I Became a Slave to a Mythical Shepherd

Episode 2. daily

In alternative history novels, soap is usually the first thing the main characters reincarnated in the past make.

It is because modern people who are weak and weak live a life like a flower in a greenhouse that will wither if they do not shower and brush their teeth every day.

After using the toilet, whining about not being able to use the bidet and toilet paper.

I got lice on my head because I couldn’t wash so much, but I whined again saying I wanted to spray DDT.

He said that roundworms would appear in his stomach again and again…

weak Mind is basically clumsy.

And the weak and clumsy cannot survive in ancient times.

“Hey!! What are you chewing on again!!!”

“…Mushrooms I saw in front of you.”

Having been trained in ‘ecological toilets’ while doing a homestay for three years at an alternative school in Dumesangol where cell phones are buzzing, I am different from the weak city dwellers.

Seven years on the map that fell in this ancient era. There are a few tolerable inconveniences, but there is no major dissatisfaction with life.

I can assure you, I fit in perfectly.

“Don’t you know that the kid next door ate the wrong mushroom a while ago and collapsed with bubbles?”

“Again? There are several times I have saved him with the Heimlich method when he was hungry and had a clown mushroom in his mouth.

“There is nothing a child cannot say!”

Parents of return-to-farmers who are obsessed with natural farming methods came to the school like a special lecture to relieve boredom, and the method of distinguishing mushrooms and herbs became very valuable knowledge.

Anyway, whether this is Greece or Korea, I know of a few edible mushrooms, so I eat them when I’m bored.

Of course, I don’t just eat mushrooms fearlessly. The famous Bex Grills also throws away mushrooms or uses them only for firewood.

but···

‘There is no enoki mushroom exhibition in ancient Greece.’

When my mother wasn’t looking, I ate mushrooms fried with a bird’s egg I picked up in front of me. As far as I know, it is the simplest Korean food to eat.

It is too harsh for me to be reincarnated in a different world for the rest of my life, even though I went abroad for just one day and ate Korean cup noodles.

···Still, isn’t it better now that you don’t have to worry about getting a job?

Shepherds are slaves and shepherds’ children are also slaves, but at least you won’t die unemployed.

“What Heimlich… are you talking about something else? Let’s talk about it later when we get back without talking.”

“all right.”

Mother holds out the basket and brings up the story, and I have nothing more to say, so I shake my hands and get up.

Today’s task is to pick herbs…

– Meeh.

– Meee

“Stay still.”

– Meee

processing sheep.

People often say that sheep are meek animals, but whether they are gentle or ferocious, sheep have horns. If you hit it, it hurts a lot.

Of course there must be some other way to control hundreds of them around.

– Whiik!

“Zephyros, let’s go.”

At my words, Zephyrus, a shepherd dog, jumps up on both legs and follows. Even the flocks of sheep that were scattered foolishly see the middle manager and get disciplined, and then flock to one place and run.

Like this, they pick up anything edible from the forest, and take care of the sheep’s food while driving the sheep to the pasture.

Picking up a nearby pebble and throwing it over the hill, I walk leisurely. Even though Zephyrus is adjusting the direction of the flock, he sees the stone I picked up and runs to and fro excitedly.

My job is to watch out for the sheep and their surroundings, and when Zephyrus picks up a stone I threw, I play with him by stroking his head.

Relaxing like taking a walk.

Looking around, I see uninhabited grasslands stretching leisurely over rugged hills.

A clear, cloudless sky that stretches over the green horizon that curves like that.

It is a very comfortable scenery for me, who suffered from allergic rhinitis every day after moving to Seoul.

There is no need to suffer all sorts of scolding while entertaining middle-aged male poets who have broken character, and there is no need to shed tears while enduring a hand groping their thighs until their molars are smashed while working on a grand scale with the insignificant Jibak-ryeong of Yeouido, who have a dirty temper.

Of course, there were a few times when I encountered bears or wolves and fought back with wild slings and bows, but the beasts that threatened with teeth and claws were better than the black-headed beasts that threatened with careers.

Mr. Ha, when I think about my previous life again, tears flow… It’s been 7 years since I lived in this body, so why blame me?

“Hey, why is that guy crying again? hey! What’re you doing!”

“I don’t know either? Leave it alone, has that guy done weird things once or twice?”

I wondered who would dare to laugh at the lonely and lonely heart of the reincarnated person, and it was the other uncles in this village.

I, who is more educated and enlightened than they are, showed a broad generosity and waved at me leisurely. Our garden isn’t ruined!” The same nasty reaction comes back.

“Uncles! hello!”

“Hey, did you come all the way here again? Kill the kids only in your area! Haaa…”

“Philippos, why are you so excited again? Be patient, be patient.”

“You don’t even remember? What is that guy, he stole the oil we saved for making useless lumps?”

They themselves say things like the meat grease that their wives have gathered to light their lamps, or something delicious, because they are followed by me.

It is deplorable even though I used the emergency money of my ugly husbands, or rather, the emergency money, for a more meaningful purpose called the development of civilization.

Of course, I ate two-thirds of the oil while making candles, but the lighting technology of this era has advanced through experiments for a while.

“Hey, what are you guys doing?”

“ah. Elder, are you well?”

“He’s the son of the next door. Very well mannered…”

Uncles with slightly bewildered expressions stood out in one corner, but I didn’t pay much attention.

As you can see from that cautiousness that doesn’t even hit me… I don’t have just one or two weaknesses.

“Hey. I’m looking forward to the thing you gave my wife as a present before. Its name is…”

“You mean ‘candle’?”

“Yes, when I turned on the light with the little you gave me, they said it was good because my throat wasn’t sore and the smell wasn’t too strong. Could you possibly make more?”

“That’s it…”

I looked back at the men for a moment. Most of them skillfully turned their heads as if they sensed something ominous, but Philip, who had been angry without notice, looked at me with a bewildered expression.

“That thing is made of oil, and if someone helps, I think I can get the oil to make the next candle.”

“Philippos? Can I ask you a favor?”

“Ah, that… that…”

Philip looks around at his friends, but they too avert their eyes.

For a while, it was obvious that Philip would be excluded from their ‘grilled meat and vegetables with reserved oil’ meeting.

Upon realizing this, Philip’s face turned red with betrayal rage, and then shrank with a sense of resignation.

“…I’ll bring it to him if I can get some extra oil.”

“Good idea. He’s a very clever kid, so treat him well.”

As Philip trudged away, the old man slowly stroked my hair and lowered his head to whisper.

“How do you know that guy stole sheep’s oil without his wife’s knowledge?”

“Every day they do things among themselves, but they have to be able to not know.”

The old man, who had been giggling at those words, returned to his first solemn and benevolent expression as usual and left with a smile.

Finally realizing that they were safe, the shepherds sat down in the grass in relief.

“Guys, are you okay?”

“…it could be all right.”

“I still didn’t tell your wife about breaking Mr. Yorgos’ pot, did you? Please bear with it.”

“Haa… only this time.”

When Yorgos turned away from me with a sigh, the others gave up asking me for anything more.

This life started off well.

Until she is six years old, she pretends to be an ordinary child in the village while hanging out with other children of her age.

It was the secret to a prosperous rural life that unfolded after reincarnation.

“Okay, would you like some bread?”

“Thank you.”

It must have meant asking her to shut up after eating some bread, but since she was just about to go out, she tore off the bread the men gave her and took it to her mouth without hesitation. The village is so friendly that you don’t even need to bring a packed lunch when you come out.

Like this, I tend sheep every day, and when I meet my business partners, I eat snacks and peel nogari.

And at sunset I come back and go to sleep.

Get up again and lead the sheep. Then I chatted with the guys again.

It’s a very monotonous life.

I’ve been living this way for several years.

My feelings about it are…

“Oh, that’s good.”

Stability is also the best.

I can’t help but feel that way when I lie down on the grass nearby to rest after all day herding sheep.

It’s not that I don’t have regrets about my previous life.

Of course, since I was in high school, I have lived a life that is “a bit closer to nature,” but the fact that I didn’t have a smartphone or SNS to search for at times like this made me anxious after living as a print addict for over 10 years.

In addition, there is no soap even if you wash your body in a stream, so it is difficult to get rid of the damp feeling, and it has been a long time since I gave up on the problem of parasitic infection.

My body is already a parasite’s moving castle, a department store for them. As some unlucky people do, if you hold a charity event in your brain or heart, you’ll just die.

However, those things can take some getting used to.

Dirty, disgusting, tasteless food, greasy clothes, and uncomfortable beds are something I can tolerate.

How much more am I not a slave? Isn’t he leading a fairly leisurely and comfortable life for a slave?

“Let’s give up. Everything is easier if you give up.”

Time passes quickly as I lay down under the shade of a tree and ask for a rest, erasing the traces of morning tears.

The sheep slowly stick out their tongues to show that they are full, and the starlight gradually becomes clearer.

There was no light pollution and the air was clear, so the moon was big and the stars were bright.

“There aren’t many stars, but…”

I don’t know why, but there are fewer stars than I used to see in my previous life. Is the night sky different from looking at it in Greece, not in Korea? The latitude should be similar…

Anyway, the saying that the stars are rising means it’s time to go back.

“You really want to go back like this?”

familiar voice.

“… Ino?”

“Leave me? Then I’m so bored!!”

A girl running barefoot across the field from above.

When I go out alone in the field to feed the sheep, he comes over and talks to me, then comes close to me and sits down.

“not today. go back”

“Uh, huh? Really leave me?”

When I stood up with a swish, Ino followed suit as if embarrassed.

“You go back to your house and rest. Make everyone worry.”

“I don’t have any family to worry about?”

Ah… I made a mistake. My body stiffened for a moment at the thought that I had blown the pad lip without thinking, but when I turned my head, I was relieved to see Ino still smiling brightly without knowing anything.

is a poor child I feel sorry for him as he always wears the same clothes and walks around barefoot, as if he was abandoned in the forest and lives alone. furthermore···

“I have no family, no parents! I am a fairy!!”

. . . has a state of mind like this.

Still, there was no sign of starvation anywhere, and it was fortunate that other people were taking good care of her.

“Stop talking and go home. Even that… Even a fairy would have a house.”

“For fairies, forests and mountains are their homes! I’m already at home.”

There’s no way a kid without a family and no home could walk around neatly without being so naughty.

anyway···

“Ino.”

“···why?”

“You are not abnormal, you are just a little different from others. know?”

“Isn’t that natural? Are you not human?”

“…Anyway, good is good.”

After giving Ino some comforting words, I blew a whistle. Then Zephyrus spits and runs quickly.

“Zephyros!”

– Wow! Wow!!

As Ino and Zephyros had met many times, they happily hugged each other.

“Is it okay if Zephyros plays with you instead? I will be watching you too.”

“huh! Then fine!”

Ino, whose face brightened, ran around and played with Zephyrus.

Yes, since I live in this mountain valley, I’m the only one with friends, but I have to hang out with them too.

He took the ribs of the lamb out of his pocket. The flesh was clean and clean. It is Zephyrus’ favorite toy and snack, so he always stocks up on it.

“Ino! Throw this to Zephyrus!!”

“okay!”

When Ino tossed the lamb rib I had handed over to him, the excited Zephyrus stuck out his tongue and ran around. After watching Ino play with Zephyrus for a while, he called Zephyros.

“I was still playing…”

“I have to go home. You go home too… You worked hard today.”

He drove his sheep and swung his cane down the hill and saw a shabby cabin again.

It was our house.

I leaned back on my gritty straw bed and looked out the window.

Still, the stars were sparsely filling the night sky.

***

Meanwhile, Ino sighed as she looked at the spot where the shepherd boy had left.

“He’s funny, but he’s a bit crazy… We just talk nonsense.”

As if answering Ino’s words, a gentle breeze blew from the mountain. Within that wind, something different in density, more dense air is touched.

The air slowly wrapped its grip around Ino’s wrist and led him to a place where the hills became steeper, where the forest continued and people were rare.

[Let’s go back.]

[There are too many people here.]

[Why do you always try to hang out with that stupid boy?]

“yea, I got it. I will follow soon.”

Ino shook his head, thinking of the shepherd boy who seemed to be out of his mind. Poor child, you have gone mad after a boring life as a shepherd. Still, the face is well-shaped…

Erasing the random thoughts that suddenly popped into his mind, Ino snapped his fingers.

Branches and leaves begin to sprout from Ino’s body.