Chapter 3 Part4 (1/2)

—Rond de Terra ・ Coastal Farmland

「Good afternoon, Mr Alonso」

「Ah! What the- Oh it's just you, My Lord」

「Please, there's no need to addressin the field turned around and looked at Kouta with a cautious look on his face Even so, Kouta responded with a warht now Please do cut any long stories short」

The aze and turned around to tend to his harvest He roughly weighed it by hand and closely inspected it After the thorough checkup, he nodded his head, satisfied

「So? Hoas the harvest?」

「Un, this year's harvest is better than I iined Here, take it」

He took two cucuetables and tossed theetables travelled a perfect in the air and one landed squarely in Emily's hand The other landed on Kouta's head

「Hahaha, what a slow fella we have here」

「… … I'm not the sporty kind What is this?」

「Take a bite It tastes the best when freshly harvested」

Kouta wiped the surface of the vegetable he picked up from the floor with his sleeves and took a bite

「… … It's sweet?」

「It tastes the sweetest when freshly harvested So? Do you like it?」

「It's delicious Too be honest, this is the etable I have ever eaten in my life」

「Of course, it is! Don't you think that only animals like chickens or cows are alive! Plants and flowers are alive too! If you take care of therow to be delicious in the end」

Alonso picked up a cylindrical container fro of water from it He then wiped the sweat off his face with the towel draped across his neck and grinned

「So, I will not give away this piece of land I'rinning happily, and sheer determination and stubbornness was evident in his words

「I fully understand what My Lord said back then This industry is hard and unstable Like I said, these plants have their own lives I cared for them with love, but that love may not be repaid They fall sick easily and are weak to bad weather I uffawed

「However… … I still love my plants So, even if what you say is true, that ive up on far at nuize, My Lord, if what I said upsets you, but that's how it is」

Alonso bowed, and walked briskly back to tend to his field Looking at his shrinking back, E in her chest

「So, Mr Kouta, ill you do? It seems like Mr Alonso does not intend to part ith this land of his」

Not every person here wants a comfortable and easy life There are indeed some who are proud of their current jobs and love the land they live on 「So ill you do about this,' Emily looked at Kouta expectedly

「… … Yes It does see」 Kouta shrugged nonchalantly, 「There's nothing we can do about that」

Seeing Emily's puzzled expression, he also showed a puzzled expression

「What is it?」

「N-no, it's nothing… … But is this fine?」

「It's fine It's not like we can do anything about it anyways… … Unless, Miss Emily, you plan to use your authority to force hi like that」

Alonso seemed to have overheard the conversation and shouted over his shoulder while working in the field Emily hurriedly shook her head and replied

「N-no! I didn't say that I wasn'tlike that!」

「Is that so? Since I can't get Mr Alonso to leave voluntarily, then staying here would just be a waste of time Then, Mr Alonso, I will take my leave」

Kouta turned around and walked aithout another word, leaving E there Then as she was also about to follow him, Kouta suddenly turned around

「… … Now that you hter Is that true, Mr Alonso?」

Although the topic of his daughter ca shter of mine just turned 18 too!」

「From what I have heard, she's quite talented as well?」

「No, no She's just a norirl of mine said that she wants to study at the University of Rarkia She doesn't work in the fields but instead wishes to spend the entire day reading It's quite troubling, you see」

Even as he says that, the s his own daughter working hard towards her drea of happiness welled up in Alonso's heart

「University! That's great news!」

「She wants to be a doctor, you see! She even went around saying, 『I want to be a doctor and help the everyone here in Terra!』 I keep telling her, 『if you can't even take care of plants, hoould you take care of people?』 Ahh… … That girl of mine is the same as her mu drea his head

A really broad s happens to her」

Kouta delivered the sentence with a s to drip down her back

「M-Mr Kouta!」

「Yes? What is it?」

「What do you !」

「Eh? I only said, 『it would be great if she es to finish her studies without any incidents』, that's all What's wrong?」

Emily hurriedly rushed towards Kouta However, she was pushed away by Alonso, who grabbed Kouta aloft by the collar After decades of working at the fields, lifting soround is not a hard task

「… … Oi, oi I don't care who you are, but don't you dare lay a finger on le hair on her head, you hear me?」

「M-Mr Alonso! Please calm down! Mr Kouta! Take it back! Take back what you said!」

「H-Hold on! What are you doing!」

「Mr Alonso is right to be angry at you! Mr Kouta, even if Lady Erica ordered me to assist you, I, Ehter in any way!」

「What do you hter』… …」

Kouta's face paled He shook his head hurriedly