Farming Druid - Chapter 87



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087. Let’s go out to town.

It was a story I heard a lot from my grandmother since I was little.

Causality.

It means cause and effect.

If you want to achieve something, you have to take action.

That is, causality means that there is a cause called action and a result called effect.

Causality.

He said this was also the same.

In terms of games, it’s like gaining experience and then leveling up.

The price also has to be paid.

“Dong-A Land’s Jo Gyu-seop and Jo Yu-jeong had built up too much cause and effect, and it seems that this time it exploded.”

At the grandmother’s words, the tree carefully opened its mouth.

“Is it causal that the snake killed a person?”

Grandma frowned.

“That’s not true. However, if there is something that threatens the safety and security of the guardian, the snake will move. Perhaps it is to prevent something unpleasant from happening to you in advance.”

The tree pouted its lips after hearing the grandmother’s answer.

“…Even if that means taking a person’s life?”

“… … .”

Grandma had no answer.

There is speculation that this may have been something he had told Abel.

Now I’m almost sure.

“Tree―”

Grandma’s voice was soft.

And it was warm.

“If you pass the Guardian’s Test, you will know everything.”

“What?”

“Everything about nature… …and also about its guardians.”

After leaving those words, the grandmother went to the main building.

The tree left alone thought for a moment and then muttered.

“I don’t like being bothered or busy… … .”

* * *

The next morning.

Raindrops pounded hard against the porch living room window.

The wind was also blowing hard.

The tree was worried about the salad greens and rice it had planted, so it started early in the morning.

I put on my raincoat and headed to the field.

“omg-.”

When I came to the fields and rice paddies, the wind and rain hitting the yard seemed like a lie, so calm that it was almost peaceful.

“Are you awake? Why did you come here instead of sleeping a little more?”

I was startled when I heard my grandmother’s voice.

“When did you wake up?”

“They say that when you get older, you can’t sleep at dawn.”

“… … .”

The tree pouted its lips.

I pressed down on the question, “Wasn’t the appearance of a beautiful woman the main character?” before it could pass my throat.

The tree cleared its throat and opened its mouth.

“I guess I should prepare breakfast.”

“I guess so.”

As the tree heads towards the old house’s kitchen.

The grandmother looked down.

“You guys… … I told you not to be lazy? Why is the dirt like this?”

In front of the grandmother, there were earthworms lined up.

And next to them, the moles were kneeling and stretching their hands to the sky.

“Have you ever dug a hole in the ground and damaged a tree?”

The moles quickly shook their heads at their grandmother’s words.

Miyaang― Aaaaang―

At the sound of the cats, the grandmother turned her head.

“No― you guys?”

The cats tilted their heads at Grandma’s question.

House cats who thought that no one understood what they were saying.

Meow-(Hey, you’re a guest.)

Mioyong-(What should we do?)

―Today too~ Let’s work the fields excitedly! We have to work to get snacks from the butler! Oww, oww!

A cat’s cradle.

As the refrain went, the cats were moving in step towards the area where perilla leaves, peppers, and cucumber branches were hanging in abundance, chanting ‘Oooh, oooh.’

The corners of the grandmother’s mouth went up when she saw that sight.

‘I guess the tree made the cats work while gathering them… … Well, this field needs to be a bit bigger… … Hey? What about that wild boar?’

Grandmother’s gaze showed the wild boars planting potatoes they had brought in their beaks on one side of the field.

An old woman with squinty eyes.

‘They’re not the type of people to do that… … .’

The boars locked eyes with the grandmother.

The startled pigs quickly approached and greeted us like new recruits.

Gulp- Gulp- (When did you come? Mother’s representative.)

“Yesterday―. But… … Aren’t you planting potatoes in your field?”

Kkeueak- Kkeueeeeek (That’s right. The Guardian gave us this field and told us not to touch other humans’ fields.)

“Really? I guess the tree is taking good care of you guys?”

Kkeueeek― Kkeueak (That’s what I’m saying―)

The boar began to explain what had happened so far.

He told the story of how he brought animals injured in traps to a doctor, treated them, took them to a better facility, and then released them back here after treatment.

“I see. So… … the tree goes up to the mountain with its friend to treat you, and sometimes comes out to the wildlife protection center to take you?”

The boars nodded to the grandmother’s question.

“Okay, then work hard at farming.”

Kkeueeek―(Okay, I understand―)

The boars greeted each other cheerfully.

We headed back to our assigned field.

Then, when she saw vegetables that she had never seen before, her eyes widened slightly.

‘This is… … .’

The tree, which had prepared everything for breakfast, headed towards the field.

“Grandma, come have breakfast.”

“Oya—I’m going.”

On the table in the main kitchen, grilled fish, seaweed soup, and side dishes of vegetables were neatly laid out.

“It’s a tree.”

“yes?”

“There were some vegetables in the field that I’ve never seen before… … .”

“ah-.”

Let me tell you a story about how I contracted to supply the vegetables for [SeeYou] salad while I was living alone.

Grandma’s eyes grew wide.

The surprised look lasted only a moment.

Soon, it changed into a satisfied and proud smile.

“Our grandson worked hard. He did well. But there was also a bankbook that Grandma left in the bedroom. I guess he didn’t see it?”

“yes?”

The tree’s mind became a little complicated after hearing his grandmother’s words.

I didn’t even go into the bedroom.

I went in once every two days to clean the room, but I never saw the bankbook.

The grandmother continued speaking after seeing the tree’s expression.

“Do you remember? I remember when you were in middle school, you saved some of the allowance your grandmother gave you in a bank account.”

“ah-.”

I remembered.

Since I spent my 3rd year of middle school in the countryside, I didn’t really need money.

When I got an allowance, I would leave all the money to my grandmother, except for the occasional snack.

My grandmother said she added some extra money to her allowance and steadily saved it in her bank account.

When the tree heard those words, a corner of its heart felt warm from the morning.

The tree asked the grandmother something he was curious about while watching her eat.

“Grandma—. It’s so windy outside… … Why are the fields and rice paddies so calm?”

“That’s right. It’s because it is a land blessed by the Mother Earth.”

“Are you a goddess?”

“Don’t we often say that the earth is our mother?”

“Yes.”

The tree nodded as if it knew.

My grandmother brought up the story as if it was funny.

Grandson’s breakfast continued with half the story as a side dish.

* * *

Around lunchtime.

The tree rode in a car with its grandmother and headed toward the sea through the typhoon.

Because grandma told me to go.

Let’s go for a ride with grandma.

Strangely enough, the wind died down.

The tree that was driving glanced at the old woman as if it was curious.

I saw a vehicle coming from the other direction.

The car wipers were seen moving rapidly in the pouring rain.

“Why? Is it strange?”

“yes.”

“Once you become a full-fledged guardian, storms like this won’t be a problem.”

The tree opened its mouth, blinking.

“That kind of ability is not human. If I gain that ability, then I’m not human anymore?”

“No―. I’m a human.”

The grandmother simply cut it off and answered.

The tree glanced over to ask a question.

Grandma turned her head out the window.

The tree, not understanding, just looked ahead and continued driving.

Let’s arrive at the sea we always come to.

A tree parked in a nearby vacant lot.

Let’s get off with an umbrella.

I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Rain poured down heavily all around, but around the wooden car, it only fell like a drizzle.

‘How amazing… … Is this Grandma’s ability, or rather the ability of the ‘Guardian of Nature’?’

The tree thought so and waited for the grandmother to come down.

at that time.

The old lady sitting in the passenger seat gestured to the tree.

Let’s get closer.

Grandma tells me to open the door.

Let the tree open the door.

The grandmother got out of the car gracefully.

However, because the garage was high, I had to help him get in and out.

In her original form, she would have stretched out her long legs, but now she looks like a grandmother.

Suddenly, that thought occurred to me.

‘How old is your grandmother this year?’

If the tree’s memory serves it right, his grandmother was born in the 1940s.

Think about your age.

I just shook my head.

It was because I was afraid of breaking up.

“What are you thinking about?”

“Huh? Yes? Oh, no.”

The grandmother smiled innocently at the sight of her grandson and walked toward the sea.

The tree holding the umbrella quickly followed the grandmother.

The reason I came here was to get deep water and intermediate water.

Grandmother told me to try to plant the Guardian’s Test ‘seed’ on my own.

No matter how much I looked at the seeds, I couldn’t find an answer.

At the tree’s one word, “Look at the seeds and plant them in the field.”

My grandmother laughed in vain.

He came out to the sea on a windy day, saying he would help me a little.

“I’m going to try calling my sea friends here.”

Grandmother’s instructions.

The tree tried to call its sea friends.

at that time.

Phew—

A column of water rose high in the distance.

The grandmother’s eyes grew wide at the sight.

“Did you know that old man with a humpback?”

“Huh? What inspiration?”

“That’s a whale.”

“Ah―. I don’t know the details. Even if I wanted to approach, there’s the coast guard… … .”

“Coast Guard?”

“Yes. That’s… … .”

The tree spoke of something that happened a while ago.

Let’s say that he was caught by the Coast Guard while rescuing a minke whale that was struggling with a net and fishing line tied to its tail, and was later summoned by the Coast Guard for investigation.

Grandma frowned.

“So that happened… … .”

Phoooooo―

When the whale’s cry is heard.

After the grandmother dipped her hands in sea water.

He opened his mouth quietly.

“Inspiration—. Could you please get this guy some deep water and intermediate water?”

Phew―

As if he understood the whale.

He let out a loud cry.

Then, the grandmother looked at the tree and reached out her hand.

“Here it is.”

The old woman, who received two 18.9L water jugs that go into the water purifier, threw the two jugs into the sea.

Okay then.

When did you come here?

Two southern right whales disappeared into the sea with a water bottle.

Phew— Phewoooooooo—

The old woman, hearing the whale’s sound, looked up at the tree and said.

“Do you understand?”

“Yes… … Come after the typhoon passes… … .”

“I understand. Then come and take it and try to sprout it.”

As soon as she finished her work, the grandmother turned around and walked back toward the parked car.

A whale in the distance also turned and went into the sea.

“Thank you.”

The tree bowed slightly in greeting, looking at the sea.

As he walked toward the parked car, the tree sat lost in thought.

I wondered if my father, if he were alive, would have been given this title of Guardian.

I wanted to ask my grandmother, but I didn’t.

That was because the image of my grandmother sobbing and clutching her chest at the funeral was still vivid.

In the tree’s head, branches of thought spread out.

‘If my grandmother was human but not human, then there’s a chance that my father could also be a Guardian… right? Is this hereditary? Or is it an ability passed down?’

The thinking tree snapped its fingers.

‘Ah! Since we’re having a succession ceremony, it means that we become human through succession, not through heredity? Then… … .’

Tingling – tingling –

The tree, which was organizing its thoughts, stopped thinking because of a stabbing headache.

‘Let’s stop. My head hurts.’

As I reached the car, I rubbed my temples.

Grandma was already in the car.

Percussion-

As the tree got into the driver’s seat, the old woman opened her mouth with a raised voice.

“Tree—It’s been a while since I’ve gone out to town.”