Chapter 88

“Big Sis! Welcome back! I’ve got everything ready!”

On her way back from the village chief’s after retrieving the house key, Vieta found Kian waiting in front of her house and waving both hands enthusiastically. Vieta strode toward her.

“I’m sorry. It must have been hard moving everything by yourself, right?”

“No. Is this enough?”

Household items such as kettles and basins were scattered around Kian. Vieta nodded. Before going to the village chief’s, Vieta had told Kian to move the things she used into the yard.

There was good reason for that. Kian’s house was utterly unfit for human habitation.

Kian lived underground rather than aboveground, where cold drafts blew in.

There was a fireplace, but the ventilation was so poor that she could suffocate at any moment, and every step sent up clouds of dust like a sandstorm.

And that wasn’t all! In a place where rats and bugs came rushing over to make friends the moment one stood still, it seemed impossible to sit back, drink tea, and have a conversation.

‘…There were plenty of magical-beast goods too.’...