I Didn't Really Want to Do Farming! (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 31
Lian’s gaze turned toward the sack of carrots, but her thoughtful eyes appeared deep and complicated with many thoughts swirling within.
‘With quality like this, they’ll surely sell for a high price. If left as they are, they’ll rot and become inedible. How can I possibly sell them?’
If she had any connection to the royal kitchen steward, she might find a way to sell them somehow—but Lian didn’t even know what the steward looked like, let alone have any connection to him.
Though they both worked in similar roles, the gap between her status as a maid and that of the royal kitchen steward was as vast as heaven and earth.
Milla, seemingly sharing the same thoughts, stared silently at the sack of carrots for a long while before finally speaking in a heavy voice.
At first, she hadn’t even wanted to touch them, but the carrots tasted astonishingly delicious—far better than expected—and perhaps because of the rare sense of happiness she’d felt while harvesting them, even ordinary carrots now seemed somehow special.
“Verdura Castle is the farthest from the imperial palace’s main gate. And it’s impossible to take such a large quantity of carrots out of the imperial grounds.”
Milla was someone who always let reason override emotion. If she said there was truly no way, then there really was none.
Disappointment flickered across the faces of those who had been watching Milla with faint hope.
As the wind blew, the sweet scent of carrots drifted strongly despite the considerable distance between them and the sack.
“Is there really no way?”
Stella asked with clear disappointment in her expression. Sighs rose from all around.
“What about all these carrots, then?”
Just as everyone was resigned to letting them rot, Daren unexpectedly suggested a solution.
“Actually… there is a way out.”
Daren’s expression showed he was unsure whether he should even be revealing this. Brin, who seemed to already know, shook her head vigorously in a silent plea for him not to say more—but the words were already out.
“What is it? What way?”
The gloomy mood instantly lifted at Daren’s words. Brun sighed deeply, as if giving up, his expression resigned to whatever might happen.
Hope, which had nearly vanished, surged back rapidly, and Stella’s voice grew firm with renewed determination. If only she could find a way to sell these carrots, she felt she could work even harder as a noble farmer.
The crops she grew were clearly different from ordinary ones—not just in taste, but also in color. Anyone who’d tasted them once would surely come back for more.
“Behind Verdura Castle, there’s a slightly collapsed section of the wall. Passing through there and taking the forest path leads directly to a village. The path is narrow, but not rough—you could even pull a small cart through it.”
Milla, who had been listening quietly to Daren, suddenly looked thoughtful and asked,
“Could it be Conpanyo?”
“Yes! That’s exactly it. Once you cross the mountain, you’ll reach Conpanyo village.”
But Stella hadn’t fully understood the conversation between Daren and Milla.
“How can such a massive fortress wall have such a careless gap?”
The inner palace was always heavily guarded, and all gates remained firmly shut from the moment one entered the imperial grounds until reaching Verdura, specifically to prevent outsiders from learning the palace layout—even when heading to the main palace itself.
“Each district surrounding the main palace is essentially enclosed by massive walls. Remember how many gates you had to pass through just to get from the Plante district to the main palace?”
“Five?”
Stella answered hesitantly, trying to recall how the carriage had stopped several times along the way.
“Yes. The main palace is surrounded by five strong, high walls. Verdura lies outside the fifth of those walls.”
“So I really am in the farthest corner.”
She suddenly grasped her situation both visually and spatially. Yet perhaps being in this remote corner was actually fortunate—it meant there was a way to reach the village directly without going through all the usual tedious procedures.
“I have to go.”
Stella abruptly stood up, her mind made up—but Milla firmly stopped her.
“Your Highness cannot go yourself.”
“Why not?”
Milla hesitated briefly before replying in a voice utterly devoid of warmth.
“If it’s discovered that the princess secretly left the palace, I don’t know what punishment you might face.”
“Has no one ever gone outside the imperial grounds until now?”
“No. Not even once.”
Milla’s answer was resolute. Amid all this, Lian tried to smile—but it only made her expression look even more awkward.
She’d suspected it before, but now it truly hit home: she was unmistakably trapped.
“So that’s how it is. I’m stuck here with no way out.”
Stella gave a bitter smile. Yet no one dared offer comfort or tell her it would be alright.
In that moment, surrounded by people, Stella felt profoundly alone.
In the end, it was decided that Daren and Brin would go out to sell the carrots. Though Stella regretted not being able to carry them herself, there was no alternative—Daren knew the path best and was strong enough to pull the cart.
That night, Stella carefully placed three freshly baked carrot pies into a basket and headed out to the garden.
Since everyone was asleep, no one asked where she was going. The basket felt quite heavy, as the pies were rather large.
From her darkened room, Milla silently watched Stella’s retreating figure as she walked toward the garden, basket in hand.
“What a truly strange person.”
In Milla’s hand was the brooch Stella had given her.
Stella had initially intended to leave the picnic basket by the castle gate and return, but decided to wait a little longer.
If they met, she’d give it to him; if not, she’d just go back inside.
She was so lonely that she longed to talk even to a complete stranger.
Someone might be watching her standing in the garden, but she didn’t care. Sharing food with one hungry, exhausted low-ranking knight couldn’t possibly be wrong.
“Stella, what are you doing there?”
A voice came from above. Stella tilted her head back to look for its source.
The voice came from a tree branch not far from where she stood. Perched there were Ark, Esta, and two earth sprites she’d never seen before.
Though not human, seeing familiar faces lifted her spirits.
“Who are you?”
Stella asked curiously, looking at the unfamiliar sprites.
“This one’s Oton, and this is Iver. Oton is a sprite strongly tied to autumn, and Iver is—”
“Winter, right?”
Stella guessed each sprite’s seasonal affinity just by looking at their clothing.
She’d only said “winter” because Iver wore snow-white garments, yet the earth sprites reacted as if she’d demonstrated some extraordinary power.
“You really are as amazing as we’d heard! How did you know without me even saying anything?”
Iver, genuinely amazed, leaped down from the branch like a falling snowflake—light and graceful.
While the other sprites descended, Ark hadn’t even managed to climb halfway down and was desperately calling out for Esta.
“Esta, help me down! Take me with you!”
“Just jump! You’re an earth sprite—you’ll never get hurt falling to the ground.”
“But it’s still scary!”
“Ugh. Then don’t climb up in the first place!”
Though annoyed, Esta reluctantly climbed back up, hoisted Ark onto her back, and jumped down. Even then, Ark covered his eyes with both hands as they landed.
“But what’s that smell?”
The sprites sniffed the air and gathered around the basket.
“Oh, carrot pie. I made it with sprite carrots. Want to try some?”
“Ohhh! Yes!”
“I love human food! And I love pie!”
Amid their enthusiastic cheers, Stella pulled one carrot pie from the picnic basket.
Though not as delicious as when freshly baked, merely opening the basket lid intensified the wonderful aroma.
“Wooow!”
The pie, already large to begin with, looked like a round dining table next to the tiny sprites. They stared in awe, drooling.
“Can we really eat it?”
“Yes. I set aside a separate one for that poor fellow. This one’s yours.”
“We’re so excited!”
The moment Stella finished speaking, all four sprites rushed toward the pie. She briefly wondered if she should cut it for them, but they skillfully sliced pieces with their tiny hands.
“This is so delicious!”
“Wow! It tastes way better than plain carrots!”
“This is the best food I’ve ever eaten in my whole life!”
The earth sprites chattered excitedly, their mouths smeared with sticky carrot puree. Stella watched them devour the pie for a while before standing up.
“I should head back inside for tonight.”
“No pie for him? Didn’t that poor guy say he’d come today?”
Ark asked, wiping his sticky mouth carelessly with the back of his hand—now sticky himself.
“He’s probably running late. I’ll just leave it here. He’ll come get it.”
“Should we deliver it for you?”
Ark asked seriously, sucking on his fingers. Stella wasn’t sure if she could trust him with the pie—but with no other options, she agreed just as she was about to head inside.
Heehee… hinnngh.
At the soft snort from Ben, Stella spun around. Standing at the Verdura Castle entrance were the same low-ranking knight from yesterday and the old horse, Ben. To her surprise, she felt genuinely glad to see them.
“You came.”
“Yes.”
Kai answered, unable to take his eyes off the picnic basket she held. Lately, he’d become acutely aware of just how strong his appetite was.
He’d been in a good mood the entire time waiting, just thinking about eating carrot pie. He never knew something as simple as eating could bring such joy—it was a whole new world to him.
Stella handed him the entire basket.
“There are two pies inside. There were originally three, but I gave one to the earth sprites. Is two enough?”
She asked kindly.
“Yes, thank you.”
“Starting tomorrow, I’ll just hang this basket right here. I’ll keep it filled with food, so come whenever you’re hungry and eat. If it’s empty, I’ll refill it.”
Stella spoke meticulously, as if giving instructions to a servant. Kai, who’d been listening intently without realizing it, suddenly couldn’t suppress his curiosity.
“Why go to such lengths for me?”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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