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Episode 180: Woody and Bella Tree

A very bright day amidst the crowd of towering spruce trees. Sunlight can penetrate to the surface because the distance is not close together and the leaves are not too lush. They saw people cutting down some trees. We were stopped because Bella was interested in a smaller spruce.

“See! The tree is so beautiful!” barbarically.

“My feelings are all the same tree,” said Rhean of confusion. The coachman stopped the horse and we all went down and approached the tree.

“Perfect tree..” murmured Bella beamed.

“It seems suitable to be used as a Christmas tree,” Rein continued.

“Wah, great idea!” excited though.

“Can't take this tree?” said Icha astonished. Unknowingly, the coachman walked up to us with an axe in his hand.

“If you want, just take it,” he said from behind which immediately surprised us. We also intend to take the tree and bring it to our inn. The coachman seemed to think of something.

“Oh yes, Father came here to pick up wood, yes?” my many.

“Iya,” answer. I got stuck in my head to help her and came back with this tree.

“How about we take the wood first, then come back here before proceeding to the village?” my proposal.

“Truely too,” said the newly awakened coachman.

“But what if this tree is gone?” ask Bella to worry. The coachman returned to his chariot and took a wooden sign from there. He put the sign right in front of the tree.

“This way the tree will be fine..” his murmur smiled.

“Wah... The tree was marked..” blow Bella happy.

“Happy is simple, yes,” cetus Gandra grinned.

We continued our journey to deeper forest areas. There are huge trees there. Previously we passed through several plots of territory containing small trees and lined up neatly. The coachman explained that after the tree was cut down, of course, it must be planted again so that it can be used continuously.

“We have arrived,” he said. It seems some of the loggers are working on their work. We got off the horse-drawn carriage while the coachman picked up his axe again and walked over to the other loggers.

“What can we help?” my many.

“Oh, of course you can! I will be very helped,” reply happy.

“There are several axes in the car,” he added.

“Alright!” lontar Bella is excited. We returned to the train with Bella running there. He picked up an axe from the car, but it looked as if he could not lift it.

“Be careful!” lontarku.

“Take it easy, I'm not a kid anymore,” he said.

“But you cannot lift it..” cetus Gandra.

“Of course I can! Here, look!” throw it up while lifting half high and then pointing it at us. Those of us who were shocked immediately avoided him.

“You want to kill, yes?” gandra is upset.

“Finally you don't believe!”

“Yes, yes, I believe. Now let the men do it,” reply Gandra who ignored him.

We men each carry an axe. We all walked up to the man. I still can't think of Freda who also carries an axe by rolling up her clothes like a manual laborer. We met the man who was cutting down a big tree. We watched it until the tree fell.

“Awas!” barbarically. The tree fell to the ground with a loud voice. I can feel the vibrations it produces.

“A—Agot terrible..” muttered Cassie scared.

“You can start it, but stay alert, yes,” said the man.

“OK!” reply us simultaneously.

“Then, what should we do?” ask Rein to be confused. The man looked at them astonished and thought of a way to help them.

“Hmm... There are no women working here..” mumbled while looking around who was then surprised to see Freda who was cutting down trees.

“Jesus dragon! What's he doing?” lontar.

“She is quite ‘laki’, so no problem,” says Bella.

“Padahan she looks beautiful like you guys.” continued the coachman in disbelief. They were all silent for a moment until they came up with an idea.

“How about you guys do women's work?” the coachman's proposal.

“You mean cooking? How to cook in the middle of a forest like this?” reply Icha confusion.

“Yah... Count on using your knowledge during scout lessons, right?”

“True too.. Alright,” Reply Rein.

Bella walked to the carriage to pick up a wooden spear and returned and gave it to the coachman. He held the spear and pointed at a rabbit far away. They all focused their eyes on the rabbit and the man threw his spear. The spear was thrown on target. They were surprised to see his skills.

“Cannot..”.

“How can it?” The coachman only smiled looking at their comforting expressions.

“You can process meat, right?”

“Can,” Reply Rein.

“Sip, I look forward to your delicious dishes.”

They all walked up to the helpless rabbit. There was blood on the white sand. Cassie couldn't see it and waited for them from behind.

“You're okay, right?” ask Rein.

“K—That funny rabbit... m—mati..” Cassie said shaking.

“Kan want us to cook,” Rein continued while pulling a spear that stuck in the rabbit's body. It's pulling it so strong that the blood is spurting everywhere and hitting Cassie's face.

“J—Do not like that!” lontar Cassie freaked out.

They returned to the parked train and prepared everything nearby. Bella and Icha took branches from a tree that had been cut down by the coachman. Rein skinned the rabbit and Cassie couldn't do it either.

“Help me,” said Rein.

“A—I can't!”

“You will often process meat. Think of it as the meat you bought in the market.”

“Can't! I still see the rabbit is alive.”.

“Yes already, you help prepare fire and seasoning.”

“Seasoning? Does anyone bring salt?” cassie asked confused.

“You saw a small plant around that tree, right? It can be used as a spice,” reply Rein.

On the other hand, we were cutting down an evergreen tree. I just did it half way, but it made me tired. I was sweating but disappeared immediately due to the cold. Hart was cutting down a tree with Freda who was also cutting down. Gandra looked back and saw Rein and the others cooking a dish.

“You didn't help them alone?” ask Hart.

“I want to finish this first,” replied Freda.

“You're still up, right?” hart.

“Don't underestimate me! I'm not far with you guys,” reply.

“Yah... I thought that women..” continued Hart grin.

“That distinguishes each individual, not a group or anything,” said Freda.

“In the game world every player has their own role. You should have played your part,” Hart said.

“This is me doing my part,” reply confusion.

“It wasn't your role.”

“Then what's my role?”

“Your role.”

“It was a role? I do not understand the direction of your thinking,” Freda replied rather irritatedly towards Hart.

“Oh no, yes?” hart didn't question it. Freda shook his head to look at him.

“You can be beaten up by the defenders of justice,” Freda said.

After everything was done from each other's work, we all gathered to enjoy the dishes that Rein and co had already made. I did not think that the food could taste good even if only using ingredients from nature.  We chatted casually with the warm atmosphere at the campfire with the other loggers. Then we decided to return to the village with a train that was filled with logs.

“Let's take the tree,” said the coachman.

After taking the tree and returning to the village, we were escorted to the front of the inn. We lifted the tree into the house. Then we parted with the coachman who was going to continue to the wood cutting place. Earlier he said a word to us.

“On Christmas Eve, there will be a cooking party as well. I can't wait for your dishes there.” Rein replied with pleasure.

“Sure, we will enliven it.”

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