Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 120
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Chapter 50: I admit it, but don’t want to
“… It’s completely different from what I thought…”
Moo…
Cluck.
Is it because they understood the words that Fin spilled or is it just a coincidence?
Their cries sounded at just the right time.
As a result of the serious crime that Fricka and Fin’s father committed, they were sentenced to forced labor at the Rion’s base.
When Fin heard that story, she said, “Why do we have to go through this…?” And hated her father even more. She is also a victim, so that can’t be helped. Still, even though she was young, she pushed herself, prepared her mind and accepted it, relying on the fact that “I will be together with my big sister.” As her emotional support. Well… It’s more like she had no choice but to accept it.
Fin was brought to Rion’s base with a heavy heart, but… After she got used to her new daily life, she thought, “Is this really a punishment?” She was so comfortable that she wondered that many times.
From Rion’s point of view, it was a normal thing, but from Fin’s point of view, she was given everything that she could ask for.
The food was delicious… In Fricka’s defense, this doesn’t mean that Fricka’s cooking was bad. It just that because the quality of the crops grown in a land filled with a miko’s power is far higher than that of Alness Village, and on top of that, Rion’s cooking skill level was higher than Fricka’s. Furthermore, the reason that Rion’s skill level is higher than Fricka, who has been cooking for more than ten years, is due to the exp boost called experience from the game, and because she is always conscious of her skills (at a level that can only be described as the contradiction of being conscious of her skills on an unconscious level) when cooking.
She also had clothes prepared for her. In fact, the fabric was much better than anything she had ever worn before. In the summer, they were given new thin, cool clothes. And Fin was secretly looking forward after hearing that Rion was planning to make warm clothes from sheep’s wool in the winter.
The place she lives is simple but clean. She shared the room with Fricka, but it was spacious enough for the two to use. In addition, the bed is also soft.
“… That’s why I tend to oversleep.”
Fin made excuses for no one.
When she woke up the next morning on the first day, the sun was already high and she realized that she had slept for too long, then she remembered her father’s tantrum and turned pale and ran into the dining room, but… Rion didn’t get angry, she just laughed and said, “Children grow up by sleeping.” That left a deep impression in her.
The job was supposed to be difficult if you just looked at the work amount… But as a result of Rion preparing various devices, it became extremely easy.
Check to see if the watering device in the field is broken, and if it is, report it, and if not, replenish the mana in the magic stone. Even though she is young, she is an elf who is good at magic, so it won’t be difficult to replenish them. If the crops are fully grown, harvest them, then turn on the sowing device. That’s it. The only thing that took a lot of work was harvesting.
“Before, everything up to harvesting could be done automatically, but for now I don’t have enough materials to make it.”
“… E-Everything automatic…? I can’t even imagine…”
Even so, in the beginning, when she was not used to the work, she accidentally stepped on the fruits during harvest and ruined them. Rion laughed and forgave her, saying, “It’s okay because it can be used as fertilizer.”.
Furthermore, when she made a mistake in the operation and broke the watering device, she was sure that Rion would get very angry, so when she reported it in fear, almost crying…
“Ah, I can fix it, so don’t cry, please don’t cry. What? Why I’m not angry? You didn’t break it on purpose, right? Or rather, I need to redesign it so it won’t break due to an operational error.”
She patted Fin on the head, and as expected, she forgave her without showing a trace of anger.
Compared to her father??In fact, even considering that her father was far too narrow-minded??she treated her too generously, as she touched her patted head, Fin couldn’t help, but thought vaguely-
“… I wonder if Rion-sama can get angry…?”
Honestly, Fin didn’t like Rion at first… Or more accurately, a miko, but by this time she had changed her mind quite a bit.
“Well, Fin. We’ll have more livestock and seeds, so it will be a little busy.”
Rion had made a promise with Tigar, the village chief of Bartle Village, to give the livestock as part of his apology for the trouble they caused to Uru. After the dragon was exterminated, Rion’s body was contaminated by miasma, which delayed her return, but she was finally able to receive them. She also received some seeds that she didn’t have yet.
Up until now, she had been unlucky to only find cows and chickens, and the farm, which was small in number considering its size had a slightly lonely feel to it, now had one pair of pigs, sheep, and goats.
It’s true that if you just look at the types, the work will double, so under normal circumstances it would be busy… But there’s no way Rion would do everything by hand now, and there’s no way she’ll let her do it.
She has no complaints about the environment. In fact, she can say that compared to the time when she lived in Alness Village it has improved very much and she’s very satisfied… And because Fin hasn’t been able to make friends due to her father’s influence, she doesn’t feel lonely.