Farming Druid - Chapter 130



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130. Where’s your peanut?!

The climbing team leader looked around.

I made a decision.

A house that appears when you go down a path you know.

However, there is only one house across the fields and rice paddies.

I figured I could go out there and catch a passing bus and go back the way I came.

‘It’s snowing like this, so you won’t turn me away, right?’

After the team leader made a decision.

It was when I was trying to guide my team members.

Growling―

A huge dog stood in front of the moving team.

The team members, surprised by his size, began to back away.

“If you show your back, the dog will come running. So never show your back.”

At the team leader’s words, the team members slowly backed away and went back the way they came.

A dog of enormous size.

Abel tilted his head at first as he watched the humans coming towards him.

Then I soon realized what they were thinking.

‘Thinking of crossing the house… .’

Abel sat up from where he was lying on his stomach and bared his teeth as he blocked them.

Then the humans turned their backs and tried to run.

Abel just stared at them, showing his teeth.

Because Abel knew how to use his size.

He knew that humans would run away if he just showed his teeth.

“Hey, Puppy? Hey, do you want to eat this?”

The team leader took a piece of beef jerky out of his pocket and handed it to me.

The delicious smell of beef jerky tickled Abel’s nose.

Abel’s gaze was on the people standing behind the man rather than the jerky.

Because it seemed like one of them was going to stumble and fall backwards.

Swaying―

When one person staggered.

Wheeeeeek―

Something huge ran next to the team leader, creating wind.

Thump-

The man straightened his posture.

“Uh― thank you… ? Eeekeeeek―.”

It was Abel’s snout that grabbed the man’s clothes.

A female team member was surprised to see that he was only holding the hem of her clothes with his teeth.

He came over and tried to pet Abel, but Abel showed his teeth.

Then the female team member stepped back.

Abel perked up his ears.

I heard the voices of a mountain rescue team climbing a snowy mountain.

“hey-.”

The ice climbing team waved both hands after hearing the people’s voices.

After checking on the climbing team members, the mountain rescue team prepared to descend.

They didn’t just show up.

It was Yoon Han-sol, who had come from the Ministry of Environment, who requested cooperation from the mountain rescue team.

Woof woof—woof woof—

Abel started barking loudly and ran towards the mountain rescue team.

“Oh—is it Abel?”

Someone recognized Abel.

Woof woof

Yoon Seo-ho works at a wildlife rescue center.

He recognized Abel.

The mountain rescue team was comprised of those operated by the fire department and those operated by civilian mountain rescue teams.

Among them.

Yoon Seo-ho is on a secret day.

I was working as a civilian mountain rescue team.

I was visiting the mountain rescue team office to have a cup of coffee when I received a request for cooperation.

Yoon Seo-ho, who was climbing with the mountain rescue team from the fire department, saw a happy puppy.

Heh heh – woof – ang – arrr –

Abel showed off all kinds of tricks in front of Yoon Seo-ho.

Yoon Seo-ho sees Abel’s neck being teased.

“What is this? Abel? What are you wearing around your neck?”

The mountain rescue team and ice climbing team from the Fire Department were watching Yun Seo-ho’s actions.

Yoon Seo-ho looked at the bag hanging around Abel’s neck.

When I opened it, I was surprised to see emergency food, first aid kit, bandages, and a cell phone charger inside.

“Hey—are you some kind of mountain rescue dog?”

Woof-woof-

Yoon Seo-ho seemed to know who had packed this bag.

‘So the tree seed was trying to send those people down like this.’

Seoho vaguely read the tree’s thoughts.

Abel just stood there, wagging his tail at him.

The mountain rescue team members snickered as they looked at the contents of the bag hanging from the large lump.

“This owner is amazing. Does he know that we are active in the winter?”

“Ah— this idiot’s owner. He helps out at the wildlife rescue center. I know him a little bit. I think the owner did this because he knew they’d be trapped in the snowy mountains.”

Yoon Han-sol, who had been quietly observing the situation, was surprised by those words.

‘Really? That young man a little while ago was the owner of that big dog?’

Hansol shook his head after thinking about it.

‘There’s no way that could happen―.’

The mountain rescue team, the ice climbing team, and Hansol Yoon experienced a minor incident, but were able to escape safely through the town entrance.

Abel was about to climb up the mountain when he saw that everyone was leaving.

“Abel―”

Abel turned around at the sound of someone calling him.

A worker from the wildlife rescue center approached him, patted his head, and opened his mouth.

“I heard there are a lot of traps and snares these days. So be careful when you go out into the mountains. Okay?”

Abel tilted his head slightly.

‘I removed all of that…?’

Although the tree brother doesn’t know, the snake Bor can transform like himself.

Abel and Bor were able to walk around in human form and remove traps and snares.

Abel saw Yoon Seo-ho turn around after telling him something.

Headed home.

* * *

When Abel arrived home.

The smell of dinner being prepared wafted past my nose.

I ate the lunch that my older brother made for me and then moved around.

A rumbling noise continued to be heard from the ship.

Woof woof woof―

Abel started barking as soon as he entered the yard.

Haneum opened the door to the annex and came out.

“Abel, are you here? He’ll be in the cat house for a bit.”

Abel nodded his head at Haneum’s words.

I ran to the cat house.

Haneum scratched her cheek while looking at Abel’s back.

“That’s—you just said hello, right?”

Woof woof woof―

Let’s go to the cat house.

The tree was clearing the cats’ homes.

-Hyung, I saw the rescue team member today.

At Abel’s words, the tree asked as it left the cats’ house.

“Rescue team member?”

-yes.

“Rescue team member…? Oh! You’re talking about Seoho. I heard that when it snows in the winter, the civilian mountain rescue team operates for a short time. Did you climb the mountain today?”

-Yeah, there are a lot more traps and slugs scattered on Mt. Dokyeonggye.

The tree’s eyes widened slightly at Abel’s words.

“Really? And what kind of humans set traps and snares to catch animals?”

The tree’s voice was toneless.

Abel took a step back and curled his tail at the sight of his guardian brother speaking without a tone.

“Tree―”

Abel, who had been slightly cowering at the sight of his guardian brother, wagged his tail slightly at the sound of his guardian brother calling him.

“Uh―. Why?”

“There’s something boiling in the old house’s kitchen?”

“Huh? Ah―.”

Hurry up―

The tree quickly ran towards the old house.

The pollack to be fed to the cats was boiling in a cauldron.

Because there were so many cats, sometimes the tree would give them special food instead of food.

Kararang-

Open the lid of the cauldron.

The savory smell of dried pollack tickled my nose.

The cats smelled it and lined up at the entrance to the old house’s kitchen.

Haneum saw the sight and started taking pictures, saying it was cute.

“I guess I did a good job coming here. Seeing all these cats gathered together and lined up like this, I can tell you’re really a druid.”

Phew-

A small branch flew towards Haneum, hit her chest, and fell.

“Didn’t I tell you not to say that?”

“Well—it’s true. It’s really amazing how animals like you and follow you like this.”

Haneum is whether the tree is tempered or not.

I muttered and took pictures of the cats with my cell phone camera.

“Oh, that’s enough for Hwang Tae-guk. I’ll give it to you after it cools down. Go home.”

As soon as the tree finished speaking.

At some point, all the cats disappeared.

“As expected― Druid.”

“If you keep doing that, I won’t give you food? Are you my friend?”

At the tree’s threatening words, Han-eum giggled and entered the kitchen, took out the firewood, and put it in the stove.

“What are you going to do?”

The tree asked while looking at Haneum’s appearance.

“Ah. I had some frozen pizza in the freezer before. I was thinking of eating it as a snack after dinner, so I was going to heat it up in the oven.”

“Really? Then I guess I’ll have to give you less food. You.”

“I see.”

Haneum answered calmly and cleaned around the stove.

Before I knew it, dinner was ready.

The tree entered the old house’s dining room carrying a tray.

Haneum looked at the prepared dinner table and looked up at the tree.

“Is it clam soup?”

“No, I put it in the fish stew with the clams. I added some chopped green chili peppers to make it spicy. Taste it.”

At the tree’s words, Han-eum picked up a spoon and put a spoonful in her mouth.

Hurrup—

Knock knock knock

As the spicy smell rose up, Haneum, who had been caught in the case, continued to cough.

“Oh my―. This is too spicy. Am I going to die in the bathroom tomorrow?”

“It won’t be that spicy, right?”

The tree picked up a spoon and took a sip of the lotus root soup.

?!!―

Knock, knock, knock

I guess it was a mistake to add five sliced ​​green chili peppers to make it a little spicier than usual.

“Ouch—spicy.”

In response to the tree’s reaction, Haneum poured out water.

“Is it spicy? How much green chili pepper did you put in to make it like this? Should I add more water?”

“Let’s just eat and drink milk instead of water.”

Rather than adding water to remove the sharp taste, the tree chose to simply neutralize the spiciness.

“Are you going to have a hard time tomorrow?”

“trouble?”

The tree tilted its head at Haneum’s words.

“It makes it harder to go to the bathroom. Why do people say that eating spicy food makes you poop?”

Only then did the tree nod its head at Haneum’s words.

It was a tree that didn’t usually eat spicy food that well.

“But we can neutralize it with other foods. Let’s eat it first.”

The two of them moved their spoons and ate the soup, and each time they did, they involuntarily exclaimed that it was spicy.

“Hey, from now on, just put in two green chili peppers. It’s going to be spicy.”

“I guess so… Is the Cheongyang pepper poisoned? Why is it so spicy?”

The Scoville index, which measures the spiciness of Cheongyang peppers, ranges from 4,000 to 12,000.

“If you put in five of the highest Scoville scale chili peppers, it’s probably going to be pretty spicy. I can handle spicy food pretty well, but this is really… . Sigh―.”

Keeeeng― Keeeeng―

At Abel’s sudden scream.

Namu and Haneum put down their spoons and ran into the field.

“Hey— Abel— what’s wrong?”

Haneum was the first to approach Abel.

With my mouth wide open.

He was drooling.

There were tears streaming down his eyes.

“What on earth did you eat… . Sigh―.”

Haneum looked up at the tree after seeing the long green vegetable that had fallen on the ground.

“Oh, kid―. I think you ate that chili pepper over there?”

The tree shook its head at Haneum’s words.

A tree that knew that the reason Abel acted like that was clearly because of himself.

“Abel—. Even if you pick and eat a lot of those peppers over there, your peanuts won’t grow.”

At the tree’s words, Han-eum turned her head and began to tremble.

Abel and the cats all have their mouths open.

I looked up at the tree.

Their expressions were those of people looking at evil spirits rather than tree guardians.

Abel and the male cats recalled the time when they picked peppers in the greenhouse.

“Do you know that the bears living in your forest and the tigers living on Mt. Baekdu are the ancestors of the Korean people?”