Lucas’ mind slowly went black under Ian’s influence.

Then, he saw the glare of a fiery sun.

A slender girl stood barefoot in a muddy field deep enough to reach her calves. The girl has wisely rolled up her trousers. She wore a long-sleeved white shirt, which she tucked into her black trousers. Her legs seemed impossibly slender in her simple get-up.

The girl also wore a thin pair of gloves, while her hair was fixed in a high bun, partially concealed by a straw hat.

She had been sowing paddy in the fields from early morning till almost midday.

Sweat drenched the back of her shirt. She stood up and opened a bottle of mineral water, taking a few big gulps to quench her thirst.

She did not appear bothered by the muddy field soaking her legs. After drinking some water, she immediately got back to work.

The farmers had tilled the field two to three times before allowing the land to become waterlogged and muddy. The field had an approximate ten-centimeter level of water by the time the girl started sowing paddy. She grabbed another stalk of seedlings with her left hand and swiftly planted them with her right.

As she worked, her left thumb and middle finger rapidly divided the thick bunch of seedlings into smaller bunches for planting.

sun. Sweat trickled down her cheeks and eventually dropped into

labor, Ashlyn could not help but feel as

head, yet she did not

with

she felt a sharp pain

and

she yanked the slug off, her

Ashlyn was repulsed.

pull the slug off, as it would only encourage the bug to cling tighter to

happened to break the slug in half, its teeth would

“Da*n it!”

a small brick and prepared to tap the slug lightly until it fell

a shadow loomed over her. She looked up instinctively and

small piece of wood in his

nudges later, the slug retracted its

threw it aside, exposing it to

then placed his large palms near her wound,

he retrieved some alcohol and

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