Chapter 408 – Get Food (2)

After a brief visit to modern times, he gathered the necessary items and returned to the world of monsters.

“Do you have any leftover food?”

And before going to Siu Country, I asked Pascana to procure food.

“You mean food?”
“Yeah, our country is in a bit of a shortage of food right now.”
“Um… It’s food You could give us food, but you must have brought something in return, right?”
“Then of course.”

I pulled out a comic book from my dimensional pouch.
A total of 10 comic books.

“Hmm, this should be enough.”

Pascana, who saw the comic book, said with a satisfied expression and reached out her hand.

“Shouldn’t you accept it once the deal is over?”
“Tsk, not flexible. Wait a moment.”

And after a while, a dragon came up from the sky through the clouds in the distance.
It must be Canna, the daughter of Pascana.

“Did you call, father?”
“Yes, Kanna is responsible for our country’s food. Let’s share her detailed story with her. And Kanna. I heard that my friend’s country is experiencing a food crisis. Do your best.”
“Huh.”
“All right. Then Siwoo, exactly how much food do you need?”

Tan, who is in charge of administration, said.

To get rid of starvation,

“Amount to feed at least 30,000 orcs for two months”

And if you want to get rid of hunger,

“The more the better. About a year’s worth.”
“Hmm… , There must have been a reason you brought 10 books.”

Orcs eat about five times as much as an average adult male.

“Hmm… , There is not that much margin. Because the population of my father’s kingdom is only 200,000.”
“As expected.”

It never occurred to me that I would be able to get all the food I needed from the start.

“Then how much can you pay?”
“Two weeks’ worth is all.”

About 1/6 of a 3-month supply.

“Are there still quite a few?”
“Yes. Last spring we had a good harvest, so we have some leeway.”
“Then is it even possible?”
“All right. Let’s go to the food storage.”
“Huh.”

It’s a matter of where to get the remaining food, but if you hit it for two weeks, the number of monsters that die of starvation will decrease considerably.

“Then, that’s what we promised.”
“Hmm… , I couldn’t give you the food you wanted, so are you saying you want to give it all?”
“It’s okay, so take it. Just helping is enough.”

Comic books ranging from volume 1 to more than 100 are all sold for around 500,000 won.

Until now, the price had been set high under the pretext of scarcity, but compared to the food that 30,000 orcs would eat for two weeks, it was equivalent to three feet of blood.

“Still, it’s embarrassing to receive it like this, so let me help you a little.”
“Are you going to help?”
“Okay, we’ll talk about it after we get food from Kanna and come back.”
“Okay.”

I rode the warp gate that Kanna used, received her food, and returned to the top of the rocky mountain.

“So how are you going to help?”
“I’m not directly helping, but I know a dragon that can help, so I’ll get him to cooperate.”
“Dragon? What dragon?”
“It hurts.”

It hurts
It is a green dragon that rules the great forest as its territory.

“Um… , What can Afrene do to help?”
“Our dragons control the attributes appropriate for each color. In my case, I control fire. I think that should have explained it enough.”
“What is that… Ah. So, does that mean that the green dragon, Aphrene, rules trees?”

If red is fire, isn’t green a plant?

“Yes, as you said.”

It was the correct answer.

“Since long ago, whenever there was a famine, it was resolved with the help of Afrene. You said you were farming to get food, right?”
“Huh.”
“Just like Aphrene’s specialty.”
“Then what… , Make the crops grow faster or something?”
“Yes, it’s a similar concept to Riel’s rapid growth magic.”

Rapid growth.
The magic that Riel uses whenever she returns to her pre-return form for a total of three hours every week.

“Then definitely…”

If the crops you are harvesting now grow right away, you’ll have more than enough food to cover.

“Then I have to go see you right now.”
“There’s nothing good about being in such a hurry. If you want to borrow her power, you will have to pay the price accordingly. It would be good to be fully prepared.”
“Cost… , That’s right.”

I was in too much of a hurry.
Even at this moment, monsters must be dying of hunger somewhere.

“Do you know anything? Like something Afrene likes.”
“Fiction book. He asked if I had any more novels.”

And what Afrene wanted was absurdly simple.

“Why are novels suddenly appearing?”
“Well, the book you brought me the other day must have been Sher X Holmes.”
“There was one thing I brought because I thought you might like it.”
“It wasn’t funny, so I gave it to Afrene as proof of her friendship. They made a fuss with me about what was so interesting about a book full of text and whether there was a next volume.”

Sherlock Holmes isn’t funny.
It was also the first book I read completely, excluding children’s books and comic books, as I hated reading textbooks.

“So if I bring you a novel, you think I can get some help?”
“Yes, if Afrene, who is known for being picky, wants that much, she must be good enough as a price.”
“Hmm… , Then send me back to the glass world.”
“Are you thinking of getting a book?”
“Yeah, that’s how it should be.”

After moving to the world of glass through the warp gate opened by Pascana and returning to modern times, I went straight to the bookstore and bought the complete collection of Sherlock Holmes.

From Volume 1, Crimson Studies to Volume 10, The Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes.

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“This is the Aura Great Forest ruled by Aphrene.”

After purchasing the book and returning, I rode Pascana’s warp gate once again.
The place we arrived at was a huge forest.

Indeed, it was a huge forest worthy of the name Daelim.
No matter where you looked, there were dense trees all the way to the horizon.

And in the middle of that great forest.
A single tree towering high enough to reach the clouds caught my eye.

“Is there an aphrene there?”
“Yes, that is the world tree, the heart of the green dragons that has been passed down since long ago.”
“Oh… Then what if that tree burns?”
“The life of the green dragon will end.”

How dare you take out your heart and leave it where you can see it.
Something mysterious and incomprehensible.
If you go and spray some oil and light a fire, you will become a dragon slayer right away.
Of course I don’t mean to.

“But that will never happen. Touching Afrene is the same as turning all dragons into enemies.”
“Are you getting along pretty well?”

Do you feel like a colleague?

“Rather than being good friends, they are indispensable. Since ancient times, the power of green dragons has saved countless monsters.”

If you have Afrene, you don’t have to worry about bad harvests.
In this world, where farming and storage methods are similar to those of the Three Kingdoms period, the moment there is a bad harvest, people are forced to die one after another.

So it would be more reasonable to view it as an inviolable territory rather than a comrade.

“And what… , World Tree is not so easy to burn. Normal fire is impossible to burn that gigantic tree.”
“Can’t you burn it too?”
“I am possible.”

An immediate answer without the slightest hesitation.

“In this world, you can say that only I can do it.”
“Oh…”

As expected, the red dragon was definitely different, even if it was different.

“Do we have to go to the top of that tree?”
“Okay.”
“Let’s hurry. Because I want to solve it as soon as possible.”

And it would be perfect if I joined Tan, who came to take over the remnants of the ruling power, and go back.

“Okay.”

Fascana together flew higher into the sky.

The sky that arrived through the clouds was blue.
The top of the World Tree, with its blue leaves and branches, came into view.

“That…”

Middle of the peak.
I saw a green dragon above the nest and… , No. Did Pascana say she was?
She was looking at us

“Yeah, just be careful not to look bad. Don’t use honorifics if you don’t want to appear belittled.”
“Don’t worry.”

I can’t say that the way of living is so excellent, but at least I have the confidence not to buy the other person’s emptying.
I also have acting skills.
And now I am a dragon like them and the king of a district.
I’m not stupid enough to use honorifics for the kings of other countries.

“If you come, you will come quickly. Why are you so procrastinating?”

And a woman’s voice was heard.

“I must hurry.”
“Is this the voice of Afrene?”
“Okay. Fly fast.”

As Pascana said, she sped up and flew, and arrived in front of Afrene.

“It’s been a while, Pascana.”
“Okay, how are you?”
“Of course.”

Short answer.
She bowed her head in front of me and looked at me with her left eye.

“Are you the successor of Master Kraine?”
“Yes, your name is Siwoo Kim. I wish you well in the future.”
“Huh… , Looks cute I am sick I often heard from Pascana.”

I wonder if I was able to see a good effect with my appearance from the beginning.

“He brings a lot of interesting things from his world. So, what did you two come to?”
“I came because I needed help.”
“There is not enough food in my district. I came to make a deal because I thought the food shortage would be resolved when the crops I am growing now grow.”
“Huh… , It’s a deal, not a request.”

He seemed interested in the word transaction.

“So what are you planning to hand over in exchange for borrowing my power?”
“Sherlock X. Full volume.”
“Sherlock Holmes… , That novel that Pascana gave me the other day!?”
“That’s right. At that time, I heard that she only received 1 volume…”

I took out the entire X-Rock Holmes volume from my dimension pocket and held it up.

“This is from Volume 1 to Volume 10. I intend to give you this in return.”