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After putting Tom, who had fallen asleep again, to bed, I took the black bow Tom had made and was about to return home.

Petra approached me and spoke to me with a slightly dissatisfied look on her face.

“Hey.”

“Why? Petra.”

“Why did you help me?”

“Hmm?”

“It has nothing to do with you. But why did you persuade the old man?”

“What… It doesn’t matter.”

I scratched my cheek at her sudden words. I didn’t know she would ask these questions.

I said, roughly thinking of an excuse.

“It’s good to have a lot of people to work with.”

“I’m a woman?”

“What does that have to do with anything? All you have to do is do your job well.”

“Hmm… I see Thank you.”

“If you are grateful, please repay me.”

“Okay. What do you want?”

There was nothing I wanted from Petra right now. Even if she learned metallurgy from Tom, it didn’t mean she would immediately have outstanding skills, and it wouldn’t mean she could receive anything since she didn’t have any assets.

After thinking carefully, I eventually decided to invest in Petra’s future value.

“Not now, but make me whatever I want for free later.”

“Good.”

Petra responded to my answer confidently, and looking at her confident smile, I promised myself to create something extraordinary for her.

. . .

“The bow is really good.”

Leon, who received the black bow made by Tom, was very happy with his flushed face.

“Is it that much?”

“Yes! The arrow flies while popping.”

“Arrows fly that way.”

“Fly further!”

“It’s natural because the material is good.”

“And the hit rate has increased!”

“That’s because the bow I had before was bad… Ah Okay. I’ll stop joking around.”

I was playing a prank on Leon and got hit for no reason. Damn, my hands are getting really hot.

“That’s right. Leon, give me your hand.”

“Hand?”

“Okay. The hand that pulls the bowstring.”

“character.”

Leon held out her right hand, and I put the thimble on her finger.

“This?”

“My gift. It’s a bow thimble.”

“They also gave me a bow, but again? Am I the only one getting two?”

“Don’t feel pressured, just think of it as a set gift.”

“Ugh… If you say that, I will think as Xian said. Thank you.”

“If you’re grateful, let’s go somewhere with me.”

“Suddenly?”

“This year’s winter continues to get colder, so I’m planning to bring back some of the things I left behind at my home before I moved.”

“Xian’s house?”

“Yes, it’s in the middle of the dark forest. Do you want to go? I might have to sleep there.”

“Because it is Xian’s request. I’ll go.”

“Thank you.”

Leon coolly accepted my request.

First of all, I explained the situation to Chloe, saying that I would be staying out for a day before leaving.

“May I ask what you are bringing?”

“Secret, I’ll surprise you later.”

“I understand. Please be careful. Oppa, please give me Sian.”

“Okay Chloe, I’ll try not to disturb Sian.”

“Hehe, I’ll trust you.”

It was Chloe who gave a meaningful smile.

Next, I asked various things to Sylvia and Elthea.

“Please close the door and stay indoors only while I am away.”

“Yes. Sian.”

“Don’t worry, come back.”

It’s not that I don’t trust the villagers, but there are always what ifs.

After seeing everyone off, I was able to arrive at Ian’s house in the dark forest with Leon.

“Heo, heo, heo… It’s really far.”

“Because it’s the middle of the dark forest.”

In “? Mid section? So, where have I been to so far?”

“Outside. There are no dangerous monsters.”

“There?”

Leon trembled as if he was shocked.

Well, I understood to some extent.

The warbears that the village is worried about are actually in the central part of the Dark Forest and do not appear much in the outskirts, and when they do appear, most of them are the ones who lost the territorial battle.

But the true story of the dark forest begins here, where Ian and I lived.

“Monster birds that shoot lightning, moving piles of stones, and occasionally ogres will also appear, so don’t do anything strange.”

“Why do you live in a place like this?”

“That’s right, it’s a place with a lot of game.”

Leon clicked his tongue in astonishment at my words.

Is it that strange?

“Then let’s quickly take care of what we need and let’s go.”

“No. I’m going to sleep here tonight.”

“Why? They say it’s dangerous.”

“There is no place safer than here at night.”

Ian, my adoptive father, did not settle here without thinking.

At night in the dark forest, this was the safest place.

“And since the black tiger moves at night, it is better to wait until daylight.”

“If it’s a black tiger, is it the tiger you mentioned before?”

“Yes, it would be difficult to save my life if that guy attacked.”

“I see… ”

“For your information, this house does not have ondol.”

“Ugh…it’s going to be cold tonight.”

“Well, what can I do? We should sleep together.”

I have attempted to make an ondol a few times in the past.

However, no matter how much I have intact memories of my past life, the only time I was exposed to the principles of Ondol was through documentaries. Of course, there were many shortcomings in terms of technology, and of course there were failures.

He had been thinking about ondol since he was 10 years old, and made his first ondol when he was 12 years old. At that time, he almost suffocated from the smoke coming out of the chimney, and at the age of 14, there was a fire. After going through many trials and errors, I finally succeeded at the age of 18, but when the damn cat swung with its front paw, the usus tree collapsed. Damn you bitch. I will definitely hunt someday.

. . .

“Wow, it’s really dirty because it hasn’t been cleaned in a while.”

Let’s get home. A thick layer of dust greeted me.

“But what exactly is the item you were trying to take?”

“Ah, this is it.”

“That?”

When I showed him the small clothes, Leon was surprised and said,

“These are children’s clothes?”

“These are the clothes I wore when I was young.”

“If you don’t plan on having children, don’t you usually sell or throw it away?”

“Yes. But these were the clothes Ian had when he picked me up in the forest, so he couldn’t bear to throw them away. Could this be a way to find my parents or something?”

“Ah… Sorry.”

“It’s okay. Because I don’t really pay attention.”

I didn’t really have any feelings towards my biological parents who abandoned me. I didn’t really think there was a reason, so I didn’t bother trying to find my biological parents. Finding it is work, and even if we meet now, it seems difficult to form a good relationship. In that case, it is better to live comfortably. After all, I was already married and now had a child.

“But it is well managed. Your father cared for Xian a lot.”

“I have that too, but I thought it was a bit expensive, so I kept it as an emergency fund.”

“….”

However, the clothes and blanket I was wearing were made of materials not commonly found in rural villages. Just by looking at it, it looks like it will make money.

‘I’m especially concerned that it’s a language that even my adoptive father, who was knowledgeable in many fields, couldn’t read.’

In any case, it wasn’t a bad idea to take care of it for the child that would be born later.

“But is there anything else besides this?”

“Not much.”

There are a lot of things to take care of.

The monster skins that were decorated on the walls to keep the house warm, the hunting tools that Ian used, and most importantly…

“What is this paper?”

“My father says it’s a land document, but I don’t know exactly where the land document is.”

I could read the text, but I didn’t know exactly where the region written in the document was. Because I’ve never been outside the dark forest. Also, I still haven’t figured out the size of this world. So, we cannot even guess how much value this document has. How many acres is an acre?

‘I’ll have to ask Elthea later.’

As a merchant’s daughter, she would fully recognize the value of this document.

“Let’s eat first. I’m starting to feel hungry.”

“Agree~”

I had dinner alone with Leon and spent time cleaning the house and organizing my father’s grave.

and.

. . .

“Leon, let’s go take a shower.”

“Wash it?”

It is very difficult to wash in winter. Not only is the water cold, but we also need to save firewood to heat the water to heat the house. So I usually wash it once every two days. This is possible because Xi’an has a lot of firewood, and some houses usually wash once a week. But washing here with nothing?

Leon couldn’t understand Xian’s words.

“There is no firewood here and no water to boil.”

“Hehe, but there is a hot spring.”

“Hot spring?”

Leon is confused at hearing the word for the first time. Sian hit his forehead.

“You don’t know. Well, it would be hard to find hot springs in the countryside.”

Leon seemed to be secretly annoyed by Xian’s pitiful tone of voice and asked him in a slightly hushed voice.

“So what is a hot spring?”

“To put it simply, it is a spring from which hot water comes out.”

“Is there such a thing?”

“I say it because it exists. Let’s go, you were sweaty coming today.”

“Yes, but… ”

Leon, taken aback by his words, hesitated.

Sian must have been frustrated, so he grabbed Leon’s wrist and led him in the direction of the hot springs.

Then there was a spring with really hot water.

“Wow… It’s true, it’s amazing.”

The fountain was beautifully decorated like a bathtub, as if it had been made by Sian.

I never thought there would be a place like this in the dark forest.

When Leon is so amazed that his mouth drops.

“Then let’s go in.”

In “?”

Sian began to take off her clothes.

“What are you doing? Take it off too, Leon.”

“…….”

When Leon saw his naked body, his face turned red like a bright red fruit and he didn’t know what to do.