Episode 386
The golden lantern went out.
Hoyeon, who had finished growing, slowly stood up from his seat.
For a moment, I felt that his movements were elegant.
The little boy who was only up to my thighs has suddenly grown to reach my solar plexus.
From a kid to a young girl.
I felt a strange sense of déjà vu when I saw the more mature guy’s face. It’s definitely a face I don’t know. But that noble, beautiful ‘atmosphere’, something… It’s a nostalgic atmosphere.
“I grew up.”
Hoyeon raised her waist-length hair and tied it with the red handkerchief I gave her.
“Three tails… … .”
Hoyeon looked at his furry tail for a moment, and there were three tails, and then he looked at me and said.
“I have to go see my godmother.”
Just as his voice has matured, his way of speaking has also become more mature.
Hoyeon told me about his situation. She was the daughter of Gumi Gwanryeong, the god and queen of the fox clan. And the most precious and valuable thing in this demon world… It was also ‘food’. They say that just eating it increases your strength dozens of times or something. So he said that all kinds of evil spirits were chasing him to eat him. Most of them are weak miscellaneous ghosts, but there are some dangerous ‘bosses’ among them, and although I was lucky enough to kill the princess of the Wukong tribe now, it is said that it will become more dangerous in the future.
“If you are my godmother, you will protect me.”
Ho-yeon said that Hae-ju of Myo-goong Mountain was his godmother and asked her to protect him until there.
I said I would protect him with my mouth. I won’t say it twice. Of course, I felt like I would regret it soon, but I still planned to protect him until the end.
“I will guide you.”
I looked to the side. Hoyeon was clinging to me in an awkward position. In the past, when I was a little kid, I would have walked around holding him, but now I can’t do that for various reasons.
“Put this aside. From now on, you too can walk.”
At my words, Hoyeon turned into a fox.
Even as a fox, it was so big that it was difficult to carry it around.
He shook his head resolutely at Hoyeon, who was looking at him expectantly.
[Hey! This is for my use only.]
Dalby grabbed my neck and hung on to me, making fun of Hoyeon who was disappointed. Dalby climbed on and hung on my body at will. As I looked at this proud guy, I wondered what this was. Dalby didn’t feel heavy (ultra-light, super-civilized scientific power), so it didn’t bother me. But when she saw the jealous Ho-yeon and the boastful Dal-bi, they looked like two daughters fighting over their father. I feel like I suddenly became a father of two daughters without even being able to get married.
“Then hold my hand.”
“Why bother making it uncomfortable… ruler.”
He held out his hand to Hoyeon, who pouted his lips.
In the end, Hoyeon compromised by holding my hand and walking around instead of hugging me.
I’m holding Dalbi.
Holding Hoyeon’s hand.
I set out to meet my godmother.
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It was three days ago that I left the forest and felt happy.
It was a day ago that I almost died from dehydration while wandering in the desert.
“This f*ucking world.”
And today, just when I thought I was finally out of the desert, a misty lake appeared. I turned around and looked at the yellow sand, and then again at the lake spread out in front of me. The sand on my worn-out shoes is still the same, so how can the environment change so much with just one step?
Even if you look around, there is nothing but water. The good news was that it wasn’t a deep lake, and the water was shallow enough to barely wet your ankles. However, even if I looked as far away as possible, I could not see the ‘horizon’. It would be more correct to call that undulating line the ‘horizon line’. There was always a tall mountain in the farthest place, but the place beneath the mountain was completely unpredictable.
I looked closely at the lake full of all kinds of underwater plants.
I didn’t have the courage to go that deep. You never know when the water will get deeper. Due to the nature of this shitty world, there may be some monster lurking beneath the water. The environment is no different from a forest with giant bugs roaming around or a scorching desert. Rather, it is better that way. Humans have no gills. If he falls into the water and doesn’t come out, he dies. I heard drowning is very painful.
Unlike me, who carried all the cares and worries of the world, Hoyeon was relaxed. The guy put his head in the lake, took a gulp of water, and washed his face with a refreshed face. Water was scarce in the desert. Since he hadn’t been able to wash for a while, he looked like he was going to groom himself properly. While Ho-yeon was undoing the pus on his jeogori, he was startled and glared at me. I shrugged and turned away.
“A little more… Please go away!”
“be careful! If anything happens, scream!”
“Okay.”
I wandered around while Hoyeon was washing up. There was nothing particularly dangerous around. After washing my toes and face, there was nothing left to do. It was boring. One, I don’t know how my teenage daughter feels, but I shouldn’t go back until she says that she has become a good girl. As I was wandering around aimlessly, I found a blurry shape through the thick fog. Something thick. It was too big to be an underwater plant. The distance is close. It looks like an island on a lake? I just needed a place to sleep. I, who was running with joy, slowed my steps.
At some point the fog cleared and we could see what was on the island.
“What is there?”
The scenery unfolding on the island was very unfamiliar to me, who was accustomed to a primitive environment. There is also a hermitage and a pavilion. There are dozens of buildings that look like resting places for Koreans during the Joseon Dynasty. Although the style was not exactly the same, it was definitely close to an oriental building. It doesn’t matter whether the building you discover is Gothic or Renaissance. The important thing is that it is an artificial structure. In other words, there was a high probability that intelligent creatures similar to me existed there. Not the moth-man or the poisonous monster!
After waking up to this world, I saw the strange scenery of the village for the first time and ran to the island, excited with anticipation. However, I had to turn back before I even arrived.
Wow!
It’s Hoenn’s scream. I hurriedly ran to where I heard the scream. Since I was wandering around nearby, I was able to quickly find Hoyeon. Hoyeon was curled up holding his wet hair as if he had been attacked while washing his hair, and monsters were surrounding him. Monsters with human bodies but squid faces (this is not a metaphor) are trying to touch Hoyeon with long tentacles on their jaws.
“You bastards!”
I ran like I was flying and kicked the monster in the back.
Pow!
“Gagging!”
Compared to the Great Tiger and the Giant Centipede monster, they were weaker than a sparrow. As the kicked guy fell to the bottom of the lake with a splash, his fellow monsters looked at me in horror. I drew my sword to finish off the guys. Then the squids suddenly bowed down, put their hands together, and prayed.
“Oh my goodness! Please save me! “Why are you trying to kill us because we did something wrong?”
“what?”
I was dumbfounded that the guy who farted got angry and the guys who were trying to hurt Hoyeon just now were labeling me as a villain. I glanced at Hoyeon. The guy’s face was still red, but his breathing had calmed down to some extent.
“what’s the matter?”
“that is… … .”
Hoyeon shook off his wet tail. I was nearby and accidentally got hit by water.
“I stepped on a puddle without knowing and fell into the water… … .”
Hoyeon tilted his head and answered.
“I think they probably saved me.”
“what?”
The three squid monsters got angry at Hoyeon’s words. In particular, the squid that fell after being kicked grabbed its waist and scolded me in pain.
“Sojeo fell into the water and was struggling, so we who were catching a strange creature from underneath rescued him!”
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“How can you repay kindness with violence?”
“Oooh! “You are the shame of youkai!”
He said to Hoyeon.
“Why are you screaming?”
“Their tentacles were so slippery.”
Hoyeon said while smoothing his palms.
“It was so slippery.”
Looking at the situation, it seems that the squid monsters that were fishing nearby saved Hoyeon, who had fallen into a puddle. I frowned, looking at the squid monster’s tentacles. Why did these guys with hands go out of their way to extend the disgusting tentacles on their chins?
“that is… “I think there was probably a misunderstanding.”
“misunderstanding? “If you misunderstand, it’s okay to beat my friend like this!”
In response to the squid monster’s reasonable anger, I bowed and apologized.
“I’m sorry.”
Then the squid monsters that had been hostile until now laughed.
“haha. You might misunderstand! “It’s okay!”
The squid monster that hit me still hated me.
The other two took the initiative to forgive me.
They said they were okay and approached, then suddenly started stretching out their jaw tentacles.
It looked like it was ready to attack, so I quickly raised my sword and tried to strike down the tentacle that was reaching out.
“Ugh! for a moment! “What are you doing?”
The squid monsters were scared and shrunk their tentacles.
“Why are you showing me this disgusting thing?”
“Huh! You are speaking too harshly! “I offered to shake your hand, so why are you trying to attack me again?”
“what? handshake?”
The squid monster looked at me in response and stretched out its tentacles.
The tentacles of the two monsters met, rubbing against each other and making a fuss. I frowned at the disgusting sight of earthworms mating.
“That disgusting behavior is shaking hands?”
“handshake! Don’t you know? An action to confirm that there is no hostility toward each other!”
“… “You guys have hands.”
I pointed to the arms attached to the squid monster’s body.
That’s not decoration. Because he was carrying a fishing rod and a basket.
The squid monsters were startled by my words and instead glared at me with disgust.
“what? “Let’s shake hands?”
“Then do you shake hands with your hand or what?”
“oh my god! How could you do such a vulgar thing in the first meeting? What a promiscuous guy. Tsk tsk.”
Is the common sense of the demon world different from what I knew? I got angry and screamed at the guys who treated me like a pervert.
“Then I don’t have tentacles like you, so what should I shake hands with?”
“Are you kidding? Of course, I’ll use that dirty tentacle in my mouth!”
I said with a stern expression.
“Wait a minute, you asked Hoyeon to ‘shake hands’ earlier, right?”
“That’s right.”
There is no longer any need to be sorry. It was true that Hoyeon was truly dangerous. Almost… Something terrible was about to happen. I didn’t want to be associated with any more idiotic monsters who mistook their tongues for tentacles. It was time to ignore them and take Hoyeon to the island.
They suggested it.
“Since this is also a relationship, how about going to our village and making friends?”
“exactly. “The boss likes customers, so you will be treated well.”
invited to the village. I was able to easily deduce that their village was the island I wanted to go to. At first glance, they are just disgusting-looking idiots. If there are ‘intelligent creatures’ in the island village, or ‘youkai’ in the local language, then the status of being invited is much better.
“Tch. “Why are you inviting me to the village just because it’s so pretty?”
The squid monster that got kicked by me said.
He said with a disapproving expression while holding his waist.
“Why do you have to give food to a fan who beat me up?”
He glared at me like he was going to kill me. I smiled awkwardly and apologized, but it wasn’t accepted.
“Uh huh, don’t be like that. “Why, you.”
“Yes, ‘guests’ are precious, aren’t they?”
“Tch.”
His colleagues comforted him and invited him to come to the village again.
I’m tired, I can’t sleep on the water, and I’m running out of food.
In an unknown world, choices are important. It’s best not to get involved in annoying things. However, I thought that walking around the lake without any measures was not the best option. As he hesitated, a loud sound rang out from Hoenn’s stomach.
Grumble!
Miimii.
Hoyeon blushed and turned into a fox, but everyone heard the sound of hunger. When the squid monsters laughed and told him to eat as much as he wanted since there was a lot of food, Hoyeon’s ears perked up. Now that this was done, there was only one option left.
“Then I will forgive you for being shameless.”
“Aww, it’s okay to eat and play as much as you want. Even though the ‘upper neighborhood’ is really ugly, even the monsters in the lower neighborhood should help each other and survive. Isn’t it? “Uh-huh.”
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