I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years - I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years chapter 428

Side Story 1-an Old Story Told by Grandmother (2)

“When I was young…Yeah, I still remember it. “Teddy was a romanticist.”

Maria sighed and looked down at Teddy, who was sitting on her lap and nodding her head. A line was drawn at the corner of her mouth.

“Is that so?”

When Johan and Karina’s gaze fell on Teddy, Teddy slightly turned his head and avoided their gaze. It was an embarrassing reaction to anyone who saw it, so smiles bloomed on everyone’s faces.

“He may be a doll now, but he was really handsome when he was younger…”

“I can’t imagine.”

Even John, who met him first, had only seen Teddy as a teddy bear, so the only person who could recall Teddy’s human days was Maria.

“When I went to the village, women used to stare at me with fascination. Teddy only looked at me.”

Maria pulled out her old memories from the bookshelf in her head.

When she was still young, she first met Teddy.

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“It’s a witch… It’s a witch… “

“Why did you come to the village… ?”

Trying to ignore the whispers surrounding her, Maria walked towards her destination. In order to make a living, she had to sell the herbs she picked from the forest to the village, so even though the village was reluctant to accept her, she had no choice.

‘I have to sell it quickly and go back.’

It’s not that I don’t have the confidence to protect myself, but it’s still not a good idea to stay for a long time in a place where there are many hostile people. She walked briskly towards the herb shop.

Fortunately, the herb shop was located on the outskirts of town, so I was able to hear less people whispering. Maria stopped in front of the herbal medicine shop and knocked on the door four times with the back of her hand.

“Grandpa Theo. “I’m here.”

“Okay. Come in.”

Without hesitation, Maria turned the doorknob and opened the door. When her old hinges made a sharp noise, announcing the arrival of her guest, the old man who had been sitting at her counter, reading a book, turned to look at Mary.

“It’s only been a week.”

“Has it already happened like that?”

Maria opened her mouth in a calm voice and placed a bag of herbs that could fit a couple of human heads on the counter. Theo opened the bag, took out the herbs, examined their condition, and said with a smile.

“As expected, there is no herbalist like you. “The people who sell medicinal herbs in the village are all useless because they don’t have sharp hands.”

“Is that so?”

“It would have been nice if the villagers weren’t so unnecessarily timid…Huh. If you complain like this, you’ll be the only one in trouble. Please wait a moment. “I bought the item you asked for.”

“Thank you every time.”

“Thank you, I can’t do business properly without you. “It’s rare to find a herbalist as good as you.”

His words were full of sincerity. The forest to the west of the village was perceived as a dangerous area by people, so few people went deep into it.

Only Maria, who was not attacked by monsters or animals, was able to enter and exit the forest safely.

That was also the reason why Maria could still come and go to this village, so she couldn’t help but smile bitterly as she was shunned by the village.

“Now, here is the wage.”

“…Thank you.”

“Be careful where you go. “The atmosphere in the village is ugly these days.”

“What happened?”

“They say monsters keep coming down to the village from the forest. “They were wailing that this year’s crop was ruined because Bedin’s field was half dug up.”

“Monsters…?”

‘There won’t be many monsters in the forest…’

Although there were monsters living in the forest where she lived alone, even the locals could chase them away with a swing of a tool, so she felt puzzled when she heard that there had been damage from monsters in the village.

“Even if there were monsters in the forest, wouldn’t they be goblins?”

“They said it seemed like another monster. Be careful too. No, living in a village like this…”

“Thank you for your words, but I’m fine.”

Maria smiled wryly and shook her head. Her her old man she looked at her with concern in his eyes her her her, but Mary’s heart she did not move at all.

“You know.”

“…I said something nonsense. “Go back carefully.”

“See you next time. “Grandpa Theo.”

Maria turned and left her store. The stares you feel as you leave the store. Maria headed to her grocery store without showing any signs of discomfort on her face.

No matter how she was treated, she had to make a living.

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‘…The atmosphere in the forest is strange.’

A seemingly peaceful forest.

But Maria felt a strong sense of discomfort.

“…Lily.”

As soon as Maria muttered, a small sparrow flew out of the large tree and landed on her shoulder. The cloth sparrow chirped as if it were alive, and she rubbed its face against her cheek.

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“How are you?”

“Tweet!”

“I see…But what happened to the forest? The atmosphere is chaotic-“

“Tweet.”

“You saw people inside?”

Maria tilted her head at Lily’s words.

‘A person… In the forest?’

The forest she lived in was almost forbidden, with very few people entering it. The roads are complicated because there are no people walking around, but there are also monsters living

No matter how weak a monster is, it could be taken by surprise in the forest. In the first place, there were hardly any animals with valuable skin or edible animals living here.

Occasionally, there are people in the deep forest who do not set foot in her unless they are the woodcutters who cut down the trees on the outskirts or her her herbalist her like her her her her her her her her.

No matter how skilled you are, there is no way you would think of entering this maze-like forest, so you are probably not a sane person.

‘It would be better not to approach.’

As she was ostracized by people because of her unusual abilities, she did not want to come into contact with humans who entered the forest.

“…Lily. “Please tell me where that person is.”

“Tweet!”

She listened to Lili and headed to where her house she was.

A house built by my parents a long time ago. Although she is alone now, it is still a precious home to her.

Maria crossed the forest that had become familiar to her and arrived at her home.

As always, if you open the door and enter, you will be able to spend a peaceful day. But her eyes were already moving towards the source of the commotion.

“…Lily. “Is that the person you were talking about?”

A man lying in the yard, seemingly seriously injured. She looked down blankly at the blood-covered yard.

‘Is this a soldier somewhere?’

She doesn’t know much about the outside world. Because the forest she lived in was a space cut off from the world. Since Grandpa Theo, her only source of news, did not provide any information, she could not guess why the man fell.

Since she is wearing armor, we can only be sure that she is a soldier or something similar.

“…I can’t help it.”

Maria carefully approached the man and turned her over. Naturally, her hands were covered in blood, but she did not care and looked at the man’s condition.

A wound on her chest and an arrow in her side her her her.

“… Should I pretend not to know?”

As of now, she couldn’t tell whether this man would be a robber or a man who would return the favor, so Maria sat blankly and worried.

Either way, it was a self-evident fact that there would be changes in her daily life.

“…No. Still, letting someone who can be saved die…”

‘Just in case, let’s bring Gary too.’

Thinking of her friend who was probably rolling around in a tunnel near her her house her her her, she put her arm under the man’s armpit and began to carry him inside her house, whining.