Chapter 027 Western Fantasy Town 18

Theodore hadn't seen Angelica in the kitchen for two days. After asking, he learned that Angelica had returned to the capital and would not be back for the time being.

Theodore couldn't help but feel happy and hummed softly in the yard.

"Theodore..."

Grandpa's voice rang behind him, and Theodore turned around and looked: "Is there something wrong, Grandpa?"

Agnes looked at the flower that Theodore had pinched off its head. She was silent for a moment, trying to hold it back, but she couldn't help herself. "Theodore, are the flowers in the yard sick?"

Upon hearing this, Theodore immediately checked and said, "No, Grandpa, they are growing well."

"Then why do you come here to prune the branches every day?" Agnes tapped the ground with her cane.

Theodore paused and said, "I want to give the most beautiful flower to Charles."

Agnes: "..."

Agnes: "That should be done in moderation. The yard is completely bare."

Theodore was born with a talent for caring for plants. With him at home, any plant he planted could produce the best and most colorful flowers.

Agnes's home used to be beautiful.

When the villagers go home, as long as they smell the fragrance of flowers and see the houses surrounded by flowers, they know they are not far from home.

Now, there are only scattered flowers left in the yard, and all that's left are green leaves.

Theodore smiled sheepishly, and when he smiled, Agnes softened her heart.

"Theodore...you...you gave Ciel flowers. How did he react?"

Theodore: "He said he liked it very much."

Agnes smiled slightly: "Really? He likes it too..."

Theodore: "He put all the flowers I sent him in a vase in the shop. He said that seeing so many beautiful flowers would make customers feel better."

Agnes: "..."

Agnes blew her beard and looked at the bare yard with pity, feeling sorry for his flowers.

"Agnes, Theodore."

Xie Yunsui came over with a slab of beef ribs and a piece of beef tenderloin and greeted the two of them.

"I asked Mrs. Anita to cut up another cow today. The rest were distributed to the villagers. Since you didn't go to the hotel, I brought it here on the way."

Agnes felt bad: "Since you came, Charles, the villagers' lives have improved."

In the past, people could only eat meat a few times a year, but now almost every family has surplus meat and can eat meat at every meal.

Leading everyone to live a good life should be his responsibility as the village chief.

Xie Yunsui said, "I was just about to ask, why doesn't anyone in the village raise some pigs or cattle or sheep?"

Agnes still remembers that when she was young, the village was not that difficult. It was just that it had experienced several invasions by monsters. The original villagers died or left, and those who stayed did not dare to raise carnivorous animals. Gradually, things became difficult for everyone.

After listening to Agnes's explanation, Xie Yunsui finally understood why the villagers lived such a simple life.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's time to let everyone raise them. There are so many adventurers in the village now, and they are worried about the decreasing number of magical beasts outside of Vilanste."

Agnes understood what Charles meant.

There may never be a better time than now.

He nodded in agreement.

Xie Yunsui: "Then I'll buy some cubs from the adventurers. What kind of cubs are the villagers good at raising?"

Agnes: "I need to ask and see if there are any families willing to raise one."

Theodore had already packed up the meat that Charles had brought, and waited until they finished talking before giving Xie Yunsui the most colorful flowers he had picked out.

Xie Yunsui sniffed it as usual, and it was still a very fresh floral scent that was refreshing to the heart.

"Thank you, Theodore."

Theodore raised the corners of his lips slightly: "You're welcome, Ciel. I hope you will be in a good mood every day when you wake up and see beautiful flowers."

Xie Yunsui: "I will."

Xie Yunsui had become accustomed to Theodore sending flowers during this period of time, and didn't think it was a big deal, so he took the flowers back to the store.

The sun gradually sets, leaving only a faint yellow light.

There are still adventurers staying in Ciel's shop.

Fortunately, everyone was orderly and no one stole some goods while no one was in the store.

Of course, Xie Yunsui has always let the little bees act as surveillance, and once they detect someone doing something wrong, they will immediately launch their stingers.

However, Xie Yunsui replaced the poison sac connected to the tail stinger with a drowsiness potion, which temporarily served as an anesthetic.

As soon as Xie Yunsui returned to the store, he saw the familiar Lucy standing in front of the shelf.

Lucy heard the sound and turned around, just in time to see the owner holding a flower in his hand, and she couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

"Shopkeeper, has any lady confessed her love to you?"

Xie Yunsui was stunned: "Oh no, this is a gift from Theodore."

Lucy's smile became sincere. "So it's Theodore. I was saying, everyone should know..."

Everyone should know the relationship between the store owner and Theodore. No one would be so tactless.

Lucy didn't say it so directly, but she thought the owner should be able to understand.

Xie Yunsui didn't pay attention to the deeper meaning of her words at first. He went upstairs to replace the flowers on the bedside table in the bedroom with fresh ones. Yesterday's flowers had not yet withered, so Xie Yunsui looked everywhere for flowers that had already withered.

I searched upstairs but couldn't find it. Finally, I found a vase of wilted flowers in the kitchen. When I was changing the water, I suddenly realized -

Were the flowers Theodore sent too many?

He counted the days and found that he had been sending flowers for more than two months.

Theodore was frank when he gave the flowers, without any expression or state of "shyness". In addition, Xie Yunsui had previously said not to give expensive gifts, but to give flowers, so Xie Yunsui had never thought much about it.

However, judging from Lucy's expression and reaction just now, sending flowers here, just like in the society he lived in before, has a special meaning.

If you want to say thank you, you only need to send it once. No one will send flowers to say thank you every day.

Xie Yunsui's mind went blank for a rare moment.

When Xie Yunsui shifted his attention away from potions, magic, and the shop, he recalled that during this period of time, Theodore always seemed to be around him.

When cooking, she would quietly wash and prepare the vegetables.

When he came back from outside, Theodore was always the first to rush out of the village to greet him.

Every time I send flowers, I always add a blessing.

Theodore is still a teenager after all, with strong emotions. He likes people without any concealment.

Xie Yunsui was so used to it that he ignored them all.

Xie Yunsui blinked twice slowly before realizing that the flower branch in his hand had been pinched so hard by him that it could no longer be used in a vase.

He cut off the crushed branches, leaving only a corolla, and put it into the Shop of All Worlds, leaving it for the little bee to use as a bed.

Xie Yunsui pondered for a long time until Lucy chose the medicine she wanted to buy and asked him to go and check out.

"Shopkeeper, you look very troubled. Are you facing troubles?" Lucy glanced at him several times and couldn't help asking curiously.

Xie Yunsui shook his head: "That's not really a...troublesome thing."

Lucy shrugged. "Okay. Good night. I hope the owner is in a good mood tomorrow."

"Wait." Xie Yunsui suddenly looked up: "Can you say this kind of blessing casually?"

Lucy was stunned. "It's not that casual. I really hope the owner's mood can improve."

Xie Yunsui changed the question: "I mean, what if someone wishes you a good mood every day?"

"If the people blessing me aren't Mom and Dad, then I must be too likable." Lucy laughed.

Lucy was still young, and in Xie Yunsui's eyes, she was like the little girl next door, and her smile was as warm as Theodore's.

Xie Yunsui suddenly felt that this kind of emotional issue should not be asked to her.

Xie Yunsui said: "You are indeed worthy of being liked by many people."

Lucy smiled playfully: "The owner is also like him. There are many people in the adventurer team who like him."

After seeing Lucy off, Xie Yunsui closed the shop and washed up as usual to prepare for rest.

When Xie Yunsui learned that Theodore might like him, his first reaction was that he should talk to Theodore and make things clear.

He is not from this world and does not intend to have too much involvement with the people here, otherwise it will be painful for him to leave in the future.

Theodore is a good kid and deserves a more stable future.

However, Theodore never explicitly expressed that intention.

Most of the residents of this world are simple and pure, and are not shy about expressing their feelings.

From the first time I met Theodore, I knew he was enthusiastic and kind to everyone, even volunteering without pay and working for several years.

Xie Yunsui closed his eyes.

Maybe he was just overthinking it.

Xie Yunsui tossed and turned all night, and even he himself didn't know why he was so conflicted.

The next day I inevitably woke up late.

When Xie Yunsui changed her clothes and went downstairs, she saw Theodore already sitting in the reading area.

There, leaning against the window, Theodore held his chin with one hand and flipped through a book with the other. Perhaps because he saw the tense plot, he bit his lips unconsciously, looking soft.

Theodore has superior bone structure and is very delicate and beautiful, especially his pair of clear green pupils, which are like a lake on a high mountain.

The golden hair glowed in the sunlight, seeming to illuminate the entire store.

He habitually looked up in the direction of the stairs, and when he saw people, he suddenly smiled broadly and brightly.

"Good morning, Ciel."

His voice is clear and energetic.

Xie Yunsui heard his heart skip a beat.

-

Kate's Pharmacy, Klein Town.

Kate sat in the shop early in the morning. She had made two more batches of potions in her free time in the past two days. She was a little tired today and just sat there with a cup of tea and read a professional book.

But no one came into the store for half a day.

Kate flipped through the account book and found that no one had come to buy medicine for three consecutive days, not just today.

She looked at the exorcism potion section, where there were ten bottles that had been purchased from Dolores's Pharmacy the day before.

Exorcism potions have always been time-consuming and labor-intensive, and in short supply. If it weren't for the Pharmacist Guild setting the price of the potion, she would even want to sell it for 10 gold a bottle.

Kate felt a little unbelievable. No one bought the exorcism potion anymore?

She stood up, walked to the door of the store, and looked at the flow of people, which did not seem to decrease.

Just then, a group of adventurers came over. Kate took a look and saw that they were all around level 25, which was the level at which they had been frantically buying up exorcism potions before.

Kate tried her luck and called out at the door, "Ten bottles of exorcism potion for sale..."

Before he could even finish his words, he watched as the adventurers passed by the door.

Kate: ?

Derek walked over yawning and saw his sister standing at the door with a confused look on her face.

"Kate." Derek shouted loudly, thinking his sister was still asleep.

Kate rolled her eyes at her brother in disgust and turned back to the store.

Derek followed with a grin: "Kate, I need some money, just 5 gold coins."

Kate: "No, business has been slow these days."

Derek was unconvinced. "How could that be? Pharmacies never have trouble finding business. There are so many adventurers."

Kate pointed a finger at a shelf.

Derek saw the exorcism potion container, the rows of shelves filled with it: "..."

Derek was stunned: "Did they really all go to Ika Village..."

Kate: “What?”

Derek then told his teammates what he had heard.

Kate: “Impossible!”

Derek said, "How about we go to Dolores's Pharmacy and ask? If this is really the case, Dolores should report it to the Pharmacists' Union."

Dolores is the only mid-level pharmacist in Klein, and all the pharmacists in Klein follow her lead.

Kate thought about it, then temporarily closed the shop and went to Dolores Pharmacy.