
I bit back a laugh and pretended not to notice, clapping my hands instead.
“So Yueun and Eunyu made flower crowns too. You both did wonderfully!”
At my generous praise, the Twins held their crown out to me once more.

Choice
1. Accept Priam’s flower crown.
2. Accept the Twins’ flower crown.

‘What? I have to pick just one?’
Unable to bear choosing a single crown, I wavered internally—then light spilled across the choices, and a new option materialized below.

3. Accept Kaies’s flower crown

“Huh?”
Where was Kaies supposed to be?
The moment that thought crossed my mind, a flower crown dropped gently onto my head.
“Hello, Princess.”
He’d been right behind me all along.
Ding!

3. Accept Kaies’s flower crown

The system had chosen for me. I watched the window fade and dissolve, eyes widening.
‘But I hadn’t even decided yet!’
Startled, I glanced nervously at Priam and the Twins.
All three of them wore expressions as deflated as a cotton candy machine that had just gone through the wash.
The moment I saw their faces, my body moved without thinking.
I quickly took both of their flower crowns and carefully stacked them on my head alongside Kaies’s.
Balancing three flower crowns precariously in place, I broke into a wide grin.
“Ta-da!”
Only then did the three of them brighten.
“It suits you.”
“It’s beautiful, Miel.”
“Hehe.”
Crisis averted. I let out a quiet sigh of relief—only to find myself facing a fresh problem.
‘How am I supposed to stand up without dropping all of these?’
I grabbed the flower crown with one hand and pushed off the ground with the other, but Kaies reached toward me.
Tap, tap.
I thought he was helping me up, but instead he batted the flower crown off my head with the heel of his palm and knocked it to the ground.
Priam’s and the Twins’ flower crowns tumbled across the grass in ruins.
“Oh!”
His dark eyes flicked back and forth between the crown still perched on my head and me, then curved upward in a satisfied smile.
“It suits you.”
“How could you just knock it off like that!”
I scrambled to gather the fallen flower crowns from the grass. The Twins’ crown looked even more bedraggled now.
‘Good grief.’
I cradled the crowns carefully against my chest and shot Kaies a glare.
“You can’t just go dropping things like that. Everyone worked hard to make these!”
“I made mine by hand too.”
“You did?”
Now that I thought about it, I’d never actually gotten a good look at the flower crown Kaies had given me. I reached up to examine the one on my head.
“…Wow.”
It was the most elaborate flower crown I’d ever seen.
Golden and white lilies were woven in alternating rows, gleaming as though dusted with gold leaf, each flower stem placed with meticulous care and not a single thread out of place.
“I do appreciate that you made me a flower crown…”
Thinking that Kaies had made it with me in mind—honestly, that touched me.
“But you still can’t just handle other people’s things without care!”
A mistake was a mistake, though.
I gave him a firm scolding not to touch them again, then placed Priam’s and the Twins’ flower crowns back on their heads.

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