I Thought It Was a Healing Farming Game - Chapter 82

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I thought this was supposed to be a healing farming game.
82

“Should’ve spread this around earlier. The insects will avoid this area now.”
He held out the Ointment as he spoke.
“This should take the edge off the itching a bit.”
“Thank you, Siard…”
I accepted the Ointment with genuine respect.
‘Look at that thoroughness. Just like him to be so prepared.’
After that, we chatted about everyday things, and before bed we gathered around the Campfire.
“Would you like to try lighting it yourself?”
“Me! I want to try!”
My hand shot up eagerly, and Siard stood behind me, steadying the torch I held.
“Keep your distance so the flames don’t spit at you.”
“Got it.”
I nodded carefully and touched the flame to the straw.
The fire caught and leaped high in an instant.
We all sat around the crackling blaze, unable to tear our eyes from it.
Just in case, I pulled out the Marshmallows I’d brought along.
“Want to roast some Marshmallows?”
Before long, everyone had a Marshmallow stick in hand.
I roasted mine carefully and slowly, then popped it in my mouth—the soft, melting texture filled my mouth completely.
“Mm.”
As I was eating contentedly, I noticed the Twins’ Marshmallow and paused.
‘…That’s not charcoal, is it?’
It was a blackened lump of char with embers still glowing red inside.
The Twins stared at it quietly for a moment, then wordlessly handed it to Kaies.
Kaies threw the stick straight into the trash with an incredulous look.

Campfire Buff: HP Recovery Speed +30%, Affinity Growth +10%

Meanwhile, the Twins received a properly roasted Marshmallow stick from Siard.
Both of them ate it contentedly, as if they’d never burned food in their lives.

Yueun’s Affinity +5
Eunyu’s Affinity +5

They seem to be enjoying it.
I smiled warmly, watching the Affinity numbers tick up above the villagers’ heads.
I stared into the fire for a while, letting my full stomach settle, and as darkness crept in around us, we began drifting back to our Tents one by one.
“Sleep well.”
“Good night, Siard.”
I needed to sleep soon for tomorrow’s schedule.
I made my way to the Tent at the far end.
I zipped the Tent closed behind me, then felt around in the dark for my Sleeping Bag.
I crawled inside and lay flat on my back, staring at the ceiling.
‘Ah, that was fun.’
Just as I was drifting off to sleep, I heard rustling outside.
I thought it was just the wind and kept my eyes closed, but then the Tent zipper slowly began to open.
“…?”
I lifted my head drowsily, and through the gap appeared Priam, eyes half-closed.
“Priam?”
“Miel…”
“Why are you out here? It’s cold. Is something wrong?”
Priam stumbled into the Tent without properly answering, his face still clouded with sleep.
“I had another bad dream…”
“A bad dream?”
“Yeah…….”
He murmured softly and came to sit beside me with a thud.
I asked him with concern.
“Is it that dream from earlier?”
Priam gave a small nod.
“Miel disappeared…… I was left alone.”
His voice was oddly slurred, the way it gets when you’re half asleep.
I lifted myself up inside the sleeping bag and patted his back as I spoke.
“Would you stay here for a bit?”
The moment he heard my words, Priam leaned toward me as if he’d been waiting for that very thing. His arms wrapped around me.
“Don’t go, Miel…….”
Warm heat enclosed my body. It was comforting, but held so tightly, it was hard to breathe.
‘I can’t breathe…….’
I managed to slip my head free from between his arms.
“You’re incredibly warm, Priam.”
Priam mumbled in a drowsy voice, half-awake from deep sleep.
I’d noticed at some point that the distance between us had shrunk considerably, but I hadn’t expected it to become this unguarded.
“Sleep comfortably, Priam.”
I carefully reached out and patted his back.
Watching Priam smile softly with his eyes closed, I stayed nestled against him until he drifted into deep sleep.
After Priam fell asleep, I squirmed my way out of the sleeping bag. I couldn’t sleep there with him.
‘Brrr. It’s cold.’
The moment I stepped out of the tent, the cold night air bit into my skin.
I was turning to find an empty tent when I heard the crunch of gravel nearby.
I spun around in surprise, and a blindingly bright light hit my face.
“Ah, it’s so bright……!”
I quickly raised my arm to shield my face, and the flashlight beam dropped lower.
“What are you doing out here, Princess?”
“Huh? What about you, Kaies?”
Why had someone who’d gone to bed come back out?
He stepped over the gravel toward me.
“Woke up in the middle of the night.”
“Ah—a midnight stroll, then?”
“Something like that.”
“Then let’s take a quick walk together.”
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After wandering around the Campsite with Kaies, I settled into a chair and looked up at the sky.
The night sky was black as ink, scattered with countless stars that held my gaze captive.
“You seem to like watching the sky. You do it often.”
“It’s beautiful. Besides, I couldn’t go outside at the Hospital, so I only ever saw it through a window.”
The night was quite chilly, but I kept my vigil over the stars, trembling slightly as I did.
Then Kaies brought me a Blanket that had been draped over a nearby chair.
“Here.”
I took the Blanket with both hands and wrapped it around myself, laughing.
“I’m glad I woke up. Thanks to you, I got a midnight stroll and saw the stars!”
“Is that really my doing?”
“Of course it is!”
I held the edge of the Blanket tight and looked at him. Kaies too was quietly holding the starlight in his eyes.
In the midst of the silence, I carefully opened my mouth.
“Kaies. Did you have fun today too?”
“Yeah.”
I was genuinely surprised. I’d expected him to say it was bothersome or that he was tired.
“Really? I’m relieved. I thought you might feel like you’d suffered for tagging along with me.”
“Since I’m not working, it was a good change of pace.”
“Right? Staring at documents in the Office all day must give you such a headache.”
Kaies let out a short laugh and shook his head.
“Just looking at letters makes me sick of it.”
I burst into brief laughter. When the laughter faded, a conversation I’d missed by the Lake earlier quietly resurfaced in my mind.
‘I told you not to pry too deeply into the villagers’ affairs…….’
No matter how I looked at it, this seemed like the thread to unravel the Hidden Quest.
Could it be that the village’s secret was connected to why the residents didn’t welcome visitors?
If all the doubts I’d been harboring stemmed from the same source…….
“Kaies. Can I ask you something?”
“What is it.”
“Did something happen in the village a long time ago?”
In that instant, Kaies’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Why do you ask?”
“When I first came here… nobody really welcomed me. You included.”
“Me?”
“……You didn’t?”
When I asked as if merely testing the waters, Kaies didn’t bother to deny it.
I watched his reaction carefully and continued with caution.
“And the way you told the villagers not to pry too deeply just now—it made me wonder if something serious happened back then. If I knew about it, I could be more careful too, right?”
He stared at me for a moment, then let out a hollow laugh.
“You’ve got good instincts about useless things, princess.”
His tone sounded almost teasing, but the smile had already faded from his face.
“There’s only one thing I can tell you. Don’t take any further interest in this.”
…….
“If you want to live peacefully here, you’d better listen to me.”
Live peacefully here?
There was something ominous about the words that followed, so I couldn’t bring myself to press further and fell silent.
‘There’s definitely something going on.’
I became certain that the Hidden Quest was connected to some past event.
The puzzle pieces scattered haphazardly in my mind were beginning to fit together, piece by piece.

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