[Outskirts of Maplestone City]
[White Spring Nunnery]
[Stable]
Before dawn, Siegfried was already out the door with a bucket in hand.
Behind him, Marvey mumbled and turned over on the haystack. After a moment of silence, the breathing symphony of one man, four horses, and two donkeys resumed in the stable.
The coolness of dawn felt especially pleasant, dispelling the worries lingering in Siegfried's mind.
With the dew heavy on the flowers and the ground fog low, carrying two large wooden buckets, he didn't go to the nearby pond but took a detour to the famous spring of White Spring Monastery.
On the way, Siegfried again encountered the novice nuns in white.
Fetching water early in the morning is a tough task, so naturally, it fell on the novice nuns.
Seeing the new stableman approaching, the sleepy-eyed, stumbling novice nuns hastily made way, ashamed to make eye contact with a strange man yet unable to resist sneaking glances at the handsome blond man's features.
