Farming Druid - Chapter 68



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068. Why? Really?

Jang Min-jeong, who was counting the patterns on the plasterboard on the hospital ceiling, sighed.

ha-

When I was young.

I saw a movie.

After seeing the main character swimming in the sea on the back of a whale, I wanted to do the same.

I worked hard for that dream.

When a company called Dong-A Land was hiring people as zookeepers.

Jang Min-jeong applied and was accepted.

I have been good at reading animal expressions since I was little.

While people can hide their facial expressions, animals can express their joys and sorrows very accurately.

With the ability to read facial expressions, he became a zookeeper and became friendly with the animals.

My first job was caring for leopards in a zoo.

When I fell in love with a leopard.

An order was given to Minjeong.

It was an order to go on a business trip abroad.

Jang Min-jeong goes on a business trip to the villa of the president of Dong-A Land on an unnamed island in Southeast Asia.

At first, I was really nervous because I thought the boss might do something weird.

But when I actually arrived, I saw the whale I had been dreaming of.

The moment Jang Min-jeong saw the whale, she became lost in thought.

“Huh? You want me to tame him?”

The rascals of the sea.

It was a killer whale, known as the gangster of the sea.

“It’s still a puppy, so it’ll be easy to tame. So, Minjeong, you have to work hard. I’ll give you plenty of travel expenses, etc.”

It was because of the money.

There are three killer whales in total.

Among them, the dolphin he took care of was a female named ‘Bomi’.

At first, I tried to communicate with the killer whales by splashing around in the pool where they were kept.

As the week passed, the killer whale Bomi approached him.

In this way, the rapport was successful, and he began to teach her talents one by one.

I started teaching them tricks with different trainers. I heard that there was a guy named Kami in another pool who really didn’t listen.

But after a month,

Kami listened very well to the zookeeper’s orders.

Mijung asked the foreign zookeeper what his secret was.

It is said that if you don’t listen, you will be punished.

They said that if you send a shocking amount of electricity through them for a moment, they will quickly correct their behavior because they are smart children.

It must have been from that time.

Instead of training Bomi by running electricity through her, when the foreign trainer disappeared after his contract ended, ‘Kami’ became his training role.

The first time I saw Kami, he was intimidated.

Minjeong tried to comfort Kami.

I trained as I was told, but my heart was not open.

As time passed, I arrived in Korea with three killer whales.

When the environment changed, the killer whales did not listen.

Eventually, Minjeong used the method taught by the foreign trainer on the orcas several times. The surprised orcas were afraid of Minjeong.

ha-

Minjeong, who had stopped counting the patterns on the ceiling, tried to get up.

A throbbing stomach and intestines.

The bruises and scars all over his body seemed to be paying the price for his actions.

When I was dragged away by the killer whale.

I thought it went well.

Even though it was something I did under company orders, I still committed a sin against dumb beasts.

Although her consciousness was faint, tears were flowing from Kami’s eyes as she threw herself onto the water.

When I saw those tears, my heart ached more than my body.

I even heard one audience member shout for them to stop.

There were also scenes of audience members jumping in to save themselves.

Kami said as he entered the water.

After crying.

He lifted it strongly, jumped, and threw it, putting his snout against the belly as if he was performing.

‘It’s a good thing Seo Han accepted me… … Otherwise I would’ve fallen head first and died.’

Jiing— Jiiing—

eww…….

Despite the pain, I straightened my upper body and picked up my cell phone that was placed on the side table.

Jang Min-jeong checked the text, confirmed its contents, and bit her lip until it bled.

[We would like to inform you that the retirement of zookeeper Jang Min-jeong has been decided as of July 25, 2023.]

Jang Min-jeong thought about the USB she brought home.

‘President Cho Gwi-seop. You came out like this?’

As it happened, my sister was out of the office meeting someone.

Jang Min-jeong found her sister through text.

Let’s send the text message you received to your sister.

A text message came flying in right away.

-What? You were just unfairly fired?

Minjeong hardened her expression and typed a text.

―Sister, if you pull out all the drawers of the large desk in my room, put your arm in and press down, a very small drawer will come out. There’s a USB in there. Report that to the broadcasting station.

– Okay, I’m talking to the broadcasting station PD right now.

Min-jeong was surprised when she heard that her sister was meeting with a broadcasting station PD.

“Okay… that’s it.”

Minjeong’s eyes were glaring fiercely.

* * *

A few days later at dawn.

The tree sighed as it swept the yard.

Kwung- (Why?)

The tree only sighed in response to Abel’s question.

I have to go to Seoul tomorrow, and the chances of all the animals in the city popping out are very high.

‘What should I do? I feel like I’m going to become a nuisance… … .’

The tree, which had been lost in thought for a long time, called out to Gioresa.

‘Geo-. Is there no way?’

-Yes, you can. Just ask Heuksa.

‘Black Death? What is Black Death?’

-Talk about a snake that lives in your house.

‘… … .’

Geo’s words made my throbbing headache feel worse.

“The difficulty level is a bit high. Just looking at the snake makes my skin crawl… … .”

Kwung-(What is it?)

At Geo’s words, the tree closed its eyes and looked at the snake.

Because he had to stop all kinds of animals from following him to Seoul.

“Abel—do you know where the snake is in that tree?”

Woof woof—woof woof woof—(I know… but I think they’re a bit far away right now…)

“Tell me to meet you briefly within two hours.”

Keukkeung-(What did you say?)

The tree headed towards the field, leaving behind Abel, who was standing there with a blank expression.

Hot―

Abel quickly came to his senses.

Aww— Awww—

Let’s howl for a long time.

A falcon sat on a tree branch and looked down at Abel.

“Let the kids go and catch the snake that ran away from home. I told you not to come here for a while yesterday… … .”

Abel shook his head and said,

The repairman opened his beak.

“Can I catch it?”

“Tell him to reduce his size, then bring it to me.”

“yes-.”

Fooddeuk-

Abel sighed as he saw the eagle flying high in the sky.

I walked towards the field with a trudging gait.

Let’s get to the field.

Abel’s eyes widened.

Kew- (What happened?)

Abel opened his eyes in surprise.

The tree explained.

“When I came to the field, there were wild boars and deer. And they asked me to do some work. They said they would eat their own food, but they worked like that.”

The tree designates a potato and sweet potato field for them to grow, along with a place for the boars to dig up their food.

He began to make furrows and ridges on his own initiative.

Kkweeek― (It’s done.)

“Uh—just a moment.”

As the boar said, the furrows and ridges were almost finished.

A tree holding a hose up sprinkled water on the field like rain.

Choaaaak―

When the water soaked soil becomes moist.

After the next batter, he lifted his feet like a deer jumping.

Let’s hit the floor. Two holes were dug.

It was to create a space for planting plants.

The tree burst into laughter as it watched the sight.

‘When I see animals come down like this and work in the fields… … I really think, ‘What the world is like this?’ … … .’

I was amazed at the animals working for me.

“Children – when the crops are all grown, I will leave some food for you, so be sure to come down and eat.”

Kwiek-

Fruit-

The animals that helped with the work began to move more diligently on the wooden horse.

The town cats also saw that sight.

He was moving his four legs diligently, harvesting ripe branches.

Nayong―(Catch me―)

Bam-(claw!)

Squeak-

As the cats grew larger, their claws became quite long.

I’m watching it pluck a branch with those long claws.

It was a tree that made me feel like my common sense was collapsing.

‘No matter how much I look at it, it’s a scene of cats harvesting that I can’t get used to… ‘

Miyong―(Butler.)

He looked down at the cat calling him while pulling at his trouser leg.

It was a winter when the whole body was black.

“Why? What’s going on?”

Myaaaang- Wooang- (Follow me. I’m in a hurry.)

At Gyul-woo’s words, the tree looked at the children and gave them a warning.

“Be careful not to get hurt. Take good care of the Abel kids.”

Woof woof―(yeah―)

“I’ll bring it right away.”

The tree followed Winter and ended up inside the cat house.

Gyaaang―(Eww― I’m coming out.)

The tree shook as soon as it entered the house at the sound of screaming.

It was the scream of one of the town cats.

It was a female cat with yellow and mackerel markings.

Kkwaang―(My stomach, my stomach hurts so much……)

The tree sighed as it saw the cat fidgeting and pacing around in the corner.

A new life was about to be born.

Because the cat hid the fact that she was pregnant.

The tree found out too late.

A separate room was created for giving birth.

The mother cat must have been anxious about giving birth in a place with many other cats.

The tree, which had seen the cat leaning here and there restlessly, called to the cat.

“First of all… … Come here. Let’s go home. Meow.”

As the cat came into my arms.

The tree got up from its seat and left the cat house and headed home.

Because there are so many cats in town, the tree can’t give them all names.

The tree called all the cats ‘Meow’.

The kitten who was about to become a mother in the tree’s arms purred and dug into the tree’s chest.

‘It smells good – it’s comfortable. I want to have my baby here… … but I can’t, right?’

The cat knew that if she just put in a little effort, the kittens would come out.

‘No―. I’ll put it down here. Ehehe―.’

The cat put a lot of strength into its lower abdomen.

Then I felt something being pushed out and it hurt so much that all the hair on my back stood on end.

The more the cat hurt, the more he dug into the tree.

Without even knowing about the cat’s cute plan.

He looked down with worried eyes.

“I guess you’re sick… … .”

When a tree moves while holding a cat in its arms.

I felt something warm spread from my arms and something touch my arm.

“What, what is it―”

The startled tree quickly went inside the house, bit the towel in its mouth, dropped it on the floor, and carefully put the cat down.

A small creature was visible, surrounded by a transparent membrane that came out along with the umbilical cord.

“Oh my gosh. I almost got in big trouble.”

I wish I could spread my arms and ask for something.

Sweat ran down the back of the tree’s neck as it realized that it had almost killed a life the moment it was born.

“Congratulations on becoming a mom. Meow-”

The tree smiled and gently rubbed the mother cat’s head.

She licked the placenta and licked the pup diligently.

In the room where Han-eum had been staying, I laid out a cat cushion, and on top of that, I laid out a towel and a disposable diaper that had been used by the five cats.

The mother and kittens were carefully moved.

Let’s drop it off at the place you made it for us.

Tick ​​tock tock―

The mother cat’s expression was so happy as she was busy removing moisture from her kitten’s fur.

The tree got up from its seat, thinking that it would be a good idea to make some special food for the cat who had a hard time giving birth.

Gulp— Gulp—

The mother cat felt a little sorry.

Secondly, I wanted to let go of the tree.

So I screamed just in case.

Gyaaaaang― (I’m a guardian―)

Bam―

“Why? Really? What’s wrong?”

The door opens and the tree looks at the cat and asks.

Meow-

“what?”

The tree blinked after hearing the cat’s words.