Farming Druid - Chapter 111



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111. By any chance…

Flicker-

The eldest daughter, Bom, whose whole body was a yellow cheese cat, cried while licking Haneum’s cheek.

Meow (don’t cry)

Haneum smiled while crying at the warm body temperature of the little cats.

I was embarrassed when all the sadness, resentment, and anger exploded into tears.

Two times, two times

Haneum looked around with a sense of shame.

It was about finding a friend tree.

He had already disappeared from the living room.

It was a consideration that allowed me to spit out what was inside.

The tree sat on the porch of the old house and looked up at the sky.

past.

There were times when I wondered why I had to live like this because of the time bomb in my head.

Work was hectic, crazy, and I had a headache, so I gritted my teeth and held on so as not to hear a word from people.

‘What would have happened if there had been no Haneum at that time?’

Suddenly, that thought occurred to me.

I wonder if I would be where I am now if I didn’t have friends.

I didn’t notice until my friend was completely rotten and decaying.

No, even if I could read the human mind, I wouldn’t have been able to sense those ’emotions’.

hmm-.

The tree that was thinking while looking at the sky soon raised its body.

‘There’s no use worrying about it. Let’s get moving.’

* * *

Let’s go into the living room.

Haneum was sleeping surrounded by cats and Abel.

“Oh my―.”

The tree clicked its tongue when it saw its friend lying down, exhausted and sleeping.

After laying her down comfortably on the sofa.

He brought a pillow and blanket from the room and covered me up.

“Abel—. Stay with me.”

Wong-

After the tree said that.

He went into his room, closed his eyes, called Geo, and told him everything that had happened so far.

He gave some instructions.

‘Friend – I’ll move for you once. It’s the first time I’ve seen you struggling so much… ‘

The tree sighed lightly and looked after the safety of the animals living throughout the entire territory.

The territory was gradually expanded.

That moment.

There was something hanging on the East Sea side.

‘What is that?’

The sea bordering Gyeongbuk.

There, two boats that appeared to be fishing boats were caught in the ‘territory’ of the trees as they headed out to sea.

The ship was loaded with all kinds of garbage.

It was plastic, iron, and all sorts of odds and ends.

‘Why on earth did you have to go to the sea… and take that with you?’

The tree then expanded its territory.

I was just watching their actions.

“Dog— 10.”

A swear word almost burst out of the tree’s mouth.

They were running the ship.

They went out to sea and threw away all the junk they had on board.

Whoosh- whoop-

The tree could feel the liquids and gases that the debris in the sea was releasing into the ocean.

‘Humans are… … .’

The tree waved its hands with its eyes closed.

Then, surprisingly.

As the tree intended, the waves rose high and swept over the boat.

-Hey, save me.

-Ugh, ugh. Why are there waves?

When the people standing on the boat fell into the sea.

One corner of the tree’s mouth went up, as its eyes were closed.

‘When you cause harm, you never know that you may also be harmed.’

The tree continued to expand its territory, quickly pulling debris and boats out of the water and placing them on the shore near the island’s border.

‘What should we do with those people?’

The tree, which had been thinking for a moment, closed its eyes.

After turning on grandma’s cell phone.

I called the coast guard to report it.

“Hello? Is that the Coast Guard?”

After reporting the tree to the Coast Guard.

They continued to monitor the seaward area, making sure no one fell into the sea to their deaths, and waited for the Coast Guard to arrive.

When the Coast Guard patrol boat appeared.

They pushed the drowning people towards the coast guard patrol boat.

‘The Coast Guard will take care of the rest.’

Is it because I keep feeling and looking at that area?

The tree opened its eyes and felt a tickle in its nose.

Oh my gosh―

Quickly hold a tissue under your nose.

Red blood dripped down.

It was fortunate that it wasn’t a gushing nosebleed like before.

Phew―

Because of today’s training, not only the Do-gyeong-gye area.

The area could be expanded further.

‘What about all that trash and boats that were brought to the border coast?’

The Coast Guard will take care of it.

Jiing— Jiiing—

As the tree turned its head.

Grandma’s cell phone was ringing.

[Minister of Environment]

The tree’s eyes widened slightly when it saw the sender.

‘Grandma’s scale―. Well, since Koreans are the guardians of nature, I guess it’s possible that something old might fall down.’

I looked down at the ringing phone for a moment.

Because you’re not answering the phone.

Dozens of texts were flying in.

The tree, who was reading the text and then chuckled, turned off his phone.

‘Because it’s a phone number I only use to report things.’

The tree closed its eyes again and began to look around the area.

Then, feeling the birth of a small life, a smile appeared on his lips.

‘It will be hard, but I hope you grow up well.’

The tree’s territory expanded little by little.

Let’s expand to the northern area too.

My eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

The animals in the north were unable to enjoy the bounty that the fall season brought.

‘What are we going to do with them… … They’ll starve to death when winter comes… … .’

Taak-

The tree, which had been thinking for a long time, sat down in front of the desk.

I opened my own mobile phone bank account.

“Hmm— I guess I should cut down on my food expenses. I ate without worrying about it… … For now, I’ll sell some of the stuff my sea friends brought me and make some money… … .”

I took out my diary, took notes, and started making plans to help my northern animal friends.

A few days later.

Jiing— Jiiing—

Working hard on the field work in the morning.

I received a phone call from Haneum.

“Why? I’m busy working in the fields.”

-Is this you?

“You’re the one who keeps asking me that? What are you talking about?”

– This is evidence that Senior Yoon, the detective agency, and the patient’s guardian conspired.

“…What does that mean?”

The tree pretended not to know.

– Didn’t you have the snake leave the evidence at my house?

“… Well.”

―… … .

“I don’t know. I just know that.”

―… One tree.

“Why? Are you calling me by my full name?”

-thanks.

“… That’s nonsense. If you’re grateful, let’s come down in November and make kimchi.”

I could hear my friend’s laughter over the phone.

-Okay, catch me and tell me, then I’ll go down.

“Okay―.”

The tree that hung up the phone felt its heart ease at the sound of its friend’s laughter.

‘I’m glad it helped.’

Meow- Meow- Meow- Meow-

(Meow meow – Farm work is fun – huh)

The tree turned its head to the sound of the song and ended up laughing.

A rare male calico cat.

Season, the youngest of the five cat brothers, was holding a branch and singing like a rock singer.

“Guys – just do this and rest.”

The cats’ pupils dilated and shrank.

Was I excited at the thought that I could play once I finished this work?

The front paws of the house cats and the five cat brothers have become faster.

“That’s all for today’s harvest… … Let’s see.”

Namu took out his cell phone and was checking his schedule for today.

“Huh? Oops— I almost forgot. Abel—. Abel—.”

The tree, having checked the schedule, got up, shook its butt, and called Abel.

Keuuung―.(Did you call?)

“Uh, my brother has to go to Seoul for a bit today?”

There was a task that had to be done first to plant the ‘seeds’ of purification in the South and West Seas.

‘Freediving and scuba diving lessons.’

I had to take two classes.

At first, I thought of planting the ‘Seeds of Purification’ with the help of my sea friends without taking any classes.

Then Geo gave a stern warning.

‘In the case of the South Sea and the West Sea. My grandmother knows, but I don’t… ‘

Well, Geo’s words were right.

Because the only areas he could expand were the East Sea and the area around the provincial border.

Percussion – tak –

Let’s go into the main building, shaking off our clothes.

The TV was on in the living room.

The morning news was on.

[The Korea Coast Guard is said to be planning to further increase surveillance on illegal dumping of trash in the ocean. Reporter Eun-sil Kim?]

[Yes, this is Kim Eun-sil.]

[The Coast Guard announced that it will further increase surveillance of illegal dumping of marine waste. Why is this happening?]

[Yes – last night. The Coast Guard… … .]

The corners of the tree’s mouth slightly rose as it listened to the news.

“That’s great. The Coast Guard must have come out like that because they found the boat.”

I found myself humming.

I was glad to know that I was of some help to my sea friends.

.

.

The tree that came up to Seoul felt suffocating.

“Wow―. The fine dust is really… … This is no joke.”

I realized firsthand that the air quality is completely different in the metropolitan area.

Let’s think back to the day we came up with our grandmother and the few days we spent in Seoul.

That’s when I realized the weather was nice.

‘I guess Grandma used her ‘ability’ back then too?’

Squeak-

Arriving at the parking lot, Namu got out of his car and looked up at the building.

“This place – it’s close to the company… … .”

It was a city-run gym near my previous company.

Let’s go inside the center.

Many people were walking around inside the center.

‘There are a lot of people… … Let’s see where. The information desk is… … Oh, it’s over there.’

Kim Ba-da, who was working at the information desk.

She fiddled with her cell phone with her head down.

The video that the sea was watching was a video uploaded by a high school girl from Do-gyeong-gye.

It was a scene of cats sitting in a semicircle in front of a man standing in front of a car.

‘Wow – he’s really a model-level handsome guy… … .’

The sea’s gaze was more drawn to the man than to the cat.

The cats’ behavior was surprising, but it was also amazing how the cats moved in response to the man’s words.

“hey-.”

While Bada was watching the video for a while, he heard a pleasant low-pitched voice and raised his head.

?!!―

In an instant, the sea’s pupils dilated.

“Huh? Huh?”

The sea covered its mouth with one hand and pointed at the man with the other.

The man tilted his head slightly at the sea’s gesture and frowned.

As soon as his hand came into view, the sea quickly lowered his hand.

“Ah— sorry, sorry. I was just so surprised.”

“… … .”

The sea is watching the man without saying anything.

His face turned red.

“I, I was watching a video. It was called ‘Gangwon-do Druid’… … .”

The man nodded slightly at the explanation of the sea’s crawling creatures.

“I see. I made a reservation for today. Can you confirm it?”

“Yes, yes, of course. What is your name?”

Let’s ask the man his name.

“It’s just one.”

“Mr. Hannamu? Just a moment… … .”

The sea searched the name on the monitor and found the assigned teacher.

“Ah, here you are. Today’s class will be taught by Mr. Yoon Kang. I will contact him. Please wait a moment in the seat over there.”

“yes-.”

The man who had been called Hannamu was seen quietly taking a seat on the sofa near the information desk.

Bada immediately picked up the phone and called Yun Kang.

Thump-

-Yes, this is Yoon Kang.

“Teacher. Is the person assigned to the class here?”

-Are you a woman? I thought your name was ‘Namu’?

“Unfortunately, you are a man.”

-Tch!

The sea burst into laughter at the tongue-clicking sound coming from the other end of the receiver.

“Come down quickly.”

-Yes, yes, I’ll go right away. Sigh…

A voice full of regret was heard on the other end of the receiver, but Bada hung up the phone and looked at the man sitting on the sofa flipping through a magazine.

‘He’s really handsome… … .’

Okay- okay-

The tree that had been turning the pages of a magazine raised its head at the sight of its shadow fading away.

“Are you Mr. Hannamu?”

“Ah― yes.”

The tree answered the man who approached and got up from its seat.

The man in front of me seemed to be thinking about something while looking at the tree.

“By any chance… you mean.”

The tree tilted its head at the man’s question.