I Thought It Was a Healing Farming Game - Chapter 59

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I thought this was supposed to be a healing farming game.
59

A sense of betrayal beyond words crashed over me.
“Siard…….”
“It wasn’t like that.”
“I saw everything!”
“I apologize.”
There’s not a soul in this world you can trust. I curled into the corner of the bed, my lips jutting out stubbornly.
“Miel. I wasn’t trying to mock you.”
“Right, tenant. People do trip sometimes…… Pfft.”
Completely offended by Kaies’s teasing, I clamped my mouth shut and didn’t say another word until the Medical Treatment was finished.
“Though it will be inconvenient, please be careful with your right foot for the time being.”
“Yes.”
I answered while staring at the floor. Once the Medical Treatment was done, Siard bent his knees and looked up at me.
“I was wrong.”
At this, I couldn’t stay angry.
My heart melted at those angelic eyes gazing up at me, and I nodded.
“If you have trouble using your leg, there will be many inconveniences. Please reach out whenever you need help.”
“Your words alone are…….”
I tried to politely refuse, not wanting to be a burden, but suddenly I remembered how hurt Siard had looked when I wouldn’t lean on him.
“If things get difficult, I’ll come find you…….”
“By all means.”
Seeing Siard’s ready agreement, I felt a little more at ease.
After the Medical Treatment was complete, I stood up. I exchanged farewells with Siard and left the Clinic.
“See you next time, Siard.”
“Please be careful and don’t hurt yourself further.”
“Thank you. I will.”
As I stepped out of the Clinic, Kaies spread his arms wide and tilted his head with a grin.
“Want me to carry you?”
It’s nice that Kaies is treating me so warmly, but right now my feelings were genuinely hurt.
“…… No!”
I turned my head sharply and marched out the door.
“What if you trip again?”
“I’ll manage on my own.”
“Don’t need an arm to lean on?”
My brisk stride gradually slowed.
Looking up at Kaies as he approached casually, I hesitantly extended my arm.
“Well, maybe just…… support.”
Kaies bit back a smile, his lips curling upward, and offered me his arm.
He walked me home that way, cutting through the Alley.
Thanks to him, I arrived home by the shortest route.
“Thank you for walking me home.”
I offered my thanks, and Kaies gave a casual nod. Then, almost in passing, he mentioned something.
“You’ll be bored for a while. Want me to bring you some books?”
“Books?”
“Like that book you were so excited about carrying when you tripped.”
“Really? Would that be okay?”
My eyes went wide with delight, and Kaies gave a slight nod.
“I’ll have someone from the Tavern bring them by later. Just accept them.”
True to his word, not long after Kaies left, a Tavern employee arrived with an armful of books.
It wasn’t just one or two. Detective novels, adventure tales—they seemed carefully selected from the most fascinating collection.
“Wow!”
That Kaies, lending out his own belongings without even asking for rental fees.
‘He doesn’t even charge for Medical Treatment, and he’s always teasing but still looking out for me like this.’
That whole evening I lay in bed reading, finishing every last book until the very end.
I closed the book with a satisfying snap and laughed aloud.
“Oh, that was brilliant! How did they pull off such a trick?”
The culprit wasn’t a single person—it was the entire village who’d had a hand in it.
Even the young man I’d suspected turned out to have only helped conceal the alibi and evidence.
Either way, the twist I never saw coming made it all the more delightful.
“I should try a different book tomorrow.”
I stacked the finished books neatly to one side and lay back on the bed.
Being ill and unable to move was depressing, but there was something oddly pleasant about finally having this idle, unhurried rest.

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The day after a full rest.
Priam came to find me, wrapped in a red cloak.
“Priam. That cloak—it’s adorable.”
“It’s summer and the sun’s been fierce. Are you all right, Miel? I heard you weren’t well.”
Priam stepped inside and handed me a freshly baked pie.
“Wow! You baked this?”
“I was worried you might not have eaten properly.”
“Really? I’m so touched…”
At my genuine admiration, Priam’s face brightened at once.
Then he asked if the apple he’d brought before was still around, and insisted on peeling it himself.
“Just lie there, Miel. You’re the patient.”
“No, I’m fine—”
“I’ll get the apple. You’re not getting up.”
“Mm…”
Priam tucked the blanket carefully around me, then headed to the kitchen and returned with a bright red apple, a plate, and a knife.
Scritch-scritch.
Listening to the gentle sound of the apple being peeled, I felt both embarrassed and oddly pleased.
Being fussed over like this by a guest—it was strange.
I bit into the apple Priam had peeled, crisp and sweet, when he asked carefully.
“How did you get hurt? People saw you coming out of the Clinic with Kaies.”
“Oh, it was just an accident. I could barely walk, so Kaies had no choice but to carry me.”
Priam, who had been studying my injury intently, suddenly blurted out a half-finished question.
“Did he… do this to you?”
I nearly choked on the apple I was chewing in shock.
“What? That—that doesn’t make sense. Why would Kaies do something like that to me?”
The way he phrased it, you’d think Kaies was some kind of criminal.
“Then how did you get hurt?”
“Well… I’ve been reading books in Kaies’s office lately. I was trying to pull down a book from up high, and I tangled my feet. Then I fell off the chair.”
“Really?”
Priam still looked skeptical.
‘I mean… yes, Kaies does often put rude customers in their place without mercy, but…’
Even so, to think he’d hurt me—the assumption was too much.
“Seriously. Why would Kaies have any reason to hurt me? We get along fine.”
“Mm…”
“Look—he even sent me books to read while I’m sick. Don’t you trust Kaies?”
“…Not that. It’s just—since Kaies took you to the Clinic, I was worried.”
I let out an exasperated laugh and immediately set the record straight.
“I was hurt and couldn’t get up, so he helped me. Don’t misunderstand like that, please. Kaies would be upset.”
“Fine. I won’t.”
Priam reluctantly nodded, but his expression remained lukewarm. He didn’t seem ready to truly believe my words.
After a moment’s hesitation, Priam spoke again.
“Miel.”
“Yes?”
“You wouldn’t do things we dislike, right?”
“What? Of course not…right?”
Why was Priam suddenly asking me this?
Had someone done something the villagers disliked before?
“What exactly do you mean by things you dislike?”
It was a question I’d been curious about anyway, so I asked carefully—but all I got back was a smile I couldn’t quite decipher.
“Miel doesn’t seem like she would, so it’s fine.”
“But I need to know what it is, so I don’t make a mistake by accident.”
Priam tilted his head and rested it gently against my shoulder instead of answering.
“I don’t want to tell Miel…….”
“Why? Why? Don’t you trust me? I’ll do better from now on.”
“No…… that’s not it. It’s the opposite, actually…….”
“The opposite? You trust me?”
“Yes…….”
At those words, my chest grew warm and tender—the way a wary wild creature might finally open its heart to someone.
“So if you trust me, why don’t you want to tell me?”
“Because I want Miel to see only the good side of me.”
Priam lifted his head from my shoulder and looked up to meet my eyes.
His pupils still gleamed, but the usual bright sparkle was dimmed.
“I care about Miel.”
His voice, duller than usual, pressed against the thick summer air.
Without my noticing, his hand had reached out and gently gripped the hem of my sleeve.
That tentative, puppy-like gesture was so endearing that I laughed softly and spoke.
“I care about you too, Priam.”
“Really?”
“Yes. And if I ever do anything that makes you uncomfortable, tell me right away. I’ll fix what I can.”
“You will……?”
His tone carried a note of reluctance, as if he didn’t want to take me at my word.
His hand slipped from the hem of my sleeve, and my heart lurched—had I misspoken somehow?

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