The Heroine Saves the World

The heroine saves the world
episode 46

At first I thought it was a natural person, but upon closer inspection it turned out not to be that.

If we just look at his facial features, he looks like an idol.

Although his hair was messy and looked like he had been to a hair salon, with green leaves here and there, and his jeans were covered in dirt, the boy, who looked to be in middle school, had the look of a confident idol.

Is he a child actor who got stranded while filming a survival show nearby?

“who……?”

After realizing that the person who had appeared was a young boy, Han Ji-seong lowered his guard a little and asked cautiously.

But the kid still looked at us, or more accurately, at the pile of sticks he was about to start a fire with his blunt eyes.

“Sister, he’s wearing three-striped slippers.”

It’s true.

Why are you going up such a rugged mountain like that?

The number of question marks floating above the guild members’ heads gradually increased.

“It seems like you are guests from Seoul. There is a reason why you cannot light a fire on the street.”

The Chungcheong dialect is thick.

The large eyes with thick double eyelids and the dialect coming from the young face made me feel like I was watching a dubbed broadcast with the wrong voice.

Then, Kang-han took a step forward and explained.

“We are hunters belonging to the Justice Guild. We were lost and were trying to make a fire before nightfall, so we apologize.”

The boy nodded his head as if he accepted Kang-han’s polite apology.

But it seemed that that and the suspicious look on us were separate things, a very sad voice asked.

“Hunters get lost too?”

Everyone was speechless.

Yeah, even hunters have a hard time finding mountain paths.

Although the country’s situation has worsened in some ways because of the burden.

“I think you know the area pretty well. Could you help me out?”

“Okay.”

The fat-looking boy answered surprisingly willingly.

“Anyway, it’s cold in the mountains at night. Come with me.”

After saying that, he suddenly leaves first.

“Hey, student! Wait a minute!”

I shouted in a hurry and gathered up the camping gear that I had laid out with my guild members.

He stops and stares blankly at us like that, then waits again.

“Go.”

As soon as we put the tent into the subspace, the boy turns around again and strides away.

It’s so fast that even the S- and A-classes here have to increase their stride to keep up, whether they’re using some kind of shrinking technique or not.

I suddenly had a thought as I was chasing after the boy whose black hair could barely be seen through the grass in the distance.

Is it just me who feels this way?

‘He seems a little bit absent-minded.’

* * *

By the time we arrived at our destination, following the mysterious man, the sun had already completely set and the stars were beginning to rise.

“There’s a house in a place like this?”

Jang Su-ho whispered to me.

Normally I would have been annoyed and told him to stay away, but this time I was a bit dumbfounded.

Deep in the mountains, where electricity seemed unlikely, a fairly large house stood with its lights on.

If he had been a scholar in the Joseon Dynasty, he would have thought he had been possessed by a nine-tailed fox.

“Here you are.”

“Is this by any chance a student’s house?”

“Then, there must be a hotel in this mountain village.”

Nanda, the smell of gold.

Anyway, we followed the guy who opened the front door and came in, dragging his three-line slippers.

“Grandma, Grandpa, I’m here.”

The closed veranda door opened wide and an elderly woman came out, her voice as calm as if she had just come from a nearby supermarket.

“Honey, where did you go and why are you only coming back now? Huh? Are those your friends behind you?”

“Oh, where is my friend? I just picked him up while he was out on the mountain making a fire.”

“Oh, I see. Please come in.”

“Thank you, sir. If it weren’t for you, my grandson, I would have spent the night in the mountains.”

Kang Han introduced himself politely and greeted him.

“We are the Justice Guild Hunters from Seoul.”

“The Justice Guild? I’m not sure if this is the Justice Guild I know.”

The kind-looking grandmother smiled brightly and shouted into the house.

“Grandpa! Come out here! We have a guest from Seoul!”

The one who appeared in response to grandmother’s call was an old man with white hair.

“Ahem. In Seoul?”

Grandfather, who saw us filling up the not-so-small courtyard, stared intently at Kang-han’s face and said.

“I’ve seen your face before. Are you my relative?”

“Oh my, they’re from the Justice Guild.”

“Huh, Justice Guild?”

Surprised by grandmother’s words, grandfather put on his shoes and came over to Kang-han, then clapped his hands.

“Oh my, that’s right! Hunter Kang Gook-hyun’s face is still engraved on it!”

Then he grabbed Kang-han’s two hands.

As I said earlier, it was a face like seeing a relative I hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Why have we got such an important guest in this mountain village? Come inside! Come on, let’s all come inside too!”

Suddenly, we became ‘honored guests and their friends’ and sat down on the warm living room floor.

Even though I hadn’t eaten yet, a sumptuous meal was served in front of me.

“I’m hungry, so eat cheaply.”

But everyone was hesitating and having a hard time picking up a spoon.

Because it happened so unconsciously, I wonder, ‘Is this okay?’

“thank you for this food!”

It’s not like I’m just sitting there blankly in front of the dining table when it’s not even food for ancestral rites.

I took a spoonful of the soup and put it in my mouth.

The savory taste of soybean paste stew made with well-dried shiitake mushrooms is a work of art.

“Okay, I’ll eat well.”

As I started eating, other people started eating too.

The first drink was difficult, everyone was so hungry that they moved their spoons diligently.

In particular, Kang Han, who sat next to me, quickly emptied his bowl of rice and was forced to refill it by his grandmother.

‘It’s said that if you look picky, you’ll actually be a bit annoying.’

Even while we were eating, the old couple and the boy did not leave the living room.

Although the old couple seemed to be happy to see guests they hadn’t seen in a long time, and the boy seemed to be wary of us, pretending to trim something he had dug up from the mountain.

So naturally, I got to hear about the family circumstances of these three people.

“So, you came into the mountain with your family during the second dungeon break?”

“I used to live in the city. But even back then, it seemed like the country had no solution.”

“Thanks to the Justice Guild, my son who was living in Seoul was able to save his life.”

I now understand why I was so excited when I saw the introduction of the Guild of Justice and Kang Han’s face a little while ago.

The old couple were people who remembered what the Justice Guild used to look like.

Judging from the look of things, the guild members, including Kang Han, seemed awkward and embarrassed by such hospitality.

This is because they were more accustomed to being ridiculed or cursed at without even knowing why, before they could even introduce themselves as the ‘Justice Guild’.

After finishing the meal, I cleaned the empty room and let them sleep.

However, since there weren’t many blankets and pillows, I laid down on the sleeping bag I had prepared.

I looked up at the ceiling of the dark room and thought.

‘They are definitely good people.’

what.

Honestly, if I were alone, I wouldn’t have even thought of coming here.

There are many problems, but unless our grandparents are S-class hermit masters, they can’t harm us.

So I followed the stranger without any hesitation.

But what on earth is it?

What’s this feeling like there’s a blank space that I didn’t notice?

‘They’re definitely not bad people.’

Rather, they were warm-hearted people who gladly invited strangers wandering in the mountains into their homes.

Then suddenly, the words my grandfather had said with a wrinkled face and a smile flashed through my mind.

“Oh my, our child is so lucky to have met these people in the mountains.”

……what?

* * *

Whatever.

I think that if I eat well and sleep well in a warm place, I will know when the time comes.

As soon as dawn broke, we prepared to head back into the mountains.

“After you finish mining or something, be sure to come back and eat something before you go. I’ll make something delicious.”

“Yes, Grandma. Thank you.”

“Oh my, young people are having a hard time protecting powerless people like us.”

Grandma held each of our hands tightly and seemed to be so sad that she didn’t know what to do.

“But I don’t know where the gate is, so what should I do?”

“I know.”

The voice that suddenly interrupted was that of the boy from yesterday.

When was he out again?

I wasn’t the only one who didn’t recognize the boy’s presence.

Not only the twins and Jang Su-ho, but also S-class Han Ji-sung and Kang Han were seen flinching for a moment.

‘Wow. Look at him?’

Yesterday, I thought there was a faint presence, but it seems I wasn’t the only one who felt that way.

“Okay. Then, will the baby show you the way?”

“Oh! That’s not a baby!”

I can tell you’re a kid because you’re getting angry at the word baby.

“I’ll be back, Grandma and Grandpa!”

I said goodbye to the old couple who were seeing me off to the front yard.

The mining rights have an expiration date, so I was planning to take care of urgent matters first and then come back to ask about this and that.

It’s definitely not because of the delicious free food.

We followed the boy diligently like yesterday.

Meanwhile, as the day gradually grew brighter, the back of the boy walking ahead in the distance became more clearly visible.

It certainly seemed like there was no path, but if you follow it, you will come across a flat area between rocks and trees that is easy to step on.

“You look like a squirrel.”

“What did you say?”

“I didn’t say anything.”

Are wild squirrels naturally good at hearing?

After walking like that for nearly an hour, I arrived at the gate before I knew it.

The gate, which was torn and rippled between two large trees that were noticeable even from the surrounding area, might not have been visible at all on a dark night.

Near the gate, there is a boundary fence with the association’s mark engraved on it, but even that is almost completely rusted away.

“Thank you, Geumjok… no, student. Now, let’s go home. Grandma and Grandpa must be worried.”

“What are you talking about?”

The boy looked at me blankly.

“I also have work to do.”

Then, he picks something out of thin air where there was clearly nothing.

“A sledgehammer?”

No, but I think he just used subspace?!

“If this continues, it’ll end badly.”

“You… are an Awakened One?”

“Well, something similar.”

What else is similar?

After being possessed by , I am surprised for the first time in a long time.

“Baby.”

Without realizing it, I called him that, and his big eyes became quite fierce.

“No, what’s your name?”

“Why do you ask other people’s names?”

“You don’t like it when I call you baby.”

Then, Idol Award winner Geumjogi reluctantly said.

“……Cheongsu. Imcheongsuyu.”

I’m going crazy.

I should write this in the Hunter Community later.

The title is, [The story of how I found an S-class potion master while camping].

Well, like this.