Chapter 72: Finally a Tutorial (14) (1/2)
Chapter 72: Finally a Tutorial (14)
The first place that Chi-Woo visited was the teh Chi-Woo called the place a temple, it was too humble to be called one, or even a shrine for that reed to call it ‘where Haas staying’ However, Chi-Woo wasn’t here for Hawa, but so else
“Can I borrow the statue?” Chi-Woo said when he saw her
“Why are you asking me that?” Hawa asked succinctly
“Uh…Well, doesn’t the statue originally belong to the Shahnaz tribe? And you are the shaman who serves Goddess Shahnaz…” Chi-Wooto take it?”
“Ah, because…” Since it wasn’t a secret, Chi-Woo told her the reason Hawa seemed bemused for a moment before she looked to the side and said, “Please take me with you”
Chi-Woo’s eyes turned round in surprise “Why?”
“I don’t want to stay here sweeping the ground forever”
“Uht for soerous…”
“I can take care of myself” Hawa noticed the hesitation in Chi-Woo’s eyes and quickly added, “I promise you that I won’t be a hindrance You’re welcome to leave me behind at any time if I ever become one”
That swayed Chi-Woo a little Shakira had told hi after herself Chi-Woo had personally received help from Hawa, and she had keen senses and knehen to back away If she ith them, Chi-Woo believed she would be of help rather than becoh Chi-Woo had taken soave a short answer “I understand Let ain, “You said you all were going to the outskirts, right? Even the princess of Salem won’t know that area well But not only do I know the main road there, I know the less tread paths as well”
“Really?”
“The Shahnazs were originally nomadic people We wandered around the outskirts of Salem mostly”
Chi-Woo made a sound of assent and sirl was After deducing that Chi-Woo wasn’t going to ave him a reason why it would be necessary to take her
“I see I will relay what you tolda word”
Hawa finally closed her eyes and nodded She pulled her mystical silver hair back like a habit
“Ah, and the statue…” Chi-Woo spoke up again, and Hawa shook her head, indicating that she didn’t have the authority to make the decision
“I see I understand I’ll talk to the others about that too” Chi-Woo turned around then Hawa looked a bit taken aback as Chi-Woo walked farther away from her She had meant that Chi-Woo should take the matter up to Shahnaz rather than to her, but it see witnessed the scene unfold, Goddess Shahnaz found it ridiculous that she had been reduced to a mere item She muttered:
—That insolent brat…
The next person Chi-Woo went to see was Zelit Zelit had been waiting for Chi-Woo to visit hireet him
“Have you already s to confirm” Chi-Woo sat down and told Zelit hoanted to take the Shahnaz statue as a precautionary measure
“U with us for precautionaryto listen to you further about this ht, either And Zelit agreed readily when Chi-Woo asked to let Hawa join They needed to minimize their travel time as much as possible, so of course they welcomed someone who knew a path they didn’t know
“There’s oneI’d like to ask about…”
“What is it? You can ask oodwill as possible” Zelit sounded like he illing to put up with anything just to have Chi-Woo on the teaht now, but can we delay our departure a little? My condition isn’t great, so it would be hard forbeuarantee that ould find the food supplies in our first search And even if we find theo retrieve the food…Taking into account the amount of food supplies we have left at the moment, it would be difficult to delay the etic, but Chi-Woo was satisfied
‘Let est on the second day and subside on the fourth day…I suppose I’ll be fine in four days’ Chi-Woo had been worried if they had to depart toh for his body to heal and rest In the end, he thought, ‘I can run at least a fewthen!’ Chi-Woo s now
The next day, Zelit gathered all the heroes and announced his plan for a so search for additional food supplies, and he told the with theoing to be taken away, but no one resisted So outside the fortress, but they didn’t venture further than a couple hours away Sos, but they didn’t meet any monsters beyond that level thanks to the annihilation of all the enemies within the fortress’ vicinity
It was a coo to areas a few days away rather than just a couple of hours away No one knehat kind of er this unknown could pose, everyone accepted that the statue had to be taken away Thus, everything was settled
On the other hand, Chi-Woo wasn’t optimistic about the search He didn’t knohat he would have to face yet, but he couldn’t help but think of the worst-case scenario He could deal with spirits, but what if some areas were full of physical monsters? What did he have to do to increase his survival chance? Chi-Woo still had a long way to go, and even if he accepted Shahnaz’s offer as the last resort, he needed time to harness his powers Moreover, he wanted to choose his God carefully That left him with one option: depend on others for survival
Of course, he wasn’t pleased by the idea of one-sidedly depending on soe, and when one wanted so of equal value In consideration of all this, Chi-Woo went to the barrack-looking house he’d visited before and knocked
When the door opened, a blonde and handsome man stepped out
“Uh…!” Ru Amuh’s eyes turned round as soon as he saw Chi-Woo “Teacher, why are you here …” Ru A before realizing what he had said Chi-Woo so hi matter at hand, he asked to be let inside
“I have souided Chi-Woo into his room Chi-Woo sat on a chair and looked around
“Where’s Ms Ru Hiana?” Chi-Woo asked
“Ah, she is…” Ru Amuh turned to one of the rooms and smiled dejectedly He then told Chi-Woo that Ru Hiana had been hiding in her roo a tantru?”
“Yes, well…It is childish of her to act like this” Ru Amuh smiled aardly as if he was embarrassed of her behavior “This has been a side of Ruana since she was young” Ru Amuh continued like he didn’t knohat else to say “I suppose I could say that she often sees the world in black and white She saw people either with prejudice or through rose-tinted glasses; once she has an opinion on someone, she can’t look beyond it easily”
Chi-Woo listened carefully
“If she hates someone, she tends to hate the person till the end And on the opposite spectrum, if she likes someone, she likes them till the end too That’s the case ht Ms Ru Hiana disliked ”
“But in the end, you saved me,” Ru Amuh replied “If she had tried to save me that time by herself, ould have both died She at least knows thatto Chi-Woo According to Ru Aed her opinion of Chi-Woo “Moreover, you saved our lives If that didn’t change her opinion of you, nothing would,” Ru A care of us in several other ways And Ru Hiana has a tendency of considering those she especially likes as herself” In other words, when Chi-Woo was kind to Ru A kind to her as well
“Then does she dislike o?”
“No, rather…” Ru A the lines of, ‘why is Senior telling me off when I took his side because I liked him? Isn’t he on my side? That’s too much’”
“Aha” Chi-Woo nodded
“Anyway, thank you for co here, sir I was about to ask you a favor”
“Me?”
“Yes, can you do so eoing to do that?”
“Ah, I just can’t do anything about it I already tried many times, but I can’t seem to…” Ru Amuh shook his head, and Chi-Woo didn’t knohat to do
“But wouldn’t a boyfriend be better at co…”
“Sorry?” Ru Amuh looked appalled “Ru Hiana’s boyfriend? Who are you talking about? Are you perhaps talking aboutreaction “Isn’t that the case?”
“No, not at all Never Ne—ver” Ru Amuh fervently denied it and even eer sister to me, and we’re not in a romantic relationshi+p at all”
“A little sister?”
“We’re not blood relatives, but anyways, we’re basically siblings, so please don’t misunderstand”
Chi-Woo’s eyes narrowed at Ru A denial is a strong affirmation…”
“No! It’s really not like that!”
Chi-Woo iry “No, I’”
“In the first place, the Ru Clan strictly forbids e between our people”
“Ah, is that so?”
“Yes In the past, we could only marry within our clan, but it became one of the strictest taboos after ere alenerations of inbreeding” Ru Amuh cleared his throat “After this, it became mandatory for all members to marry outside of our clan But of course, the outsider has to go through rigorous examinations”
‘They sound quite insular,’ Chi-Woo thought
“Anyway, sir, don’t ever say such a thing ever again Ru Hiana as h!” Ru Amuh rubbed his arms and shuddered
Chi-Woo snorted “I didn’t realize you would hate the idea that much”
“It’s not that I dislike Ru Hiana I trust and respect her asof her as my wife…” Ru Amuh scrunched up his face as if he had bitten on rocks
Chi-Woo could understand Ru As What if he had an older sister instead of an older brother, and soh!’ He hated it It was aboht of it sent shi+vers down his back “I’ it”