183. love bracelet
In the morning, I exchanged simple greetings with the villagers I had not seen in a long time. From their point of view, it must have been a gap of about a year when they simply left for the academy.
For me, who returned, there was a gap of 10 years, so to be honest, I couldn’t remember the names of some of them.
“People are very friendly.”
Sen murmurs with a sausage in his mouth next to him. He clings to me when I say hello and ate it from the villagers, so my cheeks are full and I have a lot of things in my hands.
“It’s because I and Rin are friends. Don’t you think that all rural people are generous? In the beginning, the territoriality was more severe in the countryside.”
As I’ve seen many times when unconnected hunters from outside are being kicked out of town, I didn’t want them to look good for nothing.
Isn’t that what rural life is all about?
They are infinitely kind to the people they know, but they reject guests from outside too much.
“Besides, we don’t get anything from outsiders.”
Farming is not too difficult, and you can often see wild animals, so you can be self-sufficient. So, even if an outsider came, at most, they would be paid for renting a room or a room.
However, it was also a loss for the village if they came and slaughtered wild beasts in large numbers.
“Is that so?”
Sen, with a slightly dead expression, turned his head back and looked at the villagers. I felt like trampling on a young child’s heart, and for a moment I felt a little tingling in the corner of my heart.
“It’s like that.”
Aren’t you supposed to be sad? Growth accompanies the original pain. Grow up, Sen.
“Turn it off.”
Sen makes a sound of pain as if he doesn’t like something. After adding that I shouldn’t be too concerned, I opened the door to the house that arrived before I knew it.
Since our house is small, you can see Kulika’s gigantic size as soon as you open it. He sat cross-legged on the floor hesitantly and immediately gave us an apologetic look.
“Sorry for taking up your seat.”
“It’s more of a problem to go outside. The villagers will come out with bows and crossbows. After all, noona is taking care of Rin, so it’s okay.”
“Eat here.”
Sen hands over the food he has received from the villagers. She embraced the object with both hands and took it all with her huge palm, then put it in her mouth saying thank you.
“First of all, we are leaving this morning. I’m doing this even though it’s a little uncomfortable now.”
I wanted to leave immediately, but there was no way to move the coolica so the villagers couldn’t see it.
“It’s fluffy.”
“Hmm.”
Sen leaned over Coolika’s black fur and nodded. Before going out to the village, he said it a few times before, and it seemed like he tasted it.
From the standpoint of Coolica, since she was in a position to occupy her seat, she kept her mouth shut as if she had to give her something like this.
smart.
Then a knock was heard outside.
After motioning for the two of them to go inside for a bit, I slightly open the door.
No matter how much Kulika crawled into the corner, she couldn’t help it because she could only see her tail.
But as soon as I saw the guest outside the door, I immediately opened the door wide and threw it back.
“Adrina?”
“It became a little harmful when people here named you. Before that, I was a little afraid of being glared at.”
Adrina shrugged and grumbled. I heard that it will take some time to come because of the archwitch, but it came much earlier than expected.
Fortunately, I was going to leave early this morning for the land of beasts, but Adrina came like this.
“You’re welcome, but… From what I’ve seen, the villagers don’t seem to be wary of you because you’re an outsider.”
Not only did he burnt half of the robe he was wearing, but his head was strangely sticking out. It’s a completely different look from when I usually braid my hair neatly.
To be honest, he looked like a beggar to the extent that his outstanding appearance was covered up.
He awkwardly scratches the back of his head at my reaction and tries to make excuses.
“Haha… I used warp magic, but I was moved to the top of the mountain. After rolling down there for a while, it ended up like this.”
“……”
Somehow, I thought I needed a little more adjustment for warp magic. Is it the beginner’s luck that sent Hayoon and I to this village?
“So, did the Miko and Coolika solve things well?”
“What, right?”
After talking, she naturally brought Adrina inside, and now Sen showed her Kulika, which was clinging to her back.
“Hey!”
Adrina fell back and banged her head on the floor again.
*
A little early for lunch.
I was seeing off Hayun at the entrance of the village.
“Why aren’t the other guys coming?”
Ha-yun goes to the Ren family’s mansion in Nirva to organize the situation and take on responsibility as the last remaining member of the family.
We had to leave for the land of the beasts, so it was a brief farewell, but no one came to meet us.
“We talked together last night. Please give me time to talk to you.”
“Well?”
Yesterday at Rin’s house, we all slept together, and our relationship became a little stronger, but did you make such a promise?
Hayun kept her mouth shut as if she had nothing to say and looked at me. What do you mean when you make time like this, ask me to find it?
“What.”
Of course, I openly asked what the intention was, but Hayun sighed heavily and put her hand on her forehead.
“If Eris-sama is waiting like this, are you going to ask me like I just did without saying anything?”
“…was this a test?”
“yes.”
tell me in advance
But why are you telling Hayoon what to say to Eris?
Hayoon clicks her tongue as if she can see clearly inside her head.
“You have to be prepared for various situations. Think of me as Eris-sama now, and tell me.”
So you want to practice?
Is this why I told the kids not to come?
I relaxed my neck slightly and looked at Hayoon. It was Hayoon, a cold beauty who was the complete opposite of the warm Eris, but I was a little surprised that she was more sympathetic than I thought.
I found out the truth about my parents. Neither his parents nor his hated uncle were left. A situation where you have to forcefully carry the name of the Ren family you abandoned.
It was too much weight for a girl who was transitioning from 18 to 19.
The cost can be covered by the items in the family right now, but Ha-yoon will have a very difficult time alone, weighed down by the responsibility.
“……”
Come to think of it, I don’t really have anything good to say.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that it is greed in itself to relieve Ha-yoon’s feeling of helplessness with just one word.
“Um, um…”
Cat-like eyes urged me to speak quickly. In the end, I forced my mouth open and spoke.
“Hey, how are you?”
It’s the worst.
If I were a woman, I would have said something like that. Rather, it is a situation where the affection that was far away from Jung Nami can cool down.
I thought the fact that there were no horses around was stabbing me in the back so painfully.
“Pu-huh.”
Hayoon put her hands together and covered her mouth, holding back a laugh. But in the end, laughter leaks out. I started giggling while holding onto my stomach. At first I thought it was a good thing, but later I realized that it was a mockery.
“Haha, it’s been a while since I last laughed.”
A bright smile forms on Hayoon’s lips after laughing for a long time. Suddenly, old memories came to mind without me knowing.
“Do you remember practicing confessing to Ares?”
“yes? Then, of course not.”
Even though it is not out of the blue, laughter flows out. I think I’m mistaken that I’m shy and turn around.
“At that time, I told you to just practice laughing, but in the end you failed.”
“It did.”
Hayoon nodded slowly.
At the time, Ha-yun was a small doll who couldn’t even laugh properly and was swayed by her uncle and family.
When I remembered that, I smiled proudly without knowing it.
“You have a good laugh.”
The stiff smile at the time and the smile of Hayun now.
There was a big difference that I couldn’t believe they were built by the same person. Baek Joong-baek will probably say that she is much prettier now.
“Good to see.”
“……”
Hayun, who looked at me blankly for a moment, suddenly lowered her head and lightly touched my chest with her fist.
“It’s pretty cool.”
“yes?”
I was about to say something all of a sudden, but Ha-yun moved her left hand and pulled my right hand. There was a faded five-color love bracelet that Hayun had made.
“It’s sturdy, and it doesn’t break even in the chaos.”
When he praises him honestly, Ha-yoon slowly raises his head. An expression of regret for something.
I got compliments on the stuff she made, but it’s strange that she doesn’t like it so much, so I tried to ask why.
Hayun whispers quietly, like a poem.
“There is a legend that if a year passes without this bracelet breaking, you will be connected to the person you love.”
“Yes, you explained it last time.”
I wondered what he was saying out of the blue, but Ha-yoon suddenly took out a hand-sized sewing scissors from a small sewing bag hanging from her waist.
Snip.
I just cut off the bracelet.
A fluttering love bracelet that fell on the floor has come loose and is empty on the wrist.
I was taken aback by Hayoon’s sudden action, so I couldn’t speak properly, but Hayoon made eye contact with me and said as if he had already been waiting.
“That love will fail.”
“What?”
I wondered what that meant, but Ha-yoon gently rubbed the wrist where the bracelet was missing and declared it mischievously.
“Next time you like me, I’ll make it again then.”