episode_0094

“Dennis! Schwein!”

“Why are you doing that?”

“What’s going on?”

Two people who were cutting an ax and sawing look this way.

Dennis was sweating profusely with his shirt off, and Schwein, who had been drinking while working, was smelt of alcohol all over his body like an angry person.

In martial arts novels, there are often scenes where a warrior evaporates his alcohol while drinking. Wouldn’t it smell like this if that technique was used?

“Didn’t you skip dinner? Take this to work.”

“If I eat while working, I feel cheated.”

Schwein seems to dislike it…

“I was really hungry, but thank you. But, isn’t that a bit much?”

Dennis accepted.

“Just eat it.”

I reluctantly handed over a bowl of meat and returned to the village. What is the remaining piece? A pack of wolves are chewing and eating the remaining intestines.

The same goes for wolf cubs.

All kinds of intestines and meat were piled up as wolf food.

I thought they were going to throw it all into the river, but it seems like they were disposing of it like this and throwing away what was left.

But I can’t give you this.

To whom…

ah.

In the distance, Yuzu and Ujit are sitting in the corner. As I approach, the two children’s eyes turn to me.

“Hey.”

“What is it?”

Ujit avoided my gaze and Yuzu looked up at me with her characteristic cynical gaze.

···.

“Let’s eat meat together.”

“Get out.”

Yuzu immediately curses.

But in times like this, you have to put an iron plate on your face.

“Don’t do that. Try it. This is the oxygen that Amor captured.”

Ujit looked intimidated, like a child who had forgotten his own judgment. Only Yuzu is glaring at me.

“I told him to fuck off.”

“Can’t you just listen to me?”

He sat in front of the two children and placed the bowl in the center.

And then I sat down next to him with my butt down.

“Actually, did you try to cover up the wounds that occurred back then? But how did Seolrang’s nose get stuck?”

Ujit looked at me with an angry expression, and Yuzu stuck out her fangs.

“Seolrang was feverish all the way to the top of her head. He got angry and said he was going to catch you, but when I tried to stop him, I got hit and all my fingernails fell off. Look, there are no nails here, right? Heilang also scolded Amor because of that.”

“···What are you saying?”

“Ujit. Look at me.”

I simply ignored Yuzu’s words and just looked at Ujit.

Ujit is grumpy, but he is also timid and delicate. Of course. Because it’s a kid. Yuzu circles around Ujit.

When I look at these two, my heart feels hollow for some reason.

“Don’t act out. Why are you doing this? Was it a big deal that you got hit by Amor? You too, go and hit the back of Amor’s head.”

The children’s expressions harden.

“I know you’re going to feel crappy. You didn’t have a bad mind, right? Or should I beat you up with you?”

“Don’t talk to Ujit anymore.”

“Yuzu. Don’t go around covering Ujit. You empty-headed idiot. Because you are the worst.”

That bitch doesn’t seem to know that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. When I glare at Yuzu with wide eyes, Yuzu makes a puzzled expression.

Perhaps because Juul brought up the things I did in Puri Village everywhere during the rainy season, most of the kids stopped looking down on me.

Otherwise, Yuzu would have rushed at me already.

Something unexpected happened. Yuzu kept her mouth shut, but Ujit, who could not make eye contact, looked at me with gritted teeth.

“To Yuzu…!”

Yuzu is the opposite of Ujit.

Anyway, Ujit was left speechless.

“Ujit. Do you hate Yuso? Do you hate mummies? Do you hate Amor?”

“There’s no way you wouldn’t like it…!”

Kids don’t understand.

I may have had times like that, but I don’t know.

“Did you stab me that day with really bad intentions?”

“No.”

“It must have been curiosity. Look Carefully. I’ll tell you what to do when you have an argument with your friend. Amor───!!!!”

As I shouted with anger, the village became quiet.

Shirman, who was far away, looked around awkwardly and then came towards me. ···what. Yuzu and Ujit were so shocked that their ears drooped. As if frightened.

Why are they like this?

“···Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

Even Shir was dispirited.

“Let’s come here and eat together.”

Shir hesitated and sat down next to me.

“Why don’t you apologize to Ujit?”

“I stabbed you, right? I got scolded by my mom for that too! Weren’t you sick?”

I am not a fool who has been brainwashed by the propertied class who shouts that violence is absolutely unacceptable in order to oppress the proletariat.

It’s right for a bastard who deserves to be beaten like a bastard.

But that doesn’t mean the guy who broke it first doesn’t apologize for over a month.

“I was the one who got hit. Even if you hit me, I have to hit you. Did you listen to Uzzit before you hit him?”

“···No.”

“Why are you taking out your frustration on Woojit? Before I went to Root Village, didn’t I tell you to clearly apologize?”

I turned my head from Shir and looked at Ujit again.

This is a performance for Ujit. This is a village, and there are very few children of the same age. In other words, there are very few peers who can be friends.

Additionally, they both have no parents.

I was able to know this after watching for a long time.

Most of these types leave the village, and most of them die outside the village. That’s what hunting people are.

The average lifespan of ancient hunter-gatherers was 30 years. The average lifespan is 70 years. In other words, those who are uneducated will die before their forties, and those who have learned will survive until their seventies.

And these two must learn from us.

“So…what do you want me to do?”

“I don’t know what to do?”

Yuzu looked up at Shir, and her closed mouth began to open little by little.

“Hey, Amor. You stone-headed bitch. Don’t you have something to say to Ujit?”

Shir’s eyes narrowed and turned to Yuzu.

“···Are you never going to see us again?”

After finishing my first hunt, I was sitting down to a nice meal with my parents. There, he suddenly called my name out loud and told me to apologize. It would be embarrassing.

But you have to do it.

Hosots have a tradition of sharing game with their relatives. Even though it’s not an official coming-of-age ceremony, they don’t share their first prey? This just means being a stranger. It will spill.

If it spills, you can never pick it up again. I have spilled over and over again. So, I don’t want anyone in front of me to spill anything.

“···I’m sorry. I was very angry at that time, so I couldn’t think deeply.”

Shir secretly looked at the two of them.

“I’ll give you sirloin instead of this tasteless leg, so can you let off steam?”

“···Was the part you gave me tasteless?”

“Of course.”

Shir glared at me bluntly.

Anyway, I feel sorry for Shir for it to end like this.

“Ujit. You listen carefully.”

“······?”

“If you do that shit to me again, I will pull out all your fingernails.”

Ujit’s eyes widened.

Then, immediately, his body began to tremble.

“Mi, I’m sorry…”

Ujit was so shocked that he closed his mouth again and lowered his eyes.

Yuzu is still looking at me defiantly. I sighed and adjusted my posture.

“Then, let’s eat.”

Yuzu didn’t touch the food first, but as soon as Ujit started eating, they started eating together.

Only then did the two children who had been watching this direction begin to approach.

“What is it? Would it end up being boring meat like that?”

“Let’s eat this together too.”

Mira smiled and brought the bear’s paw, and Yuso, who followed, brought the deer’s neck, put it down, and sat down.

So, we enjoyed the food while sharing trivial sagas and such.

*

“Why are you suddenly screaming?”

“I did it because I suddenly wanted to scream.”

“Crazy guy.”

Jules chuckled and stroked my head.

Shir still has a sulky face and is leaning against Heilang and glaring at me.

But what I see are the two female hosots behind them, flanked by a man.

Most demi-humans have strong men and weak women. However, in Hosot, women are strong and men are weak. Thanks to this reversed cycle, society tends to be male-dominant.

Nevertheless, it is consistent that reproduction is possible with only one male. There is no way the community will look favorably on a person who is not good at procreating or producing offspring.

As a result, unworthy men are kicked out, and valuable alpha or beta males achieve happy polygamy. Omega-level male hosots who couldn’t stand it started moving north to around our house.

Fortunately, the new generation seems to prefer monogamy, but thanks to this, there are fewer men among the hosots of the Juul and Heilang age groups. Heukrang’s husband was probably a truly incredible alpha male.

“We’ll see when we go on a wild goose hunt.”

“Seolrang said you should wait a month to catch wild geese, right? I guess it’s wild goose season now.”

I ignored the staring gaze.

I cut the meat with the karambit given to me by Felix and ate it with chopsticks. Perhaps because it seemed like acrobatics, Shir’s eyes continued to follow my hand.

It’s not that Hosott doesn’t have eating utensils.

There is a fork and a knife as sharp as a scalpel for eating. However, due to the atmosphere of this village, people like to cut and eat roughly.

“I don’t get surprised most of the time, but sometimes I get startled when you scream.”

Jules’ hand slides down from my head and taps my shoulder.

“Stop yelling.”

“You screamed at me too.”

“This bitch? When did I do that?”

Heilang grinned and stroked Shir’s shoulder.

Shir slipped down with a strange groan, laid his head on Heilang’s thigh, and let out a yawn.

“Sleepy…Mom. Let’s go and sleep…”

“Go up first and sleep.”

Jules glances at me.

“Sihyeon. Would you like to go up first and sleep?”

“Is that so?”

“Sure.”

It seems like the two of you have something to talk about.

It’s either about me, or it’s about the crossbow. Shir opens his eyes and looks at me. Because the position was vacant, it must have been frustrating and frustrating to not be able to ask questions. Maybe they will follow.

“I’ll go in first. Don’t drink too much.”

“Yes.”

“See you tomorrow.”

As I got up and was greeted by the two sisters, Shir also slowly stood up. It’s also cute that they follow you around while looking around. As I entered the house and sat down on the bed, Shir immediately followed me into the house.

And then he suddenly glared at me.

“Hey, you idiot! Why are you screaming?!”

“I’m sorry.”

Shiru couldn’t even vent his anger at the apology that came out right away. A sigh burst out of my mouth.

“···Did you really have to scream like that there?”

Shir sits next to me with a sulky face.

“You two can’t be alone forever. There are five people four years older than us and seven children who can’t even speak properly. I don’t have any friends to become friends with.”

Shir still looked down at me with dissatisfied eyes.

“Because I can feel your emotions, I responded well, but if it wasn’t for you, I might have rushed at you.”

“I’m proud of it.”

I roughly pushed Shir away and crawled into bed.

As I close my eyes, I hear a voice right in front of me.

“Sihyeon. ···What are you planning?”

A war for my one and only pure relationship.

“Sometimes my heart aches. Every time you call me Shir.”

It’s probably not you, but the flower in your heart that’s rejecting it.

“Shir.”

“Huh?”

“Never forget that your name is Shir.”

“I heard it’s a nickname.”

“That name is the real name your parents gave you. Never, never forget.”

“Don’t say anything strange. My name is Amor.”

Well, who would believe it?

Even if I think about it, I will seem like a person who asks whether I believe in the Tao. I have to wake up early tomorrow morning and take the kids to make raw sugar. Do you want to like it?

“Never do that next time.”

Shir makes a serious threat.

“Okay.”

I also had no choice but to answer seriously.