episode_0076
by fnovelpia“Hmm, I don’t see any more signs of growth.”
These were the words Yu-hwa muttered while observing Lin’s condition as she watched her training as usual.
Since Lin gained five tails, he has not grown as much as before, even when he has killed strong monsters and absorbed their energy.
As if something big was blocking him. As if he had to gain some kind of enlightenment to advance to the next level in martial arts.
That realization seemed to be a bit confusing to Yu-hwa as well. But maybe it was my imagination, but I felt like she was more anxious than I was about Lin’s growth being stunted.
“What’s wrong?”
“Princess Hilde came to visit before.”
“That crazy guy?”
“You are the only person in the world who would call Princess Hilde a lunatic.”
“It’s just that we can’t say it, but everyone thinks that way inside.”
As I was passing by, I plucked the feathers of a new bird.
Squirrel Suin’s acorn warehouse burned down.
The turtle turned over so that the water man couldn’t get up.
To this extent, it is considered cute. When bored, it sometimes goes outside the kingdom and causes trouble.
Even when I’m exploring a game, the moment the phrase ‘Encountered Hilde, the lioness of Bestia’ appears, I can’t help but exclaim ‘Here comes this damn thing again!’
It’s easy to think that you’re screwed if you just meet him. I can’t help but be concerned that such a crazy person came looking for me.
“Why did that crazy guy come?”
“ Asking me to look at your points is probably a superficial reason, but I suspect that Rin is a gumiho. I made up a few excuses and sent her away, but they will meet again someday. There is a thread of fate between the two of them.”
“Can’t you cut it with scissors?”
“That’s how fate is… … sigh.”
What is it? Why are you sighing? Don’t give up.
I thought it was a rather novel idea. Yu-hwa sighed deeply as if she didn’t want to talk anymore and drank her tea to moisten her dry throat.
“Master, don’t worry. Lin will take care of it.”
“Then it would be perfect… .”
Omiho has no choice. Rin puffs out her cheeks, asking if she doesn’t trust him, but there are things in the world that can’t be solved with trust alone.
It has to be Chil-Tailed Fox.
We still need two more tails.
“I guess I should go to Baekungok.”
“Why there?”
“They said growth was blocked.”
The slaves of Taosul, each with their own story, do not grow infinitely just by repeating training. They have their own circumstances that must be resolved in order to reach a higher level.
Mirabelle and Harold were like that, and so was Arphia’s suffering.
Liberation from the chains that bind them. Growth and liberation are very closely intertwined.
In Lin’s case, it was the Hoyo tribe of Baekwoon Valley. The chains that have persecuted Lin for eons must be broken.
‘There are things to be gained from there.’
The chance deep inside the fox den will accelerate Lin’s growth.
But ever since the story of returning to Baekungok was brought up, Lin has been expressing her dislike for it passionately.
“I hate those guys. I don’t even want to see their faces. They want me to live there for the rest of my life.”
I understand. I’m not a frog in a well or a fox in a valley like Rin.
At that time, I would have been happy just eating potatoes, but now that I have come out and am eating meat, I realize how harsh the environment I lived in was in the past.
That’s fortunate. You even chased away the monsters with your limbs to lure them. Now that you’ve gained strength, it’s brave of you not to go back and take revenge right away.
“Then you have to go even further. Just like Lin was treated when she brought meat, you have to tell her that there is no such thing at her house. Wouldn’t that make you feel better?”
“… Is that so?”
“Why should we avoid them when Lin has not committed a crime? Let’s go and show Lin how well he is living.”
“If that’s the case… .”
It seems like Lin is reluctantly giving in.
I’m not sure if you’re completely convinced, but don’t worry. You’ll be amazed when you get there.
***
The plan was set, but I felt it was too early to go right away. I had only just woken up and my body wasn’t fully recovered enough to travel by carriage.
So, I wanted to recover and enjoy some cultural activities for the first time in a while. I came to this world after a long time, so it would be a waste to just run forward without looking back, right?
Sometimes you need to take a detour.
“Can’t you come out right now? If you don’t come out, I’ll blow up your house!”
The place I found was a theater.
A stage covered in darkness. A pig-like figure is looking out the window of a house-shaped pedestal, and a werewolf is standing in front of the door.
Today’s play is the well-known Three Little Pigs.
The first and second pigs build huts and wooden cabins because they find it annoying.
But later, the house is destroyed by a wolf, and they run away to the youngest pig’s house.
The youngest pig, unlike his brothers, invested time in building a sturdy brick house, which prevented the wolf from destroying it.
A fairy tale that contains the lesson that we must live like the youngest pig, preparing for the future. The content that we saw in our childhood fairy tale books is being recreated by Suin.
‘But why did the youngest pig come first?’
The shape of the house is like a brick house. The owner of the house is the youngest pig, Popo.
If it were the Three Little Pigs, wouldn’t the youngest pig, made of bricks, be the last to appear? But the youngest pig appeared first.
“You sloppy old man~ If you can fly it, try flying it?”
The youngest pig provokes the wolf. The wolf, who shows realistic anger by growling, digs up the brick house with a pickaxe. The house collapses with one wall completely exposed.
“Gyaaaah! My house!”
Popo, a female pig, appears from a collapsed house. Popo runs away, waving her arms and legs cutely, and enters a second house made of wooden planks.
The wolf chasing the little pig inevitably arrives at the tree house.
“You cheap pigs! Open the door now! Before I eat your plump flesh!”
“This house is built of sturdy wood? You can’t just break it down with a pickaxe like before, right?”
Then the wolf started to light a fire. He wasn’t the stupid wolf I knew who just snorted. Of course, the house burned down and the pigs ran away.
The pigs hid in the first pig’s hut. It was obviously worse than the houses that had appeared before. They were huddled together there, so the wolf looked like he was going to eat them today.
“Gasp, ugh… Right now… Can’t you come out?”
The wolf was panting as if he was exhausted from destroying the house and chasing the pig. At that moment, the curtain-like straw that could not even function as a door opened left and right, and the first pig appeared.
“Finally giving up…?”
But their appearance was strange. The second and third pigs appeared hesitantly behind the first pig. They were all wearing revealing clothes that revealed a lot of skin and showed off their alluring appearances.
The first one approached the wolf with a sinister smile. He bent his upper body slightly, emphasizing his sternum at an exquisite angle.
“Mr. Wolf, you look really tired right now. Why don’t you come in and rest for a bit?”
“Hmm?”
“Don’t you want to eat that plump, fat pig?”
First, he raises his finger and tickles the wolf’s fur, as if seducing it. He whispers in the wolf’s ear, as if blowing hot breath.
“This is a chance for sister rice bowls?”
“… … !”
A scene where the predator and prey relationships are reversed. The play ends with the wolf being led into a small hut by the pigs as if under a spell.
Lesson of the day.
Even if you’re lazy, you can survive if you shake the bread well.
Title: The Three Female Pig Sisters.
… .
‘What did I just see?’
It’s so different from what I remember. Shouldn’t it be something more hopeful, something that can teach kids life lessons?
Where did the pig go and the snake go?
I wonder if it’s just me who finds this strange, but the audience around me cheers and gives a standing ovation.
Lin clasped both hands together tightly, made an ecstatic expression, and began to diligently write something on the fox bead.
“In times of crisis, females can flirt with the males they like by wagging their tails. Note… … .”
I decided not to look at the contents.
***
“Master, the play just now was really good. That’s how the world works. Did you gain a great enlightenment as a fox?”
“Is that so… .”
Even when looking at the same thing, each person’s perception is different, so the difference between Lin and I’s perceptions was stark.
Unlike me, who tried hard to erase my memories, saying that it would have been better if I had never seen it, Lin chewed over the memories, saying that she would never forget the play just now.
“The next play is about the Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf Sister. Let’s definitely come see it.”
Why a boy and not a girl?
What’s up with the wolf sister?
I decided not to think about it in detail.
I was confident that I had adapted to Vestia, but it was too early to think that way.
“Since the owner showed Lin something fun, should we go where the owner wants to go next?”
“Really?”
What a windfall. Actually, there were many places I wanted to go.
“Lin, isn’t there a rabbit in the moon over there?”
“What kind of place is this?”
“It’s a bar.”
The bar isn’t the important thing. As you can tell from the name of the store, the main point is that the staff are rabbits.
These are real bunny girls, not cosplayers!
Knock knock knock!
“No.”
“Yes?”
But Lin firmly dismissed it.
He glared at me with a cold expression.
“You were just saying let’s go where I want to go… ?”
“Master, you’re going to the bar without Lin right now? Are you telling Lin to watch you flirting with a rabbit?”
“Then where to… .”
“A store without a number of people. Otherwise, I won’t allow it.”
A store without water in Bestia?
There’s no way such a place exists.
“Let’s go home… .”
“Really? You can look around more. Well, if that’s the owner, then Rin should follow. Let’s go. I’ll give Rin a tail pillow.”
I touched the tail a lot.
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