Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 51

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51.

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“I… the neighbor’s Yellow Dog…”

“The guy who fooled around with Yeomcheon’s wife actually…”

“I once stole from Old Man Kim’s field…”

The Village People lined up along the road each confessed their stories to Calisia.

“Aaahhh! I asked for your stories, not confessions! Enough! Stop it! Stop!”

Calisia, who had been listening to useless stories for hours, screamed and chased the people away.

“What kind of twisted stories are these! General! I absolutely hate hidden stories and foreshadowing! I prefer things intuitive and simple!”

Calisia, who had been shouting at the sky, collapsed from exhaustion.

“Valus. There’s something strange.”

Ian, who had been watching Calisia’s outburst, pointed at the Gosire Village People.

“Something strange?”

“There are strangely no young men in the village. If there are children, shouldn’t their fathers be here too?”

“Maybe they died from divine punishment? They said lightning struck from the sky. The ones directly involved in thievery would have been the strong Men.”

They would have been the ones who harmed people too. Calisia muttered with unusually cold eyes. Karma was disgusting like this. It flowed through bloodlines, tormenting even innocent descendants.

“Ahem!”

The Scholar who had been quietly listening to their conversation coughed as if asking them to look at him.

“I also found that strange, so I looked into it. People’s stories differ.”

The Scholar said, wedging himself between Calisia and Ian.

“They differ?”

Calisia leaned forward, telling him to explain in detail.

“Maintaining proper distance between people is basic courtesy. Valus.”

Ian grabbed Calisia’s neck and pulled her back.

“It’s fine. We’re not that close…”

“Close.”

Ian spat out the words and stared at the Scholar with cold eyes.

“Hehe. You could think it’s close! That’s right! Right! Everyone thinks differently!”

The Scholar, reading Ian’s mood, forced a smile across his face.

‘That young guy is already acting like a man.’

Of course his build was intimidating, but wasn’t there still youth remaining all over his face? The Scholar grumbled inwardly and subtly shook his head. He could picture someone’s future as an overprotective fool.

“Hehe, so anyway.”

The Scholar, tired just from thinking about it, quickly changed the subject.

“Some say the Men died from lightning strikes, while others say they just disappeared.”

“And then?”

“So what choice did I have but to keep asking. While asking around, I even heard from four-year-old children. They told a strange story. They said their fathers changed frighteningly.”

“Changed frighteningly? How? In what way?”

Calisia frowned and urged the Scholar to speak quickly.

“Their teeth became thiiiis big and their necks became thiiiis…”

“Long?”

“That’s right. They definitely said that.”

The Scholar looked at Calisia with a meaningful expression.

“Ha…!”

Calisia let out a short sigh and burst into hollow laughter. Hungry Ghosts. Why hadn’t she noticed sooner?

“They were Hungry Ghosts. Hungry Ghosts. The Men who went stealing that day all transformed into Hungry Ghosts from the Mountain God’s curse. Children have pure souls and clear sight, so they saw it.”

Hungry Ghosts were souls that fell to the Hell Realm due to greed and selfishness. The greed of daring to touch a god’s possessions and the selfishness of only caring about filling their own bellies. The Mountain God had transformed the sinners into Hungry Ghosts, making Gosire Village a living hell.

[ Keyword Fulfilled ]

Dong-

Thud!

The Drum sounded and a Scroll Banner unfurled from the sky.

[ Chapter 2: Jacheongbi’s Miraculous Field ]

※ Jacheongbi Myth

Long ago, a great calamity called rebellion struck the high Heaven Realm. The entire heaven was engulfed in flames and even Mundoryeong, son of the Jade Emperor, lost his life. Then, a woman obtained the Destruction Flower and Life Flower from the Western Heaven Flower Garden, defeated the rebels, and even saved Mundoryeong. For this monumental achievement, the emperor promised heavenly territory, but she refused.

[What I want is not the position of a heavenly god. I simply want there to be no starving humans. If Your Majesty would bestow Five Grains Seeds, I would like to spread them to the human world to make the land abundantly fertile.]

There was a god who refused a heavenly position to care for starving humans and make the land fertile…

The world called her the agricultural god Jacheongbi.

》This is Jacheongbi’s Field, who descended to the mortal world upon discovering land killed by an angry Mountain God. She is growing Five Grains Seeds directly bestowed by the Jade Emperor.

※ Five Grains Seeds: Heavenly seeds that make land fertile just by planting them.

※ Five Grains Fruit: Celestial fruit that washes away karma just by eating it.

? Command: Feed the Gosire Village People until full

! Reward: Jade Emperor’s Random Seed Full Set

X Failure: Eternal one-on-one Sparring with Jacheongbi

“Beans, mung beans, Eastern Region beans, buckwheat…”

Calisia, who had been studying the Scroll carefully, suddenly folded her fingers while searching her memory.

“Ah, Red Beans!”

Calisia clapped as if she just remembered. Red Beans were one of the celestial seeds the Jade Emperor bestowed upon Jacheongbi.

“…But isn’t this mission difficulty too high? Feed the Gosire Village People until full?”

Calisia, who had been cheering at the reward, suddenly hardened her expression.

“Didn’t we already feed the Gosire Village People until full?”

Ian, who had been watching Calisia, pointed to the remaining Food on the cart.

“Hungry Ghosts.”

She spoke in a faint voice as if she had no strength to explain.

“Hungry Ghosts?”

“The Hungry Ghosts were also Gosire Village People. I have to feed them until full too. Haa- making Hungry Ghosts full… I’m really going crazy! Damn it!”

Calisia sat down and rubbed her face dry, then banged her head on the Floor. Why were Hungry Ghosts called Hungry Ghosts? Because due to endless greed, no matter how much they ate, they were always starving. So there was only one answer. Bring the Jade Emperor’s Five Grains Seeds, grow the fruit, and feed them. Simply put, she had to steal from Jacheongbi’s Field.

“Even when Jacheongbi was human, her martial prowess was incredible, but now, ugh.”

Calisia shrugged as if her knees went weak just thinking about it.

“Even the heavenly gods are starting to avoid Jacheongbi!”

Calisia shouted while ruthlessly disheveling her hair.

Dong-

Thud!

Then, regardless of her despair, the heartless Drum sounded. The view darkened like spreading Ink and the scene changed. Dazzlingly vivid green. It was the Mountain where they first met the Scholar.

“Hngh! Hnngh!”

As soon as their vision cleared, Calisia and Ian frowned at the groaning sounds.

“Ahhng!”

At the increasingly embarrassing moaning sounds, both their gazes went downward. The source of the sounds was the Scholar with his sleeves rolled up neatly. He was earnestly doing Push-ups with his soft arms.

“Scholar. Scholar!”

Calisia tapped the Scholar’s trembling arms.

“Why, ahh! Why are, huff, you call, hngh, ing!”

The Scholar, who was already struggling to support his body, screamed and turned his head.

“Ugh.”

Calisia frowned deeply and backed away.

“Disgusting to hear.”

Ian also seemed to feel the same as he moved far away from the Scholar.

“Scholar. What’s this all of a sudden?”

Calisia asked while vigorously rubbing her ears.

“What, crawling! If you want to work as a laborer in Jacheongbi’s Field, shouldn’t you prepare a body like this?”

The Scholar who got up dusting off his hands flexed his arms, telling them to look at his muscles.

“….”

A pale white arm with a bit of flesh on it. Calisia and Ian blinked at the typical scholar’s physique.

“Why are you all staring like that? Of course, I’ve been rejected by those masked fellows every time… Hehe, but still, my body isn’t that bad, is it?”

The Scholar protested while gently rubbing his chest and belly.

“Don’t tell me the reason you’ve been coming to the Mountain all this time was for that? To work as a laborer in Jacheongbi’s Field?”

“To be precise… Ahem! To steal Jacheongbi’s Five Grains Seeds.”

The Scholar lowered his voice and whispered softly in Calisia’s ear. Calisia rubbed her ear vigorously again at the breath-filled voice.

“Didn’t I tell you last time too, kheuk!”

“Distance.”

Ian roughly grabbed the Scholar by the back of his neck.

“What about last time? Hey! Just leave Brother Moon’s neck alone! Looking at you, Soeddongi, you have no manners toward your elders at all. Let go of my neck! I said let go!”

Calisia shouted at Ian as the Scholar was dragged endlessly away.

“Neck.”

Ian, who corrected Calisia’s speech habit, released the Scholar’s neck as if throwing him down.

“Fine! Fine, okay!”

“That damn temper, really! Brother Moon, so what were you saying?”

Calisia glared at Ian and strode toward the Scholar.

“Uh, hey! Don’t come close! Listen from there. From there!”

The Scholar, who was holding his sore neck, waved his hands frantically in alarm.

“Phew-. Those young folks sure make a lot of noise with their lovers’ quarrel. So as I was saying before, didn’t I tell you last time? Jacheongbi’s seeds grow well even in dead soil. So if we could just get those seeds, the Gosire Village People could farm again too.”

The Scholar said while adjusting his clothes.

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