Chapter 7 – 7. Disinfection

After breakfast, I finished washing the dishes and quickly left the cabin with a bucket of water on my back.

“Then, Master, I will go.”
“…… Be careful.”
“Hey, do you have this?”

Lifting up the necklace she made for me, I ran outside. Even though he was carrying a bucket of water weighing several kilograms, his steps were like feathers.

It was thanks to the awakening of mana. He couldn’t use magical magic, but he was able to become proficient in various miscellaneous skills.

Body strengthening was one of them.

‘If I go back to Earth, I could win an Olympic gold medal…….’

I thought so and ran to the river. It was a long distance that took more than tens of minutes on foot, but it takes less than five minutes if you run here.

Arriving at the river without gasping for breath, I immediately threw the bucket into the river. Then he pulled the rope tied to the bucket and pulled the bucket.

“Ouch-! Oh, no.”

Pulling the bucket out, I overturned it when I realized that there were no fish in it.

Previously, it was difficult to lift a water bottle once. It was different now that he had awakened his magical power. This is because a water bottle weighing tens of kilos has become as light as a dumbbell weighing several kilos at most.

After throwing the bucket deep again, he managed to catch three fish. Carrying a bucket of fish on his back, he ran to the hut.

‘Picking herbs on the way, picking fruits…… There’s a lot to do.’

But a smile spread across his lips. In fact, if I had to say there was a lot to do, it wouldn’t all be over in the morning. If I recall the time when I lived like a slave in the village for a month, the work I do now was new blood.

A smile and a smile are inevitable. While I was collecting herbs while smiling like that, I heard a scream from far away.

─Kyaaaaa!
“…… Scream?”

If it was originally, I wouldn’t have thought of going close.
But who am I? Munchkin awakening magical power! The great witch’s apprentice!
If someone is in danger, it’s natural to save them!

Thinking so, I quickly ran in the direction where the scream was heard. The water in the bucket on his back swayed randomly.

“I heard somewhere…….”

Arriving at the place where the screams were heard, I looked around and looked for people. However, this place is in the middle of a forest where no one can see a ruler.

As I was about to return, I heard a scream coming from above my head.

─Kyaaaaa!

When I suddenly lifted my head, a monster in the form of a monkey jumped down from the tree and attacked me. Because it was an unexpected situation, I fell backwards, and the water bottle I was carrying on my back was smashed.

“Ugh-!?”
─Kyaaaaagh!

The monkey opened its mouth wide and let out a roar. It was only then that I realized that the screams I heard in the woods were from him.

‘Fuck, what kind of elk is Ji?’

I blocked the guy’s arm from swinging my nails at random, then I jumped up and pushed the monkey’s abdomen with my foot.

The monkey hit by the magic-powered kick flew several meters and crashed into a tree, then got up and attacked again.

─Keeeee
“No, fuck!”

What is so strong about monkeys coming out of the forest at most? My physique and weight looked more than twice as big as mine, but he looked more than twice as strong in actual strength.

He approached me with surprising agility, grabbed my leg in an instant, knocked me over, and then climbed on top of me again.

Perhaps there is something called learning ability, this time I pressed my arms with my legs so that I could not defend against the attack. Helplessly watching the nails fly into my face, I closed my eyes, anticipating the pain that would soon come.

“…… ?”

But no matter how much time passed, the pain never came. When I carefully opened my eyes, the guy riding on top of me had disappeared somewhere, and a huge wolf was barking at something.

[Be careful, human.]
“…… Mr. Fenrir.”
[Wouldn’t she go crazy if you died?]

Evangeline’s familiar, Fenrir, said that and opened her mouth. A hard bone fell through the open mouth.

Only then did I realize where the monkey monster that had been attacking me had disappeared, and I quickly stood up and brushed off the dust on my body.

“Thank you for your help.”
[What- I’m her servant. It is also my job to protect you, her disciple.]
“…… Then could you help me with one more thing?”
[Something? Let me tell you.]
“Do you know how to hammer?”

Saying that, I looked down at the completely smashed wooden barrel. It seemed impossible to repair it by simply inserting it, as it was completely crushed under my body.

Hearing my words, Fenrir raised his front paws with a rich expression for a wolf.

[Look at my feet. Do you think that would be possible?]
“Ah, as expected – this, master’s magic can’t fix it, right?”
[As far as I know, maybe.]
“It sucks.”

I put on a serious expression and started shaking my legs. The image of the village headman who had been beating me up until now whenever I accidentally broke an object or destroyed it at the end of its lifespan flashed through my mind.

Even though she has the name of an assistant, she is practically a slave now – it was terrifying to imagine what she would do to me for breaking the bucket.

Because she’s a witch, are you going to boil her flesh in a pot? If that’s not the case, I’m going to curse you. Either way, it was unimaginable.

“Can’t you make this one that Fenrir-san broke?”
[Could it be? And- why are you so worried about just breaking a wooden barrel?]
“No it is…… You broke things, so of course you get scolded, right?”
[Isn’t that just a thing?]

My conversation with Fenrir started to go awry somewhere. I understood that being a beast, he was unfamiliar with the concept of property ownership.

Hey, how much does a beast who thinks everything in Mother Nature know about the value of things? I sighed lightly and picked up the smashed wooden plank.

“Ah, because I’m out of luck…….”

Really, there was no luck.
Thinking of excuses as much as possible, I moved to the cabin.

* * *

“…… Therefore?”
“Sorry….”

Putting the smashed plank down on the floor, I bowed my head in front of my teacher. The teacher looked at me like that, then lifted the plank off the floor and asked.

“Why did this happen?”
“That’s it, so- meeting the monster…….”
“What!? Demons!?”

When I lifted my head up in surprise at her screaming voice, she started groping around my body asking if there was any damage.

After a gentle touch ran all over my body, she noticed a few scratches and started to play.

“Hey, what is this…… ! You scratched…… !”
“Ah yes…… It’s scratched.”
“I can’t. Monsters, we have to exterminate them all…….”
“Yes? Master? Wait. What now-.”
“I’ll go out for a while. You can eat dinner alone.”

He smiled and hugged her as she headed towards the door, blocking her from leaving this place.

I wondered how I could stop the Archwitch who knew how to use magic, but fortunately, she didn’t budge as she was hugged by me.

I set out to convince her before she got out of my grasp.

“Master! No, it’s extinct just because it’s scratched a little! Do you want to destroy the ecosystem!?”
“Uh, uh…… That’s it…….”
“And, if you spit on something like this, you’ll be fine! You’re not seriously hurt!”
“Chi, they say that if you apply acupuncture, it will heal…… !?”

Surprised by my words, she looked at the back of my hand with a dumbfounded expression. Scratches on the claws of the monkey monster. It wasn’t deep, so it was a wound that wouldn’t be a problem if left alone.

There is nothing to sleep on. Because it was a wound that would get better when you just woke up.

“Sure. In fact, there is nothing to salivate on…….”
“Bar, balayage! Yes! If you apply acupuncture, it will heal, but is there a reason not to apply it!?”
“…… Master?”

Her condition was strange. I carefully let go of her grip, and she immediately grabbed my wrist and forced me into a chair.

She naturally brought a chair and sat down in front of me, facing me and pulling my hand.

“So, what to wear?”
“No, why did Master spit…….”
“I-I didn’t really want to do anything? But you have to apply it to get better…….”

I finally figured out why she was behaving like this. Unbecoming a witch who has lived for hundreds of years, she must have taken my words that she would get better with saliva.

Without even thinking that this is a myth that does not even belong to folk medicine – I felt like I was cheating on her and tried to deny it, but I stopped when I heard the devil whispering in my heart.

[Why—you say that a beauty like this licks the back of your hand? When will I have an opportunity like this?]
‘… I admit it.’

After an agreement reached in 0.1 seconds, I humbly accepted her licking the back of my hand. I wonder how soft her tongue would be. When she calmed her throbbing heart and waited, she stuck out her tongue.

“Byeeeee….”

Dduk- Dduk-.

And, contrary to my expectations, her tongue never touched the back of my hand. She was dripping saliva on the back of my hand, just like the word says, “If you apply saliva, you will be healed.”

Like a snake, a puddle of saliva that clumped on his long tongue trickled down and landed on the back of his hand. He starts rubbing the drool with his fingers.

As I rubbed and the smooth saliva touched the back of my hand, a slight stinging sensation and an inexplicable sense of immorality occupied my heart.

“Uh, how are you? Are you all right?”
“Yes, yes. I think everything is better.”
“Okay? So glad…….”

She smiled and let go of her hand.
Having become free, I unconsciously brought the back of my hand to the area around my nose and sniffed. Seeing that, Evangeline immediately began to scream while pulling the back of my hand.

“Mi, crazy bastard!”
“Why, why!?”
“Why take it!”
“No, I don’t know…….”

Haha I smiled and remembered the smell of her saliva that I had just smelled.
Her saliva smelled of fresh mint.
But before I could even think of the scent again, she brought a cold glass of water and started wiping the back of my hand.

“Wash it! Wash quickly!”
“Ouch-! Master! The wounded part there!”
“Noisy! You said everything was better!?”

At some point, her mind was completely sold…
The fact that the water bottle was smashed was naturally buried.