Chapter 246 Natural Craftsman
Declan came out of the kitchen and was the first to see him.
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When he noticed that Gael’s face had healed, his eyes flickered for a moment. Then he called out casually, “Sleeping in again? Come eat before the food gets cold.”
As soon as Gael sat down at the table, everyone’s curious eyes turned toward him.
Gael smiled at them. “Good morning, everyone.”
Gael was back to his old self. Rosalie was the happiest of all.
Her stomach growled again. She picked up her bowl and had just taken one sip when the door suddenly flew open. Someone rushed in.
It was Jareth. His face was covered in sweat. It was clear he had run all the way here.
He was gasping for air, barely able to breathe.
Reid quickly poured him a glass of water and handed it over. “Slow down,” Rosalie said gently. “Catch your breath.”
Jareth drank the water. His breathing steadied a little, but then he burst out crying. “Something terrible happened! The silkworm house-something’s wrong!”
Rosalie immediately set down her spoon. Her expression turned serious. “What happened? Take me there.”
“I’m coming too!” Julien, Gael, and Micah all stood up at the same time.
Reid glanced at the breakfast on the table, hesitated, then stood up and followed them.
The silkworm house wasn’t far. They moved fast and arrived in no time.
On the way, Rosalie’s mind raced with bad thoughts. Did the silkworms die? Did they get sick? Was something ruined?
When she pushed open the door, her eyes landed on the silkworms, and she froze. Then, she laughed.
Jareth jumped in shock. What was going on? Had Rosalie gone mad?
Rosalie laughed as she gently rubbed Jareth’s head. “Silly boy. The silkworms are fine. They just turned into
cocoons.”
The fat, wriggling silkworms were now wrapped in white silk, one by one, hanging quietly.
This was simply their next stage.
When Rosalie left before, she hadn’t explained this to Jareth. No wonder the poor kid had panicked.
Hearing that nothing was wrong and that this was normal, Jareth finally let out a long breath.
On the way back, Reid stared at the long rows of silkworm houses. After they returned home, he asked
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shyly, “Rosalie, can I help out at the silkworm house?”
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Rosalie shook her head. Reid immediately grew nervous. “I know I’m not very useful right now, but I can learn!”
He didn’t say it out loud, but his heart was full of fear.
Reid had been taken in by Rosalie. Since coming here, he hadn’t had much to do. He was scared of being useless and ended up being abandoned.
He finally had warm meals, a safe place to sleep, and someone who treated him kindly. He didn’t want to lose that.
Rosalie saw right through him. She patted his head and said softly, “It’s not that I won’t let you help. It’s because I have something more important for you to do.”
More important?
Raising silkworms wasn’t hard. Anyone could do it. But woodworking was different.
When they built the carts before, Rosalie had noticed Reid’s special talent.
The wooden parts he carved were extremely precise. Rosalie herself could do it because she had strong building skills. But Reid did it with pure instinct.,
At first, his work was a bit rough.
After carving a few pieces, though, his work became clean and fine.
Just in time, Rosalie was planning to open a new shop. When they shipped rice from Vaford to Sovereign City earlier, they had dozens of carts left. Those could be sold.
The new carpenter’s shop could sell wooden carts and other wooden goods in the future.
As for the main craftsman? That role would go to Reid.
Rosalie knew that sitting around every day made him feel uneasy. This would give him purpose.
They would need to find a shop first, of course.
When Reid heard that Rosalie wanted to open a shop just for him, he was thrilled.
Still, he couldn’t help worrying. The carts were made with Rosalie guiding him. Could he really do it alone?
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