City of Backstreet Nymphs - Chapter 37



37 – 037 – Oinoi and the Little Stationery # 1

037 – Oinoi and the Little Stationery # 1

Morning.

As usual, I woke up feeling the softness of a warm bundle of fur.

!

“I am up.”

!

“Wake up.”

– Kleureung… !

Kreureung-.

Jinah Lee said yesterday that it was the cry that Kyeongkyeongi makes when she is angry. Kyeongkong seemed angry as he watched me swaying in bed.

“Yes, it really happened.”

I got up in a hurry to appease the pissed off dog.

Then, he opened the red lid of the plastic container full of peanuts and poured it over the bowl used as Kungkongi’s rice bowl.

Then, as usual, Kyeongkong shoved peanuts into his cheek pouches and ran out of the yard.

“I just want to eat comfortably at home. Where do I go to eat?”

Actually, I knew very well where Kyeongkong took those peanuts.

When I looked out the window, I saw that about five squirrels had come into the yard and were playing around.

Kyeongkong approached them and handed out the peanuts he had stored in his cheek pouches.

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Kyeongkongi distributed food to wild squirrels like this. As the chief dog squirrel that governs this area, it seemed that he had some sense of responsibility.

I also learned how to be a ‘leader’ while watching that kind of thing.

Living by giving and sharing help.

It was a natural thing to do to become a big person.

“So I also handed out the golden apples.”

First harvest of apples.

It went into Lee Jin-ah’s hands.

I heard that Lee Jin-ah’s older sister was suffering from “Magical disease,” And she said that the golden apples she harvested this time greatly improved her condition.

“That’s great.”

Like Yuari, I’m not a doctor, so I didn’t know much about diseases and viruses.

I’ve heard many stories that the bottles flowing from the cracks are incurable.

A fruit that can improve such a disease?

“Isn’t it really amazing if you grow it in large quantities?”

This dog squirrel village.

My back was already tickling at the thought of planting a lot of golden apple trees there to open a golden orchard.

It tickled as if there were ants on my back!

-Zuji-.

“No, it was a tantrum.”

Shut-.

I tore off the lump that was clinging to my back.

Then, Angangi dropped a multivitamin into the palm of my hand.

I put it in my mouth, swallowed it, and brushed my hands and feet.

“Okay. Let’s start today too. Aang, did you stack the firewood today?”

-Zuji.

I went out of the yard into a large clearing and looked at the firewood that Angangi had piled up. Then, when he pulled out the beam saber from his waist and injected magic power into it, he felt a sense of heat and the beam was emitted.

“Asura Pacheon!”

Win, win-.

The feeling of cutting things with a beam saber was astonishing.

This feeling of gently cutting a log!

You can’t get out of addiction!

“I still want to try it in real life.”

Shall we go out today with a request from a C-class rift? I thought so, but I decided to quit today.

Because today, Jina Lee made her an appointment to eat her meal with her own father.

Of course, the promise is dinner, but—.

-Zuji… !

“Yes, you should eat breakfast too. Did you burn cereal? I think the cereal needs to be a bit crispy to taste.”

-Jizz-.

I finished my light stretch now and went back to my room.

Then, as I knocked on Oinoi’s door while holding the bowl of cereal, I heard a small presence from inside.

– This oinoi is sleeping… !

“If you are sleeping, who will answer now? Enter? You should eat breakfast.”

Click, Giik-.

When I opened the door and entered, I saw Oinoi sitting in front of the computer.

Oinoi was playing minesweeper, but seeing that his eyes were wide open, he must have been playing the game without sleeping a wink since last night.

“Oinoi, don’t just play games at home, go outside!”

“The thing about this game is that it is so much fun… ! This oi noi, I was going to sleep with only one game, but before I knew it, the morning sun was rising… ! hehehe… !”

This was the reason I didn’t tell Oinoi about other games besides Minesweeper. Minesweeper stays up all night like this, but what if you tell me about another game?

It was clear that Oinoi would not leave the corner of the house!

“I can’t. Oh noi, let me teach you how to have fun outside. Let’s go to my house. Now, brush your teeth, wash, and come out!”

# # #

I took the subway and headed to my hometown.

But Oi Noi seemed to have not let go of his love of minesweeper yet.

“This oi-noi, if you did a little more, you might have been able to break Minesweeper… ! But…. If you stay in one place for too long, this oi-noi will become a nymph of a deceased person… !”

What else is the nymph of the deceased person?

When I was curious, Oinoi said.

“The nymphs of the ditch, like this oinoi… It has very, very great potential… ! That’s why it evolves when it acquires a special situation, condition, or object… !”

“Like a dog squirrel? Are nymphs evolving like squirrels?”

“Muhh, to be exact, it’s the opposite… ! That squirrels evolve like nymphs… ! Anyway, the dead nymph is one of the worst evolutions that nymphs should avoid… !”

From the nymph of the ditch to the nymph of the pond─.

What will happen if Oinoi becomes a nymph of a deceased person?

Oinoi didn’t seem to know much about this either.

“Even this Oinoi has never personally seen a nymph of a deceased person… ! But according to rumors… , It is said that they do not go out of the cave or the hut and are idle… !”

Indeed.

It was a moment when pictures were drawn in my head in many ways.

However, Oinoi was rather diligent to become a nymph of a deceased person.

He had to tend the golden apple trees and go around the neighborhood collecting snacks from his grandparents.

Suddenly, I have a question.

“The apple was opened this time. Also, if an apple bears fruit, can a tree be grown from the seed? Like an orchard.”

“It is impossible… !”

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It felt like the sky was splitting at the sound of my golden orchard dream receding.

Soon Oinoi explained the reason.

“The golden apple tree consumes a lot of mana in the area… ! That is why only one golden apple tree should be planted in a given area… !”

That’s how it feels.

My plan to mass produce golden apples was quickly put to rest.

I can’t help it.

Contrary to my regret, Oinoi was somehow delighted with a face full of anticipation.

“Golden Apple Tree… ! It is an unusual, strange, high-growing tree…. If it grows up like this, it is certain that the nymph sisters will come to Oinoi after seeing the golden fruit… !”

“I hope so.”

After chatting like that, I was able to arrive in my neighborhood before I knew it.

I wondered if I should go to my parents’ house like this, but my steps were naturally heading somewhere other than my parents’ house.

“Hey, it really is still there.”

The road to school.

It is the time when children who think they have just entered elementary school head to school with their backpacks on their backs.

“Ailena! Go with me!”

“Arwin! Come quickly!”

“I need to buy a recorder!”

For some reason, there were a lot of half-blood elves, but the 「Top Stationery Store」, Which had memories of my elementary school days, was definitely there!

The signboard was worn out, but the inside was brightly lit from the morning, and the sight of little children swarming around was a memento itself.

“There are a lot of mixed-race children with long ears… ! Everyone is carrying their bags and heading somewhere…. It is to feel the terrifying conspiracy of these Oinoi, the insidious long-eared fairies… !”

“It’s just that the kids go to elementary school. There is an elementary school I went to near here. You know what school is more than that? It is a place to gather and study.”

I explained to Oinoi the concept of a ‘school’.

Children gather in one place and learn various lessons.

Soon, Oinoi also raised his hands and shouted proudly.

“Muhuh, this Oinoi has also been to that ‘school’… ! We nymph sisters learned this and that from Master… !”

“Really?”

Master.

Oinoi often talked about ‘teacher’ like this. I was very curious about who the nymph’s master was and what he had told me, but he didn’t ask.

Yes, I could tell that Oinoi’s expression spread with longing and loneliness whenever he talked about Master.

Rumble-.

Just like that, it was 9 o’clock when all the children had gone to school.

Ohinoi and I went inside a stationery store that was a bit empty.

“Welcome—huh?”

Then the boss, who had wrinkles on his face but was quite big, looked at Oinoi and my face and opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

I was also a little surprised.

Why isn’t the boss even old?

And I was surprised to see that the stationery store, which seemed so wide and large until I was young, was so narrow and small that I could see it at a glance.

Narrow interior.

Because of that, many things came into my eyes.

“Ah… ! It has the same name as the sun god… !”

Shut-.

Oinoi picked up the snack in a plastic stick.

It turns out that Apollo had the same name as the god of the sun.

What is the price?

“It’s 700 won.”

No, is it true?

The price of Apollo is 700 won?

I felt like I could feel the dizzying winds and waves of the years at the increased amount rather than the fact that the store got smaller as I grew taller.

In the past, you could buy snacks and drinks for 500 won.

“How much is the slush?”

According to my memory, a small cup was about 500 won.

“3,000 Won for a cup.”

That’s a bit harsh.

I felt like all of my innocence was dying.

Of course, it would have been inevitable for the local stationery store to survive in the era of high prices.

Has the stationery store in my innocence already disappeared?

As I was feeling Qu Yuan’s feeling that he wrote poetry while thinking of his ruined motherland, something caught my eye.

It was a card pack!

「The legend of the blue-eyed fairy」.

Oh my god.

I never thought there would be a place that still sells these card packs.

I bought a pack like I was possessed.

The price is 1,000 won.

When I opened it, I saw a strange card.

「Sacred Elf」

「★★★★」

「Attack power: 700」

「Defense: 2000」

“Ohhh.”

I liked this card because of its high defense and pretty picture.

Wouldn’t Oinoi also like it?

“Oinoi, look at this. This card is cool. The defense is 2,000.”

“hehehe… ! That “Card” Is terribly nymphophobic… ! A “Sacred elf”… ! It is said that long-eared fairies even infiltrate the play culture of humans… !”

It seems that Oinoi didn’t like the elf drawn on the card either.

However, the stationery man was greatly surprised.

“Elf cards? Give it to me Then I’ll just give you Apollo as a service. My son married an elf, and her daughter-in-law loves collecting elf cards!”

I have all kinds of strange hobbies.

I traded an Elf card for an Apollo.

Soon, Oinoi tore off the plastic and shouted while chewing on junk food.

“To bite and eat the sun god like a cookie… ! It is said that he can finally avenge the nymph Daphne… ! Nymph Biggie eats sweets… !”

Oinoi ate sweets.

I was very relieved to see him doing something outside after only playing minesweepers inside the house.

After all, the kids should play outside.

When I was thinking about that, the stationery store owner said.

“How fast is it that my son is already married? And that Professor Ha’s son is this big. You don’t even know what to do.”

I thought you forgot my name, but you recognized it.

I used to be a bit of an alley boss in my neighborhood.

Soon the boss looked at me and asked me a question.

“Did you come to meet the head of the moving center? I told you years ago that I should see you even if you don’t. Meet that gentleman and talk to him about your work.”

The owner of the moving center is Lee Jin-ah’s father.

The fact that that person had been looking for me for several years was probably the story of how she and her parents arbitrarily talked about getting Lee Jin-ah and me married—I thought so, but it wasn’t.

“President Lee, that man. He says his wife is still alive. What a pitiful sheep. If she still drinks, her wife will appear in her dreams and ask her to save her.”

“… ….”

“Ildo, have you really never seen your wife? At that rift then.”

That crack.

I couldn’t immediately think of what kind of crack that was referring to.

However, whether it was the smell of the stationery store that gently touches old memories, or the feel of the card pack, one or two things started to come to mind.

That was the first time I saw something called ‘crack’.