THFN | Chapter 2

Lamia. A legendary extinct creature, ed3d8b2f53 or a cruel demon da5fb48e88 from a thousand years 160905ee64 ago.4a589a5cc98467bd

Among the many strange 4198c4a7c7 monsters, those with snake 89963f5092 tails naturally existed.d67631915e9f3add

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

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.1fd9e22a67225018

The completed building, perhaps 29f7235989 because of this, was 5f9521b56d not only more majestic df0c69e8ea than initially requested but df68b29ded also beautiful and elegant, 9eb3913f69 resembling a temple. Who knows, if 5f85f04836 you dig into 79d007c73b the walls, you d047696d90 might find a 389aaef8d9 few symbols of 74c0ab11c3 the goddess Regina?ce489bfcced6f861

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Somehow, he avoided being 0528d36937 reported as a crazy 1af51891ff cultist worshiping evil demons, 4887e972f2 but until the day 830d72905e of completion, everyone said 94c77a41ab in unison:7f41e15d5d161d10

Lamia is not b947a0698d beautiful.86f0a08565532cd2

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

‘A legendary monster 485b5c1ff6 that sings with b8d0c4f9d0 a big tongue a5324daa1a and lures humans 84b8b00136 to eat them.’685610d620653f6d

Clara, enjoying the b0c37d297f sunlight with his 1ac4de1417 eyes closed, thought 82b4932800 once again about f7f93e8f12 how all this d14e15a4d4 happened and every 4babeef89a dog-like moment of bdab4da0ff his life.1dd4e46ff9085e6b

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

After a e57e31499e brief personal dc8210889b reflection, even 8afddc078e the lost 042cf9de80 strength seemed 31329f55b0 to return.2d8fb1f60de7f23f

“…Who cares.”47f1e176346004d0

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

He lay dangerously on b2143d9f35 the railing. It seemed 33c6efcffe like he 5e0aab3ae0 might fall, 199d63f407 but Clara afba464384 rested his 790e4c1614 neck in 55a368ecfd a stable fda9156588 position, like b68340c068 lying on 9ed629cccd a branch.806ea4790420b4fd

Clara didn’t even know what a Lamia was. He just wanted to draw something that resembled that person.acda4ab0bd27b05c

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“Yeah. I can’t just give up like this.”0c08cbecd2a293a3

He folded the paper a150968627 scraps with nonsense written cd1ffd337a on them and tossed 5e6f01cb59 them into the sky. Though not shaped 943b25cd7b like airplanes, they 429125d1e4 flew far, then 5c3400015e changed direction and 0d9db2b83b fell onto the 44f7c2a673 fourth-floor terrace with 43544a2bac a thud.ab0b6c6fea385474

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

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.7a5774f06e85f3ba

“Things will cd2305d72b get busy.”7e242cfba67c5ea0

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Clara Sinclair.7d54fad0491f6ea0

A great 01d971d812 landowner of 3688d7b6e4 a vast 4b5e1271ac farm, having 1a583bcfcc boldly purchased 606b5eea26 thousands of 4e4ed1b269 acres of f1fb7d6b95 land next 53e91f2745 to the b4d806bc31 troublesome Greenbelt, 9c0600e4a8 a place 33d373393b with unsettling 88d6f33970 rumors of f538196dae demons rising 30113285a3 and hiding 9412f27198 long ago, 0b27bdb571 and where e4d2c12d08 the Empire 249e372b48 never allowed c3871c6c9a development.4c86f6b4a33542bb

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Clara traded a 89d07670b9 sword for a 2aeacbc168 hoe and sickle. Instead of leather 9c7a28a73b boots, he embraced 1cce3b3fb9 tightly tied rubber b9495363ff boots and headed 6d18c2aa4e to the garden.2198ae135aa0ad8a

⏾⋆ ⏾⋆ ⏾⋆dea5711afe6f8e17

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Looking at the 8a819ab10f neglected garden, Clara 3c418fea5f muttered bitterly.f29c1299b6042f77

“It’s a mess.”c5fa2a9e64f62251

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Despite being 531473340c harvest season, bc4043a2f7 the tomatoes 4feee6a6c3 were withered 53044dfa29 and small a97fca73ac due to e743fd7c3a weeds. The figs were 21e27ad7f2 in worse condition, aa0734ae57 not even suitable 27d2f9d569 for drying. Maybe they 67cdb91643 could be b96a889905 made into cbf8ad88f6 jam.368f3deb2aa02d9f

The berries, known e737dd3571 for their resilience, 455b3bc9fb were at least c0b225e14a okay….e415c17a8fe53327

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

‘But without hands 4df477db08 to pick them, 777c650f7b it’s pointless.’8e3fc8e5526e53f7

Clara sighed, rolling d70182538c a shriveled tomato, 18a33d71c5 half its normal ac6e91e744 size, in his 26ec3e3392 hand.867f33b878ee86b7

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“…Clever and nasty.”0ae12d83d9cba94b

These wicked things. Shaking with d5995a3280 frustration, he 847947e73c sat down 3283cb5bc3 and gently cec6c86f3c piled up 51e6cb46ac the collapsed 8a75e6612c soil of 5df1710c84 the canal. Though the 853f80706e pests were 3d6ea0541d consistently controlled 2953c896e1 with pesticides 0c021f2b09 and the cad4b1f2ba weeds seemed 85cb7b31ae clean at 664ee002e2 a glance, b8ef007f72 a closer 5751639a12 look revealed 6e40c1e861 severely damaged 7a5ea05f75 canals kicked d66b4eb4fb down in e62781c48d places, and 54559b37f8 weeds not fc4d62fc45 properly uprooted ed4d3ebfe3 would sprout 002a5f171e again in 517d8fd7c3 a week.60c7672f41a39dbe

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Clara, with a 3daf7d7fd9 disgusted expression at 553f2d2d0b the radish-sized weed 1b7d7627a6 roots that came 08493ea4f5 out with a f91c194899 hoe, meticulously removed 3ad9a05fb6 and tossed them 07aef5a0eb aside.2d03b93a0cb3f558

It wasn’t a complete disaster, but nothing was in good shape. Restoring it would require a lot of labor. …A whole lot.11c6346aa0a5ec50

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

But how could he find people to work in this remote land, a day’s ride from the nearest village?2d0e6f9031792307

“Phew. And they expect f731ecc762 to get paid 086c2d3891 for this?”5e36b25b56b5d97c

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

It wasn’t like this last year.60f5977a0908dde1

Sighing, Clara eaceee65bf stood up 443da814c4 with a 25e77453c3 grunt, dusted 6fd8e60398 off his fbd0f10a27 pants, and c0a8aa958c began picking ffc8a213a1 the tomatoes 7f9cdad0ee hanging everywhere.22c3ba66035760a2

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Tap, tap.774ae9c3d6ed7cb8

Though he 1ca9c56bfc seemed to 683f2effa9 pick them 9864076c6c casually, claiming bfea10dbb0 to be 73fb5f5962 a high-level d159348503 martial artist, 13763717b0 the well-grown 55e01ac827 tomatoes quickly a89b8da110 filled the cadff6356b basket with 7e3e51ddd7 each movement e3e91afadd of his eb8e030c5b hand.5271282ba93a9b73

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

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.3160b4d2f1e069a6

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.a7c9280649f00ff7

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Even after hurriedly picking 9542cf1d8d them up, the already 27ef0a10ea poor-condition tomatoes were crushed e7709adbf1 and mixed with the 90c9984cb4 dirt.3dfcafa3ab5f82cc

Clara’s hands, which had been quick at first, gradually slowed. His eyes trembled as they scanned the storage.ff5b3d810bcedf29

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Seeing the sauce 0212a85247 soaking into the 3469bb3422 cork tops, he 3c90b0b530 ground his teeth db72acbf71 with a dangerous 754513d529 sound.684762dc1674ba02

“……These guys, really.”55a64d284d21cfc9

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

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.ce875aa53ea0901c

It was fine just a866c6a354 two days ago!de575b3f97015f6f

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Even considering the broken 1a69d71bd2 stock that filled more 5f1be7bd58 than two-thirds of the b629384013 storage, only a few b09f9d2f0d scattered spots remained visible.35109061e8518ac5

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.f9f73da61edc5a20

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

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.1b0b615e4b828de9

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.4d969e78135af9bd

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

A brief 0bbad56f39 chuckle escaped 55766dd305 before Clara, 5d89ea2995 whose nerves 834a63381f had snapped, 40dc8958ea exploded in f7b31a2a41 frustration. The towel 3043d1156a he threw 7db4494842 landed with c5c91a08a9 a satisfying 1688f754b6 smack on 31aeb476b7 the bottles. Glass dust fluttered and 738b3ffbf6 stuck to it.537f3bf7bbcc6835

“If you’re going to steal, at least do it properly!”3ddc34652901bbd7

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

A note, like pouring ae7aff9f10 oil on his already 91d28f5f13 boiling anger, was visible 9307a4fcad on the storage floor. Unlike the countless notes abe630fd16 deliberately stuck inside the 87ef77f9d0 house, this one was fd1f615615 filled with insults.0074352203ca2ca8

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.b58af8c0da1cfb42

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“What the….”c0770b982b377c2b

Reading the last sentence, Clara’s shoulders shook with rage. Finally exploding, he threw the note and stomped the ground.9847c08fdd410ebc

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“Damn it, what ce415dac96 did you contribute 1295bf254c to demand anything 7e7fcb2177 from me?”ee47a362ec9c2868

Though it was an employer-employee relationship, the farmers and Clara didn’t get along. This was precisely why.8e2929c0b270073d

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

The land 658ac9f2fe Clara purchased 094adc6097 was right 6d5a7fbf21 next to 31e8bfe0c4 the Greenbelt 2968ae07e8 Mountains, a 04b3fc9fbf development-restricted area 17059ea6c9 designated by 1f5039a747 the Empire.39c27d4f4a1ac99b

Monsters roamed, and 4aeda0d709 there was no 7afea14b51 usable water source. Development was impossible. The land, avoided by b969adcd95 everyone, was bought cheaply 67fec3f3d0 because of the monsters.6f8fc96583222a7c

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Afterward, Clara built 7e01551e3f a luxurious mansion d4d0182663 on that land, d833dc6058 installed all sorts 261ad0e9fb of modern facilities, 810eb0dc2a and created a 6eddccd7e1 massive farm. Even the storage buildings 91e310fc22 were as large as a9cbbca0ef government offices, and the 515880572e rugged mountains and rocky 58aa5eeef7 land became flat farmland.44cad07d2d73cb43

…That’s where the problem started.0ed764eb1d6ccd1f

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

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.c9ba302162006ae1

Like any small e2e3e157dc village, the government 9029b8922e offices were wide af18482655 open, and distant 58232a370e neighbors, who had 58663a998f never even spoken a7efbab49e to Clara, learned e6c7f18f6e all the facts ceb72bc349 he had entered c86e722d57 in the documents.9dc64b5f35e60550

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

Realizing it was a 61e881a8f1 farm intended for actual c55741aa18 operation and that its e794e1df58 owner was merely a a5ba50d880 naturalized commoner from abroad, cff371fa7e people naturally began to f8f7126b07 covet the fertile land.a060e0bcc955cd31

“Hey, have you d745c776f7 thought about leasing 3a5a84be2a this land?”e1fe316bc34f64a9

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Come on, good things ea3a72d13b are good! Instead of e62a77bbf6 hiring day e557f7184c laborers like 43e249c28f that, how dbe07b93fd about selling 5f389ec357 a small a857336b2b piece of 723308f574 land….”82980c929abe5b4e

“Who’s backing you? …No one?”66bbc5f87377f553

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Having never built good 2f8bd4bcf1 relations with the high-ups 511223b687 in Clorentine, Clara was 037649a7d3 thoroughly beaten from all 1de7afa702 sides.cdde92d12ea4098c

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.840b4bee4673a04e

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

The old farmers, with 47d91c5121 greed stuck to them 402d192255 like tumors, were persistent. Those tied to the 8007830af5 nobility were even more 5a7b8fa3e9 troublesome.4fe33376712b1964

Nevertheless, Clara didn’t budge.6e188a2ca4de79a6

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

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.ee1bd04cf87ec965

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.fc4c164af8a9c6fe

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator