The Story Of Jammetaria
CHAPTER 34 - A pretty strange village 1

One night had passed and the three of them had finished breakfast. This morning outside the residence of Mr. Arganaya, Audrey and her two colleagues are ready to go on a mission as discussed yesterday afternoon. They were all in their respective equipment and prepared to fly towards the village immediately.

They say goodbye to Amelia, who escorts her home and immediately flies up, flying slightly vertically up the clouds and going further into the forest before the village entrance.

The atmosphere this morning was as usual, at first glance there was no strangeness whatsoever, but they still did not fully know what was waiting for them in this village later.

The three landed in the forest a little far from the main entrance of Bengawansari village. It's quiet, there's no one but the three of them. The atmosphere is lush full of trees, not a few also mushrooms and wild fruit hanging between trees so it is true this village can be called an agricultural village.

The three of them paused for a moment to go undercover, making themselves less conspicuous as novice adventurers. During this time the three of them did look a little flashy, not because of their rank as adventurers but because of the fighting abilities and equipment they wore.

Almost all of the equipment and weapons used by the three looked good and expensive, unlike most adventurers, so they decided to keep them.

Audrey unlocks her saving magic, taking out 3 coats and some cheap weapons that seem to be booty from the bandits they once defeated. Audrey replaced the wand she used to wear with a ring at that time, Eliana kept some of her jewelry and weapons in private, Hendry left 2 swords and his horse shield and took a sword that Audrey had prepared.

After that the three wore coats to cover their clothes, then walked towards the village normally as if they had just reached this place.

The three of them walked through the forest path to the village, about 15 minutes later they reached the entrance of Bengawansari village. Here is the real condition of the village.

At first glance it seems like nothing happened, the houses in this village look like normal, not too luxurious but also do not look seedy. The road is made of stone but it is very natural for a village, the community is calm, passing by and indifferent even though the three of them as outsiders walk into this village.

They walk and pay attention to the small details, The grass left right the road looks high but no one cares, so far no one has been seen working in the fields or rice fields, people here look lazy to work and occasionally bicker with others around them.

The three of them walked around without splitting up so as not to look suspicious, because normally an adventurer party would not walk alone. The three continued to see the right left side trying to get information until someone called out to them from behind.

“You adventurers right ? What are you doing here ?” Asked a middle-aged man who was a little short of them.

“Ah it... We are on a mission in the forest around this village, because near we decided to stop by look around.” Said Eliana so neatly that it hardly felt like something was hidden, an absolute lie coming out of her mouth smoothly.

“So yes, then you should follow my advice..”.

All three are a little confused by the advice in question, but it does not matter because who knows there is important information contained therein.

“You may not get close to the big house there.” Said the old man while pointing at the residence of lord Arganaya at the top of the hill visible from here.

“Indeed why ?, other than because it looks like the house belongs to the nobility here, is there anything else ?” Ask Audrey.

“Indeed where did uncle get such news ?” Ask Hendry.

“Entah but everyone here is talking about it..”.

The three held a laugh in their hearts because they did not expect to be given such an answer. Trying to keep their expressions normal and trying to pry further information.

“But uncle, I think this village is quite unique yes..The rice planted has been aging, but not immediately harvested, is it a characteristic in this village or is there a special reason ?”

“No... It is a form of protest from us ?” Answer with a little worry and confusion.

“Protes ?”

“Yes, we are not willing to hand over the harvest to the greedy nobleman.” He said casually and not aware that what the villagers are doing is fatal. The more they delay the harvest the greater the loss they will get. Seeing the laziness of residents in this village now is not impossible rice will be plundered by rats and pests that result in crop failure.

The worst result may be after the rice in the village inventory is thinned, although they return to planting rice but they need to wait until the harvest time and there is likely to be a famine that hit this village, rice itself is a staple food here.

That person continued to talk about the ugliness of lord Arganaya as the ruling noble in this region. The three of them thought for a moment and pondered what was happening, most likely that the citizens here had been influenced by someone so that the distrust in his leader decreased, but the problem was who exactly was someone meant ?

Looking for someone who spreads bad rumors is like looking for a needle in a haystack, the more rumors circulate the more disguised the main suspect who started it all.

But even so, Hendry, Audrey, and Eliana had not given up, they paid their respects to that person and continued on their way. Crossing the village streets and entering further, the houses here are quite a distance unlike in the capital, with a small river behind it and a wide rice field behind the houses. sometimes the road is slightly uphill, and the rice fields are made as terracing with water flowing from the top of the hill.

They continued on their way and now their destination was the village warehouse. As Mr. Arganaya explained yesterday, the village warehouse is located a little far from the housing, somewhere strategic and easily accessible from the rice fields that lie.

All three got there, a large warehouse that could also be called a rice barn was here, the door was tightly closed but there was little gap for them to peek in.

Hendry peeked inside and saw something. Various kinds of fertilizers, seeds, and agricultural tools are in it, quite new and seems to be replaced often. This is strong evidence that what residents have considered so far wrong, about Mr. Arganaya who is said to be greedy and greedy, but even so somehow most residents are still affected by this bad rumor.

In addition to seeing the equipment earlier, Hendry also saw something quite alarming, the rice barn here is almost empty, and the rice supply is thinning. As they thought, if all the rice here is not harvested immediately, it will be very bad, and again if it happens, Mr. Arganaya himself must bear it, he said, because he still has to provide subsidies to people who have betrayed him.

The three pondered and disappointed, thinking about what they should do as the information they had obtained so far was still not enough. But just after they left they saw there was still a citizen who worked diligently in his own fields and rice fields without caring about what most people did…