Chapter 141 – Chapter 141 – Origin Wisdom (30)
‘Unconditional kindness and trust to strangers’
It was incredibly blunt advice.
From strangers who came to visit me to strangers I met on the road.
In a way, the title of guest, which belongs to a fairly wide range, made me think of many things.
But.
“……”
For some reason, I felt like I could be half-sure of who the guest the origin prophecy pointed to was.
A green-haired girl who just appeared in the third trial.
Although the noise was on her face, I couldn’t see her face in detail.
Even in the presence of noise, the golden vertical movement had enough intensity to recognize who it was when they met again.
Maybe that’s why, I gradually increased my conviction that this girl who still lingered in my head might be a guest.
Maybe not.
Because the space that the ordeal shows is the space of the future and the past, and the space of the time that doesn’t know where it is.
Because I didn’t even know that girl actually existed.
However, it is the sense that is the criterion that made the judgment in the ordeal.
It didn’t seem like a coincidence that this sense kept pointing at this girl.
As she continued to think while lying on Miho’s thighs, Lee Mi-ryeong stood up gracefully.
“Come on, get up slowly, son-in-law. Now that the prophecy of prayer is over, son-in-law, unfortunately, has to get out of the shrine.”
“”Ah.””
Miho, Lee Mi-hee, and Lee Mi-na, who were surrounding me, stood on their tails.
Lee Mi-hee’s face, which did not show her emotions, was distorted in a cute way.
Their hands, which were placed on top of my body one by one, grabbed my body tightly as if telling me not to go.
It was such a sad and cute reaction, so I felt like I didn’t want to go.
Because I know that I have to get out of the shrine in order to use the wisdom at the moment when the prayer foresight is given.
I smiled bitterly and staggered to my feet.
“Thank you everyone.”
When they received my greeting, everyone kept their mouths shut, as if they knew they had to let go.
Looking at the tails wagging as if in protest, I greeted them again.
“We can meet again next time anyway. If you leave so sadly at the last moment… I’ll be ashamed the next time we meet.”
When I playfully spoke to her, Lee Mi-hee, who had been silent until now, opened her mouth.
“… Take responsibility.”
Lee Mi-hee, who said one word but extremely heavy, responded with Mi-na’s words.
“Yes! Ha… Han Jun-ah! We have to take responsibility~?!”
Unbecoming the eldest daughter, Lee Mi-na wags her tail as she cries.
I stroked Imina’s bangs once and made a promise.
“Sure, I have to take responsibility. If I didn’t want to take responsibility in the first place, I wouldn’t have done that yesterday.”
Hehe..Hehe.”
The three fox sisters who intuited that it was the last day and squeezed me.
It was because he had won the victory against the fox sisters who were sticking to him even more than the day before yesterday.
I already nodded her head in silence at my words, with a smile on her rosy cheeks.
“I believe..Hehe.”
A laugh that strangely resembles Miho.
Even though each of them looked different, they were strangely similar in this way.
“Unnie, what kind of ‘I’ll believe you’… I’ll believe you. Even if you decide to seize Han Joon.”
Miho glanced at her older sister, who was grinning profusely, as if she were cute, and then made eye contact with me.
Seriously sparkling red eyes.
“Han Jun-ah, be careful. Since it’s the Wisdom Wisdom that has had three ordeals, something big is sure to come. In my heart, I want to stay by your side….. To be your strength, I will work hard here to learn how to use my tail.”
“Yes.”
Listen to the advice and nod your head.
Miho added her words as if there was one more thing left.
“And as soon as I leave the shrine, I’m going to storm right into your room… You have to be prepared?”
Fly.
Miho licks his lips sticky with his tongue.
I moved on, thinking that it was also Miho-like to hand over a passionate final goodbye.
“Of course. At that time, I’ll be sure to prepare for the return of the fox bride. Don’t worry.”
Jerk, jerk.
As if to come here from afar, he approached Lee Mi-ryeong who was wagging her tail.
Until I left the shrine and walked towards the white mist that I had crossed first.
The three sisters who silently followed me will be the moment to go over into the fog with Lee Mi-ryeong.
In the end, I couldn’t hold back my emotions and everyone started to cry.
“See you later, don’t cry.”
I also felt a little bit sad, so I hurriedly moved my feet toward the fog.
Swoop.
Lee Mi-ryeong lightly grabbed my hand, and I was sucked into the white fog.
I finished my schedule at the fox shrine.
* *
“Mother in law.”
“Huh~? Son-in-law, why is that?”
Inside the hazy white fog where you can’t even see an inch ahead.
As I walked out with Lee Mi-ryeong, I spit out a question.
“I heard that the Tailed Foxes are not allowed to leave the shrine after the prophecy of prayer is over, but can I stay here?”
Touch, touch.
After a delicate and coy touch, Lee Mi-ryeong gave an answer.
“Originally, it’s not possible. But, like me, a nine-tailed fox who has stepped into the realm of mystery can come out even in the fog.”
“Oh yeah?”
“So, isn’t that why our daughters-in-law stayed within the shrine? If not, you and I would have crossed over into the mist to take up this guiding role for each other.”
“I see… Um.”
Touch, touch.
A touch that is getting closer and closer.
Pressing the palm of the hand, or squeezing the pod.
Feeling that my face could become hot just by touching it, I looked at this sullen mother-in-law next to me.
“Huh~? Son-in-law, why is that?”
Lee Mi-ryeong smiles kindly as if she doesn’t know anything.
After sighing once, I threw a fastball at Lee Mi-ryeong.
“Why are you fiddling with her hands like that?”
“Oh my~? Did I fiddle with my hand…? I was only leading you to go this way.”
Fidget.
The mother-in-law, taking a step forward as if showing off, fiddling with her hands.
It was as if after committing a molester so shamelessly, she was like a pervert in a doujinshi where she said that she did not molest herself.
“Unless you’re from the Tailed Fox clan, you won’t be able to see even an inch into this fog. It’s because I’m worried, I’m worried.”
Even the real comments were similar, so I looked at my mother-in-law with tears in my eyes.
Lee Mi-ryeong let out her snort and took my gaze casually.
Even if I said that I was going to withdraw my hand, it seemed that he would grab onto somewhere in his body or grab my body with the pretext of worrying.
I just kindly gave up.
And, as if my choice was right, Lee Mi-ryeong acted as if she was biting her lips in regret.
‘This… Is like a snarky mother-in-law.’
Mi-ryeong Lee may have planned everything at the Fox Shrine.
Let’s challenge the apex of the fox, who doesn’t show any emotion, not even the wagging tail.
Conversely, it was obvious that I would be eaten, so I could only sigh.
Lee Mi-ryung must have been reading my thoughts to some extent. She smiled and started talking to me.
“Thank you anyway.”
“What.”
“What the son-in-law has done so far.”
Lee Mi-ryung unexpectedly gives thanks.
He looked at Lee Mi-ryeong, doubting if he had another ulterior motive.
Then Lee Mi-ryeong smiled softly and continued.
“Your son-in-law raised our little daughter up.”
“Ah… Miho?”
Miho dropped out of witchcraft and ghost academy due to the trauma of not being able to handle her tail well and came down to the human world.
I shook my head as if it was no big deal, reminding me of Miho, who had met me and now proudly showed off her skills after getting a new tail.
“No, something lifted me up. Rather, I was helped.”
“So?”
“Yes, thanks to Miho, I came to know about my birth. Also… I have built various relationships like this.”
“Cuk-Cuk-Cuk. Isn’t it rather inconvenient? Now more and more things will be entangled.”
To Lee Mi-ryeong’s question that seemed to be secretly looking at me.
I calmly said the answer I thought of without hesitation.
“I think it was all going to happen anyway. And originally, there is no happiness without a price.”
“It’s happiness without a price.”
Lee Mi-ryeong made a strange expression.
I couldn’t read the details of her expression because she was my mother-in-law.
For some reason, it seemed to contain bitterness and satisfaction.
Lee Mi-ryeong, who had been silent for such a short time, spoke to me again.
“Anyway, son-in-law, I’m so grateful for what you’ve done so far. You gave each of our first and second sons a tail.”
“… I’m getting something too, so there’s no need to be too thankful.”
“Oh my~? You’re being honest. You’re revealing that you take in too much yang qi.”
“I’ve never said that before.”
“So~? Huhu.”
This… This is like the mother-in-law of a snarky serpent.
As expected from the beginning, I knew right away that I had to steal the virgins of other female monsters.
Realizing that everything that happened at the shrine was Mi-ryeong Lee’s plan, I let out a sigh.
The moment I was about to protest against Lee Mi-ryeong, Lee Mi-ryeong suddenly offered me a tok.
“So by the way, I’ve prepared a gift for my son-in-law who has helped me so far. Could you accept it?”
“What is it?”
Lee Mi-ryeong licked her lips with her tongue.
Surprisingly, the appearance was similar to that seen in Miho, Lee Mi-hee, and Lee Mi-na.
“The body of the nine-tailed fox, who led Yeji of Origin, has a lot of yin energy. I want to pass this on to my son-in-law… How is it?”
“… Did you plan all of this?”
Lee Mi-ryeong, who secretly suggested only a possibility, then suggested it in this fog where only the two of them were left.
At a glance, an estimate came out, so she immediately asked Lee Mi-ryung a question.
Lee Mi-ryeong gave a smirk and a bewitching smile, and she tilted her head.
“Well, huh? Anyway, son-in-law. Why don’t you take this nine-tailed fox’s full yin energy?”
“Anyway, I’m not going to have more good spirits for my mother-in-law.”
“That’s true, but I’m pretty sure the music I’m giving you now is probably more than my daughters-in-law. Besides, as I said before, the always friendly tailed fox clan… I’m going to make it ‘absolutely’ friendly this once. Could it be?”
“Ah… Really.”
I took a deep breath and scratched my head.
It’s a deal you have to make.
A huge amount of yin qi, and the absolute favor of the tail fox clan in a situation where you don’t know what will happen in the future.
It was also funny to reject Lee Mi-ryung in a situation where Lee Mi-hee and Lee Mi-na were touched in the first place.
“What happens in this fog is an illusion that happened just one day today. There’s no need to worry too much about it.”
Lee Mi-ryeong whispers strangely.
In the end, I decided to accept Lee Mi-ryeong’s favor.
“Yes, mother-in-law of the serpentine. Let’s do it, but please back away from that animal here instead.”
“Oh~? Can you feel it?”
“Sure, I’m staring at you over there, but I don’t feel it.”
Beyond the fog, a whitish shade that can only be seen if you look closely.
It trembled slightly at my words, revealing two large yellow eyes.
“Grrrrrrung…”
“Stay back for a while, turn around. Aren’t you nice~?”
“Ki-ing.”
Swish, swish.
Lee Mi-ryeong’s hand, telling her to go away, closed her yellow eyes and disappeared into her fog.
Now, it’s really just the two of us left.
Lee Mi-ryeong whispered as she loosened the front of her shaman’s uniform.
“Then, shall we see how filial our son-in-law can be?”
“Don’t faint.”
I’ve benefited so far, so I don’t really have any grudges.
Still, being used according to Lee Mi-ryeong’s will, I, who had an uneasy feeling.
I vowed to get revenge here.
