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 We rode into town on horseback.

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 Is a town really this bustling?

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 The streets look like medieval Europe, if I were to compare them to the world of my previous life!

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 Flower shops, bakeries, liquor stores, kimono stores... What a lively town!

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 Music came out of nowhere and some people were dancing. .......

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 It's a town of smiles under the sun.

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 It's hard to imagine that there is a poor village this far from here.

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 The poor village, according to Grandpa Will, has no sunshine.

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 Children born in the ...... poor villages die without knowing the light of the sun.

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 Why is there such a difference in the same country?

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 We got off our horses and looked around the town.

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"Is there anything you want to see?"

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 Master Eric asked me.

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 Well, I looked around. I want to go to the bakery and look in that pastry shop.

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 There are too many places to go. I'm lost.

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 I looked around. I looked around. ...... Is that a plant shop with a sign?

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"Hey, Mr. Eric, what's that store over there?"

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 Master Eric looked in the direction I pointed.

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"Yes, that's the store that sells rare plants.

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 Rare plants! You mean they have the plants in my very first book?

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"I'd like to go there."

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 Saying this, I pulled on Master Eric's and Brother Henri's hands.

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"Hey, Eric, don't look so happy!"

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 I can hear my brother Henri's voice coming from behind me.

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 Oh, I wonder if you wanted to go to the plant shop too, Eric.

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 We stood in front of the store and looked inside. I wonder if the store is open?

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 I slowly opened the door and entered.

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 What is this place .......

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 It's like I'm under a spell.

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 The air is completely different. It's fresh and cleansing.

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 What a comforting place. I feel at peace.

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 It's like all the plants are really alive. They're dancing.

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 Flying plants! It's from a book. I can't believe I got to see it live: .......

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 I think its name is Wing.

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"Hello!"

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 A middle-aged chestnut-haired man with round glasses came out from the back.

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 His apron fits him well.

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 I wonder what it is. ....... The moment he comes out, I feel the plants are happy.

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 Maybe he can work some green magic. .......

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"Eric, Henri! It's been a long time!"

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 The man greeted Eric and Henri with a smile and a raised hand.

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 Do you know your brother and Eric?

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"Paul! It's been a long time. How have you been?"

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 Brother Henri replies with a smile.

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 As I stood there stunned, the man squatted down and made eye contact with me.

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Nice to meet you. I'm Paul, the manager here. You must be Alicia.

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 He greeted me with a smile.

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"Nice to meet you. I'm Alicia. Um, how do you know my name?"

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"Yeah, I've heard a lot about you from your brother."

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 I wonder what the hell they're talking about. I hope it's not bad talk.

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"Are you close with your brothers?"

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"I'm an aristocrat, after all."

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 Paul laughed when he said that.

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 Nobleman! So Paul, the plant store manager who was in the green magic ...... game for a brief moment!

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 I thought I'd seen him somewhere before. Yes, the heroine goes to the plant shop to make a potion.

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 Did I ...... come to the plant shop before the heroine?

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 Because our heroine is coming here with Master Curtis. I feel like a winner for getting there first.

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"You're an aristocrat and you have a store in town."

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 Master Eric said to Paul with a laugh.

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"Why did you decide to open a plant shop?"

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Plants have the power to cure people's illnesses and heal people's hearts. That's why I wanted to be involved in the business of helping people. I've always been a lowly aristocrat.

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 Paul looked radiant as he said this, smiling warmly.

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"You must have a wonderful job.

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 I couldn't help but reveal my true feelings.

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 Bad girls don't give people compliments!

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 I guess these plants have loosened me up.

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 I'm making a good first impression. What should I do?

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 ...... Let's think positively. It was just one mistake. You can make a bad impression all you want.

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Thank you.

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 Paul said to me with a big smile.

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 Even though he is middle-aged, I think I would fall in love with him if he smiled like that.

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"We have a lot of really rare plants here. For example, this one: ......"

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 Paul pulled out a jar of small plants from the back of the room.

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""Chad.""

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 My voice overlapped with Paul's.

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 Mr. Paul rolled his eyes. I wonder how many times he has looked at me the same way.

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 Chad is a rare plant indeed.

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"You know about it?"

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 Paul asked me, rolling his eyes.

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