Chapter 5 – 5. Magic Power

A witch’s day is very monotonous.
Waking up, the witch eats breakfast served by her assistant.
The materials were collected by the witch herself.
In the mountains, in the garden, and in the little chicken coop in the backyard.

It was no coincidence that when she first met her, she had a basket full of vegetables in her hand. She picked her own vegetables every day.

This witch, who thought she would lead a magical life, was living an extremely idyllic life. It’s just that the method was magical.

“Umm—! Johan, then I will go to study. Suffer.”
“Yes. Eva.”

Evangeline said that and went up to my room. It’s a witch’s room that doesn’t show a single gap to herself as an assistant.

I was intrigued, but I didn’t think of going into the witch’s room. There is no room for that in the first place.

Unlike a witch who knows how to use magic, she who doesn’t even know how to use magic will take a very long time just to prepare food for today.

‘I’m glad I have this…….’

I tap the necklace hanging around my neck. The day after becoming the witch’s assistant, it was an object she made so that she could go outside.

In fact, after wearing this necklace, being attacked by wolves disappeared. There were still incidents of being attacked…….

‘I have to go quickly.’

First we had to fetch water. There is a river not far from here. It was the only river that was safe for people to eat.

Grab a bucket for water and head to the riverside. Right now, my steps are light, but the thought of carrying a full bottle of water already made my shoulders feel heavy.

However, it was impossible not to bring water. In the first place, most of the water was also used by me. On the way to the river waddling like that, the bushes were shaking.

“Keuuuong-!”

After a while, a familiar feeling of floating overwhelms my body. A wolf running through the bush pushes me down and climbs on top of me.

Sharp molars gleam, and saliva drips down your face. His eyes were slightly bloodshot, perhaps from starvation.

The wolf began to approach me as if it were going to bite me by the scruff of the neck. He comes close to my face and opens his mouth to sigh…….

Hehe-!”
“That’s right, nice.”

I pet the wolf as it slaps my face, realizing that it is very thin. Today, too, the hunt seemed to have failed.

I push him away and pull out a piece of jerky from my bosom. The guy who smelled the meat already started running at it wagging his tail.

“Ugh! No!”
“Beep-Keeing-Beep-Beep-!”
“I can’t. You have to listen carefully.”

As I sneakily hid the jerky behind me, the wolf guy started whining. Know. You will be hungry You will want to eat beef jerky. Right? But then you have to listen carefully. Also very.

I commanded him while holding the jerky.

“Sit down.”
“Keeing?”
“…… Hand.”
“Kuong!”
“No, do something…… Done. What are you going to do?”

Looking at the wolf, who has already met several times and cannot understand his words, he sighs. It would be hard to make a living if you were this stupid. Hey, that’s why I must have been hungry today.

Giving up on training with a sigh, I threw the beef jerky at it. The guy who snatched the jerky closed and opened his mouth a few times as if it was very tasty, then swallowed the jerky.

The jerky disappears in an instant, and he whines again and looks at me. Even if you look at it like that, there is nothing.

“Come on, help me, comrade. Don’t be bored.”
“Kuong-!”

He couldn’t even understand the other commands, but the guy who understood this one well started walking in the lead. Watching the wagging tail, I followed suit.

Not long after, we arrived at the riverside. A lot of fish live inside, so it’s a first-class water that humans can eat. For some reason, there is no concern about contamination because animals do not approach it.

I throw the bucket into the river and watch the fish pass right in front of me. If I knew how to fish, I would catch fish and grill them. I can’t even make a fishing rod, let alone fish.

‘How do I make a fishing rod?’

I feel the greatness of my ancestors and lift a bucket full of water. It is not easy to lift a bucket of water containing more than tens of liters of water, but somehow it is done.

With a grunt, I put on the string attached to the water bottle I lifted and pulled it up. It would have been impossible if it had been me on Earth, and it would have been impossible even when I had just landed in another world.

It became possible after coming to the witch’s hut. To be exact, from the time I ate the food in that house.

“Turn it off-!”

However, it was only possible to stand up carrying a bucket of water that weighed more than tens of kilos, but it was not an easy task. It never was.

Sweating profusely, I carry the water bottle. The wolf followed suit and lightly pushed my butt. Regardless of whether it actually works, an act that is psychologically very helpful.

The moment he reached the cabin carrying a bucket of water, the wolf brazenly raised his head and stuck his head in. I wanted praise and reward at the same time.

It’s embarrassing, but I decided to respond. I stroked his head and took out another piece of beef jerky from my pocket and threw it. The guy took the jerky and ate it as if it were delicious, then tapped the water bottle.

“Hey, do you want some water?”
“Kong!”
“Yes, yes, a bastard.”

It was only after he drank a gourd of water that he disappeared. After watching it disappear somewhere in the forest, I went inside the cabin and took the basket.

There was a lot to do. A lot. If you sit here, it’s likely to be lunch in no time.

He moved quickly like a slave. It was really no big deal, but it’s more rewarding than when I was a slave to the villagers.

Aren’t you the slave of a beauty who claims to be cursed? There aren’t many things more rewarding than this.

* * *

“That female…….”

Evangeline, who was watching over John with her magical powers, gnashed her teeth as she watched the wolf clinging to him.

I wanted to run out and kick the wolf right now. Not being able to do that is just pitiful.

‘It’s mine. Don’t approach mine…….’

Ordinary people would not show such jealousy because a man is close to an animal. But she was a witch. A witch whose heart has been rotten after living alone for hundreds of years.

If witches and humans can be lovers, so can humans and beasts.

Even if others didn’t think so, as a witch, she thought so.

“Oh, I’ll be back soon…….”

Grinding her teeth and looking down at the crystal ball, Evangeline confirmed that John had entered the cabin and tidied up his clothes.

Soon after, John comes up and knocks on the door. After clearing her throat a few times, she responded in a soft voice.

-Ms. Eva?
“What’s up?”
─To ask if there is anything you would like to have for lunch…….
“Anything is fine.”
—I see.

After a while, John goes down. Evangeline immediately turned her gaze to the crystal ball. The figure of John cooking in the kitchen is reflected.

It’s a look from the back that makes me want to run to him and hug him right away. Evangeline took a deep breath, suppressing her simmering desire.

* * *

I was lucky.
There was a fish in the bucket.
Unexpected luck. The unexpected is always a joy.

‘…… For a moment.’

But I got into serious trouble.
It was that I did not know how to handle fish.

‘How do I eat this?’

I know the outline because I’ve seen a few videos of fish trimming. Cut off the head, cut open the stomach, and pull out the intestines…… Did you wash the inside with water?

To do that, I needed a blade. No, rather than rubber gloves, no, tongs…….

‘I want you to hold that thing with your bare hands?’

Looking down at the fish, which is alive and breathing, frowns. Its slippery scales make it difficult to catch even with bare hands.

Unfortunately, there are no rubber gloves here. There is no one to clean the fish for me. As an assistant, you can’t ask your master to clean the fish for you, can you?

In the end, I approached the fish, recalling the knowledge I had seen on YouTube. I strongly suppressed the fluttering torso, and pressed the head with the handle of the blade.

Bang! Quaang-! The head of the fish crushed by the chopping board was crushed and hit hard enough to stick to it. After a while, the fish stopped moving.

“Ugh— Shivaal…….”

I closed my eyes and removed the head of the fish. The torso was slightly crushed because I took the wrong picture, but it should be edible…….

Open the stomach and remove the intestines. Wipe the empty stomach under running water and peel off the scales.

Cooking the skinned fish was very simple.

‘I don’t know.’

There was a magical condiment created by a witch, and anything that went into it would become edible.

Thinking so, I put the peeled fish as it is in the stew and started to boil it. It was a kind of spicy soup…….

“…… What is it?”
“Ah, this is…….”

After a while, the witch who came down from the room frowned at the Maeuntang I made. Haha, in this place where it is hard to see fish, Maeuntang had a visual that seemed to have come straight from hell.

I desperately started making excuses.

“It’s a spicy soup that I often eat in my hometown! It tastes good no matter how it looks! Really!”

“Huh…… That’s what you eat.”

“Yep! I can’t eat because I don’t have it!”

The witch swung the spicy soup with her spoon a few times, then took a bite and put it in her mouth.

I waited for her evaluation as I stared at her wriggling mouth. Even a criminal in front of a judge wouldn’t be so nervous.

“What… It tastes good.”
“Is that right!?”

Fortunately, the word delicious came out of her mouth. I let out a sigh of relief and followed her and ate a plate of Maeuntang.

The plump flesh exploded in my mouth, and after a while I felt something hot lingering in my stomach.

“…… Me, Eva-sama?”
“Yes? What’s the matter?”
“Sir, excuse me, but the bathroom…….”
“… Go and come.”

I grabbed my burning stomach and ran to the bathroom. Shit, there must have been a parasite.

To be honest, I was a bit ashamed to show rudeness in front of someone who was no different than my master.

* * *

I rushed to the bathroom and settled down, realizing that it wasn’t just poop protruding from my stomach.

“…… What’s this?”

A blue haze ripples from my grasp.
Just like Neji from Naruto.