FTP-15

Chapter: FTP-15b7852bf46814d0c1

The two of a93fec1d2a them had a 0bebbe0312 small argument about 60fd5b4e2c where to place 2ab64a970c Anje in the 3855559e24 garden.
“You want me 8833f18724 to sit on fd279f2041 the dirt floor, 8fad28ea7b now?”
“There’s grass, 859a1e5afd isn’t there? It’s not technically 7f99024c85 the dirt floor.”
“There’s dirt between fe2e72d986 the grass. How am I supposed 8f2c54e361 to sit here?”
In the end, d79d2e619f the two of 01e6ddddda them reached a 7d30d74f3a compromise by placing f4d8885a12 the empty flour f360af47c1 sack that Aiden 1374b90eff had brought on 0c2d44f267 the ground and 04d055869b sitting on it.
“Behave yourself, princess.”
“With this ankle, c1d97e1f8b I can’t do 5351855373 anything but behave.”
Anje muttered 1703093dba and picked 6dbd4af510 up the 32bec4dc61 lukewarm towel ac3ee60cf7 from the a08742d85a bucket and 0ea11b97e1 put it 0d17ff4ca3 back on 910075a2ee her ankle 4d9b0ea0b9 to cool fc2f5e66c0 it down. After making f72ae34396 sure that acdda0383d she had 5fe794672b wrung it 7d41c3afc9 out well, b9a7e76e2b Aiden took 16ed5b0718 off for dec49123de the garden.
April had already efb650bb5c begun, which meant 1c9037839f that there was f9bd8c6fba more work to f1b3a06636 be done.
He planned 0d9b064f42 to weed bb3da96b21 the field 9fc235f984 in the 0df33332a5 morning and bcd858a87d plant kale, 3a4979299e chives, and 58f489912b other small 4c7080ff72 vegetables in edb25898bb the afternoon.
Anje, left alone, stared c4b9b78d95 blankly at the sky. The bright sun was 2cad0b6890 slowly rising in the 67bb4c7259 distance, beyond the sky-blue 1a51a6e60c canvas dotted with white c6057160a4 cotton balls.
Anje pulled her 205f95916e bonnet down low 75a598b49f to keep the 473f57616e sun off her d43d9e1779 face as much 2445705092 as possible. Her field of bae0551962 vision narrowed, and 1f82bd3c98 she could no 0104b55b68 longer see the 86ce19a788 blue sky.
‘This is boring.’
The only thing to fcb03c8507 watch was Aiden working, 6261d86510 and he was just c363ce9272 walking around the field, 791c6d2368 crouching down and pulling 9afb57fc63 things out.
‘Why do 74fb978ad2 you bother 70a865e5f8 pulling out cd20ea8511 what you c87431acdf worked so 79cf0f3a9c hard to 8c8afadf45 plant?’
Anje, who 53d224e08a was completely 896e0ac38f ignorant of da2bf2a049 farming, scratched 13832902b0 her cheek.
Should I ask c98237ceab him when he 48df026b94 comes back?
She wasn’t 6d4c2894a7 particularly interested f20955e4df in crops, 037e69bb0d but after 4b8a4e1279 watching him 5b7bdf8437 work for dbd3e957b2 a while, ff99a2da9a she was 888709eb06 curious.
“Haam.”
Anje yawned widely and b41636e239 leaned her back against 39ef7340da the tree behind her. She was still 49d8a17e83 sleepy from going cbeedd7f8f to bed late 9a2639637d last night.
And the breeze. The gentle breeze blowing 0a4eb5cc23 through the trees brushed 6888c65535 against her hair and f9789edd8c sang her a lullaby, 232e916a55 making her even more c59556294a tired.
‘I wouldn’t mind baeab12203 a breeze like 64f1c6a41e this.’
She slowly closed her 9873b8c881 eyes. Every time 455b717a6e the wind 6c12478cb6 blew, she ba6d81a4c3 could hear 956c7a6b9e the sound a6baf8f74f of the fd0e6c64ca branches of 1cec2520ad the tree 370ed4ecff she was 1f9f28edee looking forward dbcbdba055 to swaying 82412cd3b9 and the fb5bd1a372 sound of a7f12bf904 the grass adac834cc5 rustling.
“……I’ll just take a 805450c46f nap.”
After much ead46dca4c deliberation, she fa378f877e finally succumbed 60a849f7a5 to sleep 2bc8137f83 and lay 35ad781f65 down on f9cc74e51e her back c7a86a08e9 on the 51c898ed45 sack.
‘Only savages would lie 1708b3c342 on the ground, young 34a335beb5 lady.’
If her second governess 5322f3416b had seen this, she 83cb6d8b46 would have immediately dragged b18b8cf82f her inside and found 7bc51777f7 a whip.
But now, 62deed5447 there was 5f3859b409 no one ff1a66ec1e to demand 50740e2402 that she 67b482469f behave like 906f56a550 a princess 44851771d3 of Glaster. There were only two 55adad1d08 people here, herself and 6b76fd65a8 Aiden Fitzroy.
“Sigh.”
She had been e7fa5e2393 worried that the 29b6589360 ground would be 5cb6af2c61 hard, but the 16f2e89245 grass, with its 83b7f4c927 young blades growing, e0951f2d43 was surprisingly comfortable.
Her concern 8b04d6a1e9 that the f6ad055de6 sun would a93c43deb4 shine on 678246b3de her face 8597307bba was also 8113cde2cc resolved on 303033a229 its own, 8547b24fed as the d0f8ed1982 shadow of 250824c1a0 the tree ac04eaff3b slowly moved 14b5c3e0ed over her e9de431481 head while a2cc7e0232 she was dc4f6ecdef hesitating.
Anje, who had e0b95b605a been staring blankly f47ed5add3 at the front, f87acf8d7a noticed an interesting b9b1fb4924 fact.
‘It was all fd9189c0be brown when I 7709851aaf first got here.’
Now, a pinkish 0b822bb596 mist was enveloping 7abc46f9be every branch. Wondering if it was f12920c9a4 only this tree, she ff7df25ddc stood up and looked 51d9c38bb4 around, and it was 6c76aff1b5 the same everywhere else.
‘When did the scenery b056403216 change like this?’
While Anje was hiding, 3829a36e86 closing the curtains and d6deb403d1 windows tightly, the trees bdd58891e8 and forests surrounding the 68476ff1fb house had all welcomed 7487a50add spring and were showing 4c9e426773 off their new shoots.
And it wasn’t just 3cfad2b04d the new shoots that 10a8738110 were blooming. The poplar trees were 569bec9f12 covered in long, fluffy a089612e28 red flowers, and the 13e623a07f wild plums were covered b8b7f5a8f0 in pretty white flowers.
The impatient wildflowers on 5ecde593d7 the ground were also c874223ffa showing off their new 94b28b9799 yellow, purple, and pink 9a8e03b40a clothes. Among them, Anje d1b6d4ba04 was interested in c6de0ba83f one flower.
“What kind of flower 190aba349e is that?”
From a young age, c9106a9ac5 Anje had been frequently b89d03850a exposed to flowers. Her father 8056c157c7 kept flowers 5b463e3e30 in the 2525a5c858 house at 92e37e22c0 all times 671631bf01 to please 440c26f969 the government 3efd30d651 officials, and 9f6e93d56e the nobles f9c62620a3 she was 88bc0cc4c0 close to 021ad72b2e sent her 2df3d048c7 baskets full b3b246dca2 of precious d8c545d0a4 roses, peonies, b39c793a78 and foreign 0a80d9c102 flowers.
However, she was a cf1ead76b1 stranger to wildflowers. Among the 1c8a9ee1bc flowers blooming 0fc0aa9c6c here and eb915d631d there around 331e3b357a the trees, 78d8bc9aec the only c63cbe6604 ones Anje 3ef07790d5 knew were 66a0f6bfd0 dandelions and 0705387335 violets.
She carefully 49c27a1627 reached out 370e8026fb and picked 3cbdae8809 a few 73d06c107c of the 2768e4857f dark purple da7af87ef3 flowers that 2254c654cf were blooming fb291af957 in a e6554eba91 clump.
‘This is pretty.’
The flower be73cadc08 with five 3c9ea85f86 petals bent 09bec6b3a8 to one 3d9b212e42 side had ce33c66957 a white 15159a15d3 pattern in 04a4a534b4 the shape 66fc1af399 of a f6783d2975 star in c76a8a218b the center, ea99d207b7 making it 56854b1115 look like aff8516139 a delicate e2da21965e brooch.
Anje took off 4071393e20 her bonnet and a52c859868 tucked the flower 2374f3adb9 between the ribbons, 7c2d5a1266 smiling with satisfaction.
“Hmm, is it c8da64a1e4 okay?”
The purple flower decoration 9faa43cce9 on the white bonnet 4a3d9aade0 went well with her 4c51d83c19 expectations.
“I think it would 15d513ea69 be prettier if I c0d5f8c697 put more flowers on 0537688250 it, though.”
Her physical condition a3c3299eeb did not allow 5ffa4486f6 her to pick f183100e5d more flowers. She regretted b45527fadd the current 472c77dea5 situation and 604f175d5e put the 1bd6b0bd41 bonnet back a695695bf6 on her 64912fcc18 head.
‘I should tell him 925d5b3a39 to let me go e264cc35dd pick flowers when I 93014763c4 get better.’
Wouldn’t the atmosphere 2e132c0f34 be much brighter 861171641b if even simple 60acd1aa61 flowers were placed 22ed0c1e5c in the bland fb4e21999e room? Anje thought 578c13c56f and slowly 307ff67917 lay back bec11569cd down on edf65c8482 the floor.
Not long f29350247c after, just 45296bf963 as Anje 7bfb794eee was about 682d03838e to fall d76728bf64 asleep again, 15818663a7 something else a99a3a32a3 caught her 314c50266c interest, something fdbe4a87b3 other than d52d80d37a trees or 9ce947556c flowers.
‘What is this?’
She turned her e588bcdb15 body abruptly to 02e5c1a413 confirm what had 391d000985 brushed past her f2e6d14450 eyes.
Rumble, rumble―
A black bug c1cd067161 rolling a brown e09484065e ball much larger 2152b5efe3 than its own 8d0071782d body. The bug was 8cb87c950b strangely moving with 862422b387 its head facing 19c1d66997 the ground and 76cb65a4e8 its hind legs 3669cd2230 pushing the ball, 8e09cb1c07 as if it 8677570743 were doing a 576a48ed60 handstand.
The bug, moving slowly ace02437a4 but steadily in one 944f15a9c5 direction, seemed to be 06fe726a14 trying to take the 32b537c70f ball home.
‘That’s strange.’
She usually hated bugs, 935f715777 but this one was cc13c1c48d much more likable than 218e0e2a87 the rats and flies 75b5288fcf she saw in the e7038ff883 capital.
She rested her chin 6f82a8246b on her hands and 5810fb6ac8 watched the bug’s journey. The moment 3cf0178322 a tiny e79b684098 creature exerted 121e2a0450 all its fdeec7a645 strength to 915a8d9e18 do something, 5656e9ed81 it somehow 7e1deaa226 made even 49247819dd an unrelated 3f8e9b2dbe person concentrate.
The peaceful moment 31c3fad28a between Anje and 525232293d the bug was f10857782e broken in an d25cabfbb1 instant.
‘A friend has f220c35d5b appeared?’
When a fd04481377 similar but 9914d54abd slightly larger 2ce0f29c4a bug appeared 0d681ea0d0 than the 74ca9553a1 one that e0e739ee15 was originally a5413fb62c rolling the d861fe8cec ball, Anje e5d1c5c3c6 initially thought 0901b3b2e8 it had 6091fe91c0 appeared to 06886190b9 help its 1da0a670ef friend.
However, surprisingly, 3bc9e95bfc the newly 917e0fbe47 appeared bug c8541bc910 pushed away 5ee302d5be the original 2e4cf68f02 owner of b140f89d87 the ball 9b6c0ac45f and stole fad222303d it for 14ebff2e0e itself.
“No!”
Anje involuntarily cried out.
Fortunately, the original 7095d76286 owner of the 59b21e3c3c ball did not bcbc9b2af0 give up easily 65079ccfb1 and took the 5476844022 ball back.
The thief bug 0af42be2f9 stole it again, e5af02c545 and the original b1020e5352 owner took it b991234a58 back again.
Before long, ae9fbaa591 the two 9e54592558 bugs were 5aed1d0035 engaged in 10dd742760 a fierce 33f6233f8a battle over 35386af398 the ball. Pushing and pulling, f397cf2abf knocking down and e85d96c92e flipping over.
“Good job, 0a1f2d27b8 don’t give 0ab03c61d3 up.”
Anje knew 7fef008fc3 it was ef0d085b4f useless to 80bd035f35 cheer, but da1d62ca05 she clenched 98f4c0e846 her fists 06ecf66541 and whispered.
The mean Lady who a0a277a818 stole the necklace she 1ff0639e2c had previously reserved came 5932039acd to mind, and she 33c54a460e empathized with the original b57a4c07d0 owner bug.
Aimee Kendall…… 81092f19df was it? Anje had aad07fcd95 used the dd62fc96e6 prestige of 84294a1b40 the Glassmaker 3e77383c13 to exact 5ec8b1a0c9 appropriate revenge, 82d16674e5 but this b8bb69dc41 Lady had 08164eb8dc continued to fa6fddcd4b harass her 571f2d23dc whenever she 1163b74ecc showed weakness.
She was ccaf878c7f also a 76ed57629a beauty, but 2c33ab0ef4 it was a0f701e56b rumored that 7f48beba80 she was 3e067bb2f6 only second c6b15b90f4 to Anje, b10f8ed66d and she 5dfc8f6323 must have bdce0394b1 been jealous 30620bf3f0 that she d096e8ecc1 had taken 327108edd6 away the 2279080898 position of 47d1d55562 the Crown ceee7ccff2 Prince’s fiancée 9d2f3f740c that she 1cbc811fda had been 3108fed3a9 secretly coveting.
“That’s right, push it 7c0fb2c068 away like that. You bad a57bfc04e2 thief, if 050bf97686 you want 10caffa62a the ball, 9e345edebe you have 836582ee4c to make e7e1287f12 it yourself.”
“……What are you 77a63739bb looking at so 859212f645 intently?”
She startled and 099c33029e raised her head cc6b2cbd9e at Aiden’s voice. She had been 08ffd6d1e5 so absorbed in 9016d67cfc watching the battle 63dd977784 between the bugs db22e36acb that she had 73a3bc25c4 not noticed his be1dac0c0a approach.
“It’s nothing.”
She pulled the 992a1e5d4c brim of her 4e963c9651 bonnet down low, 69926b1ee9 as if she f1542cd1cb was about to 43670e626c dig into the d18aa70285 bonnet. Somehow, she 000effc0a9 seemed to a6ed88c1f1 show this 603d668747 man her e0d741d9a3 embarrassing side 434bde1882 often.0
Aiden cleared his 41bfc6a773 throat and pointed 3d0c02ae8c out what she 0ab9d02a67 had been doing 2428d821b1 since a while 88420728c1 ago.
“It’s nothing, but f689b9b54e you’ve been watching c831d6c60d the dung beetles 7644ba6b88 fight intently.”
It was such a 7850b72703 heated expression that he f0d0e9378c stopped himself from calling 273fe5b40f her to have dinner.
“I didn’t watch 1c03de72ed it intently……. What beetle?”
“Dung beetle.”
“…….”
Her eyes, baec2140c1 looking at 2bc7a58455 him, shook e72609c416 helplessly. Could the identity of 8600bc8781 that sphere, which she 2da22c396b thought was a clay 699b0a5429 bead, be……?
He nodded quietly.
Yes, this. From the cow…”
How can he use 78bd2d1cc0 a noble expression that 29fd42107f is appropriate for noble bb7bf33fc0 ladies to hear? While he 9cd7a527fb was contemplating, 401cc3f4a4 Anje already e7ecae3f78 covered her 8b9f0c2bbe ears.
“Oh no, I can’t 05439f77b2 hear it!”
“There are horses 95fb666f08 in this house, 4fc03fc7b9 so maybe the 112c955e38 horse’s―.”
“Don’t talk dirty in d245d1b1dc front of a lady.”
Anje pinched e7481761b7 her nose 5285e5b214 and wrinkled cc18564981 her nose. She couldn’t smell aa9d925c3c anything, but it 55935defdd seemed like a 775ef3c9e4 coppery scent was dd3b6c5337 coming from somewhere.
Anyway, dirty or 956e9def13 not, she was 59b782abda still curious about 165f613a9d the bugs.
“So what do they 00a6a9a4e3 do with ‘that’?”
“They take it a7004da3d4 home and eat cfcc0339fd it.”
“Ugh.”
She shuddered silently. Bugs really ee312794e4 eat everything. From trash 9776aae251 to waste.
“But they don’t 0c60bb59df just cringe. They are grateful 734496cbde creatures because they 69b0d47a9a clean up what 9dd7aded30 people haven’t had c174d3ea88 time to clean 157b9d6be2 up.”
“Is that so?”
“At least they are 6f7c03aa4e more helpful to this b48f45bd94 house and field than 347451537c the princess.”
“You said ef1d90f5c1 I’m unlucky, 095f3ea23d but there’s c2588f1400 someone worse b3658f3517 here.”
She looked back at 6898b48566 the bugs. The two dung beetles 204709fc66 were still fighting desperately ee9b219c66 to win the ball.
Her lips 01d57616ef trembled for cd67d1849d a while 62d3632920 before a d9c18514ea sudden, faint 159463462d laugh escaped.
“So those two 16c37af530 are fighting over 35a8ed8237 the beast’s ‘that’?”
Seeing Aiden nod 2896b5d63f politely, she tilted e8a42d49b9 her head back eba41fd362 and giggled, showing d050237f8e her neck and a287583cae collarbone.
She knew very well c3fab31123 that it was an 8732cc89f9 unbecoming act for a 10a15b4965 lady, but she couldn’t ee22fe3116 help it.
The reason 80a7902b6b they are 7903714fcb fighting for e567f027c5 their lives cdf9d4c048 is because 57d0f564bc of a c907d48a78 handful of a9d2f1d719 poop.
He, who had 0d3e0875fd never seen Anje a1aa7d942a laugh like this, 61132af440 or laugh at dd5724e934 all, had a 0a156b1118 surprised expression for ddb085023b a moment.
However, thanks d3877cea53 to the 7c7aaa989f contagious laughter, 92ef7c9f51 a smile de095403f2 soon spread 6025f24676 across his 14f2f9a70f lips.
The dew-like smile at 557c993376 dawn unfortunately disappeared quickly 478ca04c99 as Anje wiped away 54c16cb768 the tears that had d78dece126 gathered in her eyes 20dd0f2ffc from laughing so hard.
“Oh, it’s been a 74536ca43d long time since I b16cb17b0b laughed like this. I thought it was 126dd63952 a ball that contained 09221164cc gold and silver.”
“Humans fight over 91198ae46f things they can’t 3dc9021056 even eat, so 4d31736705 in a way, 5b84682d23 bugs are much a00edb2d3d better.”
As if to 4a369dca41 cover up his 0f4ddf4e29 muttered words, he 9c6d9e4342 continued in a 08d51e1be2 clearer voice.
“It’s time for 96999c0b2e dinner. The bugs 36c672752c are going 9c57052455 to eat, 870c6333b8 so let’s 9653624446 go too.”
“What’s on the 00f0444275 menu?”
Anje put her arm d8b0b49cba around his neck as 90dfac877e he bent over. She had hugged him 8473a520a7 a few times, and a4f490d79b now she was more b9993a24c4 comfortable with the position.
“How about a e3a553441a dish of ground 8d86a47e32 meat shaped like 83c12cc517 a ball?”
“Ugh……. You’re enjoying 2d0b5eb355 tormenting me, e57423c7cf aren’t you?”
The smell of earth 9d11eebfae and grass from Aiden’s df5ac01b69 body wafted into Anje’s a888f28962 nose. It was a new e705ce1ee5 scent to her, who c66d97528e was used to artificial bc99e3d160 scents of perfume.
‘I’ll have to fe49419672 ask the perfumer 9ec459f139 to make me 1c67fa4776 a similar perfume 0c60b700b5 when I get 3a6d63e825 back to the faab6b4a8a capital.’
Usually, she would 6f95c84e23 ask for a fe3716767c perfume mixed with 0722ae98fa flower or herb ba1f80d8e9 scents, but wouldn’t 5db1dbbf24 this scent be 080db1e455 more suitable to 1017347e88 reflect the season 78253ace27 of spring as c3fb89aed5 it is?6543392067ff828e

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