Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 376 - 2 Catherine’s Little Hobby_1

Chapter 376: Chapter 2 Catherine’s Little Hobby_1

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Coming up the staircase of the mansion leading to the second floor, one would find themselves on a spacious platform. From the railing of the platform, one could have a direct view of the hall below. In many aristocratic residences, this lobby with a direct view of the foyer and its second-floor platform are often combined as the venue for large banquets and dances, rather than used as a living room. However, the girls of the adventure team rarely host such events, so they simply turned it into a living room and living area for convenience.

There is a long corridor on each side of the second-floor platform, with rooms of varying sizes on both sides. These rooms were designated as bedrooms by the girls. There are about fifteen or sixteen bedrooms, but only eight are currently in use, one of which is Catherine’s room. A drawing of a petite figure in armor, wielding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other decorates the door of Catherine’s room, making it easy to guess who the room belongs to.

Pannis had been in Catherine’s room more than once, so he knew his way around. He walked up to the room and gently knocked on the door. The lubrication on the door’s hinges was well done. With a slight knock from Pannis, the slightly ajar door swung open, revealing the interior of the room.

Catherine’s room wasn’t big, just over forty square meters. The walls were painted grass-green, with drawings of lawns and various plants on them. Living inside, one would feel as if they were in the middle of nature. There wasn’t much furniture in the room. Besides a large bed, remaining furniture included a row of wardrobe closets against the wall, a tea table, a desk, and a few armour stands and weapon racks facing the door. This setting made it hard to tell the room belonged to a girl, only the brown teddy bear on the bed added a hint of femininity to Catherine.

Of course, all these details paled in comparison to the sight that caught Pannis’ eyes as soon as he opened the door. The floor of the room was carpeted, but it was nowhere to be seen now. The entire floor space was filled with gold coins. The morning sun shone through the cracks in the curtains, making the countless gold coins glitter. The clinking sounds of the coins echoed in the bedroom, producing a pleasing melody.

Catherine was wearing an ordinary long home dress, barefoot, with her long black hair messily hanging down her back. At this moment, she had no thoughts to care about her appearance. She was lying in a sea of gold coins, her face buried deep in the pile. Her hands were constantly scooping up gold coins from her sides and pouring them over her head, as if trying to bury herself in gold.

Hearing the knock, Catherine, who was lost in her coin-sea, looked up in surprise, just in time to see the slowly opening door and meet Pannis’ equally astonished eyes.

The two stared at each other in a daze, Catherine’s satisfied smile frozen on her face. Some gold coins slipped from her head due to gravity and fell into the layer of gold coins on the floor. Both seemed to have lost their language abilities, staring wide-eyed and agape, neither able to utter a complete sentence.

"You... I... You..." Catherine tried a few times before she could finally talk: "You saw everything?"

"Huh?" Caught off guard by her dramatic look, Pannis still couldn’t get out of his stupor: "What did you say?"

"Hehe, hehe, hehe." Catherine’s face turned pale slowly, the gloom in her eyes grew heavier. Her head drooped a little, her long hair hung obscuring her eyes, her voice got lower and lower: "This reaction, it seems like you’ve seen everything."

"Ha, ha, how is that possible." Pannis shuddered, the heavy murderous aura brought him out of his shock, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and instinctively began to back away: "I-I was actually blind when I came up here, I didn’t see anything."

"Really? Hehe, I almost believed you." Catherine staggered to her feet from the pile of gold coins and casually picked up the knight sword that was on the bed. With her heavily dark-circled eyes, she walked slowly towards the door with a menacing smile: "Since you’ve seen it, nothing can help now, you’ll have to disappear. I hope you won’t blame me, I’ll often mourn for you."

"Hey, what kind of development is this? Things shouldn’t go like this." As Pannis retreated in panic: "Calm down, listen to my explanation, I understand you, really, gold coins are great, reacting this way isn’t strange at all, not strange, believe me."

"No problem, I believe you." Catherine slowly drew her sword. Suddenly, she charged forward, rushing at Pannis with her sword: "I believe in you too much, so go and die."

"Don’t come over, Catherine, if you keep coming I’m going to scream for help." Pannis expertly turned and ran, tumbling down the stairs in his hurry, crying out: "Help, someone is going to murder me, someone come and save me."

"Scream, keep screaming." Eyes red, Catherine chased after her target with her sword, gritting her teeth: "No one will come to save you, just go ahead and die."

"Bang", Pannis who was sprinting for his life, burst open the front door, fleeing the mansion, and commenced the daily life-or-death chase around the yard.

"A strange sense of deja vu." Pansy looked at her sister innocently, "We just had a similar conversation."

"Who knows?" Mimosa responded with a similarly innocent look, "Maybe this deja vu is just an illusion. Yes, that’s right, just an illusion."

"You’re so naive, Pannis." Vivian was alerted by the chase, she lifted her head from a pile of papers, rubbed her tired eyes, and murmured, "From the moment Catherine insisted on receiving seventy thousand gold coins instead of seventy Magiciron coins yesterday, I should have guessed what her entertainment activities would be all night. Even though you knew it, you still dared to visit her room to see her infatuated with gold coins... Well, go ahead without worries."

Indeed, the first thing everyone did after returning to the City of Knowledge yesterday afternoon was not rest or reorganize at home, but headed straight to the adventurer’s Guild, to deliver the proof of a terrible beast they had slain, its head. They earned an enormous reward, a total of seventy thousand gold coins. Normally, for such a large amount of money, the guild often pays in Magiciron coins, in this case, seventy Magiciron coins, but Catherine insisted on only accepting gold coins. As a result, the four of them had to run back and forth several times before they successfully brought the seventy thousand gold coins back into the mansion.

"Don’t chase me." Pannis ran wildly around the mansion, shouting, "I didn’t see anything, I won’t tell anyone, help!"

"Won’t tell anyone? Only the dead can be trusted." Catherine chased him angrily, "Since you’ve witnessed my disgrace, you must pay the price, Bastard, don’t run."

"Tsk Tsk, you two are always so lively every day." When they ran past the front door of the courtyard again, a voice drifted in from outside the door. Through the gaps in the fence, one could see Teresa and Ben from the Wind God Church standing at the door, watching the sensational exchange with mischievous faces.

After parting ways in Dilsaran, they each returned to their respective temples. But since the Wind God Church headquarters is far in the Falar Empire and to return, they must pass through the Neutral Land, the two decided to follow Nellie’s adventure team back to the City of Knowledge.

"Ah, it’s you two." Catherine stopped in her tracks, put away her weapon as if nothing had happened, and greeted the two with a smile as if nothing had happened, "Weren’t you two heading to the temple to handle some internal affairs? Why are you here so early?"

"We came to say goodbye." Teresa gently smiled and bowed, "We will leave in a short while, heading back to the headquarters, we wanted to bid you farewell and thank you for your hospitality these past few days."

"You are too kind." Catherine opened the door and invited them in, "Why are you in such a rush? The Spring Festival is about to start. They don’t celebrate it in Falar, why don’t you stay here and enjoy it before you leave?"

"It’s not necessary." Teresa shook her head, "There’s still some work to do at the headquarters, and we have to report the situation to the Pontifex as soon as possible, we can’t afford to delay I’m afraid. I do apologize for this. If we get the chance, we will definitely come back and celebrate with all of you."

"Alright." Catherine didn’t insist, but nodded, "In that case, we wish you a safe journey. Don’t hesitate if you ever need our help."

"Spring Festival huh." Pannis watched the two clergymen leave, helping Catherine to close the gate again, "I haven’t participated in one for many years."

The Spring Festival is a special celebration in the surrounding area of the Neutral Land, which takes place on March 10th. At the beginning of March every year, spring comes to the Neutral Land. The unique pink fruit flowers of the Neutral Land bloom first, heralding the arrival of early spring. Around this time, fields in the cities or villages are full of pink fruit trees adorned with red or pink petals. The beautiful petals mixed with a faint fragrance turn Rhea into an ocean of flowers. After this day is over, spring sowing begins, once again plunging people into a year of hard work.

Every year on March 10th, people usually stop all their work to go out enjoy the flowers and the greenery, adding a touch of romance to their busy lives. Some young couples also express their affection under the pink fruit trees, hoping that their love can be blessed by the spring.

Slowly, this custom has evolved into a unique celebration, marking the most important day for leisure, flower viewing and prayers, it has also become the day young people look forward to the most.

"Yeah, another Spring Festival. Time flies." Catherine sighed softly and her gaze met Pannis once again. Pannis’ pupils contracted, and he immediately rolled backwards several times, avoiding Catherine’s silent attack. Thus, a life-and-death chase unfolded once more, with extreme intensity.{An ad about following a specific public account.} (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote, support and use the mobile website to read at m.qidian.com.)