Farming Druid - Chapter 138



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138. Shouldn’t you wake up?

[Wild Animal Rescue Center.]

This is the place visited by the tree that woke up at dawn and finished its housework and field work.

After presenting your ID at the lobby.

The place the tree that received the visitor’s pass visited was the cafe inside the rescue center.

As we entered the cafe.

A familiar face was smiling.

“Are you here?”

“What—it was snowing so it took a while to arrive.”

“I’m sorry. I should have gone.”

It was Yoon Seo-ho, who I worked with.

At Yoon Seo-ho’s words, the tree just shrugged its shoulders.

He held out a glass of drink in front of the tree.

The tree smiled after seeing the drink.

I saw Yun Seo-ho in front of me.

“Why did you ask to see me today?”

At the tree’s words, Yun Seo-ho opened his mouth with a smile.

“Two things. One is inside the rescue center and the other is outside.”

A tree placed on a cafe table with its hands clasped together as if listening to Yoon Seo-ho’s words.

“First, there’s something you need to see, Mr. Tree.”

“Me?”

“Yes. It might be better to see it before eating.”

“… What are you looking at? What else do you want?”

At the tree’s question, Yun Seo-ho looks around slightly.

He opened his mouth as if whispering.

“I heard that our center director is recommending to his superiors that Mr. Hannamu be recruited to the rescue center.”

?!―

I did a lot of work in collaboration with the Center during the summer and fall.

But you’re going to hire someone from outside and put him in the center?

I didn’t understand it a bit.

“I’m just an ordinary farmer… . I’m being recruited from some rescue center… . Doesn’t that make sense?”

“Why do you think that doesn’t make sense?”

Seoho’s words.

The tree has its arms crossed.

I tried to figure out what he meant.

“You’ve shown us a lot. Gestures that seem to communicate with animals. And even if they’re actually ferocious animals, they become docile in front of Mr. Tree…”

“I don’t think it makes sense to be considered for recruitment based on that alone?”

“… It seems like the higher-ups don’t think that way. They are incredibly good at finding injured animals and finding traps that are hurting other wild animals.”

The other person is silent.

Yoon Seo-ho said what he thought.

“I don’t think it’s a bad idea to work in the same space as Mr. Namu.”

Seoho stopped talking and seemed to be thinking about something.

Hmm―

A tree exhaling lightly.

Why me of all people?

I don’t think it’s just because you can communicate with animals.

Let’s ask.

“Why—of all people?”

“… There is talk that Mr. Namu’s beautiful appearance and the performance he showed at Animal Land were attractive to the higher-ups, but that is something I have heard as well. However,

Seoho, is your mouth dry?

I took a sip of the drink in front of me.

“but?”

“My personal wish is that Mr. Namoo will not be swayed by the stories of his superiors and will occasionally collaborate with them.”

After Seoho finished speaking.

He smiled and shrugged.

The tree nodded after seeing Seoho’s actions.

“It must be hard. You’re in a position where you have to be ‘critical’ if you want to be criticized.”

“That’s what work life is like. I guess.”

Because trees have also experienced office life.

I understood Seoho’s suffering.

Understanding and recruiting are two different things.

“First, let me think about it.”

It leaves room for thought.

Plans to create a shelter for wild animals.

It didn’t seem like a bad idea to keep in close contact with the rescue center.

“By the way… what do you want to show me?”

The tree’s question.

Yoon Seo-ho opened his mouth as if he was in trouble.

“if-.”

* * *

“This, this is….”

The tree could not continue speaking.

A huge glass box in front of my eyes.

An aquarium decorated to resemble a tropical climate.

Inside, a creature that was impossible to take your eyes off of was hanging on a tree branch in a glass tank.

“Is that a decoration? That snake… .”

The tree laughed at the question.

The life hanging on the tree branch swayed and fell to the ground.

Whirlwind— Whirlwind—

A snake that flicked its transparent tongue several times.

[Is this also… a snake connection?]

The tree’s eyes widened slightly at the words of the creature in front of it.

A snake that sparkles like crystal.

“The first place I discovered it was the mountain behind Korea University….”

Although Seoho was explaining from the side, the tree was fixating its gaze on the snake in front of it.

He called Geo, the AI ​​in his head, to help him.

-Geo? Is the snake in front of you a natural species?

[The crystal snake that looks like a crystal in front of you is a creature that does not exist on Earth. Although it is a docile creature, the venomousness of each individual varies.]

“A life form that does not exist on Earth….”

“yes?”

“Ah―. It’s my first time seeing a snake. But it doesn’t look like a snake, it feels like a decoration…”

Seoho shook his head at the tree’s words.

“When I caught this, one person got bitten and died.”

At those words, the tree turned its head and looked at Yun Seo-ho.

“Was it poisonous?”

“yes-.”

Seoho explained what happened.

And finally.

“I heard that they are currently collecting this snake’s venom and sending it for analysis.”

The tree nodded.

I looked at the snake.

It was so beautiful.

Didn’t you ever think of it as a snake?

It was slightly longer than a typical snake.

The scales reflected light so brightly that it was blinding.

After opening your mouth for the first time.

The snake then just stared at the tree.

Whirlwind— Whirlwind—

“What are you going to do with that snake?”

Yun Seo-ho shrugged his shoulders at the tree’s question.

“Because it is such a unique snake that even snake experts don’t know what it is, they are keeping an eye on it from above.”

Seoho looked at the snake inside the glass case.

“They said that since this is the first specimen discovered, researchers are on their way.”

“Is that so? But why did you show me this snake?”

“Ah—I was wondering if you could communicate with this snake….”

The tree shook its head at Yun Seo-ho’s words.

“Oh, I see.”

I did listen to the snake’s words.

Because it was a tree that had no desire to get entangled with a snake in a glass case.

He just nodded.

“I wonder what the results will be… Could you let me know when the results come out?”

“Let’s do that. Even though he’s an outsider, it’s a request from Mr. Namu, who helps our center a lot.”

I liked Yoon Seo-ho’s clear answer.

After finishing all their work at the center, the two headed downtown.

A few days later.

A guardian deity who is both a divine being and a spiritual being.

I looked north at the feeling I got from under my feet.

‘This is….’

I went out into the yard to look for the landlord.

There was no one.

‘Are you in the field?’

Suho headed to the field to find a tree.

I found the homeowner in one of the greenhouses in the field.

[Hey―. Landlord.]

The tree that had been harvesting vegetables that needed to be delivered from the field turned its head.

At the entrance, a tiger-striped cat was sitting and looking up at a tree.

All the cats who were working stopped their hands.

I was looking at the entrance.

“You guys can keep working. I saw you a few days ago.”

Ugh, ugh shot―

Among the cats, there was one who was so frozen that he couldn’t speak.

“It’s okay. Keep working.”

After looking at the cats and talking.

After shaking off the hand, I came out of the house and faced Suho.

“What’s going on?”

[There’s going to be a big earthquake soon. I think I should go to Baekdu Mountain and check the heaven and earth side.]

“Earthquake?”

[Hmm―. Be careful. It seems a bit big.]

At the word earthquake, the tree remembered something that had happened before.

The event in which animals from the southern region moved inland all at once.

The movement of small herds of animals in the southern region has been reported in newspapers and on television.

The story came to mind that when a ‘herd’ of small animals moves, disaster will strike.

Hmm―.

The tree that was listening to Suho’s words seemed to understand.

He nodded and asked.

“Okay, I understand. Be careful on your way up. And.”

A tree that quietly looked down on Suho.

“Next time you come, please let your new friends know in advance.”

[… … .]

After spending a few days there.

It was Suho who got to know a little bit about the nature of trees.

The world of the tree’s grandmother, who was close to him, had a different personality.

If she were a gentle breeze.

The tree liked things to be planned.

Suho realized that telling him to tell him in advance was part of his personality.

[Let’s do that. And let’s give him a gift before we go.]

What Suho handed over was a small, luxurious wooden box.

“What is this…?”

[Feed it to your friend’s younger sibling. Then you’ll know.]

“… … .”

[You can think of it as the cost of food, lodging, and accommodation for a few days. And you can think of it as the price you pay your grandmother for the time you sleep.]

“… … .”

The tree put the wooden box into the pocket.

He said this while looking at the tiger-striped cat.

“Next time you come, please contact me in advance and I’ll prepare lots of delicious food for you.”

[Oh! I see.]

The tiger-striped cat turned around and started running towards the mountain.

After that.

Kwaarrrrrrr―

After a loud roar that shook the mountain.

It disappeared.

Sigh-

“You’re making such a grand farewell. It’s an earthquake after all… .”

When the news of an earthquake came, the tree first thought of the southern region.

An earthquake that occurred in Pohang in the past.

It was a fairly large earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes to ever occur in the country.

It was the biggest earthquake.

Progress 5.4.

Considering that the earthquake that occurred in Korea was a disaster that even postponed the college entrance exam.

I had a feeling that the earthquake that Suho, a spirit and divine being of Baekdu Mountain, had told me about could have been even bigger.

Tit- tit-

A field of trees that is not cold even though it is winter.

Sparrows flying above it.

The tree, which had been watching the scene for a moment, returned to the house and began moving its hands busily.

The earthquake that Suho told me about was the last one in the 23rd year.

It happened on the last day.

The day after the earthquake.

A tree and Haneum welcoming the new year’s morning.

The breakfast table for two was simple.

“May you receive many blessings.”

“You too, Abel! Be healthy and be blessed!”

Haneum, who had greeted the tree, quickly opened the door and greeted Abel, who was running around in the yard.

Woof woof—woof—

“Abel, I hope only good things happen to you.”

Sigh-

Did you like Abel’s greeting?

Haneum turned on the TV.

The scene that came out on the screen was horrible.

“Wow—shit—Japan is in chaos… .”

At Haneum’s words, the tree stirred the soup and muttered.

“The earthquake didn’t occur in Korea, it occurred in Japan.”

“Huh? Did you know there was going to be an earthquake?”

A question from Haneum.

“Well, basically. There were also small animal friends evacuating.”

“The damage seems to be enormous….”

TV continued to show footage of rescue operations.

Han-eum saw dogs and cats jumping out during rescue operations.

“They seem like kids that were raised at home… It’s a shame.”

“I know….”

The tree lightly tapped the spoon on the screen.

Ting-

“Hey—why don’t you watch TV later and eat something?”

“Huh? Huh―”

“You said you were going home today.”

“uh-.”

“Don’t worry and go. I’ll look after your little brother.”

“Huh? Really?”

“uh-.”

Even if Han-eum doesn’t have a good relationship with her father.

When I brought up the subject, I thought maybe I should go home sometime.

Haneum showed an attitude of not going because of her younger sibling.

I barely changed my mind after the tree said it would look after me.

“Eat and go.”

“Uh—I’ll be back late tonight. Just let me stay for a day.”

Haneum after speaking.

I muted the TV and quickly ate my meal.

The tree, which had been quietly watching the scene, smiled faintly.

I thought about the wooden box I had left in my room.

‘Friend―. Shouldn’t your little brother wake up now?’