NOVEL NEXT chapter 45
45 – EP.14 Healing Journey -1
Rapped.
The inside of a shaking train. Watching the scenery outside the window passing by quickly made me smile.
It’s been a long time since I had such a good start to the day.
“I’m Seonjoo…… ?”
“Huh? What’s wrong, Kor?”
“If you feel uncomfortable, can I hold Tia? ?”
“It’s okay. Thank you for being considerate, but I will only take your heart.”
A little girl lying peacefully on my lap with her eyes closed.
I am sleeping without the world knowing, even dripping with saliva.
To say the least, I couldn’t sleep last night because I was looking forward to today, so it wouldn’t be too much.
I decided to just let it go to sleep.
“At times like this, I envy Tia. I want to sleep on Nanggun’s lap too.”
“If you are talking about a knee pillow, I will do it later.”
“hehehe! Can I look forward to it?”
“As long as you don’t do naughty things like suddenly turning your head towards your groin.”
“Oh ho? It looks like you can see the future too, right?”
“You always did.”
It is a prediction that comes from experience, not ability.
When you spend time with Yata, who always puts on vulgar things, you can naturally predict what she will do.
Anyway, excessive skinship in public places is prohibited. I decided so
As soon as I thoroughly informed Yata of my will, a change came to Yata’s face.
In place of a regretful expression, a smile of joy and a slightly flushed face.
Anyway, he seems to be happy with the fact that he is getting steady attention from me.
“Women?”
“Oh… !”
With just one low word, electric current flowed through my body.
I touched Miho’s heart again…. I was afraid, but I carefully turned her head towards her.
Then there was Miho, who was trying to pass me a citron drink with a fresh smile.
I didn’t feel any bloodiness or coolness from the corners of Miho’s slightly upturned lips.
Miho was just talking to me out of pure goodwill. Maybe I was wrong this time.
“I know you can’t move because of Tia sleeping, but you should keep hydrating.”
“Ah…. Yes, thank you.”
From opening the lid of a plastic bottle to the meticulous consideration of putting a drink directly into my hand. It felt very soft and gentle.
That Miho, who used to burn with jealousy over even the smallest thing, is different today.
Yes. Today is a very special day. It was a day to be peaceful and relaxed.
“…… I think being peaceful is good too.”
“Whoops, that’s right.”
“Anyway, peace is best.”
“I-I think so too….”
Just a few days ago, it was when the director gave me the task of taking care of cancer lumps.
At that time, I turned down the assignment, but the director offered me an irresistible reward.
It was a reservation for 5 days and 4 nights in a hot spring town located at the eastern end.
It is one of the famous travel destinations that everyone knows.
However, there is only one inn in the village, so reservations are never ending.
Reservations at certain inns are said to be more difficult than picking stars in the sky.
Even if you can only sleep for one day, you can rest for 4 nights and 5 days in a place called Gajideokji…… !
It was a demonic reward that could never be refused. So, in fact, during the mission, I thought about this and endured it with a tight grip.
Anyway, the previous mission is completely over now. I am traveling with my pets laughing hahahaha.
I hope this trip won’t be 4.5 Seconds…….
***
Vast nature, fragrant grass, chirping birds, and finally a village in a dreamy forest.
Everything was perfect for my taste.
“It was really nice to come… !!”
For me, who likes natural places as much as home, this village felt like heaven.
Minimal artificial atmosphere, maximum natural appearance.
It was a space where you could get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and regain stability.
It was a bit disappointing that the town streets lacked vitality, but I forgot to do so.
“Seobang!! Here!”
“Yes! I’ll be going soon!”
As I looked around the town, I arrived in front of an inn before I knew it.
It was a place that would be my sanctuary for five days.
Accommodations that are said to provide service comparable to that of a top-notch hotel.
The magnificent wooden buildings seen from the entrance made my heart beat.
What kind of happy things will await us afterward…… ?
“Sorry, sir!!”
“Yes… ?”
The inn employee bowed 90 degrees to apologize when I came to the counter to check in.
The innkeeper, who belatedly ran towards me, also apologized to me politely.
“Ah, why are you doing that all of a sudden?”
“You came to use our inn after making a difficult reservation, but now there is a problem!!”
“What is that…?”
“Actually, since a few days ago, our inn… No, all the water in the village stopped coming out!!”
– Clink!
The sound of a shower basket falling to the floor.
My pet fox, who looked forward to the hot springs more than anyone else, couldn’t stand the shock.
On the other hand, the crow was nodding quietly as if it already knew.
Seeing Yata’s actions, Miho starts glaring at him as if he didn’t say anything.
Cor was quickly drying the fox.
Oh no! To think that a peaceful journey that has just begun is already coming to an end like this… !!
“Can you explain in detail?”
“Ah!! You’re the one who’s supposed to be here today!”
“Yes? Yes… I do, but please explain the situation first.”
“That is, the hot spring water in our village is a mixture of a nearby volcano and a lake in Mother Nature… ….”
This is what the innkeeper said.
A hot spring is created using a small amount of hot spring water from a volcano and a water path connected to a natural lake.
However, the problem started not too long ago when a divine being living in the lake found this village.
The water in the lake is all his own, but Shinsoo was enraged and asked why he was using it arbitrarily.
It did not cause any casualties, but it blocked the only waterway connecting the village and Mother Nature.
As a result, even the water necessary for livelihood became scarce, and eventually the village was put on the verge of being abandoned.
“It’s a village that has been around since the time of my great-great-grandfather, but I had to leave so absurdly… ! How unbearable!!”
“It’s been that long, have you never thought that a divine beast would come?”
“It is said that at the time my great-great-grandfather discovered the lake water and hot spring water, there were no divine beasts living in the lake. We didn’t even know that Shinsoo was living there.”
Okay, the boundary between our country and Mother Nature became clear 150 years ago.
Since then, civilians have been kept away from Mother Nature, so it’s only natural that they don’t know what’s in the lake.
Anyway, is it a Shinsoo who comes in from the middle and acts territorial……
Seeing that he doesn’t hurt people directly, he may not have a tyrannical personality, but he seems to have a reckless personality.
“If you don’t mind, can I know what the Shinsoo looks like?”
“That…. It was a white horse with a single horn on its head.”
A horse with a single horn on its head…….
There was only one Shinsoo that came to mind.
“Is it a unicorn?”
In response, Yata sent an OK sign saying he was right. As expected, Yata seems to know the details.
I’ll have to ask you more detailed questions later.
“Hey, so do you think you can help us?”
“……Yes? What is it all of a sudden?”
“Are you not the agent who came to help us?”
“Huh? That, how do you know that?”
“I appealed to the government about this, and they replied that they would help. You said you would dispatch today, so you canceled all reservations and made a reservation for today?”
“Ah…… ?”
Ahhh the ladle!!
Damn!! What I thought was a reward… !! Another mission dispatch?! Seed fire!!
You damned director!! You cleverly tricked me!!
“Ah?! Are you not an agent? I thought it was the former agent and disclosed all the information…… !!”
Somehow, he answered my question so coolly…….
It’s embarrassing to say no now.
“… No, that’s right.”
“Then, do you think this matter can be solved?”
“Uh, um… ….”
It’s not that we can’t solve it.
Now all the companions are gathered by my side, and there is also a pass issued by the director before.
Ah, thinking about it again doesn’t bother me? You sent it because you even had an entry pass, right?
Anyway, it’s just a request I personally don’t want to receive, and I don’t think it’s a reckless request.
Just…….
“Let’s sauté horse meat for dinner tonight!”
“Mi, Miho… ? Just calm down… !!”
“Cor? Am I very calm? So, let go of this!”
Our fox is very angry. Dangerous if not addressed
Miho really likes to take a bath. I take a bath every day at home and even use bath bombs.
So when I said that I went to the hot spring this time, Miho was the one who was more delighted than anyone else.
She has never been angry since she decided to go on a hot spring trip.
But now, as the dream of the hot spring was shattered, it must have released the accumulated anger.
“Do it, I will solve it.”
“Ah!! Thank you! Thank you! Agent!!”
An innkeeper who holds my hand tightly and expresses his gratitude.
It was unfamiliar to me to receive a thank you, so I was embarrassed for no reason.
Ah, by the way, shouldn’t I have told you that I am an agent…… ?
However, it was dispatched by the outrageous director, and the location here is also very remote, so would it be okay?
“Haa…… “
I stopped thinking about it.
I would die of anger just because I had to work where I came to rest, but I didn’t want to even roll my head.
I just want to solve it quickly and rest in peace…….
Ah, if I had one wish, it would be to grab the director who gave me the big taffy by the collar.
***
“Kreur… !!”
The way to the lake along the waterway.
The voices of threats continue to be heard in this direction.
All of them are wild animals that live here.
In the North, because of the extreme cold weather, active animals are rare, but this place is different.
The vast nature of the eastern part of the country, with endless jungles and forests. It is a place infested with creatures and a world of infinite weak meat.
As a result, carnivores flocked to see me looking weak.
However, not a single animal tried to approach me, so the reason…….
“Yukhoe… steak… Shabu… Bulgogi… land battle…….”
It was because of Miho, who was at the forefront of describing the meat dishes one by one.
I don’t know if it’s directed at the unicorn or the wild animals around it.
Anyway, it is certain that it emits an aura of low pressure that can never be approached.
“Seonlord… ? If you’re worried, I’ll clean up the area… ?”
“No, there is no need for that. In the first place, what I am anxious about now is not wild animals…….”
It’s Miho.
Her current condition is like a bomb, and she is afraid of not knowing when it will explode.
I hope the unicorn is a guy with whom the story flows smoothly.
“Yata.”
“Tell me about unicorns?”
“Right. If possible, tell me everything within the scope of what you can say.”
“Okay. Then, I’ll tell you what Nang-gun will be most curious about.”
“Yes.”
“You probably won’t understand the language, because that language only likes chaste people.”
“As expected, the legend handed down is correct.”
The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of unicorns is purity.
A white horse so beautiful that it is nicknamed the god of purity and light.
Because he knows he is clean, he hates getting dirty.
The Divine Beast, to the extent of being called mysophobia, had one peculiar characteristic.
That’s chastity detection. It is possible to know whether or not the subject mixed with a member of the opposite s*x.
To put it bluntly, it is possible to determine whether or not s*xual intercourse has occurred, and if it is chaste, it is possible, otherwise it is abhorred.
“The so-called maiden bug.”
“… Can I call Shinsoo like that?”
“What, how is it? It’s true.”
That’s not wrong.
But I also like virgins, so the tone is a bit…….
“Anyway, in that sense, me, Nanggun, and that fox will refuse.”
“Isn’t that true?”
I already took the first of the two, and I was forced to dedicate my first to Miho.
After all, the three of us have already finished our experience.
The only people who could negotiate were Tia and Cor.
Tia must be too young, and Cor is worried about the slight lack of communication.
In the end, there was no proper person to discuss and discuss properly with the unicorn.
“You don’t have to worry too much. Because there is a way.”
“Is there a way? What?”
“Sorry, I don’t think I can tell you that. But I will tell you in advance that you just have to trust and wait.”
“Trust and wait?”
“Yes.”
What on earth do you believe in and what are you waiting for? Yata’s prophecies were always abstract to the point of importance.
However, Yata’s words are cheating, as always. I guess I’ll just have to believe it and wait for it.
“You came just in time.”
“Huh?”
Dag dag dag dag dag.
I heard the sound of horses hooves hitting the ground.
Wild horses usually live in grasslands, but not in forests with dense trees like this.
Nevertheless, the sound of horses hooves coming from this forest meant that our goal had arrived.
“What, the unclean and the clean are mixed together?”
A woman’s voice that seems clear and strict.
Judging by the tone of the voice, it didn’t seem to welcome us either.
Anyway, when I turned around to where the voice came from, there was a pure white horse without any blemishes.
On the horse’s forehead, there was a large, pointed horn, and even the horn was clean and without a speck of dust.
The torso is so neat that the white color unique to a white horse shines through, and even creates a halo.
A jaw-droppingly beautiful unicorn. As I was fascinated by that figure, the white horse glared at me and opened her mouth.
“Humans, don’t you close your eyes? On the subject of a dirty whore. Where are you trying to rape me with those filthy eyes?”
I only looked at it for a moment, but the unicorn gave me a harsh word.
I knew in advance that you would hate me, but I thought it would be this severe.
Honestly, I was a little bit emotional and my heart ached.
But from now on she has to negotiate with her over the water of her lake, so here she is to please her in peace.
So, the moment I made up my mind to lower my eyes…….
“Keeck?!”
“That is crazy. You can just let it flow through one ear. West!”
“Isn’t there anything you can’t say about the subject of late life? Hey, are you crazy?”
“I’ve been using it! I’ve been using it!! Kyahahahaha!!”
Miho performed a dropkick at the head of the unicorn.
Cor low kicked the unicorn’s hind leg.
Tia blew a mockery at the beaten unicorn.
The unicorn, which suffered a decisive blow back and forth, fell to the floor and began to be beaten by the two.
Anyway, even with Miho, Korr, who usually stops foxes, has been added.
Looking at Kor’s hair burning red, he seems to have been upset by the white horse’s remarks.
“Yata, did you mean to trust this and wait?”
“No. It’s not…. Just wait a little longer.”
What are you waiting for…. I do not know.
Still, if there’s just one thing I’ve come to realize.
There are no more peaceful times here.