episode_0401

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The next day after swearing in Bangja’s face.

We sat down on one side of the tavern with a cool breeze blowing and waited for breakfast.

On the table where nothing had been laid yet, there were people like us who were in a hurry to leave, most of them merchants.

While the light sunlight burned off the drowsiness that I could not drive away, I listened to the merchants with my ears, and I could see that the housewife of this house was very smart.

It was very good news. If you fill your stomach with a delicious breakfast, you will be able to gain strength to walk a long distance.

As I closed my eyes and relaxed my sore throat, the smell of food irritated my nose.

I wasn’t sure what kind of food it was, but the saliva in my mouth naturally vouched for the taste.

“Master, it smells good.”

Perhaps because he was used to my harsh swearing, the man faced me without any sign of hesitation.

Food had already appeared in his world, and he was licking his appetite and flapping his hands like flies.

I was thinking of adding another word to that frivolous appearance, but I thought it was necessary, so I kept my mouth shut.

“You can wake up with a full stomach.”

I suppressed my slight displeasure by simply affirming what Bangja said.

As the merchants said, Joo-mo’s cooking skills were excellent.

Breakfast was noodles.

The soup made with sliced radishes was refreshing, and the somen that came with it was the highlight.

After whetting my appetite with somen, I scooped up a large spoonful of gobong rice and put it in my mouth along with cabbage kimchi. It had a crunchy texture followed by a salty and spicy taste.

It was a meal so perfectly delicious that I had to put aside any thoughts about dimensional travel.

We continued eating in silence for a few minutes. The feeling of fullness, which was opposite to the empty bowl, opened the ears that had been blocked by hunger.

“You brought in the Zhang family as servants? Are you out of your mind?”

And then I overheard an interesting conversation.

The slit-eyed man looked at the man across from him with an expression of disbelief.

The man who was asked that question, half filled with rebuke, had a mild, but to put it mildly, dull, impression.

“Why is that so?”

When the gentle-looking man asked, saying he didn’t understand, the slit-eyed man pounded his chest in frustration.

“I’ll kick you out when you get home! No… have someone send the letter now. Kick him out.”

“Look at you two. Don’t get excited and explain it step by step. I’m in trouble if you suddenly say that.”

“Yekki, you guy. Are you saying you didn’t know how dangerous the Zhangyi people were?”

“I also know the stories that are going around in the public eye.”

“But why?”

“First of all, he was begging in front of the house covered in wounds… Above all.”

The man averted his gaze.

“More than anything?”

The slit-eyed man leaned forward as he received his friend’s last words.

“The off-white color is pretty…”

For a reason that even I thought was absurd, the man with a gentle expression lowered his head, and the man with slit eyes clicked his tongue.

“You’re crazy. If a monster is pretty, would you let it into your home?”

“Hmm, it might be worth considering.”

“…If you go missing in the near future, I will personally report it to the government and tell them to search from the main forest.”

“Uh-huh, at least say it!”

A man with a gentle appearance shouted loudly, and the surrounding area became noisy.

This was because other people who had woken up and smelled the morning came out one by one.

***

The sun rose in the sky and the daily routine began, and after paying the price, we left the tavern that way.

As we left the village, the once neat road became chaotic again.

We went down to the south, breaking rocks and long grass.

Although it was chilly during the day and night, the season could be called spring.

The scent of flowers blooming one by one filled my nose.

I had never smelled such a strong flower scent in my original world, so it was quite stimulating.

As a side note, it was fortunate that this possessed body did not have pollen allergies.

A memory suddenly came to my mind of how I ate peanuts without knowing that I was allergic to peanuts and then suddenly died.

Even after he died, it felt a bit absurd. that.

“It’s spring now.”

It was Bangja’s never-ending mouth that soothed his boredom while he was trudging along the road without any promises.

Bangja’s steps were full of energy, as if he had rested well. I think I’ll get tired soon if I walk like that…

“Yes, it is spring.”

“I really like spring. A lot of flowers are blooming, right? Flower viewing is also fun.”

“Are you thinking of going with Hyangdan?”

“Ay! Why are you bringing up Hyangdan’s story again?”

Bangja raised his voice.

As I chuckled and laughed, Bangja opened his eyes and glared at me.

“Wouldn’t you, Mr. Chunhyang, go around here and there with Lady Chunhyang?”

“Okay. I don’t remember anything, so I don’t know what to do.”

“Ah, I won’t be without memories forever. Didn’t you say what the congressman said? The memories will slowly come back.”

Bangja pounded his chest, saying it would be okay.

“Thank you for your words.”

It’s not amnesia, it’s possession, so there’s no way your memories will come back.

As I continued walking along the winding road, I noticed flowers around the road.

The road decorated with different colors resembles the national flags I once saw on the street.

“Huh? There is a butterfly over there too.”

As I looked along Bangja’s fingertips, I saw quite a few butterflies flying.

They accompanied us along the flower road, as if escorting me and my roommate.

“There are also cases like this.”

While I was purely admiring the spectacle created by nature, Bangja looked at me and asked.

“Master, which flower do you like best?”

“Well, I don’t know that much about flowers, so I guess I can’t say anything.”

“I really like cherry blossoms.”

“It’s common. Because it is the flower that blooms most splendidly.”

“Haha, that’s right. And Hyangdan also really likes cherry blossoms…”

“Maw.”

“Yep.”

The flower road lasted for four days. It was a truly amazing and beautiful sight.

And it was four days later that I heard that Chunhyang was locked up in prison.