Chapter 2 – 2. The Witch

“Witch’s hut, is it?”

“Yes, the witch’s hut. It’s not very dangerous. It’s a very easy task, just deliver this fruit basket and a letter. Will you do it? John?”

The idea of ​​witches in the 21st century crossed her mind. Hey, the people of this village, which enjoys a civilization inferior to that of the Middle Ages, may believe in superstitions such as witches.

It wasn’t that that mattered. This job is dangerous. You don’t even have to think about it. If it was that easy, they would just come and go without having to treat me like a slave.

‘And the fuck- I heard that there are beasts in the mountains.’

But unfortunately, I didn’t have the courage or justification to refuse it. In this town, the village chief is like a god, and what if that god is dissatisfied with me?

Life in the village, which was already like hell, only became more terrible. Perhaps, the village chief might sell me to organ trade to earn money for the meat and balm that I fed.

“…… I will go.”

“Thank you. It’s late today, so let’s go to sleep… Wake up early tomorrow morning.”

The village chief went back to his room with the same smile as usual. Looking carefully at the back, I laid down on the bed I hadn’t seen in a very long time.

It was hard and it felt like my back would break, but it was better than sleeping with a blanket on the bare floor.

* * *

The morning sun was bright. The hen, which is sensitive to sunlight, began to wake up the villagers by ringing the Keimyungseong.

After adapting to the sound of crying for a month, I also got up. After idly washing my face for a while, I made the bed and left the room.

“Are you awake?”
“…… Yes. Just now.”

I thought I woke up earlier than usual, but the village chief was already preparing a fruit basket in the living room.

Did he even think that I would run away all night- The village chief held out a basket to me with a slightly shady expression.

“I hope you deliver it well to the witch.”
“Can I just give it to you?”
“Okay. He will take care of the rest if you give it to him, just do what he tells you to do.”

Human trafficking was the line that anyone could see coming to mind, but I nodded in agreement and was handed a basket full of fruit.

As if I was very anxious after handing over the basket, the village chief followed me all the way to the outside of the village.

“Now, if you follow this road all the way, you will come to a cabin. Please tell me well.”

“Yeah, what…… I will be sure to tell you.”

After being guided to the witch’s hut, I started walking aimlessly along the road. How far did you walk, 10 minutes? 20 minutes? Slowly, my throat started to choke.

As I fumbled around my waist, I realized that I hadn’t even brought a water bottle. Damn, it would be nice to have a plastic water bottle stolen by the townsfolk.

‘I know what’s valuable….’

The villagers took away all of my modern items, such as the clothes I was wearing, my smartphone, and my water bottle.

Speaking of country folk who don’t even know what a smartphone is. I looked at the basket in her hand with so much resentment. Fresh fruit that will fill your mouth with juice when you take a bite…….

The village chief laughed and told me not to eat it, but he immediately took out a fruit from the basket and bit it into bites.

‘…… Sweet.’

The sweet taste that I tasted in a month spread all over my mouth. I continued to tease my mouth, not paying attention to the juice around the corners of my mouth.

After tossing the seedless fruit somewhere in the forest, he reached for the next fruit.

It didn’t take long for the basket full of fruit to be emptied. He took the letter out of the empty basket, tossed it into the woods, and climbed the road.

Perhaps it was because her hands became lighter, and her steps became lighter as well. No, I didn’t even know that the sugar I ate after a long time gave me strength.

After walking for a while, I heard a growl.

“…… Uh?”

Carefully looking back, I saw a mountain beast sticking its head out from the direction the basket was thrown with its teeth sticking out in this direction.

Dingo? No, here, if a dog is caught and eaten, it is eaten, but it is not discarded. Then it was a wolf.

The wolf that appeared was big. I hadn’t seen it at the zoo, but I wondered if wolves were originally this big.

‘Let’s calm down.’

He swallowed his saliva and looked around. No more wolves were seen. Fortunately it would be difficult to escape even against one, but it would be quicker to die from being bitten by multiple opponents.

At the same time, I glanced behind me and measured the remaining distance to the cabin. Recalling the memory of coming down from the mountain, I calculated the distance from the village to the hut.

There was not much left. I backed away slowly, watching the wolf not to get excited.

‘Slowly, slowly…….’

It is said that the beast shows its back and rushes at the running opponent. I didn’t know if the wolf, which is a canine beast, would do that, but there was no other way.

The knowledge he had seen somewhere worked, even if it was not useless. Every time he took a step back, the wolf also caught up little by little——it didn’t attack fiercely.

‘Just like this, little by little…….’

Just when I thought about how far back I had taken, and whether I had arrived at the cabin soon—— the wolf suddenly gave a loud roar and started running away into the woods.

I didn’t know why, but a sense of relief that I was alive ran through my whole body. The tension was released, and at the same time, the legs were relaxed.

The moment I fell, as if falling backwards, something soft and fluffy collided with me.

“Uh…”

Shadows fall
A wolf the size of a house was looking down at me.
Only then did he know what the wolf was seeing and howling and why he had run away.

“Billion—.”

I passed out.

* * *

When I open my eyes in the morning…
When you feel strangely refreshing.
In most cases, it’s likely that you’ve been fucked.
The moment I opened my eyes, I knew I was fucked too.

‘Here…….’

Waking up in a soft bed I hadn’t seen in a while, I heard something bubbling and smelled sweet, and got up.

The bed and duvet were luxurious, like something you would find in a hotel. However, he was still certain that he had not returned to the city.

This is because most of the furniture, as well as the material of the walls, was made of wood. There was no trace of glass windows or plastics that can be commonly found in urban areas.

‘…… Hut?’

The moment the word cabin came to my mind, I miraculously realized where it was.

Witch’s Hut. The destination the village chief sent the letter to, the place I was heading to.

Thinking that the interior was pretty cute for what the villagers were so afraid of, I cautiously left the room.

Heheung~♬”

The moment I left the room, I found a woman humming and making food in the kitchen right in front of me.

Her silver hair that shimmered like silk, and her profile at first glance were more beautiful than any woman I had ever seen in my life. Feeling as if his heart stopped, he carefully opened his mouth.

“…… There.”
“Kyaaaaagh!?”

When I spoke cautiously, the woman who was stirring the ladle screamed and glared at me.

“What, what!? How did you get out!?”
“Yes? It was just open……”
“No! In bed!”
“Uh… I woke up normally.”

Could it be that she forgot to tie her arms and legs to the bed?

Something as dangerous as a knife was invisible. But there was a fire in front of her. There was also a ladle that had been heated over a fire for a long time.

It is disadvantageous to fight. I needed something to throw or pick up and fight…….

“Go to your room quickly! Hurry up!”

She shouted as she pressed down on the hood she had brought from somewhere. I couldn’t even tell the shape of his face when he pressed down like that. As I covered my pretty face, my face was full of regret.

Fortunately, I didn’t feel her will to harm me. I lightly raised both hands and slowly headed towards the front door.

“I…… Thank you for saving me. Let’s go back now.”
“What? Sleep—!”

While she was careless, she opened the front door and slipped outside.
And at that moment, a huge front paw blocked my way.

[You can’t ignore people’s words.]
“Uh, uh…….”

The huge wolf I saw before fainting was there.
I grabbed the doorknob with trembling hands and slowly closed the door.

Seeing me stupidly stepping back into the house, the woman presumed to be a witch burst into laughter.

“Go to your room. I won’t catch you.”
“…… Yes.”

Can’t get out of here Realizing that fact, I cautiously entered the room.

* * *

The witch, Evangeline, was hiding in her room today and doing research, Fenrir came and knocked on the window of her room.

Evangeline, who immediately put on a hood and went out of the cabin, frowned when she saw the man drooping in front of the door.

“What? This.”
[This is the person who came here. I saved him from almost dying from being bitten by wolves, and he passed out.]
“Everyone will do that when they see you…….”

Evangeline said that and turned over the fainting man to check his face. It was the same man who asked for directions, saying he had been in distress in the mountains about a month ago. I didn’t notice right away because I was wearing different, shabby clothes.

‘Why is this guy…… ?’

Carefully taking the letter from his hand, Evangeline quickly read the contents of the letter.

This was written in the letter. A monster has appeared near the village, so please solve the problem- I will offer the man in front of me as a sacrifice.

Indeed, the words that he was in distress were true- I could easily predict what happened to the man just by reading the letter.

“Useless.”

If it were other witches, they would be glad that there were more materials for human experimentation, but Evangeline was not that kind of witch. She experimented with humans and jumped right into the stage where her skills would improve her.

However, since she couldn’t pretend she didn’t know the man who had been abandoned, Evangeline took him into the cabin.

After taking him to the guest room and laying him down, I prepared the dish. Because when she had guests, it was polite and polite to feed her.

Evangeline, who was preparing her meal while humming her song, was started by the sudden sound of her voice.

“There…”
“Kyaaaaagh!?”

When I turned my head, the man I had just laid down in the room was standing there. How? The door must have been locked with magic…….

After a moment of surprise, Evangeline realized that she wasn’t wearing a hood. As I laid him down in the room, the memory of being naked came to mind.

I quickly put on the hood and watch his reaction to her. He stared at himself without saying anything, then opened his mouth.

“Thank you for saving me. Then let’s go.”

A very businesslike attitude. However, there was no sign of disgust. Evangeline, feeling something strange about her in that fact, tried to catch him.

“Hey, wait-!”

Ignoring her own words, he opened her door and stepped out. Fortunately, I was able to stop him by sending fire to Fenrir outside the door.

Watching him enter the room again, terrified, Evangeline followed him.

‘…… Doesn’t the curse work?’

Like the fact that he opened the door and came out, and the fact that he didn’t show his disgust to her when he saw himself—

Evangeline sensed something special about him. Then I read the letter again.

In a letter written by the head of the lower village, he wrote:
One day, it suddenly appeared as if it had fallen from the sky.
He acted as if he was not from this world.

‘Then… There might be a possibility.’

A curse hated by all living things. The thought that he might be the only one to escape this curse never crossed his mind.

Evangeline knocked on the door with strange anticipation.