episode_0054
by fnovelpiaThe beginning of nurturing in the true sense of the word. No, rather than nurturing, the expression childcare would be more appropriate.
Wash it.
Teach me how to speak.
I have to feed him too.
Even though he was watching me closely to see if I could escape, he was also trying to take my life. Even Geumjogi is not like this Geumjogi.
Is that hard?
‘Absolutely not.’
Well, foxes are cute. If they’re cute, you can forgive them for everything. Now I understand why there are fools over their daughters.
“Kang!”
Lin is barking.
As we spent more time together, I was able to figure out why they bark. It means they want food.
“No, you can’t. You just ate.”
“Caeng!”
“What can’t be done can’t be done. I have no intention of raising pigs.”
“Huh!”
Lin snorted as if she had nothing more to do if I didn’t give her food, then curled up and lay down. She licked her tail with her tongue and groomed herself regardless of whether I looked or not.
Lin pretends to listen only when eating, and when she’s full and warm, she treats me like we’re strangers.
‘You’re like this damn fox.’
I expected it to some extent, but even considering that, it’s still annoying. I almost got punched in the face once.
‘But you have to endure it.’
If I use violence here, the improvement in our relationship will end in an instant. But I can’t just leave it alone, so I feel bad about the money I’ve invested in food so far, so I take revenge in my own way.
“Kang?”
He lifted Lin, who was lying curled up on the floor, and placed her on the bed. He hugged her from behind and buried his nose in her soft, cushion-like tail.
“Ssup, big… crazy little shit.”
A thick, concentrated body odor on the tail.
Is this that cocaine? It’s crazy addictive. I inhaled the smell like a vacuum cleaner trying to suck everything up.
“Caeng!”
Lin is terrified.
I try to escape, but it’s no use. My limbs are wrapped around Lin’s body like an octopus.
Accept the guilt of biting your master.
Tail waggling.
The ball is soft.
“Keukkut… !”
Little feet, little feet.
With your fingers between your toes, swish swish.
Lin, who had been struggling in my arms, took the only action she could to move as she pleased.
“Kaaa …
No way.
Nuooowowowow.
***
‘Ah, it’s hard to force myself to play.’
After playing around with Lin, I left the inn to take care of other things.
Even if it is a task that you absolutely must do, you must have at least a minimum of personal will. That way, your job satisfaction will be high.
I don’t know how hard it is to handle things for public reasons without any selfish motives. Playing with Lin was exactly like that.
Ugh, I should think about my to-do list in advance.
‘I touched the fat on my sides and calves… I felt sick.’
Since it’s work, I have to do it flawlessly. Yeah.
“Oh, human bachelor. You came again today?”
I stopped by the market.
It was a fish shop run by a bear named Suin. He came to buy fish to give to the cat people.
“Haha, I came again today.”
“The fish are piled in the bucket over there. If you buy a lot, I’ll give you a discount. Just give me 10 silver.”
“Thank you.”
“Thank you. Are you going to give it to the cat people?”
Even Mrs. Bear knows.
After feeding cats, I became a famous cat mom in Bestia.
“That’s right. Is it still a bit like that?”
“I’m fine. Those guys used to steal like thieves all the time, but now that the bachelor has bought them for me, I have a stable income. I don’t have to prepare anything separately this winter.”
Maybe hibernate.
At this point, shouldn’t we consider him a talking circus bear rather than a human being?
“Bachelor, why don’t you just stay in Bestia?”
“Unfortunately, I have a lot to do. I will buy a lot before I leave.”
After telling the lady that I would come back tomorrow, I picked up the bucket. The bucket was filled with fresh fish. I walked towards the alley where the cat people were.
There were cat people lined up in the alley. Even though I didn’t say anything, after a few days, I started seeing them.
“Fuck! It’s a little late today!”
“That’s it, Mr. Jjotnyangi. By the way, there are more people today than yesterday.”
The line of people standing along the alley extended all the way to the corner of the alley. There must have been about 30 of them.
“Rumors spread that humans were giving fish without any reward.”
Everything is going as planned.
I gave them a friendly smile.
“Come on in, everyone. If you sign a contract with me, you get free fish.”
***
Today, we successfully increased the favorability rating of cat people.
If I ran a store, I would take her and give her a cat massage. Then the money would have been copied, so it’s just a shame.
“Buy a newspaper! It has news from the Kingdom of Vestia to the Kingdom of Traul!”
A dog who promotes newspapers by hanging out with people. White hair and pink-dyed tails on both sides… .
“Poppy?”
“Huh? How do you know my name?”
I had no idea, but it really is Poppy.
I wonder if anyone would say it’s not a domestic game.
“Poppy is so famous in the human society. There’s probably no one who doesn’t know her.”
“I, I’m that famous?”
Poppy looks incredulous, but this is absolutely true. Just by hearing the name Poppy, can’t you guess what she looks like?
If you’re thinking of a yodel with a hammer… I’m sorry.
“Poppy, I’ll buy you a copy.”
“Oh, yes! It’s 30 Cooper!”
“I don’t carry Cooper around. I don’t need change. Buy me some dog gum.”
He gave me a silver coin.
Poppy stared blankly at the silver coin in her hand.
“Thank you, sir! You will be blessed!”
“Haha, don’t mention it. Be careful on Poppy Dobok Day.”
After exchanging warm greetings with Poppy, I sat down on a suitable bench and opened the newspaper.
An article that made the front page of the newspaper.
-Panda Youngae Hu Bao of the Unseol family. A strategic marriage to establish friendly relations with the Barenhar family of the Traul Kingdom.
As he was leaving the territory, Hu Bao said, “This woman is the precious jade leaf of the Yunxue family!”and cried out sadly… . The tears shed by the people, who were moved by her noble sacrifice, created a river… … .
“Hmm.”
A political marriage between the nobles of the Kingdom of Traul and the nobles of Vestia.
It is not a new thing that the target is a human and a beast. It is quite common for other kingdoms to establish friendly relations.
next.
-Social advancement of the Great Forest Elves?
Recently, the elves of the Great Forest, especially the young elf girls, have been revealing themselves by taking off their veils. It has been revealed that these elves are entertaining humans in bars, causing a great shock to the world…
what?
Elves work in a tavern?
whoever….
‘Who came up with such a groundbreaking idea?’
It’s not like it’s a big deal for elves to dress up, serve drinks, and then take the money. Whoever came up with the idea really had a good time.
‘But why do elves work in bars?’
Elves, not even of another race, are entertaining humans at that. Considering their racial superiority and pride, they are definitely not the type of people to be obedient.
I can’t tell what’s going on.
I read the rest of the article because it had a follow-up story.
The upper class that appeared like a comet, led by the elves. Its name is the Reaper’s Upper Class.
Are you here again?
Anyway, whoever made this has a bad naming sense. It’s common for future potential to be revealed from such small things, but they just built it like this.
It’s already crowded here.
‘Some people work hard to find slaves, while others make money easily.’
Just go bankrupt completely.
I closed the newspaper because there were no more interesting articles. I had to go and ask Lin for advice.
Krrrr… .
Thunder rumbled.
I looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds gathering in the distance.
It looks like it’s going to rain.
***
Rain and wind pelted the windows.
A night with lightning and thunder.
“Aren’t you scared of thunder? Should I sleep with you, Jjuin?” asked Karami. Lin snorted, ““Huh!”” and lay down in the corner of the room.
On her ankles, she wore chains that Karami had brought. They were slightly loose and covered in fur, so they didn’t hurt or anything.
Lin coiled her long, plump tail around herself, using it as a blanket and pillow. When viewed from above, it formed a perfect circle.
“Oh my.”
It was a completely different bed from where I had slept my entire life. The surrounding environment was also different from before, so it was hard to sleep.
But I filled my stomach with the most delicious meal I’ve ever had in my life.
They made the foxes sleep in a corner of the village outdoors, saying that misfortune would spread.
Even those were days when I would jump up from my sleep and run away if a monster approached.
Because Lin had lived in that kind of environment, she was able to sleep better now that the environment had changed.
“… … .”
Lin stared at Karami, who was sleeping on the bed.
I don’t know why Karami was so kind to her. She was grateful that he fed her delicious food, but Lin didn’t trust him blindly.
Just as the Humans teach their children, “Don’t follow suspicious people,” the Hoyo teach their young foxes, “The Humans catch beastmen and skin them.”
Although she has never learned it directly, Lin has overheard the educational scenes for several generations. Even though she has a young mental age, it is natural for the mindset that ‘humans are dangerous’ to be engraved in her mind.
So it is clear that Karamido has some kind of ulterior motive. Even if that is not the case, when misfortune comes, he will eventually reject and expel himself.
But Lin doesn’t care. It’s her fault for being born wearing pink.
All I could think about was eating lots of delicious food until I got kicked out.
What kind of delicious food will I eat tomorrow?
I wish I could eat meat again.
Lin closed her eyes with a small wish that she would dream of eating meat.
Saaaa… .
The wind blew.
A cold, creepy wind.
It was strange. The doors were all closed, so there was no room for the wind to come in. Lin opened her eyes in puzzlement.
“Kang… ?”
The air in the room changed strangely.
As if an invisible force were grabbing and twisting space, an endlessly cold blue haze twisted into a reverse spiral, distorting space.
A single outline revealed in the thick, deep darkness.
A body without a clear shape like fog.
A huge scythe held by a gnarled hand.
An ominous blue aura spreading through the darkness.
But it wasn’t very visible in the dark room.
Kwaang!
The shape appeared for a moment as thunder and lightning struck. It was only a moment, but Lin captured it clearly with his eyes.
reaper.
It was a messenger.
A blue light flashed from the eyes of the hooded skeleton.
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