I Became a Shaman in a Fantasy World - Chapter 26



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#26 The World Tree Shakes Its Branches (1)

I had two full days of rest.

Now I can open my eyes without any pain.

It’s a bit unfortunate that my eyes are still red and bloodshot.

We were leaving the Baronial Territory.

“The recovery was faster than I expected.”

“That’s a good thing.”

Purrung –

The horse I was riding was trotting.

Even though you’re walking slowly now, it’ll be boring if you start running again.

Just then, someone came running from afar.

“wait a minute!”

“hmm?”

She was a woman who still looked young.

The age when you become an old woman.

First of all, it was clear that he was older than me.

“Are you the person who was looking at the dots?”

“I’m done with fortune telling.”

His expression looked quite urgent.

It seemed like there was something he desperately wanted.

But it wouldn’t be good for this person to run right now…

“There’s something I really want to ask you. Could you give me a moment…”

“Hmm…”

It seems so desperate, so what’s the big deal about taking a little time?

I got off the horse gently.

“It’ll be fine in a little while. What are you curious about? Fortune about money? It’s probably not fortune about love…”

The woman’s face brightened in an instant at my actions.

It’s a time when emotional ups and downs are severe.

The question coming out of the woman’s mouth was a bit unexpected.

“Baby… I want to know when the child will be born.”

Honestly, he seemed more desperate than anyone I’ve ever met in the Baronial Territory.

How much must a person have wanted a child to make such an expression···.

In this case, there was no need to catch the drop.

I opened my mouth and put the bell in my waistband.

“You don’t know yet.”

“yes?”

“It’s already here.”

“…yes?”

“The child has already come.”

It was clear to my eyes.

A small, pure soul that resides in a woman’s lower abdomen.

If there are no major problems, judging from the state of the soul, there will be no problems until natural childbirth.

The woman’s eyes widened.

“…There’s no way…It didn’t look like that…!”

“Really. Congratulations. Just don’t run around like you did just now.”

The expression of a mother with a child.

It was pure happiness, not mixed with anything else.

In fact, seeing this kind of expression is the most rewarding moment for a shaman.

The work of finding happiness between the living and the dead.

Although it didn’t require much strength, it’s not an exaggeration to say that that smile is the essence of unemployment.

The child’s mother rummaged through her pockets.

“I have to give you something called a lottery ticket… It’s 10 coppers! If you don’t mind, I’ll also tell you the fortune of the baby that will be born…”

“Umm… that’s impossible.”

If possible, it is best not to have your child’s fortune told or have them read.

“The future depends on life. If you see a child’s fortune… it can become fixed.”

“ah….!”

“And you don’t have to give me the lottery ticket. You’ll find out soon anyway.”

The child’s mother stopped me as I was about to get on the horse.

And then he handed me 5 coppers as if he was forcing it in.

I couldn’t bring myself to refuse.

Because I know it is an expression of a happy heart.

“thank you!”

I grabbed the saddle and climbed on.

Not long after we set off, Hans opened his mouth.

“So this is what a shaman is like. Hmm….”

There was a pleased smile on the lips of the two inspirations and Irene.

I probably have a similar smile on my face.

Would it be scary if you had white hair and red eyes and smiled?

I have a feeling that it might not have been good for prenatal education.

“Hmm…”

Irene opened her mouth gently.

“There’s about a week left until we get to the Elf Forest.”

A week.

It’s not a long time at all.

Surprisingly, the County of Aster and the Elven Forest were not far away.

An area located at the edge of the empire that serves as a border between the realm of demons and monsters.

That was the elf forest where Irene lived.

It was also a central forest, like the capital of the elves.

Assuming you keep riding a horse, it is a distance that can be reached in two days.

“Hmm….”

Just two weeks.

Precognitive dreams and their interpretation.

The spirit showed him an empty bell and told him to practice his craft.

But isn’t the period too short?

“That’s strange…”

Just as I had a premonition back then, I avoided the warp.

But what is this uneasy feeling···.

“Hey, Hans.”

“Yes, Chris.”

“Does Ilya also show you something in your dreams?”

“Sometimes saints or saintesses receive revelations through dreams.”

That’s a good thing.

Now that we have some teaching materials to refer to,

“How does revelation come down?”

“What should I say…this is so poetic.”

“hmm?”

“For example, there is a trust regarding the Continental War.”

Hans recited it devoutly.

“The night has come, but it is not night. The dawn has come, but it is also night. Do not lose your way.”

“hmm…?”

I have no idea what that means.

In the first place, how can you interpret something like that?

It was a mysterious oracle.

“It was such a great oracle that even the religious order could not guess its meaning. It was only after the Continental War began that they finally found out. The saint who had received the oracle was unconscious for three months.”

As expected, the performance is poor.

“It’s strange to receive airlift…”

There are some truly great shamans who receive divination before the national fortunes turn negative or a disaster occurs.

But there was no oral tradition of receiving a riddle in that way.

“Tsk…”

I didn’t know that a trust could be handed down like that…

I should have looked into it when there was nothing similar to a shaman.

I haven’t even seen anyone with spiritual eyes except for Gulag…

The vessel that holds the spirit is called a shingamul, and it is not that difficult to find.

It would have been normal if they had shown even a dime that could barely contain a ghost.

How is it that in this world there is no one who is as sensitive as a spirit, let alone a god?

“Did something happen with the gods?”

“….yes?”

“Have you ever had a dream?”

“Of course there is. It is said that a ray of light was seen in the darkness.”

Hans shrugged proudly.

It seems like he’s bragging as if it were some great achievement, but it’s just too shabby.

“We’ll have to see it to find out, but there might not be a proper new god…”

Maybe this thinking is right.

Even just looking at the fragmentary information, it is clear that the shamanic abilities of this place are not well developed.

It’s something we’ll have to wait and see.

“You can’t receive a trust, right?”

“Haha, even the saints who are praised as children of God can only receive it with the help of many priests. I am far from being able to do so.”

“Hmm…”

Paramon opened his mouth slowly.

“If you have any concerns, why don’t you get your fortune told?”

“I’ve already seen it. It’s just that it’s still ambiguous.”

There was an old school life.

It is an expression indicating that there is something that will become the subject of gossip.

But the funny thing is, this old school life just fell off.

“Hans, be careful what you say about your teacher.”

“What is gossip?”

“People are talking about it. Maybe it’ll be bad this time?”

“You are a highly respected priest. Besides, priests do not gossip about others carelessly.”

It was Mr. Klein who took away my old school uniform.

If you ask me to pay the lottery ticket, I will pay it and go…

I was supposed to only receive 5 silver, but I ended up receiving a lot more in return.

Other than that, there was no other fate than to get sick as a result of the curse.

Funnily enough, I did get some luck in finding a job.

“Oh my… You weren’t going to do it anyway.”

Paramon said with a grin.

The smile was getting softer day by day.

“Aren’t you tired? I saw you carrying a doll and going somewhere at dawn…”

For a moment I forgot that this inspiration was a sword master.

Why would someone steal something so embarrassing…

“Let’s start running slowly.”

From that point on, we ran endlessly.

The horses ran continuously except for the time they rested and the time they slept at night.

The first day passed and the second day came.

We kept running.

After the third day, I started to feel something strange.

The ground’s hold on the earth is getting weaker and weaker.

But even Irene, who deals with spirits, did not realize this fact.

The gnome just looked displeased.

Fourth day.

The soul has come.

Just like that time, we found the remains and buried them in a sunny place.

Fifth day.

From this time on, a lot of bad luck started to pile up.

Noisy dreams that weren’t even prophetic kept making my sleep uneasy.

The closer we got to the Elf Forest, the thicker the veil became.

Sixth day.

After purchasing food at the territory we arrived at, we ran straight away.

I didn’t feel very good.

And now we were at the entrance to the Elven Forest.

“It’s too fast…”

I didn’t expect to arrive in such a short period of time…

I asked Bangul countless times, but only one answer came down.

The bottle containing Uncle Hans’ soul was seen, and the word curse kept coming out of his mouth.

There were no negative cons about entering the Elven Forest.

“They say it has something to do with the curse…”

This may have been to demonstrate that they didn’t arrive directly via warp.

“Let’s go in first.”

The deeper we went into the forest, the more gloomy the feeling became.

“Irene, you really don’t feel anything?”

“It’s like the forest before leaving.”

“It’s strange…”

The dark aura that I had seen when the fortune telling about the World Tree came out was nowhere to be seen.

Well, he was a guy who hid his body tightly···.

Perhaps the gloomy feeling is a trace of that guy that I can sense in my soul.

And the moment I take one more step.

“…hmm?”

A soul slipped out from within the tree.

“….Elf?”

There were more than one or two.

There were so many souls that they filled the surrounding area.

One of their arms was raised.

Towards one place.