Aster Veren
Episode 186's

- Esther

After getting off at the bus stop, I hurried back to my uncle's bakery because I had to tell my aunt they couldn't deliver my aunt's order today. Besides, I can't get aunt to work in the store for too long because aunt is pregnant.

Lately I've been seeing a lot of trouble having to go back and forth to the bathroom to throw up. Really worries me.

"Give me!" Shouting someone made me look towards the source of the voice, I saw a little boy in the middle of the village with two girls and one boy.

"Yuna?" I murmured as I looked at the little boy in the veil. I quickly approached them.

"I told you, I wanted to borrow it. Give me!"

"Have it, don't force it."

"True, later he can cry and complain to his brother. You know her sister is so creepy."

"I don't care, I want to see that thing." Said the stubborn daughter trying to snatch the thing that Yuna had.

"No, don't touch!" Yuna shouted not to be outdone by the child in front of her, trying to hold the object in her arms.

"You!" The boy's growl did not accept Yuna's refusal.

"Ah don't." My mutter immediately grabbed the hand of the girl I didn't know her name, I held her carefully when I saw her almost hit Yuna.

"Sir Faren." Yuna said as she looked at me.

"Who are you? Don't bother me. I want—" He shouted again testing my patience. Though the other two children looked good, they even persuaded him to stop bothering Yuna. But this kid won't listen.

"Yuna, are they your friends?" I looked at the 7-year-old boy behind me.

"No, they're not my friends." He looked scared hiding behind me.

"Ah well, then you don't need to lend them your toys." I said again watching the three children in front of me, I also let go of the child's hand earlier.

"You—"

"If you want to borrow the game, try to start being good friends with Yuna. If not given permission to borrow it then do not force okay." Cut me off trying to explain as gently as possible.

"Who do you dare to organize me?" His grunting really pissed me off, even subconsciously I was already staring at him cynically until the three of them were trembling at me.

"A—ayo go!" Take the girl who made a storm. I saw the three of them immediately leave in front of me, but the boy, I don't think he's gonna stop here. Especially after I saw the boy turn his head to dislike Yuna.

"Are you okay?" I asked while squatting in front of Yuna.

"Yes, thank you." He answered with a big smile.

"If you can tell, what is it that you hold?" Then I asked again when I saw the small box measuring 15x7cm. I just saw her for the first time, and the carving on the box looks really pretty.

"Here, I keep a lot of puzzle pieces here." He answered while opening the box in his hand and showing it to me.

My eyes really couldn't turn away from all the pieces of the puzzle, it was really pretty until I had trouble describing it. "May I touch it?" I asked again to immediately get a brief nod from him.

"What is this made of? it doesn't seem to be from paper—what is this made of wood?" I asked after holding a piece of the puzzle in my hand.

I saw Yuna's big smile coming back when I looked at her, was I too childish? I mean, the expression on my face that I can't control when I'm amazed at something.

"Yes it's from wood, brother made it for me." The answer amazes me.

"really? Dean made it for you?"

"Yes." Yeah." Nod again.

"No, the one drawing in this puzzle is Sarah's sister." He answered while shaking weakly.

"Hee, I didn't know they had this kind of talent." My mutter immediately put the puzzle piece in my hand back into the beautiful box held by Yuna.

Judging from the rough attitude of the child earlier, it was clear that Yuna did not want to lend her toys. She's afraid one of her puzzle pieces is gone, let alone that her toy is worth it because that makes her Dean. The only brother who lives with him.

"Yuna!" Dean's voice surprised me.

"Sister?"

"You're Faren here? Your uncle's looking for you." Continue as I rise from my crouching position.

"Ah, I've been going somewhere else." I said while rubbing my neck.

"Sir Faren was helping Yuna." The boy's words surprised me, why did he have to tell Dean? In front of me anyway. If you want to say, just say it when I'm out of front of you.

"really?" Dean asked immediately getting a brief nod from his sister. "What did you help?" He looked at me, making it difficult for me to answer his question.

"Hihi, thanks to Brother Faren. Those brats don't dare bother Yuna." Ceplos Yuna really embarrassed me.

"No, it's nothing. It's just—"

"So they're bothering you again?" Cut it while grabbing his sister's body and examining it. He was worried that his brother was hurt.

"Then excuse me, uncle will be waiting for me at the store."

"Ah yeah, she's with your aunt in the store." Dean replied before I left.

"Faren! Thank you, yeah." His screams made me speed up my steps.

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"I'm home."

"Have you come?"

"Yes, they said they couldn't deliver the order today. Maybe tomorrow or the day after, they say they'll call if all the ingredients are in place." Obviously I was walking closer to the aunt who was still sitting in the back seat of the cashier table.

"Ah, so they are also waiting for the supply huh. Lately, it has been difficult to get a tree. Moreover, the difficulty of vehicles in this region." I think auntie seemed to be thinking about something.

"Would I go to town? Although it's far, it's pretty cheap." Said the uncle who just came out of the kitchen.

"It's cheap, but it still costs money." Aunt's timps make uncle's smile fade.

"really. So you want to buy in the city or in the market around here, the price is the same." Uncle muttered after sighing tiredly.

For the first time, the uncle's family was having trouble. And I couldn't help much, I didn't even get any ideas to lighten their load. They took good care of me.

"... It seems that because of the dry season so many farmers failed to harvest, the staple is difficult to obtain. Wheat and rice have also gone up in price from last month, right?" Said aunt made uncle participate in the conversation.

"True, I also heard from people around many farmers who complained about crop failure. Besides the dry season this year is longer than usual, they must have trouble getting water for their plants right?"

That's the talk I heard. If in the city even though the dry season occurs longer. Water supply remains because everything has been noticed by the government. But for an untouched territory like this place. The water supply can be a little or almost nonexistent.

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