I Thought It Was a Healing Farming Game - Chapter 66

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I thought this was supposed to be a healing farming game.
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I nodded without hesitation and squeezed his hand tightly.
“I will. Truly… I’m so glad you’re here, Siard.”

Siard’s Affinity +30
Siard’s Affinity has reached Level 4!

Ordinarily I would have delighted in the Affinity notification, but today the usual joy wouldn’t come.

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“That’s strange. He seemed fine this afternoon…”
I thrashed about in bed well past one in the morning.
My eyes wanted to close, but whenever they did, I saw him again—that man crumpled unnaturally to the ground.
I pulled the blanket up until I could barely breathe and hugged the pillow to my chest.
Seeing the corpse tormented me, yes, but what truly gnawed at me was something else.
A thought that had haunted me every night I spent alone in the hospital.
That I too could die like that, anytime.
“I don’t want this…”
A small whimper escaped between my lips.
“I don’t want to die.”
I want to live longer still.
I want to see the bright sky again, to keep laughing with people like this.
“I want to live…”
My voice dissolved into the quilt, muffled and wet.
If only I could go on living like this, then I…

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Chirp—chirp chirp.
After several nights of no sleep, I barely managed to drag myself to the Ranch.
“Miel, is this about what happened the other day? You look awful.”
“No, I’m fine.”
Each time the Ranch workers spoke with concern, those dark thoughts crept back in, but I forced myself to shake my head.
I wasn’t a child—I had to work properly.
While I worked the butter churn and spread the cloth, I could focus on the task itself.
But when I returned home, it was the same. Sleep wouldn’t come.
From fitfully waking and sleeping, my head throbbed all day long.
In the end, I went to Siard’s Clinic to buy a Pain Relief Potion.
“Hello, Siard. I’d like to buy five Pain Relief Potions.”
“Where does it hurt?”
“I have a bit of a headache…”
Siard studied me intently before speaking.
“You haven’t been sleeping.”
“How did you know?”
“I can tell just by looking at your complexion.”
I looked away without thinking.
Siard didn’t press further and dispensed several Pain Relief Potions.
“Stay at my place tonight. I should monitor your condition.”
This time I didn’t refuse his kindness. More precisely, I couldn’t.
Being alone to face another night seemed worse than being with anyone at all.
In the end, I nodded obediently.

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After closing the Clinic, I headed to Siard’s house with him.
“It feels different having you visit, Miel. The whole place seems brighter.”
“In a good way?”
“Of course. There’s a liveliness to it now.”
Siard laughed softly, then asked casually.
“You haven’t been sleeping well—is it because of what happened last time?”
“Ah…….”
I hesitated for a moment, caught his eye, then nodded.
“Yes. I keep thinking about the body I saw back then…….”
“It must have been quite a shock.”
“It was. But it wasn’t so much the sight itself that frightened me…….”
I opened and closed my lips a few times before finally letting the truth spill out.
“I’m afraid I’ll end up dying the same way someday. That’s what terrifies me.”
Siard’s violet eyes trembled slightly.
“Since I’ve been ill for so long, I find myself thinking such things without meaning to…….”
Having endured days that felt like a death sentence, the longer I lived happily, the more afraid I became of it ending.
A gnawing anxiety had taken root in my heart—the dread that everything could be stripped away from me at any moment.
“Such worries are nothing unusual.”
Siard took a breath, then spoke gently.
“But excessive anxiety can be harmful to your health, so I’ll prepare a soothing tea for you.”
“Thank you…….”
While Siard went to brew the tea, I caught sight of my reflection in the window.
My eyes were bloodshot, and my complexion looked haggard.
“Sigh…….”
I splashed cold water on my face with both hands.
Siard must have been startled by what I said so suddenly.
Click.
Just as a wave of regret began to wash over me, he returned.
I took the cup of tea he offered and took a sip.
As the warm flavor slid down my throat, I felt my tense body gradually begin to relax.
“Miel.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t think about anything today. Just rest well. Lack of sleep only makes anxiety worse.”
I nodded obediently to his words.
“I will.”
But I thought there was no way I’d fall asleep so easily.
“……Miel. You should be sleeping in the bed.”
“Mm……? Oh, when did I fall asleep…….”
I’d been nodding off, and only opened my eyes at the sound of Siard’s voice.
Unable to fight the crushing drowsiness, I lay down on the bed and found myself falling into a deep sleep—something I hadn’t experienced in a long time.
When I opened my eyes and sat up, my mind felt remarkably clear.
The headaches that had plagued me for days, the anxiety that had tormented me all night—both seemed to have receded, at least for now.
“My head feels so clear. I must have slept well.”
Siard smiled warmly and spoke.
“I’m glad. I’ll give you the tea you drank yesterday as a gift—brew it daily for a while.”
“I’d love that! I’m always grateful, Siard. I’m always just receiving from you…….”
I let my eyebrows droop and watched for his reaction. He quickly denied what I’d said.
“That’s not true at all. You’ve given me much as well.”
“What…… have I given you? I can’t think of anything.”
“……Looking at you reminds me of who I was before. Feelings I’d forgotten long ago come back to me. So I can only be grateful.”
With that angelic face of his, he spoke words just as angelic.
A flood of emotion overwhelmed me, and I poured out everything that had been bottled up in my heart.
“I’m grateful to you beyond words, Siard! If you hadn’t been here, I never would have adapted to the Village so well. I’ll never forget this kindness.”
Feeling fulfilled, I returned home, brewed a cup of tea, and lay down to sleep.
Perhaps it was the warmth of the tea and our conversation that settled my heart.

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Thankfully, I slept soundly that night without waking once.
“Mmm.”
The next morning, I woke in good spirits and stretched, yanking the curtain wide open.
“Good morning… wait, what?”
I’d had a deep, refreshing sleep, yet when I looked outside, chaos had erupted.
A tree had driven itself root-first through a building near our house.
When I went outside to look around, the scene was even worse.
“Why is there a tree… stuck in that building?”
I asked with a bewildered expression, and a passing worker answered while gathering his tools.
“Lightning struck last night and snapped the tree clean in half, and when it fell toward the building, it lodged itself right through.”
“Lightning?”
“The lightning was fierce all through the night. The ground shook like it was about to cave in……”
I hadn’t heard a thing.
No matter how exhausted I’d been, I couldn’t believe I’d slept through such a commotion.
I had no idea how deeply I’d fallen asleep.
I was briefly puzzled, but relieved to hear that no one had been hurt, I headed back home.

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A few days passed, and the shocking incident that had startled me began to fade into memory.
‘Ever since I started drinking that tea Siard gave me, I’ve been sleeping wonderfully.’
Then came one unremarkable day.
In my nightclothes, I opened the tea tin and my eyes widened—the bottom was already visible.
“I’ve already finished it?”
I shook the tin, but only tea dust fell out.
‘It’s late to go get some more… but I’ve been sleeping so well lately, surely one night without it will be fine?’
I brushed out the remaining leaves to brew a weak cup, drank it, and lay down in bed.
Not long after I’d drifted into light sleep, I woke at the sound of heavy rain pattering against the window.

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