episode_0103

“Oh, but don’t worry too much.”

Shhh-

“I didn’t make this decision just because she’s my daughter’s friend.”

In an atmosphere of determination, the leader asked Do Yu-jin with a playful smile.

“Sorry, but I have one more question. How did you figure out that the guy who put a curse on us was a monster?”

“I’ll keep that part a secret.”

A little while ago, when I put the shadow thread inside your body, I felt something like a demonic thought there.

Do Yu-jin swallowed the words that were about to spill out and crossed her arms.

There was no need to babble on and on about things that weren’t necessary for treatment.

There… …

Glance-

“Why?”

“Nothing.”

I wanted to avoid situations where my evaluation of myself would go up too much in front of Erio.

The people here might not see each other later, but that was impossible for Erio.

“Hmm, is this a desperate measure? Not bad.”

The leader nodded with a serious expression, wondering what he was thinking when he saw Do Yu-jin like that.

“Well, I don’t know how you came to the conclusion that the culprit is a monster, but I think that’s probably right. In fact, before our village became known as a ninja village, we were known as a monster hunter village.”

“Huh? Was that so?”

As Shigure opened his eyes wide, the leader snickered and said.

“Hey, think about it. Why would a ninja village have a traditional liquor made from monsters? That liquor was made when our village was called monster hunters.”

As she looked confused, as if she had heard the secret of her birth, the leader continued speaking.

“Anyway, thanks to that past, there are some monsters among those who have lived a long time who are impatient because they can’t eat us.”

“I see.”

“Hmm! Now, it’s a past that only a few people, including me, know about, but you saw through it all at once. That’s why I decided that it wasn’t a complete rip-off.”

The leader said so and laughed coolly.

Thanks to his explanation, public opinion that Do Yu-jin should be refused help has largely disappeared.

When Do Yu-jin looked at him and felt a little regretful, he spoke again.

“Then I’ve decided to treat you… …Now we need to discuss what to do after I’m treated.”

“Huh? What is that… … Oh, are you talking about the medical expenses?”

“Huh? You guys didn’t notice?”

First of all-

“Up until now, you’ve only been talking about me, not you.”

The leader said, pointing at Do Yu-jin with his finger.

“That guy, even if he gets treatment, he only wants to treat me.”

“What… … !”

People who heard those words looked at Do Yu-jin urgently.

When Do Yu-jin refused to receive treatment and was met with looks as if she was being looked at by a psychopath, she sighed and said.

“Don’t look at me like that. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t know what would happen to me after I treated him.”

Glance-

“There… …I don’t know how it was created, but this curse basically targets important people in the village, so your condition isn’t that serious.”

“Not big means specifically… … ”

“If you drink an elixir with an attribute opposite to the darkness attribute, you will be able to endure it to some extent.”

At those words, everyone let out a small sigh of relief.

Then, one person suddenly raised his head and shouted.

“Wait a minute! So the kids in this town are okay?”

Do Yu-jin stared at the woman who was carrying the food and said.

“I don’t know about that part. I don’t know what the guy who cursed this town was thinking when he cursed it.”

“That, that kind of… … ”

At Do Yu-jin’s words, her hands began to tremble and she hurriedly kicked open the door and went out.

It seemed like it was directed at his own child.

And starting with her, others soon began to leave their seats as well.

Do Yu-jin looked at them for a moment with eyes filled with emotion.

The leader looked at Do Yu-jin’s face from the side and said.

“You must have really liked your parents.”

“… … Both of them were really nice people.”

Do Yu-jin said that and then closed her mouth.

The leader looked at Do Yu-jin intently and said.

“Ask, are you willing to help our village?”

“If you pay me properly, I can help you.”

The two people had a quiet conversation, starting with him.

And Erio quietly wiggled his toes next to him and glanced at Doyujin.

‘Why?’

Erio has always been watching over Doyujin.

That’s why I had a vague idea that Do Yu-jin didn’t like revealing herself.

But now, Do Yu-jin, who had been so reluctant to reveal herself, was throwing away the rules she had set for herself.

‘Is family really that important?’

-You can do it. You are the greatest flower born from the essence of our family!

-With your talent, you can elevate our family once more!

It was a feeling that was difficult for her to understand.

but……

Glance-

The feeling that there was someone so precious to you that you would break something precious to him… …was a feeling that touched me a little.

‘How much do I care about Eugene?’

A small curiosity sparkled in Erio’s eyes as he looked at Do Yu-jin.

And she wasn’t the only one who was curious about Do Yu-jin.

‘Who the hell is that guy?’

When he first saw Do Yu-jin, Shigure didn’t pay much attention to him.

Because I simply thought of him as a servant or attendant who just hung around by Erio’s side.

But what is this?

Seeing him abandon his usual haughty demeanor and act like an affectionate house cat, Erio thought he was holding the leash, but it seemed that the man was holding the leash instead.

And the unidentified man who had grabbed Erio’s leash was now talking to his father on an equal footing.

In a situation where a lot of unexpected information suddenly pops up, giving you a headache.

‘What the heck… … ‘

Shigure’s eyes were glued to Doyujin and he didn’t know how to leave.

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“Oh my, what’s this noise all of a sudden in the middle of the night?”

“That’s right. If you’re going to use someone, shouldn’t you at least tell them the minimum circumstances?”

“Come on! It’s the leader’s order, the leader’s order!”

“If we have time to move our mouths, let’s move these quickly!”

The people of Huma Village grumbled and pouted at the noise in the middle of the night.

But even as they said that, they worked hard to move the items in the warehouse to the annex.

Do Yu-jin watched them for a moment, then confirmed that everyone had disappeared and went into the annex.

“You’re really thorough.”

The leader was dumbfounded when he saw Do Yu-jin like that.

“Is there any reason why you have to hide your identity?”

“That’s not it, but it’s better to have as few holes for information to leak out as possible.”

Do Yu-jin said that and checked the items they brought one by one.

“I always wondered how they put a curse on this entire town, and now I know.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“These are.”

Do Yu-jin pointed with her finger to the outer skin of the giant civet they had brought.

“It seems that the curse was maintained and amplified by using the remaining thoughts from the corpse of the monster kept in the village as a catalyst.”

“Huh? So, do I really have to throw them all away?”

“No, maybe if you call the right person and do some good, it’ll be okay?”

“Good?”

“Oh, mistake. Think of it as a ritual performed by calling a priest.”

The leader nodded as if he understood.

“But is it okay to use the materials used to maintain the curse?”

“It’s okay.”

Since its attribute was darkness anyway, there was no way Do Yu-jin would be consumed by the thoughts of a corpse.

“I’m more worried about the facilities and tools, but will it be okay?”

“Ah, you don’t have to worry about that. Even though I don’t use it often, I always keep it clean. Now, if you want, check it out yourself.”

Do Yu-jin took a few tools the leader gave her and checked them out.

‘It’s traditional.’

I had a rough idea just by looking at the shape of the village, but it seemed like this village was a bit out of touch with the times.

“Hmm… … ”

The leader seemed to have had similar thoughts as he gave a small cough.

Sigh-

“There is no problem since you can make elixirs, but if possible, bring in at least basic alchemy tools.”

“But the tradition… … ”

“It is important to keep the tradition, but if you continue to reject the flow of the times like this, you will be criticized as being behind the times.”

“… … Got it.”

The leader spoke in a slightly smaller voice, perhaps shocked by Do Yu-jin’s words.

He checked the materials and tools, ignoring the leader of the Torazin tribe, and clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘I don’t know how things ended up like this.’

Although he had asked the townspeople not to reveal his true identity as part of the price he paid for healing them, he had not expected that to actually be kept.

No, rather, I was confident that the information would definitely spread outside.

But I wasn’t particularly worried.

‘Actually, that’s okay.’

It didn’t matter that my alchemy skills were known.

After all, one of Do Yu-jin’s goals was to become famous as a genius alchemist.

‘In the process, it may also become known that I can manipulate shadows, but considering the reward I will receive from this, it is worth it.’

But there was one thing that bothered me like a thorn stuck in my neck.

Sigh-

‘I ended up meeting a guy who might end up being the heroine.’