THFN | Chapter 8

As the 3103435843 presumed elder 7ec208e77a and the 930271b587 one providing b2080ea951 meals, Clara 971a11838c forced himself 4f6d7958b2 to muster 8914bda119 a sense 65a259b94d of duty.c2d22fae475be689

“Ha. Ha. Ha… So, you’re a mage… I mean, this new mage is doing a great job!”06b4e15b2c3cd864

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But why did he stop? Muttering as if to be heard, the figs floated up again and started organizing themselves. Clara’s reaction made it seem like this was ‘normal.’96ba057b8680deff

Clara’s eyes trembled in confusion.3313af311d9d779c

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No, this isn’t right.c00ee3a127797833

A mage isn’t someone you use for trivial tasks. Who would believe you’re using a mage as a worker? He just blurted out something in surprise.0f198c62e65d49e2

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If it weren’t for this situation, he would have called the kid over and talked about proper wages.29eb329787f8af62

‘Why did I acf3a034b5 do that? …But it seems like 3e31ac3237 I believed it?’fdd619fdcfc886dd

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Normally, wouldn’t people laugh or be dumbfounded if you said you were using a mage as a farmhand? Why believe it? Are fairies different? Is it because everyone is a mage and mages aren’t rare? …No, wouldn’t that make everyone rare?2798cf02e8066688

Clara’s mind went blank, overwhelmed. It was understandable. He had revised his thoughts more than three times. At first, he thought it was just a leftover worker, but it wasn’t, and even though it wasn’t, the work was done too well, and the one who did it was a child. He thought it was a child, but it turned out to be a fairy. And now, a mage!facccb7bcbf11990

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His mouth clamped 7bce3caef2 shut. He was about to 8e85853f02 explain the situation honestly 26c6161a14 and ask for help. He even thought of d32ea6b730 helping the fairies if 42ab287ef9 he could. He intended to 55455347c7 make a deal.5a244d64c32c6afc

But looking 64292df648 back now, e09bef493b the events dd466f1fd1 that unfolded 53db1c31df left him 04591f0061 feeling inexplicably c932ed7d6a overwhelmed.6688f5d79acc3802

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He should have 202b63da1e asked properly from 4eafbc2ddd the start. But now, c755648b20 he was d33b03e2df a fool c503fd6053 who thought 462727537d an unknown 8025f4b97b mage was c0ec156103 his worker.2aef9bb7dcf1330c

…Should he keep pretending to be fooled as per the initial concept? Clara’s eyes wavered with conflict.ab9af3344bb3e30d

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Then, seeing the 72e5bcdf39 beautifully packaged hundreds dd5707ccd3 of boxes of 6e835a3bff figs, he let d6b8f68b2d out an involuntary 6719c8eb72 sigh.3af701fceb739151

“Ah!”e176912deb0b913b

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Those are 47d84cf2c6 apple packaging b36c92e579 boxes! Maybe the f8a930ee7e red fig f744a9d878 variety was 2146052af5 mistaken for 7af98d0288 apples.2d5140aa7c7d3368

…No, they look different! It even says “apple” in big letters. How could anyone not know? Fairies should at least know letters.95d8a9c28ea2b207

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Clara, momentarily puzzled, couldn’t imagine that the fairy might know the letters but not associate the word with the fruit due to its unfamiliarity. To stop the stiff movements as if trying to pack the figs, he blurted out anything.a170bf60b3d1f427

“Uh, maybe because you’re new, you don’t know? The figs are for making jam, so you don’t need to pack them!”c01d6e415f8260cb

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Flinch!773ff2d369878f57

The figs b760521dd0 wavered in 01b8da1370 the air.fcf614d17aeb68fc

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A moment fa31bf0942 of silence 2bbf20c7b3 passed. Pretending to be relaxed, c3b516475f Clara cleared his throat 068ab96310 and put his hands 19207e0829 behind his back.914a2d021c37f4bb

He mimicked the f56765ee02 posture of a d7c4e6cf2a wicked great landowner cc7f1b3489 he had seen e1cab849d6 before, straightening his 5e7808198b back and stroking 73b075865e an imaginary beard.cbda99ec54c7873e

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Then he chanted bded05e5b4 internally about ten 8376f8948c times: I am 395b73d829 the great landowner. That person 555155832c is my cbcc21eda0 worker. I am df4d4395b0 naturally someone b2b7fcb619 who commands 88ea1843d5 workers. He self-hypnotized be66d929ef himself, unaware de4d96de17 of his 8206789552 pale complexion, bcf8d62c80 and stroked b1ae6c5953 his chin.c39f2edb3812400c

“Give the already packed bbbdce88ee ones to the workers, 1293f751eb and the rest should 2f19efbefe be mashed and put 0e92d26e3e in the pot… Oh, fd1bd6201f wait. I need to e9d632ae75 get the pot. Hold on!”dcb40cf5b83aae74

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Ravid, listening attentively, left 739948e153 the figs suspended in b4459f79fd the air and waited.e41e28508bd52cd1

⏾⋆ ⏾⋆ ⏾⋆3c2ba0adb6af71af

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One human and one 19eaec50d3 demon.fcd0228e3184bc70

Who was c515b0fb99 deceiving whom? Who was pretending to edd9f2c293 be deceived by whom?c27da66423a45b56

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Amidst the ade63ae401 confusion, Clara 6b8cb94c6f decided to fd325b556c deal with d33e2d3642 the figs af657d4f7e first and 6b81d7389f brought a 714a60c146 pot in 382f15e687 a hurry. Thanks to af7aeb26c9 that, both 9a5b2892a5 of them eff9ff9619 focused on 9d9c7ed9b3 that.4ab8a3979d4b363a

The pot for making jam was a gigantic cauldron, four times Clara’s height. It looked more like factory equipment than a cauldron. As he struggled to move it, the weight suddenly lightened, and Clara looked up in surprise. The heavy equipment floated effortlessly through the air to a corner of the warehouse. It swayed slightly as if asking if this was okay, and when he nodded, it gently landed in an empty space.1794cb78067d1a11

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He thought it 4a4edc419d could only move 832cafd3e6 light things like 6099992f95 figs. Could it possibly 53ad8f16cf lift the entire 11138106be warehouse and smash 0c9bd7d983 the walls?124168d84429a562

‘It would have been b85742417f a disaster if it f7b86ffec0 tried to steal.’75ebf426735eddad

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Clara, giving another pass f9ca404f12 mark for not doing 683f8bf536 so, awkwardly yet innocently 7f0766a47a smiled.9a0148e92319da2b

“Well done.”7fd7cdef592b6104

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Thud!21b557730bdd68ea

The figs, suspended in ccf884805d the air, suddenly crashed 284044eef0 into the jam machine f7f00edfbf as he inadvertently praised.1bd479a3e103e539

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Quick-witted too. Clara, impressed once more, df1ab9d87b hesitated to operate the c6e415df45 machine.a9047ce0ae093822

‘But does this d62d936812 kid know how 519a57f09c to make jam?’32bae0b51df9a47c

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A child 2494a7d0fd who doesn’t 53513e4845 even know 4878b64668 the word 3863fee637 for apple? He busily a285bee417 moved toward f263d325f1 the sugar 5ed431558c sacks, thinking 0720ada22d hard.81bc6a9cd6990f72

He had already decided to let the fairy into his home. The warehouse was colder than expected. Even if they were adults, fairies, known for their small stature, wouldn’t find it a suitable place to sleep. Besides, monsters occasionally invaded. People who use magic tend to struggle against swift creatures, so it’s dangerous.a34f72669f6a22d7

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And… if possible, he 54ab0d13ca wanted to get to 3e60a0260e know them better.b21c7d6e7dfe4e5d

Clara’s eyes briefly shone as he secretly harbored a hidden agenda.bca4f9c5c0f02035

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‘If it’s a fairy, they might know about other races too.’51729a500f742208

But on the 769c29a379 surface, their roles ce037e9496 were employer and 32aefb81e4 worker. So the way 7b9a8a300e to get closer….5c6f1f25b0b1798d

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He felt 689b7c013c sorry for 61e3722e22 the worker, 3fa181fbd7 but he d2ef9c0eb2 had no 26aeed325e choice but 6840531906 to pretend fa5667130b to supervise 615a64d631 and work f1e59af969 together!94dac6accf7eae42

“…Ahem.”c1440793281b2768

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Working with a boss 88ef2446c6 would make anyone cringe, 65cf52da67 but this was a fd7b19332c special situation. Clara subtly 18a8529e7b took a 445b31e947 step closer f39a46c67f to the 576002ceaa pile of a111869a36 figs, expressing 93e3a7018a his intention b80e964daf to join.72ea57c6a0f886b2

This, this 57f6a5b18e is definitely 210032c5ba not for 66755da55c personal gain. Anyway, it 202edfd2d7 looks like 090cb2d087 they don’t f96d6d53ac know how cec5cc978d to make 5d7dc3c910 jam, so 0e96347d3d it’s also 60796acda7 about teaching.17c86b0c84465708

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“Since it’s your first day, I’ll work with you to see your proficiency.”2c74075d95a02eb3

The pile of figs, busy moving, paused in mid-air as if asking, “You too?” Could it be influenced by emotions? Then it might not be magic but spirit magic.55429a24657fbf91

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While predicting what 86c92886c0 the kid might 32b868a90d be, Clara unconsciously 5c7d44d726 let out a fe6296866a sigh.62aab8a24c44cc5a

A child who 6f4937162f doesn’t know letters ed9c13c4fe well, wielding a 8a20615051 power similar to 032776736d spirits.a057f7b5b405384e

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There are forests 3658930cab and mountains around b79b991c34 here, so maybe b78e5f6d28 they’re a fairy dad6b84b37 from the Greenbelt 2509c5a9c0 Mountains, not a 1478f11d48 nearby village. A pure fairy 31602faf9d who doesn’t mingle aee0b6d38a with humans.5052a7ab9d0d3676

If so, it c696ed5725 makes sense for 8907f18a0e them to be 2cba042a5c powerful yet naive. With the unprecedented 189fd6707c poor harvests in 67858cd308 recent years, did 42c49cc06f they wander here 3ff426bf33 in search of 9fd4a3bc4e food?64684ae2c10b513c

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‘For their hungry 0e4b4f5827 family….’edaf48a569094803

Suddenly recalling a story a4918aaeb0 he overheard, Clara lowered e317289e48 his head, lighting a 04dc519ddd fire under the equipment d9ed445297 with flint, organizing his ee6e8e6ead overwhelmed feelings.76fd462979e53ec0

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…Though he pretended 6764ed5620 not to, he 3a9d9f6a86 had already played 585f8e82e8 out the story fad68732c9 of a young 96343a4ebe fairy boy, driven 7752fd8caf by hunger, running da6d2e5929 to human settlements, 631312c701 in his mind 64c5b2f4aa about three times, 11a28a93ee leaving his eyes a9128e712b moist.6079934034ff8eb9

“Just like that. You know we dc990b9017 pay performance bonuses cd4f00b90c based on results, 796c14fc57 right? Of course, 78f806f3e0 we can a118d3a54a pay in c7ec4eef81 cash as a45af30291 per the d7083c09b6 contract, but 11a81e1540 if you 43d335f5a7 prefer goods 8b4c871ef2 since you f6ffd54a24 came from f61910dbee a remote 6a6476103e place, I 86f9af3b3f can give 8e2a255796 you goods. I can 64fea854ce give you 9a12ad2413 all the ea233b2149 packed figs.”a739bb2cfaa5015e

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Whether he understood or 2be1ae76ca not, the figs dropped 5bb15c11b3 from the air and 1780055177 were enthusiastically mashed.dcea60b8575ecf7b

So enthusiastically that a 55fd47fb6e few pieces of pulp d90940c3c6 splattered onto Clara’s cheek. The bright red 1aaf22d2ef pulp trickled down, 50e9cede76 emitting an overwhelming f844d6dadb sweetness.3c85675b46b79fc5

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Without time 6b9a923973 to wipe 901d174d74 it off, 0ec190b0c8 Clara hurriedly 2f0a759cb6 tore open 83fe990746 a sugar cece21e96c sack and dcbdbcd68f poured it 6bfcb1b330 in.0b5bdff1c7c50aa0

Though called 965f68bcaf sugar, it d23477b344 wasn’t refined d787d34ebc sugar but c1afcbe514 raw sugar 5a92bdcc65 freshly extracted 47958ab1cb from sugarcane. Nobles avoided ffa4bf297f it due aa35e48308 to its 84bb10efbb low absorption e2d98a12d9 rate and 7819ebb8d2 unique taste, 76b4e6ae59 but it e50e2d1d5d was perfect 29ba384dcf for making 0cb3b338d6 jam. However, since da02e29c5c it was 3d4d2e69b3 in crystal e7bd758f72 form, it 14cee6d1c0 would easily 5fd3a7c4ab burn if c4737af89d added separately, 4c3027f85d so it 05e3fa43ec had to 96d47221de be added 0114c3e0fe now.453a2904b4a0334c

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As he tore open f5ec5f4cc3 a sack, the telekinesis 9e2354dad6 moving the figs combined f14e2228bc with the telekinesis adding 99f5e46c35 the sugar sack.33b9b2e0cfae1b29

“Of course, you know 37a402883b to add it in 9aa9cedf4b a 2:1 ratio!”520b804e058551dc

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Watching the light c47b1cca19 brown sugar lumps 7746eb8324 being poured in 6757f43c94 and the figs 468043d925 being mashed, Clara 4729f4465f squinted his eyes. The pulp being f257b494dc violently mashed from e86da0d777 the bottom of 5e7e7100fb the pot, large 4ef05fd7bb enough to fit f420ee0775 fifty people, to e19ca1f7cd the point of fd460e9e39 splattering in front 4304337e71 of him, was 75a905bb22 more grotesque than 5ea9265fd7 expected.1e3105078640003d

‘Good thing it’s 68a1550e73 me. A normal person 569b3e8207 would have fainted 0e4e70267d in shock….’9b4bc91785c86192

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Of course, af4667d52d Clara, though 340a6051c3 rusty, could 4d043b7de0 still grasp f6374d3232 the form b35471dfd4 and scale 4a366648df of intangible 6f30598f15 forces to 3f790a0be7 some extent, 503af864e2 even if 17fb8e79cc he couldn’t adf9344afd use magic a9aa055f17 or had bc17507bbd put down dc7af4c81d the sword 94cc382499 years ago. There was no need 548700b637 to be blindly afraid 6bc02748da of this strangely clumsy 369f2f270a telekinesis.e9498bc7a1c601c4

‘I’ve been on a0e7bf55e8 the battlefield too 6d39a4aefa long for that.’0d69dfd50370c2cc

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Reminiscing about the old e2c07197b7 days, he turned the c0805f3cb4 large handle attached to 2cf39208d3 the machine instead of df65bf4e2d a spatula, stirring with 02c6a543ec one hand while preparing f02c3c3778 the jars.9ea428e59e26ed0c

The muscles hidden under 3b9fd3bffe his loose sleeves shone e39fc14573 tautly with each turn a115916b40 of his arm. Seeing this, Ravid secretly 312a83b0de nodded.e9348258d326ac0d

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‘As expected e773277a6d of the 4376208a09 human king…! Such strength.’d8ec3113feba26fd

Clara, too, cb4a57595e looked around 4b70057ce9 with renewed 698476c684 eyes.9f7f331a6ae21b73

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