Chapter 10: The New Note
The Sun was blazing a bright amber as I plowed my fields for the season's crops.
"Ah, Springtime. The flowers bloom, crops in abundance..." I rambled.
"...And Love is in the air!" Celia popped out from behind me.
"Wha- Celia?" I exclaimed in surprise, as I simultaneously blushed at the mention of 'Love'.
"Hi, Jill!" She happily said as I dropped my plow. "You're blushing! What's the matter?"
"O-oh, Nothing..." I stuttered while turning a light pink in the face.
"Love." Celia said. I instantly blushed a deeper red. "Someone's been bitten by the Love Bug!" She giggled in a sing-songy voice
"W-who? Me!?" I said uncertainly.
"Yes, You!" Celia laughed. "C'mon, Who is it?"
"N-no one! I don't love anyone..." I tried to hide my secret. "W-well... Maybe I do..."
"Oh, you don't have to talk about it. I'll just settle for a chat... if you have the time." Celia continued quickly.
"Oh, okay, Celia. why don't we take a walk too? I wanted to go to the Excavation Site to do some digging." I smiled.
She brightened up and we walked out the entrance to my ranch, chatting and laughing.
"Bye, It was nice talking to you!" I waved my goodbyes to Celia and proceeded to walk to the Excavation Site. As I approached the tent, Flora and Carter stood outside the tent's entrance, contemplating something. Probably an old scroll of some sort. I grinned as I walked towards them.
Carter caught sight of me, and said with a furrowed brow,
"Oh, You came at a good time, Jill."
Uh Oh. The aura here was too, too familiar.
"A note came from Phantom Skye." He started to read the note out. "'At midnight, I will be helping myself to the valuables in your tent. ~ Phantom Skye.' That two-bit , good-for-nothing, snake-in-the-grass of a thief!"
My blood began to boil as his insults towards Skye came spurting out. How dare he? I felt like throttling him, but I restrained myself.
"We'll be set back for days if he takes our artifacts!" Flora sadly sighed.
"Don't worry, Flora. I have a plan." Carter pompously proclaimed. He turned to me.
"Jill, If you lend us a hand, we'll catch that thief for sure!" He continued. "What do you say?"
I nodded enthusiastically.
"Thank you, Jill. Thank you so much!" Flora thanked me.
"Glad to hear it." Carter laughed. "We'll be waiting in the tent. Come back from 10 to 12 PM tonight."
I nodded once again, then practically floated back to my ranch. I'm going to see Skye again! I thought in
glee.
Author's Note: Yay, 10 chapters already! Thank you to all reviewers (Especially Crazy Cinnamon Goodness! Arigato Gozaimas*!) and whoever is reading this right now!
* Thank you in Japanese.