A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods
Chapter 289: Until it Is Blessed

Chapter 289: Until it Is Blessed

Elaina have only done two swings so far on the cursed hoe but she already felt like her arm is about to fall off. It was like she haven’t rested her hands for quite some time even though she just did two simple swings with it.

"No wonder many gave up doing 100 swings with this hoe...even one swing is already painful and tiresome to do."

"Need some water, Sis?" Julia asked while holding a glass of water.

"Let me have a sip."

Since she can’t hold the glass of water, Julia has to do it herself and help Elaina with it.

"Why did you even held this hoe if it was cursed Sis? If you knew, you shouldn’t have done so!" Julia started scolding Elaina.

"Hahaha, I have underestimated the Cursed Fool’s effects. There are many things I thought would be possible even with the curse which allowed me to think of the curse too lightly. Guess I was so easygoing I failed to think of the big picture."

Julia can only shake her head. She already knew that even if she visits alternate timelines to check on Elaina’s decision, she will not find a timeline where Elaina did not pick the cursed hoe. That is how Elaina so optimistic about it that she will fail to think of the consequences.

"Alright! Got recharged now! One more swing!"

"Ugh seriously, Sis? Rest for a bit before pushing yourself!"

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Due to the Cursed Hoe, Elaina’s schedule has changed drastically and a few of her regular actions now need assistance so that she can function regularly. Eating and taking a bath now needs the help of someone to assist her as she can’t hold anything like soap or the spoon.

Elaina keeps on apologizing to Julia who became the one who assisted her all throughout the ordeal and Julia only shake her head though she continues to help Elaina without complaining about it.

Julia will also help Elaina with changing her clothes. It’s a bit hard to do with both her hands continuously holding the hoe, but they both managed to do it, though Julia has to do some workaround to do it.

Since the hoe is also in the way, Elaina can only kiss her babies which she lamented the most as she felt like she was deprived the rights to even hold her babies tight in her arms but with the cursed hoe still present, she has to endure.

Once all of her regular chores and regular schedule done, Elaina heads out to the field.

"Damn, even though it is Spring Season, the weather is sweltering... this will be a tiresome session for me."

Since the Feys are the ones taking care of the crops, Elaina’s focus is now fully on the curse lifting process.

Despite the difficulty, it is possible to do it within one day and thanks to her Grandmother who staved off a lot of the requirements to lift the curse, she only needed to do a few swings then rest.

"Humans really are fools huh? Even though it is cursed, you still willingly held it in your hands?" The Harvest Goddess chuckled as she eat some fried fish while floating around Elaina.

"Instead of floating around, perhaps you can at least help me with this task? This is more tiresome than you think it is," Elaina said as she sat on the ground with a tired look on her face.

"Haha, it is tiresome I am sure. However, it isn’t my fault to begin with and I am just a Harvest Goddess who bless the lands with bountiful harvests, not help remove cursed tools from people."

Elaina signed. "For a goddess, you are kinda useless."

The Harvest Goddess chuckled hearing that, "Hah, that won’t work on me, Elaina. I know I am kinda useless at the moment so even if you try to provoke me with that, that won’t incite me to do something. You make your bed, now lay on it!"

"Tch..." Elaina can only click her tongue and continue on her task once more.

Despite being cursed, the cursed hoe is doing the work that should span in a few hours of hard work. Doing it once is something that is even hard to do even for Elaina and seeing how precise each tilled soil after doing it, she can tell that if this becomes a blessed hoe, she will no longer need to use the regular rusty hoe she have and would instead stick to this hoe.

"That should be 20 swings... Phew..." Elaina signed as she sat down on the ground once again, fully tired from doing the hoe swing.

"I am surprised that you have done quite a lot of swings already, regular humans have no endurance to do this in one single day and seeing you breeze through it, it seems that by the end of the day, you will just be lifting the curse easier than you think!" The Harvest Goddess praised Elaina with her progress.

"It’s just perseverance and it is also thanks to the training that my grandpa gave me back then when wielding the sword. A hundred swings everyday is something I will have to do quite a lot so my endurance bar should be a lot more than regular people should have."

After a few huffs and puffs, Elaina stood up once more and with a determined look in her face, she started to till the ground again.

As she continues to till the ground, a few parts of the tilled ground that is not part or the main area she tilled with seems to have dug out something after the soil was tilled. Elaina didn’t notice it but the Harvest Goddess certainly did notice it as it suddenly appeared bulky out of the ground. Soil don’t clump this easily without something hidden underneath it.

"Look Elaina, it seems you have dug out something!" The Harvest Goddess pointed on the clump of soil not too far from Elaina’s position.

"That might just be a clump of hard soil or just a rock, Harvest Goddess. And besides, I can’t pick it up with the Cursed Hoe in my hand. If you are so curious, pick it up yourself."

The Harvest Goddess can only shake her head before she grab the clump of soil and crumble it slowly in her hands.

"Eh? It’s hard..."

"Told you it would just be a rock. Throw it somewhere away since it gets in the way of my tilling," Elaina said while not giving attention to what the Harvest Goddess have discovered.

"No, no. This isn’t just a rock! Look, look! It is shining and seems to be covered in golden shimmering material! And besides, it doesn’t look like a rock in the first place! It looks like a bowl with intricate designs!"

What the Harvest Goddess said made Elaina’s ears twitch. Rocks don’t just become and there is only a few in a thousand chances that a rock would form into a bowl. Chances are very slim in the first place. So whatever the Harvest Goddess found is something else and not just some random rock like she thought it would.

"This looks like an old artifact, Elaina! Based on how intricate it’s designs, there is no way this is just some random stuff!"

Although it looked like something that would fetch a lot of money, Elaina has no interest in selling things like this and from the design alone, it seems to be some sort of bowl used for ceremonies and rituals for religious stuff. And it is one of the things that Elaina has no interest in.

"If you like that thing, keep it to yourself. I don’t see myself using or selling that thing. Claim it for yourself then," Elaina said as she continue her task to till the ground once more.

"If you say so, then this is mine now!" the Harvest Goddess happily bring the bowl straight back to her place, leaving Elaina on her own as she continues to till the ground on her own.

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Afternoon arrived and Elaina is already reaching her limit. She felt like she can no longer swing her hands even if she force herself from doing so. She was so tired that she didn’t feel like moving away from her spot on the ground due to how tired she has gotten.

"Oh Gods and Goddesses, this is much painful than the regular training my grandpa make me do. And even that does not involve with me getting stuck in doing certain things... this is so painful..." Elaina muttered to herself as she closed her eyes.

"[You can do it, Elaina. You only needed to do one more swing! One more and you are free from all of this torture.]" The God of Farming said, encouraging Elaina who is already on the verge of giving up.

"Ugh... this is impossible... I can’t even feel my hands anymore...I am incapacitated and can’t do anything anymore..."

But despite saying those words, Elaina readies herself to do another swing. Despite getting ready to give up, there is no way she will give up now that she is on the final swing.

"[Go! Go! One more and you are done!]"

Even though she felt like one tug and her hands will fall off, she forced herself and swing her hands holding the cursed hoe tight with a full swing.

"Graaaaaahhhh!"

Clack!

With all of her force, she managed to put down the hoe’s final swing. As soon as she did her final swing, Elaina’s consciousness gave up. At the same time, the black hoe is now covered in bluish light as it is being blessed by an unknown energy that even the God Of Farming is not capable of doing. However, Elaina will have to miss the spectacle with her collapsing after her hard work but thanks to that... She is now free from the cursed fool’s influence.