Farming Druid - Chapter 65



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065. Good idea, huh?

The tree was startled for a moment by Haneum’s words.

“What are you talking about? You want to be a doctor in the countryside?”

“Hey―. What do you think of the doctor who makes royal appointments? Isn’t he cool?”

“… … .”

what?

Is this guy serious?

I squinted my eyes and looked at my friend.

Haneum burst into laughter when she saw the tree’s expression.

“Not yet. I’m still young. Later, after I quit the hospital. You’ll continue to live in the country.”

“… … ?”

The tree is silent.

Haneum added as if making an excuse.

“Not now, but—um—in about seven or eight years?”

A tree that was looking out at the sea for a moment and seeing a finless porpoise jumping over the surface in the distance.

The voice from next to me was serious.

“I don’t know if I told you, but my younger brother originally planned to work in the countryside as a large animal veterinarian. But after following his senior and experiencing one of the jobs that large animal veterinarians do in the countryside, he switched to working in the small animal sector.”

“… … .”

“They say that on that day, they culled all the livestock due to an infectious disease… … .”

Haneum, who had been looking at the sea for a while, continued speaking.

“After what happened that day, he didn’t even think about leaving his room for a long time.”

The tree listened to its friend in silence.

“Right now… … I think I know how my brother feels. After facing death every day, I just want to live in the countryside and have peace of mind.”

Haneum was throwing pebbles in front of him.

I felt like I knew how my friend felt.

Worried about my younger brother.

And your own mind and so on must be complicated.

The tree asked about Hanwoo’s well-being.

“Hanwoo… … You’re not awake yet?”

“Yeah, this kid is such a late sleeper… … My brother has been waiting for him for a long time… … .”

“… … .”

After a car accident.

Hanwoo, Haneum’s younger brother, still hasn’t woken up even after a year has passed.

Han-eum knows that she looks into her brother’s hospital room every day while she’s working there.

At the advice of his maternal uncle, Professor Do Jung-ha, who said that he sometimes needs to take a break, he came down to the tree and took a day or two to recharge.

After charging, he went up and fought on the front lines of life.

Although it didn’t show it, it was a tree that seemed to know how difficult it was for Haneum.

Swish―

The tree, rising from its seat, opened its mouth as it stood up, throwing a pebble nearby.

“I don’t even know what will happen tomorrow, so what’s the use of talking about the future? Let’s go. I have to plant seedlings in the field.”

A tree and Haneum got up, shaking their butts.

The dolphin was still watching the two people without moving away.

Ppioooook― (See you tomorrow― Bye―)

Let the trees wave their hands toward the sea.

Haneum also waved his hand toward the sea.

“Let’s go – I’ll wait for Abel.”

“But Tree. If I bring Abel here, will he swim in the sea?”

“Uh… … Well? Since it’s a dog, wouldn’t it like swimming?”

“Ah! Does that guy enjoy the hot springs every day?”

At Haneum’s words, the tree occasionally recalled Abel, who was lying down in the hot spring.

‘Who taught you how to dive and stick your nose out while letting out a moan like a village elder? … .’

The tree that had been thinking shook its head.

Pio-

The dolphin jumped up out of the water to continue watching the two humans moving away.

A finless porpoise had come near at some point, and the porpoise was jumping out of the water, causing a fuss.

“Oh my gosh. This is so annoying! My back is breaking, so stop running.”

The finless porpoise, realizing that the approaching porpoise was its mother, opened its mouth and spoke.

“Mom—look at my tongue.”

“Huh? What’s that? What did you hit on me again?”

“No – I went to see that guy over there because he smelled really good. He took the thing off my tongue.”

“What? You took out that bent needle?”

“Yeah. If you call me tomorrow morning and I’ll get rid of it, it’ll be a long time.”

“Oh my— how can there be such a grateful human being? I could smell the smell of the ocean, but I couldn’t get close… … Go away, you really are a real idiot, so you’ve already come out of the boat.”

At his mother’s words, the dolphin opened its mouth and laughed.

Karrrr-

“Mom—it’s those people.”

with a splash-

When my daughter jumped onto the surface of the water.

The mother dolphin also tried jumping up.

I could see a human being climbing up a hill in the distance.

hmm-

At that moment, the smell of the deep sea blew in along with the breath.

‘It smells good… … .’

The mother dolphin looked at her daughter.

“All cards will be delivered tomorrow.”

“Yeah. He said he’ll come tomorrow morning.”

“okay?”

At her daughter’s words, the mother dolphin swam into the sea.

‘Let’s see… … I’ve gone to a place where people can see the clams they like… … .’

* * *

On the way home.

Haneum uploaded the video of the dolphin to Stargram.

Then, the number of views started to increase explosively.

└ Isn’t this a dolphin?

└ It’s a dolphin, so why doesn’t it have a dorsal fin?

└ The finless porpoise doesn’t have a dorsal fin. This is different from a dolphin.

In the video, people were clicking likes and leaving comments saying that the dolphin was cute and amazing as it jumped high into the sea.

“People find it strange that dolphins do things like this.”

“It would be amazing… … .”

The tree that was driving glanced at the sea through the rearview mirror.

‘Surely, the finless porpoise lives in the shallow waters of the south and west coasts, but does it ever drift all the way to the East Sea?’

I put the thought aside for a moment.

Abel’s large body was visible in the distance.

Woof woof—woof woof woof—

Abel barked loudly as if he was glad to see the tree’s car.

Let’s park outside the front door.

A familiar cart appeared.

It was something that Abel had brought in advance.

Haneum looked at the cart and patted Abel’s head.

“Abel has become a full-fledged farmer now. He knows how to do work instead of cutting wood.”

Abel smiled as if he liked it when I rubbed and pulled his cheeks, which were as soft as glutinous rice cake.

Namu and Haneum loaded the seedlings they had brought onto a cart and headed toward Grandmother’s magic storehouse.

“I need to put some seedlings in here for now. I’ll have to plant them myself tomorrow.”

“Why? What’s going on?”

“I was thinking of building that oven… … .”

“A stove? What stove?”

To the puzzled Han-eum, Namoo began to explain the furnace he would make.

“Ah, so you’re saying you’re going to try cooking in a stove instead of an oven?”

“Uh. I guess you could bake some bread in an oven and eat it as a substitute for breakfast.”

I thought that one word from the tree would be okay too.

Seeing how well oven-baked, hand-made pizzas were selling in Seoul, it seemed like a good idea.

“But how are you going to make it?”

In response to Haneum’s question, Namu took out a blueprint from the room.

“I’m going to make it like this… … .”

The moment I saw the blueprint drawn by the tree, I was shocked.

“You―. Were you a science major?”

“What science or liberal arts is there to drawing these blueprints? At work, all I see are blueprints, documents, and reports like this.”

“Was it like that?”

“First of all— Abel?”

Let’s find Abel.

Abel was holding a bucket with a handle that he had taken out some time ago.

“You’re here already?”

Woof-

“I think we’ll need a lot of yellow soil today. I think we should go together.”

Abel’s head tilted slightly at the tree’s words.

Woof woof—woof woof woof—(It’s a bit far and dangerous…)

The tree bit its lips and crossed its arms after hearing Abel’s words.

“What did Abel say?”

“There’s still some distance to the yellow soil, and it’s dangerous there.”

“okay?”

Woof woof—woof woof woof—(I’ll ask my boar friends.)

“Huh? A wild boar? Ah— wild boar babies are good at digging the dirt.”

Haneum knew that the tree’s words were intended to sell yellow soil by using wild boars.

Sigh-

‘They say he’s a Druid… … He’s probably the only one in the country… no, in the whole world… who can understand the language of animals and make them act on it.’

It seems like he doesn’t know Haneum’s thoughts.

The tree was talking to Abel about how to bring the yellow soil.

A few hours later.

Yellow soil was piling up in the yard.

It was because, under Abel’s leadership, the wild boars came carrying buckets of yellow soil in their beaks.

Kwiik― (here is……)

Kkuruk-(The Guardian’s residence.)

The moment Han-eum first saw the wild boar, she was surprised by its size.

Should I say that when I saw the real wild boar that I had only seen on the news, I was overwhelmed by its size?

There were many that were larger than an adult.

Haneum asked in a whisper from behind the tree.

“Do they not have tusks originally? If you look at pigs, their tusks stick out like that.”

“Ah—they’re females. And the guy behind me is male.”

Let’s point to a wild boar with a tree at the very back.

Haneum’s eyes became owl eyes and completely hid behind the tree.

It was about the size of a calf.

Although he looked a little smaller than Abel, he looked like he would weigh a lot.

But, let’s look at what’s hanging on that boar’s fangs.

Haneum covered her mouth without realizing it.

‘Oh my god—is that possible?’

Two buckets full of yellow earth were hung on the lower awl tusks on either side.

Haneum looked up at the tree.

I once again saw a friend bringing yellow soil to a wild boar designated as a harmful bird.

‘What? If you go to the ocean, you see marine life. If you go to the hospital, you see birds… … And here, you see terrestrial life…?’

The tree was providing the wild boars with carrots, potatoes, and sweet potatoes from the field.

Gulp-

The boars were eating potatoes, nodding their heads as if to say thank you.

“Ah—you guys, do you happen to go down to the village over there and destroy the crops?”

The boars flinched at the tree’s question.

The tree that saw that sight had an expression on its face as if it thought that would happen.

Sigh―.

The sigh of a tree.

“You guys might get hunted by humans if you keep doing that. If you’re hungry, tell Abel to come to me and I’ll give it to you.”

Kkeureuk? (Is this really true?)

Warrwar-(The Guardian doesn’t lie.)

The tree smiled bitterly at Abel’s words.

‘No, rather, animals don’t lie.’

Humans deceive and even kill others out of necessity.

“First of all, I won’t lie to you. So whenever you’re hungry, just eat the crops I grow for you.”

Quoik-(Okay, I understand.)

The tree brought the boars and showed them the field where he would tend to them.

“From here to there, if you’re hungry, come down and eat. Cover it with dirt. If you don’t cover it with dirt… … You get it?”

The boar, seeing the tree’s smile, felt the hairs on its back stand on end.

‘I don’t know what it is, but it’s dangerous.’

The tree looked at the wild boar, grinned, and added one more word.

“If I had friends who wouldn’t cover their faces with dirt, roasted boar might be my top choice for dinner that night… … .”

Kkwoahk— Kkwoahk—(Yes! I will definitely cover it!)

The boar yelped like a captured rookie.

I went up the mountain.

Haneum, who was watching from the side, tilted her head and asked.

“What did you say?”

“Huh? He said that if you eat the crops here and don’t cover them with dirt, you could end up with wild boar meat for dinner that night.”

Hehehehe―

Haneum just laughed.

I couldn’t help but laugh at my friend’s occasional antics.

Are you a druid?

But… … I wondered if it made sense to catch an animal.

The tree’s voice was heard, as if reading the thought.

“I may have been given the ‘job’ of a druid, but I am human.”

Haneum was surprised to realize the meaning between the lines of the tree’s words.

“Hey― So you’re saying that later on, you might not be human anymore?”

At Haneum’s question, the tree sighed and shook its head as if it was disappointed.

I looked at Haneum.

“What are you talking about…? Are you suffering from second-year middle school syndrome?”

“what?”

The tree spoke, looking at the yellow soil brought by the wild boars.

“Let’s make a stove quickly. We can cook something in the stove for dinner.”

“Oh—that’s a good idea?”