City of Backstreet Nymphs - Chapter 16



16 – 016 – Nymph Oinoi # 16

016 – Nymph Oinoi # 16

It’s already evening.

The weather was quite chilly.

Everything was spooky, perhaps because it was getting dark or because I had heard that it was a haunted house.

“Bitter, there are so many bugs. Ugh, bugs.”

What was even scarier was that there were so many bugs in the house that it was abandoned for a long time. From centipedes to money bugs to cockroaches, I wonder if the reason why people escaped was because of the bugs——to the point of thinking.

!

Fortunately, the dog squirrel Kungkongi was busy running around jumping back and forth from the haunted house. The bugs were all run away from the house by the unreasonable existence of the dog squirrel Kungkong.

“That’s really great. First time seeing something like this.”

!

How could they all run away like that?

When I was curious, Oinoi said.

“The dog squirrel’s fur has a special magical power… ! It is said that the special magical power of the dog squirrel has an excellent effect on expelling insects… !”

“Really?”

“How much more, Kungkongi is the best dog squirrel that is big and nimble even to this Oinoi… ! It’s only natural that the little bugs are afraid of the rattlesnake… !”

I’m not sure about the science, but maybe it’s an effect similar to how insects hate smoke? Then, I suddenly had a question.

From noble mtl dot com

“How is Angangi? He’s an ant Then, shouldn’t you leave it with Kyeongkong?”

“Muhhh…. Angangi is not just an ant, but a powerful emperor ant among honey ants… ! The two beings are equal in the eyes of this oi-noi… ! So that’s fine… !”

I see.

Clearly, the dog squirrel and emperor ant got along well.

Dog squirrel Kungkongi jumped up and down one-sidedly, riding on the back of the ant or pulling his leg, but they seemed to get along well.

– Zuzu!

Angang, the emperor ant, started cutting the bushes in the old garden with his hard front teeth or ripping them around with his horns. Is it tidying up the garden?

“Hey, this isn’t my house yet. If you want to clean it, you have to clean it later.”

It was when I was saying that.

Someone suddenly showed up at the door of the yard. I was really startled by the sudden appearance of the face, but before I could even scream, the face spoke.

“Student, is that Me Tube or something?”

Looking closely, it was an old man.

Are you around the age of 70?

He had a baseball cap on his head and a vest, but he looked like an ordinary old man.

“Who are you?”

“Yes, I am the village chief. How many times has it appeared on YouTube, but haven’t you seen it? Didn’t you come here to experience a haunted house? I came to see you.”

Indeed.

Mr. Lee picked up his cell phone and he showed me several Me Tube videos in which he appeared.

Seeing a lot of videos on Me Tube, it seems that this haunted house was a more famous place than I thought.

“This is it. A lot of water veins are flowing and the ground is covered with flesh. The orchard family, who originally lived in this house, ended up having nightmares every day….”

“… Did you have an accident?”

“No, I am living well in the US. It’s not for sale anyway. It is a very strange place. I think it’s because of this well….”

Saying that, the chief glanced at the well.

However, not being able to look straight ahead seemed to be looking at something that was terribly frightening.

“20 Years ago? The orchard’s father suddenly started digging a well. He saw something in his dream or something. Even 20 years ago, every house had running water and a water purifier, but I suddenly wanted to know what kind of well it was.”

Chief Lee was very excited even though he was talking eeriely. Apparently, it was more than once or twice that he had told this story to others.

“I was digging the ground by myself. Hey, the ground dug like a forklift. That nobleman was very strong.”

As children are not born and young people do not visit, the countryside is becoming old and underdeveloped.

I came to a place like that and I wondered if it would be fun to talk about this and that.

“Anyway, after digging like crazy for a few nights, the real water came out. It’s amazing. What’s even more amazing is that the water was very strange….”

Strange water came out of the well?

When I felt puzzled, the chief coughed.

Although the new year has passed, it must have been because it was cold because it was still winter.

“It’s cold, it’s cold. I just need to go in. Anyway, watch out for the well. There were also people who fell into that well. Tell the old people not to clean up the bodies of young people.”

Shut-.

With those words, it was the village head who turned around.

Then I stopped walking.

“But I’ve been worried since before. Is that a living squirrel on your shoulder?”

“Yes? It’s a squirrel, but….”

!

“Hey, the squirrel is barking like a dog. It is very large and people follow it well. Look at that, what kind of bug was he chasing? Can you take me home for a minute?”

Indeed.

I have met many people while working as an active awakened person in my own way.

If you pretend, pretend.

I wonder if this was the main topic for Lee.

Since I didn’t know if I could live in this village, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to score points with the people in the neighborhood in advance.

“Good. Where are you?”

“Soon, soon. 5 Minutes on foot.”

“I will go with this oinoi too… !”

Parbabat-.

Oinoi also followed us.

The village head glanced over at Oinoi and said, “It reminds me of my granddaughter. She’s a nymph?” She asked hinting.

He didn’t seem to find nymphs as strange as he thought.

I thought, “Hey, nymph. Even the elves were curious, but this one is even more amazing… !”, He seemed surprised.

However, there were a lot of cases in which some elderly people went through a lot in their lives and did not feel strange or surprised at ordinary things, so well, I didn’t think it was a big deal.

Anyway.

With that feeling, we entered the village chief’s house.

The house of Lee Jang was built very soundly, and it had a TV bigger than my arms wide open and two refrigerators.

!

Sasasasak-.

When Kyeongkong entered the house and barked loudly, he thought something black that had been hiding under the refrigerator quickly came out and ran out of the house.

It was a really creepy scene.

“Hey, he’s so amazing. Honey, did you just see it? The cockroaches all run away at once.”

“I saw it. I can live for a while now. Ugh, there have been a lot of bugs since a few years ago, really….”

“Muhh, but this is only a temporary phenomenon… ! This Oinoi thinks that in order to keep insects out, he must make a talisman… !”

Ohinoi cut off a little bit of the tail hair of the dog squirrel Kungkkongi with scissors, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and hung it on a string at the entrance.

This prevents insects from entering.

“Hiya, it’s amazing, it’s amazing. It’s not just my house, but I think I should do everything with the house next door and the house across the street.”

The chief was very amazed and admired.

He honestly surprised me with the possibility of a bump.

Isn’t this just making a lot of money just by not working as an awakener and working at a quarantine company?

Of course, after a lot of hard work, I went up to C rank, and I had a desire to finish my job as a hunter, so I didn’t feel like doing anything else.

“Did you say nymph oino? Do you like honey water? Drink and go.”

An elderly woman who seemed to be the chief’s wife offered Oinoi a cup of honey water. She was more like a wife than a grandmother.

Oinoi said, “Ah… ! It is very good… !”, She drank the honey water.

Soon, her wife put fruit or candy in a bag and put it in our hands.

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We went to several houses to get rid of bugs and get loads of treats like fruit and beef jerky. Oinoi, as if in a good mood, “Is a nymph-friendly village…” !” He liked.

Of course, Kyeongkong was angry.

– Kleureung… !

Because I had to make a lot of amulets, it was because the hair on my tail was completely short.

I had to make a promise to him in order to appease him.

“I’ll buy you an assortment of nuts tomorrow. The ones with macadamia nuts.”

!

Kungkongi liked nuts, but he especially liked expensive peanuts because he had a high-end taste. Anyway, I walked around the neighborhood and got a bunch of food.

Along with the thought that I won’t be bored tonight, I also felt a bit suspicious.

“You are too kind to strangers.”

There was a saying that people in the countryside-.

The countryside where I traveled while doing Awoken work was wary of outsiders, especially Awoken. But this town was not like that.

No, ‘I’ was on guard, but Oinoi wasn’t. Should I say that when I saw Oinoi, my wariness toward me subsided.

Did I benefit from Oinoi’s childlike appearance?

“Or…. People in this village knew about “Nymphs” In advance….”

As I was setting up hypotheses in various ways, I arrived at the haunted house before I knew it.

I was surprised to see that the yard, which had been overgrown with weeds, cobwebs and bushes, had been neatly tidied before I knew it.

– Zuzu!

“Aren’t you cleaning too hard?”

Angangi, the emperor ant, even plugged the hole in the wall with a large stone.

Is it good to work hard like an ant?

“Do it while resting.”

When I split an apple in half and handed it over, the ant shook its head up and down.

Probably meant good.

Time passed with that feeling.

“Ah, I can see the stars very clearly in the sky… ! This Oinoi, this strange world, I thought only had no stars… !”

In the yard, Oinoi shouted while looking at the sky. Indeed, when I looked up at the sky, the stars were shining brightly. It must be because this place is less bright than the city center.

So when do ghosts come out?

As she waited while thinking about that, time passed and it was around 11pm.

Jiririt-.

A strange feeling hit the nape of my neck.

– Kleureung… !

The dog squirrel Kungkong, who had been sleeping curled up on a nearby cushion, also reacted to something by raising its fur.

This reaction.

Did a ghost appear?

If someone I didn’t know felt it, it might have been.

However, as a 10-year veteran Awakener, I felt differently.

“… No, it’s a magical response. Very subtle but….”

I evened out my breath and circulated the mana inside my body from my fingertips to the tips of my head. Along with the sensation of the hairs standing up, the vague magic power thickened like a smell.

In search of the source of magic, the place I headed was a well installed in a large yard.

Looking down into the dry well, I was surprised in many ways.

“This is… !?”