Survive as a Fortune Teller in Moorim 257

Chapter 257 – Chapter 12 – Picking Up Humans

It was truly by chance that she met that guy.

She was training in the mountains as usual, eating the energy of nature. When I came down for a while because I had some business to do in her world.

During that short period of time, she encountered a man in the back alleys of her tramps that she would normally have passed by without even paying attention.

-Softly…

“Ah. Uh…”

A child who looks like he hasn’t even finished school yet.

It wasn’t that uncommon for an orphan to be abandoned in a back alley, so it wasn’t anything special, but that day she especially wanted to watch over him a little more.

Her head was down, so you couldn’t see her face clearly, but considering the clothes she was wearing and the visible condition of her body, she seemed to have been seriously injured.

Considering that there are no special wounds, it is probably a type of internal injury.

When she became interested for a moment and focused her eyes and looked inside, she saw a scene she had never seen before in so many years.

‘How can the human body be so messed up?’

The dantian in the center of the body was like a harpoon, and in the process of spreading that energy throughout the body, all the Qi and blood were torn apart, and not only the internal energy but also the innate Qi was on the verge of leaking out.

It would be fortunate if that was the end.

‘If something happens to my soul again…’

It may be taboo magic that deals with the soul or something after death. There is no such thing as a living person having a problem with the soul, but this guy in front of me right now had one.

What if the soul is forcibly taken out? Or was another soul forced into the body?

The soul, which was originally supposed to fit perfectly into the frame called body, was in a state of misalignment, as if it was overflowing.

Even if only one of them has a problem, it’s a miracle that he’s alive, but how can he live now when both his body and soul have problems.

“Ah. Ugh…”

‘… No.’

Even if I was alive in that state, I wasn’t alive.

I don’t know how I managed to survive until now, but if I keep going like this, I won’t be able to last more than four days before I return to dust.

Even though it had passed the stage of recovery through natural healing, it was still three stages further.

‘What can we do with this guy?’

There’s nothing you can’t do if you want to help, but there’s no particular reason why you should help.

Even for her, it took a lot of time and effort to keep a person in this bad condition alive, and she didn’t think he could pay the price.

If calculated in gold coins of the human world, it would not be an exaggeration at all to calculate it as hundreds of thousands of taels.

It is strange to expect that an orphan abandoned in a back alley will be able to pay.

‘Hmm.’

-Taktak

I hit her arm with her fan for a moment, lost in her thoughts.

In any case, he had taken measures to prevent himself from being recognized by those around him through witchcraft.

About the time it took to make a cup of tea

‘Now that I think about it, I have less than 20 years left on earth.’

If you ascend to heaven after 1,000 years of training, you can become a god.

However, since he is essentially a fox monster, it is obvious how the proud gods will treat him even if he ascends to heaven.

‘It would be better to accumulate some good karma before that.’

People called gods are strangely obsessed with that kind of thing, so it’s good karma. It will be easier later if you accumulate what is commonly called virtue while on earth.

I haven’t done much evil so far, but I haven’t done much good either.

‘If he’s this unusual, he must have some connection with the heavenly gods. At this age, she looks just fine.’

I wonder how a guy like that ended up in a back alley like this, but all conditions were fine.

If he picks up someone who had died if not for him and presents him to the world in a state where he can survive on his own, that would also be good karma.

There was no need to take any more time once the decision had been made.

“Ah. Would you like to look over here for a moment?”

“…?”

He raised his head, frowning at the pain coming from his internal injuries when he heard the guy’s voice calling him.

Like a guy who was rolling around in a back alley, he had dirt all over his face, but even in that condition, he was a guy with unusual beauty.

‘If I grow up properly, I’ll make a lot of girls cry in the future.’

It was a story that didn’t matter since he would have been preparing to present this child to the world and ascend to heaven by then.

“You probably know the state of your body well right now. Even if you survive somehow, it will be difficult to make it past the next full moon.”

“…”

“Would you like to go with me?”

-Sweet

The guy held out his hand and looked at it with his darkened eyes.

He doesn’t even intend to force the guy to live.

I don’t know what the circumstances are, but if he was pushed to this level, he would have been in big trouble.

It wouldn’t be surprising if he lost his will to live and wanted to die like this.

She has no intention of going to the trouble of saving someone who wants to die.

“I will make you the best in the world or put the entire central world at your feet. I won’t do those things for you, but I will make sure you don’t starve.”

If you just treat it and throw it away, there’s no value in keeping it alive, so I’m thinking of teaching it some appropriate tricks.

At least I shouldn’t starve.

If he wants to get anything more than that, it will depend on what he does.

“…”

The guy stared at me with dull eyes for a while, then with difficulty raised his hand and placed it on top of it.

-Fussuk

“Oh my.”

However, perhaps it was his last strength, and he fell down without being able to grab his hand, so he quickly caught him and succeeded in stopping him before he fell to the ground.

‘Tsk. Are you saying that you know who Yeo is and are going to follow you carelessly?’

She was already pushed to the edge anyway, but it was still dangerous to follow others carelessly.

Fortunately, it was him, because if he were a bad demon, he could have eaten him like this.

“You look like a kid who needs a lot of work.”

-Tuktuk

After roughly shaking off the dust that was stuck here and there, I put him on my back.

‘No matter how little the boy has grown, what can she be of use for when she is so delicate?’

I felt the skinny body of the guy through my senses and sighed once again.

I think it will be really annoying for the next 10 years or so.

* * *

“… Hot.!”

“Are you awake? Then come and take a look here.”

After taking him and bringing him to his residence in the mountains.

While I was first taking out the blanket for the guy who was still sleeping soundly, he woke up.

It was late at night anyway, so it was time to sleep.

“…? ?”

The guy looked around with confused eyes, probably still half asleep, but then stopped looking at me.

The small open mouth and slightly reddened cheeks were a reaction that I was now used to and was tired of.

I used to use magic when I went down to the world because things like that were annoying, but now that the magic had been lifted, I couldn’t help reacting like that.

As long as her ears and tail were not visible, she had the appearance of a peerless beauty by human standards, so no matter how bad she was, it was natural for her to react like that as she was a man.

“I don’t mind watching, but it’s late at night, so get ready for bed first. Proper treatment will begin tomorrow morning.”

“… Yes?”

“You still don’t remember? Didn’t she say she would follow Yeo?”

“… Oh?”

The guy seemed to have still come to his senses and remained blank for a while.

“… Ah!”

Soon, he looked like he realized something.

“I haven’t been able to speak properly since a while ago. Could it be that I don’t know how to speak?”

“Oh, no.?”

“Luckily, I’m not mute. It would have been difficult if communication had been difficult.”

Even in the midst of confusion, the guy tried to get up with an angry expression on his face, perhaps because he was suddenly cursed.

-Stop

“Aghhh.”

Soon I couldn’t bear the pain and collapsed on the floor again.

“Tsk, tsk. What are you going to do with that body? Why are you raising your body? It’s a good thing I washed it beforehand because I didn’t think I could move on my own.”

“… Wait. What are you saying now.”

The guy must have come to his senses after hearing what I said and started groping his body.

“Ah. Ah…?”

“Why are you looking so surprised? You can’t just throw a guy who was rolling around in the dirt on a blanket. Don’t worry. I’m not starving enough to be interested in a guy as young as you.”

“You’re young! You’re an adult with ID!”

-Bwaek!

Because he suddenly screamed, his tail almost popped out, but he skillfully hid his traces behind his back.

And there was something more surprising than what he shouted.

“… Adult?”

“Well, it may look like this now, but after going to college…”

“Hmm.”

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Those words were words I had never heard in all my years of living, so I wonder what on earth he wanted to say.

“Well, whether you’re under the age of elementary education or over the age limit, you’re no different from a child to a woman. After all, that’s where a human’s age is.”

“Well, you don’t look particularly old either.”

“It’s noisy. They’re already trying to reveal the woman’s age.”

-Tap!

“Evil!”

I lightly hit the guy on the head with the fan I was holding.

“Tsk. While we were talking, she ended up laying out her bedding. If she has the energy to say that, go ahead and do it for me.”

“… There is only one bedding.”

“… Ah.”

This was something I hadn’t thought about.

Since she lived alone all her life, there was no reason for her to prepare two.

“… Well, what else can we do? The only way is to use at least one of them together.”

“Huh?!”

“I can’t let you sleep on the cold floor, and I don’t plan on sleeping on the cold floor, so I guess we have no choice but to share it. It’s big enough anyway, so it’ll be good enough for you.”

“? ?”

The guy hugged his body with his face turning bright red, as if he was both wary and embarrassed.

“Don’t be mistaken. Do you think she would even covet the body of a guy like you?”

“…”

“Imagination is free, but you should know the numbers. Your appearance is quite handsome for a human, but she has a long way to go before she catches the eye of a woman.”

Obtaining a human-like appearance. Even though she has lived similar to a human, she is still a yokai in essence.

Not only does their perspective on the world differ from that of humans, but even their lives are different. Could it be that they covet humans because they have nothing else to do?

‘If I want you, I can swear that I will give up my life and become a sexy woman.’

Well, since it won’t happen anyway, there’s no need to swear.

“If you understand, then go ahead and lie down. I don’t know about you, but she’s about to attack me.”

“Ugh.”

When she forcibly grabbed him, laid him down, and covered him with her bedding, he gave only a weak response, not knowing if he was resisting or not, and remained in a calm lying position.

I don’t know if she likes it or not, but she doesn’t seem to have any intention of leaving anyway, so let’s just close our eyes to her for a moment.

-Tuk

‘Hmm…?’

The feeling of something hitting her body brought her back from her sweet soma for a moment.

As she looked at something with her half-open eyes, she suddenly saw the sleeping guy facing this way with his arms outstretched.

It looks like the bed is very narrow and very uncomfortable.

“Ha.”

‘What am I supposed to do from now on when so much work has gone into it from day one?’

Thinking that he was a very annoying little boy, I pulled his arm and pulled him into my arms.

Why are they paying such attention to the fact that it will be okay to stick together if it’s narrow?

‘It’s fragrant because it was washed well.’

Is this what it feels like to have a pet?

Sometimes, whenever I see people raising small, cute animals as a hobby, I don’t understand them, but I think I know how it feels.

‘… And warm.’

Normally, when I hugged it, it was a cold blanket, but when I hugged a living creature, its body temperature was quite warm, which surprisingly felt good.

The thought that it would still be a bother hasn’t changed, though

Still, it seemed like it would be fun.