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When I woke up, I began to feel a warmth surrounding my body, different from the sensations I usually felt.

‘Oh, I fell asleep at the inn.’

Having slept under a tattered blanket for so long, I was not used to this kind of warmth.

“Hmm.”

I took off the blanket covering my body and slowly raised my upper body.

I turned my head to look out the window and it seemed to be dawn because the sun had not yet fully risen.

I ran one hand through my messy hair and felt around for the bandage that would hold my chest in place.

Objectively speaking, I can’t say that my chest is big, but

Since it existed, it was convenient to keep it still when moving the body.

‘I wish it hadn’t happened.’

It’s a hassle to put on a bandage every morning, but you can’t put one on while you sleep either.

He sighed, untied his front apron, and slowly tied the bandage.

‘Hmm, now that you mention it.’

If the nameless one comes, it might be a good idea to sleep with the bandage on.

I didn’t really care, but in the past, when we used to sleep together, Myeong was shocked when he saw me take off my bandages.

I was so angry that I felt really bad as I turned my head away with a blush on my face.

“Phh-”

A hollow laughter broke out.

‘There were so many cute aspects to him when he was young’

Nowadays, there is a lack of respect for teachers.

The lips jutted out.

This is not right, a disciple should always respect his master.

As I tilted my head, wondering how I could make Nameless respect me again like he did when he was a child, the hair sticking out of my crown swayed gently.

I found the scene amusing somehow when I looked at it through the mirror hanging in the corner of the room.

I slowly crawled to the mirror, shook my head quickly, and saw my hair now moving in a swoosh rather than a fluttering motion.

Somehow, I found it fun to watch it shake, and a faint smile formed on my face.

‘Oops.’

If you do something that is not appropriate for your age in front of an unknown person, you will surely be looked at with contempt.

‘No, no, no.’

With that important fact in mind, I crawled to my bag and took out the wooden swords.

It wasn’t a sword with a blade so I didn’t really need to take care of it, but I was just sitting there blankly so my conscience started to hurt so I decided to do something about it.

As I sat on the floor and took out a rag to clean my wooden sword, I found that the rag was stained bright red.

“I’ve never put anything like this before… .”

Feeling anxious, I got up from my seat and looked inside my bag.

“Ah.”

It seems like the guard didn’t grab the bag properly when I handed it to him, and most of the strawberries that I had filled my bag with have burst.

“Profit… .”

My face became pale and tears began to well up in my eyes.

‘I was so careful as I ran that my bag wouldn’t shake!’

I wanted to jump up and scold the guard who killed Strawberry right away, but I just clenched my fists and trembled while holding my bag.

I also had a problem with throwing the bag without a countermeasure even though I knew the guard’s weakness.

“Ugh..”

Looking at the current situation where most of the strawberries have turned into juice, I really don’t want to do anything.

You might think that you can just buy new strawberries, but

Well, I don’t even know where they sell it, and I’m worried that I’ll get ripped off by the merchants.

I know I’m worrying too much, but what can I do if I’m scared? It’ll be easier if I just give up.

He sighed quietly, took out the strawberries and the money pouch, and emptied his bag.

I didn’t forget to take out strawberries every now and then and eat them one by one.

I was worried, holding a completely empty bag.

“How do I wash this?”

Certainly, because of the times, there was no separate sink or bathtub with running water in the room. Instead, there was a large container filled with water. If you wanted to use the water in the container to wash your bag, you would have to leave the room and go to the store owner to get more water.

Just because I’m washing my bag, it’s something I can’t not do.

It was difficult.

Some may say that you can just tell the store owner and get new water.

It’s really not easy to ask the store owner for new water.

The store owner must have moved around to collect water separately, but I ended up getting water twice by myself. There is no greater nuisance than this.

After thinking deeply about how to solve this, I weighed the two options of washing the bag and washing my body, and put the bag in a corner.

I wasn’t sweating or anything, but I needed to wash up since I had been walking on a dirt road.

And since my disciple, Anonymous, said he would do all the chores, even if I don’t do them now, Anonymous will do them for me later.

The corners of the mouth went up.

Intoxicated with the satisfaction of having solved the problem, he immediately took off his clothes and climbed into the basket that served as the bathtub.

“Wow, that’s refreshing.”

It’s already been three days since I started waiting for Anonymous.

During this time, I did not move outside the accommodation.

I was just lying in bed, dazed, and whenever I got out of bed, I would take strawberries out of my bag and eat them, but even those were all gone, so now I don’t get out of bed at all.

‘Hmm, is this okay?’

I was a little worried about my condition, but I didn’t have any motivation because I didn’t have anonymity.

‘but.’

Even if you go outside, there will only be people you don’t know,

Unlike the mountains, this place is not suitable for swinging a sword or having a morning meal.

So, becoming a hikikomori is an inevitable and unavoidable fate.

‘I was not wrong.’

He nodded, rationalizing to himself.

I was just staring blankly for a while.

Suddenly, an uneasy thought occurred to me.

Anonymous doesn’t know where I am.

Well, since we didn’t decide in advance where to wait, there would be no way to know anonymously.

A cold sweat ran down my neck.

‘What should I do?’

No viable solution came to mind.

If I wait at the entrance to the village, I’ll have to face the guard again, and if I go around looking for the nameless one, I’m afraid I’ll get lost.

It’s a real dilemma.

I buried my face in the pillow in a situation where there was no answer.

“Mmm, it’s soft and fluffy.”

It is a completely different level of softness from the pillows I used while living in a cabin.

He immediately grabbed the blanket that was lying carelessly on the steps and covered himself with it.

Heaven is complete.

Whenever you have a problem, if you take a deep breath, a solution will come to mind.

And if I’m unknown anyway, wouldn’t they come looking for me after smelling me with their smart noses?

I turned my head away from that bleak reality and closed my eyes.

-cotton

A man is seen desperately searching for a woman on the street, carrying a basket full of strawberries.

“Have you ever seen a black-haired woman this tall?”

Unfortunately, that man is me.

‘Where on earth are you, Master?’

Aside from meeting a group of people in the Demon Realm, there were no other incidents on the way to the village.

However, since the teacher said he would come to the village first, there was no way to run out and look for him.

“Haa, Master.”

I thought that the Master ran out first because he had something in mind, but did he really do it without a plan?

‘no.’

The Master is not that shallow.

I shook my head and put away my profane thoughts.

‘Finding oneself is the same as understanding my realm, as the Master said.’

It must be so.

But shamefully, I have not yet reached the level that the Master desires.

‘shit.’

A feeling of guilt rose up.

My heart ached as I thought about how disappointed my Master was in me, thinking that I, a disciple who had studied under him for years, could not do even one thing properly.

‘No, it’s too early to give up.’

It would be a waste of time to lament my low status here, and the Master would be even more disappointed in me.

I took a deep breath.

I tried to calm my pounding heart and think of thoughts that my teacher would think of as best as possible.

‘The teacher has an excessive amount of altruism.’

Even though my teacher, who usually seemed obsessed with training, taught me until I fully understood, even if it meant skipping his own training when I was lacking in something because I was a slow learner.

This time, you may have done something out of consideration for me.

‘For example, I can reserve an inn first so that I don’t have to move around in a hassle.’

Until then, I had been thinking of the Master’s obsession with training, so I thought he would be swinging a sword in the mountains instead of staying at an inn, but it seems like that is what caught me off guard.

The teacher is fundamentally altruistic.

I’m sure that this time too, he will be considerate of me and will forgo his training to spend time at the inn.

After I finished thinking about it, I went around to all the inns in the town.

Eventually, I was able to find an inn with my master’s name written on the list.

The names of the teacher and I are unique, so it is impossible for us to be the same person.

“Sigh… .”

A sigh of relief escaped me.

Just in case I was hallucinating because I missed my Master so much, I carefully read the list again, checked the location of the room where my Master was, and went straight to that room.

‘We’ve finally arrived.’

The long, drawn-out game of tag with the teacher is now over.

The thought of seeing the teacher brought a smile to my face, and I happily opened the door where the teacher was.

When I opened the door, what I saw were the wooden swords that the teacher usually cherished, spread out on the floor.

The next thing I saw was the Master lying on the bed beyond.

As I was looking around the room, something strange suddenly caught my eye, but I lightly ignored it.

First of all, the teacher comes first.

It’s daytime and the sun hasn’t set yet,

I called my teacher in a small voice in case he was taking a nap.

“Master.”

As soon as the teacher heard my voice, he got up from his seat and ran to my side, wondering if he had been taking a nap.

“Anonymous! You finally got here! I thought I was going to die of boredom.”

I bowed my head toward my teacher, who greeted me with a bright smile.

“Yes, Master, I’m sorry I’m late.”

Now it seems like it was an unnecessary worry, but

I handed over the basket of strawberries I had bought just in case my teacher was disappointed.

“I bought it because I thought you would have eaten it all by now.”

The teacher lowered his gaze from my face and stared blankly at the basket of strawberries in my hands for a while.

‘Hmm.’

The teacher seemed to be happier with the strawberries than with me, and he smiled brighter than when he greeted me, and even drooled as he took the basket.

“Oh! Strawberry! Thank you!”

“… Yes.”

Somehow, it made me feel bad and I started to feel a petty jealousy towards the strawberry.

I smiled in vain, feeling ashamed of myself for being jealous even of food.

okay.

‘What does it matter if the teacher likes it that much?’

The teacher’s eyes sparkled and he held the basket of strawberries with both hands.

“Anonymous! Thank you!”

It is always a joy to see the teacher’s bright smile,

Naturally, I smiled too.

‘But what is that thing that has been catching my eye since a while ago?’

The smile was erased.

I called out to my teacher, who was smiling brightly while eating strawberries.

“But, Master.”

The teacher, who was sitting on the floor with a whole strawberry in his mouth, looked up when I called him.

“Huh?”

“What’s that wet bag of strawberries over there?”

“Oh yeah! Nameless, suck that!”

“Yes?”

It was a truly peaceful day.