Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

After accepting reality, Campbell’s feelings remained somewhat complex.

Although his wife had consoled him for a long time, as a father, Campbell still felt a sense of loss.

No matter what, the undeniable fact was that his precious daughter, whom he had cherished for so many years, had been taken away by someone else.

He thought he would be depressed about this for a while, but all these worries dissipated in the morning.

As a parent, witnessing your daughter and her lover emerge from the same room is undoubtedly an awkward situation,

But this morning, when that child walked out of the room with Yvonne, saw him, and greeted him with a refreshing smile saying ‘Good morning, Father’, he suddenly felt all the knots in his heart unravel.

It wasn’t that she was taken away, but that he had gained another daughter!

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Breakfast was prepared by Yvonne and Linda together.

The yard had some chives and parsley growing, along with gooseberry jam that had been pickled early in spring,

Cooked and cut corn kernels mixed with crisp wild vegetables served as a salad, sliced buckwheat bread toasted on a flat pan until crispy on both sides, spread with jam. The crispy texture of the bread’s crust combined with the appetizing sweet and sour flavor entered the mouth, a very summery combination.

This is really too blissful~

Seeing Elsa and Campbell occasionally showing satisfied expressions,

Lena, sitting opposite, smiled as she watched the two.

Although not biologically related, they resembled a biological parent and child.

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“Papa, are you going out today?”

After breakfast, seeing her father change into boots more suitable for walking in the fields, Yvonne asked curiously,

“Yes, today is the summer planting day, I need to go out and inspect the sowing situation.”

Summer planting, as the name suggests, is planting in summer. After the summer harvest is completed, another round of crops will be sown, mainly corn and soybeans. These are crops that are still relatively suitable for planting in the northern frontier.

Campbell put on a wind cap to prevent sunburn and secured it around his neck with a thin string.

As the lord of this place, he was responsible for these matters.

The King of Oz was a very shrewd man, he wouldn’t waste any manpower or resources.

So his father’s exile was called exile, but in reality, it was a demotion.

Now, the original duke who held great power had been relegated to a small lord of this remote region.

Although it sounds nice, in reality, being a lord of such a remote area is something no nobleman would willingly do.

Even if it’s just a small viscount, as long as one could stay in a larger city, even if the fief would be smaller, they wouldn’t choose to come to such a desolate place.

North Kalos, further north, is uninhabited desert, so this is the last piece of inhabited land on the border of the Kingdom of Oz, a true frontier town.

But for someone like Campbell, who was under suspicion, it was different. He had to do it, and moreover, he had to achieve results—only in this way could he prove his loyalty and innocence.

Putting on the ring used for prayer and blessing, Campbell’s expression became solemn.

At this time last year, there was a drought, resulting in a pitiful survival rate for the planted seeds,

Hopefully, this year will have favorable weather.

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Although North Kalos does not lack arable land, there isn’t much labor force that can work in the fields,

Currently, there are only about 300 households in the entire fief, and even fewer young and middle-aged laborers, so the amount of land that can be cultivated is quite limited, and reclamation is also a difficult task,

It’s worth noting that previously, the Smollett family alone had thousands of servants, more than the entire population of North Kalos village.

But now, after the exile, even the former servants have been mostly dismissed, with only Linda staying behind in the end, truly a case of when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

“What are you two girls doing here?”

Seeing his daughters behind him, fully equipped and ready to work in the fields, Campbell felt very surprised.

“Since we’ve come all this way, Elsa and I want to help out a bit.”

Campbell had been worried that his daughter, accustomed to the life of a young lady, might not be able to adapt well to such a drastic change, but now it seems she’s adapting quite well.

This understanding both pained and moved him.

“You’ll get tanned, come, both of you stand behind me.”

Campbell used his huge body to shield his two daughters from the sun.

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Yvonne also had her own purpose for this trip.

—She wanted to change the death flag on her father.

No matter what, she wanted to help her father get out of his exiled state.

Even on the most barren land, as long as he could achieve sufficiently impressive political achievements, she believed that the King of Oz would acknowledge it.

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“Good morning, Lord!”

“Have you eaten, Lord?”

“It’s hot, Lord, come have a cup of tea!”

Along the way, many local residents greeted Campbell warmly, showing that her father was well-respected in this area.

Because it was a punitive exile, Yvonne had been worried that the people here might have some prejudice against her father, but now it seems she was overthinking.

Upon arriving at the sowing site, the villagers were all curious about the two beautiful young girls behind Campbell. Some unmarried young men, seeing Elsa smiling politely at them, blushed immediately. Noticing this, Yvonne unhappily pushed Elsa’s hat down further.

Don’t smile stupidly at everyone, you idiot!

“Lord, these two beside you are……”

“They are my two daughters—!”

Pushing Yvonne and Elsa forward, Campbell proudly introduced his daughters.

Hearing her father’s verbal acknowledgment, Elsa was also elated.

“They are both students from the Magic Academy, they’ve come to help during this summer vacation, and will also perform the ‘Blessing’ with me.”

“Ah! That’s really a great help!”

Upon hearing they were students from the Magic Academy, the villagers were overjoyed.

People with magical power are already a minority, naturally, the more people who can bestow blessings, the better,

“…What’s ‘Blessing’, Evie?”

Elsa didn’t quite understand and hurriedly asked Yvonne beside her in a low voice,

“Listen, Elsa, the so-called ‘Blessing’ is……”

‘Blessing’ is a ritual that materializes magical power and combines it with the soil.

After such a magical ritual, the magical elements in the soil will be qualitatively enhanced. Through this method, the sown seeds can take root, sprout, and grow more quickly, and achieve better yields during the harvest season.

“In spring, during sowing, that nun lady should also perform corresponding prayers, do you remember?”

“Ah, so that’s what it was?”

Elsa suddenly realized.

‘I shall praise the joy of life, offer prayer and gratitude here, please grant us harvest and protection, may the goddess’s grace spread across the land’

From a young age, Elsa often heard Delia chant such prayers while kneeling on one knee on the ground, she didn’t realize that was ‘Blessing’.