Farming Druid - Chapter 70



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070. There’s something I’d like to find out.

The tree was troubled over what to say in response to Producer Choi Gyu-seop’s question.

And then he shrugged his shoulders, gently turning his index finger next to his ear.

Choi Gyu-seop quickly figured it out through that behavior.

And he muttered as he looked at the woman walking out the door through the lobby.

“What? Where have I seen that woman before… … .”

Choi Gyu-seop, who had only seen her back and not her front, looked at her as if wondering who she was.

Two people got on the elevator together.

Choi Gyu-seop glanced to the side.

I became worried when I saw his pale complexion.

“are you okay?”

“Ah― yes.”

The tree felt uneasy after seeing the woman’s words and the stuffed animals in the glass case a little while ago, but swallowed and calmed down.

Ti-ing- it’s the 13th floor.

The two people who got off the elevator went into a place that was marked as a conference room.

Okay then.

There were two employees, a man and a woman, sitting.

When he saw the incoming tree and Choi Gyu-seop, he got up and greeted them.

“Thank you for coming. I am from the Dong-A Land Accident Response Team.”

“This is Won Jin-sol from the compensation support team.”

“It’s just one.”

The three people exchanged greetings, but Choi Gyu-seop kept his mouth shut.

All eyes were on each other.

“… Ah, this is Choi Gyu-seop.”

The tree knew why Choi Gyu-seop didn’t want to speak.

He had a tiny tie pin attached to his clothes that contained a tiny camera with a tiny voice recorder.

Phew―

The tree let out a small sigh and hardened its expression as it looked at the two people across from it.

Because the reward he was giving them for talking was not monetary.

If Won Jin-sol had an extroverted personality that could be described as a cold city boy, Oh Seo-ha had an extroverted personality that anyone would consider cute due to his short stature.

Among them.

Osuhha’s eyes lit up.

‘First of all, that guy Choi Gyu-seop is the type that has a snake in his mouth… … That guy Han Namu will be easy, right?’

He got up from his seat, bowed to Hannamu, and spoke.

“First of all, we sincerely apologize for the accident at the beast cage and the accident at the killer whale show at Dong-A Land.”

“… … .”

Seo Ha, who had been bending down, straightened her back when she stopped hearing Hannamu’s voice.

‘Is this okay? Lift your head. Should I hear a sound?’

Seo-ha and Namu’s eyes met.

His expression was as cold as a stone.

“We have taken measures to make the viewing area safer after the accident.”

“… … .”

“In the case of the accident at the orca performance venue, we would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Hannamu for volunteering to save the keeper due to the behavior of the orca Kami, and we plan to compensate for the damage caused by the orca.”

“… … .”

Osuhana felt something was off.

‘Why aren’t you saying anything?’

When she spoke, the men’s gazes had to be as if they were looking at a small animal.

But the man in front of me wasn’t shaken at all.

Osorha tilted his head slightly as he looked at the tree, rubbing his index finger on his lower lip and expressing an embarrassed look.

‘Huh? No response? Is it a tree or a stone?’

Won Jin-sol, who realized that Oh Seo-ha was flustered, pushed up his glasses with his index finger.

We started talking about compensation for damages.

After listening to their story for a while, the tree moved forward from its position that had been backwards, placed its arms on the table, and spoke.

“I never asked for monetary damages, did I?”

The tree, which had been tapping the table with its index finger, looked at Won Jin-sol coldly.

“Ah—yes. That’s right.”

Won Jin-sol admitted it honestly.

A smile appeared on his face until the tree’s words continued.

“I heard that when training killer whales, if they don’t listen, you can send an electric current through them and make them do what you want them to do.”

Osuhha and Wonjinsol’s eyes widened slightly at the tree’s cold tone.

“Huh? What is that… … .”

“Who said that? Was it the zookeeper?”

The tree was smiling.

The shake was successful.

When people hear information they didn’t know before, they have two reactions.

One is curiosity about information I didn’t know about.

Another was the denial of facts that were known.

If Won Jin-sol didn’t know this, then Oh Seo-ha already knew.

“It seems like Mr. Oh Seo-ha from the accident response team already knew.”

Osuhha’s voice became louder as he was quite embarrassed by the tree’s words.

“Huh? What do I know?”

“When the accident happened, didn’t you hear the story from another zookeeper?”

The tree’s words left no room for anything to be said.

Because that was the right answer.

After Jang Min-jeong had an accident and was hospitalized.

While I was researching to come up with countermeasures for the accident, I heard the whole story about orca education from another zookeeper, Piseohan.

“… … .”

Sigh―.

The tree ended up laughing.

“And you didn’t tell the compensation team about this.”

“… … .”

I couldn’t say anything.

It was because what the man who spoke with a face as white as flour in front of his eyes was saying was right.

“Mr. Seo-ha? Are you saying that there is something missing from the accident investigation documents?”

“… … .”

I know that silence has a positive meaning.

Won Jin-sol blew his bangs with his mouth and adjusted his glasses.

“Ahem―. Okay, then, please tell me what kind of reward you want, Mr. Hannamu. I will listen.”

I felt like he was taking a few steps back.

There will be chaos within the company once it becomes known that there was an omission in the report.

The tree chuckled.

“Freedom for killer whales. That is the reward I seek.”

“yes?”

Won Jin-sol seemed to hear something for a moment.

“… Oh, I think I misheard you, Mr. Hannamu. Are you saying that the whales’ freedom is a reward?”

“Yes, that’s right. You heard me correctly.”

Won Jin-sol looked at the person smiling coldly in front of him.

His eyes looked like those of a wild beast.

A request to release the killer whale for compensation.

It was far beyond Won Jin-sol’s authority, so he couldn’t say anything.

‘Rather, demand compensation for hospital bills or mental damage!’

Won Jin-sol wanted to shout like that.

After that.

Although there were many stories going around, it felt like there was a lot of talk about compensation.

The tree suddenly asked a question as if a thought had occurred to it.

“Ah—by any chance. You mean the stuffed animal on display in the lobby below… .”

“Stuffed?”

“Yes, you have stuffed animals in glass cases on one side of the lobby on the first floor… … .”

“Ah— that’s a doll, we know that too.”

“A doll?”

“yes…….”

Won Jin-sol answers the question asking if she is a doll.

Suddenly, I remembered what I had heard from other department employees, and I ended up trailing off.

“Is that a doll?”

I clearly heard the trees murmur.

Percussion –

The tree rose from its seat, looked at the two people, and spoke in a cold voice.

“Freedom of the killer whales. I guess you can think of that as my reward.”

“that…….”

“Think about it. I think it would be pointless to waste any more time, so I’ll get up first.”

The tree left the two Dong-A Land employees behind and went into the conference room.

Step by step— step by step—

The tree didn’t say a word until they got on the elevator.

Ti-ing, it’s the first floor.

The tree, which had been silent until they got into the car, opened its mouth when it saw Choi Gyu-seop sitting in the passenger seat.

“Have you considered the audio and video properly?”

It was not a voice that blew cold air, but a voice that sounded like a spring breeze.

“Yes. Thanks to Mr. Namu, I was able to track it down. And I even filmed all the stuffed animals in the glass room in the lobby on the first floor.”

“That’s good. You must have parked at a rest area, but I’ll just stop by one more place before heading to the rest area.”

“Okay, then.”

Vroom—

As the tree party leaves the parking lot.

Another vehicle was starting.

* * *

Gyu-Seop Choi waited in the parking lot in front of the animal hospital until the owner, Hannamu, came out.

‘What on earth are you buying… … .’

Lesser-

It was a tree that loaded the luggage into the back seat and then got into the driver’s seat.

“What on earth is that?”

“Ah. Cat supplies.”

“A cat?”

“One of the cats living in our cat house gave birth yesterday.”

“Ah. So that’s why you bought this kind of fence.”

“Yes – it’s hard to find cats that haven’t even opened their eyes yet because they’re running around here and there.”

No matter how well a mother cat takes care of her kittens.

It was Namu’s heart that wanted to ease the burden of the mother cat who was giving birth for the first time.

While we were exchanging a few words in the parking lot.

A luxury sports car pulled into the parking lot.

A leg stretched out from the driver’s seat.

A woman who appeared to be the owner of the car was seen entering the pet shop next to the animal hospital.

“uh?”

The tree recognized the woman.

It was the same unpleasant woman who had been stuffing herself at Dong-A Land a little while ago.

Choi Gyu-seop, sitting in the passenger seat, pretended to know the woman.

“Huh? That woman… … .”

“Do you know him?”

“Well—if you know, then you know. It has nothing to do with this case, but he’s a hot topic in the entertainment department.”

“is it so?”

“There are rumors going around that he has a very clean personality and that his relationships with men are also clean.”

‘A woman who stuffs animals is neat?’

The tree laughed at Choi Gyu-seop’s words.

“Oh, by the way, I heard that all the men that Jo Yu-jeong dated went abroad.”

“… … .”

Choi Gyu-seop’s words gave me goosebumps.

It was because of the words that came to my mind.

The tree that started it all.

“Catch it.”

“Ah― yes.”

Vroom—

It was a tree that quickly left the parking lot.

Jo Yu-jeong, who was looking at a cat at a pet shop, smiled as she saw the car disappear.

An employee who mistook her smile for a smile approached her from a distance.

She opened her mouth as she looked at the cat she was looking at.

“This cat is cute. Do you like it?”

The employee approached her and asked, seeing her smile.

“Yes – it’s so pretty and I like it. I’ll take this cat.”

“He is a healthy child with a good personality and no genetic diseases or anything like that.”

“okay.”

The staff put the cat in a cat bag and handed it over to Jo Yu-jeong.

“Thank you. This cat is really cute. It’s so cute that I want to stop time.”

The employee responded to Jo Yu-jeong’s words with a bright smile.

“I think you have excellent taste.”

“thank you.”

The pet shop employee felt something creepy when he saw Jo Yu-jeong smiling as she answered.

* * *

As soon as Namu got home, she broke up with Choi Gyu-seop.

I took care of the mother cat first.

The kittens seemed busy eating and sleeping, clinging to their mother.

I thought that look was cute.

Phew―

Let’s pet the mother cat.

A mother cat licking a tree’s hand with her rough tongue.

Meow- Meow-

Only then did the tree realize that it had not turned the ring.

Click—

Meow- Meow- (What’s wrong? You look tired.)

He swept his face with one hand.

I thought it looked so tired that even a cat would think of it.

“I’m a little tired after just coming back from Seoul. I need to wash up and rest.”

Meow- (Okay, meow.)

After allowing the cat family to rest, the tree came out of the room and called Abel.

Kung― (Did you call?)

“Abel…….”

?!―

Abel seemed curious.

He tilted his big head.

A tree that met Abel’s gaze.

The tree hesitated to ask Abel this question.

“Abel… … By any chance.”

I opened my mouth, touching Abel’s soft, glutinous rice cake-like cheeks.

“Can you check to see if any of the animal friends on the mountain behind have been captured?”

Kkiing? (What’s going on?)

Among the stuffed animals I saw at Dong-A Land during the day.

I thought of the stuffed flying squirrel, a natural monument and protected species.

All the way I was driving, I was distracted by the words of that woman named Jo Yu-jeong and the stuffed animal.

‘Recently, the movements of the animals in the back mountain have also been a bit bad… … .’

Let’s look at Abel’s pure eyes and slightly protruding tongue.

The tree patted Abel’s head and said:

“There’s something I’d like to find out… … .”