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Chapter 10: Finish the Task

A tornado of mist appeared at the point where I was crying, and I stared, mystified. A beautiful lady appeared before me, looking down on my pitifully. She had green hair, in 2 buns with a long braid trailing from one of them. She was dressed somewhat like a belly dancer, in blue.

"Lillian…" she glanced down at me.

"Who…who are you?" I exclaimed.

She smiled gently, "I am the Harvest Goddess, and I will help you with that…Mikhail."

"How?"

She laughed lightly, a twinkling sound, "Don't worry, I have my ways. Now, I will need something in return. Your older brother already did most of it for me, but now he's too distracted to do the rest."

I looked at her quizzically, still sniffing from my past crying. The tear stains added to the stinging of Phillip's slap. "What do you mean? What task?"

"Repair the town's relations. Phillip has made almost everyone friends, give or take a couple people. Once you do so, raise enough money and find enough lumber and material stone to repair the tunnel completely. Phillip has finished the first 3 levels of the tunnel's reconstruction. Finish the rest and I'll help you with your troubles."

I looked at her. That was impossible. I already knew what it took to get that far.

The Harvest Goddess looked at me with her eyes soft. "I know this is already hard enough, so I'll tell you the requirements, and let's make it a little easier and get rid of one of them, eh?"

I nodded gleefully. "Hm, let's see, you need to have a pretty good friendship with her, which you've already earned from your childhood here, complete all the renovation possible on the farm, build a hot spring, have 10 lumber and material stone for each, and - oh! – have 500,000 G ready for the Lower Tunnel Path and 1,000,000 G for the Tunnel Mine.

"But, as I said, I will make it easier on you and get rid of the ideas that you need the hot springs and all the renovation done. And let's throw in a little less money, about 300,000 G? Now you just need the 20 lumber, 20 material stone, and 1,200,000 G. Good Luck! Tood-a-loo!"

The Harvest Goddess disappeared in a mist, with me staring back at where she just was.

Wait, what? EHHHH? HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THIS STUPID, FRICKING THING? Sure, I have all of the lumber and material stone. And sure, I saved up 100,000 G from working at my old jobs in the city, 200,000 G from being the closest living relative of Dad, and another 200,000 G from overworking 2 seasons and starving half to death. Now how was I supposed to raise another 700,000 G with some spare money for myself?

I sighed, looks like I'll have to start over-working again. Might as well get the Lower Tunnel done. I traveled discreetly over to Bluebell and snuck up to the request board, accepting the Lower Tunnel request. I crept over to Eileen's shop and paid for the expenses, as well as supplying her. She thanked me before I walked out of the shop, only to come face-to-face with Mikhail.

Shit.

He smirked at me, "Hey Lillian."

"H-hi Mikhail," I stuttered shifting on my feet.

"Hey," he softly purred, using his index finger to lift my chin up, "Look at me."

"MIkhail~" I heard a voice coo from behind me, and I recognized the voice instantly. I turned my face away and tried to walk away unnoticed until a hand reached out and grabbed my arm, digging her nails into my skin causing me to wince. Laney pulled me towards her so that my ear was right next to her mouth.

"Lillian," she hissed, "What? Trying to steal my guy again? You've already done it once, and I managed to win him back while you were away. Yet you took him back in the wink of an eye. You really piss me off, y'know?"

I smirked while Mikhail backed up, clearly not wanting to be a part of this no matter how...Mikhail he was. "What? So you thought to replace Cam with Mikhail? Are you that desperate to two-time?"

I could feel her nails digging in deeper, she sneered, "No, I just needed someone new as a replacement for now. Cam's still my boyfriend, but he doesn't care if i cheat, does he?"

"Who are you to assume that?" I whispered, cringing at the slight feel of blood dribbling down my arm.

"HIS FUCKING GIRLFRIEND YOU BITCH!" She screeched loudly, causing everyone to turn and stare and her. She sighed and focused her stare on me, keeping hold of my arm, "Every single date we have, he stares at the mountain like he wants to cross over it. Every time you're in Bluebell he looks desperate to finish whatever he's doing and go roaming around."

Her eyes narrowed now, piercing my skin with her nails, dropping her voice low, she spoke in a surprisingly calm voice, "Don't play innocent bitch. Don't act like in all these years, you haven't realized like he was head-over-heels in love with you. You stole him away from me twice, and you already have the heart of Mikhail in your hands, more or less. I'm warning you, don't ever come in my way again. Cam's heart will be mine one day, but now I need to relieve some stress by playing with Mikhail, hm? I'll come and get Cam back one day, trust me on this, Lily."

She released my arm and walked briskly away, followed by Mikhail, who, surprisingly, looked scared of Laney. My hand flew up to stop the slow blood flow coming from my arm. I ran to the nearest shop, Howard's Cafe, and when he saw my arm he bandaged it carefully, like a caring mother without asking what exactly happened and hurried to bring me a cup of tea which he briefly stated was on the house.

I sat at one of the window booths, staring out a window. I finally let the reality of the situation sink in. It was all too much to process at the same time, creating a major migraine. Slowly, everything sunk in.

I had to work, hard, to earn the money to build the mine tunnel.

Cam was, no, is, in love with me. Something I would never had expected for millions of years. My best friend, he is in love with me. From then till now.

And lastly, Laney had called me by that name, the one only she had ever used. Lily. Back when we were the best of friends. When there was nothing that could separate the two of us. Until she distanced herself and began acting coldly towards me.

Her voice rang in my head, bringing back forgotten memories. She was the one in charge, I was the sidekick. Always, always. Her coldness had only added to my depression.

I buried my face in my hands. 'It was just a name,' I told myself, 'it means nothing.' I shook off every thought that came bouncing back at me. The reason she left me was Cam. I had known it so well, yet I had refused to believe it. But right now, Laney and Cam weren't my top priority.

I had to get that tunnel finished. The sooner the better.

I hope you guys liked it. I think I'm going to write a more light-hearted chapter next time, and I've been brainstorming some ideas for a new story.

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