The "Pumpkin Festival" on the 30th of Autumn in Ore Town is a festival that is very friendly to all children. Of course, it is also a day of bustle and novel experience for Annie.
Because, on that day, she could go to each house to beg for food like other children?
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Yes, it's 'begging', that's pretty much what it means...
Anyway, on that day, she was able to act like a normal child in Ore Town (although there were only three children in the entire Ore Town...), kicking in the doors of every house and eating a lot of freshly made delicious food. After snacks or unpalatable snacks, autumn passed in the blink of an eye, and then came the last season of the 120 days in the year in Ore Town - the thirty-day winter.
For Annie, the arrival of winter in this world is as sudden as other seasons. The first day was originally autumn, but just after 00:00 in the morning, heavy snow began to fall in the sky outside. The north wind began to howl fiercely, and when she got up the next day, all she saw was the icy white world with thick snow and ice?
Then, the crops in her pasture fields that had not yet been harvested, including the pasture, were all covered by snow...
And the semi-automatic hot spring watering system that she invented and designed, and that Uncle Gotz was responsible for the construction, was directly frozen into a lump of ice. The bamboo pipes that were originally dripping were all covered with strips of crystal ice. , they look like ice crystal wickers, reflecting colorful light under the sunlight. They look extremely beautiful and are admired and pursued by the idle people of Ore Town in winter, as if they have already regarded them as... A strange sight in Ore Town?
So, naturally, Annie's pasture became a place for the residents and children of Ore Town to frolic and play in winter, and she was finally forced to get up early every day again to meet with Karen, Lin, Mary, Bobley and Ellie and the others continued their spring routine, that is, running to the hot springs early in the morning to take refuge and having fun without shame.
For example, today is already the tenth day since the beginning of winter, and on this morning, Annie met Kallen, Lin, Mary, Ellie, and Popley for the rare first time in the hot springs of Ore Town. This complete set of five people! So, after bursts of noise, she just like them, soaked in the hot spring that was filled with mist, and people's faces could not be seen from a few meters away, enjoying the rare warmth in this cold world of ice and snow. .
"..."
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It is a very comfortable thing to soak in a hot spring in this cold winter. Anyway, Annie feels that compared to the place where people come to play, look at ice cubes, build snowmen and have snowball fights every day, the hot spring here is more comfortable. It is much warmer and quieter, because few people are willing to come all the way to the back mountain in the wind and snow, and not everyone is willing or has time to soak in the hot springs early in the morning.
Although, Anne herself is not afraid of the cold, just like she is not afraid of fire. However, if she can soak in a warm hot spring, she will definitely not go outside to the bone-chilling ice and snow world. Bouncing.
"Hello!"
"Little guy, what have you been doing these days? We didn't see you going out during the first few days of winter... and if you hadn't followed us to get up early and come here to soak in the hot springs in the next few days, We don’t even know how you’ve been lately!”
After soaking for a while, when the faces of the girls began to turn red from the warm hot springs, Karen suddenly stood up, completely ignoring the faintly exposed Miaoman body in the mist, and walked directly to Anne sat down next to the warm pebbles under the spring water, letting the spring water soak into her smooth shoulders again, and then asked curiously next to Anne's shoulder.
They already knew that because it had been sunny recently and people ran to play in Annie's pasture almost every day, and even from time to time there were people knocking on her door wanting to come in for a visit or a cup of hot tea, so she couldn't sleep well. After sleeping, they had to get up early again and run to the hot springs to play with them, but other than that, they had no idea how this little guy spent the winter at home.
"What else can I do? It's just like that~!"
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"After I wake up, I stay by the fireplace every day. In addition to adding some firewood to the fireplace from time to time, then watching boring TV in the warm house, drinking hot chocolate, and trying to make myself something delicious. Besides, there seems to be nothing else that can be done..."
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After spreading her hands, Annie said that the winter in this mineral town is not fun at all. She just eats and sleeps every day, and occasionally bullies Tibbers. Apart from that, there is really nothing else. She has lived a good life. It's that kind of happy life like a rotten house.
"Fortunately, I still have Tibbers at home with whom I can talk and cook, otherwise I would be bored to death!!"
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Yes, just play!
During this boring time, it was rare that Anne learned some simple dishes based on the incomprehensible books that Mary provided her, such as rice balls, roast chicken, porridge, udon, moon dumplings, and curry. Udon, chocolate udon, regular udon, mushroom rice, curry bread, toast, applesauce, apple roast, pickled radish, fruit juice, vegetable juice, curry rice, miso soup, etc., she was almost given up by the boring days. Forced to become a chef!
Therefore, she has been thinking recently that if there are no fun things or big festivals in Ore Town in winter, maybe it is time for her to leave this world and go to other worlds. Return to this interesting, paradise-like mineral town and her family's ranch?
Of course, it's not certain whether she will still have these acquaintances when she comes back, or whether the ranch still belongs to her family.
but……
She hasn't finally made up her mind yet, so she hasn't talked to the young ladies in front of her who are having a good time, nor has she thought about when to say goodbye or inform them.
"??"
"It's like that. Annie, you are really happy. Don't you even have to work?"
Mary asked a little strangely. She couldn't imagine that the ranch would become so easy in the hands of this little guy.
"Ha~♡!"
"What kind of job does she do? It's not like you don't know, Mary, that there are a group of slave-like dwarfs in her home. She is a wicked slave owner. I don't know what she did to them to make them so obedient. , and she goes to the ranch on time to help at six o'clock every morning, rain or shine, and then doesn't leave until five o'clock in the afternoon. Not to mention how relaxed she is!"
'That's right! "
"I have to help the store deliver goods every day. Although it is a little easier since the seeds of winter crops are not sold, some daily groceries still have to be sold. Sometimes I have to brave the heavy snow and deliver door to door, which is really... Quite annoying..."
"Hmph! Kallen, you're pretty good now!"
"Compared to her or you, I'm extremely busy! Winter is the busiest time for bars. Every day after I go back from the hot springs, I have to be called by my father to entertain those who spend all day in the bar. Guests, wiping the tables that are never clean, and sometimes helping with the cooking. At the end of the day, when I lay on the bed, I was so tired that I didn’t even want to move my fingers.'
"So miserable?"
"you do not say!"
"..."
"What about you, Ellie?"
"I?"
"I'm okay...except for the occasional cold in winter, the hospital is pretty busy. Dot is researching a new potion. Apart from cleaning and serving tea and water every day, I don't seem to have anything to do. made."
"What about you Mary?"
"It's the same for me. It's quite warm when the door is closed in the library. I read books and write my stories every day. I'm currently writing a book about the adventures of a puppy in the back mountain related to Tibbers. I think, then It will definitely be welcomed.”
"Tibbers? You're writing it?!"
The girls first glanced at a certain puppy that was napping on the hot stones of the hot spring, and then they all looked at Mary with incredulous eyes.
"Oh my God!"
"Forget it, Mary, you don't know that it is as lazy as its little master, and no one will like it!"
"You're right, Mary, you might as well write about me!"
"Ha ha……"
"Hello!"
"Publey, you haven't said anything about you yet!"
"Me? I'm pretty much the same as everyone else, I'm quite busy in winter..."
"Every day after I go home from the hot springs, I go to feed the chickens with my brother, because as you all know, my mother is in poor health and can't do any heavy work, and my father has not come back since he went out to find medicine for my mother, so I am really a little bit I’m worried about what my mother will do if I leave Ore Town, and my brother doesn’t know if he will be busy enough to come here alone?”
"after……"
"I will probably only be able to come back in the summer. Maybe that's why my brother doesn't like Kay very much, right? He doesn't want me to go to other cities. He's afraid that I'll be like my father and never come back again... …”
In this way, a few people chatted about trivial things while soaking in the hot spring. After everyone talked about some of their own troubles, Popley took a long breath and lowered his head, obviously struggling with some kind of problem. Something that she has been feeling very distressed about lately.
"!!"
"No way, Purbuli, have you and Kay reached that level? He proposed to you?!"
"ah!"
"Publey, tell us quickly?"
"Hmm? Say it quickly!"
Hearing what Popley said, Kallen, Aly, Lin and Mary looked at each other in astonishment, then they all gathered around the big-assed woman and asked questions, obviously gossip. The soul is burning?
"??"
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Little Annie, who thought it was something interesting, saw a few people behaving like this, and curiously swam towards them in a doggy style.
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(Tibbers, who was brought to the hot spring by his little master, was still lying softly on the pebbles beside the warm hot spring, taking a nap. He didn't mind the smooth female humans at all, and he didn't go to see more... …because it knows that its uncle bear’s self-control is not very strong, and he cannot guarantee that if he watches too much, he will suddenly pounce on him at some point, and then bite off a few tender pieces from the bodies of those hateful female humans. The delicious meat is boiled and eaten directly in the hot spring?)
"Yeah~♡"
"Don't make trouble first! I said, I said it's not okay?"
"that……"
"Actually, it's nothing. I just think Kai is a nice person, so I'm going to reply to the letter and agree to be his girlfriend! However, he said he wanted to invite me to visit the big cities outside and visit his parents. , but I haven’t made a decision yet!”
"Kalian, how about you? My brother Kallen brought a bottle of my father's wine to date you last time, and he came back very late that day. Are you about to become my sister-in-law? "
"If you get married soon, I will be able to go see the outside world with Kay with peace of mind!"
Seeing that everyone seemed to be interested in asking the question, in order to divert the fire, the somewhat shy Popley quickly turned everyone's attention to Kallen.
"I?"
"I don't know...Anyway, Purbuli, your brother is too old-fashioned, and his alcohol content is too low. I drank him down in just two drinks that night, so I'm thinking about it...Anyway, it's still early. In the past two years, Let’s do this for now~!”
After thinking about it, Kallen, who was sitting in the hot spring and holding her bulging chest with her white arms to avoid being exposed, hesitated for a while, and then generously and coolly gave Purbury a good and not bad one. information.
Of course, it's possible that she already recognized Rick, but because of her tsundere nature, she was still hesitant?
'Na Lin, what about you? What's going on with you and Cliff? '
'ah! '
'Where's the progress?' Cliff has been wandering around and seems to have run away from home. He refuses to talk about the situation at home. In addition, he has a low self-esteem. His father has always disliked him. Although he didn't object to it openly, he didn't. Just support...'
'Why! '
'That is indeed a problem, Lin. You should have listened to me before. Before Annie came to Ore Town, Cliff should have been asked to take over the ranch. If there was a farm, there might not be so many worries at this time. . '
'I tried to persuade him, but you don't know his temperament. He always said that he couldn't manage the ranch well, and he still refused to take over, so he just hid in the church...'
'never mind! '
'Let's not talk about him anymore. What about you, Mary? Gray still goes to see you every day... Oh no, does he still go to see you every day? '
'You have misunderstood, Gray really likes reading...'
'Hey! That's not necessarily true, right? '
'We heard him talking about it, what is that called... Thinking about it, it seems that there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is little Mary in the book? '
'? ? '
'Mary, what are you doing with your head down? You should tell me! '
'...'
'oops! Lin, please stop asking, Mary is so embarrassed! On the other hand, Ellie, we all know that you have liked Doctor Dot for a long time, and you are such a perfect match. You work together every day and have the same hobbies. Hasn't he confessed his love to you yet? '
'No……'
'! ! '
'Then you should be more proactive! '
'I have! I really wanted to make it clear, and I hinted at him many times, but he always regarded me as a friend. He is really a slow and stupid guy...'
'Hee~♡'
'Ellie, you should listen to me. When dealing with that kind of wooden head, you should find an opportunity to get him drunk and then kill him directly! '
'! ! '
'Karen! What are you talking about? See if I don't tear your stinky mouth apart! ! '
'Yeah~♡!!'
Soon, in the hot spring next to the never-frozen waterfall pool of Lady Goddess in the back mountain of Ore Town, such a group of grown-up girls were laughing and making trouble together again.
"..."
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"Really..."
(￢д￢.)
Looking at the people chasing each other in the hot spring pool, although Anne couldn't understand what they were saying, she also vaguely knew that those things were not something a child like her should participate in, and she didn't want to participate, so...
"that……"
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"Sister Kallen, Sister Ellie, Sister Lin, Sister Mary, and Sister Popley, I suddenly felt today that it's almost time to leave Ore Town! Maybe, they will leave tomorrow~♡!"
(๑‾ꇴ‾๑) Hehe!
Speaking of which, Annie has been in this mineral town for almost a year (a year here is 120 days), so she has basically eaten all the delicious food, and some things that are too troublesome have been eaten by herself. If she is too lazy to study and fiddle with it, it is obviously not of much use if she stays here any longer, especially when it is particularly boring in winter and there are no interesting programs?
Although it is a bit strange to watch the sunrise and New Year's Eve noodles at the New Year's Eve party on the 30th of winter, it is not worth Anne's excessive expectations and stay until the end of the year. Therefore, at this time, watching these young ladies After they had fun and explained their messy troubles, Anne suddenly felt that it was time for her to leave.
"!!"
"What?!"
"Annie, you, you want to leave Ore Town too? Where are you going?"
"Which wild man wants to seduce you?"
"Bah! Kallen, what are you talking about? How old is Annie?"
"..."
"Hey! Annie, are you saying that you are going home?"
"!!"
"But does Annie still have a home?"
"Yeah! Kallen, why did you hit me?"
"Publey, aren't you talking nonsense? Of course Annie has a family. She is not from our Ore Town to begin with... However, I thought Annie would always settle here. You have all seen that, although she has some Lazy, but the ranch is still well managed..."
"Sorry, Annie, I was actually praising you just now, really!"
During the argument, Kallen saw a little girl soaking in the hot spring who seemed to have a bad look on her face. She felt that she had just said something wrong, so she quickly stood up and planned to explain a little.
"Okay~!"
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"Seriously, don't ask, they might really be leaving tomorrow anyway!"
(O^~^O)
"I will write to Zach at that time and ask him to give you all the money that cannot be spent in his account. There should be a lot left, right? (There is still one or two million G), which rancher Maybe I can’t take care of it, Lin, you can ask Cliff to take over when the time comes!”
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"correct!"
!(;ﾟoﾟ)o
Annie suddenly remembered something important again.
"Publi, when I was bored a few days ago, I accidentally made a strange thing. It seems to be called 'super grass' or something. Anyway, it is still in the refrigerator. You can take it tomorrow. Show it to Dr. Dot, that thing should be helpful to your mother’s illness!”
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Anne is sure of this!
Because it wasn't something she made while cooking at all, but something she created directly out of thin air based on the rules of this world and Purbuli's mother's condition. It must be very useful, provided that...that Doctor Dot Not a quack?
"Anyway, I had a lot of fun playing with you guys~! Moreover, this seems to be the only place where I haven't encountered that kind of fighting and killing. I really like your place!"
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Thinking about it, it's true that Annie has never done anything in this world. At most, she just played a little prank... Of course, the dwarfs definitely don't count, because Annie didn't fight them at all, she just accidentally detonated the flour. Suspended particles, and then frightened those guys into surrendering. How did she know that they were so timid?
'! ! '
'Annie, are you really leaving? '
'this……'
'oops! Don't be sad for now. Annie has been in Ore Town for so long. Isn't it normal to go back? Maybe her parents are already worried about her! '
'makes sense……'
'But it's so sudden to think about it, it's even more depressing than having Popley leave Ore Town to elope with a wild man! '
'! ! '
'Karen, what are you talking about, where I eloped with a wild man? '
'ah! I didn't say anything! ! '
'You just said, stop! Don't run! '
'Yeah~♡'
'...'
'But Annie... you have to talk to Mayor Thomas about some things, but you can't just walk away like this! '
'That's right! '
'Hello! Why don't we all take leave today, go to Annie's house to make a fuss all day, and then share the big bed with her at night? '
'good idea! '
'Um! I agree! I can take action and make a lot of delicious food for everyone, practicing for our Annie and this little guy! '
'I agree too! '
'I can go to Dick's house and buy a lot of wine, and we can have a good drink together! '
'good! '
'I... I can contribute my family's champion chicken. I know that Annie has long wanted to eat it, but I have to catch it secretly. If my brother sees it, I will be dead! '
'That…..'
'Then I'll ask Dr. Dot for leave now? There are no patients in the hospital today, so I think it should be fine. '
'It's definitely no problem. Don't worry, Ellie. If Dot dares not to promise me, Kallen, I'll help you beat him up! '
'ah? please do not……'
'Okay, let's go! hurry up! '
'...'
Soon, after a while of fussing, maybe it was reluctance, maybe a little sad, or some other reason? Anyway, after a discussion, Kallen, Ellie, Lin and others started making noises and joking around, while surrounding a little girl who wanted to say something but couldn't get a word in, towards the edge of the hot spring. Let's go, get ready to get dressed, and then go to the big house on Annie's ranch to have a big fight!
As for whether Anne really wants to leave tomorrow, they don't want to think about such sad things now, so why don't they wait until tomorrow?
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ε=(´㉨｀●)))Alas
(Seeing those sleek female humans quickly getting dressed and rushing out of the hot spring hut with their poor little master in a blue and white snow skirt, Tibbers, who had been forgotten by everyone, first After sighing, it had to slowly climb up from the warm stone, and began to spread its little arms and legs, chasing the six people in the distance...)
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✧*. ٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧*. ☄Ask for everything☄✧*. ٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧*.
❤Relaxing Ore Town is over, volume 48 will be released tomorrow❤
