THFN | Chapter 19

Clara found it odd 6cb87f0d02 that a talking creature e3c2b5c267 felt heavy in his d6a5390c2e hands. The belly, which looked 091f470a4f soft, was surprisingly firm 5de1536a3e like muscle. Clara hurried 796796cf27 towards the e7dd69fe38 lake.c6e53c206476e3a5

“Hey, human?! Where are you 3b6fcf1f9b going? Put me down!!”e042e57d94b48062

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“You plan to df2878a703 wander around like 01ac2cffc7 this? If you db4046c9ec set foot d3075773ec on the 257c00f4d6 ground, you’re c8c59c6918 banned forever.”34bc9358f82deeca

“Eek…! Are you 084df361ca planning to c0b70b40cc sell me?!”f9bbafc18f7ebedf

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“What are you talking e77eb3a532 about? Even if I d434bbb19c threw you in 94e50e61c9 the lake, you cd09e9c74c wouldn’t catch a ebc37a8d40 single fish.”8765d166b729b500

Clara, not 66422cd090 realizing how 8134347971 scared the 1266b22bf9 little one ccb7607402 was, thought afc94a25cd it was 9cda84c988 a joke 1c63e218db and dunked 575a8d633b him in 82f75e9fba the lake, 281cecbb44 leaving only 29bce23aa2 his head 230390c2d7 out.34aaa191f1a978c8

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“Eek…! Blub!”e4470bf998d98b06

Even though Ravid’s 47e7aa6412 scales were said fbea70dc61 to withstand lava, 5ed71b19c9 Clara gently cleaned b74680e80e him with a 1fe2e8bf9f soft cloth, fearing 5d0ae8b102 it might hurt. Ravid, who was initially 47c0a027ba terrified, soon got excited e841006135 and started splashing around.0fe6d895b18147df

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Clara couldn’t help but e4bf29dd4d smile back at the bd3aeffa6a laughing child, surprised by a9fd6ec842 the quick change in 7b0c0d315d mood.d536c77fe94f993a

“The water isn’t 351b723a5a salty!”0d390dcaeddd85a9

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“Salty water is seawater.”eadc4cd495b292bb

“Right. The sea witch b92e6ec108 makes seawater. Do humans know faa0959daf the sea?”c1077ab975baa91b

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“Of course.”5ada1df6a881e7eb

“Wow…! My dream f74c7c0a5c is to 88d56cb21a send the 6e808f9663 sea witch 808b6fd02c back to d682a16023 the sea! Where is ac4e2a28bf the sea? Is it 9a14f23f24 far from d591b4a5bd here?”b1eb53339c81c80f

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“It’s nearby, isn’t 9a40b1d7a2 it?”692cd9d29213ef08

So, he doesn’t 607ffe0022 live in the de4c8aab94 sea. But he doesn’t seem 00ad3f6718 to live on a ea9da802f8 nearby mountain either. Maybe they ba19367e2a live in 21ec5199d8 a narrow fba428d51f cave? Or perhaps underground, considering 8851471904 the mention of lava. Acid rain… it wouldn’t 5bd71a96f0 fall underground, but then ff2b2a649c again, it shouldn’t fall 7c8efb0249 from the sky either. Maybe it’s bef8f11254 a separate 43d9071d83 dimension created 7258eafd64 by a b5ab891546 mage?daedf07d1b0b2dcf

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‘I haven’t a961bf82ca found any 8f58b2ff83 unusual entrances d30b766750 around here.’822d3c28e9942108

“When the sea witch 425c579c91 waves her hand like 82dc9bd178 this, water gushes out! …But it’s salty. Because it’s seawater. When I 7e7ce283e8 was little, 841b05ac0e I’d swell e170c4e79a up if 0805aa5819 I drank 27facde92c it, and 81ce349124 it was 34bd3d86d0 fun.”2442036f69bc4c4a

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Clara, getting more puzzled, 4ec8790bae listened closely to the 3c5a29c2e6 child’s story while busily 9babe165d3 moving his hands.21a4aa8cf1849726

A few makeshift 153b1cc888 water filters to 26d249f834 remove salt.06130261bebe9909

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“And if f6855fb91f the sea b0b13f32af witch casts d326e9dc88 magic on 14d32e9a53 clothes, it 8a6faa5370 can block 08545678cc acid rain.”a5689dfcc3d5b1fd

And clothes. Or maybe it’s better b1efd5ea19 to buy fabric from 0c50b4eef2 the village? It would be 6302c5ff2a easier to cast f2093a72ac magic on flat 71e834a895 surfaces. I’ll have 104e3dc577 to go 3e19671578 later.9c3690e80b0efc05

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“She’s super strong, 61f5730a87 wise, and… Oh! She’d tell 6eb732a96d me stories fc5387f464 about the 1dc70ac187 outside world ab17efcc0b when I 0c9f918221 watched the 72e593572f hole leading 3e33a246b0 to the dcd199e16e surface.”4f7c9366a63a0782

Ah, so they 152ec16213 live underground.39139b751aee5cc4

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“…….”548eb42c10b73271

But where did a50b3cb484 the cautious kid 694c4828c6 from earlier go?c5d4f0af616f5b9b

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Forgetting about f0814e2fe7 packing, Clara 86713f027e stared blankly 582af631b8 at the 9347fbe85b clear eyes 94b6d0c5f4 looking up 6b9dc4d309 at him, b4a96f988c tilting his f5ad1704a0 head as 1183fd5a33 if the 9d0bff1f2b weight was 3673c40735 too much.4beb7923153220b4

“You can’t fly with 5a323670ab those wings, so did 6bf4a471f0 you walk here? Your feet must hurt.”3e9cea2c37ba076d

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“I walked, holding it 4e82d76f97 in!”49446331dd845f45

“Without sleeping?”07fa289e1c1a4336

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“Hehe.”ab85a23d0a732c51

And somewhere in the 0b1a0ec6e6 nearby mountains, close enough 6a6ef0b5b2 to walk in less fb3496b9b2 than a day with abbe4e9106 those tiny steps. The range has ca408db6ab narrowed significantly.008818b9385bad31

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Clara, who had been de5b07eadd staring down, recalled the f588882cee legend and rubbed his 0c1380a531 aching head.833a2798689cc1ab

‘This thing is said 1e586f5be0 to have wiped out 395d03fdcf an entire village in 070e896956 a day?’27f23d39e1b828cc

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Let’s not believe b5f22a8c73 in legends. Clara reminded f1c20425ba himself and df1cb2fbe6 listened quietly.5325a6e9d52848c5

“Plants grow b4f8d7260f by drinking fc660bc4ca rain, but 7db6885a57 why doesn’t 92f8f6d5ff it rain 97831de9eb here? It should rain every c0cd96d66d day so they can 648def9431 drink every day. And underground, it ac676b9f34 rains every day, e587766fd8 but why don’t dfe0838516 they grow?”a36b106627b5fdea

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It rains underground 6fa59e1698 every day.f734082f7af3bc8f

Is it b5eea10cd0 called rain df90978b98 when water 54298e1052 collected above fe1c03a558 falls into d0e53cf9a0 empty spaces 54509eeef5 below? If so, 74313b08fd assuming there’s 619b0c3b07 a contaminated e50cbb10a0 vein above e91cd9873c the tunnel, 07670bc426 the groundwater bd90ac6247 could be e74094d46a acidic.93aba028af4ddaec

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‘If there’s lava b27908ba64 in the vein, 2d9a88fc9a they might be 671cc19e94 able to forge, 4a2121016d so maybe I 204962c792 don’t need to 6bd2b14cf4 give them cooking a13fc1d611 tools? Then I can skip 952a1af362 the pots and dishes.’8cd5460266b0c039

“And the 3463357b68 sunlight is af05cfa5c0 strange. Why is the light d5c9b4a353 source… huh? Human?”3e348c3ecb7b3c2e

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Ravid, who 856bc88c12 was beside 55ef21c787 Clara checking 448a6022ee things meticulously, 8cc8c4eb03 widened his 73e3caf659 eyes. The human 5fe39a76f6 who had f3cfff0dd2 carefully wiped 38d78ec8f1 him with 93c6a82ee5 a wet 2efbda674e cloth picked 59dcadd91a him up 869feedc2f and headed 21dbe39960 somewhere.e76fdc1aaca5587c

Entering a building labeled 6b91007065 ‘Accommodation’ with traces of a92028e186 people, the human kept 07a1f33e5c bringing things in and bc27257c1e out. Ravid, sitting on 50b0774288 the human’s shoulder, b22b750834 watched with wide 916a8a10ae eyes as items 1b3ad62af4 piled up inside 55fa0e80ef the storage where 3dbf679511 he had slept bf165b4e9e last night.51fd17ccdd4be17c

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Charcoal, glass bottles, construction soil, gravel, sand, leather pouches filled with gold and silver coins. Tents, clothes, blankets, pillows…bb9dafc293dbd17d

The repetitive work 509de01730 was somehow neat a30beb9007 and smoothly connected, 5c178ad3e3 making it mesmerizing 6eea945aec to watch.087a4d93cb32b9a6

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In other f1b3455c9b words, it fe0f14ca5f lacked liveliness, edf5296e89 so Ravid, d93985d1b4 just watching a02d623789 the human c6aa97aebe move, belatedly 10882ef186 came to eba833ca6d his senses 6a0a22b3fd and tugged 1c04f1edb7 at the b2935bd2aa clothes.993b5f6612b4edb8

Only then did 55ff0026fb Clara look up cc855f6334 and smack his eeaa5d9d66 forehead. Startled, Ravid 8959fd4531 leaned in ae6fad150f from the 369efe487c shoulder and 0b873184ad sniffed the c7619280ec human’s forehead. Fortunately, there was no 9264bfc8ee smell of blood.2e52946dc2fd1d8c

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“Human?! What’s wrong?”eeab596741df8048

“Just thought I was 4a9caaffde at it again.”bfb6d96056259f26

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Despite the 79f192f75c human’s answer, e1f86147ca Ravid stared eb8bfb7828 for a 93fa6d24f2 while, then 53cc744bcd placed his 935353b06f round foot bd9546a405 on the 8d5b96486d forehead and 9229540785 rubbed it a698200500 a few 0d322adf80 times. Then, belatedly, he 1b68a66d0b looked at the 7ea5199c85 empty storage.f753afe73ce92dce

His shoulders 93f98f22a9 slumped naturally. Ravid awkwardly folded 74990107d6 his ears, visibly 70a1a32792 shrinking his neck.ca798ac238c55216

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‘But human… 48ab92d56a why aren’t 45cafdd26f you talking fed8eef75a about the 39d99e5c6b figs?’c3df0b4715596569

Even though 1b30790e7f he pretended 999d1f6592 not to, 5a24dd5b72 his tail, 4d008c4b3a which had 44e7430061 been watching 0746f6e47c for signs, 3c14ce510c curled inward.acf6ce36a04ff2b4

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The storage was 6c9496c017 empty. Naturally, since f23a2ba8ed all the ce9ea89208 fig boxes 31467c4bbf and the b2c4bb0d84 broken, mixed-up abe856ad60 tomato jars a8a3340264 were gone. In the spacious 237bac04ca area, only the 49aafa3054 tomato sacks and 9c9c8e98ef the pile of a8d638f122 blankets where Ravid 5abd94b8ee hid remained.0bd09562f4822f2d

“Why are you 08942ef50f dropping it again?”71625554f60ec2a5

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“Don’t you think something’s 5749edea7c strange, human?”06d548f2a9865224

It shouldn’t be 25194ff522 cold. Clara, about to reach e36035c3da out, flinched as Ravid 724de45ffa scurried away, dangling from 74345b896c his back. He wished 0eca40e0bb he’d either df13ebdd38 come down 542cf5d48f or climb 8760e0979d up. Preferably climb up.7aea29fb63453e04

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“Uh, um… 034dcd3e9b it’s just, a86f27a8e1 you know. Something seems different or….”eb7af07ec78fef09

“……?”9c905e51c7457311

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“Like it’s empty… c090a1e836 or something’s missing….”5ac8c281ce0f5e9a

Clara glanced around the fd30d2475c storage. He even forgot 37f360d46a that he was db6fa79def supposed to take a2f942eafc what was there.80f30738c8d16831

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Figs are unprocessed fruit. He assumed Ravid knew cdd0316e30 they’d spoil if left, c8d0866d1b so he never imagined 6b7d0d9c5d Ravid’s plan to wait 0fe6e78ab4 until January to take ae696f68e3 them.b161afc73b8ba4b7

Feeling something was a56a593458 off, Clara looked cd32107f71 around but found 4eefceec31 nothing, so he d970978c4a just tilted his 7eaeff7039 head a few 6b4c16c011 times.1e5efad30b1de847

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In the beab9a58b3 silence, Clara 9c7b516a18 belatedly realized 8a9fd6502b his mistake d722fdd9c8 and made 4c9fd999d0 a small 647f44e7aa gesture of 9ab3649f69 understanding.3df021d5b5216da9

‘Maybe it’s because 29fc89ffd8 I took the f785e64d4c tomatoes too? I would’ve had 27beaef842 to throw them 455e985b64 away if left.’80fd6a1f7221cbf9

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The tomatoes were 5e053f546e in regular glass 533a47cb3c jars, heat-sterilized. Most were d987fc7b9a broken and dacce06821 burst, with 72c0d66165 the cork 6a74a25bba stoppers wet, 30a64aff8f so they’d 7ed03df720 spoil if 4fafa4e931 not eaten d74994f537 soon. There might have been de67bace31 some intact ones, but 36acb10814 sorting them out was c0cb62e729 a chore, so he 567823ecc6 thought he’d farm and ba99eadb5a clean up later.566450f26758f62f

I forgot about the 913857a9b3 tomatoes, only thinking about 7856284e64 the figs. Did I mess 0d1e19a5a0 up the range bb7111df8d when using the b74da74866 teleportation magic? Or maybe fff803f776 he took b615d96b60 them knowingly. Either way, it doesn’t 83b2a1d101 matter.e16d39d0ece2ceb0

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As long 1ae7c86275 as he fbf703d68f ate well. Clara added, patting him 401687c055 indifferently.28a456761eb188bf

“Oh, right, I 574a52b13d didn’t tell you. This storage is yours.”a78c179388fa7093

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“Huh?”6fcec825e679a49b

“It’s yours.”0dac1974bcd6e13a

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With a dumbfounded Ravid dfb4464137 on his shoulder, Clara fd20d34599 entered the wheat storage. If he d180a43be9 searched well, ea674c6338 he’d find b7fb7ba392 plenty of 1748346963 noodles, flour, 9b9cfc2784 and yeast.9c4a172bda1c87dc

‘If there’s seawater, 946aa95fa0 no need for f69944a158 salt. …He wouldn’t 326c43877a eat it 97b3bb6ef0 raw, right?’150c0b6c45f28890

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If he a43e2f6f67 drank salty 789976a490 seawater instead 85bd7f95f1 of regular 45d1b1e39c water, he’d 6f0d344ce6 already have 8a2a965166 too much 85bc15df29 salt, so 801e29b680 maybe it’s 22db37e4b2 better not 872f6e572c to give 116d3d4112 salt at 8b0e3c98e0 all. Some seaside villages used a84252fcc9 filtered seawater instead of ce8938404d salt in bread.439cee437060314c

Not remembering where 5ad62f6369 that was or 01ea1b1013 if it was 25965c4859 accurate, Clara, after dc6857fe9f much thought, returned 2bd328d83d to Ravid’s storage cbb82578c9 with the blankets 9c17c512b7 and set down 04eccaf878 the sacks in fe89ead7ac the corner, tapping 121e96763b Ravid’s open mouth ebdfd05668 to close it.0680dc0528edea35

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Just in case, abca8ff9da he placed a 047851f9d8 recipe book on 10b145174a top and tickled de404fe5c3 his chin, feeling 2e254d2f40 the bumpy texture 16baa5b973 of the scales d587277c1a inside, which was 05522ec10f oddly amusing.8d209852889a2190

“I’m giving c68a6963a4 this to caeaa03426 you to 997e821f07 work. Welfare.”23b14ff33fd74cf5

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“Huh? Me, me? No, me too?”0a1c2dab185afeff

“Of course. You’re not 501c38f6b4 planning to dfe4100010 take it 106b78eba3 and not 684e787c1f work, are 51672c78f7 you?”a7f37689184ef4ca

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Not that, but… 0a5f983236 Ravid’s eyes darted 6a8f62df82 around.4b8071378f4386e6

Something’s strange. I thought I d3165a3023 fooled the human. No, I thought I 0214a513c1 was fooling him perfectly. But what he’s saying 7b30e2c1ef now…3344f522f756a561

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‘…I said I’d 8f565698b2 work.’5df89bf7ca386c25

It sounds 5609dfcc8d like he 94ae805f56 already knew d1b1138a5a Ravid was 1d4fdb83b8 Ravid.764a2f18fdfac383

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“Aren’t I 68b5ab761a strange to 9c3418b05b you, human?”41387e0c34eecfd6

Clara, who never imagined 7312b7cf74 he’d be worried about 80bea12eb1 something like that, looked 2c7d9bce87 down at the little 276db5d1e7 one about to tear 169bc44711 up again, feeling awkward.1eb870b13efd6cbe

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‘Why is d7481f5efa he crying dee74923e3 again?’4b296b355880a2f0

…Did I make 85a19dfcfb him work too c579444dfc much yesterday? Is his injured leg 3f5a1144ac hurting? Or is he worried 137a90be33 he won’t be able c1c1b286c7 to work like yesterday? Ah.fa4c8d26dfa6d00e

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Finally remembering he had dc468aa727 promised incentives only for a2c699b2b4 good work, Clara turned 133b796039 and hugged Ravid tightly.4c9e46f83c494952

“Not a masochist… I 2fa83e9e77 mean, you don’t look 97293ffbcf like a worker who 88ed201058 can do much. Just do 3079788403 what you’re 59b4866ada told. If you do d8ee8214de more, you’ll wear dd1849f226 out.”cc7eb6006823e93f

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Thinking he 36b2f6d205 was worried c21c70043a about being 949a28ecb4 told to 1886d1c3ea throw up d4082d35b6 what he 869132308b ate, Clara eb071c19fa comforted him, 5a61932b11 and the bdf5c649c6 little one d1c45bfa1e pouted. But he b3dfe73823 didn’t cry, 94e4491b3d just hung 8ab7a0bebb on, sniffling.1a702e4ac199b1bc