episode_0026

I rested for two days.

Now, it doesn’t hurt when I open my eyes.

It’s a bit unfortunate that my eyes are still red and bloodshot.

We were leaving the barony.

“The recovery was faster than I expected.”

“Thank goodness.”

Purr-

The horse I was riding was purring.

You may be walking slowly now, but if you start running, you will get bored again.

At that time, someone came running from afar.

“Wait a minute!”

“Hmm?”

It was a woman who still looked young.

The age of becoming an ajumma.

First of all, it was clear that he was older than me.

“This is the person who looked at the dot, right?”

“The fortune telling is over.”

The expression on his face seemed quite urgent.

It seemed like there was something I desperately wanted.

But it wouldn’t be good for this person to run now…

“There is something I really want to ask. Just take a moment…”

“Hmm…”

It seems so desperate, so what’s the point of taking a moment?

I easily got off the horse.

“It’s okay for a while. What are you curious about? Fortune? It won’t be love luck…”

The woman’s face instantly brightened at my actions.

There are times when I have severe emotional ups and downs.

The question that came out of the woman’s mouth was a bit unexpected.

“Baby… I want to know when I will have a baby.”

Honestly, he seemed more earnest than any person I met in the Barony.

How much would he have wanted a child to make an expression like that?

In this case, there was no need to hold the bell.

I put the bell in my belt and opened my mouth.

“You didn’t know yet.”

“Yes?”

“It’s already there.”

“…Yes?”

“The child has already arrived.”

It was clearly visible to my eyes.

A small, clean soul nestled in a woman’s lower abdomen.

Considering the state of the soul, if there are no problems, there will be no difficulty in delivering safely.

The woman’s eyes opened wide.

“…It couldn’t have been…he didn’t look like that…!”

“It’s true. congratulations. Don’t run like you just did.”

The expression of a mother with a child.

It was pure happiness, not mixed with anything else.

In fact, seeing facial expressions like this is the most rewarding moment as a shaman.

Finding happiness for the dead and the living.

Although it didn’t require much strength, it’s not enough to say that that smile is the essence of martial arts.

The child’s mother rummaged through her pockets.

“I have to give you something called bokchae….it’s 10 copper! If it’s okay, I’ll give you a look at the future baby’s fortune…”

“Umm…that’s impossible.”

If possible, it is best not to look at your child’s new fortune or fortune.

“The future depends on your life. When you see your child’s new face… you can freeze up.”

“Ah….!”

“And you don’t have to give Bokchae. It was something I would find out soon anyway.”

The child’s mother caught me as I was about to get on the horse.

And then, as if he was forcing it, he handed me 5 coppers.

I couldn’t bear to refuse.

Because I know that it is an expression of a happy heart.

“Thank you so much!”

I grabbed the horse’s saddle and climbed on.

Not long after departure, Hans opened his mouth.

“This is what a shaman is. Hmm….”

The two old men and Irene had happy smiles on their faces.

A similar smile will probably be on my face.

Would you be scared if I smiled with white hair and red eyes?

I don’t think it would have been good for prenatal education for no reason.

“Hmm…”

Irene opened her mouth warmly.

“There is about a week left until the Elven Forest.”

one week.

It is not a long time at all.

Unexpectedly, the County of Aster and the Elven Forest were not far away.

An area located at the end of the empire and bordering the territory of demonic beasts and monsters.

That was the elf forest where Irene lived.

It was also a forest that was the center of the elf capital.

Assuming you keep riding on horseback, you can reach the distance in about two weeks.

“Hmm….”

Only 2 weeks.

Precognitive dreams and their interpretation.

The spirit showed me an empty bell and told me to sharpen my martial arts skills.

But isn’t the period too short?

“It’s strange…”

Just like the precognitive dream I had at that time, I also avoided warp.

But what is this feeling of discomfort…?

“Hey, Hans.”

“Yes, Chris.”

“Ilya, do you show me something through your dreams?”

“Sometimes saints and saints receive revelations through dreams.”

That’s a good thing.

Now that I have a textbook for reference.

“How does revelation come down?”

“What can I say…very poetic.”

“Hmm?”

“A representative example is the oracle about the continental war.”

Hans recited reverently.

“Night has come, but it will not be night. The dawn has come, but it is also night, so don’t get lost.”

“Um…?”

I have no idea what that means.

How can you interpret something like that in the first place?

It was a mysterious oracle.

“Because it was a great oracle, even the church could not guess its meaning. What I finally found out was after the Continental War began. The saint who received the oracle was unconscious for three months.”

As expected, the performance is as poor as I expected.

“It’s strange to receive offense…”

There are truly great shamans who receive airlift first before national fortunes become cloudy or disaster occurs.

However, there was no oral tradition of receiving the riddle in that way.

“Tsk…”

I can’t believe that the trust was handed down in that way…

I should have looked into it when there was nothing similar to a shaman.

Even except for Gulak, I did not see anyone with spiritual eyes…

The vessel that holds the spirit is called shingamul, and it is not that difficult to find.

It is said to be normal if you can see at least a half-penny piece that can barely contain any ghosts.

Somehow, in this world, there is no one who is sensitive to inspiration, let alone new things.

“Did something happen with the gods?”

“….Yes?”

“Have you ever had a dream?”

“Of course there is. It is said that a ray of light was seen in the darkness.”

Hans shrugged his shoulders proudly.

It seems like they’re bragging about it as if it’s a great achievement, but it’s really lame.

“You’ll have to see it to find out, but there may not be a proper new song…”

Maybe this thought is right.

Just looking at the fragmentary information, it is clear that the shamanic abilities here have not been developed.

It remains to be seen, though.

“You can’t receive a trust, right?”

“Haha, even saints who are praised as children of God can only receive help from various priests. I am far short of this.”

“Hmm…”

Old Man Paramon opened his mouth insinuatingly.

“If you have any concerns, wouldn’t you be able to get a fortune telling?”

“I already saw it. It’s because it’s still vague.”

There was a lot of old age.

This is an expression that indicates that something is going to be talked about.

But the funny thing is that the nine pieces of meat fell off.

“Hans, be careful of your teacher’s verbal abuse.”

“What is the rumor?”

“It’s something that people talk about. Maybe this time it will be bad?”

“Master is a renowned priest. Moreover, priests do not gossip about others.”

It was Old Man Klein who took the stranglehold off me.

So, when I’m told to pay a fortune, I’ll pay it and go…

I ended up only getting 5 silver, but I ended up getting a bigger refund for no reason.

Other than this, the only thing I could do was feel sick from the backlash of the curse.

Funnily enough, I had some luck getting a job.

“True…they said they wouldn’t do it anyway.”

Old Man Paramon smiled and spoke.

The smile was getting softer day by day.

“Aren’t you tired? I saw him going somewhere with a doll at dawn…”

For a moment, I forgot that this old man was a sword master.

Why did I steal something like that to embarrass people?

“Let’s run slowly.”

From that point on, we ran endlessly.

The horses kept running except when they were resting and sleeping at night.

The first day passed and the second day came.

We kept running.

After the third day, something strange began to occur.

The energy on the ground became weaker and weaker.

But even Irene, who handles spirits, did not realize this fact.

The gnome just looked dissatisfied.

Fourth day.

The spirit came.

Just like before, they found the remains and buried them in a sunny place.

Fifth day.

From this point on, a lot of side fluid started to accumulate.

Noisy dreams that were not precognitive dreams kept disturbing my dreams.

The closer we got to the elven forest, the thicker the lateral fluid became.

Sixth day.

After purchasing food at the territory we arrived at, we ran straight away.

It didn’t feel very good.

And we were now at the entrance to the elven forest.

“Even if it’s fast, it’s too fast…”

I never thought it would arrive in such a short period of time…

I’ve asked the bell countless times over the years, but there was only one number that came down.

He saw a bottle containing Uncle Hans’ soul and the word curse kept flowing from his mouth.

There was no negative reaction to entering the elven forest.

“They say it has something to do with the curse…”

The reason they did not arrive immediately via warp was probably to show this.

“Let’s go in first.”

The deeper I went into the forest, the more gloomy the feeling became.

“Irene, you really don’t feel anything?”

“It’s like the forest before I left.”

“It’s strange…”

The black energy that was seen when the fortune telling on the World Tree came out was not visible.

After all, he was a guy who hid himself well…

Perhaps the gloomy feeling is a trace of that person that I sense with my spiritual eyes.

And the moment I take one more step.

“…Hmm?”

A soul slipped out from inside the tree.

“….Elf?”

It wasn’t just one or two.

There were so many souls that it filled the surrounding area.

One of their arms was raised.

Toward one place.