Chapter 6 (2/2)

The angel told me it’s fine to call her like that.

Wah, Liliana huh, I’m on good terms with the angel, it makes me soo happy!

Without thinking I tightly grasped Lilianas hands, and tried asking her: [Liliana, what should we play?]

Then Liliana taught me something called cat’s cradle.

With one circular piece of string, after following the directions of Liliana, I could make it take tha shape of brooms and bridges, how curious and amusing.

[Miina, are most of the villagers farmers?]

[Yeah. There are some hunters too, but most of the villagers are farmers, Liliana.]

[Since this village is surrounded by forest, there seems like there’d be lots of leaf mold too. That seems like it’d be great for the crops.]

[Leaf mold? Liliana, what’s that?]

I’ve never heard about leaf mold before.

[In forests, won’t fallen leaves turn into black dirt? That black dirt is called leaf mold.]

[Oh, is see.] I didn’t know that black stuff was called leaf mold.

[Dirt from decomposed leaves, and also ash, is good for the fields.]

[Liliana is so knowledgable.]

This is amazing!

That she knew about not only leaf mold, but even that ash was good for the fields.

As I thought, Liliana is an angel!

After that, we continued playing cat’s cradle, until the adults returned.

[Liliana, it’s about time we leave.]

The lord was about to take Liliana home.

[Liliana, don’t gooo!]

I’ve finally gotten a friend, I don’t want her to leave!

Before I knew it, I was crying rivers.

[Miina, you don’t have to cry, because I will drop by with father again.]

Liliana gently said that while embracing me.

Liliana is so soft, and smelled somehow smelled really good.

[Liliana, can we play again?]

[Yes. Of course!]

That Liliana wanted to play with me again, that means---

[Then, we’re friends, right!]

After that I followed Liliana to the village exit, we exchanged farewells, and while I felt sad I endured and saw them off.

When we returned home, I was so happy about playing with Liliana that I told father about what happened today.

I showed him cat’s cradle, and boasted about what Liliana taught me: [Did you know that leaf mold and ash are good for the fields?]

And then, dad asked me: [Leaf mold? What’s that?]

Therefore, I told dad about what Liliana taught me.

Then dad muttered something about it being worth a try, how boring.

Even though I wanted to speak more about Liliana.

For a while nothing happened, then one day dad came back looking very cheerful.

After Miina told dad about what Liliana said, immediately the following day he tried it on a part of an unused field to see what would happen.

The plants grew quickly, they were also big and the yield even doubled, so he gladly shared his findings with others.

He said that he’d try it on other fields, and if he got good results they’d use the method for all fields in the village.

The next time Liliana dropped by at the village, father delightedly told her that they’d tried what she said and that the plants had grown well.

Then, Liliana for some reason seemed relieved.

I wonder why?

After that, the leaf mold and ash Liliana told us about were spread over all the fields of the village, and apparently we had the biggest harvest we’d ever had.

When the lord learned of that, he had every village in the Oliviria region, and the Oliviria region became known as the country’s food warehouse.

Then, I wonder which villager started it,  but Liliana became known as “the girl of bountiful harvests”, and those two names of hers began to spread without her knowledge.

Even though Liliana isnt “the girl of bountiful harvests” but an angel!

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