"So... So you weren't kidding!" Both the voice that came out from Nana, as well as her surprised expression, were quite characteristic at that moment, even some birds that were resting in the surroundings of the Sharance tree had to fly away due to the sound wave, which would make someone wonder what was going on in the huge tree in town.
"Of course not, this is where I really live." Blake chuckled a little to himself before letting out his calm voice and enjoying Nana's expression a little more.
There was little need to explain that both Blake and Nana were now inside the Sharance tree. After Nana agreed to let Blake continue to show her around the town, and she apologized to him a few more times for what had happened before, the next stop had been precisely the huge tree that contained Blake's home.
Nana still had some doubts about what Blake had told her, it was difficult for her to imagine a house inside a tree, although from what she remembered, she had once heard that elves enjoyed living in trees, but she could not trust in that.
Therefore, once the two of them climbed up the stairs leading to the upper area of the Sharance tree, the first thing that caught Nana's eye was the wooden door right in the middle of it and wasn't long before Blake carefully opened it to reveal the opening scene a moment later.
It was true that Nana was shocked for a while, but besides knowing that there was a house inside the Sharance tree… Actually, there wasn't much else to mention, after all, Blake's house was quite simple.
"From your expression, I can tell that the initial surprise is gone." Blake guessed what was in Nana's head, but he couldn't blame her, his home was still the same since he had arrived in town, maybe he had obtained some tools and furniture to help him cook, but it didn't change the view much.
"Well... I don't want you to think I'm criticizing, but besides being inside a tree, there's not much else to mention... But you said you also have a farm, right?" Perhaps Nana had been quite honest, but she couldn't define it any other way, so she quickly changed the topic of conversation.
"That's right, we just need to go down that ladder." After Nana followed Blake down the ladder, there was a glint in her eyes again as she saw all the open areas in front of her.
She was aware that the Sharance tree was huge, it was even possible to distinguish it from the Blossom town, but still she couldn't help but be surprised by the huge amount of space to cultivate, though she was quick to say what was on her mind.
"You should clean up this place a bit, Blake." Nana had clearly seen that, in addition to the areas where it was noticeable that it had recently been cultivated, many plots were still full of rocks and weeds, making the image of the place lose some points of beauty.
"Haha, future Blake will take care of it." Blake chuckled after saying that excuse again, and as always, he felt like someone was cursing him at the moment for some reason.
Nana didn't continue to judge Blake and she just let him explain a bit of what was around her. Blake gave him a little tour within a tour where she showed him the important aspects of the farm… Although there weren't too many.
Nana was somewhat interested, it was true that her family's store didn't specialize in agriculture since they dealt with monsters, but she knew some people in her town who would be interested in the products that Blake could produce.
Blake was about to lead Nana near the shipping box, but just at that moment, they were both aware of the figure on the side of it and didn't hesitate to slowly approach.
"..." That person kept total silence while he was standing without doing anything, in her hands was a small clipboard in which she was possibly writing down some important data, perhaps that was already a bit strange, but what really caught the attention of Blake and Nana, it was that several snores could be heard coming from that person… But for Blake, this was not strange.
"Karina!" That call was loud enough for anyone to be a bit surprised, even Nana had been a bit startled by it, but Blake knew that it was the only way to get Karina out of the dream world.
"Yawn…" As usual, a small yawn left Karina's mouth at the same time that her eyes seemed to start to open slightly. "Good morning… (What day is it?)"
A few seconds passed before Karina noticed her surroundings as well as the figures of Blake and Nana in front of her.
"It's already quite late for you to say hello like that..." Blake simply denied with his head when he saw Karina's situation, she had obviously fallen asleep in the middle of the cultivation fields, and that was already worrying enough. "Are you working today too?"
"I think I already told you; I hardly have days off... (It's all mom's fault)" Karina's feeling of annoyance could be felt at that moment. "My mom even forced me to participate in the festival, although I didn't find anything to pick up today… (These days are the best)"
"Yeah, I harvested and packed all the Cherry Grass in the shipping box yesterday, so I don't have anything to sell." Blake quickly explained that.
"I know, mom was excited when I brought everything to her, she said don't hesitate to harvest more... (I hope it's not too much)" Karina yawned a little again as she covered her mouth with her hand, but at that precise moment she also noticed the figure to one side of Blake.
For her part, Nana's gaze met Karina's and she knew that it was her time to speak, but even though Nana wanted to say her name directly, something else came to her mind and automatically came out of her mouth as if she hadn't learned from her previous mistake.
"Are you Blake's girlfriend?"
[Progress… Saved.]