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Chapter 137 Temporary Life In The Village (3)
Chapter 137 Temporary Life In The Village (3)
?"T-This is..."
"Impossible..."
"Such a miracle..."
The villagers uttered different kinds of praises of admiration and surprise. It's not surprising since the scene they are witnessing is something that no other villages might could even see.
At the beginning of the fall season, their crops that should have been harvested surprisingly didn't mature even after they waited for a week and several days. It became a dilemma for the village whether to brand them as a failed harvest or not since the color of the crops seems to be at the brink of harvesting.
After several discussions, they decided to maintain the status quo to see how the fate of their year harvest this time. Because of the harvest that has not come, there is no income for the village, leaving the villagers with no money to procure the goods to face winter. And when the seasonal storm started yesterday, the villagers had lost their hope about harvesting in this season.
As a gentle breeze passes, their crops that didn't reach the state of harvest ever since the fall suddenly matured. All of the wheat turned into beautiful golden yellow, and they seem to be fatter and bigger than any harvest they ever have through the years. Even the wheat that was damaged because of the storm got recovered.
At the same time, the weeds and other parasitic vegetation that grows in several untended parts of the village died out and fell to the ground. The villagers saw the brown-haired woman that made the miracle happen with their mouths wide agape.
"Eh?" Mia that seems to be also surprised by what she just did turns her head as a gentle touch tapped her shoulder.
"What a wonderful thing, Mia! You've just saved the lives inside the village. I'm sorry... Even though the village treated you very harshly for a very long... I can't even help you, but yet you helped us... I really can't express how thankful and ashamed I am..." A hoarse yet gentle voice appeared from the mouth of the old man with a stick. He stared at Mia with a pair of sad yet relieved eyes. Hearing his words made Mia feel great warmth on her chest.
"Elder..." (Mia)
The villagers runs and went enthusiastically to the land to see their golden yellow wheat with sparkling eyes. But the elder's sudden stern voice stopped them.
"You fools! Before you start rejoicing, don't you think you have something you should do first!? Aren't you ashamed for falsely accusing a person that holds such a miracle as a cursed person and persecuting her from the village!?" The elder's voice is hoarse and not very loud. But it could be seen how heavy his words are for the villagers as all of them went quiet and slowly gathered around Mia.
"Madame Mia," The one that seems to be the current village chief stands before her.
"E-Eh?" Mia instinctively cowered because of the harsh treatment she has been getting all through these years.
"We're sorry for your false accusations, and very thankful for your deed to help the village! You've really saved all of our lives! Thank you very much!!" The village chief bowed, followed by the other villagers.
"Without you, I might need to went to another country while risking my life together with my children!"
"If you didn't make such a miracle, my parents might not make it through next year!"
"You really saved us! Thank you, madame!"
The villagers who all have been ignoring and afraid to talk to her are thanking her with bright and kind eyes that she hadn't seen for a very long time. All of them have always known that Mia is a gentle and kind person, but they are afraid of getting branded as a cursed one's accomplice because of it.
At a certain part of the circle of villagers, there are some people that are fidgeting with their heads lowered. Mia noticed the elder went to their circle with stern and wrathful eyes before declaring.
"How about you lots? You're not going to apologize? You're the group that strongly said and convinced the village that she is a cursed one in the first place. She's saved not only ours, but your lives as well, you hear me?" The elder spoke harshly towards them.
(So that's the group, huh...) (Lyan)
Lyan that stared at the scene from the distance folded his arms as he observes and analyzes the situation. When his eyes stopped at the group the village elder harshly scolded, his eyes sharpened.
At the start of the day, after enjoying the morning lovingly with Mia, Lyan went together and helped Mia to do her work. Along the way, he also went around the village and converse with the other villagers. With his great communication skills, he got close to the villagers rather quickly, and the information about what happened in the past also entered his ears.
After thinking that he had gathered enough information, he knew that the first thing he need to do is to change the villagers' opinions about her power. So he went straight to the person that was said to be the most influential person in the village other than the busy village chief, and ask for a drink with him.
Lyan told him about how Mia's power is magic and is an ability that could be of great use to the village, but of course, the village elder didn't believe his words immediately. Only after Lyan shows that he also possess and could control the same power and explain it to him that the village chief believed him.
The village chief then told him about the problem of the harvest, and Lyan told him about the plan he has, and the both of them agreed to gather the village and make a show of Mia's power.
Lyan didn't waste any time and invited Mia to learn how to control her magic with him.
(At first, I thought that it will be quite difficult since her mana channels are not properly trained. But after the deed, it seems that her mana channels got passively trained because of the appearance of the [Fey Mammoth] that could help the flow of the mana inside Mia's body) (Lyan)
With the help of the Fey Mammoth, Fia, Mia learned the magic to slightly boost the harvest of a plan and weed eradication rather easily. And Lyan then immediately notify the village elder about the start of their plan.
Lyan's sharp eyes don't stop from observing a certain group of the crowd.
Inside the circle that the elder is scolding, most of them consisted of the people that were close and part of Mia's former husband's group. There's the village's guard, a woman that was her former husband's lover, and the other close friends of her former husband.
The one that leads the group to state that Mia was a cursed one is the woman that was her former husband's lover. She was the niece of the former village chief, so she has quite an influence around the village.
(Hearing her lover died, she went in rage and accused her of being a cursed person due to hatred. Even now, she seems to be trembling in refusal to state an apology... What a despicable bitch) (Hestia)
As Lyan was about to follow suit and curse her inside his heart, the woman's trembling suddenly stopped.
"I'm really sorry for falsely accusing you, Mia... Please, please forgive me... And thanks for saving the village..." Tears fell from her eyes as she made a smile filled with regret and gratefulness. At the first glance, it feels like she was regretting and thanking her sincerely. But Lyan and some other people realized the rotting smell emitting from her fake expression as she smiled.
But not Mia.
"I-It's fine... To be exact, it's not wrong for you to say that I was cursed before. If I didn't meet Lyan, I wouldn't be able to do any of this either... I'm just glad that I could now be on good terms with everyone again..." Mia uttered gently as tears runs down her cheeks.
"""W-What an angel..."""
The other villagers, especially the men, got captivated by the forgiving smile of the beautiful woman with an erotic body before them. While the other women that knew about the affairs of Mia's former husband and the former village chief's niece admired her large heart for being so forgiving.
(She's too kind that she doesn't even doubt that that woman is lying, huh... That woman smells like trouble, I guess I need to make a countermeasure about her as well...) (Lyan)
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Name: Lyan Arkanium Evocatore
Occupation: Mythril-ranked Mercenary
Money: 3,797,710,950 Elnes / 3797 gold 71 big silver 9 big coppers 5 coppers
Weapon: Magic Glaive, 1 (Decent) One-handed Sword, 2 (Good-Quality) One-handed swords, 1 (Decent) bow
Equipment: Black leather cloak, Leather Armor, Breastplate, 2 Health Potions, 2 Poison Vials
Grimoire's Companions: 8 High Spirits, 3 Valkyrie, Shadow Goblin Lord (Lv. 5), Papilio Slime (Lv. 45), Galewing Butterfly (Lv. 45), Rock Golem (Lv. 50), Deadlight (Lv. 63), Moonlight Butterfly (Lv. 45), Ice Golem (Lv. 50), Acid Ant Queen (Lv. 9), Magma Bear (Lv. 1), Fey Mammoth (Lv. 1)
Grimoire's Army: 6 Shadow Servants, 800 Skeleton Army