"Ahn!"
The attendant cried out in pain and fell into Ethan's arms.
The atmosphere instantly turned intimate.
Just as the two of them were about to kiss, the attendant's face suddenly reddened, and she hurriedly spoke first, "Lord, shouldn't we… go take a look at that strange thing that appeared in the field?"
"Oh, right. Th-then let's go."
Ethan quickly helped the attendant back to her feet before somewhat awkwardly heading toward the door.
As for the attendant, she once again folded her hands in front of herself and quietly followed behind Ethan with her head slightly lowered, as though what had just happened hadn't changed her attitude toward him at all.
They were still simply lord and resident.
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[Farm]
Early that morning, while Farmer One, Farmer Two, and Farmer Three were clearing snow from the farm and setting up greenhouse structures, they discovered several strange things standing in the snow.
Nobody dared touch them recklessly, afraid they might be some precious crop the lord had brought back for planting, so they could only send someone to notify Ethan to come take a look.
"Hm?"
As Ethan walked over from a distance with the attendant, he immediately spotted several scarecrow-like figures in the farm.
Those people were all standing in a line alongside the scarecrows, both arms stretched straight out. Their heads and bodies were covered in thick layers of snow. At a glance, they looked as though they had been growing in the farm for quite some time already.
Because of their missing memories, the residents assumed these five people were some kind of precious humanoid crop.
But with one glance, Ethan could tell they were players.
Because the clothes they wore were clearly player clothing.
Something was obviously wrong.
"What's going on here?", Ethan immediately questioned the scarecrow standing in the farm, who desperately wanted to be freed and turn human again, "How did these people get in?"
["I don't know either,"] The scarecrow communicated with Ethan through their minds, ["Last night, while I was standing here daydreaming about Miss Attendant, I saw these guys sneaking around all suspiciously inside our manor."]
["But after taking a look, I realized they weren't people from our manor at all."]
["I was afraid I might've mistaken them, so I kept watching for a while longer."]
["And then these little bastards immediately dove into the snow the moment they saw Guard Three and the others patrolling through the manor, acting all scared of being discovered. That's when I knew for sure."]
["These guys were illegal intruders!"]
["Hehe!"]
The scarecrow continued, ["It's been so long since anyone kept me company, so I just fixed them in place here in the farm so they could experience the hardships of being a scarecrow out in the wind and rain."]
["Oh, right!"]
After speaking, the scarecrow's eyeballs stared at the attendant behind Ethan for quite a while before saying, ["Ethan, don't you think Miss Attendant looks especially charming and womanly today?"]
"Huh? Really? Does she? I didn't notice at all," Ethan immediately denied it three times in panic before quickly patting the scarecrow on the shoulder and saying, "You handled this really well! We also have to thank Miss Attendant for working so hard to repair your body so quickly."
["Hehehe! I didn't really do much,"] The scarecrow instantly bounced around excitedly after being praised, n"As long as Lord Ethan lets Miss Attendant help repair a few more details on my body later, and maybe give me a little bow tie too, oh, and especially patch up the back of my head more carefully, then it'll be perfect!"]
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
Ethan nearly choked upon hearing that.
He wasn't really coughing, though. He was actually trying to think of a way to bluff his way past this situation, "That probably won't work. Miss Attendant still has a lot of tasks to handle today. How about I ask some of the other girls to help repair you instead?"
"The new girls, Bird One, Bird Two, and Bird Three, I heard they're all really good with handiwork."
"How about I have them help you?"
["Ah, this,"] The scarecrow fell into deep thought.
Hesitation meant temptation.
As long as it wanted something, the matter became much easier to handle.
"If you like, I can even have all of them go repair your body together," Ethan pressed while the iron was hot, "What do you think? If you're okay with it, I'll make the arrangements for you."
["Three young ladies,"] The scarecrow's eyes lit up, ["Sounds great! Then thank you, Lord!"]
After speaking, the scarecrow continued muttering to itself internally, 'If my body gets repaired more completely, then Miss Attendant will definitely find me more pleasing to look at, and then she'll surely like me more too.'
'Every time I watch Miss Attendant clean, she always does everything so carefully and neatly. That proves she's a good woman who loves cleanliness.'
'So she definitely won't like sloppy people. As long as I become neat and tidy, I believe…'
'Miss Attendant will definitely fall for me. Hehehe!'
Every single thought inside the scarecrow's mind had already been transmitted into Ethan's head.
But the scarecrow was probably fantasizing too hard to realize Ethan was eavesdropping on its thoughts. Meanwhile, Ethan found the earlier incident too embarrassing to bring up, so he simply pretended he hadn't heard anything.
He merely narrowed his eyes and looked at the restrained people before saying, "Which region sent you?"
"..."
The five people said nothing, but the fear in their eyes had already betrayed them.
Bang!
Ethan kicked one of the burly men, who was over 1.8 meters tall, straight to the ground and said, "Still not talking?"
The muscular man burst into tears, yet remained completely motionless.
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