episode_0022

At the request of the village chief, a search was requested in the forest near the village.

And when I got there, I could understand why the village chief had made this request to me.

“Here. I found it while logging.”

“It’s terrible.”

A village woodcutter showed the horrific scene where he was found.

As a hunter, my guess would be that someone was eaten by a monster. Even alive.

“Looking at the claw marks and broken trees around it, it looks like a Yeti. Because they have a habit of using wood as a club.”

“Why are they in the northern region?”

Yeti.

It is a humanoid monster with the intelligence of a child and strong strength.

They are humanoid and ape-like, so they only look like humans, but they are different from subhumans such as beastmen or orcs. It’s a monster to begin with, so it’s only natural.

The problem is that hunting it is very difficult. It is not easy to deal with due to its tough leather, strong strength, and intelligence that can even use tools to block spear knives, and it is not easy to get caught in traps.

But why did these guys who live in cold areas come down here?

Is it because winter is coming soon? There was no change like this until last year.

“Xian, take a look at this outfit. Looking at the dirty bottom of one of the pants, isn’t the owner of this corpse Garom?”

“That could be possible. Because he was the only one whose body could not be found.”

This person has already been missing for over two weeks.

He’s someone who wouldn’t be surprised if he dies at any time, but I never thought we’d meet again like this.

“He probably came up here while running away from mercenaries, but he happened to meet a Yeti. He’s a guy with no luck.”

“It’s not that you’re unlucky, but aren’t you the kind of person who kicks luck away?”

“Haha, that’s right.”

Among the people gathered here, none of the villagers were particularly sad that Garom had died.

As a greedy man, he embezzled a lot as the owner of a flour mill and abused power in ways that were unbecoming of a city.

I also didn’t have any good feelings towards him.

‘The head of the family abandons his family and runs away? ‘You searched well.’

If you had just given up your pride and evacuated like I said, there wouldn’t have been any problems. He couldn’t let go of his pride and was so stubborn that when the mercenaries attacked, he abandoned his wife and daughter and ran away.

I couldn’t like him even if I wanted to like him as a man.

In any case, since he was from the same village, he and the people gathered here burned Garom’s body and held a formal funeral.

Meanwhile, Tom was touching his beard and mumbling something as if he felt uncomfortable.

“But this might be dangerous.”

“What is it?”

“Because a monster called Yeti once ate a human. Won’t you attack the village again to eat humans?”

I had heard the same story as Tom said from my father.

They can’t forget the taste of the man-eating monsters, so they attack the village again to eat humans.

So the most important rule for hunters is not to be eaten by monsters.

“That could be possible. I will patrol in this direction for a while.”

“I feel reassured because I have you. But be careful, because that Yeti could be a ghost.”

“Changgui?”

“You’re a hunter, but you don’t know? The person who was eaten by the monster takes on the resentment of the monster and kills his family.”

It seemed like a superstition from the Joseon Dynasty, but this is a fantasy world with monsters, aurors, and magic.

Well, I’ve never actually seen magic, but Tom’s words weren’t necessarily without mystery.

“But if you have a grudge, why do you kill the monster that killed you, and why do you torment your beloved family?”

“Wouldn’t the original grudge go to a close, easy-going person? Anyway, you said you had Elthea as your concubine, right? Be careful.”

“Yes, thank you for the advice.”

Although I’m not a particularly superstitious person, I took Tom’s advice seriously.

In this world, growing old is proof of survival.

‘Just in case, I’ll have to build an alarm device near my house.’

The dog, even if you die, it bothers people.

. . .

“Mom, I’m hungry!”

“Clia, it hasn’t been long since we had lunch.”

“Maybe because I’ve been playing with Elin lately, I’m hungry when it’s time~ Snack! Give me a snack!”

“Ha… okay. Instead, I have to share it with Elin.”

“Of course.”

Sylvia’s depression seems to have improved and her energy seems to have improved. However, that doesn’t mean overcoming depression, but rather forgetting about it with other worries. And the concern mentioned here is…

“Can I help you?”

“Hiyat?!”

“Silvia?”

She was startled when she saw me, and ran away from me, screaming. It seems like he cares about what happened that day.

“Oppa, did you fight with mom?”

“No, my brother did it unilaterally.”

“Really? But oppa, I want to eat snacks.”

When mom disappears It was Clia who proudly asked me for a snack.

“It’s a snack… What do you want to eat?”

“Hmm, something sweet like fruit?”

It was not easy to find sweet food in a rural village like this.

It was especially difficult to find fruit in winter.

“Do you have any eggs left?”

“There are eggs! Our Gold King laid an egg yesterday too!”

Gold King.

This is the name of the chicken raised by Clia.

“Good. Would you like to bring some eggs to your brother?”

“Okay~”

Clia hurriedly went to the chicken coop in the yard to take out eggs.

“Ugh! Just give me a few Gold King eggs!”

Judging by the screaming, it looks like he is fighting with Gold King to get the egg.

While Clia was doing that, I went to the apiary across the river to get some honey.

Let’s arrive at the apiary. There, a huge bee greeted me.

Buuung.

“I’ll take some honey.”

Giant Prang, a giant bee.

Among them, who formed and maintained a corps called a bee colony, I, along with Leon, captured a few workers and started a beekeeping operation.

Buuung~

He’s not dangerous, so he won’t harm the village, but if it weren’t for me, it would be hard to get the honey.

“Okay, good job.”

Buuung!!

I left the angry guys behind, got some honey, and headed to the living room.

There was Clia, who won the battle with the Gold King and saved the egg.

“Hehe, oppa, here are the eggs.”

“Yes, I had a hard time.”

I divided the fresh eggs I received from Clia into whites and yolks and stirred the whites to make whipping.

“Whaaah~ There was a bubble in the egg!”

After roughly seasoning it with salt, I added the yolk again and stirred it, then placed it on a heated plate and started baking.

I sprinkled the honey stolen from the Giant Prung on top of the soufflé omelette.

“Now, try it.”

Clia carefully ate the snack I offered her with a fork and said with her eyes shining.

“Oppa, this is really delicious! What is the name of the snack?”

“Soufflé… No, it’s just green bread.”

“Pureungppang? It’s really delicious. Make it again next time!”

“Yes, yes. Instead, you have to eat and brush your teeth.”

“Yes!”

Clia walked briskly again and went somewhere with the green bread.

He’s probably going to eat it with Elin.

“There are ingredients left.”

Since I had a few eggs left over from Clia, I made another puff pastry.

I was wondering who to give it to, but decided to give it to Sylvia.

‘I hope this will improve our relationship a little.’

I made green bread and looked for Sylvia.

But no matter how hard I searched the house, I couldn’t find her. Puzzled, I asked Chloe who was resting.

“Mom? He probably went home before moving.”

“There? Wasn’t it used by villagers who lost their homes last time?”

“It is being neglected because it is not managed. Since then, it looks like mom goes to clean occasionally.”

“I see. Oh, Chloe, this is the snack I made. Do you want to eat it?”

“I’m fine. Because I don’t feel well.”

Recently, Chloe started having severe morning sickness.

My heart ached because there was nothing I could do for her who was suffering.

“Honey, don’t worry about me. Even if you look at it like this, I am strong. ”

“Thank you. I will only trust you.”

I kissed Chloe and went out to look for Sylvia like she said.

. . .

“This is the house Chloe stayed in before getting married.”

I visited my maternal in-laws’ house for the first time, but there wasn’t much to see.

It was a typical rural village house structure, a simple all-in-one house with no privacy.

There was even a strong smell, as if livestock had been raised in the house.

And perhaps because it had been left unattended for several months, its condition was not good.

“Cyan?”

“Silvia, you are here.”

Sylvia was embarrassed when she saw me, and I didn’t know what to do. I was afraid she might run away again, so I grabbed her wrist.

“I made a snack for Sylvia. First, let’s eat and work together.”

“Ugh… Is that so?”

Sylvia came out into the yard and started eating the prong bread I gave her. And like Clia, he showed a reaction he liked.

“This is my first time eating such delicious bread.”

“It’s not exactly bread. Because there was no flour in it.”

“Really? Is it this soft?”

Sylvia enjoyed it so much that the person who made it was happy.

Looking at her like that, I saw the now almost abandoned house where Sylvia had lived her whole life.

“You stayed here with your three siblings.”

“Brother and sister? Oh, yes, that’s right.”

To be honest, I hate it when I think about it like this, but it was a really shabby house.

Considering her beauty, wouldn’t she have been able to find a talented husband and live in a better house?

While I was thinking about this and that, I was unable to speak. Sylvia said to me who was just sitting still, looking at the house blankly.

“I gave birth to my children there.”

“I see.”

“When I had my first child, I felt like I had everything in the world.”

“…….”

“When I gave birth to Chloe, I was happy, and when I gave birth to Clia, I was just that.”

“…….”

“I was devastated when I lost my husband, and I was scared when Leon was drafted into the war.”

“It must have been difficult.”

“Yes, it was difficult. But the most difficult time was Chloe’s wedding.”

“Yes?”

I was surprised by Sylvia’s words. I didn’t know she wouldn’t be happy about me and Chloe getting married.

However, Sylvia did not mean it that way.

“Isn’t it because of me that Chloe couldn’t choose her life? I had this thought.”

It seems that the problem was that he forced his daughter to get married for the sake of his family.

“Aren’t I forcing Chloe’s life just like my husband did to me?”

“What is that?”

I was taken aback when the story of my father-in-law suddenly came up.

Sylvia opened her mouth cautiously for me, who was embarrassed.

“Xian, you know that my husband is the son of the former village chief, right?”

“Yes.”

Since I was recently recognized as a villager, I don’t know much about the villagers, but there were a few things I picked up through Tom.

“That person tried to marry me.”

But this is my first time hearing this.

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