episode_0223

“Ugh…”

Hot air, sticky skin, and discomfort engulf your entire body.

Hot breath bursts out from his wide-open mouth, and sweat drips down his forehead.

I was clearly feeling good before falling asleep, but why did I wake up in this state?

I pushed away the two people clinging to me and climbed down from the hammock.

It’s hot.

Was it a mistake to overlook the season?

It was well past lunchtime, and the sun was starting to set, so the surroundings were filled with a hot atmosphere.

Although there was shade provided by the tree branches, the heat wave called summer made my body hot as the wind stopped.

Rain and Shine were sleeping soundly with nonchalant expressions on their faces.

It seemed like only I, with the two people next to me, felt the heat.

I walked towards the pond, took off my shoes, and dipped my feet in the pond.

The water was cool.

Enough to cool down a hot body.

As I reached out and finished a quick wash, cold water flowed down my neck.

“After-.”

I leaned back slightly and looked up at the sky.

As the sun began to set, it seemed like it would be time to prepare a campfire soon.

What is Victor doing?

I turned my head and looked at the seat where Victor had been sitting.

He was still there.

Victor created a large shade around himself with a large leaf he found somewhere.

A book draped over his face and limbs hanging limp.

He also seemed to be taking a nap.

Rather than wake him up from his resting state, I decided to prepare on my own.

As I jumped up from my seat and approached the tree, a huge root blocked my path.

“Mr. Tree. Do you have any firewood that I can use for the campfire?”

The tree wiggled its roots, seemingly puzzled by my question.

The tremors of the giant body soon spread to the trees next to it, and the entire forest began to shake.

I waited quietly for the tree’s answer to come back.

The tree, which had been squirming for a while, stretched its thick roots backwards and poured out dried wood in front of me.

“Thank you!”

The tree spread its broad leaves and fluttered in response to my greeting of gratitude.

I got the firewood. Now I just had to find a suitable spot.

I grabbed a large piece of firewood that had fallen on the ground with both hands.

“Sigh!”

I pulled at the log with all my might, but it didn’t move at all.

Is it because it’s almost as big as my torso?

I was very surprised, because I never imagined that the tree could be this heavy.

How should I move this?

I thought and thought again.

There was no way I could move these logs with my thin arms.

It seemed like it would be impossible to activate the body cells through the ability.

Finally, I sighed and sat down on the log.

As I was staring blankly at the log, a small breeze blew around me.

When I turned my head wondering what was going on, the large tree was still shaking its leaves towards me.

I reached out and grabbed his leaf.

“Do you have something to say?”

The tree squirmed as if it was trying to tell me something.

As the large leaves began to point at the log, I climbed down from the log with a puzzled expression.

And that was the moment.

The roots of the thick trees stretched out and wrapped around the dry logs all at once.

“Gasp…”

As I was blankly gazing at the magnificent sight, a large leaf swayed before my eyes once again.

Only then did I understand what the tree was saying.

“This way, this way!”

I ran over and pointed to a suitable spot.

Then the tree roots came closer, wriggling, and placed the logs down where I pointed.

These are truly precious trees.

The tree that had safely lowered the log rustled its leaves and returned to its original place.

“Thank you!”

I looked at the tree and expressed my gratitude again.

“Hoohoo-”

The preparation was perfect.

I looked at the logs and smiled, then started to roll and move the logs according to the information I had previously looked up.

Although he couldn’t move it a long distance, he could stand it up from where it was lying.

“Jeff.”

“Oops.”

As I was diligently setting up the logs, I heard a familiar voice behind me.

It was shine.

She rubbed her blurry eyes, walked towards me with a limp and hugged me.

“What were you doing alone?”

“I was preparing a campfire.”

“Hmm…”

I pushed the wriggling Shine out of my arms and sat her down on the large rock next to me.

Because of Shine, who would sneakily move her hands towards her armpits or thighs when no one was watching, I couldn’t do anything with peace of mind.

“Are you done?”

“Yeah. To some extent.”

I nodded to Shine’s words.

I’ve finished preparing everything except the one that’s too big to even stand up.

Now all that was left was to light those logs in flames that shot sky-high.

When I said it was all over, Shine came to me again.

I avoided her touch and headed towards the pond.

“Why do you keep running away?”

“Otherwise you’ll keep touching me.”

“It’s natural for an older sister to touch her younger brother.”

“That’s true, but…”

“So just stay still.”

Eventually I accepted her touch.

As I sat quietly on a large rock, Shine came close to me and placed her hand on my thigh.

Her hand passes over the red mark.

“Doesn’t this hurt?”

“Yeah… It doesn’t hurt. But it keeps happening and it’s frustrating.”

“Don’t you like it?”

“Yeah.”

I pushed Shine’s hand away slightly and put my feet in the water, splashing around.

Small water droplets splash and land on your face.

Shine’s little pranks continued until Victor woke up.

Victor woke up and sat up with a start, and began to relax his stiff body.

A small breeze could be heard from the arms and legs that were lightly stretched out.

His body, which had been perfected through daily training, was threatening enough even without using his abilities.

“Jeff.”

“Huh?”

“What time is it?”

“It’s 5pm.”

“Umm…”

Evening was slowly approaching.

As the sky darkened, the forest also became pitch black.

When Victor woke up, Lane also woke up.

She walked to the pond with a natural gesture and lay down in a daze.

Rain just fell into the pond.

Her body floated up and headed towards the middle of the pond.

She cooled down while floating on the pond, and then she came to me and Shine as if she had regained her energy.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yeah!”

Lane answered my question forcefully, took a candy out of his pocket and put it in his mouth.

Dinner time was slowly approaching.

I got up from my seat, rubbing my protruding belly.

“Where are you going?”

“Prepare dinner.”

After answering Shine’s question, I ran to where my dinosaur bag was.

Is there anything left that’s decent enough to eat?

I did prepare things like sausages and marshmallows, but it didn’t seem like much to eat for dinner.

But contrary to such worries, there was an icebox I had never seen before placed around the bag.

“Oing.”

I become wary of unfamiliar objects.

I approached slowly and took my precious dinosaur bag first.

I stared at the icebox for a long time, holding the bag in my arms.

But nothing happened.

Concluding that the icebox was safe, I slowly reached out and opened the lid.

“Gasp!”

The lid opened and the interior was revealed to be filled with various types of meat.

My bag was too small to fit such large pieces of meat, so I wonder who brought it?

My gaze turned to Victor, who was naturally loosening up his body.

The only person who could have secretly brought something like this was Victor.

As I looked at Victor and smiled slightly, Victor noticed my gaze and turned away.

So dinner preparations began.

After finishing his workout, Victor took out a large grill and began to skillfully set it up.

Firewood could be obtained from large logs lying around.

Just as I was getting excited about what kind of dish he would make, Victor opened all the meat he had brought and threw it all on the grill.

Immediately after that, I put in three whole onions.

That was the end of it.

He closed the grill lid and fired a bolt of lightning towards the wood.

Pajik – The firewood wrapped in blue light soon started burning hot and started to cook the meat.

The barbecue began with chicken, pork, and beef all on one plate.

Victor brought his chair over to the grill and sat down next to me, speaking to me.

“Did you prepare the log?”

“Yes! The tree seeds brought it to me!”

“Mr. Tree?”

Victor’s eyebrows quirked at my answer.

I saw his gaze turn into the forest and nodded confidently.

“I asked for firewood and they brought it to me!”

Victor tilted his head crookedly and muttered softly.

“You wicked old man…”

“Are you an old man?”

When I tilted my head and asked again, Victor shook his head and placed his hand on my head.

“There is something like that.”

A large, rough hand pokes through his hair.

It was a different feeling from Amy, but it didn’t feel too bad.

But Shine didn’t seem to like it.

Shine, who had come up next to me, quickly grabbed my body and made me avoid Victor’s hand.

Victor’s hand, frozen in midair, moved naturally and lifted the tongs next to the grill.

To anyone looking, it would look like he was reaching out to grab a pair of tongs.

“Victor. When will the meat be cooked?”

Lane clung to Victor’s side and continued to pepper him with questions.

Victor didn’t answer.

Rain, who wanted to eat meat, had no intention of leaving the grill and Victor.

Shine and I spent some time sitting on a rock in a suitable location.

The sun that had been hanging in the sky had completely set, and a moon emitting a soft light appeared.

As the surroundings became completely engulfed in darkness, the glowing pebbles I had scattered in the pond created beautiful colors.

The bright pillars of light rising up looked like fairies moving in the pond.

Now that the surroundings were covered in darkness, it was time to light the firewood.

I stretched out my hand and unleashed a blast of electricity.

Dismissed!

A blue light spread out, igniting the logs that had been placed upright.

Hwaruk-!

The logs burned hot and brightly lit up the surrounding area.

Once the barbecue was done, we piled plates full of our favorite meats and sat around the campfire.

Inside the campfire were potatoes and sweet potatoes wrapped in foil.

I sighed as I stuffed the hot chicken leg into my mouth.

“What’s wrong? Is it delicious?”

Rain, sitting next to me, looked at me curiously and asked.

Her cheeks were so full they looked like they would burst from shoving so much meat into them at once.

“Because Amy isn’t here.”

“Um, um. Ugh, Jeff really likes Amy.”

“Yeah. I like Amy the best.”

I mumbled in response to Rain’s words.

Because of Rain’s chubby cheeks, her pronunciation was harsh, but it was not a problem to understand her.

The chicken was delicious, but I was feeling depressed without Amy.

I was eating meat in a depressed mood.

Even though there was no wind, I could hear the leaves in the forest rustling.

I immediately jumped up from my seat.

“Jeff?”

Rain, who was sitting next to me, looked at me strangely, but my gaze was fixed on one spot and did not move.

Shine must have felt the same way as me because she was looking in the direction I was looking.

Sasa sasa-

The leaves in the forest sway.

A giant root wriggled and opened up, spitting out a woman from within.

Long legs and large chest.

The pink hair that could be seen from afar and the white coat worn over the body swayed slightly.

“Amy!”

I put down the plate I was holding in both hands and ran towards Amy.

Shine also put down her plate and ran with me.

Amy, who had been walking from afar, noticed me and lowered her body, spreading her arms in a familiar gesture.

I jumped up and threw myself into her arms.

A familiar warmth enveloped my body along with a familiar scent.

“How was your day?”

“Yes!”

Amy walked forward, holding me in her arms.

Shine, where is Shine?

It seems like you were running with me just a little while ago.

Shine stopped a little ways away from Amy.

“What about Shine?”

Amy, who had been holding me in both arms, moved me with one hand and opened her arms to Shine.

Then, Shine, who had been avoiding eye contact and thinking for a moment, pretended not to be able to resist and came closer to Amy and hugged her.

Amy, holding the two of us in her arms, headed toward the campfire.

The campfire that Amy joined ended successfully.