Chapter 303 Rome Stories February 22 New Share
The chicks had grown plumper, their feathers filling in day by day. They seemed to change almost overnight. Leon was sure it wouldn’t be long before he could start picking up eggs each day, in addition to feeding them.
The cave was still producing steadily, with mushrooms growing vigorously. The fruit bats, however, had clearly given up. The ground lay bare—no fruit in sight.
After finishing his usual farm chores, Leon didn’t forget to feed yesterday’s haul of iron ore into the furnace. The sooner he smelted it into iron bars, the sooner he could take it to Clint for a pickaxe upgrade. After all, using the most basic pickaxe on the deep mine’s rocks was exhausting.
Once the furnace began smelting, Leon made himself breakfast. After eating, he returned indoors and called Gus, only to hear a busy signal. That meant Gus wasn’t at the Starfruit Saloon, so Leon hung up, grabbed his bike, and headed toward Pelican Town.
If the mountain wouldn’t come to him, he would go to the mountain. Since Gus wasn’t in his shop, Leon would have to look for him in town.
His first stop was Pierre’s General Store. Gus disliked Joja Mart’s products, so he usually bought the ingredients for the Starfruit Saloon from Pierre in the mornings.
But Gus wasn’t there.
Next, Leon stopped by Harvey’s Clinic.
He found Maru inside and asked if she had seen Gus.