Chapter 330 – Chapter 330: The Good Boy 2
A small trail running through a thick green forest. A road that was too wide for two people to walk side by side ran through the dense forest. A dense forest where you can get your head caught on a vine if you tilt your head slightly, and you can’t move forward even if you take a few steps to the side. Every time you breathe, the clear and refreshing air that comes in through your nose excites you…
Ah, is it because I have elf traits? Anyway, I hear a small laugh somewhere as I am walking through a dense forest that is incomparable to the forests and mountains of Korea in my previous life.
“Wow, is this a spirit?”
“Perhaps? If it were a fairy, would it have already come to play a prank?”
“I feel like I’m meditating just by breathing.”
“There’s a story that you can’t come in even if you pay for it.”
However, there were no incarnations who were started by the small giggling sounds carried by the wind. It was because he had heard enough of the fairies and spirits living in the forest from the manager before entering the forest. The story of fairies who live in the forest using knots and flower buds as their homes, and the spirits who stay in the forest led by the spirits of the fairies.
Because of that, I heard that even though it is called a primeval forest, it is well-groomed so that there is no inconvenience for people to come and go. One of the best tourist spots on the continent, there was a reason why no one could enter because the depths were thoroughly managed.
It was because, like a fantasy world where knights, wizards, and priests exist, there is also a family called Elementalists. In addition, I heard that being a fairy has a great meaning in its magic, so shamans light up their eyes and compete for the right to enter this forest. Did you say it was a way to present an admission ticket as a gift to a shaman who played a big role when the inland was invaded?
At that point, it’s understandable that the primeval forest manager takes great pride in his work. My heart pounded pleasantly when I changed my avatar to the shape of an elf. As if lying down in a comfortable resting place, a feeling of coziness and comfort floods in from the depths of the heart. It seems that the sentiment is not very different from the incarnations, but rather than getting tired while walking on the trail, it seems that they are getting more and more energetic.
“Since I came to play, I want to receive a gift from a fairy.”
“But isn’t that too unlikely?”
“There is a constellation. Wouldn’t fairies be interested in elves and beastmen?”
“Is that so? Anyway, I’m going to meditate a bit when I get to the clearing. I didn’t know there would be a forest where nature keepers comparable to the jinbeop made by Master would exist.”
The incarnations walking side by side on the trail. Since the natural energy of the forest is added to the trained body, no matter how much you walk on the mountain path, you will not get tired and you will hardly break a sweat. Of course, no matter how good the trail is, it’s not just walking all day.
No matter how much the energy of nature is full, you can’t give it to someone with a trail and proudly show it to someone and talk about rewards. I walked along the trail for about an hour listening to the small whispers carried by the wind. At the end of the trail was a small log cabin.
The traces of the primeval forest, which was so dense that it was impossible to break through, is a spacious open space where sunlight streams in everywhere. Not in the middle of the primeval forest, but in what looked like a resting place in a well-kept botanical garden, there was a small log cabin. White smoke is gently rising from the small chimney, and there is a flower bed with several flowers under the small window of the cabin, making it look like a scene from a fairy tale.
“Wow! It’s very well decorated.”
“Well, it’s one of the most important strategic points on the continent, so I’ll make sure to manage it.”
“… Is it that important?”
“It’s a place where monsters don’t attack, perhaps because the fairies set up the ground and the spirits follow. Leaving aside the fairies and spirits’ gifts, research on magic for security or shamanic items to combat external enemies is really important. This time, the academy was installed Magic items are also made of wood from the primeval forest here.”
“Ah, because of that terror.”
As soon as my story came out, the incarnations secretly looked back. It’s quite natural to walk in a row like playing a train, and when they arrive at a clearing, they quietly settle down and split in two so that I can pass in the middle of her. She accepted the small consideration and led the way to the front of the cabin.
A door made of wood like a cabin, a welcome greeting engraved by hand on a small block of wood, the sweet yet sweet smell of baking butter leaking through the cracks in the door, feeling my presence and pulling the door open first—
“…”
“Why are you here?”
A black shaman with a familiar face.
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The inside of the small cabin was exactly what I had imagined. A round wooden table with freshly baked bread and freshly boiled soup. A fireplace grate with intaglio patterns and a small bonfire swaying inside.
I wasn’t the only one who admired the interior, which looks hot but maintains a subtle warmth. The incarnations follow me and are surprised to see the shaman. Well, since the sorcerer has been visiting me all these days, I’ve seen his face more than once.
The still silent witch doctor sneaks out of the door and leads us to a table. Then, from behind, a gurgling sound is heard. It’s because I and the incarnations have fallen in love with the taste of this witch doctor’s homemade dish. A more luxurious taste than the academy cafeteria—it’s not the same level, but it’s a well-made, familiar taste that you can eat every day without getting tired of it.
When I was a college student, if the restaurant near my room was of this level, I would have bought 10 meals a week from that restaurant.
“This is for us to eat, right?”
“The hospitality is sure.”
“Anyway, I didn’t know that the shaman who came every day was the caretaker of the primeval forest.”
“The manager? Isn’t that the person who explained it outside?”
“That’s an external manager who manages entry and exit. Living in the forest, there should be a role to look after the spirits, fairies, trails, and trees. Each tree here is almost a strategic asset, so we can’t just leave it alone. It’s important on the continent. If you line up, right after the academy will be this primeval forest, right?”
Did you say you can see as much as you know? What stopped Lee Ha-rin from trying to start her mouth again was the freshly baked hot bread. For Han Ye-ji and Song Ye-na, this primeval forest was just a forest where the air was good and good for exercise, and they didn’t really want to hear lengthy explanations about witchcraft and key points on the continent.
Everyone naturally sits around the table and looks around, as if neither I nor my witchcraft comrade Ha-eun Kim really want it. A bowl of soup per person, and two loaves of bread that look like they should be dipped into the soup.
Of course, one of them was already stuck in Lee Ha-rin’s mouth her.
A loaf of bread that Han Ye-ji jokingly stuffed into her open mouth her, saying that she would blatantly cover her mouth her. In a way, it may feel bad, but Lee Ha-rin smiled and licked his lips. Should I say that I am a highly skilled otaku, or according to my explanation, it is an area where I even enjoy being ridiculed by others.
Lee Ha-rin’s forehead gradually gathers and creates subtle wrinkles. At the same time, the jaw his moves busily. Everyone’s eyes are drawn to the savory smell that flows through the torn bread.
“… Is it delicious?”
“Oh, very much.”
As if everyone had gotten used to the black sorcerer, she silently rummaged around her bonfire, looked at her from the back, and started eating. She had the idea that she couldn’t tell us anything anyway, and she felt a little hungry, even if she wasn’t exhausted from walking the trail in the woods.
It’s only natural that anyone would swallow saliva when a meal that smells so good is prepared after an hour-long walk.
Soft bread boasting a savory yet subtle sweetness of grains, and a soup that wraps around the tongue in a thick, creamy base. There were no flashy techniques or extravagant ingredients, but it was a taste that went right through the stomach without hesitation. At this time, I and all the incarnations seemed to be so absorbed in the meal that I and all the incarnations kept my mouth shut and ate the remaining soup with a piece of bread.
Meanwhile, the sorcerer, who had been silently watching our meal, suddenly walks outside.
“What?”
“I’m the manager of the primeval forest, so maybe I’m going to take care of something?”
“Uh, or do you want us to tell you where we’re going to spend our time?”
“Then I’ll follow you.”
Song Ye-na jumps up at the sudden action and follows her. Neither I nor the incarnations were particularly worried or suspicious of the shaman. Well, if you were a primeval forest manager, you would be almost like an academy security officer, but if someone of that level was an apocalypse or a traitor to humanity, the Southern Continent would already be in chaos.
Sabotage such as magical trees withered and dead, fairies getting sick and spirits leaving, precious magic items worn out and ruined.
“Eh, Constellation?! I think you should take a look with me!”
That’s why everyone opened their eyes wide at the voice of Yena Song, who was startedled and lost her composure.
“What is this, no… Who is this?”
“Uh, I don’t know. They suddenly brought it out of the shed behind the cabin.”
Everyone would be surprised if a black sorcerer with a benevolent smile dragged a fainting man’s hair out with his big hands.
