Episode 3.5 (2/2)
”Quiet down and watch.”
Lecan put his hands on a huge rock on top of a stack of rocks.
”Aa, aaa. Ye cannae' move tha...”
The rock that couldn't possibly be moved was easily moved out of the way. Lecan briskly carried it away to another location, and put it there.
Even four robust men can't possibly move even one of these rocks. To be able to move such a rock by himself, Lecan possess a tremendous strength.
”Fobea.”
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”Hee, eee”
”In order to put these rocks along the wall, we need to move away the rocks that are along the wall first.”
”Hee?”
”By the end of the day, I would only finish removing the wall side rocks at most. I'll continue tomorrow. If it's not finished by tomorrow, I'll continue the day after. I will come here every day until it's done.”
Lecan who could easily move the rock in the beginning gradually grew more fatigued, his muscles began to scream. Yet he kept silently moving the rocks. As the sun set, Fobea excused himself into his house. Lecan could have kept working in the dark, but his stamina was at its limit.
He recalled something and made his way to the adventurer association. Aira wasn't present, but there was another woman at the counter, so he went there to report that he wasn't able to finish tidying up old man Fobea's house today.
Lecan stocked up lots of food at stalls, went back to the inn, paid for his room and ate dinner. He drank some booze, washed his body with the basin water and soundly fell asleep.
Waking up the next day, he ate the food he bought at stalls, and made his way to Fobea's house.
Fobea was quite surprised to see Lecan turning up so early. He offered Lecan tea many times over, but Lecan turned him down and began the stone moving work.
The fatigue from yesterday still remains, muscles all over his body are screaming in pain. At times like this, he feels envious of Boudo's <Great Strength>. With that ability and mana recovery potions, he would have finished everything in half a day. Even without that, he would have had it easier were he still possess the red jewel enchanted with <Stamina Recovery> and <Mana Recovery> he exchanged with Lady Rubianafale. However Lecan has not <Great Strength>. Nor the red jewel anymore. Nor do fatigue recovery potions exist. Thus, he simply keeps carrying rocks away in silent while enduring the pain.
By noon, quite a bit of space had opened along the wall. Lecan took his meal from <Storage> while feigning taking it from his bag. He shared two skewers to old man Fobea.
He was done with half of the work by the end of that day.
When he woke up the day after, he had muscle pain all over his body. He chugged water for breakfast. Walking to Fobea's house was excruciating.
He started working, but he couldn't make much progress. Nevertheless, by noon, it has been tidied up enough to have the result visible by bare eyes.
”Sorry but I've got some business to take care of today. I'll come again tomorrow.”
”Haa. A'm truly ever sae grateful.”
Lecan turned his back at the bowing Fobea, went back to his room in the inn and slept like a dead log.
Curiously enough, his muscle pain had somewhat subsided when he woke up the next morning. His body didn't feel as languid either.
The work progressed well that day. Both small and big rocks got stacked up neatly.
And by noon, everything was done. There's a surprisingly spacious land here, and a pile of rocks that's been solidly stacked without worry of collapsing next to the wall.
”Och, Och, Och, Och dear.”
Old man Fobea was deeply moved emotionally. And then he burst into tears.
After listening to him bawling for a while, Lecan put his hand on old man Fobea's back.
”Give me the quest completion coin.”
Lecan parted ways with old man Fobea who vehemently insisted Lecan to have a meal with him, saying that he had business and went to the adventurer association.
”Oh it took you four days.”
Neither condemning nor commending, Aira calmly said that.