Chapter 83 – Chapter 3: Strange Guest – 3
Whisper.
Vincent tilted his head after hearing the whisper.
“… Really? “The lord’s grandfathers are playing a secret game of hide and seek?”
“Shhh. “I told you it was a secret.”
Vincent, surprised, quickly covered his mouth.
The little guy lowered his voice and asked.
“The tagger… ‘Bandits with big bows and axes’? I haven’t seen those guys? Where is it?”
“It’s right here.”
“… “Wow!”
“They said they were from Deseo. To catch the lords.”
“Well, what should I do then? “Can’t we stop it?”
“We have a rule against interfering. “Does Vincent want the lord to win?”
Innocent Vincent nodded his head.
When Tia saw that she was almost halfway through, she deliberately made a troubled expression.
“Uhm… I have a good idea though. Vincent’s role is big.”
“Really? “What is it?”
“Can you do it well?”
“I want to do it! “I’ll do it!”
“Good.”
The little child was already in her palm.
Tia explained the plan step by step.
“First, let’s make sure this secret game of tag is no longer a ‘secret’.”
“Oh…”
“Then the taggers will be in trouble, right? They barely came this far to catch the lord, but if the story spreads, the lord will realize that he is in danger.”
“That’s right!”
“In order to do that… We have to secretly spread the story about this game of tag throughout the village.”
Vincent’s eyes changed.
His mouth was already itching, and he looked like he wanted to pop out.
“I am completely confident! I was the one who started the rumor that Ritz was a hero! First, tell the kids everything… To my mom too…”
“Yes, yes. “I will only trust Vincent.”
“Yes!”
She watched the back of the little boy running away with her stern face.
The sun moves slightly again.
After completing her business in the village below, Tia returned to Brisden.
As soon as she returned, she went straight to her medicine shop and made her recovery medicine.
She quickly whips up a bottle, puts it in her herb bag, and heads to Aunt Sherry’s.
Knock-.
“Ritz, I’m here-.”
“Welcome.”
Tia opens the door and goes in.
She put down the healing potion she had just made next to me.
Me in the past… Without knowing anything, she took the medicine in one gulp.
And he smiles with wide eyes, having just woken up from his hospital bed.
“Ha-thank you, Tia.”
Tia’s face brightened at the words, ‘Thank you.’
“How are you feeling?”
“It’s much better. I feel like I can run outside now. It’s all thanks to the medicine you made.”
“Lol-. I’m glad! Still, hold on a little longer. “You need to rest well until you are completely healed.”
Tia took out her Gordburg apple from her herb bag and showed it.
It was the apple she received from Vincent in the village below.
“Oh, and this. She picked up some apples on the way. Would you like to eat together?”
“Good.”
I take out my pocketknife and begin to carefully peel the apple.
Crunchy.
He took off the beautifully shaved flesh and held it out to me.
“Come on, try one! How do you feel?”
“Delicious. Is it really sweet? “Where did you get it from?”
“Actually, that’s a different species. “It’s not from our village.”
“What? Really?”
“Huh. Apples from Gordburg. I tried it once by chance and it was so delicious that I remembered it. But you said you happened to be in the village below? So I took a few pieces.”
“… Ah.”
In the past, I smiled awkwardly with a blank face.
It seems stupid.
All you have to do is say that you have worked hard and that you have had a hard time and that you will help.
You’re making a stupid face without knowing anything.
It’s frustrating, and I’m going crazy.
Tia was still smiling.
He cut another apple and pushed it to my mouth.
“Ego-. I’m eating well-. I guess you liked it.”
“I’ve been feeling hungry lately.”
“Good news! Lol-. “If I have snacks, I’ll bring them often.”
My past self asks.
“Now that I think about it, where were you yesterday?”
“… Huh? Ah. “I was in the pharmacy the whole time.”
“You’re making this recovery medicine?”
“Huh. Maybe it’s because it’s my first time, but it took some time to make…”
Those words were both the truth and a lie.
It is true that he was always in the pharmacy during the day.
But when ‘night’ comes… Because Tia opened a secret passage leading to the general store.
Tia grumbled.
“If this continues, I really can take charge of the pharmacy.”
“You can do it. I’m serious. “At that level, you are already an expert.”
At that time, I said it to cheer her up.
When I think about it now, he really was an expert.
What kind of beginner in the world could make that recovery medicine in one day?
That… This is impossible without natural talent.
“… Ahaha! I guess so. No matter how long you boil Mushurin, the roots will not come off. Instead, it also means that the vitality is strong. That’s why it’s used in recovery medicine.”
“I see!”
Even though I already know everything from reading the book.
In order to suit my mood, Tia chimed in as if she had finally realized it.
It was that time.
A belated realization passed over his eyes.
“Oh.”
I look back at the window.
Before we knew it, lunchtime had passed.
“Now that I think about it, time…”
Tia quickly packed her bag.
“Are you going already?”
“Oh, yes. “I have to go make medicine again.”
“… Okay. Be careful.”
“Then I’ll come back tomorrow. Hello!”
Rattling.
Unlike the saying, ‘I’m going to make medicine.’
Tia did not head straight to her pharmacy.
… I finally understand.
The reason he came out so quickly was because he was worried about Posao hiding in his house.
Busy steps head towards Aunt Merid’s house.
The aunt who was cleaning up the kitchen frowned.
“… Tia. “Did you bring any medicine?”
“Here you go. I also solved all my money problems.”
“Really?”
The aunt, who was looking at her with a suspicious eye, nodded her head after confirming that the medicine had been properly administered.
“… Well done.”
“I’m sorry for causing you worry.”
“No. If it was resolved well, that’s fine. “Have you had lunch?”
“No, not yet…”
“Well, there’s a little left, so take it.”
In the basket there was a container of stew and several loaves of rye bread.
Tia took a loaf of bread as she always did.
Then, after pausing for a moment as if something occurred to her, she picked up two more loaves of bread.
Aunt Merid saw that and asked in a loud voice.
“Why are you taking so much bread?”
“Ah… I’m hungry…”
“You always take one lump, right? So I only cooked one of yours.”
“Well, then I can’t help it.”
In the end, Tia returned home with only a loaf of bread.
She ran down the hill, and she guessed the code on the wooden door and opened it.
“Mister! “I’m here!”
She hurriedly opened the door and entered, and a shocking scene unfolded in front of her.
“Mister!”
Posao was lying on the floor.
Surprised, Tia raised her asshole. Unfortunately she was still breathing.
“Nooo-.”
“What’s going on?”
“Huh, my back hurts…”
When she heard the story, she said that in the narrow cellar, she had no choice but to bend her back like a shrimp, and that she was so hungry that she had not even had lunch, so she came up for a moment.
However, it is said that the moment she came up the stairs, she sprained her back and continued to lie on the floor because the pain was so severe that she could not move.
Tia was embarrassed.
“This… First, lie down on my bed!”
The guy helped Posao and laid him down on the bed.
Creak-.
As her heavy body rose, her wooden frame sank down.
It was the groan of the bed, which had been supporting Tia, who was as light as a feather, for the first time, bearing the weight of a pig.
“And I brought lunch. “I’m sorry I’m late.”
“I’m hungry.”
It was so disgusting that I almost vomited.
A man well over 40 throws a tantrum like a baby.
Does Tia not feel anything even after seeing such an abominable sight?
Immediately hand her a loaf of rye bread.
Posao chomped down on the precious and precious bread and ate it up in an instant.
Then, he finished the stew as if he was drinking it, and put down the container with no broth left.
“I think I’m going to buy it now!” “Tia, have you had lunch?”
“… “I ate it.”
Lie.
I haven’t eaten anything all day today.
Tia said so.
“Rest like this until your back feels a little better, and then go back into the warehouse.”
“Me… How long do I have to hide?”
“It’s almost done now. Because it wasn’t far… “Can you wait a little longer?”
“Oh, of course! “You can continue to live here.”
“That’s not possible.”
“Neuhihi-.”
When Tia took her joke seriously, Posao smiled, showing her teeth.
“I’ll make Ritz’s recovery potion and come back around evening. Stay quiet and hide.”
“Okay… Come quickly.”
“Yes.”
Tia goes up to her medicine shop again.
Time passes.
* * *
The sun has set.
Tia brought a basket filled with dinner.
As soon as the wooden door creaked open, Posao jumped out.
“T, Tia! I waited! Hehe, it’s a fragrant smell.”
“Are you waiting for me or food?”
“Both…”
“Hmph.”
Tia put down her basket.
“Please eat. It’s your uncle’s.”
“Oh!”
Posao couldn’t eat, so he started devouring the bread like he was possessed by the ghost of a dead pig.
The appetite was so strong that Tia couldn’t even touch it with her hand.
“Are you that hungry?”
“Uuuh-.”
“… Hehe.”
It’s strange.
Even though she barely has any food to eat.
Even though she looked tired.
Tia just looked at Posao with a happy smile.
In the end, all that was left was about three spoons of meat stew. There was only a finger-sized piece of bread.
After eating a meager meal that wasn’t even worth eating, I washed the dishes cleanly and even cleaned the underground storage room.
But the dignified appearance is only temporary.
Tia, completely exhausted, sat on the floor with her eyes wide open.
Posao, who was lying down on the bed, said.
“T, Tia. It looks difficult.”
“No. Just… “I’m just a little tired.”
“Did you by any chance not eat dinner?”
“…”
“What about lunch?”
Tia lowered her head, as if she didn’t have the energy to respond anymore.
“Then… “Did I even eat Tia’s share?”
“Are you okay. “Starving for about a day.”
“Naaah-! Oh, no! I have to do something…”
Posao started making a fuss.
I was rummaging through the cooking utensils in the kitchen and checking to see if there were any ingredients.
Because I was making my recovery medicine every day, there was no way I could find normal food ingredients in my empty house.
“Now, shall we go to the general store? Well, there could be something.”
“That’s Okay…”
“I have money, so I can do something with this…”
“Late… “I’ll just sleep.”
I flop down on the bed with shaky, tired steps.
Posao, who was at a loss, seemed to suddenly remember something and approached with a grin.
“Well, then, would you like me to give you a massage?”
“I said it was late at night.”
Although I firmly refused.
Posao actually got closer.
“… Hehe. I’m sorry. All I can do right now is give you a massage…”
“Ha-.”
Resting her arms above her head, Tia let out a deep sigh.
In a moment.
He slowly turned her body and exposed her arms and legs.
I knew it because I saw all the memories from Deseo.
That… It meant ‘it’s okay to give a massage.’
“Hihihi.”
Posao, who recognized her signal, immediately reached out to Tia’s body.
Excited. Excited.
My heart is beating like crazy.
A dark night when everyone is asleep.
In the winter air with pale moonlight falling.
Little by little.
Those dirty, hairy hands… When trying to erode your fair skin.
It happened so suddenly.
Dalgak- Dalgak.
With the sound of a wooden door opening out of nowhere.
“… Huh?”
Thud! Boom!
Someone angry was coming up the stairs to Tia’s house.
“… !”
The situation is so urgent that you can’t even tell them to hide.
As if he had made a promise, Posao quickly entered the basement warehouse. Then, Tia quickly closed the warehouse door.
The moment she hurriedly takes her hand off the doorknob and turns around.
Kwaang-!
The front door opened roughly.
Hwieeeeeing-!!
The cold winter wind blows indoors.
The lamp held in one’s hand shines brightly as if trying to illuminate the entire dark interior.
Tia was frightened and spoke with a trembling voice.
She called the intruder’s name.
“… Ruyev?”
