A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods
Chapter 69: Fey For Hire

Chapter 69: Fey For Hire

Elaina is not so familiar with the Fey term. She has heard of it before but she is not that knowledgeable about the term as it is part of the mythical realm of magic stuff that most magicians and magic practitioners dabble in. And besides, she is more on the business side and how to make more money than trudging through the topic of things that are about mythical creatures.

But seeing someone who claims to be a Fey himself, there must be some shed of truth about it.

"You are looking for a job?" Elaina frowned.

"Let’s discuss this matter properly alright? Can you take the blade off and the paws of your pet? It is so threatening and I might die before I can even talk to you."

Elaina glanced at Julia and she nodded, knowing what to do if the "fey" would suddenly do something suspicious. Shardu seems to also understand his part and removed the paw that is currently stopping the Fey from even moving around.

"Oh my goodness, I felt like I lost 500 years of my life from that encounter alone!" the fey dramatically wipes away his sweat as he slowly stands up from being slumped on the ground earlier.

Now that Elaina can finally see the little guy closely with Shardu’s paw off of him, he looks like a mini child in her eyes. The guy is so small that even her palm is bigger than his size and he can squash him anytime without warning. He wears a green garb with a nightcap on his head that is also color green. Elaina then somewhat sees the guy as something that she has seen in statues and garden decorations most of the time. But for some reason, this guy seems to be missing a certain key feature most gnomes he has seen should have on his face.

"Are you perhaps a gnome?" Elaina asked.

"What?! Who are you calling a gnome?! I am honestly a more handsome and fine-looking gentleman than a gnome’s old man features! I am an honest-for-goodness-sake bonafide Fey! Get that? I am a Fey and not a Gnome!"

"Doesn’t have much difference, is there?" Julia commented as she observed the little guy with a puzzled look on her face.

Elaina then realized why she seemed to be certain that this guy is lacking something of a key feature to be a gnome and that’s when Elaina realized that this guy just doesn’t have a single shred of hair growing on his face. His chin and snout are both clear from any beard or any traces of stray hair.

"Anyway, enough of that. I am not here to discuss whether I am a gnome or a fey but honestly, I am a fey, so please, remember that."

"Alright then, tell us your reason as to why you decided to sneak up on the farm and tried to hide from us. Without Julia noticing your entry and Shardu stopping you, who knows what you might have done to us."

"Hey, hey! I am innocent and I am just as normal as they can be! And it’s not my fault that you guys just haven’t seen me properly! You humans are tall and towering compared to us Feys! Also, I am here to ask for a job seeing that you have connections to beings like us."

"Connection?" Elaina frowned.

"Don’t deny it! I have seen that you are currently in contact with the Harvest Goddess herself. That only means that you are someone who is trusted even by the goddess for her to personally save you from the spirits of the forests! That alone is a big quality for us Feys that you are someone who is going to become the right employer for us!"

Elaina shook her head in confusion and looked at the Fey before her. "Alright, let’s hear this claim of yours that you want to work on our farm. How come you are so sure that you are going to be a great asset here? What can you do?"

"Hehe, I am not going to brag or anything but we Feys can proudly say that we are capable workers for the farm in taking care of both plants and animals in their ways. We can harvest, sow seeds, water the plants and even take care of your animals and harvest their produce if you want us to! With how big your farm is, I can say that employing us for work would be greatly beneficial for your good as well. After all, you can free yourself from unnecessary work as a result! I can even work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as long as there is proper payment for our hard work!"

Before the little fey could say more, Elaina stopped him. "I appreciate your eagerness and your long speech about yourself but we can’t pay you money for your hard work. Just so you know, we are still a poor farm that has little to no money that we can use to hire and employ people to help on the farm."

"Oh no, you are mistaken. We are not here to ask for money in exchange for work. Your money is useless for us as we don’t have any need for those things and we don’t buy in the market for humans so you don’t have to worry too much about your money pool being reduced. All we needed in exchange for work was food. You help us get food, like give us ingredients like vegetables and meat, then we will gladly work for you!"

Elaina is still pretty much not convinced. She doesn’t know much about these kinds of beings. However, Julia seems to have other ideas.

"Sis, you should hire this guy! I am sure of it, this guy would be a great help for both of us here on the farm!" Julia tried to convince Elaina.

"Huh? Are you sure? I mean, they look harmless and all, but are they even trustworthy?" Elaina still has doubts.

"Yes. I have read before that Feys are great farmer’s friends as they help out on farms and secretly boost harvests from time to time which makes them favorable to some farmers. The farmers themselves would give offerings as well to these guys in exchange for the bountiful harvests!"

"Ho! It seems someone in here is knowledgeable about us! That is right. Our race is considered the lucky charm of the farm. With our help, not only will you be alleviated by your concerns and workload, but we can even increase the yield of your farm naturally as well!"

"Huh...is that right...but how do we even know that you would do that?"

"Just wait and see, the skills of the Fey are something that we take pride in. You won’t regret hiring us!" the fey makes a bow.

"Wait, wait, before I hire you, I keep on hearing you saying "we", are you referring to yourself whenever you say "we" like that?" Elaina asked.

"Oh! I apologize, boss! The truth is, there are three more Feys also looking for work and if you hire me, I will bring them with me as well. Don’t worry, one Fey’s worth of payment is enough payment for all of us. Just please, hire us!"

Elaina is still not sure about it but then, all of a sudden, the Fey they suddenly prostrate themselves to the ground and start begging.

"Please! For my family’s sake! Please hire us! Don’t worry about anything and we will work harder than a mule’s worth of work! We won’t let you down!"

Hearing this and how sincere the guy was, Elaina sighed. "Alright, alright. Stand up and stop prostrating there. I will hire you and whoever you are going to bring along. I feel guilty when you say it like that like I am getting selfish for not giving you this kind of work. But just so you know, if you don’t give your work’s worth of actions, I will not hesitate to fire you on the spot alright?"

"Yes! Yes! Thank you! We will never let you down!"

Then, he turned behind him, towards the entrance of the forest, and then whistled. As soon as he did it, 3 figures entered the farm. Two smaller Feys and one Fey that is the same as the Fey who asked for the job. Elaina immediately guessed it and could tell, that the Feys before her were family.

One thing that Elaina noticed about the new arrivals was that they were carrying several small bags that were made of leather. They are not that big, but they are bulking which means they are filled to the brim.

"One more thing, can we perhaps live nearby? Even just underneath that tree near the spring? That way we can start working early in the morning."

"Eh? You are also moving here? But what am I gonna do? We built you guys a house over there?"

"Oh no, no. We can handle that ourselves, we just needed the permission to use that spot as a place for our house."

"Okay then?" Elaina was still not sure when the guy nodded and then ordered his family to the spot. The three then throw their baggage to the area that they said they wanted to claim as the spot where they want their house to appear. As the bags landed on the ground, a small poof and a big mushroom that looked like a small house appeared from the space where they threw their bags earlier."

"See? We don’t need you to set up some elaborate home for us as we are already carrying it with us!"