Chapter 3 – Seris and the Village (1)
[System Synchronization…35%]
What is this
I fell into trouble as I looked at the blue window in front of me.
At first glance, it looks like a messenger window from a game…
Is this the status window that appears in the novel or what?
‘Status window!’
I cried out in my heart. However, another blue window did not appear.
Should I speak?
I spoke very quietly, in a mumble.
“Status window.”
Nothing special happened this time either.
Isn’t this Or is it because it’s still syncing?
As she patted her table with her fingers and pondered, Kara thrust into her face.
I was startled and pulled back.
“Brother.”
“What’s the matter?”
“Is that what I mean? Why is there no answer when I call Won’t you tell me about the city?”
Kara grunted with her pout.
Right. I was supposed to tell you the story of the city. I forgot because of the blue window in front of me.
The place I am now is Kara’s house.
I know I’m from the city because Kara invited me to stay at her place.
Kara’s older sister, Ceris, seemed a little reluctant, but she listened as if she couldn’t help it when Kara begged her.
“Oh sorry. Thinking of something else What story do you want to hear?”
“Adventurer! Oppa has lived in the city, so even adventurers don’t know about it!”
Adventurer.
It refers to people who register with the adventurer’s guild and handle requests.
It’s good to say that adventure is just a mercenary.
“Good. What shall I tell you first…”
I put flesh on the adventure story I heard on ear. Kara lifted her eyes wide, like a puppy with her treats in front of her.
* * *
“Have some of this and talk.”
It was while I was talking. Seris, a blue-silver haired beauty, handed over a bowl of soup.
“Thank you. But what about this?”
The soup she gave me was a reddish color, I had never seen soup of that color.
“It’s tomato soup.”
“Ah.”
It’s a tomato. Then I just couldn’t see it. Because I hate tomatoes.
I felt reluctance to move the spoon, but I forced my hand to move. You can’t ignore the landlord’s favor, can you?
I put the soup in my mouth.
…?
For an instant, he grabbed his face, which was about to frown. Because it wasn’t polite to the person who made it.
But I couldn’t help but smile. Because the tomato flavor was too strong.
I expected it to some extent for the tomato soup, but I thought it would be this much. There were no other ingredients in it.
No, there was. Something crunchy, chopped up.
But I don’t know what this is, and because of it, I couldn’t drink it and had to chew it, so the discomfort increased.
“Ah! Sister! I told you not to chop the cabbage!”
It’s a cabbage.
Why did you chop this up?
“But Uncle Gedrick said that if you cut it like this, you can feel the crispy texture better…”
“Did you believe that old man? That’s what the old man said to make fun of my sister and me. It’s still tasteless, so what if we add a strange texture?”
“Not tasty…”
Seris, who had heard the harsh criticism, shrank.
That look was a little sad. She had been looking at me expectantly until a while ago.
I decided to tell a white lie.
“Am I okay?”
“No. You don’t have to worry about it…”
“I’m really fine. No, it’s not good enough, it’s delicious.”
“…Really?”
“Yes.”
She confidently nodded her head, and her face brightened as if she had never been sullen.
“Eek, oppa, are you serious?”
“Kara, I already told you. Your diet is bad.”
Seris ignored Kara’s disgust and scooped her soup into her spoon. I put it in my mouth and chewed it.
As her jaw moved, the corners of her mouth, which had been drawing an arc, came down little by little. She soon came down completely and became ethereal.
“…”
Céris glanced at me and she hesitated.
“Yoosung, do you really like this…?”
I put down the spoon.
“No.”
* * *
“Sorry. I tried it for the first time today, but it failed…”
Céris handed her tea with her apology. I waved her hand as I received the tea.
“It tasted much better than what I did.”
It’s lip service.
“By the way, when will your parents come in? I guess I should say hello.”
I asked as if wondering. Sure enough, Celis smiled bitterly at her.
“They both died years ago.”
I knew it.
It’s been this hour, but I expected it because my parents weren’t home.
After dark, most people go home. Occasionally he stays late at night in a pub, but it’s not common.
I said with a sorry expression.
“Ah… I’m sorry. I asked something…”
“Are you okay.”
Seris shook her head.
“It was very difficult in the past, but now it is much better.”
“That is fortunate. But since there are only two of you, would it be okay to let an outsider like me in?”
“Why? Are you going to do something weird?”
“No, it’s not like that…”
When I pretended to be flustered, Celis covered her mouth and giggled. Involuntarily, she stared blankly at it. I pinched her thighs to bring her to her senses.
“I didn’t think Yooseong would do that. If I’m wrong, I can deal with it.”
“Yes?”
I ended up asking a different answer than I expected.
It’s the first time I’ve met you, what on earth did you look at and make that decision?
Celis pointed her finger at her eyes.
“The look in Yoosung’s eyes when he saw me. It’s kind of a shame to say this, but when men look at me, do I have to say that their eyes are so… So to speak, sticky? Because it is. Oh, not all of them, of course.”
“Don’t misunderstand,” Seris corrected.
“But Yoosung didn’t have any of that. He just looked a little surprised.”
“Ah…”
It was a sticky look, but considering her appearance, it was understandable.
I’ve seen all kinds of makeup and correction on Earth. Seris’ appearance was so outstanding that even I admired it.
“Are you able to deal with it?”
“Because he is strong.”
Seris put her hand on her own biceps, and she said confidently.
“Ah, yes… You see.”
I chuckled.
Because it was a more innocent answer than I thought.
I said, ‘If you shout, the villagers will come running.’ Even if you run away, the roads at night are dangerous.’ I thought something like that.
“It’s true. Can’t you believe it?”
Cerys narrowed her eyes, she said. It seems that my laughter made her feel that she didn’t believe her own words.
Just as I was about to make an excuse, Kara, who was sleeping in her bed, tossed over her body and started talking in her sleep.
“Hehe, this is Kara, the great adventurer! Everyone bow their heads!”
“…”
“…”
“Sister! Same goes for my sister. She’s not considered family!”
“Kara please…”
Ceris covered Kara with her blanket, her face red.
Kara struggled, as if she was frustrated, but Seris didn’t look at her.
Every time Kara’s body peeked out, it was somehow covered with a blanket, and eventually Kara had to sleep with her blanket covered.
“Your younger brother seems to want to become an adventurer?”
I said without hiding a smile. Seris sighed.
“Yes that’s right. Why is she an adventurer…”
‘It’s dangerous…’ She murmured to herself and turned her head towards me.
“How does Yooseong look? An adventurer job?”
“Do you see me?”
“Yes. Since Yooseong lived in the city, he must know more than I do.”
I’m sure you’ve heard a lot
It’s just that most of the guys who tell the story exaggerate it.
Still, there is one thing I can tell you.
“It will be very difficult. It’s an adventurer’s job.”
Adventurers solve requests and earn money.
Most of the requests were to kill monsters called monsters.
As a result, there are many things that you have to risk your life for, and it is said that there are many cases that you actually lose.
“Is that so? Haa… It would be nice if you gave up in moderation…”
Ceris looked at Kara with her eyes dripping with concern. Kara is unaware of her sister’s concern, and she is sleeping peacefully.
It felt warm to me.
I smiled and drank my tea.
Well, write. And spicy
“…May I ask what kind of car this is?”
“This car? It’s made with oolong leaves.”
“Oolong leaves? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it… Is it expensive?”
“Yes? No, I’m not selling this.”
“…Yes?”
“I dug it myself from the mountain.”
“Um, okay. It’s not easy to gather herbs, but my parents must have taught me well.”
It is said that it is a medicinal herb, but there are many cases where it is poisonous. As a result, the ability to properly distinguish herbs was invaluable.
“No, I just ate it to fill my stomach when I was young, but it was bitter. So I’m using it because I want to use it for making tea.”
“…”
I’m at a loss for words.
You just ate this?
Why?
No, more than that, I used it as tea because it tasted bitter?
Without knowing what?
I opened my mouth to say something, but finally closed it. I had a lot to say, but I decided not to. Holding back a sigh and turning my head, I found a painting displayed in every corner of the house.
It was a picture of two girls and their parents.
“How is it? Didn’t you draw well?”
Seris said proudly.
It was a well-drawn picture, as she said. Even a photo is incomparable.
“Who painted it? Could it be Mr. Seris?”
“No. I don’t have that kind of talent. It’s just that an artist once visited our village, and it was painted at that time.”
“Are you angry?”
A painter with this level of skill is in a town like this?
I had my doubts, but soon forgot them. Because it wasn’t that important.
“By the way, which of you two has blue hair?”
Both of the parents, both of them, had their hair colored black and white.
That’s usually done when expressing dark colored hair, but Seris’s hair is blue-silver. She was never dark.
“Neither of you have blue hair. My mother was blonde, and my father was brown.”
“…Yes?”
At her words, I narrowed my brows. Blonde or brown? Can blue-silver hair come out of that hair color?
As if seeing through my thoughts, Celis smiled shyly and scratched her cheek.
“Actually, you two are not my biological parents. Because you took me back from wandering in the mountains.”
“Oh, sorry. I keep doing nothing…”
“Are you okay. It wasn’t even hiding. It’s good that I was picked up by you two.”
Celis stroked her picture with a nostalgic look. Then, as if she remembered something, she turned sharply toward me.
“Yoosung, do you know how to read?”
“Writing? Yes I know.”
Ever since I fell into this world, I’ve never experienced a language barrier.
There was no problem in communicating with people or reading letters. It was impossible to write.
Cersei’s face turned red at my answer.
She took out a sheet of parchment that was rolled up from under her bed.
“Can you read this for me?”
“What is this?”
“There was a hidden space on the floor of our house. I found it there. However, there is no one in the village who can read, so I do not know the contents… It seems that my mother and father wrote it…”
According to her, this parchment seems to be a will.
She used a ghostwriter to write a will, so it seems that her parents loved her children quite a bit.
“All right. I will read it to you.”
I smiled and read the contents of the parchment handed to me.
‘What the fuck.’
My eyes were furrowed.
