A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods
Chapter 59: The Princess That Loves Nature

Chapter 59: The Princess That Loves Nature

With Princess Margaux agreeing, she decided to live with us for the time being. We tried to offer her to sleep on the bed but she instead requested that she sleep with Zaza as her pillow. Since she sleeps like this even back at the castle. Despite Elaina’s persuasion to let her use the bed, she insisted on sleeping with Zaza in the living room and because she couldn’t even sway her choice, Elaina agreed and gave her some bedding and blanket that would allow her to sleep with Zaza comfortably instead of sleeping on the floor.

Elaina felt it weird for someone like Princess Margaux to sleep like this though but perhaps she just liked to do that kind of thing. After knowing Princess Margaux is good now, Elaina joined Julia who is already snoring in the bed, and turned in for the day.

The next day, Elaina felt a little bad as usual but it didn’t last long. It only felt like a few seconds and it goes away immediately. It was the shortest morning sickness she felt but she doesn’t complain. Perhaps because she is slowly getting accustomed to it? Or maybe because the babies in her belly are slowly developing day by day and the effects are slowly diminishing? Elaina doesn’t know but if that is the case she would like that.

Julia is still sleeping but she will wake up soon after she gets up. It’s the usual routine so this is nothing for Elaina. As soon as she managed to prepare for work, she went out of the room and looked for Princess Margaux and Zaza. Zaza is still there, sleeping while Princess Margaux is nowhere to be found. The blanket and the bedding are neatly folded on the nearby chair which means Princess Margaux woke up much earlier.

Elaina went outside to look for Princess Margaux and she saw her currently checking the plants that were growing on the field. Based on her expression, it seems she has grown fascinated by the growing plants around the farm.

"You woke up early, Princess," Elaina greeted the princess who promptly turned around after hearing her voice.

"Oh, good morning. I am sorry if I am snooping around the farm. I didn’t see these last night since it was already dark when we arrived here and we went straight inside to even notice most plants growing around here. But you sure have lots of growing vegetables and strawberries here."

"Thanks. How about you taste some of them? Some of the strawberries that I have not harvested just yet have finally ripened. Perhaps you would like to give it a try?"

Hearing Elaina’s offer, her eyes glow in excitement. "Can I?"

"Of course. There are lots of them. And if not for the fact that I have to sell them, even I would be tempted to harvest and eat them by myself."

"T-then..." Princess Margaux then turned to look over the ripe strawberries that were hanging on each strawberry plant. She approached one of them and plucked one of them. It is still dripping with morning dew, pretty chill from the cold morning and the sweet smell of the fruit wafting on her nose.

She looked at the strawberry on her hands again before she opened her mouth and bit the strawberry, causing the fruit’s juices to gush out inside her mouth as she chewed. The sweet taste accompanied by a slight sour tang keeps her loving the strawberry.

"Mmmm! So tasty!" the princess swallows the remaining piece of the strawberry from her hand and expresses her happiness over the taste.

"So? How is it?"

"Elaina right? Wow, this is the first time I have tasted such tasty strawberries! Can I pick more?"

"Sure."

Hearing that she had permission to do so, she immediately harvested a few and put them on her arms. Elaina is happy that someone is enjoying something that she has grown hard.

"How did you do this? I always have the chance to eat strawberries back at home but it wasn’t this tasty. This one tastes a lot better and I can enjoy it as a standalone food instead of an additional ingredient for dessert which is usually the case to eat it."

Elaina scratched her head and smiled awkwardly as she had no idea what to answer her. She can’t say that she gained the blessings of the gods to make the plants she is growing do more than usual. She is quite sure the strawberries she is growing are normal, with the only exception that it receive the fertilizers and the blessings from the Harvest Goddess but there’s nothing much to it, other than those.

"Well, I don’t know what to say. I don’t have much any secret and just took care of the plants normally every day, making sure they grow up healthy and free from all diseases that plants can get."

"Hmmm, then perhaps it was due to just that? Or maybe this was just because it was freshly picked directly from the plant?" she mumbled.

"Eh, as long as you enjoy it. I can’t give you a proper answer, to be honest..." Elaina awkwardly smiled.

"That’s fine. Anyways, can I go and watch you do your job? I am always curious about how farmers work in their farm and since I can’t compare it to how gardeners do their work, perhaps I can learn a thing or two just by observing?"

"Well, feel free to watch and learn. There’s nothing much to see in the farm so I apologize in advance. It’s not like this place can give a lot of entertainment compared to the castle."

"No, no. I might be a princess but I don’t look down on people especially workers like you. I admire workers like you who constantly work every day just to sell us produce like these strawberries so that other people can enjoy your product. So don’t apologize and I know your farm is not as big and developed as most farms I see, but even then, it is interesting to see things from another point of perspective like this."

Elaina was surprised by how mature Princess Margaux was. Since she is an Empress, she has met a lot of people back then when she socialized with them at some parties as part of her duties as an Empress and she is sometimes disgusted by how some of the nobles treat normal people and how they are so condescending to the point that they look like they would treat them like some sort of lowly ant that are not worthy of second glance.

Princess Margaux is pretty open and easy to talk to. She might sound like a typical brat from the noble family, but she does differ a lot which makes her a breath of fresh air compared to other girls of her age with whom she interacted before.

Elaina started to do her work and Princess Margaux started to observe normally. Elaina doesn’t have much work left on the farm aside from checking each plant for any sort of problem or if there are any sort of troublesome things that would cause the plants to be in big trouble.

Even when she started working on the Hencluckle’s, her surprise was evident especially when she learned that Elaina is the one who is selling the eggs of the Hencluckle variant.

"You are the main supplier of Hencluckle eggs?! Oh wow! I didn’t know that the person who currently owns the right method to make Hencluckles act like a real chicken is the one who also saved my life!"

Elaina can only smile as she can’t contain the energy of the girl. At the end of the day, Elaina can say that Princess Margaux is just another curious girl who craves a more realistic approach to the world. She might be a princess, but she is someone who wants to learn more than what she is shown in just the books alone. She is a bit wild and tomboyish, but it is a good quality for a princess. If she takes a seat on the throne and acts as one of the future rulers, perhaps there will come a day when even those who are not considered nobles will be considered equal individuals by the nobles in the future.

"Hey everyone, let’s eat breakfast!" Julia poked out her head from the door to call out both Elaina and Princess Margaux.

"Let’s go?"

Princess Margaux nodded as the two entered the house, and enjoy a breakfast of the common folk for the first time.