A profession was a summary of the life one had lived in the past...
On the way back to the village, Xia Mingyu kept thinking about that question.
Most of his previous life seemed to have been spent in school.
He basically woke up at six every morning, got ready, went to class, and could only crawl into bed around ten at night.
It had practically been more Spartan than Sparta itself...
After finally getting into a fairly decent university, he immediately found himself thrown into another brutal competition for grades.
He had worked so hard that he sometimes stayed up until the early hours of the morning just grinding through online courses.
When he thought about it, the four words academic workhorse seemed to perfectly describe his past life.
But...
How could there possibly be such a ridiculous profession?
Xia Mingyu sighed.
Before he realized it, he and Berg had already returned to the village.
The last rays of sunlight spilled across the dirt paths of the village.
In the distance, the fruit groves rippled like green waves beneath the evening breeze, while a faint and delicious aroma of food drifted through the air.
“Your Highness, you’re back!”
Anliya stood at the entrance of the village with a delighted expression.
She had changed back into her patched, belted tunic, but the simple clothing did nothing to lessen the young girl’s beauty.
Her golden hair shone softly beneath the sunlight, while her clear blue eyes looked like reflections of the sky itself.
A woven basket hung from Anliya’s left wrist.
When she lifted the linen cloth covering it, four neatly arranged pieces of white bread were revealed, still giving off warm steam.
The three of them entered the village together and walked toward home.
“Your Highness, you must be tired after hunting all day. This white bread has just come out of the oven. Please have some.”
The young girl took a piece of white bread from the basket, spread some jam made from red fruits over it, and handed it to him with an expectant look.
“Thank you.”
Xia Mingyu accepted the bread and gently took a bite.
A simple yet pure wheat fragrance immediately spread through his mouth.
Mixed within it was the faint freshness of the jam.
It was slightly sweet, yet carried just the right amount of sourness.
The warmth of the bread made the aroma of the jam even richer.
Every little piece of fruit burst between his teeth, leaving behind a wonderful aftertaste.
“Delicious!”
Xia Mingyu praised it before taking another huge bite.
“As long as Your Highness likes it.”
Hearing his praise, Anliya’s eyes curved into happy crescents.
The corners of her lips rose without her even realizing it, revealing a row of clean white teeth.
“Big Sister Anliya, I spent the entire day hunting with His Highness today. Can I have a piece of white bread too?”
Berg sniffed the air repeatedly.
Like a starving wolf, his eyes were locked firmly onto the remaining three pieces of white bread inside the basket.
As an excellent hunter, he normally had no shortage of meat.
But he had never been willing to spend money on fragrant and sweet white bread like this.
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“No, Little Berg. I only baked them. The ingredients for this bread were fine wheat that everyone specifically gave to His Highness.”
Anliya rejected him without hesitation.
Hearing that, Berg immediately turned his head and stared pitifully at Xia Mingyu.
Clearly, he had realized that begging Anliya was useless.
If he wanted bread, he had to beg His Highness.
Xia Mingyu smiled slightly.
“I’ll eat one more. You two can have one of the remaining pieces each.”
“Thank you, Your Highness!”
Before Anliya could even react, Berg’s hand shot forward at astonishing speed.
He grabbed a piece of white bread and devoured it in just a few bites like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey.
“Idiot Berg.”
Anliya kicked Berg in annoyance.
Then she picked up the final piece of white bread and began eating it in small bites.
“Thank you, Your Highness.”
For some reason, the girl’s footsteps became noticeably lighter.
When she looked at the handsome face of the young man beside her, an additional trace of tenderness appeared in her eyes.
After walking for a while, Anliya spoke again.
“Your Highness, the cellar you taught us to dig has already been completed. Would you like to take a look?”
“Sure.”
Inside the dim cellar, baskets filled with red fruits had been neatly placed on a floor covered with dry straw.
A faint fruity fragrance filled the air.
Tiny droplets of water had condensed across the walls.
“Your Highness, after putting the red fruits in the cellar, the amount of time we can store them has increased greatly.”
Anliya softly gave her report.
