I left the resting area and head to the guard's house. I was walking when I saw Erfit, looking from afar, "Senior, you should go inside the resting area, the sun is quite intense today", He replied

Erfit: "Thank you to your offer but I'm enjoying myself in here"

His smiles at me but I can sense something behind his smile, it is empty.

Erfit: "I'm not that fragile, Aoal"

Then his smiles get bigger, just a smile, a pure one. "If you say so, senior." I wave goodbye to him and go on my way.

I arrived at the guardhouse and knock, 'Tok, tok, tok',

????: "Come in"

I opened the door, and come inside.

????: "Visiting Esku,Aoal?"

"Yep. You are not patrolling today, Gaedir?"

Gaedir: "Not today, I noticed that the monsters are quite thin, so I took a break today.

"That's good news, those damn creatures always wrecking the crops" I replied

Gaedir: 'ha ha ha' "Anyway, you can find those two at the back"

"Thanks, Gaedir." I went to the back,opened the door and saw them. Esku is squatting under the sun, while Verja is shouting something. Verja notice me and said,

Verja: "Aoal, what'cha doing in here?"

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When Esku heard my name he runs towards me while cryingg,

Esku: *Crying* "Aoaaall!, helllpp mehhh"

But Verja grab his sleeves,

Verja: "Nope, you stay here and do that until the end of the day, I already informed Erfit about it"

Verja walks towards me, "I just went to see if Esku is doing fine, 'haha' but looks like he's still lively, so he's okay." I uttered.

Verja: "Yup, he will be doing that until he learned discipline"

"Just don't be too hard on Esku, he is still not trained like you guys," I said.

Verja: "Don't worry this training will helps his stats grow without any danger"

"Oh is that right?"

Verja: "Ah-uh, this is what we did when we are training in the capital"

"Then good for him" Then I look at Esku, his body is shaking hard right now, full of sweats but they know what they are doing so I'll not going to interfere.

"Verja, where can I train a bow in here?" I asked her

Verja: "We use that tree over there", she pointed to a tree that has lines on it "You can use that one"

She smiled, "Is that alright?"

Verja: "All is good, at least Esku will have some company in here"

"If you say so, thanks Verja", then I go back inside and went to the resting area but Gaedir called me,

Gaedir: "Hey Aoal, Pirrandi asked if the crop is looking good?"

"Yup it is looking good maybe the first week of spring it will be ready" I answer

Gaedir: "Okay, thanks for answering. I will apprise Pirrandi about what you said."

I nodded then went out but as I reach the farm, the break is over and we go back to work.

The night is upon us when we're done for the day

Erfit: "Good work guys, and hey Bondi, you can take off tomorrow an-"

Bondi: "YES A BREAK!" 'HA HA HA' "FINALLY!", He smiled big and happy.

Erfit: *Sighs* "LET ME FINISH FIRST!", he said tiredly

Erfit: "You are going to help the chief in refilling our water supplies and other things"

Bondi looks shocked, as I walk down the path to go home.