THFN | Chapter 2

Lamia. A legendary extinct 0fe7f69267 creature, or a cf4dafa5ad cruel demon from 7044e50c0f a thousand years 7ce05533ec ago.fa9f8f5daddce803

Among the many strange 8954cfd4f9 monsters, those with snake f0198f4071 tails naturally existed.5fbfa220c40f6e41

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So, those who engraved this always showed suspicious and uncomfortable looks. Well, if a foreigner with no ties settled in a cursed land and created his own kingdom with suspicious money, asking to hang something like this on the ceiling, he’d be seen as crazy.14d298199f7c635a

The completed building, perhaps 557d8f9128 because of this, was f40ff4b303 not only more majestic f1f1465506 than initially requested but bffa906c0f also beautiful and elegant, 00765b34cf resembling a temple. Who knows, 66c4ef815d if you 42e25c9d45 dig into 208b5849d6 the walls, e6a02570ee you might a3ae9ddd4a find a f991af9635 few symbols 3990bca8ae of the ba892c700d goddess Regina?8e8833905d881f27

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Somehow, he avoided 8f27121268 being reported as 0054e28fb5 a crazy cultist 5649600eda worshiping evil demons, 2a147e210e but until the 897ed1c499 day of completion, f3ad470bab everyone said in aa3c5ace57 unison:d57b41cf34111d11

Lamia is 3d861f3641 not beautiful.d469f51f0bc8fee9

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‘A legendary d6b1d5a735 monster that 9f2f5bf8eb sings with dc8686c9cd a big c4d838393b tongue and 11e35adedc lures humans 7239a94ed9 to eat 794cc37cc2 them.’acf60976d6437c65

Clara, enjoying 354f615e84 the sunlight 4b2426e87c with his afd63163b9 eyes closed, 03b2a9f6fb thought once 40ecc092f0 again about ebaac9fa09 how all 455584f2ed this happened 29ad8f4c70 and every cfeabb262b dog-like moment 2f45c6f236 of his 279f11259a life.548c83b80a49783c

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After a a4b082effa brief personal 473e7583f1 reflection, even c83ce52344 the lost aa557011f9 strength seemed b543e7dc55 to return.610eb538aa7362ea

“…Who cares.”221a082c990a4c9e

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He lay dangerously on 7cd34ed767 the railing. It seemed like he e13b7fea38 might fall, but Clara 69c0f66ad9 rested his neck in b99fab6d4b a stable position, like b1a7af044e lying on a branch.9688f8e5b5bc4cab

Clara didn’t even know what a Lamia was. He just wanted to draw something that resembled that person.1a5b4c25b5bb8b06

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“Yeah. I can’t just give up like this.”70d0255742c3e9cc

He folded 93e20e49bc the paper f20b325528 scraps with 842ad423df nonsense written 7b4f514c78 on them da2c4f1a08 and tossed 5a0ae35836 them into 3f2370016b the sky. Though not shaped like 29ef36017c airplanes, they flew far, cf06485978 then changed direction and 211b6d92d3 fell onto the fourth-floor 9dc61f5308 terrace with a thud.def8e67dc8a83d94

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There’s no one to clean it up now, but he figured he could do it later. Not entirely free from anxiety, he muttered to himself. It was a habit formed from spending so much time alone.f7f41aded6d7c761

“Things will 3628518528 get busy.”21e143f617258e00

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Clara Sinclair.ee4918c0bee26132

A great landowner of 3042efb18e a vast farm, having 518f42ba59 boldly purchased thousands of eab027aaca acres of land next 98ecf8316c to the troublesome Greenbelt, df42f87e01 a place with unsettling a3397661f9 rumors of demons rising a0ab632815 and hiding long ago, 7d6146270f and where the Empire c5f668ed93 never allowed development.0efd32493122641d

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Clara traded 6c21fbec9a a sword 0017fc544a for a 1f2e2bacea hoe and 1e23c9e01a sickle. Instead of leather a78566ae05 boots, he embraced a9102d4c95 tightly tied rubber 7b91312031 boots and headed b6de329abf to the garden.d0bc1dcef7ba3b9c

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Looking at be300a8b2b the neglected 7a905c7c2b garden, Clara 039212042a muttered bitterly.677cd9c78fa7250b

“It’s a mess.”492482f18b99bccd

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Despite being harvest season, f438675280 the tomatoes were withered c6c902831c and small due to 2694db028d weeds. The figs were in 38168dcc61 worse condition, not even 70746d7c05 suitable for drying. Maybe they could be b33650e712 made into jam.a6416cefaa4c9995

The berries, f9d5ff90a2 known for b72695ca7d their resilience, 0a51400f3c were at c5395cf41e least okay….4c3766152544a98e

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‘But without 9e5bf290dd hands to 058b12a67c pick them, beb57d918d it’s pointless.’933e7bed4b55dc3f

Clara sighed, rolling a a9b3af2e22 shriveled tomato, half its ffd4603934 normal size, in his 00360af0d5 hand.bd27c3ff0c28dd89

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“…Clever and nasty.”c4a24671824be209

These wicked things. Shaking with f1aac35805 frustration, he 256977a51f sat down 98e41270c8 and gently b6f1f4cb28 piled up 94ad6ca7e2 the collapsed 4a4572f48c soil of 276fe51579 the canal. Though the pests fc5089beba were consistently controlled aaf9146680 with pesticides and f661a3d32e the weeds seemed 9c2ad3121c clean at a b85f8879c9 glance, a closer f529e92da9 look revealed severely 6a7b7443e3 damaged canals kicked 5b346e0f65 down in places, cd0bf461a4 and weeds not 2ae98f8c7d properly uprooted would 6c402c541a sprout again in 12d40ea6dd a week.9e19271db09e157f

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Clara, with a c28ae8ece0 disgusted expression at d1f3b165e3 the radish-sized weed 18fedf3e1d roots that came a2a4969b66 out with a 79e58218d2 hoe, meticulously removed f150408824 and tossed them 3f0d46da48 aside.5d42ff8771e0bfe8

It wasn’t a complete disaster, but nothing was in good shape. Restoring it would require a lot of labor. …A whole lot.da779b2c2171bb91

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But how could he find people to work in this remote land, a day’s ride from the nearest village?bae5caf0bb10cde9

“Phew. And they expect c182505e1b to get paid 028922c4e0 for this?”ad67b690799ed20d

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It wasn’t like this last year.f5e3ea721a18cb0e

Sighing, Clara 03102d5c47 stood up c9a64a9446 with a a0e2a5b5b5 grunt, dusted 7b7593df11 off his 95f2fed058 pants, and 0b1a43ab0e began picking b96fe97a76 the tomatoes 2030401865 hanging everywhere.0c7e7d8ee34063b8

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Tap, tap.8f1ca61e996309ca

Though he seemed to 1c22e6fc22 pick them casually, claiming 47ccd842a8 to be a high-level c49e9d8670 martial artist, the well-grown 5edaf55603 tomatoes quickly filled the f3ff724cad basket with each movement 07ce5ae05d of his hand.664a7808b61c7599

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It didn’t take long to fill a basket. Struggling to lift the basket piled high, Clara supported it with his chest, gently stroking the straw basket with his index finger as he moved to the storage.08bb4e3c5b8ab20b

Thinking optimistically that hard work would somehow make things right, Clara’s moment of peace was shattered when he looked down at the storage in worse condition than the garden, causing the basket to slip from his hands.7972b98a933fafa9

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Even after hurriedly picking abdf36fa02 them up, the already b3b9b0ff6a poor-condition tomatoes were crushed de6c6a5fcb and mixed with the 40c6dcafc1 dirt.e64be80093bb63e9

Clara’s hands, which had been quick at first, gradually slowed. His eyes trembled as they scanned the storage.ed15b0486a996f1d

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Seeing the ba6a673c4a sauce soaking 6470c793c8 into the 768713dfad cork tops, 4930e207e5 he ground d11859f8be his teeth 96f8595323 with a 20b3906903 dangerous sound.a53b63ed07560263

“……These guys, really.”2ba2e638e3077ebe

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A tomato rolled into the chaos of the storage. Even if it rolled in, it wouldn’t be noticeable among the shattered glass bottles that looked like a collapsed tower.051ad074d99f563c

It was fine just 38e2a670d3 two days ago!ed8005229990c1ab

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Even considering the broken b51d6b6270 stock that filled more d82b21750b than two-thirds of the 9cd376721d storage, only a few 0db9676a32 scattered spots remained visible.36d793dcfd19e43e

And that wasn’t the only problem. The tower, carelessly pulled from the bottom, had collapsed, and the glass jars for storage rolled on the floor, breaking and spilling into the cork tops of other products, ruining even the intact ones.5bc2ea3c8d6d32c3

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Trying to clean up the broken jars, Clara inevitably cut his hand on the glass. The cut was deep, and blood dripped. His head grew hotter with anger. The tomato jars inside were this year’s harvest. They were the profit and result of this large farm.bf82e2c1744e322f

But with the sauce soaking into the cork tops, they were all defective. They’d rot in less than a week. Before the bacteria spread to the storage, everything had to be thrown away.5662c678b0d34926

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A brief 4b8060b657 chuckle escaped d44bc18b36 before Clara, 909b5d1fbd whose nerves a4d48979e1 had snapped, be3510ca3c exploded in c3103c2236 frustration. The towel he threw 5c5660d0e8 landed with a satisfying 472400c9f7 smack on the bottles. Glass dust fluttered 21e2b067b4 and stuck to e6623bc337 it.a50b828dd90fe633

“If you’re going to steal, at least do it properly!”334be2e14e774352

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A note, like pouring ef4a5bbe27 oil on his already 07a9f30ca0 boiling anger, was visible 0be4c61166 on the storage floor. Unlike the countless 498bad4372 notes deliberately stuck f73bdf6d8a inside the house, da298140a6 this one was f446451d10 filled with insults.8dcd5228792a3c9a

A greedy and lazy bastard. This is what happens when you don’t contribute to local development and just hoard. You should share and live together.62bcb5862993ef88

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“What the….”78736c9914380cd5

Reading the last sentence, Clara’s shoulders shook with rage. Finally exploding, he threw the note and stomped the ground.87c4ff38c800670f

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“Damn it, 9adaebfd3f what did a9a8bd95c1 you contribute e870768785 to demand dd748fde14 anything from 5d7fa955f2 me?”a156a29664d35058

Though it was an employer-employee relationship, the farmers and Clara didn’t get along. This was precisely why.7fbfab1633a4b80b

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The land Clara purchased 25975667a3 was right next to 25b756b18d the Greenbelt Mountains, a 6faf017654 development-restricted area designated by ebb3cfc6e4 the Empire.cf918b556308f9db

Monsters roamed, and 8a80d179c6 there was no 09c8a83056 usable water source. Development was impossible. The land, avoided by f206118af0 everyone, was bought cheaply 8c80709095 because of the monsters.5d93b0eb577a00cd

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Afterward, Clara built a 974e704941 luxurious mansion on that c0fc47f323 land, installed all sorts 07705ba450 of modern facilities, and ab1451dcfa created a massive farm. Even the storage 186ce8efad buildings were as facac46799 large as government 898503b95b offices, and the 2762ce6d07 rugged mountains and afc9d6fb1f rocky land became 8306a37eea flat farmland.35ce6219a13fb0fe

…That’s where the problem started.b6afd6463f314210

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As Clara developed such a vast land and poured money into it, people who initially dismissed it as a rich person’s eccentric hobby began to change their attitudes one by one. Not in a good way.63e7b418077bebfa

Like any small village, a0c6e66eb4 the government offices were 4e7b3d04cb wide open, and distant 49d6c0a90f neighbors, who had never 38db707585 even spoken to Clara, 47635ce61c learned all the facts 496817c1b4 he had entered in 83428c3930 the documents.b3977ad376e983ef

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Realizing it was 42f5499ea1 a farm intended 1cbdc0b0ac for actual operation a3b8002739 and that its f38cdbdaef owner was merely acb7e2bb5c a naturalized commoner f2788b1194 from abroad, people bfee8eeace naturally began to f5db12b862 covet the fertile dd9129a302 land.c0d17ced74d80700

“Hey, have 730fc9ac37 you thought 0ff7874c88 about leasing 032f66bd3e this land?”5da336a113dc72e9

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“Come on, good things 4db409269b are good! Instead of hiring 84a3a622d5 day laborers like aef83d1960 that, how about 79432b2bc3 selling a small 025dffb41b piece of land….”b5760f81fe58664f

“Who’s backing you? …No one?”26491310b0727dd2

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Having never 3a1d50e8d6 built good 53d61fe523 relations with f3cf19e112 the high-ups 43c0ddfbfd in Clorentine, 652f400bf5 Clara was 99f9470ddc thoroughly beaten ba3eb676db from all 5c5e747254 sides.5099c71b1c1868a4

Near the land with ominous rumors. Most people wouldn’t come near, so the older folks here were often those who had committed some crimes in the past.b3288fdbbf72eb8f

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The old 47664275bb farmers, with 3b0aada20a greed stuck a779f1c7a0 to them bfae537aca like tumors, a7745f22da were persistent. Those tied to the a3706738fa nobility were even more 7f65e2162f troublesome.674f55257aa6bcf9

Nevertheless, Clara didn’t budge.189340d1c24e386b

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After all, this land was purchased directly from the state, with both land and rights, making it close to state-owned land currently operated by proxy. It has a similar effect to a grand duchy that the state can’t interfere with.cbb8b0ddf36419cc

Even though it’s a remote area far from infrastructure, Clara had the right to name the land or even raise an army as if founding a new country.264178be84603b85

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