I Thought It Was a Healing Farming Game - Chapter 79

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I thought it was supposed to be a Healing Farming Game
Chapter 79

“Ahahaha!”
“What? What are you reading?”
I opened the diary and showed him the note Priam had written.
“This! I didn’t think Priam could say something so cold.”
At my words, Priam exhaled softly.
“Kaies has always had a sharp side to him. Once he decides something isn’t worth it, he doesn’t give it a second chance.”
“I see. Is it because he’s in a position where he has to look after everyone?”
If the village headman tried to accommodate each person’s convenience, there’d be no end to it.
“Were you upset, Miel?”
Priam’s brows drooped with concern. I shook my head and straightened my shoulders.
“It’s nothing. Really, I’m fine.”
“Are you sure? Kaies can be truly heartless when he gets like that.”
“Still, looking at his eyes and his actions, it didn’t seem like he disliked me. Oh, do you want some corn too?”
“I’m good. I have watermelon juice.”
“Really…?”
When I showed signs of disappointment, Priam quickly changed the subject.
“Did you harvest these?”
“Yeah.”
“Then I’ll have some.”
“Really? Great!”
I brought over the steamed corn, and we each held a cob while the breeze blew through the window.
“This is delicious.”
“It really is. The texture is so chewy.”
“I’ve gotten used to keeping a diary. Should we do book exchanges next?”
“I’d like that. I enjoyed watching films with you too, Miel.”
“A small group gathering would be fun.”
Priam swallowed the corn kernels in his mouth before speaking.
“…Do you want to play with everyone together, Miel?”
“Huh? Playing together all of us sounds good. But playing just with you is nice too!”
“Hmm……”
When the breeze died down, it quickly became hot, and I kept flapping my clothing.
‘It’s hot even inside.’
I must have finished the juice by now.
Just as I was thinking of getting cold water, a glass of watermelon juice was suddenly pushed toward me from the side.
When I turned my head, Priam’s bright face shone with pure kindness in his eyes.
“Drink this, Miel.”
“Thank you.”
I smiled softly and took a long sip of the juice.
Watching me, Priam smiled as well. A peaceful summer was flowing by.

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Time passed, and soon the day of the train trip arrived.
“Ugh, you two! The clothes are stretching! Stop it…!”
I made a distressed face watching the new clothes getting pulled at by the Twins’ hands.
“Next to us.”
“Sit next to us.”
We’d already been bickering for over ten minutes about seating before the train even arrived.
“Come on, you two. Three people can’t fit in the reserved seat—it’ll be way too cramped……”
“Together.”
Both of them were stubborn beyond any sense of reason or compromise. But this time, I couldn’t back down either.
“But if you squeeze in like that, there could be a safety issue!”
“Together!”
Neither of them would budge an inch, and the bickering showed no sign of letting up.
Priam, watching the whole spectacle unfold, glanced at me hesitantly before speaking.
“I’m alone, so there’s an empty seat across from me…….”
That was when Siard stepped in from behind, grabbing each of the Twins by the scruff of their collar and separating them.
“That will be quite enough.”
Right on cue, the train pulled into the platform. Siard gestured toward it with a nod. “The train has arrived. I suggest we board at once.”
“Yes, of course!”
Watching Siard remain so composed amid the chaos put my mind at ease.
“Thank you, Siard…… But where’s Kaies? I saw him earlier, but I don’t see him now.”
“Kaies likely boarded some time ago and has already claimed a seat to rest.”
“Ah…….”
He really was consistent, wasn’t he.
Thanks to Siard’s intervention, I finally got a moment’s reprieve from the Twins.
Would this trip actually end well?
Ten minutes later, we were all settled into our seats—every one of us thanks to Siard’s mediation.
A brief announcement echoed through the cabin, and the train began to pull away slowly.
‘The interior is clean and nice.’
As I glanced around the car, the landscape outside gradually began to slip away behind us.
Suddenly I turned to look beside me, and there sat the Twins, still wearing sullen expressions.
I watched their pouting little lips and couldn’t help but chuckle before calling out.
“Come on, you two! Let’s play a game!”
I couldn’t let them mope for the entire journey.
The moment I pulled out the Board Game I’d brought along and set it on the table in the center of the car, the cabin erupted in excitement.
“Gotcha! Pay your toll, pay up and move on.”
“Can I borrow some money?”
“Twenty percent interest.”
“Are you Kaies?”
After an intense round of play, everyone except Siard ended up bankrupt.
“Well done, all of you.”
The man who’d bankrupted us all smiled with an angelic face, radiant and serene.
Meanwhile, I—having finished dead last—couldn’t bear the shock and collapsed face-first onto the table.
Yueun, sitting beside me, coaxed me adorably.
“Play again! Again!”

Eunyu’s Affinity +15

“Whenever five identical fruits line up, just ring the bell.”
Clang!
The Twins struck the bell before I’d even finished explaining. With a sound that made my ears ring, the bell button became ragged almost instantly.
“It’s broken.”
Eunyu picked up the dangling bell limply and looked up at me with innocent eyes.
I stared back and forth between the mangled bell and the Twins’ hands.
‘……What if my hand had been under that?’
Just the thought made my fingertips tingle. I dropped the game without hesitation.
After that, I stuck to the safer Board Games, and we got some drinks from the vending machine too.
Lost in the joy of childish play, brilliant light suddenly poured in through the window.
When I turned to look, an expansive vista greeted my eyes.
“A lake!”
It was a vast Lake sprawling through the heart of the forest. The entire surface shimmered, glowing beneath the brilliant sun.

“Come on, everyone! Let’s get off and take a look!”
With that, I took each of the Twins by the hand and rose from our seats.
Siard followed behind, watching to make sure the Twins didn’t stumble.
“Are you not tired? I can look after the Twins for you.”

“It’s not that. I just wanted to play with the children.”
“Tell me if you grow tired.”
“Of course. Thank you for looking after me!”
As I headed toward the exit, my eyes fell on Kaies, still sprawled across a generous seat, fast asleep.
“Kaies. We’ve arrived at the lake! Come down and take a look!”
“……Mmh.”
He swept the newspaper from his face—the same newspaper that hadn’t budged through all our rowdy play.
I laughed watching him stumble off the train looking thoroughly disheveled, and the moment my hands were free, I reached out to him.
“Your hair’s sticking up.”
Kaies tilted his head down naturally.
I carefully smoothed the wayward strands back into place. He accepted my touch in stillness, then let out a small yawn and padded along behind me.
“The air here is good.”
The cool breeze drifting from the lakeshore felt refreshing.
I waded into the shallows and splashed about a bit before spotting boats nearby.

[Duck Boat Rental]

“A boat? Should we take one out?”
I was circling the duck boats, trying to figure out how to rent one, when I heard a metallic clink beside me.
When I turned, Kaies was already feeding coins into the slot one after another.
Ding!
An alarm sounded, and one duck boat bobbed free.
“Wow.”
I was watching the duck boat drift across the water when suddenly my arm was seized.
“Huh?”
Kaies shoved me into the boat and hopped in after me.
At that same moment, the Twins—who had just belatedly put in their Gold for a boat—turned to look at me.
“Wait—”
But the duck boat carrying us had already begun drifting away from the dock.
The Twins watched our boat recede, their gaze sharpening on Kaies.
“The Twins look angry.”
“Don’t worry about it.”

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