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I was about to close my business.
"Hey.”
While I was grasping the number of herbs left, I heard a very disorganized voice behind me. I turned my head towards it.
A man with a magpie’s hair* approached me, fiddling with his mustache.
I frowned and wore my mask a little higher.
It was obvious that he was not a “normal” customer.
“What's the matter?"
“I’m in a bit of a hurry, do you have anything good?"
“.......”
I let out a sigh.
It seemed that another addict rolled in from somewhere.
I was a person who considered money quite important, in fact really important. But I kept my own standards. If I had made money by doing dirty things, I would have done it sooner.
I wouldn't have hidden like this and sold herbs. It was really inefficient to dig up herbs all night and stand around all day waiting for customers.
That's why I hated walking around in such a chaotic way.
Usually, these drug addicts could not hide their wolf instincts. They like the feeling of being drunk and turning into a state that is neither human nor a wolf.
‘You have to hear the sound of a hybrid to come to your senses.’
I kicked my tongue openly.
“There's nothing like that. Go back. You're in the wrong place."
"No, I'm not…. They said there was a man wearing a black cloak.…?"
He twitched his head one after another, and then he gave a hiccup. Every time he spoke, his mouth smelled bad.
It was a strong smell that penetrated the mask.
"No, go.” I waved and frowned.
“Oh, man.…."
My determined manner irritated the man and staggered.
Then the man's relaxed eyes touched my hand.
“That ring looks expensive, man. I don't see it as something someone like you would have. Will you give it to me instead?"
“I won't sell it, so get lost."
"Aren’t you selling it?”
“No, I do. 50 million gold. If you bring it, I'll give it to you."
“That’s a ridiculous price."
It means I won't sell it. I tried to conceal this contemptuous look.
“But are you ignoring me? How dare you do this when you’re just a dealer? Will the business be successful with this?"
The drug addict approached Eve with a limp.
It's out. The peculiarity of madmen.
I looked around just in case. Perhaps because it was a deserted place, there was no one.
‘Then I can go a little bit recklessly. They're crazy anyway, so they'll be confused whether it's real or not.'
I put down the basket first. I'll have to get rid of this bothersome creature before I can go home.
I hated people who take illegal drugs the most.
The reason is simple and clear.
First, they were out of their minds, and second, they always bothered my eyes with such a loose appearance, and thirdly, most importantly…
Oh, I see. There are good products, but you don't want to sell them to me, huh?”
He scratched my mind with nonsensical words.
‘Oh, I’m so sick of troublesome things.'
I looked around once more.
Well, no one's here.
I took out my hand hidden in my cloak.
Then I let go of a very small force.
“Ugh!”
The man groaned in pain.
Why, he’s experiencing something that is similar to eating something cold and feeling dizzy.
I let just that amount of cold airflow through the man's head.
The junkie began to stumble.
When one foot floated in the air, I waved my hand again.
There was a little thin ice on the floor.
“Oops!"
The man glided like a charm.
Boom!
Then, with a loud noise, the man fell.
As he fell, his pants ripped and I saw his underwear.
‘Ah, my eyes….’
I wanted to go home quickly and see Zion and Rachel for eye treatment.
“I hate drug addicts,” I said without concealing my disgust.
Then the man gasped and stared at me.
“You..."
“Here, eat this and go to bed. I'll make this a special treat."
I dropped the remaining herbs next to him. It was one of the best herbs for insomnia patients. It was when I was about to turn around and go my way after laughing at him.
“Oh, and,” I stopped at the thought of it, "This ring is not for sale. It's very precious. Well, if you bring 50 million gold, I'll think about it."
Fifty million gold was money that could not be touched even after a lifetime of work.
No matter how much Rachel, the enemy, gave me, it was the first gift I received from the child. Why would I sell it? I will never sell it.
I walked away with a snort.
After all, it was dangerous outside the house.
I’m going home.
***
While on the way home, I was thinking hard about what to eat today.
‘Come to think of it, how many days has it been since Rachel came here?’
It has been quite a long time.
‘Isn’t it time for the dragons to come to the North?’
The events are progressing too slow. The contents of the novel felt like a lie.
‘No. Maybe they can't find her because we’re hiding in the woods.’
Oh, wait. Maybe that's why it would look like a kidnapping.
The thought gave me goosebumps.
I climbed the mountain thinking I should be a kinder sister to Rachel. The more I went in, the more my feet were buried in the snow. The snowstorm has been raging today. The wind tried to take off my hat. It was when I was holding the tip of my hat.
“······."
Suddenly, I felt an unfamiliar stare.
‘In a deserted forest, a deep gaze.’
I pretended that it was nothing and moved my feet again and rolled my head.
Did Little Riding Hood’s brother finally come to find his sister?
‘No, then he wouldn't just stare at me like this.'
Rather, it would be cleaner for them to take Rachel after attacking me.
‘It's not a dragon, then..?'
The enemies: the North and the South.
In the eyes of the Southerners, I would be a very suspicious person.
“I heard that there was a missing child in the South. There’s also... I heard it’s the sister of the Head of the South."
I remembered the words of a pedestrian. If the passerby knew, others would already know.
‘There must be at least one shameless thing that wants to make money by kidnapping.’
So the purpose of this gaze must not be me, but my home.
After finding the house, he must be thinking of taking Rachel and making some money.
How the hell did they find out?
I looked back on my past actions.
‘That bastard doctor….!’
No matter how much I think about it, he was the only one.
I can’t believe he dared break our trust-based business relationship. Determined to not make another deal with him, I turned to a cautious position. After all, I have to become the kidnapper first.
The safety of the children came first.
I picked up the apples I had put in the basket.
When the cold air that was hovering around me touched it, the wet apple froze with a chattering sound.
I said, taking out the stone that could easily break the head of a man.
“Come out now.”
***
Rachel opened her closed eyes slowly.
The crackling sound of the fire was gradually decreasing.
‘It's almost time for Sister to come home,’ Rachel thought so and got out of bed.
Her older sister is an ice wizard, but she was vulnerable to cold.
‘Shall I turn up the fire a little more?’
A creaking sound was heard from the hard wooden bed.
It was then when Rachel was about to open her hands to replenish the extinguishing flame.
"······!"
In such a cold place, she felt the energy of fire. It wasn't a familiar red flame. It was blue…
Rachel quickly rose to her feet. She was about to leave, kicking out the door.
"Ruby...?" Zion, who just woke up, called her name.
The motion of opening the door stopped.
“Where are you going? My sister said not to go out…."
“I have to go."
"Huh?" asked Zion like a fool.
Rachel turned her head toward him.
“I have to go to save my sister-in-law!" Rachel said and ran out somewhere.
A snowstorm can be seen through the open door.
“Sister-in-law…?”
Zion stared blankly at the snowstorm.
The winter forest seen over the door was still dark and quiet.
***
soliven’s Notes:
- I took magpie’s hair as something that meant nest-like, unkempt, messy.
- Hi, everyone! Please don't be alarmed. As I've said, I transferred all my works at OtakuTL. :)
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It was probably the ML, who was watching her in the woods... trying to find his sister. It would explain why Rachel felt the need to find the FL and her brother.
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